After eliminating the devil team gathered on the threshing floor, in order to conceal his whereabouts, Xiao Siming had to lead the team to continue walking, turning from the north of the county seat to the east, to a small village with twenty or thirty households.

As soon as he entered the village, Xiao Siming asked Qiu Wei, the leader of the first rifle squad, to set up a guard post, allowing him to enter and not to leave, and to strictly seal the news.

After Chen Yisheng entered the village, he led the fighters of the guerrilla brigade to mobilize from house to house, asking the villagers to boil water for cooking and resettle the wounded.

This small village is only five miles away from the county seat, and there are people in the village who do business in the county seat on the edge of the standard city.

Chen Yisheng wanted to send people into the city to reconnoiter and find out how many troops the Japanese army had in the county, and whether the main force really went to Zangshan to retaliate or sent to the front line of Shangshe.

This is very necessary!

Xiao Siming said to find a relationship, let Chen Desheng change into the clothes of ordinary people, and follow him into the city to investigate.

After a night of marching in the mountains, the soldiers were very tired, arranged their garrisons, ate their meals, and fell asleep.

Xiao Siming went to sleep himself. After all, he is also seriously injured and has just recovered from his physical condition, he fought with the little devil for so long yesterday, and marched on the mountain path at night, and fought two battles along the way, so he couldn't support it for a long time.

Lying on the earthen kang of the villager's house, Xiao Siming suddenly remembered Hu Chuankui's lyrics in the Peking Opera "Shajiabang": "I think that at the beginning, Lao Tzu's team was opened. There were a dozen people with seven or eight guns. Thinking about it, a smile appeared on his face, and he fell asleep peacefully.

Chen Yisheng found a villager who drove a donkey cart to the county seat to transport coal, asked Chen Desheng to disguise himself as his brother, and the two drove the donkey cart into the city to investigate.

At 12 noon, Chen Desheng returned from the county seat, and reported that the Japanese army in the county town had started early in the morning, pulling two cannons and carrying heavy machine guns, and was turning from the east gate to the road leading to Wutai County. The devil soldiers stood guard at the south gate, west gate, east gate and the four gates of the outer city in the inner city of the county as usual, among them, there was a machine gun on the wall of the big east gate, and two devils were on guard in shifts. Every two hours, five little devils patrol the streets of Dongguan in the outer city under the sun flag. There are big trucks of devils transporting ammunition, grain, grass and rubber wheels parked on the campus of the county's No. 1 high school, and it is impossible to get in, so it is impossible to figure out how many there are.

Wang Lushui and Chen Yisheng glanced at each other after hearing this, and sighed in their hearts that Xiao Siming's judgment was accurate, and the Japanese army must have gone to Zangshan to take revenge. It seems that the main force of the Japanese army will definitely attack the Shangshe area next.

Originally, Wang Lushui and Chen Yisheng wanted to wake up Xiao Siming and study the specific battle plan for attacking the county together, but they didn't expect that Xiao Siming was still asleep, so they couldn't bear to disturb him.

Xiao Siming woke up from sleep, and it was already half past three in the afternoon.

Getting up from the kang, only to feel that his mouth was full of stinky smell, Xiao Siming opened the backpack of the Japanese army, turned out the toothpaste, picked it up and saw that it was a "three-star brand" toothpaste made in Shanghai, knowing that it was looted by the Japanese army after occupying Shanghai, and it was equipped for the use of various units of the Japanese army. ”

After washing his face and brushing his teeth, Xiao Siming suddenly felt that his mouth was full of freshness and his teeth and cheeks were fragrant, and then he realized that this was the first time he had brushed his teeth since the soul crossed!

As soon as they cleaned up, Wang Lushui and Chen Yisheng came over with Chen Desheng.

In a few words, Wang Lushui roughly explained the defense situation of the devils in Yuxian County that Chen Desheng investigated, and out of safety, he asked Chen Desheng to draw a map of Yuxian County for Xiao Siming.

Chen Desheng was the communications squad leader of the 685th Regiment, not a scout, nor an operational staff officer, so he couldn't draw a decent map, so he could only tell Xiao Siming where the big east gate was, where the small east gate was, and so on.

