Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2940 The harassment that gives Maruyama a headache!

General Maruyama held a telescope and stared at the engineers clearing the way ahead.

I saw the engineers carefully detecting the ground with mine detectors, when suddenly a gunshot was heard and an engineer fell down like a dead dog.

"Baga! These cunning rebels!"

General Maruyama was so angry that he threw the telescope to the ground and scratched his head hard with both hands, making his originally neat hair messy.

He couldn't understand why he was trapped in such a desperate situation. If he didn't send engineers to go ahead, he would be attacked by mines.

But if he sent the engineers ahead, they would be attacked by the enemy.

This cycle repeated itself over and over again. Now two hours had passed and they had only advanced ten kilometers.

At this speed, it will probably be dark before we reach Phoenix Mountain.

"General, this is not a solution. We have already lost most of our engineers."

At this moment, a staff officer came forward cautiously and spoke.

General Maruyama glared at him and cursed, "How could I not know? But what else can we do now? Are we going to let the army just stop and wait to die?"

The staff officer shrank his neck in fear and dared not say anything.

General Maruyama fell into deep thought.

Because he knew that if the mine problem could not be solved as soon as possible, the troops would not be able to advance smoothly, let alone complete the task of eliminating the rebels.

"Send another team of engineers up there, and make sure they clear the road ahead for me! And send more soldiers for protection."

General Maruyama gave the order helplessly. Although he knew it was useless, he had no choice but to do it.

He was now caught in a vicious circle. If he sent engineers to the front, they would definitely be sniped by the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.

On the contrary, he sent the reconnaissance team to the front, so it would be the reconnaissance team that would be attacked.

In other words, no matter who he sent to the front, they would only die.

Of course, he also thought about sending a large force to push forward.

But what awaits him is only the attack of landmines, which will cause him heavy losses.

Because in just half an hour, he had tried it many times, but nearly four hundred of his men were killed and countless were injured.

So soon, another team of engineers was sent up.

Although these engineers were filled with fear, they still moved forward under the pressure of the officers.

They held the mine detectors tightly in their hands, but their eyes were fixed on the nearby woods, and they took every step extremely slowly.

However, fate did not seem to favor them.

Just as they had walked a short distance, a bullet suddenly pierced the head of a Japanese engineer.

Seeing this, the other engineers retreated in fear, not daring to take another step forward.

General Maruyama was furious when he saw this. He drew his sword from his waist and roared: "Bakayalu! You cowards, keep moving!"

But no matter how he roared, the engineers dared not move forward. General Maruyama had no choice but to order the artillery to bombard the woods ahead where people might be hiding, trying to kill the sniper in the woods with artillery fire.

For a moment, there was a roar of cannons and flames shot into the sky.

The shells exploded in the woods, raising clouds of dust and countless dead branches and leaves.

However, when the shelling ended and the engineers carefully advanced forward again, the bullets that arrived as expected were still like the scythe of the god of death, reaping the lives of the Japanese engineers.

The two infantry squads wanted to catch the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces' sniper, but they were attacked by the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces before they had chased him for 800 meters. They had to run back with heavy losses.

"Bagaya road!"

General Maruyama cursed angrily, feeling frustrated. He had never encountered such a tough opponent before, as if every move he made was predicted by the enemy.

At this moment, an officer tentatively suggested: "General, how about we change the marching route?"

General Maruyama glared at him and said angrily: "Change the route? Do you think changing the route will work? Can you guarantee that there will be no mines or snipers on other routes?"

The officer was speechless and could only lower his head and stand aside silently.

General Maruyama looked at the road ahead, but still had no idea what to do.

He racked his brains and finally came up with a solution that was not a solution. There was a fork in the road ahead, and he had to split his troops into three groups to reduce the possibility of the imperial army being attacked. And he could order the imperial army on the left and right wings to encircle the enemy at any time.

In this way, if the enemy attacks him again, he will quickly surround the enemy and make it impossible for the enemy to escape.

Thinking of this, General Maruyama immediately gave the order: "Order the troops to split into three groups! Send two infantry battalions on each wing, spread out in a fan shape, ready to encircle the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces that attack the Imperial Army. I don't believe they can handle the three-sided attack at the same time!"

As the order was issued, the Japanese army moved quickly. The main force in the middle moved forward again with difficulty under the cover of another group of engineers.

The engineers cautiously used mine detectors to detect every inch of land, and took every step carefully, as if there was a bottomless abyss under their feet.

The infantry battalions on both wings quickly deployed and advanced rapidly along the mountain roads on both sides.

General Maruyama rode on his horse, with a slight arc on his lips, thinking: "Let's see how the Anti-Japanese United Army responds this time!"

But Maruyama didn't know that he had fallen into Duanwu's trap.

Duanwu constantly harassed Maruyama with the intention of inducing him to divide his troops.

Otherwise, if the entire Second Division sticks together, he won't have any chance at all.

Whether in terms of numbers or weapons and equipment, the Anti-Japanese Brigade had no advantage at all.

Therefore, if we want to win this counter-mopping-up operation, we can only force the Japanese to split up their forces and then defeat them one by one.

When Duanwu saw General Maruyama order the troops to split into three groups, he couldn't help but sneer and ordered the communicator beside him: "Pass on my order, the entire anti-Japanese brigade will retreat immediately, without any mistakes!"

The communicator took the order and left, and soon the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Brigade quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests.

Duanwu turned to Ma Hu beside him and said, "Brother Ma, take a few people with you and continue to monitor the movements of the Japanese army. Report any abnormal situation to me immediately."

"Yes, Captain!"

Ma Hu took the order and left, while Duanwu called Ma Ping'an, Long Qianyan, and Ma Shanpao to his side and said:
"The Japanese have now divided their forces, and this is a good opportunity for us to defeat them one by one. We need to choose between the two Japanese forces on the east and west sides. As for the main force of the Japanese, we cannot touch them for the time being!

So, let's see, which one should we attack first? We only have one chance. If we lose, the old devils in Maruyama will definitely react. It will be difficult for us to attack then!"