A thick pale yellow smoke suddenly rose from the top of the phoenix.

At this time, about fifty Japanese troops in the first wave of charging rushed to Phoenix Ridge.

Li Zhongyun poked out half of his head, raised his gun and was about to ignite the flammable materials on Phoenix Ridge, Ye Tufei beside him hurriedly held it down, and told Li Zhongyun with gestures that there were too few people rushing up from Little Japan, and he would wait and talk.

Fortunately, Ye Tufei held down Li Zhongyun, and the first wave of Japanese troops who rushed up was just here to test the effect of the poison gas bomb. When the Japanese army rushed up 100 meters along the Phoenix Ridge and approached the rocky steps at the top of the Phoenix Peak, they found that there was no counterattack on the top, so they judged that the poison gas bombs had a good effect.

A military officer led by Cao waved a small flag to the Japanese troops under the ridge, and reported the dynamics of the Phoenix Peak to the commander in the rear in the form of a flag. The Japanese army immediately sent a second echelon of about 100 people, and another commando team of more than 100 people was gathered.

Seeing that there were reinforcements behind him, the Japanese army that took the lead in rushing to Phoenix Ridge also had confidence and began to attack the top of Phoenix.

When climbing the steps, the little Japanese had to reach out and pick up the edges and corners of the rock, and it was the hottest time of summer, and no one wanted to wear gloves, so before the little Japanese climbed the steps, their hands were covered with venom.

At this time, about a hundred little Japanese in the second echelon had already rushed to the middle of Phoenix Ridge.

Ye Tufei saw that the timing was just right and waved his hand.

The seven or eight spears that had already been aiming and were waiting in a hurry opened fire almost simultaneously.

The Phoenix Ridge suddenly burst into flames and smoke.

The little Japanese suddenly fell into a panic, you push me, I grabbed him, his body was on fire and howling everywhere, and his hands were covered with venom and rolling all over the ground.

The commander of the Japanese army in the rear was shocked and hurriedly gave the order to retreat.

Matsui Ichiro was angry at this sudden situation, and he came to the front of the team with a blushing face, holding a telescope to carefully observe the movement on the top of the phoenix.

At this time, there was smoke on Phoenix Ridge, and Matsui Ichiro could see something.

I had to wait until the fire on Phoenix Ridge was extinguished and the smoke cleared.

More than an hour passed before it stopped on Phoenix Ridge.

Matsui Ichiro didn't think about the fact that this gang of bandits could have gas masks at all, and no one reminded him. Moreover, Ye Tufei only arranged seven or eight guns to shoot at the flammable materials on the Phoenix Ridge, which also created an illusion for Matsui Ichiro, that is, the people on the top of the Phoenix at that time could only insist on shooting.

This is just Ye Tufei's trick succeeding!

Matsui Ichiro judged that on the top of the phoenix, the bandits should have lost their combat effectiveness, and maybe the remaining remnants of the army had retreated from the top of the phoenix.

But to be on the safe side, Matsui Ichiro still ordered the artillery to fire the remaining gas shells.

The entire phoenix top was once again enveloped in yellow smoke.

This time, Little Japan carried a climbing ladder and finally successfully climbed to the top of the phoenix.

The brethren of the bandit camp had finally waited for this moment.

In the face of small Japan with bayonets, the strategy of the bandit battalion was to work in groups of three, and one of them was not holding a bayonet spear, nor a cold weapon with a big sword, but a long bamboo pole.

Bamboo? Can a bamboo pole kill?

In a normal environment, bamboo poles are not lethal at all. But under the shroud of poisonous gas, this bamboo pole is more powerful than any cold weapon.

Because the bamboo pole can pick off the gas mask on the head of little Japan, even if it can't be picked off after one or two strokes, it will at least cause great psychological pressure on little Japan.

One bamboo pole is picking, and two bayonets are killing.

Rao is a little Japan, and he is a master of white-knuckle warfare, and he can't withstand such a toss.

Little Japan, who had climbed to the top of the phoenix, reluctantly stayed, and little Japan, which had not yet climbed it, reluctantly retreated.

The brothers in the bandit battalion, who thought they could go on a killing spree, were a little disappointed, and as soon as they moved their limbs, this little Japan turned around and only killed about 30 little Japanese, and most of the bandit camp brothers had not been able to intervene.

But at this time, Ye Tufei gave the brothers an order to retreat.

Although the brothers were puzzled, they carried out the order.

Not long after retreating from the back mountain, the brother who was in charge of monitoring the movements of the Japanese army issued a warning, reporting that a small Japanese group of soldiers was running towards the back mountain of Phoenix Peak.

"Hit him?" Li Zhongyun was unwilling to let go of Little Japan like this, and made a suggestion to Ye Tufei.

Ye Tufei shook his head and replied: "We can't make it clear to Little Japan where we are going, Fourth, don't forget that our ultimate goal is to disperse the concentrated forces of Little Japan, and then kill his command." ”

In Ye Tufei's plan, the battle at the top of the phoenix was just to annoy Takahashi Shin, Ye Tufei knew that Takahashi Shin was a very calm person and it was difficult to be provoked. However, if the Japanese commander is not annoyed, it will be difficult for the Japanese army to have a presumptuous posture, and then it will be difficult to find gaps and opportunities to realize the idea of raiding the Japanese headquarters.

