Chapter 377: Human-Flesh Mine Clearing

Teng County!

Wang Mingzhang knew that training pilots consumed a massive amount of funds.

Because, previously, Liu Dashuai had established naval, land, and air forces in Sichuan Province.

The earlier naval construction had invited mockery from the common people of Sichuan Province, along with satirical doggerel.

The Sichuan Army's air force was the source of even more jokes.

Because, the bombs this air force dropped were not bombs, but stones.

At the time when air forces were emerging, various warlords were also building air force units.

This caused the shells fired by the heavy artillery to be wasted in vain.

The grenades fired from the grenade launchers exploded amidst a large cluster of Japanese Army troops.

Even the five or six hundred devils who followed were wiped out by the massive shockwave of the explosion.

Without these "two-legged dogs," Jin Jizhong wanted to see what tricks the little devils would use to reach the Sichuan Army's landmines and explosives.

On the Shandong Battlefield, the loss of ten Japanese Army aircraft could reduce the defensive pressure on friendly forces.

Ji Shuping was proficient in French at the time and was the best candidate to go abroad to purchase aircraft.

The annual funds spent on maintenance, ground crew, and so on for the trainer aircraft under Liu Dashuai's command far exceeded the price of purchasing the planes.

Every elite Japanese Army pilot killed is one less, reducing the pressure on the Republic of China Army on the front lines.

Jin Jizhong and the others knew that this was the little devils using force to coerce the Jing'an Army to move forward.

A brigade of the 122nd Division and a brigade of the 124th Division were lying in ambush on Dagu Mountain.

After this batch of pilots from Sichuan Province returned and discovered that the purchased aircraft were trainer planes, they all complained to Liu Dashuai.

Liu Dashuai simply changed it to loading stones onto the planes, tied up with hemp rope.

"I want to see if this bunch of little devils can actually be fooled."

Banyuan Saburo and Yamashita Kazuo discussed it and decided to pull out one thousand Jing'an Army troops to charge again.

There were many more little devils behind, and upon seeing such a terrifying scene of explosions, they were all startled.

At the same time, the Chongteng Detachment that followed closely behind also dispatched a regiment of the Japanese Army to begin searching the flanks of Dagu Mountain.

They were wearing proper Japanese Army uniforms and were officially part of the Army's organizational structure.

They unleashed a round of artillery coverage on the Sichuan Army on the cliff.

They had no choice but to give up.

Zhang Kang's gaze swept across everyone!

"Report, Number One is in position!"

From Dagu Mountain to Teng County, that is quite a distance!

If this batch of Jing'an Army troops is consumed, who will clear the mines for the remaining distance?!

Over ten thousand Jing'an Army troops are now being driven by the little devils to clear mines.

Hundreds of thousands of silver dollars were spent to purchase a batch of trainer aircraft that returned to Sichuan Province.

The little devils definitely won't get any benefits from searching the mountain.

Many little devils wailed, calling for the medics.

After Jin Jizhong learned of this, he was overjoyed; this time, they had also planted landmines and explosives in many places on Dagu Mountain.

The chain mines, alphabet mines, pedal mines... these types of landmines set up in front.

"Detonate them for me!"

Liu Dashuai was very angry when he found out, but his trusted generals said that the Gauls were foreigners.

However, when the main Japanese Army force advanced, some of the Jing'an Army troops who were playing dead were stepped on many times and couldn't help but let out miserable screams.

"Banzai... Banzai..."

First!

Everyone was also very fortunate that the Jing'an Army had just helped them clear the mines.

Segu Qi agreed, and the two Japanese Army Regiment Commanders at Dagu Mountain immediately made contact with the Japanese Army aircraft.

Just as Jin Jizhong was feeling puzzled.

Therefore, this round of artillery coverage by the little devils didn't hit anyone at all.

Following closely, a whistling sound came from the sky.

Everyone didn't dare to continue forward, and as they retreated, the light and heavy machine guns of the little devils behind them rang out.