Chen Desheng said that Yuxian City is divided into two parts: the inner city and the outer city, the circumference of the inner city wall is 620 zhang, the height is 3 zhang 7, the bottom of the city wall is two zhang thick, and the top is 7 feet thick. Beneath the walls of the city were moats nine feet deep. In the city, there are the former county government, prison, Confucian Temple, academy, Chenghuang Temple, etc., that is, the original county government, county prison, No. 1 high school and other institutions of Yan Laoxi'er. There are two gates in the inner city, one is the south gate and the other is the west gate. The outer city is also called the outer city of Dongguan, the circumference of the city wall is 2,000 meters, and the height and thickness are reduced by 5 feet to one zhang compared with the inner city. The outer city is based on Dongguan Street and is the commercial district of Yu County, with a total of large east gate, small east gate, north gate and small south gate. ”

Xiao Siming didn't speak after listening, Chen Desheng added: "Platoon Commander Xiao, there are two more things, one is that there is also an east gate in the inner city, which is a passage connecting the outer city of Dongguan, and I heard the people in the city say that the carts and war horses when the little devils entered the city were all entered from here, and they also went out of the city from here this morning; The other is that outside the north gate, Beiguan Village has built a street attic called a low building, and the cart and the war horse can't pass, otherwise the little devil will not go around from the east gate. ”

The situation was already very clear, Xiao Siming asked Chen Desheng to go down and seize the time to rest and prepare to participate in the battle.

Before leaving, Chen Desheng said angrily: "This battle must be fought!" The little devil is not a man, he is a beast! “

Wang Lushui asked what happened?

Chen Desheng said: "When we entered the city, we met a young couple who brought their children into the city to see a doctor. The two Japanese sentry posts at the Great East Gate were checking with guns, and when they saw that the little daughter-in-law was handsome, a devil dropped his rifle and dragged the little daughter-in-law to the side, looking like he wanted to rape him on the spot. The husband of the little daughter-in-law saw that the momentum was not right, so he quickly took out two silver dollars from his pocket and stuffed them into the other devil with a gun, wanting them to raise their noble hands. Unexpectedly, as soon as the little devil saw that there was a silver dollar, he shot directly, and with a sound of the horn, he killed the young man. Seeing that her husband was killed, the little daughter-in-law opened her mouth and pulled her little devil's hand and took a bite. The devil was annoyed and fired two shots in succession, killing the little daughter-in-law and the child. If it weren't for the reconnaissance mission, Lao Tzu would have fought with the devil at that time! ”

Wang Lushui was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table!

Xiao Siming waved his hand and let Chen Desheng go.

As soon as Chen Desheng left, Chen Yisheng said: "Political Commissar Wang, Platoon Commander Xiao, let's fight!" If I don't fight again, I won't have the face to see the fellows of Yuxian County! ”

At the critical moment, Wang Lushui calmed down and asked Xiao Siming: "Could it be that the devils in Yuxian City are two parts?" Judging from Chen Desheng's report, some of them were heavy baggage soldiers escorted by devils and stationed in the courtyard of the No. 1 High School. The other part is the devils who stand guard and patrol, and they should not be less than a squad! ”

