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Chapter 658: The Sorrow of Zhongtiao Mountain (31) Roadside Bombs of the Supplementary Brigade

The bottle contained half a can of gravel, one-third of gasoline, and a spoonful of sugar...

Fan Zhengting took a bite out of curiosity, and then he asked happily: "You also know how to add sugar."

Fang Zhixiao: "You guys have used it over there too?"

Fan Zhengting said in annoyance while licking his fingers.

“I asked my superiors for it, but who knew that this guy sold the sugar on the black market.

This guy caused us to lose many of our men who were going to blow up the Japanese tanks."

The engineers over there continued to work on the oil drums.

They placed a wooden rack on top of the sealed wine bottles.

A bag made of fireproof cloth was placed on the shelf.

They put firewood in the bag and poured gasoline on it. When they retreated to Heifengkou, they lit the firewood for lighting one by one.

From a distance it looks like the oil barrel is full of firewood, but in fact there is firewood on the surface.

This was also because it was dark under the lamp. The Japanese just thought that the remaining team was considerate and lit the way for them.

The Japanese didn't notice anything unusual about these modified gasoline barrels.

As for the wires connected to the explosive packs under the gasoline barrels, there was no way to detect them.

In this way, a group of directional "roadside bombs" transformed from abandoned oil drums was deployed.

You ask what to do if those gasoline bottles explode prematurely due to ignition of firewood?

There was no other way. We could only bomb whichever part of the Japanese we caught up with. The replenishment brigade was never picky.

The Japanese were really lucky. Two entire battalions of Japanese soldiers were within the range of the explosion.

The engineers of the supplementary brigade on the Heifengkou side had received orders in advance and pressed the detonator directly without asking for instructions.

In just a moment, hundreds of explosive packs were detonated on both sides of the one-kilometer-long dirt road in front of Heifengkou.

The explosive pack exploded inside the oil barrel, but was slightly blocked by a bulletproof steel plate on one side.

The explosives caused the shattered wine bottle to fly out in the direction of the hole.

Gravel, bullets and glass fragments, wrapped in gasoline and sugar, flew towards the marching Japanese troops.

Faced with the intensive explosions of "directional oil barrel bombs", these Japanese soldiers felt like they were in hell.

There were also lucky ones among the Japanese soldiers. Some were killed by the explosions or by the shock of the explosions.

Those who were hit by the stones, bullets, and glass fragments in the wine bottles and did not die immediately were still suffering.

The inextinguishable flames burned along the bullet holes on the Japanese soldiers' bodies until they were extinguished.

Let those Japanese soldiers who were injured by the flying hard objects and unable to move.

He could only watch himself being "burned to ashes" bit by bit by the flames, and eventually die on the spot.

Compared to them, those Japanese devils who drank the miso soup with added ingredients were considered lucky.

At least before they died, many of them "saw" their mothers.

Division Commander Yoshitani was too close to the front, so he was not killed by the explosives.

But he was still "blown" off his horse by the shock wave caused by the explosion.

Division Commander Yoshitani spat out a mouthful of blood. This was due to some internal injuries and also because of the humiliation he suffered at the hands of the guerrilla division.

In less than a day, he didn't even know who his opponent was.

They had already lost four infantry regiments, plus a baggage regiment and an artillery regiment.

Now there are less than 15,000 soldiers in his division who can still fight.

The Japanese army's victory in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain was a foregone conclusion.

Even if he lost half a division, with a little operation, he could be said to have covered the retreat of the entire army, which was an honorable defeat.

Even if they were ordered to retire to the reserve, or simply return to the countryside.

According to the practice of the Japanese headquarters, he could also resign after obtaining the rank of lieutenant general.

But now he has lost it. As the defeated general of the Ji Gu family, he gets nothing.

What he lost was the Japanese First Army in Shanxi, the only real heavy artillery regiment.

A heavy artillery regiment with twelve 105mm howitzers.

Other divisions also had heavy artillery regiments, but they were all 75mm mountain guns and 75mm field guns.

This is simply incomparable to the heavy artillery regiment under his command.

The resources on the Japanese island itself are scarce, and they will be heavily punished for the loss of any artillery piece.

There was once a troop whose Type 92 infantry gun was seized by the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese military sent people to negotiate with the Eighth Route Army, hoping to use machine guns and bullets to exchange the cannon for the Eighth Route Army.

Of course, this deal did not succeed. How could the Eighth Route Army allow the Japanese to redeem this cannon?

Are we going to allow the Japanese to use this infantry gun to continue killing and injuring our anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians?

The Japanese gun was not recovered and the gun commander was ordered to commit suicide by seppuku.

This shows how much the Japanese army cares about their artillery.

Besides, the largest caliber of the artillery of the National Army in the temporary capital is only 75 mm.

But now he had lost these twelve 105mm howitzers.

The best ending for Yoshitani after the war was suicide by seppuku.

If he could fight to the death on the battlefield today, his ending might be better.

Maybe after the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain is over, it will not affect the reputation of his family in Hokkaido.

Division Commander Yoshitani was determined to take the remaining members of the division to a safe place before he died, and then decide how he would die.

Division Commander Yoshitani wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and gave the order.

"Immediately send a telegram to each brigade, informing them to bypass the Black Wind Pass.

Go directly to the southern line of Zhongtiao Mountain and enter Zhongtiao Mountain from Qinglong Town.

It is more than a hundred kilometers away from Heifengkou.

Stationed there was a brigade left behind by Commander Hayata.

As long as we can get there, the Kuomintang army will not dare to chase us.

Order the Akita regiment commander to quickly establish a blocking position.

They must stop the Chinese army's attack for one hour."

Generally speaking, when defeat was already inevitable, the national army could not continue to advance hundreds of miles.

Because once Ono transferred the main division back, he could directly cut off the retreat route of the National Army.

No commander of any Nationalist army unit would dare to take the risk of advancing alone.

Therefore, as long as the Akita Regiment behind can hold off the National Army's attack for an hour, it will be enough.

Presumably, the Chinese army had gained a great advantage by destroying a regiment, and had no intention of chasing them anymore.

But this is just Ji Gu's wishful thinking. If he wants to leave now, he has to ask Song Wenwan whether she agrees.

The first to take action was the "artillery brigade" of Fang Zhixiao's supplementary brigade.

The first target was the middle section of the Yoshitani Division.

There are crowds of Japanese soldiers there now, which are exactly the bombing coordinates set by Fan Zhengting in advance.

The scouts of the supplementary brigade used night vision goggles to observe from a distance on the side.

After the Japanese entered the area, the scouts immediately notified Fang Zhixiao and then slowly retreated.

We have to retreat, as we are still too close to the Japanese army's position.

If the muzzle of the howitzer in Fan Zhengting's hand was tilted just a little, their entire reconnaissance team would be finished.

At the coordinate position of six kilometers, Fan Zhengting prepared four howitzers.

He prepared four howitzers at the 6.5 km and 5 km positions respectively.

(The plot of this chapter is purely a literary creation, purely a fabrication of imagination, please do not take it seriously.)