At six o'clock in the afternoon, the co-captain came to Zhaozhuang.

After taking a look at the surrounding terrain, he decisively ordered the troops to camp here tonight and rest.

"The reconnaissance team immediately launched a dragnet search within a five-kilometer radius of the village to ensure that the area was not in danger."

"Headquarters, Guards, Cavalry Brigade, live in the village."

"The baggage team, the cavalry unit, camp next to the road, and you will arrange it for the chief of staff of the other troops."

"After dark, we must ensure that there are two infantry squadrons of the Imperial Army, a mortar squadron, a cavalry squadron, and a mountain artillery squadron in the camp, and two battalions of the Imperial Army are on standby, ready to attack at any time."

"Guards, patrols, all twice as arranged."

"The garrison regiment is indeed very powerful, and it has the strength to eat a cavalry squadron from under our noses, which is too impressive for me."

"We must be very cautious in dealing with this kind of enemy who does not play cards according to common sense, and do not give them the slightest opportunity."

The chief of staff thought so, looked at the wing commander and replied very seriously: "Don't worry, wing commander, I will be cautious." ”

In another village, six kilometers away from Zhaozhuang, the former enemy headquarters of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion was set here.

The scouts kept rushing into the village and sent the latest information about Zhao Zhuang's Japanese puppet army.

"Battalion commander, our judgment is all right, the devil artillery and the baggage team are all stationed next to the road, which is the position we judged." The deputy battalion commander rushed into the headquarters and reported, holding in his hand the deployment map of the Japanese puppet army that the reconnaissance platoon had just drawn.

"Really?" Zhao Wen was so happy that he almost jumped up.

Take the sketch handed over by the deputy battalion commander and look at it.

Finally, he fixed his eyes on the artillery and baggage team station, pointed there and asked: "A total of fifty explosive packages are all buried here, as long as the artillery detonates them with shells, the baggage and artillery carried by the devil will definitely suffer heavy losses." ”

The instructor said, "Battalion commander, tonight we are absolutely unintentionally planted in the willows. ”

"During the day, we planted explosives just with the idea of giving it a try, and no one dared to guarantee that the devils would actually arrange the baggage team there. In case we lose the bet, we don't have anything to lose, so it's a big deal to wait for the Japanese puppet army to leave tomorrow and then get those explosives out. ”

"I didn't expect God to be on our side and let us win the bet."

"Although the operation has not yet begun, I am sure that the devils will be defeated tonight, destroying most of their supplies and artillery."

The commander of the fire company stood nearby.

looked at Zhao Wen and replied confidently: "Battalion commander, I've calculated everything." Add a few companies of mortars, and we can get together 12 mortars, two mountain guns, and one infantry gun. ”

"Sixteen artillery guns fire in a salvo, and in half a minute you can fire seventy shells at the target."

"If the artillery is dispersed, according to different firing ranges, three guns and one artillery position, I can guarantee that the devil artillery will not be able to lock on to us in a minute, then we can fire 140 shells at the target."

"The explosives are buried half a meter deep, and as long as the impact point is within one meter of the explosive package, the explosive package will be exposed by the crater that exploded, and then detonated by the high temperature generated by the explosion of the shell."

"The explosive package is more than ten times more powerful than mortar shells, and the craters that blow up are several times larger, and the temperatures produced are higher."

"They are buried at a very high density, as long as one hundred and forty shells can detonate one or two explosive packets, the other explosive packs will be detonated by the martyred explosives packets, enough for the Japanese puppet army to drink a pot."

Zhao Wen immediately ordered: "Don't wait for me, you go and prepare now, and prepare to attack in the early morning." ”

"Guard company, one company covers your transfer, and the other troops are in reserve, ready to participate in the battle at any time."

The wing commander was in a very bad mood, and for a whole day, in addition to burning several villages, the troops did not achieve any results, and lost a cavalry squadron in vain.

What's more, the ubiquitous mine warfare of the Eighth Route Army made every soldier worried, and morale was not as high as it was before the troops were dispatched.

At ten o'clock in the evening, after confirming that the intelligence department would be able to get the information he wanted during the day, the wing commander lay down to rest.

Outside the village, nearly 7,000 puppet troops were scattered around, some people lived in tents and slept soundly, some people sat around the campfire, their heads shrunk in their military uniforms, and several people leaned together to warm up and sleep.

More than a thousand Japanese puppet soldiers resisted the constant attack of drowsiness and stared at the surroundings with their eyes.

Some patrol with rifles, others half-crouch next to artillery and heavy machine guns, ready to take part in the battle.

A kilometer away from the station is hills and patches of shrubs, which are also the edge of the devil's guard position.

This is the base of the garrison regiment, they are familiar with the terrain, and they know where to go, where to hide, and where to arrange guard posts with their eyes closed......

If the guard post is extended and expanded inwards and arranged into the bushes, not only will it not play a warning role, but it will give the garrison regiment a war merit in vain.

It's not the same to place the guard post on the edge of the hill.

Even if the Eighth Route Army is hidden in the mountain, as long as they come out, they will definitely not be able to escape the sight of the warning post and give the main force a warning in advance.

Enter the hill and walk three hundred meters inside, where a mountain beam stands in the way.

There is a large flat area behind the ridge, and although there are plenty of shrubs and woods growing in it, there are quite a few empty places.

In these open spaces, a group of more than a dozen or twenty soldiers of the Eighth Route Army was nervously assembling artillery and adjusting the firing crews.

"Boom ......"

Suddenly an explosion rang out in the east of the village.

The sleeping wing commander was suddenly awakened, got up from his bed, put on his military uniform and walked out.

Pushing open the door, the explosion not only did not stop, but intensified.

The staff officer on duty rushed over with a nervous face: "Wing Commander, it's a mortar." ”

"The baggage team and artillery live over there, and the Eighth Route Army wants to destroy the baggage and artillery we carry."

"Boom ......"

A series of more violent explosions reached the wing commander's ears, and the ground under his feet trembled slightly.

A haze flashed on the heavy face of the wing commander, and then analyzed: "There are not only mortars, but also heavy artillery. ”

"Only the explosion of heavy artillery shells can make such a big move."

"What are you doing? The artillery immediately counterattacked. ”

"Other units were on heightened alert, and the troops stationed next to the artillery and baggage teams were prepared, and as soon as the artillery fire stopped, they rushed over to rescue supplies and artillery and rescue the wounded."

"One thing you are right, the Eighth Route Army is preparing so many artillery to attack the baggage team and artillery, it must want to cut off our logistics and kill our heavy weapons, which is what they are best at."

After the staff officer on duty left, the wing commander's expression did not become relaxed.

In his eyes, only heavy artillery could cause such a large explosion, and it did not stop.

The explosion was getting denser and denser, and it was already loud.

Standing at the door, you can clearly see that the sky east of the village has been dyed red by artillery fire.

The wing commander's face became more and more heavy, and he had a feeling that the troops must have suffered heavy losses tonight.

With a raised brow, he strode towards the war room.

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