In the retreat and the subsequent demining, face all kinds of mines that are ubiquitous and extremely strange.

The entire Iwamatsu Wing paid a huge price of 1,189 killed and 350 wounded. Although the entire Yansong Wing did not encounter any resistance from the Eighth Route Army, it paid the price of more than half of the casualties of the entire Wing before occupying the entire Baishan County......

"Bastard, Baga, the Eighth Route Army is dead...... Quickly, immediately report to His Excellency the division commander, and truthfully report the specific situation of our army" Looking at the casualty data in his hand, Iwamatsu Dazuo scolded loudly, at this moment, an infantry wing personally commanded by Lieutenant General Sato, the commander of the division, after a day of carpet search, is only less than five kilometers away from Baishan County, ......, however, in order to ensure that the Eighth Route Army launches a night attack, Lieutenant General Sato still decisively ordered the troops to stop advancing, arrange fortifications on the spot, and wait for dawn to continue the search......

However, just as Lieutenant General Sato, dragging his tired body, had just entered his tent and was about to rest, a rush of footsteps followed and reached his ears. Then, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and the chief of staff of the division with an anxious face, holding a telegram, appeared in front of him......, "Division commander, something happened...... Iwamatsu Osa's urgent telegram just sent ......"

"Nani, Iwamatsu-kun, chief of staff, what's wrong, could it be that the Iwamatsu Wing let go of the Eighth Route Army again" Lieutenant General Sato immediately stood up from his seat and asked rhetorically with a frown, "Division Commander, the situation is like this, after a day of carpet searching, the Iwamatsu Wing has successfully reached Baishan County." However, after investigation, the city of Baishan County was empty, and not a single soldier of China was found. More importantly, in the process of searching in the county, the Iwamatsu Wing "was hit by a large number of mines, and more than half of the troops lost more than half of ......"

"What, how is it possible, the county town of Baishan is empty, how can it be ......" Lieutenant General Sato couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and quickly asked rhetorically, "Hey, division commander, the situation is completely true." At present, the Yansong Wing is stationed in Baishan County. Moreover, all the strategic materials in the county town have also been moved, and I don't know where to go, "Please make a decision early on Your Excellency the division commander............ Chief of Staff replied affirmatively, "How can this be, are we in a trick." It is impossible, according to the combat effectiveness of the Chinese people, if we want to completely annihilate one of our infantry wings, we must gather at least twice as many troops. And last night, only a few hundred Shina soldiers broke through the siege, and they must still be in our encirclement...... The cunning Shina must be hiding in an area where we haven't had time to search...... Quickly, immediately send a telegram to the various combat units, asking if anything has been found during the day's search, and ...... quickly" Lieutenant General Sato ordered affirmatively, "Hai" division commander

A few minutes later, while Lieutenant General Sato was anxiously waiting, the figure of the chief of staff finally appeared in the tent again......

"Chief of Staff, have the various combat units found anything wrong......" Seeing the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Sato asked with an anxious face, "Division Commander" According to the callbacks from various combat units, during the one-day search, nothing was found" "Facing the division commander who looked expectant in front of him, the Chief of Staff shook his head and replied......

"Yaga...... How could this be, could it be that the cunning Shina disappeared out of thin air "Impossible, absolutely impossible." Ordered all units to immediately end their rest and continue to search for me. After a short period of shock, Sato decisively ordered that with the order given, the devil soldiers, who had just rested for less than an hour, had to raise a fierce torch....... Driven by commanders at all levels, dragging their tired bodies, they once again joined the ranks of the search...... as time passed, and the search troops slowly arrived at Baishan County. However, these troops all had the same result, in the process of searching, nothing was found, not even the ......shadow of a single Eighth Route Army was seen, and two hours passed, and Lieutenant General Sato, the commander of the division at the rear defense of the entire army, also entered the county town of Baishan, where more than 40,000 Japanese troops were gathered, under the protection of a group of guards......

Entering the temporary headquarters, after hearing the reports of the commanders of the various infantry wings. Lieutenant General Sato had already been mentally prepared to be deceived, but after listening to everyone's reports, he was still ...... with an iron face, and in the face of the division commander who was silent and iron-faced, and could break out at any time, seven or eight wing commanders closed their mouths at the same time. I was afraid that my words would draw the anger in the heart of the division commander at this moment to himself. The atmosphere in the entire command headquarters slowly became more ......and more serious, but at this moment, a stunned young communications staff officer did not seem to notice the tense atmosphere in the headquarters, and rushed into the headquarters in a daze, and reported loudly: "Report to the commander of the division, the stronghold of Mengshan Guzimiao is in an emergency ......."

Just when a kind of staff officer, thinking that the communications staff officer in front of him, would bear the anger in the heart of the division commander, an accident happened. After a short silence, Lieutenant General Sato did not get angry, but walked out of everyone's surprise and asked the communications staff officer in front of him......

"Guzi Temple stronghold, what's going on?"