It's just that what Ye Tufei didn't expect was that the commander of the Japanese army was not Nobu Takahashi, but Ichiro Matsui.

At this time, Matsui Ichiro was already annoyed and angry, he ordered the troops to disperse their forces and surround the Phoenix Peak, he made up his mind, saying that he would also occupy this mountain that had humiliated the Japanese army several times.

Two hours later, the Japanese army completed the theoretical encirclement of the Phoenix Peak.

It took another half an hour to successfully climb to the top of the empty phoenix.

This result added to Matsui's annoyance.

However, after the Phoenix Summit, the Japanese army did not encounter any decent resistance, and only a few skirmishes were fought due to harassment.

In the evening, Ichiro Matsui commanded the troops to track down to the foot of the mountain where the secret cave of the bandit camp was located.

In order to completely eradicate Ye Tufei, Takahashi Shin provided this information to Matsui Ichiro free of charge, and he instructed Matsui Ichiro that this secret cave was the hiding place of Ye Tufei's bandits, and all the food, ammunition and other materials were hidden in this secret cave.

On the other hand, Ye Tufei will definitely do his best to defend this cave, which will become a battlefield for the two sides to fight to the death.

The course of the battle also proved that Takahashi's judgment was correct.

The first attack of the Japanese army was met with resolute resistance from Ye Tufei's subordinates.

Due to the speed of the troops advancing from the top of the phoenix, the heavy artillery units of the Matsui Wing had not yet reached the optimal position at this time, so Matsui Ichiro decided to slow down the attack and adjust the troops in order to take the hill in one go.

But at this moment, Ye Tufei's subordinates actually carried out artillery strikes on the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain.

The artillery fire of Ye Tufei's unit was not dense enough and powerful enough, and it could be judged from the landing point of the shells and the sound of the air cutting that this should be a 60-mm mortar shelling from four directions, and there were only two guns at most in each direction.

Matsui Ichiro didn't take Ye Tufei's artillery power to heart, he believed that as long as his artillery troops were in a good position, if Ye Tufei dared to use the cannon again, it would not take three or five minutes for the empire's powerful artillery fire to send Ye Tufei's poor mortars into the sky.

However, before his artillery reached the designated position, in order to avoid casualties, Matsui Ichiro gave the order to the troops to retreat 500 meters.

By the time the Japanese artillery units had set up their positions and adjusted their firing arrangements, it was already dark.

In the cave, Ye Tufei gathered the brothers to make the final deployment of the night.

According to the reports of various monitoring posts, Ye Tufei had a general understanding of the entire battle situation, this time the little Japan launched an attack on Erlang Mountain from the east and west sides at the same time, and the east side adopted a situation of being dominated by the receiving, and the speed of advancing to the mountains was extremely slow, but everywhere he went, the fortifications were very sufficient.

On the west side, the offensive posture was adopted, and the speed of the advance was extremely fast, and it looked like a long drive.

For the bandit battalion, the situation at this time is mixed.

The good news is that after all, with nearly a day and a night of preparation time, the vast majority of the people have been moved to a relatively safe place, and the reserves of materials and ammunition have basically been transferred, and after this day's fighting, the bandit battalion has made enough money.

But there are a lot of things to worry about, the first thing that worries Ye Tufei is that Little Japan is attacking Erlang Mountain from the east and west, as far as the current situation is concerned, the possibility of exiting Erlang Mountain from the east side of the mountain pass is gone, if you go over the mountains and evacuate from the mountain trail, then many baggage must be abandoned. Another worrying situation is that up to now, the connection between the various units of the Japanese army on the Western Front is still very close, and Ye Tufei cannot find any gaps and opportunities to attack the Japanese army headquarters. What worries Ye Tufei the most is that the habits of the Japanese army in front of him are so unfamiliar, and it is not like Takahashi Shin is commanding at all.

According to Ye Tufei's understanding of Takahashi Shin, this gentleman will definitely not put himself on the front line, especially after experiencing the last battle of Eagle's Beak Cliff. Therefore, when Ye Tufei launched an artillery bombardment of the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain, Ye Tufei concluded that Takahashi Nobu would retreat farther with the people in his command.

However, judging from the surveillance of the various outposts, it seems that the Japanese command did not withdraw from the front line.

"Brothers, we must now find a way to disengage the command of Little Japan from their large forces. Also, I always feel that the commander of this Japanese army is not Nobu Takahashi, and we need to adjust our strategy. ”

Yan Xiwen and Ye Tufei had the same feeling, and said: "I also feel that this Japanese army is more than brave and less intelligent, unlike Takahashi Shin's style." ”

Zhang Luohui said: "Takahashi Xin thinks he is very smart, and he always wants to compare his wisdom with the sixth master, but the Japanese army in front of him knows how to fight and rush, I bet that this is definitely not Takahashi Shin's style." Sixth Master, why don't we take advantage of the night to raid? ”

Ye Tufei nodded and said approvingly: "I'm thinking about this too!" If we continue to fight like this, we will not be able to mobilize the command of Little Japan, and if we continue to consume it, we can only sit and wait for death, and a surprise attack at night is a good way, as long as we can mess up the formation of Little Japan and make the commander of the Japanese army feel the danger, then he will definitely move the headquarters back. But the question is how do we fight the raid. Brother Yan, do you have any good suggestions? ”