Lei Jian heard Wang Xiaoliang's report that the devil was advancing quickly towards Fengwang Mountain, he not only frowned and lifted the binoculars, but when he saw that the speed of the Japanese army's advance had slowed down, and he was no longer moving forward about a mile away from Fengwang Mountain, his brows furrowed even tighter.

He ordered the troops to withdraw from their positions, leaving a few lookout posts, and not to be discovered by the enemy.

The Japanese squadron, which was moving rapidly, suddenly received an order: stop advancing.

Masao Kosaka held a telescope, carefully scanned Fengwang Mountain, which was a mile in front of him, and ordered the troops to camp on the spot after watching for a while.

The squad leader asked puzzledly: "Your Excellency Squadron Leader, Fengwang Mountain is ahead, why don't the imperial troops occupy the favorable terrain of Fengwang Mountain, once it is occupied by Tuba Road first, it will be greatly disadvantageous to our western operation." ”

"You don't understand strategy and tactics, Fengwang Mountain in front of you is the main road of the Tuba Road base from the east, once the Tuba Road is ambushed in Fengwang Mountain, my troops will seize the mountain without preparation, and they will definitely be hit by the fire of the Tuba Road, and the large army of the imperial army cannot be reinforced in time, and the army will be destroyed if it fights alone, do you understand?" The cunning Masao Kosaka shook his head and said.

Kosaka Masao ordered the squad leader beside him: "You lead a team, quietly touch Fengwang Mountain, once you are ambushed by the Dirt Eighth Road, immediately withdraw and act." ”

The leader of the devil squad obeyed the order and took a squad of soldiers and tentatively approached Fengwang Mountain.

Lei Jian found that the devil had only one team, tentatively approaching Fengwang Mountain, and he boldly ordered the troops to withdraw from their positions immediately.

Niu Dali asked suspiciously: "Battalion Commander Lei, let's withdraw from Fengwang Mountain, once the devil's search team occupies the mountain, what should the follow-up devil squadron do with Fengwang Mountain as a position to block us?" ”

Wang Xiaoliang also couldn't understand and said: "Battalion Commander Lei, I think what Niu Dali said makes sense, we can't just lose the main position of Fengwang Mountain in vain, once we grab it again, it will definitely cause great casualties to the troops." ”

Lei Jian ordered in a low voice and sternly: "What is so much nonsense, immediately carry out the order, the troops quickly withdraw from the Fengwang Mountain position, hide in the woods below the mountain, and act." "The soldiers of the independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army carefully and covertly quickly withdrew from the position of Fengwang Mountain and lurked in the woods fifty meters below the mountain.

The devil team held the gun in fear, and finally climbed to the position of Fengwang Mountain, and the team leader stood on a high place and waved his hand and shouted: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, Fengwang Mountain has not found Tubalu. ”

He shouted and rushed down the mountain with the devil, came to Squadron Leader Kosaka Masao, and reported breathlessly: "Report to Your Excellency Shaozuo, there are still remnants of the position fortifications of Tubalu in Fengwang Mountain, it seems that Tubalu fought in the highlands, was scared away by the fire of the imperial army, and abandoned the position of Fengwangshan, it must be like this." ”

Kosaka Masao was not so optimistic, he squatted on the ground and opened the battle map, pointed to Fengwang Mountain and said: "This is close to the center of the base area of the Eighth Route Army in Daze Mountain, and the Eighth Route Army is not only not fortified in this important Fengwang Mountain, but it has just fought with the imperial army on the high ground, and it took the initiative to withdraw. ”

Yamada, the leader of the devil squad, said: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, as long as we occupy the important geographical location of Fengwang Mountain, we will block the expansion of the Tuba Road to the east, and we will also occupy favorable terrain for the follow-up troops, so that we can attack and retreat, why don't you give the order to occupy this Fengwang Mountain, but garrison troops a mile away from the mountain?" ”

"Yamada-kun, did you find anything? Fengwang Mountain is located at the eastern end of Daze Mountain, east of Ao Mountain, south of Tie Sao Mountain, north of Shijing Mountain, west of the mountains, if we take Fengwang Mountain as a position to defend, once the Tuba Road from the west, south and north, suddenly attack Fengwang Mountain, Fengwang Mountain will become a dead land. ”

When Kosaka Masao said this, he continued sarcastically: "The people of the Eighth Route do not understand strategy and tactics, once they set up a blocking position in Fengwang Mountain, there is Tiesao Mountain in the south, Shijingshan in the north, and the mountains in the west are the hinterland, a force is blocked in front, and the two wings cooperate, and the large army of the imperial army will advance from the east to the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army, and it will be blocked head-on, and the two wings will respond, and it will be difficult for the large army of the imperial army to continue to advance. ”

He stood up, shook his head and continued: "It is a big unwisdom and a big mistake for Tubalu to take the initiative to give up this strategic place. ”

Kosaka Masao's analysis is remarkable, and it is really in place, and it is a dangerous choice for the enemy to occupy Fengwang Mountain in depth alone, and it is easy for the Eighth Route Army to attack from both flanks and from behind, but if the Eighth Route Army occupies this important place, it will take advantage of the geographical location to give full play to the military strength of the base area and block the pace of the Japanese army's efforts to clear the base area.

