Baoding is mountainous, less than two kilometers away from the county seat is a stretch of mountains.

More than 300 devils led mules and horses, carried rifle machine guns, and marched all the way to the stronghold of Nanyan Town.

Because Baoding is an important military town, a large number of Japanese puppet troops are stationed, and there has been no large-scale Eighth Route Army activities in the territory.

Although it is not clear where the Eighth Route Army in Nanyan Town came from, the idea that there is no large-scale Eighth Route Army in the territory has been deeply rooted in the bones of the Japanese army.

So there was little vigilance when the reinforcements marched.

Only one squad of infantry was sent to the front and rushed forward.

When there were still four kilometers to go from Nanyan Town, everyone could already hear the sound of gunfire coming from the battlefield.

"Speed up, the Eighth Route Army is still attacking the stronghold of Nanyan Town, and after killing it, we will directly attack from the back of the Eighth Route Army, and kill them by surprise!" The deputy captain of the devil who led the team ordered with an excited face.

Everyone's pace is getting faster and faster, completely unaware that the forest next to the mountain road is becoming denser and the terrain is getting more and more rugged......

"Da Da Da ......"

A string of heavy machine gun fire suddenly rang out, instantly breaking the silence of the night.

On a high ground less than fifty meters away from the forward troops, a string of tongues of fire suddenly appeared, which was very dazzling.

Bullets rained down, and the twelve devils in the front were caught off guard, and three people were killed and wounded in an instant.

Before he could scream, he fell to the ground.

"Da Da Da ......"

The sound of heavy machine-gun fire was like a signal, and at least thirty tongues of fire, some long and some short, immediately appeared in the woods on both sides of the mountain road, which had just been pitch black.

Like bullets and meteors, they flew densely towards the mountain road......

At the headquarters of the Japanese army brigade in Baoding, the urgent telephone rang again.

The communications staff officer put down the phone and walked quickly to the brigade commander, and reported nervously: "General, the call is from the stronghold of Nanyan Town. ”

"More than half of the garrison in the stronghold has suffered casualties, two-thirds of the bunkers and turrets have been destroyed by flying thunder artillery, and the offensive of the Eighth Route Army is becoming more and more fierce. They will last up to an hour and ask us when the reinforcements will be over. ”

The brigade commander turned his head to look at the deputy chief of staff: "What's the matter with the reinforcements?" Why hasn't it been to the battlefield yet. ”

The deputy chief of staff frowned and analyzed: "It shouldn't be! ”

"We are so far away from Nanyan Town, and the reinforcements are all marching in mules and horses, and the marching speed is very fast, it should have arrived!"

"Call the stronghold in Nanyan Town immediately and tell them that reinforcements are about to arrive, and the troops must hold the stronghold, hold off the attacking Eighth Route Army, and don't let them slip away when the situation is bad."

The communications staff officer returned to the brigade commander in less than five minutes after receiving the order, and his serious face was obviously a little more solemn.

"General, we have lost contact with the stronghold of Nanyan Town......

The deputy chief of staff's first reaction was not to believe it, and immediately asked rhetorically.

"How can this be, didn't they say a few minutes ago that they could hold out for another hour? It was only a few minutes before they lost contact, could it be that they were lying about the military situation just now, and the stronghold had been taken down by the Eighth Route Army! ”

The Nanyan stronghold could not be reached, and everyone in the command did not know the real situation there.

In the face of the chief's questioning, everyone didn't know how to answer, so they could only keep their heads down and be silent.

The brigade commander was more sensible and stared at the communications staff officer's order: "Can you contact the reinforcements?" ”

The communications staff member shook his head and replied, "It takes time!" In order to guarantee the speed of the march, the reinforcements did not carry radios. If you want to contact them, you can only temporarily send heralds to find them on horseback. ”

"Then what are you stunned about?" The brigade commander ordered with a calm face.

"Immediately send someone to contact the reinforcements on horseback, let them speed up the reinforcements on the battlefield, and be sure to keep the stronghold of Nanyan Town and kill the Eighth Route Army there."

"Remember to bring a radio station and report it as soon as you have news."

After giving the order, the brigade commander turned his head to look at the chief of staff and continued: "You immediately transfer a brigade of the Imperial Army and a battalion of the Imperial Army from the garrison in the city, and stand by at any time. ”

"It is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to attack the stronghold of Nanyan Town for no reason, there must be a conspiracy here, and we have to guard against it."

The chief of staff hurriedly received the order: "Don't worry, sir, the humble post will be arranged now." ”

"If the Eighth Route Army really wants to extend its tentacles into Baoding and establish a base in Baoding, I will definitely let them lose their wives and soldiers, and there will be no return."

The road that the infantry can walk in more than two hours can be completed in less than half an hour if it is replaced by cavalry.

So the brigade commander was directly in the war room waiting for news.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment......

Half an hour passed in a flash, and there was still no news from Nanyan Town,

The radio, the telephone, nothing moved.

At this time, the fool also realized that something had happened at the front.

The brigade commander's expression became more and more serious, the deputy chief of staff paced back and forth in the war room, venting his inner tension and uneasiness, and the chief of staff frowned, staring at the map to think about strategy.

"General, the troops you asked me to prepare just now have been assembled, why don't I personally take them out of the city and go to Nanyan Town to see what happened there?" The chief of staff proposed.

"No way!" The brigade commander immediately refused.

"If something happens to the stronghold and reinforcements in Nanyan Town, it means that the Eighth Route Army that entered Baoding is very strong."

"If you rush out before you find out their specific strength, you will lose your troops in vain."

"Immediately draw scouts from the garrison in the city, enter the battlefield separately, and find out what happened in Nanyan Town?"

"The intelligence departments are all mobilized, and at all costs find out how many people the Eighth Route Army has entered Baoding, what is the equipment, and what is the purpose?"

"It's half past three in the morning, and there are three hours left the next morning."

"Contact the aviation unit, and send a plane to Nanyan Town for low-altitude reconnaissance as soon as dawn comes."

"After everything is clear, we will decide whether to send troops and how many troops to send to reinforce the battlefield."

In Nanyan Town, all the people were frightened by the gunfire last night, and hid in their homes and closed their doors.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the sky was already bright, and the gunfire from the stronghold had stopped for more than three hours.

"Bang ......"

The big bell hanging at the entrance of the town suddenly rang three times, and then dozens of Eighth Route Army troops split up and entered the town.

In groups of five or six people, holding gongs, shouting while striking gongs.

"Bang bang...... Hello fellows, we are the Eighth Route Army, and the devils in the stronghold have been eliminated by us, from now on, our Eighth Route Army will build a base here to protect everyone, so that everyone will no longer be oppressed by the little devils......"

"Hello folks...... Our Eighth Route Army has come back, and we will never leave again in the future, establish a base here, and fight devils with the villagers......"

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