Chapter 104 The Earth Shakes and the Mountains Shake
The troops of the 28th Regiment were divided into two groups.
Ding Wei led his troops through the mountains and forests and rushed to the railway line to ambush.
Zhang Long and Zhao Hu marched to the right, towards the Suolong Mountain area, and set up defensive positions as quickly as possible before the Japanese troops were aware of it.
After an hour of rapid march, Ding Wei led the Second Battalion and other troops to the railway line.
at this time.
The sky has turned a slight fish belly white, and the sun is trying its best to penetrate through the clouds. Coupled with the heavy snow, the atmosphere seems particularly depressing.
Therefore, it is not completely bright yet and it is snowing, so the visibility nearby is not high.
A straight and cold railway line sits alone on this plain. The entire railway is higher than the nearby ground and forms a convex shape.
Ding Wei looked around at the surrounding terrain. It was open and flat with no obstructions. He could only rely on this railway to attack.
"Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng!" Ding Wei growled twice.
"Captain, here we come!" Bao Zheng quickly came to Ding Wei's side.
"Take a few people, go to the artillery platoon and ask for a few boxes of shells, and go with me to plant bombs on the railway tracks!" Ding Wei gave the decisive order.
On a whim, Prince Bao Buqi ordered the train to speed up and arrive here in advance.
So from now on, everything is a race against time.
"Yes!" Bao Zheng responded, and immediately selected the ammunition to help the soldiers, and followed Ding Wei with the things needed for blasting.
"Ma Han, you lead people to build and strengthen fortifications along the railway." Ding Wei looked at Mahan and ordered.
"Yes!" Mahan stood up to accept the order, and immediately started working with his team.
Ding Wei led his men to the railway and ordered the soldiers to dig holes under the sleepers every ten meters.
Considering that the devil prince will definitely bring his escort with him, and the train will not be an ordinary carriage.
In order to maximize the damage to the railway and cause damage to the Japanese train in the first round of explosions, Ding Wei ordered the soldiers to dig out a blasting line about 300 meters long.
In each pothole, Ding Wei buried three artillery shells.
Later, Ding Wei slightly modified the mortar shells and connected them with wires.
When they rescued prisoners of war from the mines, the 28th Regiment still had a long wire left, and now it just came in handy.
Because Ding Wei was already skilled in controlling blasting, everything was ready in less than half an hour.
Ding Wei simply covered the exposed wires on the rails with sand and gravel.
After completing all preparations, a group of people from the 28th Regiment lay down at a safe distance 50 meters away from the railway tracks, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Prince's train.
Time passes minute by minute.
The soldiers were all covered with a layer of white snow, but there was still no movement on the railway tracks.
"Captain, there must be something wrong." Ma Han asked anxiously, "Why hasn't the little devil prince come yet?"
Just as Ding Wei was about to answer, he suddenly heard a train whistle in the distance.
Immediately afterwards, two beams of light could be vaguely seen coming from the railway tracks.
coming!
The atmosphere in the entire position suddenly became tense.
The soldiers stared at the railroad tracks, turned on their gun safety, and were ready to charge after the explosion.
Ding Wei looked in the direction of the light and saw an armored train driving rapidly on the railway.
Except that the locomotive is no different from an ordinary locomotive, the long carriage behind it is covered with a layer of iron armor.
Even the windows are covered with a dark steel plate, making it impossible to enter the interior of the car through the windows.
If Ding Wei guessed correctly, those carriages were specially made, and even the bottom of the carriage must have a layer of steel plate as protection.
Seeing the Japanese Prince train approaching, Ding Wei felt more and more that he had made the right choice by setting up a 300-meter-long blasting line on the railway track.
If it were just arranged casually, the explosion would probably be as loud as tickling it.
But it's different now.
On the 300-meter-long railway, Ding Wei buried a total of 90 mortar shells, enough to blow away the railway track and the trains on it.
Even if the carriage on the railway track is strong enough, the kid inside will still be shaken to pieces.
Not long after.
With a "click, click, click" sound, thick smoke billowed from the front chimney of the train and headed forward.
Ding Wei, however, had a nonchalant look on his face and gently placed his hands on the detonator. He did not decisively press the detonator until the train passed the first blasting point.
next moment.
A series of deafening explosions suddenly sounded on the approximately 300-meter-long railway.
Along with the sound of explosion, bright flames suddenly appeared on the railway.
Even though the soldiers were lying dozens of meters away, they could still clearly feel the ground shaking slightly.
90 rounds of artillery shells were detonated at the same time. I wonder how powerful it can be.
With the violent explosion, the entire front of the train was blown away, rolling in mid-air, and then exploded and dismembered in the air.
A brilliant fire flashed in mid-air, and the exploded debris from the front of the car flew in all directions, including a lot of cinders that hit the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion.
The fire on the railway track has gradually dissipated, and a plume of gunpowder smoke several feet high has filled the railway.
In the violent explosion, at least 400 meters of railway track was shattered.
The rubble and sleepers that were originally on the railway track were blown to pieces and flew in all directions. The soldiers could only lower their heads as much as possible.
Although the place where the soldiers ambush was not directly opposite the railway tracks, a few unlucky soldiers were hit by gravel and slightly injured.
This is enough to prove how powerful the explosion was.
The front of the train was blown to pieces, and the rails on the ground were blown to unknown places.
The carriage that lost its traction immediately derailed and rushed into the plain, leaving a long mark on the ground.
Hearing the explosions in his ears gradually weakening, Ding Wei immediately led his troops to rush forward, preparing to run to the raised railway as soon as possible.
On the vast plains, only this terrain can block the attack.
"Ma Han, give me my order. No one is allowed to fire without my order!" Ding Wei said sternly.
"Yes!" Mahan immediately stood up to accept the order and passed on the orders one by one.
When the little devil is surrounded by bombs, he will definitely come out to check the situation subconsciously.
Once they discover that there is an ambush outside, they will definitely rely on this carriage to fight and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.
The explosion just now did not destroy these carriages, which is enough to prove the defensive power of these carriages.
Therefore, the first task now is to wait for these devils to come out on their own, and then deal heavy losses to them.
Hundreds of soldiers from the 2nd Battalion soon lay down on the raised ground, with half of their eyes exposed, observing the situation in the Japanese carriage in front of them.