The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Explosions continued to sound on the mountain road. The puppet soldiers were killed and wounded. An infantry platoon was quickly blown up, but they still hadn't completely passed the minefield.

The Japanese army had to mobilize a platoon of the Imperial Association Army to go to the front as a human minesweeper.

The sound of firefighting behind the hill was rapidly weakening, and the main force stopped completely when it was the last 300 meters away from the battlefield, even the sporadic rifle shooting stopped.

Major General Ikeda took the main force through the minefield with difficulty, and when he hurried to the battlefield, there was nothing left except for more than 100 subordinate corpses, dozens of puppet army corpses, and weapons and ammunition that were fenced.

"General, the Eighth Route Army is retreating to the southeast. They are carrying a lot of spoils and prisoners. They must not be able to run fast. If they catch up now, they will be able to stop them." A second lieutenant hurried over to report.

"General, there are traces left by the retreat of the Eighth Route Army in the southwest of the battlefield. Judging from the traces, the strength of the troops should not be less than one battalion..." A messenger ran over to report.

For a moment, everyone turned their attention to Major General Ikeda, waiting for his order.

"No pursuit!" Major General Ikeda retorted without hesitation.

"It took only a few minutes for the Eighth Route Army to eat up our forward search team, which shows that their combat effectiveness is very strong."

"There are still several signs of retreat around the battlefield, indicating that they are retreating in separate ways. If we also divide our troops, we will easily be defeated by them one by one. If we don't divide our troops and focus on them retreating in one direction to pursue, we may chase the wrong target and be caught by a small group of them." The troops were led into the deep mountains and circled."

"As long as we lay siege to Mao'er Mountain as planned, the Eighth Route Army who just escaped will come out to fight us sooner or later."

"The troop continued to advance and went straight to Mao'er Mountain."

The team leader also thought so, and he agreed with this decision very much in his heart, and continued to ask: "Then do you want to continue to arrange a forward search team?"

"Of course..." Major General Ikeda replied without hesitation.

"There are at least two regiments of the Eighth Route Army hidden in the mountains. They are well-equipped and powerful. If there is no forward search team to help the main forces clear possible dangers on the road, the Eighth Route Army will arrange a big bag on the road and eat us all in one bite. what to do."

"But we also have to learn from the experience we just had."

"The minefield encountered by the main reinforcement forward search team must have been temporarily arranged by a small group of Eighth Route Army returning to the mountain road after the forward search team passed through. If there were no minefields blocking the way and slowing down our marching speed, the forward search team would never have an accident , the Eighth Route Army will not easily slip away from our noses.”

"In order to prevent this situation, we not only have to arrange a forward search team, but also arrange an infantry squad between the forward and the main force, scattered on a one-kilometer mountain road, and don't give the Eighth Route Army any chance to get close to the mountain road."

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On a small road more than 300 miles away from the battlefield, Huang Yu was retreating quickly with more than 100 people.

Compared with the tense atmosphere at the time of departure, at this moment, everyone's face was filled with smiles after winning the battle, and many soldiers were carrying the weapons and ammunition they had just captured.

But Zhang Xuan, who was running beside Huang Yu, was not as happy as he imagined. After confirming that the devils did not send troops to pursue them, he asked Huang Yu directly: "Captain, although we killed the little devil's forward search team, their main force is still there. The back of the mountain can still attack the guerrilla camp and defeat us, and this victory seems to have no effect on the battle situation."

Huang Yu explained patiently: "You think about what we have just gained?"

"Less than 150 little devils, one company of puppet troops, captured 72 puppet troops, seized five mortars, four heavy machine guns, two companies of rifle machine guns, hundreds of shells and a large number of Bullets..." Zhang Xuan reported while recalling.

"Although the results of the battle are great, the casualties are nothing compared to the total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops. There are still more than three of the four full-staffed squadrons, and the overall combat effectiveness has hardly been affected."

"Think again?" Huang Yu continued to ask without explaining.

Just when Zhang Xuan racked his brains and couldn't think of a reason, Duan Peng suddenly said: "Chief of Staff Zhang, I really want to know what the head of the team is talking about?"

"Although we only killed more than 100 little devils, the loss of Japanese reinforcements was very small, but the results included half a mortar squadron and half a heavy machine gun squadron."

"The little devil has only one mortar squadron, one mountain artillery squadron, one infantry artillery kid, and one heavy machine gun squadron to sweep the troops all the way. We killed almost half of the little devil's heavy weapons in this battle."

"Without heavy weapons, no matter how powerful the infantry is, they will be torn apart by artillery fire."

"The commander's real purpose is to consume and destroy the devil's artillery."

Huang Yu nodded immediately: "I finally heard a clear sentence."

"The more than 100 little devils in the forward search team are really not worth the high price we spend to eliminate them, but the half mortar squadron and half heavy machine gun squadron inside are worth it."

"If we try to find a way to destroy the remaining half of their mortar squadron and heavy machine gun squadron, I'm [-]% sure that they will hit and wipe out the troops along the way."

