When Li Ziyuan said this, he looked at He Sanliang and shook his head: "I know that Mr. Pang has the prestige of this army veteran, if they know that Mr. Pang has defected to the enemy, there will be anything abnormal, I don't dare to guarantee it." Lao He, we are now in the most dangerous environment, and I really can't withstand the internal turmoil, and I don't want to do fratricidal things at this time. ”

"But Lao He, at this critical moment, you have to give me some confidence and give me a reason to convince myself. Those are your old brothers, and there are some things that I still try not to do until I have to. But if these people turn back at a critical moment, then the consequences will be unpredictable. ”

The news he got from Li Ziyuan's mouth made He Sanliang stunned. It's just that this time He Sanliang quickly calmed down, and after being silent for a long time, he raised his head and said to Li Ziyuan: "Commander, they will bring me with you." I'll make it clear to them when I have time. If it really doesn't work, do as the political commissar says, and disarm and dismiss. ”

"After Mr. Pang was captured, the devil would not easily do anything to him, and I guess he would find a way to win him over to the enemy. Before this battle, the Japanese puppet side had wooed him many times. I don't know what happened to him this time, but I know he won't surrender. As for Lao Dong, I will find an opportunity to make it clear to them. ”

Regarding He Sanliang's assurance, Li Ziyuan just smiled and said nothing. After the troops were ready, Li Ziyuan waved his hand and set off directly with the troops. As early as when the troops were eating, the scouts had already set out in advance and felt back the route they had taken when entering the mountains.

In fact, at the moment, Li Ziyuan is in Basongling, and he is not too deep. and the Japanese puppet army behind him, but also did not completely detach. Although most of the Japanese puppet army behind him has not yet entered the mountain, its vanguard still maintains a distance from Li Ziyuan's headquarters. As a battalion of the vanguard, it was located right on the mountain pass.

It didn't take long for the troops to march towards the mountain pass south of the Eight Pine Mountains before they arrived at the temporary camp of the vanguard of the Japanese puppet army. At this time, several scouts sent in advance also returned from the east detour. When he saw Li Ziyuan, he made a detailed report on his reconnaissance.

The main force of the Japanese puppet army set up camp outside the mountain pass. Just as He Sanliang analyzed, when this Japanese puppet army was resting, although the finished product was deployed. But because the villages outside Basongling are too small to accommodate so many troops. This Japanese puppet army was stationed in a village east of the Japanese army.

The two regiments of the puppet army were both regimental formations and were stationed in two villages. Its divisional headquarters with a battalion was stationed in a small village less than five miles from the mountain pass. But the vigilance of this puppet army is very high, and all the garrisons are heavily guarded inside and outside, and scouts cannot be mixed in. Coupled with time constraints, they couldn't scout in too much detail.

After listening to the scout's report, Li Ziyuan raised his binoculars and looked at the mountain pass, where about a battalion of puppet troops with high vigilance was looking at the main force of the Japanese puppet army on the mountain pass. Li Ziyuan turned to Zhang Zijian beside him and said, "Lao Zhang, you take your battalion to strengthen a mortar of the artillery company." Go down the ridge on the right and take the path around the vanguard of this puppet army. ”

"You don't care about the other Japanese puppet army, your target is the division headquarters of this puppet army. After defeating the division headquarters of this puppet army, you will fight and rush me all the way to the south, and you must tear a hole in this Japanese puppet army. Remember, don't give me distressed ammunition. When you encounter an attack, you will concentrate your fire on Lao Tzu. ”

After listening to Li Ziyuan's order, Zhang Zijian nodded and left with the troops without saying anything. After Zhang Zijian left, Li Ziyuan held a telescope and looked at the puppet army camp under the mountain, constantly thinking about how to solve this camp of the puppet army quickly.

Zhang Zijian's side can take a detour and avoid this puppet army that thinks that if it blocks the mountain pass, it will block his back road. But you can't do it yourself, and walking the trail with some mules, horses and baggage will be quite slow. When the time comes, there is no need for the Japanese puppet army to fight, and he will drag himself down.

Now these mules and horses are carrying not only heavy weapons, but also the sick and wounded. Even if you throw away your heavy weapons, you don't have any extra baggage, but the wounded and sick must bring them with you. Judging from the speed and efficiency of action, it should still be fought out of the mountain pass.

After thinking about it, Li Ziyuan, who felt that there was no other way than to concentrate firepower to fight out, called He Huizhang and Zhou Tong over. Pointing to the puppet army camp that was blocking the mountain pass in front of him, he said: "This puppet army is very cunning and has set up the camp outside the range of our artillery fire. ”

"And around the camp, a lot of field fortifications were built. The firing range of several of its heavy machine guns covered the entire mountain pass. If we rush hard, the casualties will be quite large. Now I give you two choices, either give up all the heavy weapons and baggage, and let's avoid these puppet armies and take the path out of the mountains. ”

"Either you two will come up with a way for me to smash your shells on their heads, cover the infantry to crush them in the shortest possible time, and with heavy weapons and wounded, let's rush out together. You can do these two choices yourself. Lao Zhang's side has already set off, and there is not much time left for you. ”

Li Ziyuan's words obviously carried the meaning of agitation. Compared with Zhou Tong, who is much more stable, He Huizhang is a little unbearable. Let him throw away all the four mortars in his hand at the moment, and let his artillery company go to serve as infantry at one time, He Huizhang can't stand it.

