Chapter 403: Disparity in Strength

The southern part of Jinnan Wing County crosses the junction of Qin County and Jiangxian County. And an official road connecting Jiangxian and Qinxian happens to pass through the mountains of this generation.

Under the sun, on the commanding heights of the hill on the south side of the official road, more than 200 gray figures circled along the mountain, constantly waving the shovels and pickaxes in their hands, and struggling to dig the circular fortifications.

On the northern hillside opposite them, the same number of gray figures were wielding their tools and digging for cover.

Suddenly, a puff of black smoke rose in the distance on the west side of the valley, causing the soldiers who were busy on the hillside to stop what they were doing and look curiously at the black smoke in the distance.

"What are you looking at, hurry up and get to work!"

Seeing that the soldiers under his command stopped their hands and looked at the black smoke in the west, the third company of Dapeng immediately shouted loudly.

After a while, as more than a dozen gray figures ran from the west of the official road, Zhao Shixun on the top of the South Mountain immediately stopped throwing away the tools in his hand.

took the telescope handed over by Heiwa and looked at the figure who was waving flags in the distance, and Zhao Shixun put down the telescope with a serious face.

Obviously, the speed of the devil's attack greatly exceeded his expectations.

"Pass the order down, let the second and fourth companies of Beishan stop all work, and immediately hide on the spot and prepare for battle!"

Thinking of this, Zhao Shixun immediately shouted loudly.

Soon, the signal corps used the flag to inform the second company that was laying mines in Beishan.

Half a day ago, Zhao Shixun's headquarters, which was advancing towards the Jianshan area, suddenly received an order from the column, asking them to immediately stop advancing towards the Jianshan area, and instead stop in the Jiajiazhuang area in the south of Yixian County, ambush a small unit of the Japanese puppet army that was sweeping in the direction of Jianshan in Qinxian County, and prevent the Japanese army from attacking the temporary station of the column.

After receiving the order, although Zhao Shixun was a little confused, he immediately led the team to the predetermined position.

……

Twenty minutes later, the panting old ghost led people to run to the position, and went directly to a bunker at the back of the mountain to find Zhao Shixun, who was studying the map.

"Detachment leader, something is wrong!"

Hearing this, he looked up at the old ghost with a slightly abnormal face, Zhao Shixun put down the pencil in his hand and looked abrupt.

"How many enemies are there?"

Looking at Zhao Shixun, the old ghost wiped the sweat on his head and said in a rough tone:

"There is only one squadron of devils who have arrived now, and there are only about 100 puppet soldiers. But I found a young officer inside. ”

"What?! You say there is a Shaozo? ”

Hearing this, not only Zhao Shixun, but even He Zhendong, who was sitting on the side, stood up suddenly.

Everyone knows very well that the appearance of a devil Shaozuo here means that at least one brigade of devils behind him is coming here.

That is to say, with the accompanying puppet army, the enemy's incoming strength will be more than a thousand, or even more!

Listening to everyone's heavy gasps, He Zhendong slowly stood up and walked in front of the old ghost.

"Old ghost, how far is the enemy's forward from here?"

"Hold on to five miles, they will burn a village that was evacuated by us before, and I guess it won't be long before they will drive this way."

Hearing this, He Zhendong looked at Zhao Shixun with a gloomy face beside him, and said seriously:

"Lao Zhao, since the enemy's troops are not under a brigade, they must be carrying heavy weapons. With our current strength and equipment, we can't go head-to-head with them. ”

"Well, I know ...... this."

At this moment, although Zhao Shixun knew in his heart that he couldn't fight this battle. After all, the strength of a brigade of devils is several times that of one's own, and it is definitely not something that can be ambushed by oneself.

Suddenly, Zhao Shixun vaguely felt that these devils must have smelled something, otherwise they would never suddenly appear from here. You must know that this generation is inaccessible in the mountains, and there are almost no large villages within a few dozen miles of the surrounding area for the Japanese army to sweep.

"Could it be that the devil knows that the column will retreat to the Jianshan area?"

Muttering a word, Zhao Shixun walked to the map, looked at the location on the map and frowned.

"It seems that the devil really smells something......."

Hearing this, he looked at Zhao Shixun, who was frowning deeply, and the black baby on the side couldn't help but say:

"Detachment leader, if you want me to say let's hit the devil's striker hard, and then attract him to the mountains to the south, and go around in circles in the mountains."

"I'm afraid it won't work, the devil can come here, obviously in the direction of Jianshan. If we leave with one blow, then the Japanese will easily find out our true intentions. At that time, as long as the devils send a squadron of devils and some puppet troops to stick us, the large army will still continue to kill in the Jianshan area. ”

Hearing this, he shook his head, and He Zhendong rejected Heiwa's proposal in a few words.

Seeing that the old way didn't work, everyone immediately fell silent again.

In the face of an enemy with absolute superiority, the order of the column was like a big stone, overwhelming everyone.

Hit, that is bound to be an egg hitting a stone with heavy casualties. If you don't fight, let the enemy go in the past and violate the military order, not to mention, it will cause irreparable results to the column in front.

