"Nani?" After listening to the chief of staff's words, Okamoto's brows tightened. However, the thought of the attack on the troops last night brought Okamoto to life again. "Baga, you go and ask the engineer squad leader if he is a samurai of the Empire, does he still want his troops to be attacked again like last night? Tell the squad leader that I am giving him half an hour to clear all the roads, otherwise, he will directly apologize to His Majesty the Emperor! The wing commander dropped this sentence to the chief of staff and returned to the makeshift tent.

"Hey, I must want the Engineer Squad Leader to convey the message of His Excellency the Wing Commander, I believe that the samurai of the Empire will not bow their heads in front of the mines of the Shina people." The chief of staff said to the back of the wing commander who was going away.

Soon, the chief of staff took the guards to the place where the avant-garde and sapper squads were located. Seeing that something seemed to be wrong with the chief of staff's face, the leader of the engineer squad immediately ran over. "Report to Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the engineering team is carrying out a demining mission, but the people of China have planted a large number of stone mines, so the progress of demining is very slow, please instruct Your Excellency the Chief of Staff."

The chief of staff looked at the flattering engineer squad leader in front of him and waved his hand. "The wing commander ordered that the engineer squad must complete the demining work within half an hour, otherwise, you will want His Majesty the Emperor to apologize!" The Chief of Staff passed the words of the Wing Commander into the ears of the squad leader.

"However, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the people of China have laid a large number of stone mines, and we cannot use mine detectors at all, we can only use the most primitive manual demining, and it is impossible to complete the task of clearing two streets in half an hour," he said, taking out a stone mine with a defusing lead from the mines dug up next to him.

Looking at the stone mine in the squad leader's hand, the chief of staff's face did not change at all, and pushed away the stone mine in front of him. "Baga, you're not a warrior of the Empire, how can a warrior of the Empire bow his head in front of a small mine? If you want to explain, go straight to His Excellency the Wing Commander! After speaking, ignoring the surprised engineer squad leader, he turned around and walked in the direction of the main force.

Looking at the chief of staff who turned to leave, the squad leader didn't have anything to do. "All the sappers assemble at once," the squad leader ordered loudly, and soon, dozens of soldiers with various equipment stood in front of him.

"Yo Xi, you are all excellent soldiers of the Great Empire, and I am proud to have such excellent soldiers as you." Looking at the neat phalanx standing in front of him, the team leader sighed.

"However, as a samurai of the Great Empire, I am very ashamed of what we are doing now. The brave warriors of the Honda Empire were blocked by the small mines of the Shina people. His Excellency the Wing Commander just sent us a reprimand. The pace of our demining was too slow, which seriously affected the actions of the main forces. The Wing Commander once again gave me half an hour to clear the mines on the road, and if I was unable to complete the task, I would apologize to His Majesty the Emperor in front of the Wing Commander.

Alright, warriors of the Empire, the time has come to dedicate yourself to the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor, drop the lightning rods in your hands, pick up your mine detectors, and use the fastest speed to open a safe path for the main force of the wing. The squad leader shouted loudly to the soldier in front of him.

"Long live the Empire, long live His Majesty the Emperor." The soldiers shouted loudly after listening to the squad leader's shouting.

"Alright, Warriors of the Empire, let's get moving." After saying that, the first one wanted to go to the minefield.

Mine detectors were abandoned, and the speed of demining by the troops was noticeably accelerated several times. But it hasn't reached a distance of ten meters. An explosion sounded, and a sapper soldier was thrown high into the sky, and by the time he landed, his legs were gone, only the upper body with blood was missing, and his body was still dragging the intestines of the white flowers that had flowed out of his body. Looking at the soldier who was still squirming but had no hope of survival, the soldier behind him covered his nose and immediately dragged him to both sides of the road, and then a soldier quickly picked up the demining device on the ground and continued to move forward.

In this way, half an hour passed, and the two streets had been dug up by military sappers with dozens of iron-shelled mines. Of course, all those stone mines exploded without exception. At least forty people were killed in the entire engineering squad, and at this time, the entire engineering squad, after clearing the mines on the two main roads, basically lost the ability to continue fighting.

Looking at the only dozen or so sappers with missing arms and legs left in front of him, the team leader wanted to cry without tears. "Report to Your Excellency Wing Commander, that the engineer squad cleared all mines on the two main roads at the cost of 42 soldiers killed." The squad leader replied with a bitter face.

After listening to the squad leader's words, Wing Commander Okamoto Osa did not feel sad because of the death of dozens of soldiers, but was happy that he could finally stop camping in the wild tonight. "Yo Xi, the warrior of your empire, when this encirclement and suppression is completed, I will definitely remember your exploits." Then, he looked at the leader of the avant-garde team next to him. Looking at the inquiring eyes of the Wing Captain, the Squad Leader immediately understood that His Excellency the Wing Captain wanted to know about the investigation of Wuxiang.

