Since the North China Headquarters of the Yue Army issued an order to start the sweep, all the strongholds where the main forces of the Yue Army were stationed had been targeted by the soldiers of the Reading Brigade. Their every move did not escape the eyes of the scouts of the regiments.

When the other reinforcements of the army opened their strongholds like the 117th Wing, they began to be constantly harassed. Of course, for these troops, the soldiers did not need to consider the speed of their march, but delayed their march as long as possible. Because of this, the devils will have a much less chance of entering the hinterland of the base area. In the same way, the base areas will suffer less losses. So, the warriors used all their imagination, and almost all the methods that could attack the devils were used.

One of the simplest and easiest ways to do this is to cut the road where the devils are preparing to march. Let their cannons, cars not go smoothly. Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, countless deep ditches appeared on the road of the devil's march. Facing countless deep ditches, looking at the mountain artillery and ammunition trucks behind them, the army could only fill them one by one. Of course, the sappers who fill in the roads are devils.

Knowing this, the minds of the warriors became active. Although we dare not move your main wing, I dare to clean up the sappers who are used to fill the road. As a result, in addition to constantly digging up the road in front of the army, the soldiers also planted a certain amount of mines at the breach.

As a result, when the army again organized the sappers to carry out the operation, it was not so smooth. A series of explosions rang out at the break in the road. At the same time, it also caused a burst of wails from the army. In four deep ditches in a row, explosions sounded.

Soon, the casualty report reported that in the hands of the squadron leader of the engineer squadron, there were deep ditches in all directions, and a total of half the strength of the squad was lost. No need to guess, the squadron leader knows. These mines must have been planted by the people of China who had cut off the road. Thinking of his engineering squadron, as an excellent soldier of the Imperial Army of the Great Empire, he now has to lay down his tools and work hard to fill in the deep ditches that can be seen everywhere on the road for the entire main force, and he is also attacked by mines that are specifically aimed at him.

"Baga." The squadron leader drew his command knife, cut off a small tree in front of him, and scolded loudly. "Report immediately to His Excellency the Wing Commander that the front was attacked by enemy mines, and the troops lost half a squad." The squadron leader continued, "The despicable Shina people, who have the ability to stand up and attack the good Imperial Army soldiers head-on, will sneak attack, the cowardly Shina people. The squadron leader yelled at his squad leader.

"Report to Your Excellency, Captain, there is a village ahead, can we go to the village and recruit some young men and let them go to the front to fill in the deep ditch that has appeared on the road. Also, if the Chinese were allowed to march in front of us, I don't think the Eighth Route Army would have laid mines. When the time comes, our squadron of engineers will be able to complete the tasks assigned to us by the wing commander without much effort. A small captain beside him, looking at the angry squadron leader, pointed to the village with smoke rising in the distance.

"Yo Xi, your attention is very good, Zhongtianjun, I order, you take your team, set off immediately, go to the village in front to recruit 100 young and middle-aged people, and let them go to the front to open the way for our excellent imperial soldiers. You must know that our excellent soldiers of the Imperial Army are not used to fill the deep ditches on the highway, but to come to the front line to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. After listening to the squad leader's words, the squadron leader nodded and ordered.

"Correspondent, report my decision to His Excellency the Wing Commander and ask the Wing Commander for approval." The squadron leader turned again and ordered the communicator behind him. "Others take care of the wounded and stand by in place." The squadron leader then ordered.

"Hey." After listening to the squadron leader's words, everyone replied in unison, and at the same time, their nervous hearts were also put down, and at the same time, they were also glad that their soldiers did not have to do coolies and block bullets in front, and several squad leaders cast grateful eyes at the Zhongtian squad leader in front of them.

Of course, this solution was quickly agreed to by the Wing Commander. So, the squadron of engineers, who had joined the avant-garde squadron, rested on the spot, but the soldiers' eyes were on the village in front of them. Begging to Amaterasu, hoping that the leader of the Nakaten squad who gave his opinion would not let him down.

However, Captain Zhongtian is indeed an excellent Imperial Commander. After a while, a large number of Shina people appeared in everyone's eyes. Through the binoculars, it can be seen that the squad leader has recruited more than 100 young adults, and these young adults are tied with ropes by the soldiers. The soldiers of the Zhongtian Squad patrolled back and forth at both ends of the line with rifles with good bayonets, urging the people to speed up.

