under fire

"It's interesting that they dare to bury mines so close to the county town." The pseudo-platoon leader's face began to look very ugly.

He turned his head again and looked at the empty fields around him. Everything was still as peaceful as usual.

"Eliminate or detonate?" The pseudo squad leader looked calm.

"Can we go around it by walking underground?" The pseudo platoon leader shook his head.

"This landmine is real or fake. Besides, look at the sorghum stubble left in the field. Even if we can take a detour, the imperial army's convoy behind us can't." The pseudo squad leader thought for a while and said, "The Eighth Route Army is not stupid. With their temper, if they have buried landmines on the road, they will probably not let go of the fields..."

Another squad leader who followed the pseudo-platoon leader suddenly suggested: "Should we follow the old rules this time?"

"There are Japanese soldiers watching us from behind, it's not easy to fool them." The pseudo platoon leader shook his head.

"I have an idea." The vanguard squad leader spoke again.

"You said."

"Let the Imperial Army take the lead!"

The fake platoon leader agreed with him, turned around, and shouted to the messenger waiting beside him: "Go find the battalion commander and tell him that we found a mine and there's no way around it. Ask the battalion commander to ask the Japanese engineers to come and clear the mine!"

"Pay attention, you have to say Taijun..." the pseudo squad leader corrected with a frown.

Not long after, three Japanese soldiers carrying mine-detecting equipment jogged up from behind the team.

Arriving near the road sign, the leading Japanese engineer took a quick look at the loose soil ten meters ahead of the road, then shook his head and said, "Trippy mines. Start clearing mines!"

The other two Japanese soldiers who came with him quickly squatted down to assemble the mine detection circle.

The Japanese engineers were experienced in mine clearance and did not take the trip mines on the road seriously.

The leading Japanese engineer continued to observe the surroundings and soon made new discoveries.

In a field full of sorghum stubble beside the road, there seemed to be a section of black rubber wire that was not completely covered.

Looking far along the fresh loose soil covering the electric wires, the electric wires seemed to lead to a ditch more than a hundred meters away from the road.

His expression began to turn serious.

Could it be an electrical explosion?

In other words, trip mines on the road may be camouflaged.

Real mines are likely to be detonated by wires, and electrical detonation is generally used for explosive packs.

And in the ditch in the distance, there might be rebels responsible for detonating the explosion hiding!

He quickly called his companions who were preparing to clear the mines on the road to retreat to a safe distance.

Now that he had made the judgment, the leading Japanese engineer wanted to show off in front of these security forces.

In order to show his skill and courage, he swaggered closer to the black wire in the ground.

Then he squatted down and slowly dug up the loose soil around the black wire in the ground.

Seems like a wrong judgement?

But he soon felt relieved, because what he held in his hand was not an electric wire, but a ten-centimeter-long piece of black rubber wrapped around a copper wire.

After taking a closer look, his face suddenly changed and his scalp went numb.

Because the black fracture is neat and even reflects light in the sun.

Obviously, the peeled rubber had not been away from the wire for long.

"Not good." As the engineer's scalp tingled, an old grave beside the road about 50 meters behind him suddenly bulged up at a speed invisible to the naked eye and exploded.

Gun smoke mixed with dirt and debris exploded outward.

boom…

The deafening sound spread like a bolt from the blue.

The ground shook like a landslide.

Twenty or thirty puppet soldiers who were parked on the road near the explosion point were blown away by the shock wave.

The scream instantly turned into a scream.

"alert."

"Enemy attack."

The puppet soldiers and devils standing on the road panicked and quickly lay all over the ground.

This is not a landmine!

It's clearly an oversized explosive pack...

The Eighth Route Army is too cunning!

The landmines on the road ahead are just a cover, the old graves on the side of the road are the real killer!

There was a long line of puppet troops, and except for the puppet troops near the bombing site, not every puppet soldier knew about this situation...

The puppet soldiers near the explosion site were either dead or injured, and almost none of them could speak...

The puppet army reacted quickly. They pulled the bolts of their guns and began firing indiscriminately at the nearby open area.

There was no way anyone could hide in the open space nearby.

The gunfire was heard suddenly and was quickly ordered to stop.

“Hurry up and save people…” The pseudo-battalion commander who was not near the explosion point and had escaped by chance shouted, lying in the dust and looking around.

Based on a rough judgment, the most likely place where someone is hiding is in the ditch not far away.

Then he waved his hand and gave the order to shoot.

The machine gun group behind him immediately opened fire, and the bullets began to sweep towards the roots of the trees more than a hundred meters away.

"Stop shooting!" The Japanese second lieutenant trotted to the explosion site.

These idiots just attacked without even noticing their target.

With a gloomy face, he raised the telescope and looked around for a while, but still found nothing.

The second lieutenant believed that he had extensive experience in mopping-up operations and this was not the first time he had been ambushed.

But the ambushers' tactics this time seemed different from before.

In the past, after a mine went off, an ambush would be followed by shooting.

Some even came up with swords and spears to fight.

On the plains, this kind of behavior is simply courting death.

For a moment I had an illusion that perhaps those despicable Eighth Route Army soldiers had planted the mines and then ran away.

The news from the front of the team had not yet been reported back, so he did not yet know whether the mines were detonated by electricity.

Moreover, electric detonation is generally only used by the regular army of the country.

The ditch in the distance seemed to be the only possible place where someone could hide.

He immediately ordered the pseudo-battalion commander who was lying beside him: "Send someone to check it out!"

"Hayi." The pseudo-battalion commander attended the North China Military Academy and understood bird language.

I just ordered my men to shoot because I was too nervous.

He immediately waved his hand and gave the order to search forward.

Soon, machine gun suppression support positions were established on the highway.

A platoon of more than 30 puppet soldiers crouched and spread out into a field full of sorghum stubble, encircling a ditch more than a hundred meters away.

"Eighty meters."

"Fifty meters!"

"Thirty meters"

"beat"

boom.

boom.

boom.

It was clearly sporadic rifle shooting, but it had a rhythm that made people's heart palpitate.

Gunshots, sporadic

However, with every gunshot, one or two crouching puppet soldiers fell down.

Of course, some were shot, and some fell down after hearing the gunshots.

Obviously, the opponent's shooting skills are not bad.

The stubble of the sorghum stalks left in the soil after being cut at an angle was not long, but the upward end was very pointed.

If you just lie down, there is a high possibility that the roots will pierce your body.

Now it has been confirmed that there is indeed someone in the ditch!

The puppet troops were much calmer.

This is much better than not knowing where your opponent is.

Da da da da

Chug tug tug…

The sound of suppressive gunfire from light machine gun support was heard on the road.

The bullet hit the soil near the ditch, immediately splashing a trail of dust.

In the ditch.

"Do not be afraid…"

"Don't show up"

“Don’t fight back”

"Climbing north with your body close to the ground"

In the ditch, half or small parts of rifles would occasionally pop out and sway on the ground.

The guard in charge of observation pointed his sharp eyes at the swaying rifle muzzle and said: "They are running north."

"Chase!"

"Keep suppressing the machine guns!"

The pseudo-battalion commander shouted loudly.

After pulling a mine and firing a hidden gun, you want to run away? How can it be so easy?

The puppet army platoon leader who was knocked to the ground during the attack also discovered that his enemy was running northward.

He quickly called on his men to launch another attack.

I felt that in a field full of sorghum stubble, a charge of half a minute would be enough at a distance of more than 30 meters.

Unfortunately, only a dozen of his men were able to stand up, and they crouched down and lined up again...

A little bit north.

Two light machine guns suddenly appeared.

Da da da.

Da da da... (End of this chapter)