Erlang Mountain, Phoenix Peak.

Yan Xiwen was arguing with Feng Zhongliang.

Nine days ago, Hu Xiaozhou left from Erlang Mountain, and on that day, more than 1,000 brothers up and down Erlang Mountain had smiles on their faces. No one will explain why they are laughing, but they know each other very well.

Eight days ago, three guards escorting Hu Xiaozhou to Lingbi Mountain returned to Erlang Mountain with their injuries, and several leaders immediately learned of Hu Xiaozhou's arrest, which was an incident that needed to be kept secret.

Six days earlier, Peng Youming sent a telegram saying that Hu Xiaozhou had defected and surrendered to the Japanese, and demanded that the Erlangshan side immediately prepare for battle, but at that time, several leaders did not realize the seriousness of the situation. Preparing for war is a long-term matter, and after Hu Xiaozhou's incident, several leaders believe that it is enough to strengthen vigilance.

Four days ago, Peng Youming sent a telegram again, saying that Ye Tufei was going to send a big gift to Erlangshan. As soon as several leaders heard that Ye Tufei was coming back, and he was carrying such a heavy gift, their faces all smiled. This good deed, which several leaders did not want to enjoy, quickly spread among the brethren. The sixth master is coming back, which is the first happy event of Erlang Mountain, and the smiles on the faces of all the brothers are even brighter.

However, this wait was three days, Ye Tufei had no news, and Peng Youming also lost contact.

Just yesterday, the brothers in charge of guarding Erlang Mountain discovered that a large number of Japanese soldiers were gathering towards Erlang Mountain.

The speed and efficiency of this small Japanese operation greatly exceeded the expectations of several leaders of Erlangshan, but in just a few hours, Erlangshan was in a dangerous state of being blocked by a strong enemy in front and behind it.

Yan Xiwen immediately realized that he had to break out without hesitation, otherwise, he would be very likely to suffer the tragic result of the annihilation of the entire army. However, the brothers of the old Zhongyi Church, represented by Feng Zhongliang, were resolutely opposed.

"Breakout? Strategist, let's not discuss the question of whether we can stand out, even if we go out smoothly, what if the sixth master comes back at this stall? Didn't that drive the sixth master to a dead end? No, you can't do that! The sixth master almost died once in Erlang Mountain, and we brothers can't watch him encounter danger again. Feng Zhongliang's tone was very tough, he glared at Yan Xiwen and said: "If you break through rashly now, you will lose the right time and place, and the certainty of success is too small, even if you can stand out, the casualties of that team will ......."

After Hu Xiaozhou was transferred, Yan Xiwen served as the political commissar of this anti-Japanese armed force, and Feng Zhongliang was the captain. Although the captain of the brigade is the military commander, in the ranks of the Communist Party, the party has always commanded the gun, so on issues of principle, the political commissar has much more weight than the captain.

To understand it on another level, the political commissar who speaks a lot more heavily also bears much more responsibility than the captain.

As a brother, Yan Xiwen agrees with Feng Zhongliang's thoughts. But as a political commissar, Yan Xiwen must put aside his personal feelings, and he must take responsibility for the fate of this team.

Yan Xiwen also stretched his face: "If we break through now, there may be a lot of casualties, but after all, there is still hope and possibility to stand out, if we delay like this, when Little Japan has arranged the formation, then we will have no hope of standing out at all." Captain Feng, to tell you the truth, I also want to stay here and wait for Brother Ye, but we are now a revolutionary team, so we have to ......"

Feng Zhongliang rudely interrupted Yan Xiwen: "Just because we are a revolutionary team, we should pay more attention to integrity, Ye Liuye is dedicated to us, but we only ignore Liuye for our own interests, this kind of thing, we Feng Zhongliang can't do it, we believe that more than 1,000 brothers up and down the team of Erlangshan can't do it!" ”

The two could not argue, and according to the habit of the Communist Party, a meeting of the party group should be convened to vote on the principle of the minority obeying the majority.

There are five members of the party group of this Erlangshan anti-Japanese armed force, in addition to Yan Xiwen and Wei Xiangdong, two old party members, there are also veteran Shi Heizi under Wei Xiangdong, and Zhao Zibin, who was transferred from Lingbi Mountain to help but could not go back, and the last one is Feng Zhongliang, the captain who has only been in the party for a long time.

Yan Xiwen is very confident, and he believes that he will definitely get the support of the majority of comrades at the party group meeting.

Feng Zhongliang was born a kind-hearted person, although he knew that the composition of this party group was very unfavorable to him, but the party's rules were in front of him, and he reluctantly accepted Yan Xiwen's suggestion.

The party group meeting was very concise, Yan Xiwen just talked about the situation, and then voted on whether to break through or wait.

On the top of the phoenix, five people formed a small circle, and Yan Xiwen took the lead in raising his hand: "I insist on breaking through immediately, comrades who agree with my opinion, please raise your hand." ”

Yan Xiwen didn't expect that except for the one hand he raised alone, he never saw the second hand raised.

