"Li Fanjun, weren't the Eighth Route Army and the common people around us all withdrawn by the Reading Division? These Chinese people and the Eighth Route Army, you captured them from there. Looking at the dozen or so captives in front of him, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro asked curiously.

"Hi, division commander, we followed the footprints left by the Chinae who planted mines on the road, all the way to a village. More than 30 militiamen of the Eighth Route Army who had not been evacuated were found in the village, and after a short exchange of fire, 21 enemies were eliminated, 13 were captured, and our army lost 6 soldiers. After listening to the question of the division commander, the chief of staff, Hideosa Kuriihara, hurriedly explained.

"Yo Si! Li Fanjun, you are really good, and you deserve to be an excellent officer of the Great Yue Army Empire. Now I order, 13 prisoners, two of each brigade. Tell all the captains, let them use the blood of these prisoners of the Eighth Route Army to arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and in ten minutes, I will see the effect. Seishiro Itagaki patted Kuriihara Hideosa on the shoulder and ordered loudly.

"Hey! Your Excellency the Division Commander" Hearing the praise of the division commander, Kuriihara Hideosa replied excitedly. Turning around, he ordered the soldiers behind him, took 13 prisoners, and escorted them to various brigades.

In this way, in less than five minutes, the marching column of the Yue army stopped. And then, between the marching columns, there were bursts of screams, 13 captured by the army, each of whom had at least 100 holes in his body, and fell under the bayonets of these little devils, who were inferior to the beasts.

And after less than a few minutes of killing, the morale of these little devils is really as the chief of staff Kuriihara Hideosa said. One by one's eyes were full of murderous aura. Under the influence of this murderous aura, the speed of the troops' march was noticeably faster.

"Yo Xi, Kuri Rice-kun, this method of yours is really good. The morale of the soldiers had been completely raised, and even the pace of the march had increased considerably. I believe that with such high morale, we will be able to wipe out the main force of the Reading Division in Gongcun. "The commander of the division, Seishiro Itagaki, saw that the morale of the troops was getting higher and higher. He nodded with satisfaction to the temporary chief of staff beside him, and praised excitedly.

"Hi, it's a humble honor to serve His Excellency the Division Commander" Listening to Seishiro Itagaki's praise, Kurifi Daisa's heart couldn't help but feel a burst of pride, but he still said modestly.

And just when the Fifth Division of the Yue Army was full of murderous reinforcements to Gongcun, they didn't know that there was a huge pocket array, and they were waiting for them quietly at Hasekou, which was less than 5 miles away from them. Of course, the beast behavior of the army just now was also sent to the temporary headquarters word for word by his combat brigade.

"Division commander, division commander, Liu Xiaogang of the Special Operations Brigade called" Just when Liu Hua and Sun Xingbang were holding binoculars, standing at the lookout of the headquarters and looking at the quiet Changgukou not far away. The chief of staff's voice sounded behind him, followed by a telegram stretched out in front of Liu Hua.

"What's the content" Liu Hua put down the telescope in his hand, took the telegram and asked.

"Division commander, the special operations brigade called, an hour ago, the army sent a squadron of troops to suddenly attack, surrounding all the militia of a militia squad. In less than a minute, this militia squad was completely annihilated by this squadron, and 13 militiamen were captured.

"What is it? Hurry up and answer" Hearing that one of his militia squads was completely annihilated by the army, Liu Hua, who had already issued the order to retreat, said very dissatisfied.

"Yes, Commander. That's it, according to a telegram from the Special Operations Brigade. In order to boost the morale of their soldiers, the army brutally killed all 13 captured prisoners. Moreover, everyone's body was stabbed by the little devil in no less than a hundred holes, and it was very cruel to die. Li Qing replied.

"Brute, it's just that the beast is not as good as the chief of staff, immediately publicize this matter to all the commanders and fighters, I ask that within ten minutes, every soldier should be made clear about this matter, since the army wants to arouse their morale, we will also use this matter to boost the morale of the soldiers." Zhang Hua gritted his teeth and said hatefully.

"Yes, division commander, guarantee the completion of the task" Soon, under the special propaganda of the chief of staff, this matter reached the ears of every commander and fighter like a gust of wind. And after learning about this incident, as Liu Hua said, every commander and fighter was indignant by the behavior of saying that the army was inferior to the animal. and made a bloody letter to avenge the dead militia and kill all these little devils

And just when all the soldiers were gearing up and ready to clean up this group of little devils who were not as good as the beasts, the vanguard of the army had already appeared in Liu Hua's field of vision. In order to avoid directing the target of our artillery, the marching columns of the Japanese army were not equipped with bright torches. However, under the illumination of the bright moonlight in the sky, Yue Jun's figure still clearly appeared in the field of vision of Liu Hua and others.

"Order all troops, prepare for battle, and no firing is prohibited without my orders," Liu Hua ordered to Li Qing, the chief of staff behind him.

