Ishihara came prepared this time. Seeing that the guerrillas began to retreat, he immediately ordered the troops to advance separately, hoping to eliminate the resistance in this area in one fell swoop.
Although the guerrillas fought tenaciously to block and lure them, some villages were still occupied, and the pursuers were pressing forward step by step. The guerrillas retreated to the tiger's mouth, but still failed to stop the Japanese invasion.
Ishihara carefully studied the ambush battles in this area. Although the ambush troops suffered heavy losses in several ambush battles, he did not feel anything. It was just that the Tuba Road used land mines and took advantage of the favorable terrain to catch the imperial army off guard.
He personally led a team to pursue the guerrillas. At Lahukou, he ordered his troops to first launch a fierce artillery bombardment on the highlands on both sides of Lahukou where there might be an ambush. Then, under the leadership and cover of tanks, the Japanese and puppet troops rushed into Lahukou.
Sanbao was injured and saw that the heavy defenses did not stop the Japs. This was the greatest pressure he had faced since joining the army. Only then did his previous heart of underestimating the enemy recede. The Japs were indeed well-equipped and well-trained, but they were not well-prepared and well-trained.
It is difficult to win by taking advantage of favorable terrain to seize the opportunity.
It seemed that this place could no longer be defended. Sanbao had to order the troops to move into the mountains. However, the Japanese did not retreat. Ishihara saw that although the guerrillas had suffered a blow, the main force was still there. He clamored to eliminate the resistance here within a month.
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To this end, Ishihara ordered the troops to be stationed in the surrounding villages. On the one hand, he used the traitor spy organization to establish a maintenance committee to control the area. At the same time, he ordered the troops to station on the spot and began to send troops into the mountains to encircle and suppress them.
Facing the painful loss, Sanbao felt extremely guilty. He blamed it all on himself. He was unable to assume such an important responsibility. For this reason, on the one hand, he sent people back to the base area to report the situation here and reported his mistakes to the base area.
The superior reported the request for punishment. In the guerrilla group, he made a review to everyone and explained to everyone that he had secretly changed the superior's decision to appoint himself as the captain.
The understanding soldiers all said that his command was excellent and he was qualified for the position of captain. This can be seen from the development of this area and the growth of the guerrillas. As for the failure of this attack and the large-scale Japanese invasion, he cannot be blamed.
It is precisely because of his outstanding leadership that the Japanese attach great importance to sending heavy troops.
Zhang Yunbiao also told him that it was nothing. His Black Tiger Mountain had also been occupied by Japanese soldiers, and he had no complaints about being under his command.
Everyone hoped that Sanbao could muster up the courage to lead everyone to repel the Japs. Seeing the sincere eyes of the soldiers, Sanbao told everyone that he would find a way to repel the Japs, and he would still lead them before the decision from the superiors came.
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Sanbao began to think about ways to deal with the Japs. With the current strength of the guerrillas, they could only rely on landmines to deal with the Japs. But now the Japs had tanks to destroy the mines along the road, and the Japs dispatched engineers to detect and dig the mines. This was the most critical issue.
We still can't think of a good way to deal with the Japanese tanks and three treasures. But now that the troops have withdrawn into the mountains, the Japanese tanks cannot drive into the mountains. What we have to deal with now is the Japanese engineers, because the Japanese have begun to invade the mountains during the day. This requires
Redeploy the emplacement of mines.
"I must blow up all the Japanese engineers!" Sanbao shouted in his heart.