Wang Guangyu's feeling is still very sensitive, and Wang Xiaoming is indeed under great pressure now. As soon as the guns rang out on the side of Guanmenzuizi Mountain, the vanguard sent by Nishiyama Fukutaro, who had already entered less than ten miles from Xingshan Street, immediately discovered the abnormality. After receiving the report, Fukutaro Nishiyama, who had already crossed the Otsutachi River, immediately terminated the camp and led two wings to Xingshan Street overnight.

The Japanese moved much faster than Wang Xiaoming expected. It took less than half an hour just after Wang Xiaoming had just eliminated the squad of the Third Cavalry Brigade that was guarding the war horses on Xingshan Street and swept away its war horses. The two squadrons of the divisional search wing, which were the vanguard of the 104th Division, had already entered Xingshan Street, which was already in ruins.

Due to the unknown situation of the enemy, all communication with the 108th Wing has been completely cut off. The Japanese troops of these two squadrons were not in a hurry to continue north, but remained in Xingshan Street and waited for the arrival of the main force.

Less than an hour after Wang Guangyu had just finished the bloody hand-to-hand combat, the 170th Wing, the 137th Wing, two infantry battalions led by Nishiyama Fukutaro, and two mountain artillery squadrons of the divisional artillery, a 150-mm heavy mortar squadron, and a 37-mm rapid-fire artillery squadron, plus a Type 98 20-mm antiaircraft gun squadron that had just been equipped by the Japanese army that had just been equipped with a crazy thing that Nishiyama Fukutaro had just drawn.

Originally, according to Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru's intentions, he was also going to bring him the only one in the entire Samgang Province that was equipped with a powerful Taisho 14-year 100-mm cannon heavy artillery brigade. Because of the battle of Qunce Mountain, he knew that his opponent had a 150-millimeter howitzer in his hand.

However, neither the commander of the Kwantung Army, Kenkichi Ueda, nor the chief of staff, Ryosuke Isoya, disagreed, and this heavy artillery brigade had already decided to transfer west to participate in the Battle of Nomenhan. In their opinion, these high-powered cannons were to be kept against the Soviet army, which was armed with a huge number of 152-mm howitzers. To deal with those anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements, 75 mm mountain artillery was enough.

After several struggles, it was never approved, and the somewhat apologetic Sawada Shigeru also opened his subordinates, including all the artillery units temporarily belonging to the Fourth Division, to be selected by Nishiyama Fukutaro. As a result, no one expected that Nishiyama Fukutaro did not ask for a field cannon or anything else.

In addition to the huge number of poison gas bombs, all he needed was a squadron of 150-millimeter heavy mortars, and a squadron of 20-millimeter anti-aircraft guns that he didn't know what was wrong in his head.

Almost all the officers and men of the 104th Division did not expect that what really inflicted huge casualties on them was the six 20-mm antiaircraft guns of the Type 98 that the antiaircraft artillery squadron had lost as soon as the battle began.

No one would have thought that the lethality of this kind of 20-mm anti-aircraft gun, which is usually used for fighting planes and temporarily changed to flat-firing, would be so huge. Although the shells used can be used in common with the Type 97 infantry automatic guns equipped by the Japanese army. But the same shells are fired with this cannon, and the power is multiplied. One shell is enough to pierce a squad.

Although he hurried with the main force, Major General Nishiyama Fukutaro was not for the damn Xingshan Fortress, which he had never heard of, but for his own 108th Wing.

For the officers and men of the 104th Division, who had only been transferred from sweltering and humid South China to Manchuria at the end of last month, the fact that they had been assigned to Jiamusi before they could sit down was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that Fukutaro Nishiyama and the officers and men of the 104th Division were extremely dissatisfied.

According to the original plan, the 104th Division was originally stationed in Manchuria for half a year, and was ready to be transferred back to China for collective restoration. In several large-scale operations in central and southern China, especially in last year's Battle of Guangzhou, these veterans of robbery and reserve forces made a fortune.

These officers and men of the 104th Division, who were full of money, are now looking forward to recovering and returning to China after resting for a period of time in Manchuria so that they can enjoy the rich results they have achieved in Chinese mainland and bring them a good life.

But I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived in Manchuria, I hadn't had time to appreciate the pleasant scenery of Xinjing and the enthusiasm of the legendary Manchurian Russian woman. was kicked to this damn Jiamusi, who had never even heard of his name before, to clean up these anti-Manchu anti-Japanese forces that had brought heavy losses to the imperial army.

