The progress of the Japanese army's implementation of the plan to compress the encirclement and annihilation was very slow, and all the troops could not reach the predetermined position on time.

Due to the destruction of roads, the blowing up of bridges, and the filling of farmland with water, the mechanized units of the Japanese army completely lost the advantage of rapid mobility. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, all units were reluctant to leave behind heavy weapons such as chariots, tanks, and artillery, and two days had passed since the time for the encirclement and annihilation plan to be drawn up on 16 September, and the combat units of all walks of life participating in the encirclement and suppression had only walked less than half the distance from the predetermined location.

On 19 September, an exciting piece of news spread throughout the three northeastern provinces, and the new First Army destroyed 63 Japanese bombers in the first battle of "returning our rivers and mountains and recovering the northeast," shattering the myth that the Japanese air force was invincible, and the air superiority that the Japanese army was proud of ceased to exist. The military and civilians in the northeast were full of enthusiasm, and anti-Japanese activities and attacks on the Japanese army in various places were constantly staged. The anti-Japanese forces in the entire northeast took action, and the Japanese puppet army was passive everywhere.

At the same time, Zhou Jialin, commander of the 5th Division of the Imperial Allied Army of Manchukuo in Changchun, and several officers jointly issued a declaration of awakening to the Imperial Allied Army in the northeast, recounting the tragedy experienced by Lao Baldingzishan in grief, and calling on the entire Imperial Allied Army in the northeast to stand up against the atrocities of the Japanese army, stand on the side of the people, and fight to expel the Japanese invaders. As soon as this news came out, due to Zhou Jialin's high prestige, many imperial troops wavered, and they also disobeyed the orders of the Japanese, and they all began to leave a way back for themselves.

Senior General Umezu Mijiro, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Kwantung Army, was shocked that 63 fighters, equivalent to nearly one-fifth of the number of fighters of the Kwantung Army Aviation Command, had been wiped out in a single battle. He urgently ordered Chief of Staff Yukio Kasawara to lead five divisions to reinforce Tonghua Province's encirclement and suppression of the New First Army, take over the command of the Tojo Rock encirclement and suppression of the New First Army, revise and improve the plan for encirclement and annihilation, and formulate a more perfect strategy to eliminate the New First Army in one fell swoop. At the same time, the Air Force Command will have 50 additional fighters to support Yukio Kasawara.

Tojo Iwa and his troops finally arrived in the area of Changshan in the lower reaches of the Songhua River, and received an order from the Kwantung Army Headquarters, and the command of the encirclement and suppression of the New First Army was to be handed over to Yukio Kasawara. He ordered his troops to be stationed and await new instructions from Yukio Kasahara.

After receiving an order from the Kwantung Army Headquarters, they stationed themselves less than 50 kilometers from Nanzamu Mountain, resting and waiting for new orders.

Koizumi also recalled the two divisions that had traveled less than 100 kilometers to Majima Province, which originally had only four divisions, and in the face of attacks rising everywhere, there was no way to solve the crises everywhere, and the return of the two divisions allowed him to finally deal with it with all his might.

After Lin Junxiong learned of the latest situation of each column and the latest developments of the Japanese troops in various places, he instructed each column to decide on the time for the counterattack to be carried out on its own, and then pondered the movements of the Gong Qi division with Qiao Xinyu and Du Sheng in front of a sketch drawn by Orion.

"Junxiong, this Gong Qi is really cunning, he actually escaped from the west last time, but as you said, he entered the depths of the old bald mountain like this, and he died without life."

"Old Qiao, this Gongqi division has nearly 20,000 people, although the heavy weapons have been lost, but the Japanese have strong individual combat ability, and in the depths of the old bald mountain, our heavy weapons cannot be transported in, we will pay a great price if we eat this division, we must think of a way to get the best of both worlds."

"Big brother commander, this Gong Qi division has now reached the Old Bald Peak, it seems that it wants to use it to stalemate with us and wait for reinforcements."

Qiao Xinyu said with some concern: "Junxiong, the old bald peak is the highest peak in the area of the old bald mountain, if the Gong Qi division holds on to the high and attacks head-on, the soldiers are taboo, we want to destroy them, and the casualties will be very large." ”

Lin Junxiong said with a smile: "Old Qiao, there is a solution to everything, let's rush over immediately, carefully observe the terrain there and then determine what to do, if it doesn't work, just let them go for the time being, there will always be a chance, my soldiers are all treasures, how can I let them make senseless sacrifices?" ”

"Well, the people of Mengjiang County have organized more than 20,000 people to ensure the supply of the troops, and some heavy weapons are slowly moving over, and it may take two days to reach the vicinity of the old bald peak."

Du Sheng immediately added: "Commander, you didn't see how spectacular that scene was, the people of Mengjiang lined up in a long line, pushing wheelbarrows, transporting food and goods to the troops, and they didn't rest at night, the long fire dragon deeply shook my heart, it's good to have their help!" ”

Lin Junxiong said: "The power of the people is infinite, with their backing, we can fight with more confidence, and we will be invincible!" ”

Dusk Sheng seemed to suddenly think of something, and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh on the side, Lin Junxiong saw his appearance and glared at him fiercely, "Chief of Staff Lin, is there anything wrong with laughing at what I said?" If you say it to your face, I really want to smoke you like that. ”

"Commander, there is no problem with what you said, it's just that I remembered something Zhou Jialin said yesterday, and I can't help but want to laugh. Commander, political commissar, do you know why the 62nd Division is called Gong Qi Division, but you have never heard of Gong Qi's full name? ”

Lin Junxiong and Qiao Xinyu shook their heads blankly, Du Sheng couldn't help it, first laughed for a while, until Lin Junxiong kicked him, he said: "Gong Qi's full name is Chazhong Gong Qi, Japanese people like to call the first two words when they call their names, and when they call Gong Qi, they become Chazhong Jun, mongrel, haha"

Lin Junxiong and Qiao Xinyu couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, this name, this surname, is too interesting. When Twilight talked about Koizumi Takayabusa (Koizumi Kamisun) in Majima Province, several people laughed again.

