Lao Ye Temple is the most important point of the ambush battle of the entire Pingxingguan, which is the left hill overlooking the ancient road of Qiaogou Canyon, which is condescending.

After the battle began, Lao Ye Temple was bound to be one of the commanding heights that the Japanese army must occupy when retreating to Pingxingguan, otherwise the firepower on this commanding heights would be captured by the little devils. This is very vulnerable to disruption of the entire plan of the ambush.

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Once Gu Shoufu's 6th Division enters our ambush circle, it can only move closer to the headquarters of Kotani Daisuke stationed at Pingxing Pass. It is impossible for the main force of the division to continue to break through in the direction of Lingqiu County. Therefore, the commanding heights such as the Lao Ye Temple on the left and the East Pao Pond have been guarded by heavy troops. The commanding heights such as the White Cliff Platform on the right depend on the two of you, Lao Kong and Lao Ding! ”。

Ding Wei and Kong Jie said in unison: "Don't worry, Lao Li." In the second half of the ambush, we have already deployed the commanding heights on both sides of the hills, and with the light and heavy machine guns you specially allocated and sent, the firepower of the commanding heights has been strengthened, and even if the 6th Division risked death to attack the mountain, it could only attack the mountain under the condition of snow-covered ground, and could only be reduced to the range of fire from the commanding heights of our mountain. ”。

"Good!"

Li Yunlong clapped his hands and smiled: "Now that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, just wait for Gu Shoufu to lead his troops to send him to death." ”。

Ding Wei and Kong Jie also laughed, and looked at the Qiaogou Canyon outside the observation bunker of the headquarters.

At this time, there is a rare track on the Qiaogou Canyon ancient road more than ten miles east of Pingxingguan, and the snow on the ancient road has been covered by the blizzard. Fortunately, there is snow on the ancient road of Qiaogou Gorge, but with the perseverance of Gu Shoufu's 6th Division, it is impossible for Gu Shoufu not to continue to attack the new regiment base area of Hengshan.

...... Dividing line ......

At this time, after receiving the direct rebuke order from the Japanese Emperor, Gu Shoufu had to hurriedly take a day's worth of grain, grass and ammunition after resting for nearly half an hour, and then set out from the Pingxing Kanto. Under the gaze of Daisuke Kotani, the Japanese soldiers of the main force of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army marched with arrogant steps, stepping on the thick snow on the ground and advancing towards the Qiaogou Gorge east of Pingxingguan.

Standing at the head of the Ping-shaped Kanto Guancheng, Daisuke Kotani's chief of staff, Captain Riezaki Rihisa, warmed his hands and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, you said that this time Gu Shoufu commanded so many people in the 6th Division of the Imperial Army, can you kill the main force of Li Yunlong's new regiment and eliminate the Hengshan base area of the new regiment?" ”。

"I'm not optimistic! Chief of staff! You see, it's so cold now, it's really not a good time to send troops. ”

Daisuke Kotani sneered, and said secretly with his fingers to the snowflakes falling from the sky.

After a pause, Daisuke Kotani continued: "Although the 6th Division of the Imperial Army commanded by Tani Shofu is strong, the combat effectiveness of the 6th Division is comparable to that of two ordinary divisions of the third line. However, Li Yunlong's new regiment was able to eat the 20,000 elite imperial troops under the personal command of Commander Shinozuka, which showed that Li Yunlong was already a mortal enemy of the empire. More importantly, the combat effectiveness of the new regiment is definitely very strong. If Gu Shoufu is arrogant and underestimates the enemy, I am afraid that the 6th Division will not be able to eat well this time. ”。

"Your Excellency Shaozuo is analyzing!"

Riehisa Ezaki secretly gave a thumbs up and complimented Daisuke Kotani.

"Chief of Staff, order all the Imperial Army soldiers in the Pingxing Pass to immediately enter the combat positions and strengthen the combat guard. I always feel that the 6th Division's tight attack on the Hengshan base area this time is probably not a good thing! Tell the order! After thinking about it, Daisuke Kotani waved his hand and said to Captain Riekya Ezaki, the chief of staff.

Ezaki Rijiu paused heavily and said, "Haiyi, Your Excellency Shaozuo, you understand. At the beginning, because of laxity, Wang Chengzhu, who was ordered by Li Yunlong, used more than 20 mortars to bombard the hill not far from the south side of Pingxing Pass, and blew up a large number of grain and ammunition stored in the pass, so that Shinozuka Yoshio's department could not be sent in follow-up supplies, and eventually the ammunition and food were exhausted until they were destroyed.

Therefore, Daisuke Kotani naturally strengthened the vigilance of Heixingguan, and once a guerrilla attack came, at least he could respond quickly.

Not to mention that at this time, when Daisuke Kotani was strengthening the guard of the Pingxing Pass, the main force of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, which was advancing vigorously from the Taira-type Kanto, under the command of Gu Shoufu, the 11th Infantry Wing of the 11th Brigade and the 13th Infantry Wing of the vanguard unit had advanced to the commanding heights of Lao Ye Temple at a distance of less than 200 meters.

At this time, Gu Shoufu was sitting in a small armored car with the chief of staff of the division, Shimono Ichihuo Dazuo, and when he looked out of the window, Gu Shoufu saw that white snowflakes were falling continuously.

The blizzard has stopped, but the sparse light snow continues. Fortunately, Gu Shoufu commanded the division and regiment to have rich experience in marching and combat, and he had ordered all trucks, armored vehicles, and other vehicles to be hung with anti-skid chains, so that the trucks and other vehicles in the main force of the division and regiment could be used on the Qiaogou Gorge Ancient Road.

Suddenly, the team stopped moving forward, and Tani Shoufu, who stopped suddenly, almost hit his head on the back of the cab in front of him.

"Yagaya Road, why did you stop advancing?" Gu Shoufu scolded.

The chief of staff of the division on the side, Shimono Yihuo Dazuo, hurriedly asked people to go out to see why the team stopped advancing, and soon someone ran to the window of Gu Shoufu's car and reported heavily, "Report to Your Excellency, the division commander, the outside is about to enter the Qiaogou Gorge, and the vanguard unit asks for instructions on whether to fire on the hills on both sides?" ”

"Didn't Daisuke Kotani say that he had sent a search force to search along the way? Slowly, order the artillery, with mortars for two minutes of artillery fire on the obvious hills on both sides, and see how it goes! Gu Shoufu thought about it, and waved his hand to order the Japanese staff officer who came to report the situation.

The Japanese staff officer who reported the situation paused: "Hai, Your Excellency the division commander!" ”。

Soon, the artillery squadron of the 13th Infantry Wing of the 11th Brigade under the command of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, which had received the order of Gu Shoufu, used several mortars to quickly launch a rapid artillery attack on the hill on the left side of the Pingxing Pass such as Lao Ye Temple and Dongpaochi.

"Ready, put!" The commander of the little devil's artillery squadron drew his katana murderously, and then slashed down, directing the devil artillery of his artillery squadron to bombard fiercely.

"Knock Knock Knock !!" Mortar shells smashed out of the barrels, and then with a long tail flame roared towards the old man's temple and other hills.

Soon, the old man's temple, Dongpaochi and other mountains were covered by the devil's reconnaissance fire, and in the sound of explosions one after another, the snow on the mountain was lifted into the sky. The few trees on the mountain were completely blown away.

In particular, the obvious hill of Lao Ye Temple was fiercely shelled by the commander of the devil artillery squadron, and the soldiers of the new regiment who were ambushed on the hill of Lao Ye Temple, digging trenches, and lying in ambush covered their ears vigorously in the anti-artillery bunker, not daring to let go of their hands.