He raised his binoculars, looked at the puppet army camp in front of him and said, "Regiment commander, you give me a little time, let me think of a way to advance our artillery forward and strive for 200 meters." As long as they can advance 200 meters, the cannonballs can hit the heads of these bastards. ”

As soon as He Huizhang's words fell, Zhou Tong, who had not spoken all along, suddenly spoke: "Regiment Commander, my mountain artillery is heavier, but Company Commander He's mortar movement is much more flexible. My idea was that the mortar of Company Commander He went directly up the mountain. The hill on the right is more protruding forward, but the terrain is a bit rough and not suitable for heavy weapons positions. ”

"And in the direction of the mountain pass, there is a cliff with a steep slope. But I think it is this kind of terrain that makes it impossible for this puppet army to deploy a guard position on that hill. As long as Lao He can get his artillery company up, his mortars can directly hit the position of the puppet army. ”

Zhou Tong's voice fell, and He Huizhang followed the direction of his finger, looked at it carefully, and said, "Old Zhou, aren't you joking with me?" There wasn't even a flat area on that hill, and it was impossible to erect mortars. Not to mention the two mortars I have on hand now, even one of them can't be erected. And it's a stone mountain, so I can't dig even if I want to. ”

Looking at He Huizhang, who was a little anxious, Zhou Tong shook his head and said: "Company commander, if you don't bring the bottom plate and gun carriage of the mortar, what if you just hold the barrel and fire?" With your Lao He's technique, I think there should be no problem in hitting the camp of the Chinese and Japanese puppet army. Despite some dangers, we have no other choice. ”

Zhou Tong's words fell, He Huizhang turned his head to look at Li Ziyuan, who didn't speak, then looked at the hill on the right, gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, I'll try." Even if a cannon is damaged, there may not be no way to repair it, otherwise would you really let yourself leave all these mortars behind? ”

However, the congratulatory chapter is thick on the outside and thin on the inside, although it accepts Zhou Tong's opinion. But he turned his head a little unwillingly and said, "Old Zhou, won't you think of a way to do that mountain cannon?" Your mountain artillery shells are much more lethal than my mortars. If your brother can come up with a solution, the two of us must have a lot of effect together, right? ”

Regarding He Huizhang's radical general, Zhou Tong could only smile bitterly: "Lao He, if my mountain cannon is the Bofors mountain gun used by the Central Army, do you still use your mortar?" Set up a cannon here, and you can directly hit the position of the puppet army. Even if it is the Japanese army's 41-type mountain gun, if it uses a large charge*, it may not be impossible to hit. ”

"Even the Jin 17-type mountain cannon originally used by our Jin Sui Army is basically not a big problem. But the Krupp Mountain Gun in my hand is not an original German product, but a Shanghai-made product imitated by the Shanghai Arsenal. Because of the quality of the steel used and the manufacturing process, the performance and quality are not as good as the original German goods. ”

"And judging from the inscription on the cannon, this cannon was made in the ninth year of the Republic of China, and it has a life span of thirty years this year. Coupled with long-term high-intensity use, this cannon is almost full of faults. The original maximum range of 4,300 meters is now very difficult to hit 3,500 meters. ”

"We only have ordinary anti-personnel explosives* on hand, and they are all ordinary charges. At the same time, the age of the shells is not young, I took a look at the earliest and made it in the fifteenth year of the Republic of China. Even if the * inside is not invalid, the effect is greatly discounted. Honestly, it's pretty good to be able to explode now. ”

"The most important thing is that this cannon is highly aged from the barrel to the large frame. Not to mention that there are no fully charged shells, even if there are any, I dare not use them. Even if it's the normal lethal damage that is used now, I am afraid that every time I fire a gun, I am afraid that the gun will explode. This cannon was still the best of the two at the time. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Tong looked at Li Ziyuan, who had not spoken on the side, and said with a wry smile: "Regiment commander, I suggest that this cannon be used for training after returning to the base area." If I go to the battlefield, I guess I won't be able to kill my own people, and it will be even greater than killing devils. As a last resort, don't use it as much as possible. ”

"After a while, Lao He's side fired, I used his mortar cover to advance my mountain artillery to 1,500 meters, and resisted the attack of the flat-firing covering troops. Commander, now I only dare to fire at such a close distance. No matter how far away, I was worried that it would be difficult for the shells to hit. ”

At Zhou Tong's suggestion, Li Ziyuan waved his hand and said, "What you said, wait until you return to the old base area." The first and second battalions will begin to unfold, and you should hurry up and act. The second battalion will try to move forward as much as possible, but if it does, your artillery fire will have to silence the light and heavy machine guns of the puppet army. ”

After explaining to He Huizhang and Zhou Tong, Li Ziyuan looked at his watch and said to the second battalion commander: "Your troops will be dispersed to Lao Tzu immediately, remember to touch the puppet army camp as much as possible." You come forward and give me command, and you are not allowed to shoot unless you have to. One point closer, the more sure we are. Act now, we don't have much time left. ”