In the direction of Wolong Mountain, Duanwu Zheng, Lao Shou and others used binoculars to observe the Chaoxian Division's mine clearance.
Lao Shou said: "Tuanzuo, look, are those little Japs? They seemed to be the ones we bombed yesterday."
Sun Shiyu also said: "Tuanzuo, yes, yes, they were the ones who bombed yesterday."
Duanwu smiled and said: "These are not Japanese soldiers, but Korean divisions."
Lao Snoring said in surprise: "Tuanzuo, how did you figure it out?"
Duanwu replied: "Tools used for demining. The little devils all use deminers to clear mines, but these people also use traditional mine-clearing needles to detect. This shows that their equipment is not as good as the little devils."
Also, you can see that the military uniforms they wear are very old, and the Type 38 rifles they use are only about 80% new.
This is difficult to see in the main force of the Little Devils. And then there are their shoes. The kid we fought with was wearing suede shoes. But they were wearing canvas shoes. So this is the Chaoxian division and it has not escaped. "
"The observation of the group members is really meticulous!"
Lao Shou said in admiration, and Sun Shiyu on the side also said: "Yes, we looked at it for half a night and didn't find any difference between these trendy Japanese devils and Japanese devils."
Duanwu smiled at this time and said: "This is not important. What is important is that our plan can be implemented. Although this Chaoxian division has a large number of troops, its combat effectiveness is average. Moreover, its adaptability is very poor and its response is slow.
But there were so many of them that it was impossible to eat them all in one bite. We only eat half of them and quickly evacuate. "
"yes!"
Lao Shou, Sun Shiyu, Zhu Shengzhong and others responded, and then Duanwu and others slowly retreated.
Because the next step is to wait, use time to wear down the enemy's patience, make the enemy crazy, thus ignoring the possibility of an ambush in Wolong Mountain, and then solve part of the Chaoxian Division in Wolong Mountain during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Duanwu had no intention of swallowing up the entire Chaoxian division because there were too many people on the other side. There are more than twice as many as them.
Moreover, the scouts sent by Lao Shou discovered that there were a large number of Japanese soldiers following the Chaoxian Division about five kilometers away.
This tactic of using Japanese soldiers as cannon fodder is common during the Dragon Boat Festival, so there is nothing surprising about it.
The little devils only have a few tactics, and they won't change even if they fight for a lifetime.
But it was just right. If someone gave him a head, he would just keep it.
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Half an hour later, the little Japanese engineers arrived, and the demining speed suddenly became much faster.
However, except for a few real mines on the road, they are all fake mines.
The so-called mine detectors are just metal detectors.
Mines are made of metal, so it's not surprising that mine detectors can detect them.
But in other words, if you bury the leftover tin cans in the ground, the little devil's mine detector will still go off.
It's a pity that time is limited, otherwise Dragon Boat Festival will ask the fourth battalion to get some serial mines, which will definitely kill the little Japanese engineers.
But even so, Li Cheng's Chaoxian division walked the five-kilometer mountain road for nearly three hours.
Momotaro was already impatient with waiting, so he almost ordered the Chaoxian division to walk directly through the minefield.
However, why is Momotaro so anxious? Because it was getting dark soon, and the nearest village was still more than twenty kilometers away.
In other words, Momotaro does not want to spend the night in the wild. From previous battles, if he spends the night in the wild, the possibility of being attacked will be greatly increased.
And especially when faced with people like Duanwu who often carry out night attacks. I still remember an infantry brigade chasing dozens of people into the jungle during the Dragon Boat Festival. In just one night, the entire infantry brigade was almost wiped out.
Learning from the past, Momotaro had to take precautions, and it had been an hour, and there was still no movement from the supervision team. Momotaro seriously suspected that this might just be a delaying strategy for Dragon Boat Festival.
As for why Dragon Boat Festival did this, Momotaro couldn't guess, so he could only take one step at a time.
However, he still ordered the Chaoxian Division to send scouts to the mountains of Wolong Mountain for reconnaissance.
But Li Cheng had already sent someone to do this.
While waiting for the engineers to clear mines, Li Cheng was very bored and thought about the Wolong Mountain ahead.
He was familiar with military literature and had studied in Japan. He felt that the terrain of Wolong Mountain was very conducive to an ambush, so he sent people to the mountain to conduct reconnaissance, but he did not see even a single human hair.
Li Cheng deduced from this that the enemy laid mines on the highway because the Guizhou donkey was out of skills, so when Momotaro's order was issued, Li Cheng had a disdainful expression on his face: "By the time you give the order, the day lilies will be cold."
Li Cheng threw aside the message from Momotaro, and then asked: "Have the mines in front been cleared?"
"Your Majesty the Prince, a report has just been sent back saying that there are no mines ahead, but they are afraid that this is a trick of the enemy, so the engineers are still investigating."
The guard reported to Li Cheng, and Li Cheng said: "A day has passed. No matter how many landmines the supervision team has, it is impossible to cover the entire road. Even if they are all fake landmines, they still have to have enough." Only as many iron cans as possible. Order the troops to move forward. We must arrive at Zhoujiadian before dark."
"Hi!"
The guards took the order and immediately went to deliver the order. A group of Chaoxian divisions were preparing to quickly pass through the Wolong Mountain area and camp at Zhoujiadian.
And this time, Li Cheng did not send scouts to investigate Wolong Mountain again. The first is because he has already scouted and there is no one on the mountain. The second is that they don’t have time to delay any longer.
They set off from the racecourse at ten o'clock in the morning and arrived five kilometers before Wolong Mountain. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
After waiting for nearly three hours to clear the mines, it would soon become dark. And they still had to march quickly to camp at Zhoujiadian, which was twenty kilometers away, so if they delayed any longer, they would all have to sleep on the road.
Of course, the most important point is that Li Cheng believed that if the enemy was going to appear, he would have appeared long ago. He stayed near Wolong Mountain all afternoon. If there was an enemy sneak attack, wouldn't he have appeared early?
What's more, the imperial army was right behind them, probably less than three kilometers away from them at this time. It would save trouble if an enemy ambush him at such a close distance. When he goes up, it will be a counter-encirclement. When the imperial army arrives, they will eat the opponent without leaving any bones.
But little did Li Cheng know that this was the purpose of the Dragon Boat Festival, to use time to wear down the enemy's patience and make the enemy lower their guard unknowingly, thereby creating conditions for an ambush.
In the jungle, Duanwu smiled and waved slightly, and all the soldiers of the Supervisory Corps climbed to the top of Wolong Mountain together. Because an ambush battle that has been waiting for a day is finally about to begin! .
(End of chapter)
