Chapter 20: Landmine Warfare, Hey, Landmine Warfare (Part 1)
September is coming, what a beautiful scene
Every household is busy planting melons.
The devils have come and can't be driven away
Go to hell!
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Listening to the warriors quietly singing while laying mines, Yaotianhua and Feng Changyuan couldn't help but laugh out loud. They found these warriors too adorable, still having such a relaxed mood at this time.
In just three or four minutes, a minefield with a width of over 200 meters and a length of 50-60 meters was laid out. With hundreds of people laying mines together, the speed was also astonishingly fast. Moreover, this kind of landmine is extremely safe before the electronic control is activated, so there's no need to worry about it exploding.
For safety, Feng Changyuan and others have retreated to a high ridge more than 100 meters away. In this way, even if the minefield explodes and steel balls fly out so far, due to the relationship of the dead angle, they should not hurt people hiding behind.
Behind a high mound covered with tall grass, about tens of meters away in a dry ditch, a row of detonators had been placed on the ground in front of Wind Longyuan and Yao Tianhua. Each one was roughly square in shape, like the game consoles people played with when they were young, and was painted with camouflage colors. On the center of the panel were two rows of small yellow buttons, corresponding to 12 landmines. In the upper right corner were red start and green shut-down buttons, while at the bottom were buttons for delayed detonation, timed detonation, intelligent scanning detonation and other functions.
Through this electronic controller with a coverage of up to 500 meters, it is entirely possible to easily control the detonation of multiple combinations of landmines!
When people laid mines, the miniature reconnaissance aircraft released were always closely monitoring the movements of the Japanese First Division and reporting the situation to Feng Changyuan at any time, so that they could know how far they were from the minefield. With this ultra-modern surveillance equipment, the Tiger Tooth Special Warfare Brigade didn't even need a sentry.
However, Feng still arranged a sentry post in the distance, forming a double insurance, which made him feel more at ease.
"Take cover, ready!"
As the wind carried a distant shout, all members of the First Special Warfare Squadron quickly retreated to the rear and disappeared into the grass, leaving only the special forces personnel in charge of controlling the remote-controlled explosive devices waiting for the order to detonate!
Feng Changyuan and Yao Tianhua crouched behind a slope with good cover, gazing through night vision binoculars at the distant highway, where the first battalion of Xiao He Yuan's troops would inevitably pass, and from there they would head towards their death!
The waiting time was very slow, and Feng Changyuan and Yao Tianhua were a bit anxious, only to see the enemy's ointment flag swaying out of the fields at the end of the main road, advancing towards the thunder zone.
"Here!" Feng Changyuan said in a low voice, then made a gesture to the special forces members responsible for the explosion, indicating that they should start preparing.
A few people lifted up the protective cover on the detonator and moved the electronic control switch, starting the electronic detonator.
On the invisible soil, a series of numbers suddenly appeared on a display screen as small as a thumb on the buried anti-personnel landmines and flashed rapidly.
The electronic control of these landmines has been activated!
Compared to the well-equipped Longfeng, the days of Xiaohe Yuanpu were not easy. Just now, the statistics below reported that the first battalion's first company lost 112 people, the second company lost 127 people, and the third battalion lost 105 people. The fourth company did not participate in the battle, so it still had 180 people!
In the battle of the forest, because Lieutenant General Hara Hiroshi finally used the tactic of jade stone burning together, using two 92-style infantry guns plus more than 20 grenade launchers to frantically bombard the forest, those Japanese soldiers who were not killed by the special forces were either killed in the artillery fire or burned to death by the raging fire. As a result, there was not a single survivor in the end, all of them died.
In one battle, a large unit lost nearly two companies of soldiers, which was a heavy blow that made Ogawa's mood extremely bad.
Since he took command, there has never been such a terrible battle. Not even the shadow of the enemy was seen, yet two squadrons of troops were lost. This is too humiliating!
However, he had no way to do so because his opponent was too cunning. From the beginning to the end, he only knew that his soldiers were silently killed, and not a single enemy was caught, let alone knowing what his opponent looked like.
"What on earth is this team?" Lieutenant Commander Kawahara Udai muttered to himself as he moved forward, pondering his own question.
Suddenly, the team in front stopped, and a Japanese scout rushed over, whispering a few words to a lieutenant beside him before hurrying off again.
"Captain, according to the scout's report, it's about 4 or 5 kilometers ahead where the Northern Grand Camp is!" The squadron leader hastily walked over to Xiao He Yuanpu and said in a low voice, "Moreover, the terrain ahead tends to be flat, without any obstacles that block our line of sight like before!"
Awakened from his reverie by the voice, Kojima Haruki finally lifted his head to look forward and saw that the ground in front of him was a barren slope with grasses over half a foot tall, making it impossible for anyone to hide!
"Hmm, it seems that group of people was annihilated in the forest, and the remaining part, seeing the unfavorable terrain, didn't dare to stay and fight me again!" With this thought in mind, Ogawa Ujiyasu, the commander-in-chief, spurred his warhorse with his legs, wanting to climb up the barren slope and take a look at the Northern Great Camp, which was now within arm's reach.
A loud neighing sound, the Oriental horse's head held high, four hooves stomping back and forth on the ground, spinning around in circles, refusing to move forward!
Kogawara no Uji urged Tōyōma several times, but the warhorse wouldn't budge. This made Kogawara no Uji suspicious, so he waved his hand to call over the scout from earlier and asked, "What unusual things did you discover when you scouted ahead just now?"
That sentinel carefully recalled for a moment, then shook his head, "Report to the captain, no, everything is calm!"
"Oh, strange, what's going on with this horse?" Ogawa Uji was puzzled. He jumped down from the warhorse and circled around it several times before seeming to discover something.
He lifted the hind legs of the war horse, pulled out a piece of shrapnel from above the hoof bowl on the war horse's calf, and Kawabata River stretched out his hand to pat the war horse's buttocks. "Old buddy, you've worked hard, just stay here and rest for a while!"
He ordered the war horse to be left behind and taken care of by the later transportation team, then Ogawara Tsutomu adjusted his military uniform, grasped the command knife and strode forward in big strides!
Anyway, it's just one kilometer away from Beida Camp, let's walk there instead of riding a horse!
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