As a powerful Liu Dashuai in Sichuan Province, how could he not have his own air force unit?!

"Looking at it this way, the little devils made them wear Japanese Army uniforms to confuse us during the night shelling."

After all, the uniforms of the Jing'an Army were basically the same as the Collaborationist Army, but their Chongteng Detachment was different.

After the massive explosion, the Japanese Army ranks were filled not only with Japanese but also with a lot of Zhongtu language.

Even the battle-hardened Yamashita Kazuo was now dumbfounded.

The foreigners demonstrated in person, flying the planes into the sky and dropping mortar shells from high altitude.

"Now, the little devils are pushing the Jing'an Army up; I reckon it's human-flesh mine clearing."

For this reason, Yamashita Kazuo immediately contacted the Banyuan Regiment, which was under the Chongteng Detachment and searching the mountain.

Liu Dashuai saw that the planes could be made to work, and among the various warlords of the Sichuan Army, only he had planes.

They enjoyed extraterritoriality, and we couldn't punish the Gauls.

As Zhang Kang's voice fell, one could see the Jing'an Army troops being forced by the Japanese Army to charge toward the minefield and explosive areas.

"I see that the group of people the devils are pushing up are the Jing'an Army transferred down from the north."

"Drive this bunch of Sichuan Army troops out for me."

"Bring the Grenade Launcher to me!"

Otherwise, the scene of being blown to smithereens just now would have been this group of Japanese soldiers.

The forward observation post reported that nearly twenty thousand Japanese Army troops are currently surrounding Dagu Mountain.

After the Banyuan Regiment and Shanhia Regiment captured and counted the Jing'an Army, they made a discovery.

Jin Jizhong turned his head and lowered the Telescope in his hand.

The little Japanese devils were roaring in anger.

Because the entire body of Dagu Mountain had been converted into Tunnel Fortification, and fourteen thousand men of the Sichuan Army were on this mountain.

"What are the little Japanese devils trying to do by making the Jing'an Army put on Japanese Army uniforms?"

The soldiers of the Banyuan Regiment were also Taiwanese who grew up after the Japanese Army occupied Taiwan.

He smiled as he looked at Jin Jizhong, "Old Jin!"

It was just that the little Japanese devils occupied Taiwan earlier than the Three Eastern Provinces, so they gave the Taiwanese the status of second-class citizens.

At the same time!

Even though the Imperial Heavy Artillery launched a counterattack.

Landmines and Explosive were constantly detonating on Dagu Mountain; the Jing'an Army was terrified by the Landmine and Explosive.

If not for the Jing'an Army scouting the path, the Imperial Warrior would not know how many would have died here.

The Sichuan Army setting up so many Landmine and Explosive on this Dagu Mountain is truly vicious, damn it.

Seeing two regiments of the Japanese Army, plus ten thousand men of the Jing'an Army, conducting a large-scale search of the mountain—with so many people, it almost made the two of them fly with joy.

At the same time, the Japanese Army commander also determined the position of the Sichuan Army's Grenade Launcher through ballistic triangulation.

Rocks, dust, and trees were constantly splashing all around.

"Boom—!"

He finally found this rat-like army of the Sichuan Army.

Zhang Kang shouted, and the Grenade Launcher squads also quickly adjusted their orientation.

They didn't speak Zhongtu at all like the Jing'an Army.

Therefore, Wang Mingzhang agreed with Yu Hua that pilots are more precious than airplanes.

A sharp whistling sound through the air instantly came from above the Japanese Army.

However, it is indeed somewhat dangerous for airplane pilots to both fly the plane and throw Mortar shells downward.

Zhang Kang moved very quickly; after gathering his men, he left the Tunnel Fortification.

"Baka yaro!"

Listening to the sound of wailing, it carried the accent of the Three Eastern Provinces.

"Number three in position!"

"Let's give the devils five rounds and see the effect."

"Everyone follow me."

