Chapter Twenty-Eight: Running to Magpie Cliff at Night

Everyone was staring at the huge combat scale map on the wall, and Xiao Yunguang, the head of the reconnaissance section, was pointing at the map with a slender ruler rod and explaining to everyone; "The main heavy artillery position of the Yokohama brigade is arranged in the hinterland of its defense area on the left side, where the terrain is high, the front is the Japanese defense line with three trenches staggered and horizontal, the right wing is the defensive barracks, the back is a cliff dozens of zhang high, and the left side is adjacent to the defense area of the three battalions of the security regiment of the Imperial Allied Army, the position of the main heavy artillery position is distributed according to the cliffs, it is very hidden, and the overhead angle of the gun position is very open, it is placed very accurately and reasonably, in terms of safety, it relies on the steep mountain to form a natural natural barrier, ahead, The right flank and the left are garrisoned to defend the guard, foolproof, the Japanese army also has a squad of dozens of soldiers dedicated to the guard, the main position of heavy artillery, there are sixteen howitzer heavy artillery, twenty-eight infantry heavy field artillery, thirty-two infantry medium field artillery, forty-four infantry light field artillery, the total number of guns is about one hundred and twenty, if it roars at the same time, it is a mountain shaking, and there are two other artillery group positions, but the total number is less than thirty, not enough trouble, if we want to assault devastating success, Our special combat team will enter the devil's defense area, evade the devil's defense, make a detour of more than 20 miles from the southeast, and then penetrate through the gap between the devil's defense area and the defense area of the Imperial Allied Army's security regiment, and enter the cliff of the main heavy artillery position, where the woods are thick and sheltered, so that it is easy to hide, and wait for the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on it......"

Xiao Yunguang said this, paused, he retracted the ruler rod, turned around and said to everyone again; "Everyone, come down!" After speaking, he came to the wooden table of the sand table, and when everyone came to the wooden table of the sand table, he raised the rod again and pointed to the hills and ravines on the sand table, and continued to explain; "This is the route from our defense area to the main position of the heavy artillery of the Yokohama brigade, along the way through the blockade area of many devils, although most of these devils are arrogant and arrogant, but after all, they are elite ace troops, the quality and vigilance of the soldiers are particularly high, and this route is also full of sheltered forests, thorns and shrubs, puddles and ravines, beasts infested with the way, in a word, there is no road at all, except for the special combat team, ordinary people are incompetent, we also have to carry a large number of explosives and grenades, the hardships along the way can be imagined- And only this road is the most hidden, not easy to be discovered by the Japanese army, but also the fastest, according to each person's own weapons and equipment and the weight of carrying 15 kilograms of explosives and grenades, the average load of each person is more than 70 catties, from the time of entering the Japanese defense area and reaching the intended destination, it takes about four hours, can not be delayed for a moment, subordinates affirm, carrying such a weight of explosives and grenades, in such a hurry and in the rugged and harsh road environment, subordinates can never do ......"

Everyone's eyes are fixed on the swimming ruler pole, the scenery on the sand table is just a condensation of reality, done very meticulously and realistically, everyone also sees on the sand table that this walking route is really dense jungle, puddles and ravines, some roads are from the edge of the steep cliff by the wall, if you are not careful, you will fall off the cliff and die, it is shocking, not to mention that you have to carry a certain weight of explosives, its hardships and fears are simply beyond people's imagination. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

An officer looked at the geography on the sand table and suddenly asked; "Section Chief Xiao, the artillery position is placed according to the layout rules, the shells should be placed next to the gun mount, so that it is convenient for the artillery to load the shells, such a huge artillery group, its shell stacks should also have hundreds of thousands of tonnage, we can directly detonate the stacked shells, hundreds of thousands of tons of shells explode, that power is enough to raze the hillside to the ground, why do we have to work hard to danger zone explosive grenades?"

Xiao Yunguang smiled indifferently and explained; "There should be a separation distance of about ten meters between the artillery mount and the shell stack, when the artillery receives the shelling order, the wooden box containing the shell is temporarily dragged close to the gun mount, and the wooden box is loaded with shells, and the shells of hundreds or thousands of tons explode, the power is naturally earth-shattering, but the shells are suddenly gravitational by the explosion, and they will be scattered and exploded in the air, and some will explode in the air, and the key impact force of the explosion should be spread upwards in the air in the form of an umbrella, colleagues! The howitzer heavy artillery produced by the Japanese Yamapo Arsenal, it is the introduction of the world's most advanced German smelting technology, each gun weighs about ten tons, and is a solid and solid high-quality steel casting, so that the long-distance explosion is not easy to destroy its gun mount, and the repair technology of the Japanese mechanics is also very exquisite and fast, so it is necessary to place explosives in an important position in the chamber of each howitzer, so as to completely destroy the howitzer heavy artillery, and the weight of each infantry heavy field gun is also about five or six tonnage, and it is worse in terms of solidity and solidity. After the explosion of the stacked shells, it is estimated that they will survive about four or five tenths, and explosives must also be planted, and the medium and light field guns are almost all reimbursed. ”

Ning Chenlong's eyes kept staring at the sand table, and he was silent for a long time, and then suddenly pushed the frame of his glasses with his hand and asked; "Section Chief Xiao, I wonder if there is any TAT military high explosives in your military storehouse?"

