Kawaguchi Heiji exclaimed: "Earth Fire, this is Earth Fire!"
"Nani, underground fire? Your Excellency Commander, it's impossible, this is impossible." Tatsuya Nagajin shook his head repeatedly. The so-called underground fire is actually a scorching zone formed by the magma from an underground active volcano spewing to the surface. This is a hot zone in Japan. It is a common phenomenon in countries with frequent earthquakes, but it is rare in China, especially in East China.
Regarding this point, Japan's intelligence agency has done special analysis.
"Baga, do you think there is only one kind of underground fire?" Kawaguchi Heiji's knowledge is obviously broader than that of Nagashin Tatsuya, and he immediately reprimanded, "In addition to the underground fire caused by the spewing magma, there are also underground coal fields. Or the ground fire caused by the burning of sulfur mines, the ground fire in Yematan is most likely caused by the burning of underground coal fields."
"Nani, underground coal field?" Yongjin Tatsuya was surprised when he heard this.
Over there, Kawaguchi Heiji had ordered several guards behind him to use bayonets to dig out the sand and gravel on the river beach. However, when he looked down by the light of the ground fire in front, he saw that under the thin layer of sand and gravel, there was suddenly nothing but black. Painted floor!
Kawaguchi Heiji ordered the guards to pry a dark stone from the ground, put it under his nose and smell it.
"Baga, Baga, Bagagaru!" Kawaguchi Heiji instantly stood up on every hair on his body, cursing and hissing, "Surface coalfield, surface coalfield, it turned out to be a surface coalfield!"
"Nani, surface coal fields?" Yong Jinda was also shocked when he heard this. He lowered his head and lay on the ground to take a closer look.
I didn’t know it by looking at it, but I was really shocked when I saw it. Covered by a thin layer of sand and gravel, it was really a dark coal seam. After all, Yong Jinda had received a higher education, so he was not a coal seam. He could still tell the difference. Not only did he tell that this was a surface coal field, but it was also high-quality anthracite.
"Baga Yalu, this is a high-quality anthracite coal field!" Tatsuya Yongjin shouted in horror.
If this surface anthracite coal field were found in another place or at another time, Yongjin Daya would definitely be overjoyed, because Japan is short of resources and has almost nothing. One of the very important reasons why Japan launched a war of aggression against China is to Massive amounts of coal are obtained from China, providing a steady stream of energy for Japan's industrial development.
Therefore, if a high-quality anthracite coal field can be found, it will undoubtedly be a huge contribution to the empire.
However, now, this high-quality anthracite coal field is very likely to mean a burial place for the Kawaguchi detachment!
"Fire! Your Excellency, Commander, the China Army is going to attack with fire. They are going to create a coalfield fire to burn us to death! The China Army is desperate and plans to die with the Imperial Army!" Tatsuya Nagajin turned to look at Kawaguchi Heiji. , said in a hoarse voice, "Your Excellency, Commander, we must retreat, retreat immediately!"
In fact, without Tatsuya Nagashin's reminder, Kawaguchi Heiji had already ordered his adjutant to convey the order, and the entire detachment immediately evacuated Noma Beach! At this time, Kawaguchi Heiji no longer cares about the collapse of the independent regiment trapped at the end of Mustang Beach. The safety of the Kawaguchi detachment is more important!
Kawaguchi Heiji's order was issued quickly, and all units of the Kawaguchi detachment quickly implemented the order and began to turn around and retreat. However, it was too late to think of retreating at this time.
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Outside Yema Beach, the three main infantry battalions of the Dameishan Independent Regiment had already quietly deployed under the cover of night. They were just worried about being discovered by the Japanese, so they did not build fortifications. However, even if there were no defensive fortifications, Xu Rui also firmly believed that with independence If the regiment's combat power can withstand the Japanese offensive for forty minutes to one hour, there will definitely be no problem.
In less than forty minutes, the hundreds of burning points that have already caught fire in front will be connected into a line. Once these hundreds of burning points are connected into a circular line, this circle formed by the raging ground fire will It will completely lock up the entire Yema Beach and trap all the Japanese who enter Yema Beach and near the U-shaped entrance!
The first half hour after detonating the landmine is the most dangerous and what Xu Rui is most worried about.
Because even with the combustion of sawdust powder mixed with gasoline, it takes time to start a fire in a coal field. Xu Rui has used a briquette stove and knows that it takes at least ten minutes from putting a briquette into the stove until it burns red. As long as there is gasoline to assist combustion, the time required will not be reduced too much. At least seven or eight minutes are absolutely necessary.
This is only the time required to ignite the more than 100 burning points. When the fire at the more than 100 burning points forms and begins to spread around, it will take longer. Half an hour is conservative. Yes, it will take at least two hours until these more than one hundred burning points are completely spread and connected into a line!
Therefore, if the Japanese realize that something is wrong at the first time and evacuate from Yematan quickly, the Independent Regiment will be in trouble, because this means that the Independent Regiment needs to pass at least a three-kilometer loop outside the U-shaped entrance of Yematan to block the The frontal assault of the Kawaguchi detachment lasted at least two hours!
