"Why are you following along to join in the fun? Hurry up and take the troops across the river!"
After hearing the words of the commander of the 38th Army, the old brigade commander looked up at him and said.
"Deputy Commander-in-Chief, I………………."
"Stop talking, the number of troops for this interception mission should not be too few or too many. One regiment is just right!"
"I know you are considering the commander-in-chief's safety, but this matter is not negotiable!"
Seeing that the deputy commander-in-chief rejected his application, the commander of the 38th Army wanted to try again, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the old brigade commander.
The old brigade commander stopped the matter with just one sentence. The commander of the 38th Army could only nod helplessly, and then went back with other army commanders to command the troops to cross the river.
"This brat is quite popular!"
Looking at the backs of everyone leaving, the old brigade commander murmured with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
Then the old brigade commander turned his head and looked in the direction of Zhuyi Mountain, his eyes full of worry.
On the Zheyi Mountain side, Li Qiufan led a corps on a rapid march and arrived here.
Zhuyi Mountain is the closest road to Yangping, and one of the main roads can be used by large troops and mobile troops. This is where Li Qiufan and the others went.
In addition, there are dense forests on both sides of this main road, which is the best place to block the attack, so Li Qiufan chose this location.
After arriving at Zhuyi Mountain, Li Qiufan called the armored division's reconnaissance battalion and engineer battalion to him and assigned tasks to the two units.
As the name suggests, the reconnaissance battalion is for reconnaissance. Li Qiufan directly released them all and stared at the position of the beautiful Chinese troops.
As for the task of the engineer battalion, it is to lay landmines, and there are a large number of landmines.
Before setting off, Li Qiufan searched all other troops and collected all the mines into the first corps.
This time they did not have the artillery support of heavy artillery, and this blockade would definitely be suppressed by the enemy.
Therefore, Li Qiufan had to do things from other aspects, trying his best to delay the enemy's advance and avoid premature fighting between the enemy and ourselves.
Regarding the requirements for laying landmines in engineering battalions, Li Qiufan just said that the laying density should be small and the laying range should be large!
The purpose of this is to slow down the enemy's marching speed and at the same time create trouble for the enemy's mobile troops.
As for the density to be small and the range to be large, Li Qiufan was afraid that the enemy would use artillery shells to open the way, so he used artillery shells to bombard the main road to clear the minefields.
If the landmines are laid too densely, it will easily detonate all the landmines. Therefore, in order to avoid this problem, Li Qiufan asked the engineers to lay them at very large intervals.
Although the distance was large, the area that Li Qiufan asked the engineers to bury was quite large, starting from the main road in Zhuyi Mountain and burying them all the way to the blocking position in the middle section.
In addition, Li Qiufan also brought the tank regiment belonging to the armored division, but Li Qiufan did not let the tank regiment enter Zhuyi Mountain, but hibernated on their retreat.
As for the air defense regiment, the air defense regiment has not yet arrived, because the large forces have not yet finished crossing the river, so the air defense regiment has to prevent enemy aircraft from attacking there. After all the large troops have crossed the river, they will head to Zhuyi Mountain.
What remains are the three armies of the First Corps, which are the main forces in this blocking battle.
The First Army was placed on the main road and was responsible for resisting the pressure from the front, while the Second Army and the Fourth Army were responsible for the two flanks respectively.
Li Qiufan also issued an order for the blocking position to dig more anti-artillery holes and deploy foxholes, and to avoid too concentrated troop deployment.
Because this time they had to withstand the enemy's artillery fire and the countless aircraft. To put it bluntly, they had to endure the beating.
On the other side, the enemy's vanguard was not far from Zhuyi Mountain at this time. This vanguard was formed by six beautiful Chinese infantry divisions and the Second Cavalry Division.
The configuration of this vanguard force is quite luxurious, with more than a hundred tanks and armored vehicles, and dozens of vehicles carrying infantry.
"Erhu, tell the forward positions to move quickly, the enemy will be here soon!"
After receiving the enemy's position reported by the reconnaissance battalion soldiers, Li Qiufan urged Erhu beside him.
Li Qiufan was hurriedly building defensive positions, while the enemy troops were marching with all their strength.
As time passed, the enemy's vanguard finally arrived at Zhuyi Mountain and headed towards the main road without any suspicion.
This may be the confidence given to them by the large forces in the rear, which is why the commanders of the vanguard are so arrogant.
It may also be because they have just arrived in the peninsula and are not aware of the cruelty of the war here. They feel that they are invincible if they have tanks and armored vehicles, and the volunteers have no way to defeat them.
So after setting foot on the main road, after advancing less than ten meters, one of the tanks leading the way hit a mine.
However, this mine may have been too weak, so it did not have any impact on the tank, and the tracks were intact.
Therefore, the commander of the beautiful country's vanguard troops despised the volunteers even more. He didn't care if there was an ambush and directly ordered the troops to move forward.
But then he paid for his arrogance, because during the next journey, their team kept triggering landmines.
As a result, the tracks of two tanks were broken, and three infantry vehicles also suffered heavy casualties.
At this time, the commander of the vanguard of the beautiful country was a little panicked. He didn't know whether to continue to move forward or retreat, because he only discovered that they had fallen into a minefield.
Just when he was hesitant and ready to report, his deputy gave him a suggestion, which was to let the tanks fire to clear the mines.
The commander's eyes lit up after hearing his deputy's words, and he immediately issued the order. Then Li Qiufan heard continuous explosions.
After being cleared by the tank shelling, they did trigger a lot of landmines, but compared to the number planted by Li Qiufan, they were simply a drop in the bucket.
Then the confident commander gave the order to continue moving forward, but he was slapped in the face after walking less than five meters because they triggered another landmine.
The commander finally realized that something was wrong and reported directly to the large troops in the rear.
"Report to the commander-in-chief, the frontline reconnaissance battalion reports that the enemy's leading troops have entered the main road and entered the minefield, and are now trapped inside!"
Li Qiufan also received a report from the reconnaissance camp and learned that the enemy's leading troops were trapped.
"Who gave them the confidence to dare to walk into the minefield with such arrogance? Are they just idiots?"
Before Li Qiufan could speak, Erhu smiled happily and said to him.
"Perhaps he is a fool who has never been on the battlefield. Since they have given us the opportunity, we must not waste it!"
After hearing Er Hu's words, Li Qiufan also smiled and shook his head.