"Report to Your Excellency, Wing Commander, there are no enemies in Wuxiang now, and the garrison team guarding Wuxiang doesn't know why all the jade is broken, and the corpses are all piled up in the barracks. However, after the detailed investigation of the avant-garde team, there was no sign of any battle in Wuxiang, so we could not find out the reason for the entire jade shattering of the garrison team. The captain of the avant-garde team told the co-captain in detail what he knew.

"Yo Xi, your hard work, order, in addition to leaving the strength of the second squadron of the wing, to serve as a guard on the periphery, the third squadron guards the exits of Wuxiang, all the soldiers immediately enter Wuxiang, each unit is in a small team, looking for a camp on its own, and the wing headquarters is set up in the barracks of the garrison team, which will be implemented immediately." After listening to the introduction of the squad leader, Wing Commander Okamoto finally relieved himself and issued a series of orders to the chief of staff in front of him.

Soon, the various military squads that received the order began to march into Wuxiang in an orderly manner, and the third squadron, which was responsible for the garrison task, also quickly arranged for soldiers to occupy various fortifications left by the original garrison squad. At the same time, the attached light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and mortars were also set up by the soldiers.

"Damn, the little devil's front-line troops are really different, they have been marching for a day, and their movements are still so fast, in just a few minutes, Wuxiang has been formed by them again, and it is impossible to attack without heavy weapons." Liu Xiaogang, who was observing the devil's every move from a distance, said to Wang Hu beside him.

"Yes, you see the cavalry squadron behind the devil, they have been patrolling for a day, and the formation is not a little chaotic, I can say that as long as the devil encounters an attack, the cavalry squadron can immediately participate in the battle, which is much more elite than the cavalry battalion in my hand." Wang Hu, who was particularly interested in cavalry, looked at the last cavalry squadron of the devil team and said sullenly.

"Camp Commander Wang, don't worry, just let them be happy for a while, they will be comfortable in a while, you just wait to see a good show!" Looking at the sullen Wang Hu, Liu Xiaogang comforted.

"Okay, I'll just wait, I'm going to see what kind of sumptuous dinner your special operations team has prepared for the devil in an afternoon." Wang Hu also replied with a smile.

"Hehe, this dinner must be enough for the devil to feel good, you just wait to see the show!" Just when the two were lying on the ground joking with each other, the entire wing of the devils had already entered Wuxiang.

The various squads and squadrons that received the order, under the leadership of their respective commanders, began to search for the camping of their troops. Of course, the houses of those big families are the first choice of the army, and those big houses are also places where the soldiers are particularly strengthened, anyway, the big houses are generally the houses of the landlord Han Jian, and the soldiers will not feel distressed if they are destroyed.

The leader of the devil squad took his soldier I to a big house of Han Jian, and looked at the huge red lacquer gate, and the team leader immediately decided to use this place as his station.

"You, take your soldiers in and scout." The squad leader pointed to a military cao beside him and ordered. Jun Cao, who received the task, looked at the huge house in front of him, and couldn't help but be happy, such a big house, there must be a lot of good things in it, he took someone in to investigate, and found good things, so he could keep it first... Thinking of this, Jun Cao immediately smiled and agreed.

Soon, under Jun Cao's order, more than a dozen devils walked out of the formation and wanted to walk towards the compound in front of them. "You, you, you two bang on the door." Jun Cao pointed to the two strongest soldiers in front of him and ordered. After receiving the order, the two devils put their rifles aside, shouted slogans, and slammed their bodies against the red paint gate together.

With the sound of the door hinge rubbing, the red lacquer gate slowly opened to the soldiers of the Great Empire under the repeated impact of the two soldiers. Looking at the cracks in the door that were getting bigger and bigger, more than a dozen soldiers of the avant-garde all showed joy on their faces and rushed to the gate one after another.

Suddenly, a bright and dazzling fire flashed out of the crack in the open door, followed by a violent "roar" of his life, "Ah....", with a burst of screams, the team leader standing on the road opened his eyes in disbelief. I saw several soldiers fall at the gate and keep wailing, and at the same time, the originally tall red lacquer gate was also dyed black because of the explosion of the mine, and even half of the façade has been shattered by the powerful explosion.

"Quick, quick, treat the wounded, all of them form a battle formation, immediately go into the courtyard to search, we must find the people who planted the mines, I will kill them." The squad leader drew his command knife and ordered loudly to the army behind him.

The soldiers who received the order rushed to the door with their rifles already loaded with bayonets. The devil held a rifle and searched house by house, but then another explosion exploded under the water tank in the courtyard, and suddenly, the flying tiles and shrapnel knocked down several devil soldiers again. Once again, the entire team was adding a few wounded soldiers and corpses.

(To be continued)