Now that the Jing'an Army is leading the charge, a small portion of Japanese soldiers also followed into this area.

Several squad leaders, under the command of the company commander, led their troops to launch a flanking harassment against the cliff.

When a small group of the Japanese Army attacked the cliff from the side, they discovered that the Sichuan Army was retreating.

Two regiments of the Japanese Army, pressing on over ten thousand men of the Jing'an Army, conducted a pincer movement toward the location where the Sichuan Army's tracks were discovered.

"Blow these animals to death."

"Enemy attack!"

The squad leaders immediately reported to the company commander.

One regiment of the Japanese Army, plus over ten thousand men of the Jing'an Army, were searching the mountain.

However, the leading Westerner said that this plane could be used as a Fighter Plane and a Bomber.

Soon!

Banyuan Saburo and Shanhia Kazuo requested Segu Qi to delegate the authority for air support to the regimental level.

"Are you ready?"

The Sichuan Army artillery units were very clever, adopting mobile shelling; trucks towed the artillery, and they would retreat after firing a few rapid shots.

Soon, the devils going up the mountain stepped on Landmine and Explosive.

"Whew, whew, whew!! ——"

However, judging from the reconnaissance results of the second day.

The bursts of explosions were like fireworks blooming on New Year's.

However, this person Ji Shuping did not understand airplanes; when he arrived in Gaul, he was fooled by the Gauls.

"Boom!! ——"

They were not afraid of so many Japanese Army troops at all.

"Number two in position!"

Marshal Liu's air force unit flew over the enemy positions and threw stones down below.

"But they insisted on doing the work of running dogs for the devils; getting bombed this time is purely deserved."

Dagu Mountain position!

122nd Division, Jin Jizhong Regiment.

They had been searching the mountain for some time, and now that they had discovered the Sichuan Army's tracks, it indicated that the Sichuan Army was indeed hiding here.

But after Zhang Kang succeeded in one strike, he led his men to withdraw.

We were tricked by the Gauls!

After the Jing'an Army had rolled over the entire area, what remained was a massive zone that was an ambush site mixed with landmines and explosives.

At the time, Ji Shuping also requested that the Gaul "black chickens" send people back to Sichuan Province to provide guidance.

Furthermore, the entire Chongteng Detachment spoke Japanese.

Banyuan Saburo, of the Banyuan Regiment under the Chongteng Detachment, also gasped in shock.

He shouted happily, "Yoshi!"

Inside the tunnel, Jin Jizhong frowned, "Ouch!"

"Continue the charge for me!"

"Blow them up for me!"

"Look at how pitiful this bunch of Jing'an Army soldiers is!"

Once the Jing'an Army and the Japanese Army became so ferocious, some old hands simply lay on the ground and played dead, smearing a bit of fresh blood on their faces.

"I don't believe that the Sichuan Army has laid out minefields and explosives across the entire Dagu Mountain."

"It seems this bunch of people wearing devil uniforms aren't real devils!"

"You take a few men immediately and lure this group of devils onto our minefield!"

Zhang Kang brought twenty Grenade Launchers and waited at a cliff position for the Japanese Army troops searching the mountain.

"Take your positions!"

Liu Dashuai felt he could not swallow this insult and decided to find those Westerners to return the goods.

"Regimental Commander!"

The Sichuan Army on Dagu Mountain had long since set up a minefield!

During the Battle of Luzhou.

The Sichuan Army launched a Night Raid, with rapid-fire Mortars, plus the bombardment of two Schneider M1919 Mountain Guns.

Following a series of responses indicating they were in position, Zhang Kang waved his hand.

"Yes!" Zhang Kang nodded!

"You few, and you."

The Jing'an Army, which had over ten thousand men, now had fewer than five thousand left.

After seeing this situation, Zhang Kang put down the Telescope in his hand.

At the same time, the Japanese Army regiment also hastily set up five Type 92 Infantry Guns and Mortars.

One could see a group of fierce-looking little devils driving a group of slightly taller men forward.