Soon, after the encouragement just now, the little devil with a murderous face went on a rampage and plunged into the pocket array arranged for him by the soldiers. Unbeknownst to them, the muzzles of a cannon and a heavy machine gun were aimed at them. What is even more frightening is that under the feet of the little devils, the soldiers of the engineer battalion have buried thousands of kilograms of gunpowder

Finally, after Liu Hua and others waited anxiously for half an hour, the formation of little devils stretched for nearly 1.5 kilometers. Finally, under the personal leadership of the division commander Seishiro Itagaki himself, all of them turned into the pocket formation arranged by the soldiers. And the guard battalion that was tasked with sealing the pocket array had quietly detoured behind the little devils, blocking their retreat.

"Order the artillery cluster, start shelling the engineer battalion, the camera detonates the explosives under the feet of the little devils" saw the signal from the guard battalion. Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and ordered to Li Qing, the chief of staff behind him.

"Boom, boom, woo, woo" with Liu Hua's order. Immediately, there was a roar in the sky, and a loud whistling sound. Nearly 150 shells of various kinds, drawing various arcs in the sky, exploded above the heads of the Yue army. And the little devil soldiers, who were already numb to the shelling, did not notice the difference this time at all, and still continued to march stupidly.

"Boom Boom Boom" Just when most of the little devils still chose to continue marching, a cannonball fell to the ground. Mortar shells with this huge lethality can blow up all the little devils within 10 meters of the explosion point.

As the first shells landed, a series of violent explosions rang out in the canyon, which was less than two kilometers long. In an instant, the little devil, who had just been innocent, was swept into the fierce artillery fire by the air waves and flames generated by the explosion before he noticed the danger around him. And just after most of the little devils, with their dexterous skills and combat movements, escaped an artillery bombardment, an explosion that made these soldiers feel even more desperate completely broke their confidence.

"Begin to detonate" saw after a round of artillery fire. Countless little devils, in order to avoid the shelling of artillery fire, have been lying in their own minefields and explosives areas. The commander of the engineer battalion was excited and shouted loudly at several soldiers around him who were holding detonating devices.

"Yes, the battalion commander clicked" Immediately, a familiar voice sounded,. Several of the demomen pressed down on their blasting devices.

"Boom, boom, boom" Several earth-shattering explosions overwhelmed the explosion of shells in the canyon and reached the ears of everyone on the entire battlefield. In a loud noise, fireballs, with huge heat, emerged from the ground. Those little devils who have just escaped the first round of shelling and feel glad that they have escaped.

As soon as he was lying on the ground, an earth-shattering explosion sounded. And then, the ground where he was lying on his stomach began to tremble. In just an instant, a huge fireball emerged from the ground in front of him. And himself, too, because he was too close to the fireball, was ignited by the scorching flames all over his body, and slowly lost his will

With the sound of explosions, the thousands of catties of explosives buried in the canyon were all detonated at once. Countless little devils lying on the ground, dodging cannonballs. Before I understood why, I was blown to pieces by these explosives buried in the ground. And more people were shocked by the violent air waves and the earth-shattering explosions, and they reported directly to their Amaterasu.

With a flurry of explosives detonated by the engineer battalion, coupled with the constant falling shells from the sky. The entire mouth of Haseguchi was completely enveloped in fierce gunsmoke, and everywhere was a raging fire and billowing smoke that had been ignited by the detonating explosives. It wasn't until ten minutes later, as the artillery cluster shelling stopped, that the smoke of gunpowder at Haseguchi finally dissipated.

The smoke cleared, and dozens of large craters suddenly appeared in the narrow canyon at the mouth of the long valley. Around the pit, there were all charred corpses of the soldiers. Further away from the crater, there was a complete corpse. Lying motionless on the ground, needless to say, the corpses of these motionless little devils were all shocked to death by the violent explosion just now.

As for the middle of the canyon, there are dozens of large pits with a depth of more than two meters. Needless to say, these are all caused by the explosion of dozens of pounds of explosives.

"Baga, what's going on? Why are there so many artillery pieces in the shelling of the Eighth Route Army this time, hey, under our feet, what is buried in the Eighth Route Army, and why is it so powerful? "Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the division, who was blown to ashes by the shell, with the help of the chief of staff, Hideosa Kuriihara, got out of the slit where he was hiding. Under the reflection of the constantly burning flames, looking at the dozens of two-meter-deep pits in front of him and the countless corpses of the imperial soldiers, he said angrily.

"Your Excellency the division commander is explosives, and what is buried underground must be explosives, this must be the conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army, it must be Da! Division commander, be careful" Just before the chief of staff could finish his answer, Haseguchi, which had just quieted down, immediately sounded a dense burst of gunfire. These were the troops lying in ambush on both sides of the canyon, and after receiving the order, they began to attack. Haseguchi, which had just been silent, suddenly appeared on both sides with countless tongues of fire spitting out muzzles.