Located in the southwest of the Old Balding Peak, the summit is bare, but there are lush trees from the halfway point below the mountainside, and the surrounding peaks are cliffs except for the east side, which is extremely difficult even if you can walk.

Lin Junxiong stood on the low hill opposite the old bald peak, and he was a little helpless about the dangerous terrain of the old bald peak, and the Gong Qi division had already arranged heavy defenses on the relatively flat slopes to the east, with the combat ability of the first and second columns, the strong attack could also be taken, but the price of the strong attack was unacceptable to Lin Junxiong.

Lin Junxiong even regretted a little, he did not deploy in advance to cut off the back road of the Gong Qi division, so that Gong Qi could reach here smoothly, there was already information from the periphery, a division of the Japanese army is advancing here, it is expected to arrive in five days, and when the time comes, it will be more difficult to eliminate the Gong Qi division.

Isn't there a good solution to the current situation? Just let go of the Gongqi Division, Lin Jun's ambition was unwilling, but he kept surrounding it like this, waiting for the Gongqi Division's food to run out, and time couldn't wait, who would the Japanese division send to stop the reinforcements? If the first column and the second column were separated, the strength of the encirclement and annihilation of the Gongqi division would be insufficient.

Lin Junxiong returned to the temporary headquarters, and Qiao Xinyu and Dusheng were also at a loss for what to do about the current situation, and frowned deeply.

Liyuan came in to report on the situation detected, and most of the situation was the same as the situation transmitted back by the reconnaissance team, except that it was mentioned that the southwest direction of the old bald peak could walk, but it was only limited to a small number of people, and there was no way for the large army to march normally.

After listening to Yuan's report, Lin Junxiong's eyes lit up, and he said confidently after a while: "As long as there is a road, even a small number of troops will play a decisive role." ”

Qiao Xinyu and Du Sheng also relaxed when they saw Lin Junxiong's confident expression, the two of them were a little ashamed, there was no way to break the situation in front of them, and they both wanted to hear what Lin Junxiong had to do.

"The smuggling of Yinping was a decisive military operation during Wei's extermination of Shu. Jianmen Pass is described as 'a pass lost, Banchuan is not' Xiongguan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the Shu army deployed heavy troops to defend in the Sword Pavilion. When Wei conquered Shu Han, the Wei army on the East Road commanded by Zhong Hui was the main force, and was blocked by the Shu army in the dangerous place of Sword Pavilion and could not advance. ”

"After capturing Huzhong, Deng Ai, the commander of the Wei army's western route, suggested to Zhong Hui, 'If you sneak through from Yinping and go straight to Fucheng, the defenders of the Sword Pavilion will definitely return to rescue Fucheng, and the army can take advantage of the situation to advance; If the defenders of the Sword Pavilion do not retreat, Fucheng will be empty, and it will definitely be captured'. ”

Zhong Hui accepted this suggestion and ordered Deng Ai to implement it. Yinping and the Sword Pavilion are separated by more than 100 miles, it is the residential area of the Qiang nationality, the mountains are steep, it is difficult to walk, and the Shu army has no fortification. Deng Ai set off from the middle of the city, passed through the Yinping Trail, and went straight to Fucheng. Ma Miao, the defender of Fucheng, faced the Wei army that fell from the sky and surrendered without a fight. From then on, the Wei army quickly connected Fucheng and Mianzhu, approaching Chengdu, Liu Chan surrendered, and Shu Han died. ”

Du Sheng was not very familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms, and after hearing it, he didn't feel that it had anything to do with the current situation, and looked at Lin Junxiong blankly.

After Qiao Xinyu listened to Lin Junxiong tell the historical story of smuggling Yinping, he looked at Lin Junxiong suspiciously, "Could it be that Junxiong also wants to smuggle once, but this old bald peak"

"It is precisely because the other three sides are difficult to walk, or even have no way to go, that we have a chance. I think Gong Qi must have placed the main forces in the east and prepared for a stalemate with us, but for other places, he must have also asked the reconnaissance troops to take a closer look, and the conclusion will be that it will be extremely difficult to walk, so he will definitely be negligent in taking precautions. ”

"The first column, the second column and the three commandos of the headquarters are nearly two hundred people, all of whom are the elite of our army, I believe that they can overcome difficulties and reach the back of the Japanese army, as long as they occupy the top of the mountain and launch a surprise attack from top to bottom, they will definitely be able to disrupt the deployment of Gong Qi, and we will attack with all our strength from the front and defeat them in one fell swoop."

Qiao Xinyu and Dusheng thought about it, this was indeed the best way at the moment.

Lin Junxiong patted Dusk Sheng's shoulder heavily with one hand, "Second brother, you are in charge of this raid, the assault team is the elite of the army, bring me all back alive!" ”