Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 93 092, Bray, waiting...

The terrain of the talc is actually a ravine between two high mountains. This ravine is called Tianheshigou because there are two villages nearby, Xitianhe Village and Dongtianhe Village.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that this ditch stretches from the southeast to the northwest from the talc sheet side, about seven or eight kilometers long, and the ditch is about twenty to thirty meters wide. There is a three or four meter high cliff on the west side, which is not easy to climb. The east side has a gentle slope and is easy to climb up and down. This is an excellent ambush terrain.

"From the map, after passing Tianhegou, there is a Nanyuan Village in the south. The 714th Regiment can use the terrain advantage there to block the reinforcements coming from the Wutai direction! As for our regiment, the 3rd Battalion will take the lead and quickly occupy the northwest high ground of Huashipian, and occupy the high ground on the east side of the big ditch with a platoon, blocking the ditch entrance and the enemy's way. The 1nd Battalion will set up an ambush on the west side of the big ditch near Huashipian, preparing to strike the enemy's marching column in the middle. The 2st Battalion will set up an ambush on the west side of the big ditch southeast of Huashipian, connecting with the 2nd Battalion's troops, waiting for the enemy to enter our ambush area, and then block its tail after the battle starts; the brigade and regiment command posts are located near Xitianhe Village west of the big ditch."

Captain Huang quickly made the battle arrangements, and the next step was to wait for the troops to arrive and then set up the positions.

At this time, Li Yuexuan was constantly complaining about the unscrupulous writer Lao Wai in his mind. Xia Jier made changes to the book. In addition to the correct time and the 358th Brigade, he also added the 715th Regiment and the wrong location of the 714th Regiment. How afraid was he of being taken care of by the divine beast? Then, Li Yuexuan took a closer look. The book said that the ambush was on the 3rd, but today was the 2nd...

They came a day early, but this was good news. The better news was that the devils were discovered in time and the people were relocated, so there wouldn't be too many bloodbaths. And because the devils were discovered in advance, the time of their return became uncertain...

The old squad leader followed Captain Huang. After finding out the specific battle deployment, he came to Li Yuexuan with a smile and pointed to a location in the ravine and said, "This section is the location of the 2nd Battalion. They are responsible for pinching the enemy's waist. I think it's best to plant the directional blasting you mentioned here!"

"I'll listen to you, old squad leader! The key is, should we draw the line from here to the northwest, or extend it to both sides?" Li Yuexuan asked.

"Extend it to both sides! The pocket formation we set up for the Japanese is less than four miles in total, and the materials we gave you are enough!" said the old squad leader.

"Then I'll just cover the entire ambush area! You see, the width of the trench is less than 20 meters. The bottom plate I asked you to build has a scattering angle of 120 degrees. Considering the position of the Japanese, a directional mine will cover a span of 30 to 50 meters. Let's calculate it based on 30 meters. With 50 blasting points, we can cover 3 miles."

"But you see there are so many turns in this ditch. If I arrange some at the corners, I can increase the coverage distance and create cross-coverage with the surrounding directional mines. In this way, I will arrange 60 blasting points to cover our ambush area!" Li Yuexuan said as he made arrangements and combinations based on the terrain through the auxiliary panel and finally made a decision.

"Okay, I'll listen to you! Let's do it now!" The old squad leader didn't hesitate, he got off his horse, took a small shovel and was about to start.

"Wait a minute, this job cannot be done by one or two people. It requires the joint efforts of comrades! Come on, comrades, follow me. I will draw a dot on the hillside, and you will be responsible for digging the pit! Pay attention, don't destroy the terrain around the pit, and make sure to camouflage!" Li Yuexuan took over the authority of the commander-in-chief very actively and said to the cavalrymen.

"Listen to Comrade Li Yuexuan's arrangements! Captain Zhang, send the most experienced soldier to him!" Captain Huang was also a decisive man and gave the order immediately.

Soon, 50 cavalry soldiers dismounted, holding various tools, and followed Li Yuexuan. Li Yuexuan was looking at the blasting points marked on the auxiliary panel, and drew circles on the eastern hillside one by one. This circle was a blasting point.

Li Yuexuan's route was from east to west, and he drew a circle every 30 or 40 meters, which was completely based on the terrain. For some explosion points that required angles, Li Yuexuan also specifically told them the direction of the pit. These were all arranged based on the terrain. After all, the mountain road was either attached to the east or cut to the west, and Li Yuexuan needed to maximize efficiency.