Yan Xiwen, who was shocked, first set his eyes on Wei Xiangdong, and Wei Xiangdong smiled apologetically, and then calmed down. Yan Xiwen set his eyes on Zhao Zibin again, Zhao Zibin hesitated for a moment, and raised his hand reluctantly.

The key depends on Ishiko's attitude.

Ishiguro shouted directly: "Political commissar, you don't have to look at me, I listen to the captain." ”

Yan Xiwen sighed, and just wanted to say something to Shi Heizi about the pros and cons of the overall situation, when he heard Zhao Zibin's statement: "Political commissar, I want to make a new decision, I think the captain's choice is right, breaking through now is indeed not a good choice, let's stick to the top of the phoenix, maybe Ye Liuye will bring troops over, when the time comes, we should join forces inside and outside, and the chance of breaking through will be greater." ”

Four to one, Yan Xiwen belonged to the minority and had to obey Feng Zhongliang, who represented the majority opinion.

Feng Zhongliang looked around at everyone, he forced himself to calm down, and analyzed in a calm tone: "Military advisor...... Oh no, Political Commissar Yan, comrades, let's admit that the strategy of choosing to defend in situ is a little personal, but we also have to seriously analyze Little Japan, such a large-scale operation, obviously not to sneak attack, but to attack, in this situation, Little Japan will not think that we want to break through? Also, little Japan's position has been set, but it is reluctant to attack, doesn't this explain the problem? ”

Feng Zhongliang analyzed this, Yan Xiwen gasped: "You mean that Little Japan is waiting for us to break through?" ”

Zhao Zibin used to be the chief of the operations section of Lu Yao's department, and his tactical thinking was passed on by Lu Yao, and he had already considered the possibility of Feng Zhongliang's words, but it was not easy to express his views directly between the political commissar and the captain. Now that Feng Zhongliang has opened the problem, Zhao Zibin has no worries.

"The captain's analysis is right, judging from the intelligence we have obtained from reconnaissance, Little Japan has gathered at least three brigades of infantry this time, as well as two brigades of artillery. Little Japan came prepared, and the reason why it delayed the attack was most likely to lure us to break through. ”

Yan Xiwen was finally convinced: "Okay, I accept your opinion, stick to the top of the phoenix, and wait for reinforcements!" ”

When it came to waiting for reinforcements, almost all of them had a wry smile on their faces. The situation of Lu Yao's department is not much better than that of Erlang Mountain, and it is difficult to say whether it can protect itself, and it is even more impossible to support Erlang Mountain.

Since Ye Tufei left Erlang Mountain, the relationship between Han Hongxun and Erlang Mountain has also become estranged, in this small year, there is almost no contact, Erlang Mountain has encountered danger, and he has also sent a telegram to Han Hongxun's department, but the other party has been silent and has not heard back.

Reinforcements?

I can only hope for Ye Tufei.

"Let's believe in the sixth master!" Feng Zhongliang took the lead in erasing the wry smile, "We believe that the sixth master will definitely come, as long as the sixth master comes, there will definitely be a way to deal with these little Japan!" ”

Sixth Master? Ye Tufei!

The handsome and masculine face appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Yes, if Brother Ye comes, there must be a way to save us out, I think we were in Jiajiawang at the beginning, weren't we also in a desperate situation? Didn't Brother Ye also bring us safely to Yimeng Mountain? Yan Xiwen echoed Feng Zhongliang and cheered everyone up.

In fact, there is no need for Yan Xiwen to cheer up, as soon as everyone thinks of Ye Tufei, and when they think of Ye Tufei, who has never been willing to treat his brothers badly, the blood on his body has already boiled.

When the evening sun began to settle towards the mountain, little Japan finally couldn't hold back and launched the first wave of attacks on Jiro Mountain.

The two artillery groups aimed all their guns at the western exit of the valley passage of Erlang Mountain, and with the valley passage as the origin, it extended three hundred meters in all directions, and shells like raindrops whistled down.

At that moment, it can really be called the earth shaking.

Ten minutes later, the area covered by the artillery fire was beyond recognition, the lush woods on the slopes on both sides of the hill had been blown off, the fortifications built on the original hillside were only scarred, and even the strongest bunkers were destroyed by the artillery fire into stone nests.

"Look at this movement, little Japan is on a heavy cannon!" Yan Xiwen stood on top of the phoenix, holding a telescope in his hand, and said with emotion: "This kind of artillery was originally only suitable for the field army, and it is rare for a division like Hashimoto's division between type B and type C to be equipped with this kind of artillery. ”

Wei Xiangdong stood beside Yan Xiwen and sighed: "Fortunately, the captain withdrew the brothers guarding the mouth of the valley, otherwise, with this formation, I am afraid that it will ......."

Yan Xiwen shook his head and took Wei Xiangdong's words: "It's not that I'm afraid, it's absolute, not to mention a human, even a mountain mouse is difficult to survive." ”

What is puzzling is that after the end of this round of shelling, Little Japan did not organize an infantry charge according to the routine, and the battlefield suddenly became quiet.