The fan of the commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Sato, is definitely bad news for the Japanese army who are surrounded by heavy encirclements at this moment, after a night of losses, and to a certain extent, it has dealt a severe blow to the morale of the little devils, which is already not high... In the face of the 40,000 troops whose morale was low, and in the face of the division commander who was in the rescue. The chief of staff of the division, who had no choice but to give the order for the troops to return to the county seat and wait for the division commander to wake up...

Finally, half an hour later, under the rescue of the military doctor, General Sato, who had fallen into a coma, slowly woke up from the coma... Looking at the anxious chief of staff beside him, Lieutenant General Sato ordered in his own weak voice.

"Chief of Staff, no matter what, my 40,000 heroic imperial soldiers will return to the Mengshan area, and the imperial soldiers who may be completely annihilated at any time will be dispatched. The troops were ordered to return to the county seat immediately to rest and recuperate and replenish their strength. Order all the engineering units to go out of the city immediately to clear the mines, and be sure to open a safe passage before dawn..."

"Haiyi, please rest assured, the commander of the division, I will go and give the order immediately... Yours, you must take care of Your Excellency the division commander, otherwise, you will die, you will die..."After speaking, the chief of staff hurriedly rushed out of the temporary headquarters...

Ten minutes later, engineering troops, armed with various mine-detection equipment, rushed out of Baishan County. Began to carry out mine detection from several directions, in the hope of clearing a safe passage in the shortest possible time, in accordance with the orders of Lieutenant General Sato, from several directions at the same time ...

Although, with the efforts of a large number of sapper soldiers, the iron mines buried on the road were dug up by these sappers. However, a large number of ceramic and stone mines mixed with iron mines caused great damage to these sappers who did not have much combat effectiveness...

An hour passed, and the engineering units of all stripes, facing the dense mines on the ground, advanced several hundred meters away. However, in the explosion of a large number of non-iron-clad mines, hundreds of sappers lost their lives or, having lost the most basic combat effectiveness, could not continue demining ...

Of course, such losses could only be said to be insignificant for the Japanese army, which had two engineering wings. However, hiding around the county seat, like hungry wolves, who are the special combat soldiers who are ready to pounce and bite the little devils fiercely, of course, will not let these little devil sappers continue to be so arrogant and eliminate the mines they have worked so hard to plant.

So, in order to hinder the Japanese army's demining, the 40,000 Japanese troops in the county town were trapped in Baishan County, forcing them to the point of running out of ammunition and food. The special combat team hidden in the middle of the mines, under Liu Xiaogang's order, was like a sharp sword out of its sheath, and began to carry out a large-scale counterattack against the Japanese engineering units protruding from the county town....

Suddenly, bursts of gunfire, shell explosions, and machine-gun strafing began to sound outside the city of Baishan County... Under the attack of more than 1,000 special combat personnel of the special operations group, the casualty rate of Japanese engineers began to skyrocket. In less than an hour, the two engineering wings paid the price of more than half of the casualties. And the progress of demining had to be stopped ...

As for the remaining engineer wing, in the face of the ubiquitous attacks around it, it can only carry out demining in fear, or simply stop and ask the infantry for cover...

"Baga, cowards, and the sapper troops are a bunch of cowards. As an elite soldier of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire, he was afraid of the attack of the Shina people, and he couldn't help but roar loudly after receiving the report from the commander of the engineer wing, after more than an hour of recuperation, his body slowly returned to normal. slapped himself mercilessly on the faces of the two co-captains in front of him...

After a slap in the face, the two co-captains lowered themselves in shame at the same time, about to be beaten into a pig's head, and said nothing.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the division, is angry, it is all because the people of China are too cunning. In more than an hour of sporadic firefighting, although our army sent a large number of infantry to attack, not only did it not achieve any results, but lost the strength of an infantry brigade. Therefore, I thought that if this continued, in less than a few hours, the engineer wing would be completely lost, and I would like to ask your Excellency the division commander to know clearly..."In the quiet headquarters, the chief of staff spoke...

"However, Chief of Staff, if we don't use the sapper wing to clear the mines, then you say, what method can we use to get out of this huge mine array and return to the Mengshan area..."After a short period of contemplation, Lieutenant General Sato nodded and continued to ask..., "Artillery, Your Excellency Division Commander, we can completely use artillery fire to open the way." With shells, in front of us, blow up a safe passage...", the chief of staff said with certainty...

"Yo Xi, very good, now I command. Gather all the artillery units of the whole army, use artillery shells, blow up a safe passage with a width of no less than ten meters, and carry out the execution immediately...."Lieutenant General Sato nodded, nodded affirmatively and ordered...

"Hai, Your Excellency the Division Commander..."