It took Li Yuexuan more than half an hour to mark each blasting point, and then he returned the same way. Because the labor force was insufficient, one soldier was responsible for digging two blasting points in the middle. Li Yuexuan specifically looked at their results on the way back. When he returned to the easternmost point, the earliest blasting point had already been dug.

"What's your name, comrade?" Li Yuexuan asked the cavalryman who was about 30 years old.

"Just call me Lao Jin. I'm their platoon leader!" Platoon Leader Jin looked at Li Yuexuan with a smile, waiting for the young soldier to assign him tasks.

"Hello, Platoon Leader Jin. Could you please bring a few people with you to follow these explosion points and move these trapped telephone lines over? Remember to coil the telephone lines in a circle at the explosion points as a redundant reserve!" Li Yuexuan signaled Bai Dabao to put the telephone lines he was carrying on the ground. He held the telephone lines and coiled them in a circle in front of Platoon Leader Jin, indicating that just enough lines would be needed.

"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with it!" Platoon Leader Jin immediately called upon several soldiers around him who had finished their work, and headed west along the line.

"Okay, you all have watched... By the way, old squad leader, are there any comrades in the cavalry company who want to learn? You can come and take a look!" Li Yuexuan reminded them based on the principle that teaching more apprentices means killing more Japanese devils.

"I almost forgot!" The old squad leader hurried to find Captain Huang.

After the old squad leader left, Li Yuexuan was not idle. He took a piece of iron plate and tried it in the newly dug explosion point. When he found an unsuitable place, he took a tactical knife to fix it, and then put the iron plate in completely to fit it.

After putting the iron plate in place, he placed a TNT bag weighing about 1 jin in front of the bottom plate, and used his fist to flatten it so that it fits perfectly with the iron plate. He then used a little bit of soil to block the surrounding area to prevent it from deforming. In the absence of plastic explosives, Li Yuexuan could only use this crude method to achieve perfection as much as possible.

Seeing that the TNT explosive packs were almost placed, Li Yuexuan carefully inserted the electric detonator into the explosive pack, then pulled out the leg wire, and stuffed the cloth bag containing the fragments into the blasting pit. After stuffing the fragments into the blasting pit, there was still a little space in the blasting pit, so Li Yuexuan covered it with loose soil and took the surrounding weeds as the final camouflage.

At this point, the explosion point is basically completed. All that is needed is to connect the foot wire to the wire, and then connect the last few wires to the bus, which is connected to the magnetic telephone as the power source. After Li Yuexuan finished this explosion, the old squad leader also came with a few young cavalrymen. These are the students.

Li Yuexuan was not shy about it. At the next explosion point, he set up and explained everything at the same time, explaining any possible problems, for fear that they would not be able to learn.

In this way, Li Yuexuan personally arranged 30 explosion points, and then tried to let the students arrange them by themselves. Well, including the old squad leader and the Bai brothers, they also arranged two explosion points each, and then the teaching was completed.

The work of setting up the explosion point must be done carefully. Although it is only one pound of TNT, after the explosion, the shock wave will kill people within a few meters. Don't understand? The charge of the German long-handled grenade is only about 2 taels, and here is 1 pound.

It was four hours after we finished placing the last bomb point. At this time, the soldiers of the 4th Brigade had already arrived. According to the previous arrangement, the soldiers looked for firing points in their respective ambush positions, without any intention of stopping to rest.

Li Yuexuan himself was already holding a tactical knife, connecting the bomb points one by one. He connected the wires to the segmented wires, and then connected the wires to the bus. The bus was placed in front of the telephone with the wire ends left, waiting to be connected and detonated during the battle.

This time, Li Yuexuan had a backup plan. He divided the 60 explosive points into 5 segmented wires and then connected them to the main line. The advantage of doing this is that if the Japanese decided to attack before reaching the westernmost position of the 3rd Battalion, then the segmented wires could be quickly removed and the others could continue to be detonated. The main point was to save money.

Li Yuexuan was connecting with the Bai brothers, the old squad leader, and several new students, but it was already dark. However, there were many flashlights and lanterns here, and Brigade Commander Zhang personally sent people to provide lighting for Li Yuexuan. Brigade Commander Zhang already knew about directional blasting, but he didn't know how powerful this directional blasting was? So, he was also looking forward to it.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Li Yuexuan completed the final arrangements, even the telephone lines were hidden and disguised, except for the last telephone that was not connected.

