Facing the anger of Tsuruta Nunan, Second Lieutenant Sasaki beside him criticized it in his heart: "It seems that the personnel who formed the two advance teams, especially the officers and non-commissioned officers, were personally selected by you, Tsuruta Nunan. If Lieutenant Pig is a stupid pig, then wouldn't you be blind? ”

It's just that this belly discussion, this Second Lieutenant Sasaki only dares to say it in his heart. The second lieutenant Sasaki, who was quite calm on the surface, said respectfully to Tsuruta Numa: "Then Your Excellency, what should we do now?" Do you continue to hold your ground, or do you launch an attack on the Eighth Route at the pass? ”

In response to Second Lieutenant Sasaki's request, Tsuruta Numa, who was in a fit of rage, did not lose his complete calm. Turning to the signal soldier behind him, he said, "You immediately send a report to the division headquarters and ask where the reinforcements are now." Tell Your Excellency the Chief of Staff that if the reinforcements are so slow, not to mention the high-ranking officers of the Eighth Road, they will not even be able to catch a bird. ”

After explaining to the communications officer, Tsuruta Numan turned his head to look at Wang Changfeng's headquarters at the pass, gritted his teeth and said to Second Lieutenant Sasaki: "Order the troops not to move for the time being, and concentrate firepower to contain the eight roads in front of you." I can't be as stupid as Lieutenant Pig Stock, casually taking a gamble. ”

"Who will arrive first between us and the reinforcements from the Eighth Road, I'm afraid only those guys who are still grinding on the road can really know. If we attack the pass at this time, if it is the reinforcements of the Eighth Route that arrive first, then we will not be able to fight back. ”

After Tsuruta Nunan's order was given, Second Lieutenant Sasaki beside him was a little dissatisfied. He clearly knew that for Tsuruta Numasu, the Lieutenant Pig Stock, who was fighting fiercely over there, was nothing more than a group of consumables on the battlefield. No matter how much he spent on this advancing team.

But in the eyes of these junior officers, these junior officers and soldiers are consumables. These middle and high-ranking officers only care about the medals on their bodies and whether they can be promoted to higher positions. For the casualties of junior officers and soldiers, they don't care at all.

But for him Second Lieutenant Sasaki, those people were his comrades. In particular, since the formation of the advance team, they have trained together and entered the base areas of the Eighth Route Army to fight together. The terrain over there clearly shows that the attack of the lieutenant of the pig stock will definitely suffer a big loss. He can sit idly by, but if he does this, how will he gain a foothold in this army in the future.

It's just that the cold gaze that Tsuruta Numan kept sweeping over made Second Lieutenant Sasaki hesitate and swallow back into his stomach if he wanted to persuade him. This advance team was established and trained by this Tsuruta Numanan single-handedly, and he still knows the character of this Tsuruta Shaoza.

If he has any objections at the moment, this Tsuruta Numan can't be ferocious. It's not even possible to go back and make some stumbling blocks for yourself, so that you can be directly incorporated into the reserves. For this two-faced and three-edged young man who always looks at people with cold eyes, this Second Lieutenant Sasaki is still very taboo in his heart.

Under the cold gaze of Numan Tsuruta who came over with threat, this second lieutenant Sasaki finally gave up and planned to act without permission. Commanding a small detachment of the advance team left behind, and an infantry detachment attached to it, quickly ascended a hill on the left flank of the pass and suppressed Wang Changfeng's troops on the opposite side with firepower.

And the communications corps behind him was also constantly calling the division headquarters in accordance with Tsuruta Numana's orders. As for the gunfire around him and the sound of the busy communication soldiers, Tsuruta Numan didn't seem to hear it, holding a telescope to observe the battle situation on the other side of the pass, constantly thinking about something in his heart.

At this time, it is not clear whether it is Tsuruta Numa, who stubbornly refused to launch an attack outside the pass, or Li Ziyuan, who successfully provoked the anger of the Japanese army under the mountain and lured the Japanese army under the pass to attack. With this small mountain basin as the core, the surrounding Eighth Route Army and the Japanese puppet army are constantly being attracted.

With the arrival of reinforcements from both sides, a large-scale chaotic battle is slowly starting with their location in the center. And it was none other than Li Ziyuan, who was in the eye of the storm at the moment, but because there was no radio, he didn't know that the reinforcements he was expecting were rushing to this side.

Just inside and outside this small mountain basin, it looks like the fight is extremely fierce. In fact, no one can help anyone, and everyone is in a tug-of-war. After receiving the death order, the first wave of reinforcements from the two sides that arrived first encountered Li Ziyuan in the northwest direction.

The Japanese army compendium brigade that had fought with Tsuruta Numan at the foot of the Cross Ridge finally arrived near the battlefield after almost running and vomiting blood. But before he had time to enter the battle, he collided head-on with the first wave of the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army and took the lead.

The faint sound of gunfire from the northwest suddenly lifted the spirits of all the people on the mountain. Of course, Li Ziyuan, who was busy resisting the crazy attack of Lieutenant Yamashita Pig Stock, and Lieutenant Pig Stock, who was in a rage under Yamashita, also heard it at the same time. For the two of them, the sound of gunfire from the northwest was like a shot of stimulant.

Although the sound of gunfire from there indicates the arrival of reinforcements from the Eighth Road. But for Lieutenant Pig and his men, it was also a sign of the arrival of their own reinforcements. Lieutenant Pig Stock, who was not lightly stimulated, was obviously more excited than Li Ziyuan at the moment. On the one hand, he increased the intensity of his attacks, and on the other hand, he was constantly cheering up his subordinates.