Although they were dissatisfied, these Japanese officers and soldiers, as soldiers, also knew that the orders that should be carried out had to be carried out after all. What's more, the vanguard is still their comrades-in-arms and comrades. These Japanese officers and men marched very hard.

As a special division of the Japanese army, it has been fighting in the main battlefield since its formation, and it has no experience in fighting with guerrillas. The march marched along the road, and although scouts were sent out on the hills on both sides, they did not pay attention to it as long as the opponent was not found.

The same is true of the marching brigade, although scouts have also been dispatched, and the marching brigade has followed the pattern of rapid marching, but the formation has not been opened. Even sappers were not sent to sweep the mines along the marching route. When the first wave of soldiers stepped on the mines and killed and injured one on the ground, the remaining Japanese soldiers froze, obviously at a loss.

Listening to the increasingly dense gunfire on the side of Guanmenzuizi Mountain, Major General Nishiyama Fukutaro, who had lost contact with Matsunoo Akikatsu, didn't care about how many mines there were on this mountain road.

But even though the marching army was already very open, there were still soldiers stepping on those damn and seemingly endless mines from time to time along the way. When the soldiers killed and wounded by the mines had reached a squadron, Fukutaro Nishiyama could no longer bear it, changed his mode, concentrated artillery fire to cover fire, and swept along the road meter by meter.

Since he did not carry any sappers, he did not want to cause too many casualties and avoid being unable to explain to His Excellency the division commander when he returned, so he could only use artillery fire to clear mines. Although this method was slower and more laborious, there were no more incidents of soldiers stepping on mines and losing their combat effectiveness in places where they had been bombarded by artillery fire.

Although the price is a bit high, Fukutaro Nishiyama is definitely worth the money. When a soldier is wounded, at least two people are required to carry it. Previously a squadron was lost in the minefield, and not many were actually killed, most of them were blown off legs. Under the circumstance that they did not dare to leave these wounded soldiers in this dark Beiman Mountains, these wounded soldiers who could not walk could only be carried.

Half a squadron of wounded soldiers needs a squadron of people to carry them. If the proportion of wounded continues to increase, I am afraid that I will have to draw at least one infantry brigade to carry the wounded. Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama didn't know where these ghost mines came from, but he knew one thing, these mines were definitely not produced by the Japanese Arsenal.

These mines are designed to be extremely inhumane, not to kill the person who steps on them, but to simply maim them. Although the charge is far inferior to that of conventional mines produced by the Japanese army, the design and manufacture can even be described as rudimentary, and the shells of many mines are simply made of wood that cannot be protected from moisture and water. Fuzes, many of which are just a six-and-a-half-millimeter rifle bullet.

Under normal circumstances, unless the most unlucky guys, most of the ** who step on these mines will only be blown off one foot or one leg, and usually they will not die. Although many of these mines were not very lethal, their results were even more immoral in the eyes of Fukutaro Nishiyama and the officers and men of the 104th Division.

Deliberately blowing people up to cripples is more unacceptable than killing them. If you die, you will die, and if you die, you will not bring any burden to the other country's country and army, except for paying part of the pension. Although it will have a certain impact on the morale of the troops, it will not be too big.

But it was different when they became crippled, not only did the troops have to be carried separately during the march, which slowed down the speed of the march, and the groans of the wounded were extremely demoralized, not to mention that the state had to feed these people who had lost their ability to work after the war. Greatly burdened the country.

This is what Yang Zhen said that war is not only about deciding victory or defeat on the battlefield, but also about the strength of weapons and equipment. Rather, it is a discipline that includes many sciences, including economic warfare and psychological warfare. These mines, which brought great psychological damage to Nishiyama Fukutaro and all the officers and men of the 104th Division, were the American M49 anti-infantry mines that Yang Zhen copied in later generations.

These Japanese soldiers were lucky, because Yang Zhen ordered the arsenal to hurry up and get the Type 66 anti-infantry directional mine with the highest efficiency ratio in his opinion. And he has not yet found time to produce his copycat, and the process is relatively complicated Type 72 anti-infantry jumping mine.

And it was also a deliberate attempt to create panic among the Japanese troops, after all, it was more painful for these Japanese soldiers to be blown up and crippled than to kill them. That's why we concentrated on this kind of anti-infantry mines and directional mines, and consciously postponed the production of jumping mines, otherwise these Japanese troops who won the lottery would be even more miserable.

It was precisely in order to prevent these mines from continuing to weaken the morale and morale of the already low military morale that Nishiyama Fukutaro decided to adopt a relatively expensive method of artillery mine clearance. Unlike other Japanese generals, Fukutaro Nishiyama believed that the lives of soldiers, especially well-trained veterans who had been tested by the fire of war, were worth more than the shells that could be remade.