For a while, the atmosphere in the small temporary headquarters became extremely depressing.

"Deflated calves, if you want me to say that these superiors are enough, let us stop the devils without understanding the enemy's situation, doesn't this push people into the fire pit?

Besides, we are usually not treated well in a column, we don't say anything, and we are thrown under the nose of the enemy to fight guerrillas.

Now that we have encountered difficulties, I think of letting us top the thunder, isn't this nonsense......? ”

"Comrade Zhang Dapeng, pay attention to your attitude when you speak!"

Suddenly, Li Chunfeng, who had been sitting in front of the radio station without speaking, suddenly stood up with a serious face and interrupted Dapeng, who was complaining.

After the words were closed, she looked at Zhao Shixun and He Zhendong, and then said seriously:

"Detachment leader, Staff Officer He. I have just sent the situation of our encounter with the devil's army to the column, and I believe that the higher authorities will soon send the latest order. ”

"What's that? You've reported the truth?! ”

Suddenly, when Li Chunfeng heard Li Chunfeng's silent report on the general's intelligence, everyone's faces changed drastically.

"You...... How can you report the military situation privately? ”

Looking at Li Chunfeng with a serious face, Dapeng's face turned red.

"I am now the political work officer of the independent detachment, and after Instructor Zhou left, I will be the person in charge of the military and political work. According to the organizational regulations of the Eighth Route Army, I have the right to directly contact the column headquarters and report the emergency military situation. ”

Looking at everyone, Li Chunfeng said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"You...... You stupid, you're still not a soldier of the independent detachment! I....... ”

was angered by the other party's righteous preaching, and Dapeng suddenly became a little breathless.

"Dapeng, shut up!"

Suddenly, with a broken drink interrupting Dapeng, who was about to scold, Zhao Shixun slowly walked in front of Li Chunfeng and looked at the other party with a gloomy face.

"Officer Li, I hope you can let me know in advance before you report to your superiors next time, understand?"

Hearing this, looking at Zhao Shixun, whose face was stiff, Li Chunfeng bit his lip lightly and lowered his head apologetically.

"I'm sorry...... I really didn't mean to ....... ”

Seeing that the other party took a long breath, Zhao Shixun didn't say anything more to the other party.

Although Li Chunfeng's behavior made him a little uncomfortable, Zhao Shixun didn't want to judge anything. After all, she also has his duties.

At this moment, the telegraph operator not far away suddenly put down his headphones, picked up a copy of the latest telegram and handed it to Zhao Shixun.

After taking a brief look, Zhao Shixun handed the telegram to He Zhendong.

Turning to look at the people in the headquarters, Zhao Shixun said lightly:

"The telegram sent by the political commissar Jiang of the column just now asks us to hold off these Japanese troops for two days to buy time for the transfer of the column and the logistics organs of the division headquarters."

Hearing that the Japanese army was going to be held back for two days, everyone had a bitter look on their faces.

You know, it's not a few hundred enemies, but a large group of thousands of Japanese puppet troops.

"Detachment leader, it's not me who is the leader of the Great Peng, and the ambition of others to destroy their own prestige. Let's remove the dozens of people left in the base area, and now the strength of the full battle is less than 600 people, but the number of Japanese puppet troops is at least twice that of us.

The most important thing is that we have much less ammunition than the devils. If we want to fight a war of attrition in the position, we will have exhausted the ...... that we can't hold out for two days. ”

Looking at Zhao Shixun, whose face was ugly, although Dapeng knew that he could not hit his morale at this time, he still said what was in his heart.

"Are you scared?"

Looking at Dapeng, Zhao Shixun asked lightly.

"Detachment leader, what Dapeng said is right, the brothers are not afraid of death, but they are afraid that they will not be able to complete the task if they continue to fight like this, and they will only sacrifice in vain when the time comes."

For the first time, Heiwa, who had never disobeyed Zhao Shixun's orders, also spoke for Dapeng.

Hearing this, Zhao Shixun glared at Heiwa, and then looked at the old ghost and Shunzi.

"How many of you think the same way?"

Hearing the inquiry, the old ghost and Junko also lowered their heads silently, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, He Zhendong coughed lightly on the side, then walked up to the old ghost and asked in a deep voice:

"Brother old ghost, when you saw the devils, what were their outfits, did they have backpacks or anything like that?"

"Backpack? …… No, it's just a suit of weaponry. ”

Hearing this, he nodded thoughtfully, and He Zhendong held his arms and was silent for a moment.

"Brother Shixun, maybe this battle will still be fought."

"Brother Zhendong, what do you mean by this?"

Looking at He Zhendong with a confident face, Zhao Shixun didn't understand what the other party meant.

Not only him, but everyone present looked unclear.

Seeing everyone's expressions, He Zhendong was slightly amused, but he didn't say anything directly, but suggested that everyone go to the main position first to see the enemy's situation.

Soon, less than five minutes after everyone came to the main position, at the end of the valley more than a mile away, a mixed force of the Japanese puppet army gradually appeared in everyone's field of vision.

To be continued, I really haven't had time to update recently. I'm sorry everyone