Immediately, as the artillery units began to assemble, the entire Baishan County immediately became lively... Finally, after an hour of assembly, nearly 100 artillery pieces of various calibers were assembled on the artillery position at the gate of the city, ready to open fire...

"Yo Xi, the Imperial Japanese Army is invincible, and the mines of the Shina people will never be able to stop our charge. Tell the artillerymen that the lives of our 40,000 Imperial Japanese troops depend on you, and I hope that you will not disappoint the expectations of all of us. Start shelling..."Looking at the nearly 100 artillery pieces outside the city, one by one with their muzzles held high, Lieutenant General Sato was in a much better mood, and said to the chief of staff in front of him...

Suddenly, a huge roar and the explosion of cannonballs began to sound outside the city... On the road, located in the middle of the minefield outside the city, huge fireballs immediately appeared... Nearly 100 artillery pieces, facing the road in front of them, with their fastest firing speed, poured tons and tons of shells onto the road in front of them...

In the explosion of countless shells, one mine after another was detonated in an instant... In this way, as the fierce artillery fire slowly extended forward, a safe passage after the explosion of countless shells appeared in front of the little devil....

"Damn, the little devil is so cunning that he even thought of using artillery fire to open the way... It's a pity that so many mines on the highway were detonated by a cannon fire from the little devil..."Looking at the fierce artillery fire on the highway, Wang Hong, the deputy captain, said with a long sigh to Liu Xiaogang beside him...

"Hehe, let the little devil blow it up. I don't believe that the little artillery shells carried by the little devil with the army can penetrate the entire mine array. Captain Wang, didn't we still have a few thousand mines as a backup? Tell the fighters to take out a thousand mines and lay them all on this road. Today, I'm going to see if it's because the little devils have enough shells, or if we have more mines..."Liu Xiaogang said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth...

"Captain, you're still thoughtful. According to our reconnaissance, the Japanese artillery units, in order to speed up their own marching, carried at most less than two base shells with the army. Just like that, in less than half an hour, the little devil's shells were about to run out... I'll give you an order and let everyone continue to bury mines..."Wang Hong replied with a smile on his face, and hundreds of special combat personnel were in front, laying mines as fast as they could. The artillery fire of the little devil is in the rear, constantly detonating all kinds of mines buried in the ground with shells one after another...

That's it, in this process of chasing me, time passed minute by minute... The result of the matter, as Wang Hong said, the little devil's cannonballs are almost gone... As the continuous shelling continued for half an hour, except for dozens of infantry guns, which were still trying to pour fewer and fewer shells, the mountain artillery and field artillery had all stopped...

"Division commander, so far, all the mountain artillery and field artillery shells have been exhausted, and there are not many infantry artillery shells left. After half an hour of shelling, the artillery unit successfully opened a safe passage about three kilometers long in front of us. If nothing else, the troops should be able to pass. It's just—" As the rumbling artillery slowly stopped, the chief of staff said to the division commander who was silent in front of him.

"Just what?" Sato frowned and asked rhetorically...

"It's just that, after half an hour of shelling, the whole road is full of craters. Our artillery of all kinds will not be able to pass ...", replied the chief of staff ...

"Anyway, the shells have run out, and these cannons are also a burden to us at present. Now I order, the 32nd Infantry Wing stays, responsible for the defense of Baishan County, guarding all the heavy artillery of the divisional regiment. The rest of the troops, immediately set off to help the Mengshan area..."After a short thought, Lieutenant General Sato decisively ordered...

In this way, more than 30,000 lightly armed Japanese troops stepped on craters of different depths and once again embarked on the road of their own reinforcements... And on the road ahead of them, are there really no mines? The answer was no..., as soon as the Japanese artillery fire stopped, the special combat personnel who were hiding in the surrounding area re-buried the mines on the road with their own speed, the craters blown up by the Japanese shells, and a thick layer of floating soil. Then, along the retreat route arranged in advance, we quickly exited the dense minefield...

Sure enough, less than a few minutes after the fighters had just pushed out of the minefield, a huge explosion sounded again on the road behind everyone... As the explosion sounded, the mighty procession of the little devils stopped again...

"What's going on, why are there still mines?" Lieutenant General Sato was the first to react and asked, hearing the explosion.

"The commander of the division, it must have been a mine that was missed during the shelling." One of the wing commanders quickly replied...

"Yo Sai, order the troops to continue to advance, and be sure to pass through this minefield in the shortest possible time..."|Lieutenant General Sato nodded approvingly, and then ordered...

Immediately, the procession, which had just stopped, moved again. However, what made Lieutenant General Sato desperate once again was that in the next few minutes, several mines appeared again, and almost a small squad of Imperial soldiers lost their combat effectiveness as a result...

In the face of such huge casualties, in the face of more and more mines on the road full of craters in front of you. The Japanese avant-garde units had to stop and wait for the latest order from Lieutenant General Sato ...