Due to the rush of time and the fact that it was at night, Wang Xiaoming did not play many tricks when he was laying mines, and planted the main mines on the road. Nishiyama Fukutaro's hand caught Wang Xiaoming by surprise, and most of the remaining mines planted on the highway that had not yet been stepped on by the Japanese army were detonated by Japanese artillery fire.

Seeing the remaining minefields being bombarded by the concentrated artillery fire of the Japanese army for a while, Wang Xiaoming was extremely distressed. Once the minefield is useless, what can you do to drag down the mountain with a reinforced wing of Japanese troops. Could it be that just with these more than 500 frail, miscellaneous former prisoners of war and those dozens of directional mines?

Although he was willing to take out the shells he carried and clear the minefields on the road, it did not mean that Fukutaro Nishiyama, who had always been thrifty, would be willing to use the shells all the way to Guanmenzuizi Mountain. Although the number of shells carried is quite large, it is still limited after all. If all the shells are used to clear mines, how will the next battle be fought?

After clearing a relatively safe road of more than 1,000 meters, Fukutaro Nishiyama ordered all the horses carrying heavy mortars, heavy machine guns, and anti-aircraft guns to be unloaded and rushed to the road, where they could be used to continue exploring the road. As for the heavy mortars and heavy machine guns that were unloaded from horseback, they were all put on the shoulders and replaced with manpower. And the anti-aircraft guns remained in place.

Seeing the pack horse galloping all the way in front of him, but without setting off a mine, Fukutaro Nishiyama had a smug smile on his face. For these minefields arranged by his opponent, Fukutaro Nishiyama has a feeling. The opponent simply does not have many forces to stop them here, otherwise they would not have thought of using mines to stop their advance.

Now that the mines painstakingly laid by the opponent have been swept away, there will be no one left in front of the mountain until the gate is closed, and there will be nothing that can stop his advance.

Fukutaro Nishiyama didn't know that he was much luckier than Major General Naoda Yoshi, who had already encountered a similar situation. The first is that Wang Xiaoming does not have so many mines on hand, and the second is that time does not allow him to spend more effort to lay out these minefields. The most important thing is that he is much more generous than Naoda Yoshi, in addition to being willing to use cannonballs, he is also willing to use those pack horses to trample through undiscovered minefields.

At least this point, Major General Naoda Yoshi, who was born in an authentic cavalry and almost loved horses, was far from being able to do it. Let him go and take the life of the war horse to trample the mine, it is better to kill him.

Just when Major General Nishiyama Fukutaro, who triumphantly thought that his opponent's mine array had been completely destroyed by himself, reorganized the long marching column that had been drawn to avoid the mines, and was about to advance towards Guanmenzuizi Mountain to rescue the 108th Wing, which was probably in a bad situation, several minor explosions were suddenly heard on both sides of the road, which had just been quiet.

With these slight explosions, thousands of steel balls exploded into scattered surfaces, sweeping down the Japanese troops who had just assembled. Before the Japanese could wake up from the huge casualties caused by these few minor explosions, the crisp gunfire rang out again on the mountains on both sides of the road.

Fukutaro Nishiyama, who was pressed to the ground by the guards around him who was quick and quick-eyed, and only escaped by luck, saw his subordinates who had fallen one by one, and couldn't help but scold: "Damn, where did this come from?" Haven't the mountains on both sides of the road been carefully searched? How could there still be an attack? The commander of the search wing, Sugimoto Morinaka, Saga, apologized to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Listening to the gunshots that were getting weaker and weaker in the mountain of Guanmenzuiko, Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama, who had a strong sense of foreboding in his heart, did not dare to delay in the slightest. In addition to leaving an infantry brigade to clear the mountains on both sides, and pull out those damned people who can only ambush and shoot black guns.

He led the main force to gallop in the direction of Guanmenzuizi Mountain, and he had just been delayed in the minefield for too long. He didn't have time to continue with these sneak attackers. I can drag it myself, but Matsuno O Katsuaki over there may not be able to drag it down.

He made Wang Xiaoming extremely passive in doing this. Wang Xiaoming, who did not have many troops at hand, was a little confused by his hand.

Faced with a dilemma, Wang Xiaoming not only left a small number of troops to the only experienced Sun Wenjiu to command and drag the Japanese army brigade that was being cleared, but he took the remaining less than 400 troops and stuck a hill to the death, trying to drag down Nishiyama Fukutaro's footsteps.