And at this moment, when the dense bullets swept towards the division commander and other senior officers standing on the battlefield, the squadron leader reminded loudly that the squadron guard squadron that had been guarding Itagaki Seishiro's side. At the same time, he pressed the division commander and the chief of staff to the ground and pressed himself tightly behind the division commander's back. Several heavy machine gun bullets, with a sharp whistling sound, flew past the scalps of the two men, scaring the two out of a cold sweat.

"Baga, where did the bullets come from" The division commander Seishiro Itagaki, who had not yet reacted from the shock, raised his head and scolded loudly. But the moment he looked up, a warm liquid slowly flowed down his neck.

Turning his head, he saw that half of the head of the captain of his guard squadron had been hit by several bullets. Half of his head had been shattered, and the red and white brains were dripping down his neck continuously, and slowly flowing down his neck.

"Hachigaya Lu Chestnut Rice-kun, I want to know what is going on now. Why are there so many Eighth Route Corps around us. Could it be that we have been ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, and they want to eat us in one fell swoop? "Seishiro Itagaki as the commander of the division, there is no pity. pushed away the body of the guard squadron leader who had just saved his life, and questioned the chief of staff Kuriiihara Hideosa, who was also lying on the ground next to him.

"Division commander, division commander" was at a loss when the temporary chief of staff, Hideosa Kuriihara, was at a loss in the face of the question of the division commander. Wing Commander Tetsujiro Yamada of the 41st Infantry Wing, under the cover of several orderlies, crawled over from his hiding position not far away. While crawling, shouting.

"Nani, Yamada-kun, how are you doing. What about your 41 Wing? How is the troops now, how many Eighth Route Army are there around us" Seeing Captain Yamada, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro hurriedly asked.

"Division commander, we are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army wants to completely annihilate us, my wing, my wing suffered heavy losses in the shelling and explosion just now. The two captains of the brigade were shattered, and the soldiers also lost more than a thousand division commanders, so immediately organize the troops to retreat, and while the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army has not yet formed, let's rush out! "I didn't have any firepower in front of and behind me. Wing Commander of the 41st Infantry Wing, Tetsujiro Yamada, hurriedly persuaded him.

"Nani? The Eighth Route Army wants to completely annihilate our Fifth Division, but it is impossible, absolutely impossible. How can they have the ability to completely annihilate a field division and division of our Imperial Army? Also, didn't their main force encircle and annihilate our 11th Infantry Wing in Gongcun, how could they appear here. No, this must be their suspicious soldiers, and if they want to stop the Imperial Army from surrounding them, it must be so. Listening to the words of the wing commander, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro said in disbelief.

"Division commander, no, Gongcun does not have the main force of the Eighth Route Army at all, only the Eighth Route Army here is their main force. In the shelling just now, they used at least 150 artillery pieces, as well as nearly 100 light and heavy machine guns. This must be the main force of the Reading Division, the division commander, retreat immediately, it's too late" Seeing the angry face of the division commander, Captain Yamada did not flinch and continued to persevere.

"What? What did you say? How is it possible to have 150 guns of various kinds? Listening to Captain Yamada's words, the division commander Seishiro Itagaki opened his mouth, exclaimed in surprise, and then fell into deep thought.

"Division commander, it's over, let's play. Now we have lost the artillery wing, we have lost all the artillery. Even the ammunition on the soldiers' bodies can only last less than a few hours, the division commander, let's break through immediately, we must not let the Eighth Route Army completely annihilate our Fifth Division. "After listening to the words of Captain Yamada, I contacted the situation encountered by my division in the past few days. The interim chief of staff, Kuriihara Hideosa, immediately reminded, "Baga, what the hell is wrong with you. The invincible battle of the Imperial Army, when was it beaten that there was only one way to break through, Baga "listened to the advice of two people, although the division commander Itagaki Seishiro also believed it a little. But out of trust in the combat effectiveness of the heroic imperial army, out of consideration for his own dignity, he still did not dare to admit it and continued to scold.

"Division commander, we must retreat immediately. In my opinion, everything that has happened around us in the past few days is a conspiracy, a trap set by the Eighth Route Army. They have only one purpose, that is, to quietly annihilate our Fifth Division here and eliminate the main force of our Fifth Division. If my guess is correct, now the chief of staff behind us and all the baggage logistics have all been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. The captain of the Nagano Wing in Gong Village should also have been eliminated by these cunning Eighth Route Army. Now the infantry wing of the Fifth Division led by us has completely become a lone army in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army, and it is a lone army without any heavy weapons. Division commander, I ask the troops to break through immediately, it's not too late for me, Taniguchi will also give the Eighth Route Army an encirclement," the chief of staff reminded again.

(To be continued)