Zhang Xuan finally came to his senses, but another question popped up in his mind. He frowned and continued to ask: "You will learn a lot from a fall, the devil has just suffered such a big loss in our hands, and he will definitely lose the remaining half of the money." The mortar squadron and the heavy machine gun squadron are keeping a close eye on each other, and don't give us any chance."

Huang Yu shook his head and said, "That may not be the case."

"The Japanese and puppet troops don't know our reality. Even if the forward search team is completely wiped out, they will continue to send forward search teams for the safety of the main force."

"If the search team doesn't want to be overwhelmed by our sneak attack troops, it must strengthen a large number of grenades and mortars."

"As long as we keep an eye on the little devil's mopping up troops, we will definitely find opportunities."

This is a fighter that Huang Yu discovered after listening to Zhang Xuan's introduction.

No matter on any battlefield, artillery is the trump card of little devils.

If the Devils artillery unit could be knocked out in advance, they would become a tiger without fangs, their combat effectiveness would drop sharply, and the morale of the troops would also be affected.

After confirming that the Devil's forward search team was strengthened with a large number of mortars and heavy machine guns, and that the distance between the search team and the main force was kept one kilometer, they immediately decided to launch this raid.

The special forces planted the mines in advance and did not hang the strings. The Devils forward search team quickly retreated after they came, and returned to the minefield to hang the strings after the Devils forward search team left.

There are not many people in the special forces team, and their combat effectiveness is strong. They can set up a minefield between the devil's forward and the main force without anyone noticing.

The main force of the guerrilla brigade and the guard company brought by Huang Yu attacked the forward search team head-on.

Don't look at them equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars, but there are very few infantry to protect them.

Huang Yu took advantage of this loophole and concentrated all his mortars to bombard the Devils' heavy machine guns and mortar troops, preventing them from participating in the battle. He then used heavy machine guns to suppress the infantry of the Japanese puppet army, and the infantry directly launched an attack, which ended in only 5 minutes. fighting.

Zhang Xuan disagreed at first, but Huang Yu was the captain of the guerrilla brigade. The captain made a decision, and he had to implement it if he had an opinion. The result was like a dream.

"Regimental Commander..." A member of the Special Forces' rear investigation team suddenly caught up and reported.

"After the Japanese and puppet troops rushed to the battlefield, they did not divide their troops to chase us down. After cleaning the battlefield, they continued to move forward. They still sent an infantry squad and a company of the Imperial Association Army to investigate..."

Zhang Xuan didn't expect Huang Yu's judgment to be the same as the Japanese army's arrangement. He was shocked and admired, and quickly asked, "Is the forward search team equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns?"

"Equipped with six mortars and six heavy machine guns, the scale is exactly the same as the forward search team we just eliminated."

"But they arranged an infantry squad between the search team and the main force. We should have no chance to continue laying minefields on the road like we did just now."

Huang Yu hadn't guessed this situation before.

The excited smile on Zhang Xuan's face was replaced by seriousness in an instant, and he asked anxiously: "Captain, the mine field played a key role in the raid just now."

"If there were no minefields to help slow down the speed of Japanese reinforcements, we would definitely have no chance to withdraw from the battle."

"If the devils do this, the Special Forces won't be able to set up minefields."

Huang Yu thought for a while and replied: "If there is a minefield, play as if there is a minefield, and if there is no minefield, then play as if there is no minefield."

"Didn't we just capture five mortars? The guerrilla brigade was divided into five and ten were assembled to form a temporary artillery company to intercept the reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops with shells."

"The mortar fires fast. When ten mortars are fired together, a hundred shells can be fired in one minute, which is enough to blow up a barrier of artillery fire in front of the Japanese and puppet troops."

"All the remaining mortars of the devils are equipped with the forward search team. The main force behind has no choice but to be bombed passively if they want to counterattack."

"If they choose to rush forward, the loss of troops is likely to be more than the entire army of the forward search team. As long as the Japanese commander is a little bit more rational, he will not do this."

"If they choose to detour to reinforce the forward search party, we will have enough time to evacuate the battlefield."

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At one o'clock in the afternoon, Major General Ikeda's mopping-up force was still [-] kilometers away from Mao'er Mountain, and they would definitely be able to reach the foot of the mountain before dark.

In the past few hours, the forward search team encountered much fewer attacks than yesterday, and it was obvious that their own arrangement played a role.

Faced with the mortars and heavy machine guns equipped by the forward search team, the Eighth Route Army was helpless.

Wanting to ambush the search team also had to give up because there was a security force between the search team and the main force, and there was no way to arrange a minefield.

Major General Ikeda was full of smiles all the way, obviously he had forgotten the unhappiness brought about by the annihilation of the search team.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

When he felt that victory was in sight, the familiar sound of artillery and heavy machine gun fire reached his ears again.

Such a violent sound of gunfire was definitely not made by the forward search team. It must have been the Eighth Route Army who had no choice but to stand up and pull out its teeth in order to protect Maoer Mountain, and blocked itself by attacking the search team.

But this time they obviously had no chance to set up a minefield between the main force and the forwards. As long as the main force rushed to the battlefield, not only would the Eighth Route Army not be able to gain any advantage, but they would also be gathered and wiped out here by themselves, losing their wives and losing their troops.

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