After nightfall, Shen Zhengwen ordered the troops to set off again.

The logistics transport convoy of the little devils on the main road passed by arrogantly again and again, because China did not have an air force, and they did not have to worry about the bombing of planes at all, so they dared to transport supplies to the front line with the lights on at night.

Shen Zhengwen looked at the transport vehicle passing in front of him, his saliva was about to flow out, and in addition to weapons and ammunition, there was more food on the car. The mine protection team has been in the field for a day and a night, nibbling cold steamed buns and drinking cold water, how can they not be moved by the food and vegetables in the car.

But the mine guards did not forget what they thought this time, they strictly enforced the battlefield discipline, and when the little devil's convoy passed, they would be on the road again until their destination.

The first destination selected by Shen Zhengwen was Baoding, and now the Japanese army has sent a large number of troops to the Jingcheng area, and several important cities in the rear have been empty, so what Shen Zhengwen has to do is to surprise Baoding.

Baoding is an important administrative and military city in Hebei, but in order to take the Jingcheng area, the little devil commander has been desperate, anyway, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army who have made the biggest trouble in his jurisdiction in the past two years are the guerrillas, and the new 33rd Army is not capable of self-protection, let alone dispatch troops to attack the cities in their rear.

The mine protection team not only surprised Ma Wanzhong, but also the commander of the little devil, after all, this unit has never been regarded as a combat force by Liao Fan, but he will play an important role in the battle in the Jingcheng area.

Shen Zhengwen and the others crossed the road and continued to march on the wilderness. Two hours later, they had reached the outskirts of Baoding.

Baoding is an important city in North China, and the little devils have built important military fortifications around Baoding.

Moreover, according to the reconnaissance report in advance, although Baoding has less than 1,000 troops, it is impossible to take Baoding with the ability of the mine protection team, even if everyone is hooked.

Of course, although Shen Zhengwen aimed his first target at Baoding, he didn't want to take Baoding, after all, it had just been dark for two hours, and he was slowly getting tired of Baoding, which obviously did not fit Shen Zhengwen's temper.

"Captain, what are we going to do now?" A squadron leader asked Shen Zhengwen.

These officers in the mine protection team were all single-handedly promoted by Shen Zhengwen, and although there are veterans among them, there are very few who really have leadership ability. However, there is one more thing that is embarrassing enough, that is, Shen Zhengwen has never led troops to fight.

Shen Zhengwen is open, anyway, everyone is a novice, who is afraid of whom. However, the little devils are not novices, they have been through a hundred battles since the invasion of China.

"What should we do?" Shen Zhengwen looked at the staff officer with a broken arm beside him and asked.

"We must end the little devil's peripheral fortifications!"

Regardless of whether Shen Zhengwen is sincere or false, if you want to give the little devil the illusion that Baoding is precarious, then you must launch a wave of fierce attacks on Baoding City, so that the little devil thinks that this is real and not a small-scale harassment.

"Then blow up all the fortifications of the little devils outside the city!"

"But captain, we have a lot of explosives bags with us, but we only have three mortars in our hands, and the rest are grenadiers!"

The mine protection team is not even equipped with flying thunder cannons, and if they want to blow up the bunkers and turrets of the little devils, they can only let the soldiers sneak under the fortifications of the little devils with explosives bags to carry out manual blasting.

"Then it's artificially fried, anyway, we're in the dark now, and the little devil doesn't know we're coming!"

Shen Zhengwen's idea was very simple, that is, let the soldiers sneak over, and then plant explosives under the little devil's fortifications, and finally detonate them. This is the only way to go for the mine guards, who lack heavy weapons.

But Shen Zhengwen forgot that although there were many veterans among his soldiers, there was a big problem with the cooperation between the soldiers, but there was one thing that allowed Shen Zhengwen to save this defeat, that is, he relied on his advantage in strength to attack the little devils from different directions.

The little devil's bunker is very close, there is no protective measures around the bunker, but the little devil's turret is different, there is a trench around the little devil's turret, although the trench is not deep, but it can also work.

A squad of soldiers was in trouble when they approached the little devil's turret, because there was barbed wire above the trench, and one soldier's pants were cut.

"Snort"

The sound of his pants being cut was heard far away in the silent night, and the little devil standing guard in the turret immediately became alert, and as soon as the searchlight shone, the soldiers of this squad were immediately exposed to the range of the little devil's firepower.

"Da Da Da"

With the sound of tearing trousers, followed by the sound of machine gun fire, the hard-working soldiers dodged in time, but the soldiers close to the turret were suppressed in the trench and could not raise their heads at all.

"Fire cover!"

Shen Zhengwen didn't expect that his troops would encounter trouble when they attacked a turret, so he immediately ordered his troops to cover with fire.

