Okazaki Ichiro Shaozuo, who was stationed in the county seat of Qixian County, received a call for help, and immediately reported the news that the Ninth Brigade and the Huting stronghold were besieged by a brigade of the Eighth Road.

The brigade commander, Koshio Toranosuke, ordered Ichiro Okazaki to immediately lead his troops to rush to the Tiger Pavilion stronghold, and then Koshibu Toranosuke reported to the headquarters of the First Army.

Li Yunlong used a regiment to fight the momentum of a brigade, and even Yoshio Shinozuka, who was far away in Taiyuan, was alarmed.

There were only 8 trucks in the county, which could only carry more than 200 people, so Okazaki Shaosa ordered the first squadron to take a truck to the Huting stronghold.

And Okazaki Shaosa himself led the remaining 500 or so soldiers to the Tiger Pavilion stronghold on foot.

At that time, the roads were almost all dirt roads, and the roads were filled with mud and stones, and these roads became muddy when it rained.

As the truck tires roll, the middle of the road is raised, and the place where the tires run over is dented, forming two parallel rutted tire marks.

The leader of the 1st Squadron, Captain Toyoyoshi Arai, had already ordered the driver to be very careful, but the Japanese convoy had barely 3 kilometers out of the county town when the truck's tires rolled into a mine.

Although the mine was not very powerful, the right front tire of the truck at the front was blown up, and the shriveled tire left the truck crooked to one side.

Squadron Leader Toyoyoshi Arai pushed the car door and got out of the car to check, and couldn't help but be speechless.

The sappers of the Eighth Route actually buried the mine on the rut mark, and after burying the mine, the rut mark was restored to its original state, and the driver sat in the car, even if he turned on the headlights and stared at the car wide-eyed, he could not see the abnormality at all.

Toyoyoshi Arai had no choice but to order the soldiers to change into spare tires and get back on the road.

As a result, the truck had only gone a few hundred meters away when the truck was hit by a landmine, and the truck's front left tire was blown up.

Toyoyoshi Arai finally got a little annoyed, but there was no way to take the Eight Paths, because you couldn't see the Eight Roads at all, not even a shadow of the Eight Roads.

Annoyed to angry, the order still had to be carried out, so he ordered the soldiers to put on the spare tire again and continue on the road.

This time, however, Yuyoshi Arai learned wisely, and he ordered the tires of the front and rear cars not to drive along the wheel prints, but to tire on the raised road while the tires were on the side of the road.

However, the convoy had only driven more than 300 meters, and the tires of the trucks were pressed with mines again, this time not by the previous mines made in the border area, but by mines S.

S mines are extremely lethal to infantry, but they are inferior to anti-tank mines in damage to armored vehicles and trucks.

With a bang, although the truck was not blown up, all four tires of the front car were blown up by steel balls.

A truck without four tires must not be able to be driven, and a truck was scrapped, and Toyoyoshi Arai's mentality exploded directly.

Toyoyoshi Arai didn't know how many mines lay ahead, so he had to let the driver drive, and the soldiers pushed behind and parked the car in front of him on the side of the road.

Then the second truck changed to the front vehicle, turned on the low beams, and several sappers with mine detectors cleared the mines in front, and after the sappers confirmed that it was safe, the truck drove forward.

Several sappers walked cautiously while probing with a mine detector.

A few hundred meters ahead, at the blocking point of the third company of the first battalion of the new regiment, Yang Dapeng, the commander of the third company, and Huang Zhiqiang, the commander of the engineer platoon, were lying behind the ridge.

After listening to Huang Zhiqiang, he first buried mines in the rut prints, and then planted mines on the road raised in the middle of the rut marks, which not only delayed the devil's marching speed, but also made the devil scrap a truck, Yang Dapeng grinned slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Platoon Commander Huang, you have a good brain." ”

"What's this, the best is yet to come." Huang Zhiqiang said, "Company Commander Yang, the devil sapper has entered the range of the machine gun, don't him?" ”

"Don't worry, let's get closer to the devil first." Yang Dapeng said, "Wait for Lao Tzu to kill his sappers, and see what the little devil uses to sweep mines?" ”

Huang Zhiqiang said: "Company Commander Yang, I can't see it, you are quite yin." ”

Yang Dapeng smiled: "Hehe, let's be each other, you kid is not a fuel-efficient lamp." ”

The Devil Sapper soon came within 200 meters of the ambush position, and one of the Devil Sappers spotted a mine under the rut print, and planted a mini flag next to the mine as a warning.

Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire ahead, a dense stream of bullets came in, and the searchlights of the trucks provided excellent visibility for the ambush troops.

The four minesweepers were shot one after another, convulsed as if electrocuted, and fell in a pool of blood.

One of the lights of the car in front was hit by a stray bullet and turned into a one-eyed dragon.

The Eighth Road is not in love with war, and after killing the devil sappers with a shuttle, they immediately retreat.

When Toyoyoshi Arai got out of the car, he saw the sappers who had been ejected into a blood sieve by the machine gun, lying upright on the ground.

Toyoyoshi Arai finally burst into a rage and ordered the light machine gun on the roof of the car to return fire, but the eighth road had already retreated, and the devil's machine gun was lonely.

More violent than Arai Toyoyoshi is Okazaki Ichiro, Okazaki Shaosa heard the gunfire and led the infantry to chase after him on foot, seeing that Arai Toyoyoshi was still staying here, Okazaki Shaosa came up and gave Arai Toyoyoshi two big-eared scrapers.

Toyoyoshi Arai hurriedly paused: "Report to the captain, it's not that we are careless, it's really that the eight roads are too cunning!" ”

"The Eighth Road planted a mine on the road, and just now my sappers were also killed by the Eighth Road!"

"Eight Ga Ya Road!" Ichiro Okazaki spat on the stars and scolded, "You waste, won't you send scouts?" ”

Toyoyoshi Arai hurriedly paused: "Hey! ”

So, the Okazaki brigade under the leadership of Okazaki Shaoza returned to the road, this time sending not only sappers to clear mines, but also scouts.

However, Okazaki Shaoza still underestimated the eight roads, mine warfare, sparrow warfare wheels waiting, less than 6 kilometers of the road devils walked for two hours, more than 30 casualties.

Until the day was about to dawn, Okazaki's brigade did not even complete half of the distance, during which Okazaki Shaosa also received a telegram from the commander of the Japanese First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, asking where he had arrived, and ordering him to lead his troops to speed up and rush to the Huting stronghold.

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At the same time, Kidnappers Mountain.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 1st New Regiment, as well as the artillery and cavalry companies, had arrived.

More than 1,500 fighters were all sweating profusely, and they were munching on dry food and drinking water, scrambling to recover their strength.

Yang Dapeng, commander of the third company of the first battalion, found Li Yunlong in the crowd.

Li Yunlong said: "Third Company Commander, how far is the devil from here?" ”

Yang Dapeng said: "Report to the head of the group, the devil is about 6 kilometers away from here, and the devil is scared by our mine warfare and sparrow warfare, and the speed is like a snail." ”

Hehe smiled, Li Yunlong said: "Well done, there are still 6 kilometers, and it will take at least an hour for that devil to arrive, and the physical strength of the soldiers will have already recovered by then." ”

"Signal soldier, go, call the three battalion commanders and the three direct company commanders over."

Soon, Zhang Dabiao, Zheng Yu, Chen Dagu, Wang Chengzhu and Sun Desheng, as well as Wang Dashan, the commander of the machine gun company directly under them, trotted over after receiving the order, and everyone gathered around Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong said directly.

"Our strength with the devil this time is 2 to 1, condescending, unexpected, the advantage is on our side."

"It's still the same, wait for the devil's scouts to pass, and then let's enter the ambush position."

"When the time comes, listen to my guns, mortars, submachine guns, light machine guns, grenades and heavy machine guns to greet me with my life, don't save me bullets and shells!"

"The first round of firepower is to kill at least half of the devils, and then rush down and see the bayonet red, and fight quickly!"

"In addition, Zhang Dabiao and Chen Dagu, your two battalions are at the front and the end respectively, you must tie the mouth tightly for me, let go of a devil, I will ask you two!"

"Do you all understand your mission?"

The crowd shouted in unison, "Understand! ”

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