Not long after entering the minefield, an unlucky ghost soldier stepped on a mine, causing a series of explosions.

The iron egg was also blown away by the blast wave and fell on a large tree, not knowing whether it would live or die.

The devil soldiers behind him were even more suffered, and they were already very tired, and their vigilance had been reduced to the extreme, who would have thought that there would be an explosion in this wood.

Therefore, the dozens of devils who entered the woods first were killed and injured on the spot, and they fell to the ground.

Major General Chuan Yasu and Takeshita Nakasa and others were able to enter the woods and escape by luck, but they were still scared into a cold sweat, and they all fell to the ground involuntarily, and when they raised their heads, they were all dusty and embarrassed.

Hearing this, Chuan An gritted his teeth and said: "Baga Yalu, hateful little bastard, arrest him for me, I'm going to split him alive!" ”

However, no one in the avant-garde force carried out his orders, and no one in the back dared to rush forward, after all, this woods was a minefield.

Or Takeshita Nakasa looked forward and said: "Sir, that cowherd baby has been killed, now there are two possibilities, first, the cowherd baby doesn't know that this is a minefield, after all, it is very common for the people to plant mines in their base area."

Second, and it is also the worst possibility, the cattle herding baby may know that this is a military restricted area guarded by the Zhina army, and deliberately lure us over, and now we may have been exposed. ”

As soon as the chief of staff said this, Chuan An Wensan couldn't help but get nervous, if this is the case, then the situation of his own army will be dangerous.

In fact, Takeshita Nakasa's guess was not wrong at all, Tie Dan did not hesitate to risk his life to lead the devils to the minefield, not just to kill a few devils.

Because, on the opposite side of this wooded minefield, is Dongguang County.

Just because this is a forest and not a traffic artery, the defenders planted mines here and set them up as a minefield, in order to prevent the enemy from relying on the woods as a cover to carry out a sneak attack on Dongguang County.

After all, Qiao Youhua's anti-Japanese dragon tooth brigade did this in the early days of its establishment, relying on dense crops and woods and grasses to carry out various ambushes and harassment on devils.

Therefore, in the defense area of the Dragon's Tooth Column, all units have relatively adequate preparations for prevention, especially in the county seat, and basically all the loopholes that can be thought of have been eliminated for him.

Now the mine explosion in the woods is resounding, and the county seat of Dongguang has been alarmed.

In order to ensure that when the devil is discovered, it can be dispatched as soon as possible, the two infantry battalions of the guard regiment are stationed in the county town, and other infantry units such as the cavalry reconnaissance battalion and the third division echo each other in the entire Dongguang and even Botou territory.

Therefore, after the sound of explosions came from the woods, Zheng Yunshan immediately sensed that it might be a devil who had touched the minefield, because the people in the base areas that might be infested in the vicinity all knew where the minefield was.

In addition, now that all the base areas are under martial law, the people are fortified and cleared, the doors are closed, and except for a small number of scouts, no one comes out at all, so it can only be devils who trigger the minefield.

Therefore, Zheng Yunshan immediately ordered the militia troops to stay in the county seat, take strict precautions, and personally led the two main infantry battalions out of the city and went straight to the woods.

"The first battalion has outflanked me, and the second battalion has blocked the woods head-on, just in case! Find out the enemy situation before you plan! It didn't take long for Zheng Yunshan to lead his troops out of the city, but he arrived outside the woods and quickly made arrangements.

Soon, the two main infantry battalions, small of 2,000 troops, moved rapidly, the second battalion blockaded the woods from the front, and the first battalion divided into two routes, bypassed the woods, and made a detour towards the rear of the woods.

Chuan An Wensan realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered: "Order the troops, turn around and withdraw immediately!" Hurry up and drop out! "At this time, although he still had 2,000 men under his command, one person was sleepy, tired, and lacking in ammunition, and he was not vulnerable at all.

Moreover, if he was entangled by the Dragon's Tooth Column here, he would soon fall into the heavy encirclement of the Dragon's Tooth Column, so without the slightest hesitation, this old devil took two thousand subordinates and turned around and ran, not even caring about the remains of the dozens of avant-garde soldiers and soldiers who were killed.

It's just that before these devil soldiers could completely escape into the sorghum field where they came, they were discovered by the officers and soldiers of the first battalion of the guard regiment who had outflanked them.

The soldiers of the first battalion, while immediately launching a fierce attack on the enemy and pursuing, sent people back to report to Zheng Yunshan.

After Zheng Yunshan got the news, he took the second battalion to lift the blockade and quickly bypassed the minefield and rushed over.

At this time, the first battalion had already tightly bitten the devil of Chuan'an Wensan and was in pursuit.

Zheng Yunshan, in view of the fact that the 1st Battalion had already pursued into the sorghum field, and that it would not be conducive to the mobility of the troops if he invested too many troops, decided that the 1st Battalion should continue the pursuit and maintain contact with the 2nd Battalion.

At the same time, the 2nd Battalion urgently called the cavalry reconnaissance battalion, the 3rd Battalion, and other regimental units directly under it, as well as the troops of the 3rd Division in other areas and the militia units left behind in various parts of Dongguang County, to quickly rush to this area to encircle and intercept the Japanese troops.

For a time, the regular army, cavalry infantry, and militia reserves of the Longya Column in Dongguang County were mobilized one after another.

After about two hours, the remnants of Chuan'an Wensan were finally chased and intercepted on a dirt slope 20 kilometers south of Dongguang County.

In the past two hours of pursuit and fighting, the various units of the Dragon's Tooth Column have eliminated more than 500 Japanese soldiers, and at this time, there are less than 1,500 people left around Chuan An Wensan, and many of them are wounded, their physical strength is seriously overdrawn, they are hungry and thirsty, and the most dangerous thing is that there is not much ammunition left for them.

However, the devils still showed their excellent combat qualities at the last moment, almost perfectly, and before the pursuing troops of the Dragon's Tooth Column formed an encirclement of them, they successfully excavated several ring fortifications on this nameless soil slope at the cost of a small group of troops to break the combat cover.

Let them have something to rely on and continue to resist stubbornly.

The terrain on the slope is quite high, and attacking from below is a feint, and if you attack rashly, you may have to pay a lot of casualties, so the commanders of the Third Division, Wu Ming and Zheng Yunshan, and other major officers, held an emergency military meeting to discuss how to take this nameless high ground and eliminate the remnants of the Japanese invaders.

At the same time, on the hillside, Kawayasu Wenzo was sitting in a foxhole, and was also giving orders to his communications adjutant: "Our department is seriously short of ammunition, water and food, and I request the fleet command to immediately give airdrop support, and we will hold out until the last moment, and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Great Japanese Empire!"

However, until then, we want to do everything we can to kill as much damage as possible, so please Fleet Command, please give us some material support so that we can get what we want. ”