At this time, he led the independent battalion and retreated to Lei Jian in the woods fifty meters below the west slope of Fengwang Mountain, and his heart has been unsteady, once Kosaka Masao really led the troops to occupy the Fengwang Mountain position, it was equivalent to his Lei Jian giving up the position to the devil.

When Lei Jian saw that the devil had climbed Fengwang Mountain, he really regretted that he was too bold and dared to bet with the cunning Kosaka Masao to win or lose.

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and silently muttered in his heart: "Bastard little devil, get out of Fengwang Mountain, you bastards stay on the mountain for one more minute, and my heart will bleed one more drop of blood, get out of here." ”

Wang Xiaoliang looked at Lei Jian's face very embarrassed, beads of sweat kept dripping down, he climbed up to Lei Jian and asked in a low voice, "Battalion Commander Lei, are you uncomfortable?" ”

"No, I regret it now, I regret taking the initiative to give up the position, I wanted to gamble with the devil, but I didn't expect the cunning devil commander to really dare to boldly occupy Fengwang Mountain, once the small Japanese army did not withdraw from the Fengwang Mountain position in half an hour, immediately organize the troops to carry out the most fierce attack, or lose all the costs, but also take down Fengwang Mountain."

When Wang Xiaoliang heard Lei Jian say this, he scolded angrily: "You bastard, you have a good position, you actually gave it to the little devil, and now you want to take it back desperately, don't you say you're joking with the lives of the soldiers?" ”

"Y-You know a ball? If we stick to Fengwang Mountain, we will inevitably launch a more fierce offensive and counterattack with the Japanese army, and the casualties will be greater, once the position target is exposed, it will definitely attract the attention of the devils, adjust the combat plan for attacking the base area, and implement a larger-scale clean-up operation. ”

"Battalion Commander Lei, I didn't expect you to think so far, why can't we think of it?" Niu Dali said admiringly.

"Battalion Commander Lei, you see that the little devil has withdrawn from the Fengwang Mountain position, and there is no little devil on the top of the mountain." Wang Xiaoliang shouted excitedly.

Lei Jian leaned against a big tree in disbelief and slowly stood up, scanned the Fengwang Mountain position with a telescope, and began to smile uncontrollably on his face, and scolded in a low voice: "Kosaka Masao, you bastard, you have calculated everything, but you still missed the move to occupy the Fengwang Mountain position, so that it will be easy to deal with you, the little devil of the squadron." ”

He ordered the troops to approach Fengwang Mountain in a concealed manner, and ordered in a low voice: "All the troops should not make a noise to alarm the little devils, if any company is exposed, I will not spare you, and carefully move closer to the top of the mountain." ”

Lei Jian walked in the front, he carefully observed the movement on the top of the mountain, and waved his hand from time to time to order the troops to stop and go, the whole army had never been so careful, one by one he was afraid that making a noise would alarm the little devils and affect the combat plan of the Lei battalion commander.

When he was approaching the position at the top of the mountain, Lei Jian lay down and prostrate close, and when he rolled into the position bunker and looked down the mountain with a telescope, he saw that the little devil was camped about a mile away from Fengwang Mountain, as if waiting for the next order before acting.

Lei Jian exhaled deeply, he bet right, bet that there must be a large army following behind the little devil, he was afraid that exposing the target would attract the attention of the devil, so he withdrew from the position and returned to the team that had approached the position, and ordered in a low voice: "Li Gang took a sharp knife platoon, entered the position covertly, and the other troops were on standby, and they were not allowed to act without an order." ”

He ordered Wang Xiaoliang: "You lead a reconnaissance squad to bypass the Japanese barracks at the foot of the mountain, and reconnoiter to the east along the road where the devils entered. ”

Wang Xiaoliang took the reconnaissance squad to secretly descend the mountain from the southern slope of Fengwang Mountain, carefully bypassed the Japanese camp, quickly searched eastward, and approached Aoshan for four or five miles, and found a huge Japanese army, which was speeding up and marching in the direction of Fengwang Mountain.

He was not only surprised to find the devil's equipment and troops through the binoculars.

(Tianjin)