Xiao Siming shook his head and replied that it could not be two parts, and the ones standing guard and patrolling should also be the devil's baggage troops. Judging from the captured Japanese military documents and the military uniforms of the little devils, the devil squad eliminated in Zangshan and the 26 devils eliminated in the small mountain village last night belong to the same squadron, and they should be the part of the devils who entered and occupied Changchi, and their numbers belong to the first squadron of the second brigade of the 136th wing of the 118th Infantry Brigade of the 109th Division, and their task should be to occupy Changchi and guard to the north. And the devil squad that was eliminated on the threshing floor this morning belongs to the third squadron of the second brigade of the 136th Wing, and this squadron should be mainly responsible for the vigilance and sweeping tasks in the eastern part of the county. From this point of view, there should be another squadron, the third brigade of the 136th Wing, whose mission is to protect the traffic from Shouyang to Yuxian and attack and guard the southwest of Yuxian. The devil who went to Zangshan to take revenge today should be the main force of the devil's capture of Yuxian this time, the 109th Brigade of the 118th Infantry Brigade of the 136th Division, the First Brigade. The next brigade that may attack the Shangshe area is this brigade. In this way, the strength of the devil's attack on Yuxian this time is clear, that is, the 1st Brigade of the 136th Wing is subordinate to the command of two squadrons of the Second Brigade and one squadron of the Third Brigade. Among them, the first brigade has a full strength of about 1,100 people, and the remaining three infantry squadrons are all about 180 people, with a total strength of 1,700 people. In other words, those who remain in the county can only be the transport squadron of the first brigade of the 136th Wing, with a full strength of 110 people. I estimate that it is impossible for all of this transport squadron to stay in the county seat, and they will at least send a small team to follow the first brigade to the Tibetan Mountains. At best, there are fifty or sixty little devils left in the county.

Chen Yisheng opened his mouth and said: "This little devil is too crazy, he dares to let fifty or sixty heavy soldiers guard the county seat, and he is not afraid that our army will suddenly attack the county seat!" ”

Xiao Siming smiled: "Secretary Chen, don't underestimate the heavy soldiers of the Japanese army, they are also well-trained troops." Most of the devils eliminated in the Pingxingguan ambush are baggage soldiers, and what the combat effectiveness has not said is that they will not surrender to death! This is not the arrogance of the devil, you think, the city wall of Yuxian County is so strong, our army has no heavy artillery, and the marksmanship of the little devils is so good, if it is a strong attack, these fifty or sixty little devils, not to mention our little men, even if a regiment is transferred, it may not be able to attack! ”

Chen Yisheng thought about it and said, "That's the same!" The city wall of Yuxian County is so strong, four gates and one pass, the little devil climbs on the city wall to aim and shoot, it must be one shot at a time, the siege troops are all targets, and the casualties are too great! ”

What Chen Yisheng didn't know was that the strong Yuxian city wall in history was when celebrating the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

There is no way, the little devil has occupied the county seat of Yuxian County for so many years, relying on the protection of the city wall, and doing bad things in the county. The common people of Yuxian County hate the Wujiwu, and they have long hated the city wall left by their ancestors!

Wang Lushui urged: "Don't say it's useless, study how we fight!" Xiao Siming, tell me what you think! ”

Xiao Siming said: "Political commissar, Secretary Chen, my idea is to disguise the devil, swagger into the county from the east gate, and after killing the devil sentry, divide into several combat groups and act separately. The political commissar took two people to the small east gate, Secretary Chen took two people to the north gate, Chen Desheng took one person to the small south gate, and the platoon commander and deputy platoon commander of the original guerrilla team each took a combat group to the west gate and the south gate of the inner city after entering the inner city with me. I took the rest of the personnel from the Great East Gate through the East Gate of the Inner City to the Inner City to eliminate the main force of the Devil's Heavy Infantry Squadron stationed in the first high school. If you encounter a patrol of devils on the road, annihilate them on the spot! ”

The strength of this wounded team was too small, so Xiao Siming had to use Wang Lushui and Chen Yisheng, who had rich combat experience.

After hearing this, Wang Lushui pondered for a moment and said, "Secretary Chen and I don't need to bring two people, it's enough to bring one person each." As long as you can get close to the devil sentry, it's easy to kill them with a pistol or rifle! In this case, organize a three-person combat team and pounce on the county office, where is the brigade headquarters of the little devils, and there must be guards standing guard! ”

Chen Yisheng said that as long as he is not afraid of the sound of gunfire, he can solve the devil sentry with pistols and rifles, and he can do it alone, and he does not need to be staffed.

Wang Lushui is a veteran of the Red Army, and Chen Yisheng is also a heroic man who has fought all the way, and their combat experience and combat skills are not mentioned!

Xiao Siming agreed with Wang Lushui's suggestion of reducing one person, but vetoed the idea of forming another combat group to go to the county government, saying that after entering the inner city, the county government and the first high school were together, and he solved it by the way.