In order to repel the Japanese raids, the guerrillas began to actively prepare for counterattacks. On the one hand, the troops began to select combat groups to harass the Japanese at night, while the main force of the guerrillas looked for fighter opportunities in concealment.
Sanbao began to lead the demolition team to modify landmines. After a night of preparation, early the next morning, Sanbao led the demolition team to start laying landmines on the way the Japanese entered the mountain.
Soon, the soldiers laid mines in accordance with Sanbao's requirements and arrangements, and now they were waiting for the Japanese to enter the mountain. Li Yong, who was responsible for luring the Japanese, led a squadron and some militiamen and quickly engaged the Japanese who entered the mountain.
They retreated quickly and retreated.
The soldiers quickly passed through the minefield according to the instructions, and then set up an ambush with the demolition team to wait for the Japanese. A heavily armed Japanese team quickly approached, and the leading Japanese soldiers exploring the road in front quickly stepped on the laid mines.
The Japs never expected that there would be landmines as soon as the guerrillas passed by. The messy footprints on the ground made the three Japs in front of them break in without warning.
Following several explosions, three Japs fell down. The Japs squad leader who was leading the team saw a mine in front of him. He immediately stopped the troops and waved his hand. Several engineers who had been prepared by his men immediately crawled forward.
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It seems that these Japanese engineers are very experienced. They hardly use bayonets to detect and quickly find traces of buried mines just from the messy footprints.
A Japanese soldier lay on the ground and gently peeled off the loose soil. Soon, a landmine appeared in front of him. The Japanese soldier skillfully removed the ignition device of the mine and took it out easily.
Li Yong, who was lying next to Sanbao in the distance, felt nervous. He couldn't help but said angrily: "It's taken out." However, before he finished speaking, a cloud of smoke suddenly exploded in front of the devil's eyes, and the smoke cleared away the bombed man.
The corpse of the Japanese with half a head and two hands lay on the ground.
Seeing his companion being blown up, one of the Japanese behind realized that he had encountered a master who laid mines. This was obviously a booby trap. The layman planted a second mine under the mine above, and his companion moved the first mine, thus destroying the two mines.
All mines detonated.
The Japs behind were much more cautious. Soon, the second Japs discovered something strange on the ground in front of them. It was a flat stone. From the traces around it, it could be seen that it had been moved. The Japs gently reached out and lifted up the stone.
But as soon as the devil shouted, a huge explosion sounded.
This is a pressure mine set by Sanbao. It is different from the previous ones that exploded when you stepped on it. This time the mine is a device that is activated by a spring pressed by the stone above. Once the weight of the stone disappears, the spring will trigger the mine during recovery.
In this way, two Japanese engineers lost their lives, and there were two more Japanese soldiers behind them. It was because they lay on the ground and escaped the explosion. But for a while, they did not dare to dig mines again.
The two Japs looked at each other. When they randomly discovered a landmine, they immediately marked it and then used a rope with a hook to detonate it, or directly threw a grenade to use the power of the explosion to detonate it.
Although this is the safest method, the strange thing is that the hook only pulled out some broken earthen jars and steel helmets, and the detonation of the grenade obviously did not cause an echo. It was obvious that what was buried on the ground was just some illusion.
The Japanese team leader immediately thought that after yesterday's battle, a lot of mines on Tubal Road had been lost, and they could not have many. This was obviously a fake minefield deployed to stop their advance, with the purpose of slowing down their advance so they could retreat.