It is forty miles from Kuitouling to the stronghold of Huting.

The speed advantage of the cavalry was immediately apparent.

In less than an hour of horseback riding, the wolf tooth team ran forty miles and appeared on the hill outside the Huting stronghold, which was the hill that Wang Yan and the others had avoided when they first came.

By this time, it was already dark.

The lights in the Tiger Pavilion stronghold have come on.

There's even a searchlight that's shooting in all directions.

Seeing this scene, Wang Yan immediately laughed, and the Tiger Pavilion stronghold was stable again!

Wang Xikui saw Wang Yan laughing, so he asked, "Captain, what are you laughing at?" ”

Wang Yan said with a smile: "I laugh at the devils in the stronghold who are too stupid and inadvertently leak information." ”

"Leaked information?" Wang Xikui asked blankly, "What information did the devil leak?" ”

Wang Yan said: "The last time we came to reconnoitre, the Huting stronghold didn't turn on the searchlight, but today we turned on the searchlight, what does it mean?" ”

Wang Gensheng said: "What does it mean?" ”

Wang Yan replied: "It shows that the devils in the stronghold are very nervous!" ”

After a pause, Wang Yan said again: "Think about it again, why do devils feel nervous? ”

"Why are devils nervous?" Wang Xikui frowned and thought for a moment, then replied in a low voice, "Because there are few people in the stronghold, are you afraid that you will be attacked?" ”

Wang Yan shook his head: "There were also such people in the stronghold before, why aren't the little devils nervous?" ”

Wang Gensheng said: "Because there is a big man in the stronghold, and the devils inside are worried about his safety?" ”

"Half right." Wang Yan said, "There are no big names in the stronghold, but they have hoarded a large number of military supplies!" It is precisely because of the existence of these materials that the devils inside feel like walking on thin ice! ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yan said again: "The regiment commander's judgment is correct!" ”

"Captain, are you rich again?" Wang Gensheng's eyes were shining.

Wang Xikui also asked, "Captain, what should we do next?" Touch it in? ”

"No need to go in." Wang Yan shook his head and said, "We all know what we should know, what are we going to do in it?" It's not good to alarm the devils inside. ”

Wang Gensheng said: "Then, go back?" ”

Wang Yan said: "You go back and report to the regiment commander first, and say that everything is as usual here." ”

"Yes!" Wang Gensheng agreed, turned around and went down the mountain and rode on a horse.

Wang Xikui asked Wang Yan again: "Captain, what are we going to do next, waiting?" ”

"Of course you can't wait." Wang Yan waved his hand and said, "Let's go and cut the phone line." ”

As soon as the battle starts, the devils in the stronghold will definitely ask for help from Yangquan's independent mixed 4th Brigade, so they have to tear off the telephone line first.

……

Yangquan County.

The Japanese army was independently mixed into the 4th Brigade Headquarters.

Mitake Tsuda has just returned from Taiyuan.

This meeting at the headquarters in Taiyuan made Mitake Tsuda feel a little unhappy.

Because the original plan to target the Eighth Route Army's Jinchaji Military Region was postponed, Commander Yoshio Shinozuka did not say the specific reason, but Mitake Tsuda vaguely felt that it should be related to the Yamamoto Special Forces.

Commander Yoshio Shinozuka has great respect for special operations, and Kazuki Yamamoto is now his celebrity.

At almost every meeting, Commander Yoshio Shinozuka would give a lot of praise to Yamamoto's special forces.

In this regard, Mitake Tsuda felt quite disappreciative in his heart, a mere special team, less than 100 people, no matter how brave and good at fighting can change? Can hundreds of thousands of guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army be wiped out?

Mitake Tsuda returned to his office sullenly.

Then he grabbed the phone and said in a deep voice: "Pick up the Tiger Pavilion stronghold." ”

The sweep of the Jinchaji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army has been postponed, and the 4th Brigade of the Independent Cavalry is no longer necessary to be stationed in the Huting stronghold, and can return to Yangquan.

Wait for the idiot Morita Kuroshima to come back, just ask what happened before?

After waiting for a while, the operator said, "Your Excellency, the telephone line is faulty." ”

"Yaga!" Mitake Tsuda cursed and put the phone down heavily.

It's just that Mitake Tsuda didn't take it to heart, because there have always been guerrilla activities of the Eighth Route Army along Zhengtai Road, and telephone lines will be cut every once in a while.

Therefore, it is the norm that the phone in the Huting stronghold cannot be reached.

Mitakeshi Tsuda did not pay attention to it, and only asked the communications team to go to the line to repair the next day.

This cannot be blamed on Misatake Tsuda's carelessness, because for the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, it is simply unthinkable to storm the stronghold of Huting, which is guarded by an entire cavalry wing!

There has never been a precedent like this!

Mitake Tsuda didn't expect that the Kuroshima United had already been wiped out.

It should be said that the Kuroshima Wing actually reported to Misatake Tsuda before the attack, and also contacted the brigade headquarters through the radio at noon, but then lost contact.

Mitake Tsuda didn't take it to heart either.

It was also said that there was a mechanical problem with the radio.

……

At this time, the grove outside the stronghold of Huting.

The 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Independent Regiment and the Guard Company had arrived, and more than 600 soldiers, sweating profusely, would sit on the ground, munching on dry food and struggling to recover their strength.

Wang Yan found Li Yunlong from the crowd.

Li Yunlong said: "Staff Officer Wang, is there anything abnormal?" ”

"There are no anomalies." Wang Yan shook his head and said, "The phone line was also torn off by us. ”

"There's one more thing." Li Yunlong said, "Have you ever learned to shoot artillery at the Whampoa Military Academy?" ”

"Cannon?" Wang Yan was stunned and said, "Regiment Commander, I studied in the Infantry Section. ”

Li Yunlong said impatiently: "I just asked you if you can shoot?" ”

Wang Yan said: "It will be yes, but I can't be sure." ”

"It's okay if you don't want to." Li Yunlong said, "Just make it." ”

Hehe, with a smile, Li Yunlong said again: "This time, Lao Tzu brought all the eight mortars that he had just captured, but there were only seven of them who could barely do it in the whole regiment, and it was enough to add you." ”

"It's a pity that the pillar is still lying in the hospital, otherwise there would be no need for such trouble."

"If the pillar is there, it only takes one cannon to take the stronghold!"

"However, the eight mortars are lined up, and the posture is enough to bluff."

"When the time comes, it only takes one artillery bombardment, and the puppet army in the stronghold will directly fry the pot."

"As soon as the puppet army fries up, the devils will definitely suppress it, and the entire stronghold will be in chaos."

"When the time comes, we will take the opportunity to launch an attack, and we will be able to take the stronghold without much effort."

"And this has the advantage that the devils in the stronghold don't have time to destroy the supplies."

Wang Yan couldn't help but cast an admiring glance at Li Yunlong, thinking that the head of the regiment was really useful, and he could always come up with some ghost ideas that others couldn't think of.

Soon, an hour passed.

The fighters' physical strength has almost recovered.

Li Yunlong took the lead in standing up, waved his hand and said, "Go!" ”

The fighters of the Independent Regiment rushed towards the stronghold of Huting.