Chapter 722: Mine Warfare
Da Shanyan's face immediately became gloomy, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
After waiting for almost twenty minutes, the sappers arrived at the front line.
Five hundred mines were scattered behind the entire defensive line, and the density of buried mines can be imagined. Hundreds of sappers found dozens of mines with shells tied to them in just ten minutes.
The power of a mine with a large charge is already great enough, and now with two mountain artillery shells tied, its power can be imagined.
As one mine after another was taken out, all the sappers in charge of demining could not help but break out in a cold sweat.
Because I don't know how big the minefield is, and the density of mines buried by the Liaodong Army in the minefield is too large. It took a full half an hour for the troops to advance fifty or sixty meters, and mines were constantly being taken out in front of them.
In half an hour, the retreating Liaodong Army under his nose had already run without a shadow.
Under such circumstances, Dashanyan slowly lost patience and kept urging the sappers to speed up the demining.
At this time, the division commander who had judged the mine on the side suggested: "Commander, we can detonate the mine with artillery shells and blow up a safe passage in the middle of the minefield of the Liaodong Army." The troops killed from the safe passage and continued to chase and kill the Liaodong Army! ”
"Yo Xi!" The anxious Oyama Rock agreed without thinking about it.
Two minutes later, the piercing screech of shells across the sky was heard on the battlefield.
More than 100 mountain artillery pieces were fired for ten minutes, and a safe passage 20 meters wide and 200 meters long was cleared.
Although when passing through here, there were still three mines that were not detonated, and the Japanese army suffered losses of thirty or forty people, Dashanyan did not pay much attention to it, compared with the possible results of catching up with the retreating troops of the Liaodong Army, this loss was obviously nothing?
"Commander-in-chief, the troops have rushed over, and the strikers have successfully rushed through the minefield." The chief of staff reported with a happy face.
Da Shanyan was also very satisfied, and ordered with a smile: "Order the follow-up troops to hurry up and keep up, and don't be too far away from the vanguard." The main force, the artillery, is ready to fight into Liaodong, and set off after an hour of preparation! ”
There were 10,000 people in the entire 10th Division before the war, and after two hours of bloody fighting, there were less than 3,000 people who retreated with Xiao Bing, including more than 1,000 baggage soldiers and artillery with almost no combat effectiveness.
Suffice it to say, in just two hours, the 10th Division was crippled.
The division commander Xiao Bing had a gloomy face from the beginning of the retreat and did not say a word.
The chief of staff and others next to him did not speak, since joining the Liaodong Army, whether it was Xiao Bing or the regiment commander below, they had never fought such a bad battle, and while being pressed and beaten by the enemy, they lost more than 7,000 brothers in two hours.
Everyone knows that Xiao Bing is holding back his anger at this moment and has nowhere to go, whoever touches Xiao Bing's brow is to hit the muzzle of the gun and ask for trouble.
At this time, the commander of the reconnaissance company behind the palace hurriedly ran over on a war horse, although he didn't want to touch Xiao Bing's brow at this time, but the military situation was urgent, and after a short hesitation, he still gritted his teeth and reported: "Division commander, the devil used a shell to blow up a breakthrough in the minefield, and a wing of the devil is chasing us." ”
"They didn't carry heavy weapons such as mountain artillery, and the destroyed official roads hardly affected them, and the march was fast."
Chief of Staff Ma analyzed: "We brought the wounded, and we will definitely not be able to outrun the devils." It's nearly four kilometers from our second road, and it's about an hour's walk, and I'm worried that the devil chasers will catch up and bite our tails. ”
Xiao Bing, whose face was gloomy, immediately decided: "There are enough soldiers killed in battle today, and we must not be bitten by the devil again." Otherwise, our 10th division will be defeated! ”
The meaning of Xiao Bing's words is obvious, from now on, the Tenth Division cannot lose a single person.
In the eyes of the Chief of Staff, this is almost impossible.
The reason why the Japanese army chased so fast was to bite their own tail, and then drag themselves, and wait for the main force to arrive to destroy or severely damage themselves.
In this case, unless he can severely damage the devil who is tailing, the devil will never give up the idea of chasing him.
When the chief of staff frowned and pondered for a solution, Xiao Bing's gloomy face suddenly flashed a sneer, and then looked at the chief of staff and asked, "I remember that the engineer company reported just now, because of the tight time, there are still more than 100 mines that have not been sold." ”
After getting the affirmation of the chief of staff, Xiao Bing immediately decided: "Then we will use mines to block the devils and give the devils a mine war." ”
"Call the engineer company commander right away, I have a task for him."
As a professional sapper, the ability of the engineer company commander is beyond doubt. As soon as Xiao Bing proposed the method of burying mines that he had proposed from the commander, the engineer company commander reacted.
"Please rest assured, the division commander, the engineer company will definitely prepare a big gift for the devil, so that the devil will pay a huge price for every step forward." The engineer company commander, who was full of thoughts, was shocked and assured with a confident face.
After the engineer company commander left with confidence, the chief of staff was still very worried: "Division commander, the engineer company can really block the devil!" ”
Xiao Bing was as confident as the commander of the engineer company, and replied very firmly: "The engineer company must be fine, and it is guaranteed that the devil will not be able to find the north." ”
The devil who pursued the victory chased for several miles all the way and was never attacked again, and it was surrounded by plains, and there was no place to even ambush. The more than 2,000 devil soldiers gradually lost their initial vigilance, and at first they formed a vigilant formation, and at this time they became scattered.
More than 2,000 devils crowded together and rushed forward along the destroyed official road under their feet.
Soon, a series of three explosions sounded on the official road.
As three black pillars of smoke ten meters apart from each other rose into the air, nearly a hundred devil soldiers on the official road thirty meters in front and behind were blown to the ground together before they could make any reaction.
"Yaga, it's a mine, stop advancing!" The devil, who had experienced a mine war, immediately exclaimed.
The captain of the leading wing was stunned for a moment, and then with a gloomy face, he ordered the sappers to go to the front to clear mines.
More than a dozen sappers, after walking thirty or forty meters forward without encountering a single mine, scolded the cunning wing commander of the Liaodong Army, directly judged that there were no mines in front, and ordered the troops to speed up the pursuit, and drive back the five minutes of delay just now.
The Liaodong Army in front of him was indeed very cunning, and the troops walked forward more than 100 meters without encountering mines.
Just when the devil couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, another series of explosions sounded in front of him.
This time, a series of five mines exploded, and in the end, more than 100 devil soldiers were killed and wounded, and they fell in the crater and lost their combat effectiveness.
"Bageya Road, how can there be mines, the sappers will go to clear the mines immediately. If there are any more landmines, I will take you all to court-martial. Seeing that he was either killed directly or his legs were blown up, and there was no way to answer the subordinates of the unit again, the wing commander was angry and ordered loudly. (To be continued.) )