Boom, boom, boom, dada...... On the north bank of the Songhua River, the dense sound of guns and cannons was deafening, and a team of men and horses suddenly rushed out of the smoke of gunpowder. One by one, they were smoked like black charcoal, and almost all of them were wounded, and they knew at a glance that they had gone through a hard battle.

This unit was a battalion of the 63rd Brigade of the 35th Division, and the unit was ordered to go to the ferry to set up a mine array.

The battalion commander Qian Biao led his subordinates to fight a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and finally wiped out all the squads that the Japanese had just arrived on the shore, but nearly one-fifth of the brothers had been laid to rest, and many of the remaining soldiers were wounded and out of strength.

The bandages on the shoulders of the deputy battalion commander kept oozing blood, and half of his body was stained red. He gritted his teeth, pointed ahead and shouted: "Battalion commander, the front is Beizhangzhuang Village, should we enter the village to hold on or bypass it?" ”

Battalion commander Qian Biao took a look at it and said, "I will lead the battalion headquarters and the first and third companies to stay behind to block the Japanese army, and you will lead the remaining two companies and the wounded to retreat north!" ”

The deputy battalion commander said a little angrily: "No, I can't be a deserter, I have to stay together!" ”

Battalion commander Qian Biao explained: "Our mission this time is to place mines on the shore, but the Japanese have already crossed the river, and the news of the devil's crossing of the river must be passed to the brigade commander. ”

The deputy battalion commander twisted his neck, glared at him and said, "Then I'll stay, and you will transfer with the wounded!" ”

Qian Biao was angry and said angrily: "You are the battalion commander, I am the battalion commander?" Obey the order, get out of the way! As he spoke, he shouted behind him: "The first and third companies that are not injured will come with me!" ”

When the soldiers of the two companies heard this, a large group of people hula passed, and some wounded soldiers also followed. The deputy battalion commander saw that the matter was irreparable. He stomped his feet vigorously and shouted in frustration: "The second and fourth companies will come with me and bring all the wounded with me!" ”

Qian Biao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the donkey was finally gone. He turned to the two company commanders beside him and said, "Although we have eliminated the vanguard of the devils, the pursuers of the little devils will chase after them soon, so we have to hurry up and set up defenses." ”

The two company commanders hurriedly said: "Yes, battalion commander, I'll arrange it!" After just two steps, he turned around and asked, "Battalion commander, are we arming at the entrance of the village, or are we arming in the village?" ”

Qian Biao thought for a while and said: "Put two platoons at the entrance of the village, and arrange six platoons in the village, ready to fight in the streets!" The narrower the place, the better it is for us. ”

The commander of the first company showed a painful look on his face and said sadly: "Battalion commander, the platoon was blown up by the devil's artillery in the battle just now, and we only have seven incomplete platoons left!" ”

Qian Biao was stunned for a moment. Immediately hardened his heart. He waved his hand and said, "Then you two will do it!" ”

Fortunately, Meng Qingshan had ordered the masses to move before, and the entire village was actually an empty village, and the soldiers immediately dispersed and began to arrange, burying mines and digging traps.

"Da da da ......" A fierce machine gun sound suddenly came, and the soldiers who were arming the defense immediately put down the tools in their hands, picked up their rifles and looked in the direction of the gunshot, followed by the sound of grenadiers and crooked handles. Qian Biao's face changed, and he shouted: "It's not good, it's the entrance of the village!" As he spoke, he rushed in the direction of the entrance of the village.

The commander of the first company was also busy bringing a platoon of soldiers to follow, and said in his mouth: "Damn, don't you all say that this little devil is a looper?" How fast it is! ”

Before they could rush to the entrance of the village, the commander of the third company had already withdrawn with a platoon of fighters. He said with a pale face: "Battalion commander, I failed to hold the position, please punish me!" ”

Qian Biao was very angry and reprimanded: "What did you do, you couldn't even hold it for half an hour, what are you eating!" ”

The commander of the third company was a little ashamed, lowered his head and explained: "The devil's firepower is very fierce, and as soon as it came up, there was a burst of artillery bombardment, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties!" Seven brothers were broken in the first shelling of the devils, and I was worried that if the fight continued, the soldiers would all be left outside, and it would be better to leave the living forces to fight with the devils in the streets! ”

Qian Biao sighed and said, "Forget it, I'll settle accounts with you when I go back!" The devils are about to enter the village, so go to the village to set up defenses! As he was talking, he suddenly saw blood stains flowing behind the third company commander, hurriedly looked at the third company commander's body, and found that the clothes from his chest to his feet were all bright red, and shouted: "Are you injured?" Quick, hygienist! ”

The commander of the third company shook his body, squeezed out a little smile, and said, "Battalion commander, no, no need, I'm afraid I'm not good anymore, and I can't continue to fight devils with you." As he spoke, he shook again and suddenly collapsed.

Qian Biao hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and found that the commander of the third company had passed away suddenly......

"Company commander, company commander!" The fighters whimpered and shouted.

Qian Biao gritted his teeth and said: "Hide the body of the third company commander first, don't let the little devil destroy it, and when this battle is over, we will bury him well." ”

As he spoke, a cannonball whistled and exploded. A platoon commander who went to the entrance of the village to inquire ran back and shouted: "Battalion commander, the devil has entered the village, the devil has entered the village." ”

Qian Biao shouted: "Comrades, let's fight guerrilla warfare with devils in the village, and holding on until dark is victory!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom......" A dense burst of shells suddenly smashed over, blowing up the village in a mess. Under the cover of gunpowder smoke and flying dust, the soldiers quickly dispersed and hid in various courtyards in squads and platoons.