With the strength of the independent regiment, it would be extremely difficult to block the fierce attack of the Kawaguchi detachment for at least two hours on a three-kilometer-long front. Even if they could barely block it, I'm afraid the entire independent regiment would have struggled.
Therefore, Xu Rui was most worried in the first half hour after the landmine was detonated. Xu Rui spent more than half an hour almost counting the seconds. Fortunately, for more than half an hour, the Japanese were unconscious. It wasn't until more than an hour later that the more than 100 fire points outside the U-shaped entrance at Yematan were almost connected in a line that the Japanese reacted.
Seeing that the Japanese finally reacted and prepared to retreat, Xu Rui showed a proud and evil smile on his face.
"Hey, little devil, it's too late to think about retreating now! Ye Yetan will soon become your crematorium!" Xu Rui put down the telescope and revealed a pair of dark eyes, which reflected He looked at the band of flames that had begun to burn in front of him, and there seemed to be two flames burning in his eyes, which looked a bit weird and terrifying.
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After a while, the 3rd Infantry Brigade, which was the first to retreat, arrived near the flame belt.
The 3rd Infantry Battalion originally stayed behind, so now it turned around and retreated. The 3rd Infantry Battalion replaced the previous 1st Infantry Battalion and became the forward. It immediately arrived near the flame zone. As a result, when it arrived near the flame zone, it turned out that But they saw countless fire piles sprouting out of thin air on the ground in front of them. The diameter of these fire piles all exceeded twenty meters, and they tended to form a line.
The Japanese spearhead team responsible for opening the way tried to pass through the gap between the two underground fires. As a result, they couldn't stand the scorching heat wave when they were still twenty meters away from the underground fires, and retreated hastily.
After a while, Kawaguchi Heiji's armored command vehicle also arrived.
Seeing that the 3rd Infantry Battalion actually stopped moving forward, Kawaguchi Heiji was furious. However, after he figured out the whole story, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. In this moment of delay, the fires in the fires ahead were burning. It became obviously more violent, and even flames broke out. Once the flames started, it turned into a raging fire in just a moment.
The reason why the flames turned into a fire so quickly is because the heat generated by the previous burning of coal has preheated the surrounding coal, so the surrounding coal is easier to burn, and as the fire becomes larger and larger, the burning zone The temperature is getting higher and higher, which makes the fire spread faster.
The fire grew stronger and stronger, almost becoming a prairie fire. The scorching waves rushed towards his face, and Kawaguchi Heiji quickly took two steps back.
But as soon as he took two steps back, Kawaguchi Heiji immediately realized that now was definitely not the time to stay here and be surprised. The top priority was to leave here as soon as possible. He immediately ordered: "Quickly, go around here quickly, go around here quickly, quickly Quick, quick, quick, get around here, get around here..."
It wasn't until Kawaguchi Heiji gave the order that the Japanese who were standing there watching the fire woke up from a dream and hurriedly looked to both sides to see if they could find a gap to leave this terrible place.
At this time, although the more than one hundred burning points had spread out, they were not connected into a complete line. After a while, the Japs did find several gaps. However, just as the Japs were about to pass through this gap, When leaving Ye Yetan, an accident happened suddenly. Intensive gunshots rang out from the front without any warning.
The small group of Japanese soldiers walking at the front immediately fell down one after another like weeds being cut down.
Hearing the gunshot, Yongjin Tatsuya's heart suddenly jumped, and he seemed to realize something.
Tatsuya Nagajin, an old devil, has not yet realized that something very bad has happened. He is still wondering why there are enemies outside Yema Beach
"It's strange." Yongjin Tatsuya said with confusion, "The Dameishan Independent Regiment has been defeated, and the entire regiment's defeated troops are trapped at the end of Yema Beach, but why is there still a Chinese army outside this beach? Is it their so-called militia? Kuroda-san, you personally lead an infantry squadron to defeat these Chinese militiamen as soon as possible and clear the obstacles to advance."
"Hai." Major Kuroda paused, and then led an infantry squadron to attack from the gap.
However, the scene that happened next made Tatsuya Nagajin couldn't believe his eyes. The 4th Infantry Squadron of the 3rd Infantry Battalion had just stepped into the gap between the two fires, and more than a dozen dazzling tongues of flames immediately appeared. Shooting from the front, intensive crossfire locked the entire gap at once. Unable to deploy its formation, the 4th Infantry Squadron fell down piece by piece in an instant. In just a moment, it had already suffered 40 or 50 casualties.
"Impossible, this is impossible!" Yongjin Tatsuya suddenly opened his eyes and said hoarsely, "This is absolutely impossible. Such rapid firepower is definitely not a militia, this is definitely a regular army of the China Army! But the Dameishan Independent Regiment Hasn't it been defeated, and the remaining soldiers of the entire regiment are trapped at the end of the beach? What is going on?" (To be continued.)