At four o'clock in the morning, Zhuang Quan and a total of 21 others set off!

Chen Dong took a team member at the front, and Zhuang Quan opened a certain distance from them, which also played a certain role in reconnaissance in case they encountered an ambush. There is more time, so he doesn't walk too fast, and two team members also help Wei Baobao carry the two big backpacks he prepared, which is basically empty-handed, and can barely keep up with the team. However, this time the bag was not filled with Wei Baobao's personal belongings, but some first-aid supplies and special equipment, and a large bag of food.

The first-aid supplies were sent by Sheng Jiu, and there will inevitably be casualties in the war, and they must be used, anyway, Sheng Jiu's Imperial Cooperative Army, there are not many other things, but these things have been applied for a lot, every time the battle is over, the number of wounded reported by the Imperial Association Army makes the devils want to scold their mothers, as if it is these Imperial Cooperative Army that fights the main force.

The food was prepared in advance by Wei Baobao and Zhao Hongmei and others on the mountain, and they participated in a large-scale battle for the first time, so Zhuang Quan also instructed Zhao Hongmei to prepare fully, so Wei Baobao and Zhao Hongmei were also prepared very carefully, scallion oil pies, but not the dry cakes before, but they were branded with several catties of vegetable oil, fragrant and soft, and there was meat filling in the middle.

Since Zhao Hongmei came, the daily necessities on the mountain have increased a lot, many of which were sent by Sheng Jiu, and now the quality of life on the mountain has not improved a little bit compared to before.

The team members sent by Sheng Jiu were all a long gun, 150 rounds of ammunition, four grenades, and a big knife behind their backs. In addition, he was carrying a Czech light machine gun, and he knew that the light machine gun on Zhuang Quan Mountain had been taken away by Li Dashan. In positional warfare, how can you do without a light machine gun? Another member of the team also carried a box of machine gun ammunition.

Zhuang Quan's people only brought long guns this time, and only the two shell guns of Shan Erhu were reluctant to put down, and they still carried them on their bodies.

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On the periphery of Huangqi Town, as soon as Zhuang Quan did it, Xiao Zhenbei rushed over in person, this can be regarded as foreign aid, and he had to come to say hello in person: "Brother Zhuang, we meet again! This is your position, how about it, the trenches have been dug up, three before and after, I will leave you a platoon of soldiers to fight with you." ”

"Brother, haha, we met again, this time it's a big battle, I want to come and see it, learn from you! Oh, you don't have to send me that show, you can see it, I brought twenty people!" Zhuang Quan also said politely.

"Let's keep it, there are quite a few devils this time, plus the puppet army, I'm afraid there will be 2,000 people! Xiao Zhenbei said, and then hurriedly returned to the main position.

Zhuang Quan did not object, and he also learned from Xiao Zhenbei that he was not worried about them here, and Zhuang Quan did not have any experience in commanding operations. Although he had no experience, the personnel arrangement was still arranged according to Zhuang Quan's intentions, and the personnel of a platoon of the Eighth Route Army were placed in a trench at the front. They had a light machine gun.

The second trench consisted of sixteen of Zhuang Quan's men, as well as a light machine gun and four grenades each.

The third trench is Shan Erhu, Yan Xiaofu and Chen Dong, three of them, with 38 sniper rifles, mainly suppressing the enemy's firepower, and at the same time supporting the comrades in the first two trenches according to the situation.

The three trenches are each more than ten meters apart, and the drop of more than two meters is more than two meters, and the more behind them, the more clearly they can be observed.

Zhuang Quan took Wei Baobao back dozens of meters, found a higher place, and the range that could be observed from the high ground was more open, Zhuang Quan did this for a purpose, he asked Wei Baobao to set up the high-powered telescope, he wanted to try to find the enemy's command here, as well as the location of artillery and heavy machine guns, and the biggest purpose of his coming this time was to kill a few people!

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Here in the Eighth Route Army, the reinforced regiment sent by the headquarters has arrived, and it has become the main force of this campaign, more than 1,000 people, more than twice as much as Xiao Zhenbei and their three battalions combined, the most depressed thing for Xiao Zhenbei is the commander of the reinforced regiment, Lu Decheng, who originally participated in the Long March with him, and the original level is the same, they are all regiment commanders, but since the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Xiao Zhenbei has been demoted by one level, and Lu Decheng was brought up due to the sacrifice of the original commander of the reinforced regiment, and now Xiao Zhenbei has to salute him first!

"Old Xiao, isn't the guard in the southwest corner too weak? It's only one platoon?" Lu Decheng asked with some puzzlement.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, it's not just a reinforced platoon of mine on that side, but also a strange soldier! The combat effectiveness on that side can definitely stop a squadron of devils!" Xiao Zhenbei said confidently.

