This road is exactly the path between two hills, and this loud noise happened just when the Japanese and puppet troops were about to walk out of this path and set foot on a relatively flat intersection. The person who caused the loud noise was the Eighth Road buried of mines.
After the advance battalion of the Eighth Route Army led by Liu Zhenghong arrived in northern Henan, after such a long period of operation, they fought some victorious battles and obtained some arms. However, due to the rapid development, the number of troops also increased sharply, so the equipment became more and more expensive. Getting more nervous.
In the combat troops of the Eighth Route Army, there is no guarantee that one person can fire a gun, and the weapons of the militiamen are even more tense. In order to arm the people, shotguns, soil guns, land mines, etc., as long as they can kill the Japanese All weapons came on stage, and this time it was the land mines produced by the Eighth Route Army's military industry that were stepped on by the Japanese.
The explosion was like a hornet's nest. The team that was walking neatly on the road suddenly became chaotic. The Japanese and puppet troops rushed towards the hillsides on both sides.
actually. This is also a normal reaction of a well-trained army. If there are gunshots or explosions, it means that the opponent has appeared. It is necessary to occupy the commanding heights to seize the favorable terrain and find the best hiding spot for individual soldiers. This is a qualified basic qualities of a soldier.
Just when the Japanese and puppet troops were preparing for battle, the continuous explosions started again. This time the explosion point was not on the road, but on the hillside where the Japanese and puppet troops rushed. This time, both sides were detonated. , it was the serial thunder array that was detonated by the Japanese and puppet troops.
The continuous explosions shocked Captain Shimanaka, the supreme commander of this unit. According to this number of explosions, the team he led this time suffered heavy casualties before the battle started.
The explosion finally stopped, black smoke rose up from the explosion point, and dust filled the air. The anxious Shimanaka couldn't care about this, and he rushed to the scene of the explosion first.
Arriving at the scene, Daozhong finally felt relieved. He found that although the continuous explosions were violent, the number of casualties caused by the mine explosions was not many, and basically all of them were injured.
Since the Anti-Japanese War, Japan has quickly occupied China's more developed industrial areas and carried out economic blockade and plunder of China. Coupled with China's weak industrial base, there is currently a shortage of resources and energy in the rear area, let alone in the northwest. Communist troops in barren areas.
The land mines laid by the Eighth Route Army were indeed very earthy. The shell of the mine was made of iron, but the charge inside was black powder composed of monosulfide, dinitrate, and charcoal. Black gunpowder was invented by ancient Chinese alchemists. It was not used in the military at first. It was not used by the army until the Tang Dynasty.
The production process of black powder is relatively simple and the raw materials are easy to obtain, but its power is not satisfactory. Although the huge explosion of the Eighth Route Army land mines this time was thrilling, only two or three people were injured or killed at each explosion point. There were more people near the explosion point whose ears were bleeding, or were injured by the explosion fragments, and their whole bodies were blackened. Soldiers blackened by gunpowder.
"Tubalu!" Daozhong carefully observed the explosion point. He found that these mines could not be called landmines, but could only be called explosive bags. Even if one or two of them were iron shell mines, the metal fragments were also very large. It was obviously a tutu weapon made by Tufa. The center of the island, who had already figured out the situation on the scene, muttered contemptuously.
"The engineers are detecting mines, and each team is conducting battlefield treatment." The island calmed down, and he, who was very experienced, immediately issued such an order.
Although the Eighth Route Army's land mines are not very powerful, they still have a great psychological impact on the soldiers. Sending engineers to remove landmines not only protects the soldiers, but also provides them with psychological comfort.
The engineers were very cautious in detecting mines. They searched back and forth twice on the road one kilometer ahead, but no new mines were found.
Because the front is being mined, the surrounding hilly areas have also been carefully searched, and not even a shadow of Tubal Road has been seen. Therefore, this area is currently safe, and this time is just the time for the infantry to rest.
But at this moment, something strange happened. The wounded soldiers who were injured by the landmines became restless. Some wounded soldiers untied the bandages on their own, regardless of the fact that they had been bandaged, and scratched the wounds that had been cleaned until they were dripping with blood. .
Eight-way landmines are not very powerful, and most of the soldiers injured by landmines have superficial injuries. Although this kind of wound is a bit painful, as long as it is cleaned and bandaged in time, it will be fine after the wound heals in about ten days. This is the first time that the island has seen such a situation where the bandage has been bandaged and then untied by the soldiers themselves.
"What's going on with the wounded soldiers?" The island called the medical soldiers and asked.
"Reporting to the commander, the wounded soldiers all said that the wounds were very itchy."?They take off the bandages to scratch the itch! "The health soldier replied honestly.
"Baga! Don't they know that exposing wounds is dangerous? Don't they know that scratching wounds with dirty hands can cause infection?" Daozhong was very angry after hearing the report and cursed.