This was not the time to check the concealment of the line, so Li Yuexuan stopped his work and went to the telephone where the 2nd Battalion was located. There were still people standing guard at the telephone, five soldiers with live ammunition, staring at the telephone and the telephone line, as if they were ready to kill anyone who came over.

However, when Li Yuexuan came over, they just ignored him and let him walk along the telephone line to the phone. However, only Li Yuexuan came over, and the Bai brothers and the old squad leader consciously stayed 30 meters away from Li Yuexuan. They had been busy for so long this afternoon, and this was the last step left. No one wanted to make a mistake!

The telephone was placed behind a rock that was exposed to the wind, and there was a small stool next to it. Li Yuexuan sat on the stool to rest without hesitation. Then, he recalled the entire wiring process in his mind, looking for any missed errors. After thinking for a while, he reached out and grabbed the telephone line bus, and the auxiliary panel function was activated, and subtitles appeared in front of him.

"The well-planned directional blasting device has 60 explosion points and covers a distance of 1889 meters. The explosion depth is 20 to 40 meters... There are no leakages or instability, and the device can be detonated normally!"

Knowing that it could detonate normally, Li Yuexuan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the matter was accomplished!
He also knew that even without his directional blasting device, this battle would be won! Moreover, the casualty ratio of this battle was that the 716th Regiment lost 4 cadres and 17 soldiers, and injured 15 cadres and 62 soldiers. With completely inferior weapons and equipment, they annihilated a well-equipped brigade of the Japanese army. Only more than 20 enemies escaped the ambush circle, and most of them were annihilated by our 714th Regiment.

What does it mean? More than 20 Japanese soldiers from this brigade escaped from the ambush circle, and most of them were wiped out by the 714th Regiment, with only a few escaping.

Li Yuexuan closed her eyes and rested for about 10 minutes, and her stomach started growling. She was hungry! There was nothing she could do. It had been eight hours since lunch, and she had been rushing and working. She should have been hungry a long time ago. At this moment, Luo Wei appeared in the distance with a winnowing basket and called out from a distance.

"Haha, thank you, Captain Luo!" Li Yuexuan happily left the phone, and went to Luo Wei with the Bai brothers and the old captain to enjoy dinner. Well, dinner was cornmeal and millet flour steamed bread, although it was cold, but still chewable. And this, for the hungry people, was indeed a rare delicacy.

Li Yuexuan was also enjoying the sweet smell of the steamed bread. When his mouth felt dry, he drank a sip of warm water, ate a small pickled vegetable, and continued eating. After adapting for a period of time, he felt that his taste buds and stomach had adapted to these crude foods.

But speaking of it, in the era when he came here, it seems that this kind of mixed flour steamed bread is much more expensive than the white steamed bread! And people of this era may not be able to eat pure white flour steamed bread during the Chinese New Year! How did you say that? Do you still want to eat steamed bread every day? Life is over? Um... do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing? ?
"Captain Luo, where is our guerrilla team ambushing?" Li Yuexuan asked after dinner.

"We will be at the third battalion's position in the west, helping them to lead the way! Moreover, they won't let us go down the mountain to fight the Japanese with bayonets, saying that we are all equipped with Japanese equipment and are not familiar with the comrades of the 716th Regiment. We want to avoid accidental injuries!" Lowe was very unhappy with the arrangement given by the 716th Regiment. He just wanted to take people down to kill and have some fun.

"We are fighting with them, so we should listen to them and don't get emotional! When we return to Ping'an County, we can do whatever we want." Zhao Danian's voice sounded, but it was words of comfort.

"Captain..." Everyone called out together, and then Zhao Danian motioned for everyone to sit down: "Military doctor, from tonight until the battle starts, you just stay here and be responsible for detonating! Here, this coat was given by Brigade Commander Zhang. He said it was seized from the Japanese Kwantung Army in the northern border. It's to keep you warm!" Zhao Danian took a Japanese military coat dyed gray and put it on Li Yuexuan's shoulders.

"Thank Brigade Commander Zhang for me!" Li Yuexuan saluted.

Zhao Danian left very quickly, and nothing happened in the following time. It was just a boring wait...

(End of this chapter)