Captain Matsumoto heard that Ikeda was afraid of being held accountable, so he said, "Mine has already figured out a way to eliminate the Tsuchihachi Road in the tunnel", he frowned in disbelief and squinted at Ikeda, and suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha, Captain Ikeda, you carried out the excavation at the mouth of the two tunnels, not only did you not find the passage to the tunnels inside, but you detonated the tunnel mechanism preset by the Tsuchihachi Road, and was broken by more than a dozen soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army, and it was ...... at this time. ”

Hearing that Captain Matsumoto continued to hold him accountable for his unfavorable actions, Ikeda immediately saluted with a military salute and said in a stiff tone: "Your Excellency, Captain Ikeda has really come up with a clever plan, as long as I get the permission of His Excellency Captain Tsuken, I can implement it immediately, and I will definitely destroy the dirt eight roads in the tunnel, and it is very likely that I will force the earth eight roads to climb out of the tunnel by themselves." ”

"What are you talking about to achieve such an effect?"

"Report to Dazuo, I will lead the soldiers to dig down the mouth of the collapsed tunnel, no matter whether the tunnel inside can be opened or not, as long as you keep pouring water into the tunnel, after a long time, the water at the mouth of the tunnel will penetrate into the tunnel, and the earth eight roads do not want to be drowned, they will crawl out of other tunnel mouths, and then His Excellency Dazuo will send troops to strengthen patrols, and they will definitely be able to capture all the earth eight roads that were lucky to get out of the tunnel alive."

When Captain Matsumoto heard Ikeda say this, he stared at Ikeda with an appreciative look, and Ikeda looked at Matsumoto's eyes, unable to understand Matsumoto's intention of staring at him so closely, and immediately explained in trepidation: "Your Excellency, if you do not agree with my humble opinion, please forgive me for my ........" ”

"No, no, no, the method proposed by Ikeda-kun is very good, you immediately lead a squadron of Imperial Army soldiers, according to your method, quickly fill the tunnel with water, I sent a number of patrol teams to strengthen patrols in the city, once the new tunnels of the Dirt Eight Road are discovered, all the escaped Dirt Eight Roads will be caught, but all the resistance is dead."

Captain Matsumoto watched Ikeda lead the team, and immediately carried out deep digging and irrigation at the mouth of the tunnel, and he ordered the captain next to him: "You quickly send dozens of patrol teams to carry out a comprehensive search of Fuping City, and you must patrol repeatedly without interruption, once you find a new tunnel entrance, don't shoot a gun, touch it all, grab the dirt eight roads that escaped from the tunnel, control the tunnel mouth, and wipe out the dirt eight roads inside, do you understand?" ”

The captain of the devil's brigade immediately ordered a squadron to dispatch more than 30 patrols with five or six people as a small team to carry out strict inspections in Fuping County, pay close attention to the newly emerging pit mouths in the urban area, and report them as soon as they are discovered.

A wing of the Japanese army was stationed in Fuping City, and issued an order to the residents of the city that they were not allowed to move around at will, and once they were found in the streets and alleys, they were arrested and killed according to the Eighth Route Army, and the streets and alleys of Fuping City were deserted for a while, except for more than 30 devil patrols and traitor self-defense units that surrendered to the devils, patrolling back and forth on the streets with guns, and the residents of the city did not dare to come out at home regardless of whether they had anything to do at home, and the urban area shrouded in an eerie and terrifying atmosphere was like a dead city.

The little devils patrolled the ground of the city, and Ikeda's squadron poured a large amount of water into the dug tunnel, and the water entering the tunnel was quickly absorbed by the collapsed and soft mud and rock. ”

At this time, Wang Xiaoliang and several people who were blocked in a small space by the mud and stones that collapsed on both sides, under the guidance of Wang Ziming, breathed thin air, although they felt more and more tightness in their chests, but in order to survive, they took turns in the most uppermost part of the tunnel, desperately digging the soil, intending to dig a small hole into the tunnel first, as long as the air could pour in first, they had the strength to find a way to expand the small hole dug out of ventilation, and finally drill through.

Lei Jian in the tunnel endured physical discomfort and weakness, commanded more than 20 soldiers in the guard platoon, carried forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and sacrifice, and dug out Wang Ziming, Wang Xiaoliang and the three soldiers buried under the collapsed soil as quickly as possible.

The tunnel is not spacious, to transport the collapsed mud and stone upside down, search for Wang Xiaoliang buried in the soil, but the amount of collapsed earthwork is very large, at the beginning can also be poured into the tunnel, and then can not be poured out of the earthwork inside, the mud and stone on the tunnel may not have much effect, everyone thinks that Wang Xiaoliang once they are buried by the collapsed soil, will be below.