In the face of the sound of gunfire, Lieutenant Pig Stock, who obviously increased the intensity of the attack, and Li Ziyuan on the mountain was another performance. He stopped firing even the only light machine gun he used. Only rifles and grenades, which were already quite limited, kept holding back the Japanese troops who were going crazy.

Li Ziyuan is transmitting a signal to the outside world in disguise, so as not to let the brother troops who come to reinforce take the Li ghost under the mountain as Li Kui. Maybe when the time comes, it's yourself who is unlucky. Li Ziyuan's signal from the gunshots was heard by the chief of staff, who had already arrived.

It's just that the chief of staff has only one sub-district local armed force in his hands at the moment. The other troops of the 358th Brigade who rushed in were either rushing over or in a fierce battle with the Japanese troops who had also come to reinforce them. But the chief of staff, who was holding a telescope and observing the battle situation here, hesitated for a moment and threw this independent battalion into the battlefield.

The independent battalion commander who accepted any did not hesitate at all, took two bayonets and rushed directly to this side of the battlefield. As a local armed force, he did not have so many machine guns on hand. His independent battalion had only two crooked guns, one of which still had some problems and could only shoot a single shot. The most important thing is that he doesn't have many bullets in his hands either.

In addition, as a local armed force, the most important thing is a newly formed local armed force, and he is still very clear about the real combat effectiveness of his troops. If it is not solved quickly, once the new reinforcements of the Japanese army arrive, the flank will rush your own troops.

Since there was not much ammunition and time was short, the battalion commander simply came directly to a bayonet attack. He took two companies and plunged into the back of the lieutenant of the pig stock. Of course, under the orders of the chief of staff, his troops also wore identification marks with a towel wrapped around his left arm almost identical to Li Ziyuan on the mountain.

And over there, when he saw that the reinforcements of the Eighth Road actually rushed to the battlefield first, Tsuruta Nunan, who knew that something was not going well, made a sudden decision. Ignoring the enemy in the basin, Lieutenant Pig Stock, chose to retreat to a vantage point where he could see the battlefield on this side. Only with machine gun fire, he continued to be condescending, suppressing Wang Changfeng at the pass.

Although Tsuruta Numa's decision caused Ensign Sasaki's dissatisfaction, Tsuruta Numan did not pay attention to the protesting Ensign Sasaki. In Tsuruta Numansu's opinion, reinforcements from a battalion of the Eighth Route had arrived. Let's not talk about whether I can break through the garrison of the eighth road at the pass in the shortest possible time.

But if you are such a small person, what is the use of rushing in? At that time, not only will he not be able to save Lieutenant Pig Stock, but he will also put himself in it. The only thing he can do now is to use his firepower to contain the eight roads at the pass and prevent them from joining the battlefield.

The reinforcements of the Eighth Route arrived, but the experienced Tsuruta Numan saw at a glance that the Eighth Route Army, which was the first to arrive at the battlefield, was not their main force in terms of firepower equipment or some unskilled and even somewhat chaotic combat formation, and it should still be an independent battalion belonging to their division.

But although the number of people in this eight-way army at the pass is small, they are all veterans at a glance. Although there are many eight roads over there, they are all local armed forces with weak combat effectiveness, and there should be a lot of recruits among them. If Lieutenant Pig Co., Ltd. had reacted faster, as long as he had seized a hill nearby, he might not have the ability to hold on.

But if you let the Eighth Road complete the change of defense, replace the old Eighth Road with the dirt Eighth Road over there. Although the force in front of him is only a few dozen people, at first glance, they are all veterans participating in the battle, and I am afraid that it is not the strength of the lieutenant of the pig stock, which can be confronted.

Tsuruta Numan believes that it is far better to block the connection between the pass and the rear at the moment, and trap these more than 30 old Eighth Roads here, than to rush into the basin for reinforcements. As long as the lieutenant of the pig stock can hold out until the brigade arrives, it may not be absolutely hopeless. Not every local armed force of the Eighth Route has the perverted strength of Li Ziyuan's subordinates.

Therefore, at this time, this Tsuruta Numan Shaozo did not advance but retreated, retreated to a commanding height on the left flank of the pass that could overlook the pass, and used the machine gun and grenadier in his hand to constantly suppress Wang Changfeng's headquarters at the pass, and blocked the communication route between the pass and the back. As for the lieutenant of the pig stock, he only asked one of the standard-bearers to raise the flag, and told him to immediately seize the nearby advantageous terrain for defense.

At the same time, Tsuruta Numan continued to urge the division headquarters to speed up the reinforcements of other troops still in Shexian County. But in this Taihang Mountains, the efficiency of reinforcements is so high. Despite the constant urging of the 36th Division, the surrounding Japanese puppet army is also speeding up the pace of reinforcement.

The problem is that most of the Japanese troops are sweeping in other directions at the moment, and it will take time to turn around immediately. And it was not only the Japanese army that was rushing here, but also the units of the 129th Division that had received orders. There are limited routes to traverse the mountains, so encounters are inevitable.

As reinforcements from both sides continued to join the battlefield, within dozens of kilometers around the basin where Li Ziyuan was located, there were chaotic battles everywhere. The Japanese army had an advantage in firepower, and the Eighth Route Army that arrived had an advantage in terrain and enemy situation. As soon as these two sides are on each other, it is difficult to distinguish between them.