At the entrance of the village, a Japanese squadron leader suddenly pulled out his command knife and pointed at the village, howling viciously: "Give a few presses!" ”

"Onboard!" A large group of Japanese soldiers with rifles and shouting Banzai poured in......

"Boom" Just when the squadron had just entered the village less than 50 meters, a huge explosion sounded at the front of the squadron, shattering the dreams of all Japanese soldiers. Immediately afterward, there was a thick smoke of gunpowder, which enveloped the dozen or so soldiers at the front of the squadron.

"Baga, there is an ambush to hide, quickly hide" Hearing the explosion, the squadron leader's first reaction was to encounter an ambush by the Chinese troops, and quickly ordered.

"Report to the captain, our soldiers stepped on a mine, there are mines on the road ahead" When the smoke cleared, a squad leader who ran to the front of the team to investigate the situation ran to the squadron leader out of breath and reported.

"Baga, damn the people of China actually planted mines here, it's disgusting, do they carry these things with them? Eight grid tooth road, immediately report to the team leader to request engineer support. Listening to the squad leader's words, a nameless anger rushed to his heart, and the squadron leader ordered loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency Squadron Leader" The squad leader hurried to report the situation to the Japanese brigade in the rear. Soon, a small team of sappers, carrying mine detectors, came to the village. Dozens of little devil sappers did not hesitate, took their equipment, dragged the remains of several soldiers and the wounded next to the explosion point, and began to detect mines.

The three mine detectors extended forward little by little, and in less than a minute, the three sappers reached a distance of 5 meters. At a distance of 5 meters, the mine detectors barely reacted, and just when the sappers were relieved that there were no more mines in the village. Another huge explosion sounded, and a little devil sapper, along with the mine detector in his hand, was thrown into the sky.

A few "ding-dong" sounds sounded, and the mine detector, which had been blown to pieces, fell to the ground, along with the stumps and severed arms of the Japanese sappers who had been blown to pieces. The two sappers next to the explosion point were also knocked to the ground by the huge wave of air generated by the explosion of the mine, and the shrapnel from the explosion of the mine easily cut through their military uniforms and penetrated their bodies.

"Ahh Why can't the Imperial probe detect the mines planted by the China? "The smoke cleared. The two little devil sappers lay on the ground one after another, and their bodies were blown up by shrenchel into a typical hedgehog, and began to howl weakly, telling the soldiers behind them about the pain of the wounds on their bodies, shouting for less than three minutes, and when the Japanese doctor arrived, the two sappers were already out of breath, but their faces still had painful expressions.

"Baga Bagayalu, a bunch of useless guys, the face of the Great Japanese Empire has been lost to you." Seeing that his sappers were actually blown to the ground again by mines. The leader of the engineer squad took a sharp breath and saw the shrapnel on the two soldiers, which surprised the engineer squad leader, because he couldn't recognize what kind of mine it was.

"Captain Matsuda, what's the matter, didn't the mine detector already probe the road just now? Why are there still mines? Seeing that the Japanese sappers were blown to the ground by a mine, the squadron leader of the infantry squadron was also taken aback, and curiously followed and asked.

"This is a new type of mine, and the mine detectors in our hands do not play any role at all." Matsuda took the shrapnel in his hand and analyzed.

"Is there a way to deal with it? You must know that there is a troop of Zhina people hiding in this village, and if these buried mines cannot be cleared, then if the captain knows, neither of us will have good fruit to eat. ”

"The only way now is to do manual demining. The pace will be very slow, please forgive the squadron leader. ”

"Yo Xi! As long as you can clear these damn mines, it's all worth it, Captain Matsuda, please organize the sappers to clear the mines as soon as possible, and I'll report the situation to His Excellency the Captain immediately. Listening to the words of the engineer team, the squadron leader said with a frown.

"Hey, our engineer squad will definitely clear a safe passage for the main force in the shortest possible time." Captain Matsui replied immediately.

In a hidden place in the village, Qian Biao used a telescope to observe the movements in the village, half an hour passed, Qian Biao did not find any traces of the devils, nor did he hear the gunshots, which made Qian Biao very puzzled, what were these devils doing, did they abandon them and make a detour to pursue the wounded soldiers.

"Battalion commander, battalion commander."

Qian Biao turned around and saw the company commander with a cheap smile on his face, and scolded: "You don't command the battle where you are, what are you doing here, if the little devil comes, Lao Tzu will kill you." ”

"Battalion commander, don't be angry, the little devil won't be able to come over for a while."

"Why?"

"The little devil has been blocked by our mine array, and now he is clearing mines!"

"Demining, why do you have to wait so long?"

"Not really! Just now I sent someone to reconnoitre, and we killed four or five little devils with the first mine, and then the little devils quickly mobilized sappers to clear the mines. The company commander said with a smile.

"Do the little devils think it's an ordinary landmine? That's the latest mine produced by our arsenal, our mission this time is to place mines near the ferry, I didn't expect this little devil to come so quickly, actually met with them, fought an encounter, and we lost more than half of the mines, so that now there are less than 50 mines left. Qian Biao scolded.

"Battalion commander, since the little devil has crossed the river, then our mission has also failed, it is better to bury the remaining mines, where to kill the devil is not to kill, while the devil is now clearing mines at the entrance of the village, we are burying the remaining mines in our hands, and killing one by one."

"Okay, then let's show the little devil the power of the discus produced in our arsenal." (To be continued.) )