The division commander was originally on horseback, but because the road conditions were too bad, he had to abandon his horse and march on his legs with his subordinates.

After just over two hours, my legs and feet began to ache, and I knew at a glance that this was a long-term pampering, and there was too little training at ordinary times.

But for the sake of his military exploits, in order to live up to the commander-in-chief's trust in him, he has been gritting his teeth and persevering.

"Boom ......"

An explosion more violent than a mine suddenly reached the ears of the division commander.

Although the sound of the explosion was far away, the guard company still immediately surrounded the division commander to defend it, just in case.

The division commander instantly forgot the soreness in his legs and feet, raised his binoculars and looked in the direction where the explosion came.

The soldier's sixth sense is very accurate, he has a hunch, and the explosion just now is extraordinary.

Sure enough, as soon as the telescope was raised, several explosions came from the location of the explosion just now, each more violent than the other.

Through the binoculars, he could even see the flames from the explosion.

"The explosion came from the high ground two kilometers in front of us, it was an artillery shell explosion!" The division commander made a judgment while watching.

Putting down the binoculars, he ordered: "The troops will advance another kilometer, and then the whole army will be on standby and strengthen the alert." ”

"Send out all the reconnaissance teams to find out what's going on there?"

"The front is the garrison base area, and the explosion must have been caused by them, and there must be a conspiracy against us."

When the division commander led the team to a kilometer away from the battlefield, the explosion was already loud.

The small heights were completely filled with gunsmoke, and fireballs could be seen everywhere.

Some of the fireballs were two or three meters high, and at a glance it was clear that they were produced by the explosion of ordinary mortar shells.

Some of the fireballs were five or six meters high, and in the flying firelight, billowing black smoke rose into the air.

There were also a few fireballs that were nearly ten meters high, and the black smoke wrapped in flames rose into the air, forming a huge mushroom cloud in the sky before slowly spreading around......

As far as the eye could see, the sky above the highlands was stained red by firelight.

"Division, it takes at least two artillery batteries to make such a big move: an ordinary mortar company, and a mixed artillery battery equipped with mountain artillery and large-caliber mortars." The mortar company commander stood up to remind.

"If these artillery pieces are all from the Eighth Route Army, and we only have a mortar company, the mountain artillery battalion will definitely not be their opponent until it is in place."

The division commander stared at the high ground and did not speak, but his face had sunk unconsciously.

He believed that his subordinates must have made a correct judgment, so two words instantly popped into his head: "Demonstration!" ”

The Eighth Route Army must be repeating its old tricks, just as a few days ago when they did not allow the Jin Sui army to enter Datong, preventing the troops from entering their base area.

The reason why I was frightened during the last demonstration was not only because the Eighth Route Army showed its strong artillery strength, but also because they had a strong force.

Now the artillery strength they showed is indeed very strong, but it is not as good as their own mountain artillery battalion, so the division commander is not too worried.

Moreover, the intelligence shows that the Eighth Route Army has divided its troops and returned to their respective base areas, so there will not be too many Eighth Route Army in front of them, and there is only one battalion in the sky.

This means that the superiority in forces is also in their own hands.

Putting all this analysis together, he wasn't at all worried that something would happen to him.

All that needs to be done now is to wait for more definite news, and then decide whether to continue the assault and force their way directly into their base area.

"Master, figure it out!" The commander of the reconnaissance company panted and ran over to report.

"The battle ahead is that the Eighth Route Army is besieging the remnants of a Japanese puppet army."

"The Eighth Route Army has a battalion of more than 500 people, equipped with a large number of mortars and heavy machine guns, and is also equipped with several large-caliber mortars and mountain artillery, and the firepower is very strong, and the battle should be over soon."

If the other side did not have an advantage in artillery fire, the division commander would not have to wait for the mountain artillery battalion at all, but only annihilate them with more than 1,400 people in his hands, and then destroy the corpses and destroy the traces, and quietly enter the base area of the garrison regiment.

However, at present, the superiority in artillery fire is in the hands of the other side, and although he has more than twice the superiority in troops, the division commander does not dare to hold it up.

Decisive order: "The troops will not move." ”

"The reconnaissance team gave me an eye on the battlefield and the Eighth Route Army there, and reported to me as soon as there was a situation."

"Deputy Chief of Staff, you immediately arrange a battalion to march back to the mountain artillery battalion to assist them in rushing to the battlefield as soon as possible, the speed must be fast, we can't delay here for too long, otherwise we will definitely not be able to complete the task."

"By the way, contact the two commandos on the left and right to see if they have encountered the same situation."

Ten minutes later, the gunfire on the high ground completely stopped.

After another twenty minutes, the reconnaissance company commander reappeared in front of the division commander: "Division, the battle on the high ground is over. ”

"The Eighth Route Army has all retreated to the defensive line two kilometers in front of us, and has also sent alert troops to our side."

"I sent someone to the high ground to take a look, except for the crater, there is not a single corpse of the Japanese puppet army on it!"

The division commander nodded and analyzed: "It's right if there is no corpse." ”

"This further proves that the battle just now of the Eighth Route Army was staged and deliberately demonstrated to us, and it also proves that they did not dare to take the initiative to provoke a war and wanted to force us to retreat through demonstrations."

"In this case, we will be better to fight next, as long as the mountain artillery battalion is in place, let the artillery advantage return to our hands, and attack immediately, we will definitely be able to catch them off guard, and then quickly break through and enter their base area."

"Send someone to contact the mountain artillery battalion behind, it's been so long, why haven't you rushed over yet."

The wait was the most grinding, and it was hard to get through half an hour, and there was still no shadow of the mountain artillery battalion at the end of the road.

"What's going on, what is the mountain artillery battalion doing to eat, why is the speed so slow!" The division commander began to get anxious and scolded loudly.

"And how did the troops that responded in the past get it, plus the mountain artillery battalion, they have a total of six or seven hundred people, an average of forty or fifty people serving a mountain artillery, even if they are carried, they can be carried over, and when they come back, I must teach them a hard lesson."

After another ten minutes of waiting, a torch finally appeared at the end of the road, but there was only one.

The man with the torch seemed to be in a hurry, and rushed towards the procession.

"Urgent military situation, I want to see the division commander, get out of the way!" The division commander heard the other party's shouts from a long distance.

My heart jumped, and a hint of bad premonition emerged.

The deputy chief of staff stood next to him and reported with a frown: "Division, I know this person, he is a signal soldier of the guard battalion, and there must be an emergency to report from the mountain artillery battalion." ”

"Bring him over at once." The division commander hurriedly ordered.

A few minutes later, the communications corpsman was finally brought to the division commander, but as soon as the guard holding him let go, the communications corpsman collapsed to the ground.

He was so tired that he ran down five or six kilometers in a row without any rest in between.

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