Feng Guang thought of this, and felt that this method of simply reversing the upper layer of mud and rocks was not only ineffective, but also very likely to delay the rescue time, delay the search and rescue of several soldiers buried below, in the end, even if they were rescued from under the collapsed soil, I am afraid that their souls would have already flown to heaven.

He rushed to Lei Jian's side, and said in a tough tone: "Captain Lei, if you dig like ours, even if you find Deputy Commander Wang, they will already become dead." ”

"Feng Guang, you bastard, don't talk nonsense, Wang Xiaoliang and they won't die, they must all be alive, woo woo woo ......." Chun Tao was in Wang Xiaoliang and they were blocked in the tunnel by the collapsed mud and stones, and she was trembling with fear all the time, she didn't believe it and couldn't believe that Wang Xiaoliang and the others died in the tunnel like this, hearing Feng Guang say this, she couldn't control her crying and shouting anymore.

Zhang Guanghua was in a very complicated mood, although he saw his comrades buried in the suddenly collapsed mud and rock, and he couldn't control himself with that kind of worry, but for some reason, he was even more worried about Wang Xiaoliang who was buried inside, and when he heard Feng Guang say this, she begged with tears in her eyes: "Commander Lei, what Platoon Commander Feng said makes sense, digging soil on it like this to search and rescue, and when the tunnel is dredged, the comrades who are pressed under the mud and stones may really not be able to be saved." ”

Everyone had different opinions on Lei Jian's search and rescue methods, and they stopped for a while to wait for Lei Jian to come up with a more effective search and rescue plan.

Lei Jian looked at everyone's excited emotions and anxious expressions, he was not swayed by this emotion, at this time, this strong battlefield commander, strengthened his confidence, cheered up his spirit, and forced himself to stand more steadily, in order to give everyone confidence.

He said firmly: "The search and rescue method I have adopted is the only one that can save Wang Xiaoliang and their most practical plan now, if according to your words, from the collapse along the tunnel to the inside of the mud and stones, this speed is too slow, this is not the best shortcut for first aid, but will delay the most effective time to rescue the comrades buried inside, now I order the guard platoon, according to my search and rescue plan, from the top to the outside of the mud and stones, as soon as possible to open up the passage with the inside, I hope that the comrades who are blocked inside, You can get the air in the tunnel in time and snatch your life from the hands of death. ”

Although Feng Guang did not believe in the search and rescue plan proposed by Lei Jian, he was a soldier and a commander who led the guard platoon to search and rescue the comrades buried inside.

In order to save Wang Xiaoliang's comrades, the soldiers of the guard platoon raced against time to transport mud and stones, their fingers were worn out, their arms were bruised, and their feet were broken.

Wang Xiaoliang and the five people who were blocked inside, the air in the narrow space was getting thinner and thinner, everyone was inactive, and they all felt out of breath and suffocated.

Wang Ziming is better than a few of them, when he was digging a tunnel before, he had encountered a tunnel collapse and was blocked inside, and several people completely relied on self-help to get out of the tunnel alive, he said to the four people in the shadow: "Let's continue to dig holes in turn, as long as we can dig a small hole that communicates with the tunnel, we can breathe and be rescued." ”

He groped for someone and panted and asked, "Are you Deputy Head Wang?" ”

"Lao Wang, don't talk too much, it will consume physical strength and air, call me Xiaoliang, you touch me, speak."

"Okay, Xiaoliang, tell your soldiers that they can't sleep, and once they fall asleep, they won't wake up again, so they must hold on." Wang Ziming said as he climbed in front of Wang Xiaoliang, replaced Wang Xiaoliang, and quickly picked up the soil with both hands, but after a few strokes, his head was soft and he couldn't lift it, and he was unable to lie there.

At this moment, a soldier behind him shouted weakly: "Wang, deputy commander Wang, my feet and feet are cold, as if water is coming out of the ground." ”

Wang Xiaoliang heard the voice of the soldier who spoke, and said disapprerovingly: "Xiao Liao, you may be because of a feeling of confusion, we are about two feet away from the ground in the lower half of the tunnel, how can there be water?" No way. ”

Although Xiao Liao's mind was dizzy, his body did not lose consciousness, he raised his right foot and kicked the mud and stone that felt the water coming out, and the sound of his feet kicking into the mud came out of the 'poof', and he felt that his body began to be soft.

He exclaimed with all his might: "Deputy Head Wang, my lower body is full of mud, and the water is really bubbling up under the tunnel, which is getting worse and worse." ”

(End of chapter)