"Yaga, why are there so many mines ahead? Isn't it just after shelling, how can there still be so many mines. Chief of Staff, what the hell is going on..."After hearing the return of the squadron leader of the vanguard squadron. Lieutenant General Sato stared at his own eyes and questioned the chief of staff in front of him...

"The commander of the division, I don't know what I want to do... According to the density of the shelling just now, no matter how high the density of the mines planted by the Eighth Route Army on the road, it will all be detonated... Please calm your anger from the division commander, and send someone to investigate, I believe that news will come soon..."Under the angry gaze of the division commander Sato, the chief of staff quickly replied...

More than 20 minutes later, in the midst of everyone's anxious waiting, a squadron leader of the engineer squadron who was sent out to investigate the situation finally ran back out of breath... Under the anxious gaze of everyone, the engineer squadron leader didn't have time to take a breath before he said...

"Report to the commander, after reconnaissance, the road in front of the troops was once again covered with various mines. However, these mines were just laid after the shelling, borrowing various craters from the shelling..."

"What, a mine that just was planted ... In other words, around us, there is always a branch of China, monitoring our every move... Yaga, order the troops to be deployed on the spot, and we must find out the enemy hiding around us..."Through the answer of the engineer squadron leader, Lieutenant General Sato immediately reacted and ordered loudly...

However, after half an hour of searching. Not only did the various units not achieve any results. On the contrary, under the attack of the ubiquitous mines on both sides of the road, hundreds of casualties were once again paid...

In the face of the troops who returned in vain and suffered heavy losses. In the darkness of the night, when you see your surroundings. The mines hidden in the low seem to open their mouths, waiting for the imperial soldiers to die. Lieutenant General Sato, who really didn't have anything to do, finally shook his head helplessly. Then, the troops were ordered to return to the county seat, and after dawn, after daybreak, before making a specific decision...

As a result, nearly 10,000 little devils who had just left the city less than two kilometers out of the city, in the voice of Lieutenant General Sato's order, had to turn around and return to Baishan County, this deserted county...

"Captain, the little devils have retreated, and they have retreated back to the county seat..." When I saw the highway that was still very lively just now, it became empty in the blink of an eye. Wang Hong said excitedly...

"Well, the little devil has five ways to go, and I want to wait until dawn to make a decision....notify the troops, and plant a mine on the road that the little devil just blew up. You know, all the wells in the entire Baishan County have been buried by us. A day later, when these little devils find that they have no water to drink, I don't know what will happen to them. And that little devil Lieutenant General Sato, what kind of expression will he have on his face...."Liu Xiaogang said with a sly smile...

"Needless to say, little devil Sato, must be the first to kill us... However, captain, if we had buried thousands of catties of explosives under the county seat. When the time comes, after an explosion, these 40,000 little devils will directly meet the king of Hades..."Wang Hong said with a murderous face..., "It's not that easy. On the one hand, we don't have that much time. On the other hand, the entire county town of Baishan is full of solid stone pavement, and we simply don't have that ability. Besides, we are facing the most elite Kwantung Army unit of the Japanese army. Okay, hurry up and bury mines. When the time comes, these little devils, without food and water, will still be wiped out by us..."Liu Xiaogang sighed, and then ordered....

"Captain, don't worry. I promise, in a few days, these 40,000 little devils won't even be able to hold a gun..."Wang Hong replied confidently, turned around and disappeared into the dark night...

The night was over quickly, just as dawn was about to arrive the next day. Lieutenant General Sato, who was extremely worried about the arrival of his troops, climbed the city wall of Hakusan County at the first time...

Raising the telescope in his hand, after a night of shelling the road, he appeared in front of him. After the baptism of tens of thousands of shells, it was originally a very smooth road, but at this moment, it is full of countless craters of different sizes. As for the earthy yellow pavement, at this moment, it has turned charred black...

And on this charred black road, and even in the fields and woods on both sides of the road, there are scattered corpses of soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army, which look very desolate. As a cold wind blew, the thick thatch in the fields outside the city swayed in the cold wind, making a rustling sound... Lieutenant General Sato, who was standing on the city wall, couldn't help but shiver ...

"Chief of Staff, if nothing else, now we are firmly trapped in the county town of Baishan by the ubiquitous landmines...", the division commander Sato muttered to himself...

"Division commander, now our army has enough ammunition. As long as our army can hold out long enough. I believe that our engineering troops, even with the use of manual demining, will be able to open a safe passage ..."In the face of the demoralized troops at this moment. In addition to the division commander, Lieutenant General Sato, he also lost confidence in his future. For the sake of 40,000 Japanese troops, the chief of staff had to muster up courage and practice his gun to show a confident look