"Yo Xi, the captain of the Zhongtian squad is worthy of being a warrior of the empire, and after capturing so many young and middle-aged people, the soldiers are finally relaxed. Order: Squadrons of engineers were to assemble at once, and supervise the filling of deep ditches and mines on the road by the squads in small squads for an hour each. Looking at the young man who was getting closer and closer, the squadron leader ordered excitedly.

Therefore, under the coercion of the bayonets of the army, the laborers who were forcibly captured had no choice but to pick up tools and take on the task of filling up the road. Although, in the course of the work, two deep trenches exploded again. However, it was the common people who were injured and killed by the explosion, and the Yue army who followed behind did not feel anything wrong, and threw the bodies of the wounded directly on the side of the road, and continued to force the people to fill the ditch.

Soon, this situation reached the ears of the Eighth Route Army, in the face of the cruelty of the army, but also in order not to hurt the people. The Eighth Route Army had no choice but to stop and continue to lay mines, but continued to dig deep trenches on the highway to slow down the marching speed of the army. In this way, a disturbing race was staged on several highways.

The Eighth Route Army dug deep ditches at the front end of the highway, and the devils forced the common people to fill in the deep ditches behind. In this way, not only was the road not damaged, but the speed of the devil's march was slowed down. It's just that the soldiers have a little more strength, but these strength jobs are nothing to these Eighth Route Army, who were originally peasants.

Of course, the soldiers had many ways to slow down the march of the Japanese army in addition to digging roads. Although the devils used civilians to open the way at the front of the ranks, so that the soldiers could not lay mines. However, the bullets in the hands of the fighters were indeed very abundant. Therefore, the devil has been gunfire all the time.

The proportion of new recruits among the soldiers of the three new regiments is very large, and the soldiers are not as good as the veterans, but when a row of guns passes, there will always be a few unlucky devils. Therefore, the gains of the fighters are still very large. The soldiers of each battalion relied on the method of shooting cold guns and platoon guns, and almost every day a squad called for the army's income, but the soldiers had almost no casualties. This method of warfare is the best method of training troops for newly formed regiments with a large proportion of new recruits.

However, the devil of a small team is inconspicuous for having a main wing of nearly 4,000 people, so. These results were very great for the soldiers. However, these losses, for a military wing, only hurt its skin, and did not even touch the bones. Therefore, although there were bursts of guns along the way, and a few soldiers fell in the middle of the ranks from time to time, the army still marched forward as if nothing happened.

A few days passed, and the army was slowly approaching the periphery of the base area. I know that at this time, the people's war against the Yue army has just begun. Because, on the periphery of the base area, the common people did not have much recognition of the Eighth Route Army. So none of the villagers in the village moved, and it was very easy for the devil to grab the guide, find drinking water, and replenish supplies, but now it is different.

Since the base area was in the early stage of the encirclement and suppression of the army, the orders for the anti-encirclement and suppression operations had already been issued from the headquarters to all villages. Under the guidance of cadres at all levels, the common people have moved most of the industries in the villages to the tunnels. Except for some young and middle-aged people who stayed in the village to cooperate with the militia, the rest of the people were temporarily relocated to the Zhangjiazhuang area, the center of the base area, under the organization of the base area. Until the devil retired from the army, he returned to his hometown.

Therefore, the village in front of me is not like the original village is smoking, but lifeless, without a little life. The co-captain raised the binoculars in his hand and looked at the village in front of him. There was a hint of anxiety.

Due to the continuous attacks by the Chinese in the past few days, the troops' journey has been delayed for a whole day. Although the losses of the troops were not large, they did not affect the overall combat effectiveness. However, the captain of the wing, who has rich combat experience, always feels that this group of Eighth Route Army is different from the [***] in the front, and it seems that there is some conspiracy waiting for him. So, looking at the village in front of him, the co-captain felt a little weird.

After surrounding the village to find out what was going on, a squad of scouts was sent out by the Wing Leader. Looking at the army team that had slowly entered the village, the wing captain breathed a sigh of relief, feeling ridiculous for his worries just now.

"Your Excellency Wing Commander, please don't worry, how can those Eighth Route Army with broken guns compete with the powerful Imperial Army, they will at most engage in sneak attacks, and there will be no threat to our main wing." The chief of staff saw the cautious wing captain and came to his side and said confidently.

"Company commander, the main force of the devil wing is parked outside the village. But a small team of troops, presumably a reconnaissance unit, had been sent out, and was slowly entering the village. One of the soldiers who served as a lookout came to the company commander and said.

(To be continued)