"Oh, what kind of strange soldier can make you Xiao Zhenbei so arrogant?" Lu Decheng asked curiously.

"You'll know when the battle starts!" Xiao Zhenbei said as he sold Guanzi, and at the same time picked up my vision from Zhuang Quan who was a scoundrel and carefully observed it and said, "Attention, the enemy is coming!"

Lu Decheng is a little awkward to stay with Xiao Zhenbei now, this guy is now mysterious, and the guy in his hand is really a lot of good things, let's just say this telescope, Lu Deming is eyes are hot, I don't know how many times the telescope of the little devil who forced himself to hang on his chest is good, but unfortunately the level is still too low, there is no way to forcibly ask for it, if he is a division commander, then as long as he has a look, Xiao Zhenbei has to be obediently handed over, which is like now, Xiao Zhenbei does not regard himself as a leader at all!

You see, I haven't seen anything here, he has already said that the devil is coming, Lu Decheng snatched Xiao Zhenbei's binoculars and looked at it: "Damn! It's really here, order: artillery, aim ahead...... Old Xiao, how many meters is it?" Lu Decheng asked for the first time when he used this eight-fold telescope, and some estimates were not accurate.

"Two thousand three hundred meters, no! The one in front is let go, hit the baggage behind it, two thousand five hundred meters! 15 degrees to the left due west," Xiao Zhenbei said after estimating the distance.

"Yes!" replied the artillery platoon commander of the third battalion in a loud voice. Lu Decheng's artillery platoon commander looked at his regiment commander with some hesitation.

"Execute!" Lu Decheng nodded and gave an order

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Kato Masakin can be said to be determined to win this time, eight mountain artillery, sixteen mortars, 1,200 devils, plus 800 imperial allies, such a lineup is more than enough to deal with a brigade of the Eighth Route Army, although he also got intelligence, the Eighth Route Army has recently received support from the national army, equipped with a certain number of heavy weapons, and it is said that there are a lot of mortars, but that is nothing. The intelligence department of the devils is not a dry meal, the Eighth Route Army has just received weapons and equipment from the national army, and they have already received information.

Ishida Takeo is still at the forefront as the vanguard, he is now the squadron leader, qualified to ride a horse, and he is vivid, he is also a little eager to perform well in this battle, the first few battles are really too aggrieved, so, Ishida rode on the Dongyang horse, and drove forward at a rapid pace, wanting to catch the eight roads off guard.

Unexpectedly, it was still two or three kilometers away, but the shells of the Eighth Route Army flew over first, and for a while, the whistling shells kept falling on the main force behind Takeo Ishida. At this time, Kato Masakin was the first to be caught off guard, and before he could do it, he had already blown up two mountain cannons here, and dozens of people had been killed or wounded.

"Baga! What's the matter, the Eighth Route Army is already prepared? Where did they get so many cannons?" Kato Masakin shouted in shock and anger, and hurriedly ordered his men and horses to disperse on the spot and began to organize a counterattack.

I have to say that the combat literacy of the devils is still very high, and they panicked for a while, but they quickly calmed down, set up mountain artillery and mortars, and began to fire back. The two sides first exchanged fire from the artillery.

But the pioneer was always on the side of the Eighth Route Army, and Kato's observers also had to observe and find the location of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, and the mortars were light in weight, flexible, and could change places at any time, so Kato's artillery battalion failed to achieve any results, and simply fired a few artillery pieces indiscriminately to boost morale.

Zhuang Quan also observed very clearly on the top of the mountain at this time, although he saw Takeo Ishida and Masaki Kato, but the distance was too far to exceed two thousand meters, and he couldn't hit him at all, so he could only wait patiently.

After an artillery battle, the devil can be regarded as setting up camp, and began to understand the situation here on the Eighth Road, but I didn't expect that this time the lineup of the Eighth Route Army is also very strong, it seems to be the main force, and the number of mortars it has greatly exceeded Kato's expectations, after a charge, Kato also roughly knows the lineup of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, and it is estimated that there are about 1,500 guerrillas.

I didn't expect to meet the main force of the Eighth Route Army this time, which made Kato a little excited, although the front battle was caught off guard, there were casualties, but this is nothing at all, after an attack, I also knew the layout of the Eighth Route Army, so the remaining six mountain artillery also began to exert power, coupled with the participation of twelve mortars, the position of the Eighth Route Army was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, and the shells fell on the position like raindrops.

The real battle has just begun, after a burst of fierce artillery fire, the devils and the Imperial Association Army quickly began to launch a second attack, the mountains are full of devils and puppet army, and the position of the Eighth Route Army has not moved, they are waiting for the devil and the puppet army to get close to a certain distance before fighting. In the direction of Zhuang Quan, there is also a small team of devils and more than a hundred puppet soldiers who are quickly rushing over......