"Order the Shanhia Regiment to immediately sweep Dagu Mountain."

"Da-da-da!! —"

Li Delin of the Guangxi Clique had an air force, Yan Laoxi of Jin Province had an air force, and Zhang Hanqing of the Feng Clique had an air force.

At the same time!

After flying into the sky, they untied the hemp ropes and threw stones downward.

In the sky, Japanese Army aircraft also arrived at Dagu Mountain.

The Jing'an Army of over ten thousand men had now lost at least two or three thousand to explosions.

When the soldiers of the Banyuan Regiment captured the Jing'an Army, this group of Formosans did not identify themselves as the same type of people as the Jing'an Army at all.

The Segaya Detachment sent troops in pursuit, but they were ambushed by the Sichuan Army and had already lost nearly two infantry battalions' worth of strength.

"We open fire whenever we see Japanese Army uniforms at night; I'm afraid we might blow up the wrong people sometimes."

Thus, Liu Dashuai found his former teacher, Ji Shuping, and asked him to go abroad to purchase aircraft.

During the Battle of Songhu, Banyuan Saburo had already heard of the Sichuan Army's great name.

Every road up the mountain now had the presence of the Jing'an Army clearing mines.

Since the Jing'an Army was being used by the Japanese Army to clear mines, then blowing up the Jing'an Army now...

After Segu Qi learned that the artillery the Sichuan Army had hidden on the Xiaogufeng position had all been destroyed.

On Dagu Mountain!

The little devils brandished the Arisaka Type 38 Rifles in their hands and thrust with their Bayonets.

The devils' Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun and Type 11 Light Machine Gun fired long bursts, sending sparks flying from the rocks on the cliff.

Jin Jizhong looked at the devils searching below the mountain and grinned, shouting, "Zhang Kang."

"Assemble the remaining Jing'an Army!"

"Five-round burst!"

Under the command of the Japanese Army commander, a small machine gun fire squad of little devils began to conduct fire suppression on the position of Zhang Kang and the others.

Jin Jizhong put down his Telescope; he could not let the Jing'an Army continue to advance, as advancing further would be disadvantageous to the Sichuan Army's subsequent operations.

For the devils to climb the mountain, it would be a road of thorns.

"Remember!"

Soon, the massive sound of explosions was like a volcanic eruption.

These little devils were clearly using the Jing'an Army as cannon fodder!

Deputy Regimental Commander Luo saw the screams of the Jing'an Army soldiers in the minefield and their heart-wrenching cries for help.

Soon, everyone also discovered that the Japanese Army searching the mountain had begun to change their formation.

This consumption of men was just too fast, wasn't it?!

The two Regiment Commanders had not expected that the Jing'an Army would become so pathetic; just a few large explosions and so many had already been killed in action.

"Yu Hua often tells us that there must be something hateful about a pitiful person."

Knowing their combat strength was formidable, only when he led his own regiment to encounter them did he truly understand that this Sichuan Army was indeed difficult to deal with.

Zhang Kang received the order and pressed the detonator in his hand.

After the devils lying prone beneath the cliff unleashed a frantic output of firepower, they saw that the Sichuan Army did not react.

Furthermore, the fierce and short devils kept shouting in Japanese.

After Yamashita Kazuo made contact with the Segaya Detachment, he reported the situation at Dagu Mountain to Segu Qi.

Banyuan Saburo gathered his soldiers to capture the Jing'an Army.

Regiment Commander Yamashita Kazuo received the report from his subordinate, and his face blossomed with a smile.

Segaya Detachment!

At the same time, Marshal Liu also used his status as an instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy to recruit a group of pilots from Sichuan Province.

He had the aircraft use their aerial advantage to conduct physical mine clearance in certain areas.

The little devils' aircraft dove at low altitude, carried out physical mine clearance on the locations pointed out by Yamashita Kazuo and Banyuan Saburo, and dropped aerial bombs.

(End of this chapter)