Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2753 The decisive moment!

Kujo Miyakita was sitting in a bumpy car, the body of the car kept shaking along the rugged road, shaking all the bones in his body apart.

After more than six hours of driving, his body was exhausted to the extreme.

He rubbed his temples, trying to relieve the dizziness and fatigue, but to little effect.

Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and ordered, "Stop the car! Take a break."

As Kujo Miyakita's order was issued, the entire Japanese army slowly stopped.

Some Japanese soldiers riding in trucks jumped off to stretch their muscles, while those Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers following the convoy simply sat down on the ground.

At this time, the sound of "Hi" was endless.

Kujo Miyakita felt tired even after riding in the car, as they had walked more than 50 kilometers.

Kujo Miyakita got out of the car and took a deep breath of the cool air, trying to clear his dizzy mind.

He looked around. This was a very wide mountain road, with a flat surface on one side. In the distance were rolling hills, and behind him were sparse trees.

He felt that this position was not bad. After walking back and forth for a few steps, he asked, "Where is Colonel Nakajima now? How far is it from the triple pass?"

The signalman quickly flipped through the telegram records in his hand and replied, "Reporting to Your Excellency, Colonel Nakajima's troops are currently located 20 kilometers southeast of Sanchong Pass. They are accelerating their advance towards Sanchong Pass and are expected to meet up with the reinforcements from Chuncheng in an hour."

Kujo Miyakita nodded with satisfaction. Nakajima was worthy of being the deputy captain of the Shadow Wolf Squadron. He was very efficient in executing orders, much faster than he expected.

So he asked again: "So, what about the Kitano detachment in the south? Where are they now?"

The signalman quickly flipped through the telegram records again and reported: "The Kitano Detachment is currently more than 50 kilometers away from the Anti-Japanese Battalion's base, which is slightly closer than us."

When Kujo Miyakita heard this, he nodded again with satisfaction.

At this rate, his army would definitely be able to reach the Anti-Japanese Brigade’s base before dusk.

Kujo Miyakita ordered: "Let the Kitano Detachment rest and synchronize with us. We must work together to encircle the anti-Japanese brigade to avoid being exploited by the enemy."

"Hi!"

The signalman took the order and went to generate electricity immediately. At this time, Kujo Miyakita turned and walked to the shade of a tree nearby.

A Japanese officer quickly took out a small stool and placed it under the shade of the tree.

Jiujo Miyakita sat down, closed his eyes, leaned against the tree, and imagined his victory.

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At the same time, Duanwu had already brought his men to Liujiaping.

Liujiaping is more than 20 kilometers away from the Anti-Japanese Brigade’s base. The soil here is soft and very suitable for burying mines.

Duanwu looked at the huge open area with joy in his eyes. This would be the cemetery of the devils.

He was going to bury three tons of explosives and nearly a thousand grenades here.

Thinking about that scene at this moment, I feel shocked!

Have you ever seen a tidal wave? When all the mines are detonated, the scene is like a tidal wave.

Of course, before laying mines, Duanwu would repeatedly investigate, analyze, and judge the enemy's marching routes, marching formations, etc., to ensure that the entire mine array would achieve the greatest effect.

Because after the minefield was detonated, Duanwu would lead the soldiers to launch a charge from one kilometer away from the Japanese.

This distance is indeed a bit far for a charge, but there is no other way.

Liujiaping has a flat terrain and very few obstructions.

If a large force was lying in ambush in front of the Japanese, the Japanese would not be able to see it unless they were blind.

Therefore, it was precisely because of this that Duanwu was certain that the Japanese would not think that someone would ambush them in Liujiaping.

Of course, this requires extremely high analytical and judgment skills, as well as decisiveness. Otherwise, no one would dare to bet like this. This is a huge gamble. If you win, you will almost lose the entire detachment of the devils.

Although he lost the bet, Duanwu did not suffer any major losses, except for three tons of explosives and nearly a thousand grenades.

Of course, with so many explosives and grenades, Duanwu didn’t believe that he couldn’t kill even a single Japanese soldier.

So in this gamble, Duanwu can both win and lose.

As time goes by, everyone seems to be following a certain destiny.

Jiujo Gongkita continued along the mountain road to the Anti-Japanese Brigade's base, while Colonel Nakajima was also rushing towards Sanchongguan after joining forces with the reinforcements from Chuncheng.

As for Duanwu, he was busy burying thousands of landmines.

And there is the Kitano Detachment, who are following Kujo Miyakita's orders to slow down their march and prepare to arrive at the Anti-Japanese Brigade's base at the same time as Kujo Miyakita.

Kitano was sitting on a tall horse at this time. He closed his eyes and seemed a little lazy.

But in his heart, he was thinking about the tactics against the Anti-Japanese Brigade as if he was watching a movie.

He felt that there was no tactical consideration in just marching straight towards the anti-Japanese brigade.

He even felt that Kujo Miyakita's command was full of loopholes.

He wanted to change the existing battle plan.

However, Kujo Miyakita's identity made him wary.

Moreover, he heard that Kujo Miyakita was stubborn and rarely listened to other people's opinions.

Of course, these are all rumors, and Kitano doesn't know whether they are true or false.

But he also didn't dare to gamble, because it was not easy for him to climb to his current position. Or in other words, he paid a lot for it.

So he didn't want to be dismissed for offending Kujo Miyakita.

"Forget it, all of this is Kujo Miyakita's order. I just need to execute it. Even if something unexpected happens in this battle, it will be Kujo Miyakita's responsibility."

After a period of ideological struggle, Kitano finally chose to obey Kujo Miyakita's orders and marched northward until he joined Kujo Miyakita's army, and then surrounded the anti-Japanese brigade and squeezed its living space.

However, as a major general, he still felt it necessary to ask the Fengtian Command whether their enemies were still staying in the base obediently.

It can be said that Kitano was a little bit unconvinced that the enemy would still hold on to the garrison after learning about the Imperial Army's raid. Unless his enemies were a bunch of idiots. Only a military novice like Kujo Miyakita would believe that the Anti-Japanese Brigade would wait in the garrison for the enemy to attack without dodging or evading.

So he immediately ordered the signalman to send a telegram to the Japanese headquarters in Fengtian for inquiry.

Surprisingly, the reply from the Fengtian Headquarters was that the Anti-Japanese Battalion had been stationed at the base and showed no signs of leaving.

It turned out that just after the Japanese bomber formation bombed the Anti-Japanese Battalion’s base, the devils sent a reconnaissance plane to investigate. It turned out that the Anti-Japanese Battalion was busy building fortifications and shooting at the reconnaissance plane with machine guns.

Although reconnaissance planes are not afraid of machine guns, the anti-Japanese brigade has anti-aircraft guns.

The Japanese pilot did not dare to stay for long, and after reconnaissance, he immediately chose to return.

Of course, the Japanese pilots didn't know that there were only a hundred or so recruits and one Zhao Laonian building defensive fortifications at the Anti-Japanese Battalion’s base.

Zhao Laonian was a man of many ideas. When he heard the sound of the Japanese plane, he immediately dispersed the people. Some dug trenches, and some ran around the base with sacks. He held a Japanese machine gun and fired at the reconnaissance plane in the sky.

He also knew that he would definitely not be able to shoot it down because the Japanese reconnaissance plane was flying very high.

But he wanted to use this method to tell the Japanese that the main force is still here. You see, we are building fortifications and digging trenches, preparing for a decisive battle with you Japanese!

(End of this chapter)