"Haiyi, the defenders of the Guzimiao stronghold sent an urgent telegram, the stronghold was attacked by a large number of anti-coalition armed forces, because the enemy is equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, the stronghold has fallen into a precarious situation, and it may fall at any time, please send reinforcements immediately, Your Excellency the division commander, please send reinforcements immediately......"

"Let's go out, if there is any situation, report it immediately" Regarding the content of the telegram, Lieutenant General Sato nodded and said......

looked at the departing communications staff officers, and looked at the command headquarters, a group of silent wing commanders. Lieutenant General Sato let out a long sigh and asked, "Gentlemen, you are all the best senior officers in the Great Japanese Empire, in view of the current situation, what do you think our army should do now?" ”

Seeing in front of him, after receiving a series of successive blows, like a division commander who had aged several years all of a sudden, the chief of staff hurriedly broke the tranquility in the headquarters and said, "The division commander, I humbly believe that our army has fallen into the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. If nothing else, the main force of the branch county at this time must gather in the Mengshan area to attack the various strongholds in our Mengshan area. Therefore, he believes that our army should immediately send back reinforcements and reinforce Mengshan to repel the advance of the main force of the sub-county."

"Yo Xi, do you have any other ideas?" Sato nodded and continued to ask......

"Hay, no more ......"

"Very well, then do what the chief of staff said, and the troops will immediately rest and replenish their ammunition. In another hour, I will return to Mengshan ......" Sato ordered decisively, and his face once again showed a fierce murderous ......, but just as the group of wing captains had just left, another communications staff officer stumbled into the headquarters. Before Lieutenant General Sato could ask a word, the communications staff officer in front of him said impatiently......

"The division commanders, Dabei Village, and Dongxing Village strongholds sent telegrams asking for help at the same time, and the strongholds were attacked by the main forces of China. The main force of the branch county has a large number of heavy artillery, and the troops have suffered heavy casualties, and the stronghold may be lost at any time...... "......"

"That's enough, get out of here. Don't you have a piece of good news to report to me in your communications department? "In the huge headquarters, I saw a lone communications staff officer in front of me. Sato finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and roared loudly at the communication staff officer in front of him, "Hai, division master, please calm your anger ...... division commander."

"Get out...... Why don't you go out yet, or you're dead, you're dead......" saw the communications staff officer standing in front of him, still motionless in the face of his anger. Sato asked loudly, "Hai, division commander, there is still something to report to the division commander, please take care of your body and ............" Sato said helplessly with a flushed face and a helpless face to the communication staff officer in front of him......

"In the process of just contacting the Mengshan area and various strongholds, the Xiaolonggang stronghold and the Guzimiao stronghold have lost contact. If nothing else, the two strongholds have already been occupied by the main forces of the branch county, please make a decision as soon as possible......, Your Excellency the division commander," replied the communications staff officer.

"Get out ......"

Looking at the communications staff officer who was leaving quickly, Lieutenant General Sato put his eyes on the chief of staff in front of him, who was also in shock, and then asked, "Chief of staff, what should our army do in the face of the grim situation in the Mengshan area?" ”

"Division commander, if Xiaolonggang, the stronghold of Guzimiao is occupied by the Eighth Route Army. Then, "more than 30 heavy artillery pieces and a large amount of ammunition of the field artillery wing to which the First Sword Division belongs will definitely fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army." With so many heavy weapons, the Eighth Route Army was bound to attack like a bamboo. In addition, in the entire Mengshan area, except for the soldiers of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Army of the three infantry wings, the remaining more than 40,000 people were all soldiers of the Manchurian Army with low combat effectiveness...... These soldiers, in the face of the well-equipped Eighth Route Army with heavy artillery, had only one ......, so they humbly asked the division commander to be mentally prepared for the loss of Mengshan" In the face of such a bad form, the chief of staff replied truthfully, "I hope that the remaining strongholds in the Mengshan area can hold out until the main force of our army comes back to help...... Chief of Staff, immediately give an order to all combat units in the county, the troops will shorten the rest time, and in an hour, return to the Mengshan area......" Lieutenant General Sato shook his head and said, an hour later, although, after several days of rapid marching and searching, every little devil had a tired look on his face. However, as the most elite unit of the Japanese army, the army Kwantung Army unit. Good training and military literacy still allowed these soldiers to assemble at the first time and prepare for the quasi-tea .............

Looking at the more than 40,000 well-equipped and well-trained soldiers in front of him. Lieutenant General Sato, who was hit by one bad news after another, lost his sharpness, and felt a little comforted in his heart. Then, he gave an order to the chief of staff around him to return to Mengshan......

Immediately, the devil soldiers lined up in six columns, carrying their weapons and ammunition, left the empty Baishan county town in a mighty way. However, the fate of the 40,000 main forces of the Japanese army seemed to end here, and the ...... was about to end, and during the hour when the troops entered the county town of Baishan and rested, more than 1,000 special combat personnel and several thousand guerrilla fighters were killed. Within a radius of several kilometers with Baishan County as the center, all the passable places have been planted with all kinds of dense mines.