The health soldier was startled. He lowered his head and replied: "I have already told you, but they ignored it and said that the wound was too itchy. They could not bear this strange itching, so"
The exposed wounds, coupled with the scratching of these soldiers' dirty hands, will inevitably lead to infection. You must know that the current mortality rate caused by wound infection is extremely high. The island immediately ordered the health soldiers: "Send someone to tie up their wounds first." Stay and bandage the wound."
"Hi!" The health soldier saluted, then turned and ran to the wounded soldier.
The orders on the island were completely carried out, the hands of the wounded soldiers were quickly tied, and the bandages that were untied were quickly rebandaged, but the time was delayed for another half an hour.
After the wounded soldiers here had been bandaged, Dao Zhong ordered: "Open the way!" Under Dao Zhong's command, the team began to walk towards the Hu family's shack again.
The hands of the wounded soldiers were tied with ropes, but their mouths were not blocked. These wounded soldiers were itching unbearably. They were yelling and cursing as they followed the troops forward.
The injured soldiers of the puppet army criticized the Eighth Route Army the most, saying that the Eighth Route Army was immoral and created such a mine of immorality; some puppet soldiers criticized the war, saying that if it had not been for this war, he would not have suffered like this. A living sin.
Shimanaka was riding at the end of the team, but he was extremely annoyed. Since entering the Eighth Route Army's defense area, he only exchanged fire with the Tubal Road militiamen for a while. He didn't know if there were any casualties on the Tubal Road, but his own team had suffered casualties, and the strange itching of the wounded soldiers made him uncomfortable. Thinking of it, the curses from the wounded soldiers made him even more upset.
Shimanaka really can¡¯t figure it out. It¡¯s obviously a wound caused by an explosion. It should be very painful. Why is it so itchy now?
In fact, the island is really unlucky. The landmine they encountered this time was a very special kind of landmine. This landmine was a landmine that Liu Zhenghong and the others had just modified. As for the itching caused by this kind of landmine, Liu Zhenghong did not expect it. .
The power of land mines is small, which Liu Zhenghong has known for a long time. In order to cause greater damage to the Japanese, Liu Zhenghong and others used other ideas. The first thing they thought of was to increase the explosive fragments, so they added some to the gun. Iron nails and porcelain pieces.
During the transformation process, someone suggested that some poison could be added to the mines. If there was poison that could seal the throat when bleeding occurs, would the enemy die just by being injured?
Liu Zhenghong¡¯s eyes lit up and they immediately ordered to search for poison. However, in this extremely underdeveloped area, even poison was difficult to find, so Liu Zhenghong settled for the next best thing. He sent people to find major pharmacies and village doctors, and informed them to donate all poisonous drugs.
The public foundation of the Eighth Route Army was indeed not fake. Those medicine farmers, pharmacies, and doctors immediately took action, and a variety of medicinal materials, medicinal powders, folk prescriptions, medicinal soups, etc. were sent to Liu Zhenghong's headquarters.
Traditional Chinese medicine has been studying toxic drugs relatively early, and various medical classics have detailed records of toxic drugs. However, after all, traditional Chinese medicine focuses on saving people, and the actual use of poisons is still very rare. Many poisons are more popular in folklore. exists in mines, so even veteran Chinese medicine practitioners don¡¯t know the specific method of using it in mines.
However, Liu Zhenghong had a way. Since no one knew how to use these drugs, he ordered the powder to be put into the gun, and the iron nails and porcelain pieces to be boiled in the poison soup. As for the final effect, let¡¯s wait until the Japanese and puppets You will know after using it on the army.
Ancient Chinese medicine is very magical, and the combination of different medicines will produce different effects. I don¡¯t know if the amount of drugs loaded into the mines was not enough, or if the drugs were changed during the explosion, or if the various drugs were mixed together to change the efficacy of the drugs. In short, it was a sword seal. The effect on the throat did not appear, but the unbearable itching occurred.
The pain and curses of wounded soldiers have a great impact on morale. The Japanese army has always claimed that the Locust Army is the strongest. As soldiers of the Emperor, the Locust Army is not afraid of death, let alone injury. But now these wounded soldiers are really not afraid of death, let alone heroic. On several occasions, the island wanted to order people to gag the mouths of the wounded soldiers, but he thought that gagging might hurt morale even more. In the end, the island Still gave up the idea.
It is very troublesome here on the island, and it is even more troublesome for Liu Zhenghong over there in the Hu family shack.
The northern Henan region was originally a barren land, and the Hu family shack where Liu Zhenghong and the others were stationed was even more extremely poor. Because the local food production is not large and often suffers from drought,Due to floods, ordinary people have nothing in their homes except for some production and living utensils.
The poorer you are, the more you cherish the property you own. When the devil comes, the people will naturally rebel, but they have to bring the food of the family with them, right? Should I bring the iron farm tools I bought with money? Do you need to bring the cotton-padded clothes and quilts necessary for winter? Also, you have to bring livestock and poultry, right? If you don't bring these, wouldn't it make the little devil and the second devil easier?
Supported by this idea, all the things that could be taken away were tied up, and the villagers picked up the carrying poles to carry them away.