Since the failure of the raids, the Japanese began to build many strongholds in the plains along the mountainous areas, and connected them with roads. At the same time, they dug deep blockade trenches in order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from developing its strength in the plains.
Sanbao led the guerrilla brigade to attack continuously and began to ambush and attack the puppet troops in groups of twos and threes. Gradually, the puppet troops did not dare to come out for activities. Even if they did come out, they would send out many troops.
The enemy has not been ambushed for a long time, which makes the soldiers of the guerrilla brigade, who have been winning continuously in the battle, a little bit unable to bear it. They have requested to attack the enemy's strongholds. The puppet army's strongholds are constantly being built.
And they are approaching them step by step in an encroaching way. If this continues, the Japanese watchtower will be built right in front of the guerrillas.
Sanbao was also thinking, yes, they must attack the enemy's stronghold that is approaching step by step, otherwise they will be very passive, but with their current equipment, they do not have the heavy weapons to attack the watchtower.
But he couldn't wait. Sanbao finally made up his mind. He ordered Li Yong to lead a squadron to attack the nearest puppet stronghold. However, Sanbao considered that he could not conquer it for a while with his own ability. He thought of the Shentouling ambush battle, which was a typical
Following the example of encircling a point for reinforcements, he decided to follow suit and attack the enemies who came for reinforcements.
He asked Li Yong to bring iron barrels of firecrackers to confuse the enemy, while he and Zhang Yunbiao led the Second Squadron to prepare to ambush the Japanese on the road to Japanese reinforcements.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Second Squadron was not strong at this time, Sanbao was confident of fighting this battle well. Although Zhang Yunbiao said that his men would never be vague in the fight, he was still a little worried that he would not be able to win the first battle after joining the Eighth Route Army until he saw Sanbao.
The militiamen he led were relieved to have what they had in their hands.
The landmines of different materials and shapes dazzled him, and the fact that Sanbao directed everyone to lay mines made him even more incredible. Sanbao led everyone to lay various landmines on the road.
Zhang Yunbiao saw a surprising scene. These militiamen seemed to be quite skilled in laying trip mines and making full use of the surrounding grass and trees. The mines were all similar in color to the surroundings, and the trip wires were also dyed, so they could not be seen easily.
Moreover, a landmine sometimes has several trip wires, making it difficult to tell the truth from the false.
When laying pressure mines, turf was moved and dust was piled up to cover it. On the dirt road, the militiamen used the hooves of cattle and sheep they brought, or the soles of horseshoes to lightly press the marks...
Zhang Yunbiao was dumbfounded. He couldn't help asking Sanbao to learn this technique. Sanbao replied: "Don't worry, but don't walk around here now. They all have division of labor and unified actions according to steps and deployment."
Only then did Zhang Yunbiao notice that it looked a little confusing at first, but after a closer look, he understood everyone's responsibilities. In addition to those who laid landmines, there were also those who were making maps and records. It seemed that there was a lot of knowledge involved.
This time it was not to block the enemy, but to destroy it, so Sanbao ordered everyone to lay mines with lightning and electric detonation at the front, and later they buried a large number of stepping mines and trip mines. Sanbao's intention was obvious. He wanted to
Let the approaching enemies get trapped in the mine array and be unable to escape.
In order to increase the power and effect of the explosion, Sanbao personally planted four grenades with pull-out wires on a wooden board. The pull-wires were nailed to the board, so that once the Japanese attacked the mines below, the explosion would pull the pull-out grenades.
The grenade with the fuse was thrown into the sky, and the air explosion was more powerful. This was when he and Chen Zhenhai ambushed the Japanese transport team. He saw Chen Zhenhai throw the grenade later, and the grenade exploded in the air, causing greater damage to the enemy.
Yes, this is like the second blast of firecrackers at home.
In addition, he also planted serial mines and powerful gravel mines. Finally, the minefield was laid out and they began to wait for the enemy to come...