Chapter 177: Mine Warfare
"Right here, lay a mine, and then lay one three hundred meters ahead!" At this time, He Jiaming led people along the main road, and began to lay mines along the way, while leaving a soldier on the side of the road to observe.
As soon as the enemy uses sappers, shoot the workers, and then immediately retreat, and each person is only allowed to fire one shot.
The 31st Brigade had an engineer brigade, a baggage brigade, a cavalry brigade, and a field hospital.
Although it is said to be a hospital, it is just that there are not many personnel, and the Japanese army does not have a high allocation of medical personnel.
If we compare it with the world's first-class army, it can be seen that the establishment of the Japanese army exudes a small family spirit, and it can also be seen that its resources are scarce.
For example, the reduction of cavalry wings is that they lack war horses, and they cannot be configured according to the size of permanent divisions and regiments.
There are only two heavy artillery brigades, and the artillery wing only has 75mm field or mountain artillery, but compared to our army, they are rich.
He Jiaming arranged all the way to use mines to delay the enemy's advance speed, and to plant one every 300 meters, of course, he would not be so regular.
And it will not only be buried alone, a variety of different burial methods will be used, and the distance will be constantly adjusted.
At the same time, different ambush points are arranged along the way, and the number of people is constantly adjusted according to the different terrain.
Of course, there won't be too many ambushes, after all, they need to hold the enemy back for about three hours, and not really make it difficult for the enemy to move an inch.
Then there are forty mines left, these are left for backup, if the enemy's speed is still too fast, then come a ruthless, but no devils do not hang the strings!
He, He Jiaming, is also a person who has seen mine warfare!
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Early the next morning, the 31st Brigade began to light a fire and cook early, and then the troops were regrouped and set off at six o'clock sharp, when it was still dark.
And the speed of the march was very fast, Xiao Yu Yoyi watched the troops pass quickly with a confident smile, and then he urged the war horse to the middle of the marching column.
After advancing like this for more than an hour, the sky began to brighten, and two reconnaissance planes flew in the distance in the sky, and began to reconnoiter around the 31st Brigade.
Taiyuan Airport re-established a flight wing, and Yoshio Shinozuka's efforts finally paid off, and the improvement of troops and equipment made him full of confidence.
However, he was still careful, otherwise he would not have used the 31st Brigade as bait.
Judging from the battle reports of more than a year ago, the Eighth Route Army and this He Jiaming had detailed information on their own side, which he couldn't figure out anyway.
His command doesn't seem to be tight, so he has to be careful, so the strength of the various armies is relatively even, and the distance between the various wings and brigades is not far.
In this way, a bait must be needed, otherwise this big net will leak on all sides.
He didn't know that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had begun to move towards the outer line, and the strong walls in the base area were clear, but the water source was not destroyed, but there was not a single grain of grain to be found.
The reason why the water source is not destroyed is because the people need water, after all, after the victory of the anti-sweep, they need to return to their homes, and will the houses be burned?
This is unknown, when the Eighth Route Army needs to help the people rebuild their houses, if they come to drill wells again, then it will take a lot of time and manpower.
Even if there were preparations in advance, the Eighth Route Army did not dare to be careless, so they did not run away from the water source, and the enemy would not destroy the water source, after all, they also had to use it.
In all aspects, the superiors should take into account.
Xiao Yu and Yi looked at the reconnaissance plane, at this time, the reconnaissance plane flew higher, more than 500 meters, and basically did not dare to enter the range of the rifle again.
But it was enough, after all, it was the main force of the Eighth Route Army that was searched, and this was the big goal.
"......Boom" There was a sudden explosion sound, and Xiao Yu and Yi immediately restrained the war horse, but soon the news came that it was a landmine.
"Let the sappers come forward!" He hurriedly ordered.
The sapper rushed to the front with a minesweeper and began to sweep mines along the main road, and a soldier who was in ambush not far away slowly poked out his rifle and took serious aim.
"Bang......" A sapper was directly hit and fell to the ground in an instant, while the fighters of the reconnaissance company turned around and left directly, and when the machine gun of the little devil came over, there was no figure.
"Report to Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, the sappers have checked two hundred meters ahead and have not found mines again!" The adjutant soon came to report it.
"Huh?" Xiao Yuhe was stunned for a moment, "Only one?" ”
"Yes!"
"It should still be the same company, they are stalling for time, keep going!"
"Hey!"
The 31V brigade only walked a hundred meters and "boomed ......"
Another mine exploded, and Xiao Yu and Yi were a little angry, "Baga ......"
"Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, do you want to send sappers!"
"Does that need to be said?" Xiao Yu and Ichi can't gamble either, after all, if there are a lot of mines ahead, then it will be bad for them to step on them directly.
The main goal of the mines is to smash and kill, not to kill, of course, the mines of the Eighth Route Army don't care about this, it all depends on luck what they blow up.
It is impossible for Xiao Yu and Yi to let a large number of wounded soldiers appear in the troops, "Pay attention to whether there are snipers from the Eighth Route Army around!" ”
"Hey!"
This time the little devil was careful, the sappers cleared the mines, and the surrounding arrangements were guarded.
The "Tongtong......" fired three rapid fires, and the three grenadiers used Type 91 grenades, and after firing at the north side of a small slope, they immediately turned and left, and then vanished around a turn.
And it was not the sappers who shelled, but their baggage, "boom, boom, boom ......"
The continuous explosion instantly sounded at the back of the team, and Xiao Yuhe looked back, "Baga......"
This time he was even angrier, "They're stalling for time......"
However, he can't help it!
Unless the infantry avoids the advance and takes the lead, can they do that?
No, the main force of the Eighth Route Army is obviously still staring at them, although this is what he wants, but once they are separated from heavy weapons, then they are the meat in the mouth of the Eighth Route Army.
Without heavy weapons, relying solely on infantry, how long could he hold out?
He didn't want to be eaten by the Eighth Route Army, so he could only hold his breath, and the sappers swept more than 300 meters forward this time and did not find mines again.
In this way, it was possible to move on, and to carry some wounded.
Advance another kilometer or so, "boom ......"
This time it turned out to be a continuous explosion, this time it turned out to be a chain mine, the mines buried in front did not have a trigger device, and when the enemy walked over, the mines behind were triggered, and then a chain reaction was caused.
So lethal is even greater, and after the mine exploded, the sound of machine guns was remembered in the distance, and there were three machine guns deployed in different positions, "Da ......"
Or crossfire!