It can be said that the Japanese army has been completely surrounded by more than 30,000 mines, and ......, sure enough, when a squadron of more than 100 devil soldiers of the Japanese army's forward unit had just walked out of the county seat less than 500 meters, a series of explosions sounded in the quiet night. Immediately after, a burst of soldiers' screams reached the ears of Sato and the group of captains who were standing on the city wall and looking at their troops...... what was going on in front of "Yaga"...... "Raised the binoculars in his hand and saw that on the road 500 meters away, under the reflection of the fire generated by the explosion, dozens of imperial soldiers were lying motionless on the ground and seemed to have died. There were also dozens of soldiers, who were rolling back and forth on the ground, constantly screaming. Lieutenant General Sato asked rhetorically with a frown, and at this moment, "A squadron leader with a face full of gunpowder stumbled up the city wall. Facing the group of senior officers in front of him, he replied eagerly: "Report to the division commander, mines, there are mines in front of the troops." The forward squadron stepped on a chain of mines arranged by the enemy "The troops suffered heavy losses, at least one squad of troops, incapacitated...... "......, "Nani? Landmines, how is it possible, when the troops entered the county town of Baishan, why did they not step on the ...... of the mines, it must be an accident, and ordered the troops to continue to advance "Don't have any stops...... Lieutenant General Sato shook his head and ordered decisively, after all, within a radius of more than ten kilometers outside the city, he had just passed a carpet search by his own troops. How could a large number of mines suddenly appear after just over an hour? If a mine appears, it can only be an accidental ......, but "what he didn't expect was that nearly 1,000 special operators and thousands of guerrillas had been following them all along." Wherever they go, mines are laid. And in just over an hour, thousands of soldiers, fully capable, nearly 10,000 mines "planted in all the communication arteries around the county," "Hai, the troops will advance immediately" The squadron leader rushed down the city wall in a hurry, "commanding the troops to continue to advance...... but what made the squadron leader, all the senior Japanese officers on the city wall, feel desperate. Just when the forward squadron, which had lost one-third of its troops, once again advanced less than 30 meters, another series of explosions sounded on the road more than 20 meters long......

As the sound of the explosion sounded, the forward squadron of the entire unit, which was only a few tens of meters long, was immediately shrou......ded in the smoke of gunpowder from the explosion, "Baga, what happened and why are there still mines...... Order the troops to abandon the highway and pass through the farmland on both sides of the highway, and ...... quickly" Lieutenant General Sato was shocked and resolutely ordered, "Boom, ......boom, boom" However, what made Lieutenant General Sato feel desperate was that in the next ten minutes or so, whether the troops were marching from the fields on both sides of the highway or from the woods on both sides of the road, the sound of mine explosions always sounded in his ears.

In just ten minutes, amid the explosion of more than 20 mines of various kinds, the strength of one of his squadrons completely lost its combat effectiveness. What's more, in this squadron, at least 100 soldiers had to use stretchers to move forward because they had broken their legs, plus the soldiers needed to take care of these wounded and sick, plus the soldiers who died in battle. In the sound of explosions for more than ten minutes, he lost two infantry squadrons, and nearly four hundred soldiers lost their combat ability, ......, "Baga, what's going on, how can this be, when did so many mines appear outside the city." The troops were ordered to stop advancing, and immediately sent a small force to search and advance around the county seat. , must open a safe passage within an hour, and ...... quickly" Hearing the report of the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Sato's body couldn't help but start trembling, and ordered loudly, "Hai, the division commander ......"

During this hour's waiting, the sound of explosions outside the city reached the ears of Lieutenant General Sato in the city. Sato, who was already impatient, was even more anxious, and couldn't help but start pacing back and forth on the city wall, ...... finally, as time passed, the troops sent out to explore the way returned to the city gate one by one. However, to the disappointment of the officers in one episode, almost every unit of the various units that returned had almost half of the strength of the troops. What's more, there are still a large number of injuries and illnesses, which are ...... brought back on stretchers," reported to the commander of the division, after reconnaissance, there were already mines around Baishan County, that is, around our army. Our 40,000 imperial troops have been surrounded by mines in Baishan County."

Although, listening to the constant explosions outside the city, looking at the troops with more than half of the casualties. In Sato's heart, he already had a premonition of being surrounded. However, after hearing this fact with his own ears, this lieutenant general of the Japanese army, who has reached the age of 50 this year, still can't help but be shocked and angry in his heart............

"Yaga, is the sky going to kill me, is the sky going to kill me Sato......" After an angry roar, in everyone's shocked eyes, a mouthful of blood immediately gushed out of Sato's mouth. Then, the frail old man fell to the ground with a pale face and fell into a coma......

"Division commander, division commander, military doctor, quickly, call a military doctor immediately......" Seeing the division commander who was spitting blood in front of him and suddenly fell into a coma, the senior officers on the city wall couldn't help but fall into a panic