"Signal to the soldiers in other directions, quickly detonate the explosives and retreat!"

Explosive packages in other directions have already been placed, and now they are able to solve one point of fire and be able to reduce part of the losses of the troops.

"Boom Boom"

The earth shook, and then there was a sky-high fire, and a dozen pillboxes and artillery towers were blown up to the sky in the west of Baoding. It was a Japanese squadron defending Baoding, and the squadron leader hurriedly urged the soldiers to enter the position after hearing the gunshots.

But they didn't expect that in less than a minute, their strong fortifications were destroyed, and a lone turret was left to support it in the west of the city.

Destroying their firepower outside the city in such a short period of time made the squadron leader of the little devil mistakenly think that it was the main force of the Chinese army, otherwise it would not have been possible to destroy their pillbox so quickly.

"Immediately ask for help from other directions, Baoding was attacked by the main force of the Chinese army, and all the fortifications in the west of the city were blown up by the Chinese army!"

The first thing the squadron leader of the little devil thought of was to ask for help from the surrounding troops, if he came late, maybe the surrounding Baoding really couldn't be saved.

There were dense gunshots outside the city, and Shen Zhengwen put almost all his firepower on the lonely running building of the little devil, and he had already used the signal to order the soldiers of a squad of bombers to stop moving.

"Boom Boom"

A few shells landed accurately on the little devil's turret, and the top floor of the turret suddenly rose with thick smoke. The squad leader saw that the Japanese army's firepower was suppressed, and hurriedly led the soldiers to touch the little devil's turret to place the explosive bag under the turret, and then destroyed the turret.

In a short period of time, the little devil's fortifications in the west of Baoding were all destroyed, and the squadron leader of the little devil never dreamed that according to his plan, these fortifications could at least withstand a day's attack by the Chinese army.

The squadron leader of the little devil sent several telegrams to the surrounding troops asking for help, and even the Japanese commander on the Jingcheng front received the news.

Shen Zhengwen ordered his troops to keep approaching the walls of Baoding and increased their firepower, but his troops never launched a single charge. Although there were big problems in the coordination between the troops, which caused the mine protection team to lose part of its troops, in the general direction, the mine protection team did not make any mistakes.

Shen Zhengwen continued to look at his watch from the firelight from the explosion, and at this time it had just passed an hour, less than the time he had set.

The soldiers were still shooting at each other with the little devils, and according to Shen Zhengwen's order, they had to hold out for half an hour before they could retreat.

After receiving the request for help, the troops of the little devil county did not hesitate at all, and immediately sent troops to support Baoding, although they did not have many troops in their hands.

As time passed little by little, the little devil's reinforcements were out of the city, Shen Zhengwen pinched the watch and calculated the time, he was waiting for the little devil's reinforcements.

After another half an hour, Shen Zhengwen gave the order to retreat, but they were not really retreating, this time they were running towards their real target - Gaoyang County.

Since ancient times, Gaoyang County has had outstanding people and talents, and there have been many Jinshi during the Kangxi period. Shen Zhengwen's first real goal was Gaoyang County.

Under Shen Zhengwen's order, the troops quickly headed south, and then turned straight to the east, and just as they were running to Gaoyang County, they passed by the Japanese army from Lixian. The Japanese troops in Lixian County received orders to support Baoding.

This time, Shen Zhengwen didn't care whether the Japanese troops in Gaoyang County supported Baoding or not, he was determined to take Gaoyang County, so that he could form a deterrent to the little devils.

The troops did not dare to walk on the main road, because the Japanese troops from all directions were converging on Baoding, and the soldiers of the mine protection team could only choose the path between the countryside.

Three thousand people walked in the wilderness, it seemed like a person, no one had discovered their whereabouts at all, even if it was a little devil, their attention was in Baoding, and they didn't expect Shen Zhengwen to shift the target at all.

At this time, there was only one small squad of Japanese troops left in Gaoyang County, and of course there was a puppet army assisting in the defense, but the combat effectiveness of the puppet army was much worse than that of the mine protection team.

"Hurry up, brethren, we must attack within an hour before dawn!"

Shen Zhengwen kept urging the troops to speed up the march, the night was their last cover, if it was daytime at this time, Shen Zhengwen would not have the courage to lead the troops to Gaoyang County.

The soldiers involuntarily accelerated their march speed under Shen Zhengwen's constant urging, now time is everything, as long as they can feel the city of Gaoyang County, Gaoyang County will be in their pocket.

The Japanese troops in Baoding obviously did not realize that the Chinese troops outside the city came so simply and would leave so easily. The squadron leader of the little devil thought that the Chinese army's attack had been temporarily frustrated and retreated, and was planning the next attack, so the squadron leader of the little devil was urgently mobilizing the troops in the city for defense.