The Japanese soldiers behind them rushed up and yelled at them, but when they heard that the puppet soldiers in front stepped on the mines, they quickly retreated and lay down on the ground in a well-trained manner.
One of the Japanese soldiers even shouted: "Quickly, dig out the mines."
The puppet army had no choice but to find a way to dig out the landmines after looking at each other face to face.
One of them used a bayonet to cut along the sole of the puppet soldier's shoe. Although he accidentally cut the opponent's sole several times and bled a lot, the puppet soldier finally left the mine.
The puppet soldier who was demining used a bayonet to hold down the sole of his shoe, while another puppet soldier found a stone weighing more than thirty kilograms and pressed it on it.
At this time, everyone let out a long sigh. But unexpectedly, the little devil called out again, so that the puppet army had to dig out the mines, because next, the large troops behind would have to march!
Because the little devil doesn’t know what kind of landmine this is. If it is a series of mines, the imperial army will suffer heavy losses. Therefore, even if you take risks, you must clear the mines first.
But at this time, the puppet soldiers in front wanted to scold them after hearing this. It was dark at this time, and even with a little moonlight it was not enough to see clearly the mines buried underground. They had to rely on their hands to clear the mines. This is different from
What difference does it make to let them die?
But the little devils don't care about that. In their eyes, these puppet soldiers are just cannon fodder. They won't feel bad about them no matter how many people die.
As for the puppet army detonating the mines and exposing them, it is also the puppet army's fault.
Therefore, these Japanese scouts did not care about the life and death of the puppet troops. Even though they knew that the light was not good and it was not suitable for clearing mines at all, they still urged them to clear the mines quickly. They also asked the remaining puppet troops to continue moving forward to explore the road.
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The puppet soldiers had no choice but to move forward, seven or eight of them, to see if there were any landmines, while the remaining four or five continued to clear the mines.
The little devils were still lying on the ground. They would not go to the dangerous area unless the puppet troops in front trampled all over the ground.
As time passed by, the veteran of the puppet army who was responsible for demining finally touched the hard object on the sole of the shoe.
That was not a landmine at all, but a slightly raised rock. They were completely scaring themselves.
But the puppet soldier rolled his eyes, but did not say that it was not a landmine. Because if he said that it was not a landmine, the Japanese would most likely give them a slap in the face.
So the puppet soldier held the stone and said: "Imperial Army, the mine has been dug out. But it is a little damaged. I will find a safe place and put him down so as not to hurt the Imperial Army."
"Quick, quick!"
The Japanese squad leader quickly waved his hand and told the puppet soldier to go as far away as possible, for fear that the mine would accidentally explode and affect them again.
"go ahead!"
The Japanese gave the order again, and the group continued to search forward.
At the same time, the veteran of the puppet army hid in the woods and found a place to smoke.
He turned his back to Dongping County and used his clothes to block the light from the cigarette.
So this veteran of the puppet army still has some survival experience on the battlefield.
He is not in a hurry to return to the team, let the Japanese and others run ahead to explore the way, he just needs to find a suitable time to return to the team.
But little did he know that he had long been targeted by Zhao Weidong's investigation team.
The investigation team sent to Feicheng and Pingyin has been withdrawn by Duanwu, but the investigation team outside Dongping Town is still there.
They had been aware of the movements of the puppet soldiers and Japanese soldiers outside the city, and were waiting for opportunities to find the lone puppet soldiers and Japanese soldiers and bring them back alive.
By chance, the old gentleman was hiding in the woods smoking, and someone covered his mouth from behind. Then two other people lifted his legs and snatched him away.
The puppet soldier wanted to resist before, but seeing that there were many people on the other side, he had no choice but to give up. Otherwise, if he angered the other side, he would definitely die.
So, he followed the other party obediently until he entered Dongping Town.
However, they did not enter Dongping Town from the north gate, but entered Dongping Town from the east gate, taking a slightly detour.
But their speed was still faster than those puppet soldiers and Japanese soldiers.
The puppet troops and the Japanese thought that there were landmines on the road, so they searched almost inch by inch for fear of stepping on the mines.
And this time, the little devil surprisingly did not urge them, because once stepped on, landmines would not only kill people, but also expose their targets.
Of course, they didn't know that they had already been exposed, but they just wanted to be cautious and not be discovered by the enemies in the city.
So just after the scouts robbed the puppet troops and returned to Dongping Town, the puppet troops and the Japanese were still lingering five hundred meters outside the north gate of Dongping Town!
After a while, the captured puppet soldiers were brought to the north gate of Dongping Town, where Duanwu used binoculars to look at a dozen puppet soldiers who were cautiously probing 500 meters away.
It can be said that Duanwu didn't know what the Japs were looking for. He just thought that the Japs were a little too careful. They searched inch by inch on the mountain road. Was it because they were afraid that they had laid landmines?
But Duanwu didn't know that it was entirely the puppet soldiers and the Japanese who scared him. Thinking of the scene where he had stepped on landmines before, even stepping on a raised stone was regarded as a landmine.
In addition, a veteran was lazy and held a stone and said it was a landmine, which further confirmed that there were landmines planted on the road leading to Dongping Town.
Later, when the captured two Japanese soldiers told the whole story, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment, Zhou Tianyi and others all burst into laughter.
And those puppet soldiers are really talented people who know the current affairs. There is no need for Duanwu to ask, he told them all by himself.
Let me first talk about their origins. They were from the Imperial Alliance Army in North China. They had fought against the Eighth Route Army with the Japanese before. After the Japanese were frustrated in trying to open up the Jinpu Line, they were transferred from North China along with the Fifth Division.
Outside the city, there were the Japs of the 11th Regiment of the Japanese Army, consisting of two squadrons, plus an artillery squadron. As for the puppet army, it was a regiment, all infantry, without heavy firepower.
Moreover, the puppet army also said another thing. The puppet soldiers outside the city were very regretful at this time. At that time, they followed their commanders to join the Japanese just to survive. But the little Japanese always used them as cannon fodder.
This man died many times, and they understood that even if they surrendered to the Japs, there would be no way to survive. But they did not dare to rebel directly, after all, their family members were still under the control of the Japs.
So this little devil is not stupid. There are so many puppet soldiers that they can't control at all, so they move their families together to protect them, but they just supervise them. And once any puppet soldier betrays them
The Imperial Japanese Army killed the families of these puppet soldiers.
So the captured puppet soldier said: Sometimes they really have no choice. Now they are waiting to die at the gunpoint of their own people, not even daring to escape!