Xiao Yunguang immediately replied; "Yes, I'm ready, five or six kilograms of each howitzer heavy gun is enough, this TAT military high explosive is a high-strength concentrated explosive, very powerful, directly placed in the critical part of the gun mount, can play a full role, but the special combat team members have to go through a rapid and tense trek, it is not suitable to carry too heavy loads, one is afraid of encountering devils halfway, and the other is that the special combat team members will be too tired and will affect the battle later."

Hearing what he said, Master Fang Zhiwei hurriedly added; "Yes, the special combat personnel should not be overly tired, and their energy should also be used to deal with howitzer heavy artillery and heavy field artillery, which is easy to do, and the transfer of a company from the special service regiment of the division headquarters to transport explosives and grenades will not reduce the load of the special combat personnel?"

Xiao Yunguang rolled his eyes a few times and immediately replied; "No, sir, this operation is not suitable for a large-scale operation of so many people, there are blockade areas defended by devils along the way, if you accidentally alarm the devils, it will be troublesome, and if you don't get it right, you will lose all your efforts."

"That's it," Ning Chenlong added; "Section Chief Xiao, people are wanted, but as long as one platoon is enough, this platoon is personally selected by you, to be fierce, to have rich combat experience, use them to deal with the guard team of the Japanese heavy artillery position, at that time, this platoon is responsible for monitoring the Japanese guard team, the special combat team is responsible for placing the explosives of howitzer heavy artillery and heavy field artillery, assuming that the Japanese guard team is accidentally found and fired, then they will do their own thing, the special service platoon will destroy the guard team, and after the special combat team has released the explosives, then use the grenade to detonate the stacked shells, Then detonate the howitzers and heavy field guns one by one......"

After Ning Chenlong finished speaking, he paused and continued; "Also, in order to ensure the victory of the long-distance assault, it is not appropriate to use ordinary explosives, but to use TAT military explosives, so that the load is reduced, about more than 600 catties is enough, and the special service platoon is responsible for transporting, if there is an encounter with the devil along the way, the soldiers of the special service platoon must protect the explosives and hide the explosives with their bodies, otherwise they will be hit by the bullets and detonate the explosives, and the consequences will be unimaginable, the grenades can be distributed to everyone else, and everyone will be more relaxed, and they will have enough spirit and combat effectiveness, This time it will make the Yokohama brigade lose its vitality, and it will be enough for the ghost woman to drink a pot! ”

This operation was completely a tiger's mouth, a crocodile's eye, full of a high degree of terrifying adventure, but from the mouth of this young man with eyes, it was so relaxed and casual, his calm atmosphere immediately infected everyone, and the atmosphere in the war room was immediately relaxed and easy-going.

Xiao Yunguang thought for a moment and replied; "Okay, I personally selected the special agent platoon, and then I will call the forward position battalion headquarters and ask them to prepare dinner, or set off at five o'clock in the afternoon, arrive at the forward position battalion headquarters for dinner, take a short rest, and set off to enter the devil's defense area at ten o'clock after dark, I will arrange a company of the cavalry regiment to escort us to the forward position this time, this time, the ammunition will be handed over to them, Chief of Staff Ning, do you think there is anything else to add?"

Ning Chenlong looked at him and smiled kindly; "Section Chief Xiao has detailed everything very carefully, I also have a suggestion, pack the explosives in batches before departure, there are many howitzer heavy guns and heavy field artillery, just pack a lot of explosives, grenades in a group of two, the handle is tied to the handle, and then reduce the number of throws, and there is nothing else to add."

Xiao Yunguang smiled kindly and replied; "Okay, everything will be done, and I will instruct the Quartermaster Department to subcontract the explosives in the warehouse, tie up the grenades, and pack them on the military back." After speaking, he turned to Lu Caiting and asked; "Does Deputy Captain Lu have any explanations, please instruct?"

Lu Caiting's sword eyebrows moved, his eyes were shining, and he said loudly; "The guard on the main position of the devil's heavy artillery seems to be very strict, but because it is located in the deep rear of the hinterland of the defense area, these arrogant devil soldiers never imagined that there would be surprise soldiers from the sky to attack them, but in order to reduce the casualties of our personnel, during the period when the special combat team places explosives, try to quietly kill the devil sentry and not be discovered by them, so please ask Section Chief Xiao to prepare a few sets of devil clothes, and then our special combat team members will pretend to be devils to kill the devil's sentry."

Xiao Yunguang replied simply; "Deputy Captain Lu rest assured, everything will be done!" After speaking, he paced in front of Fang Zhiwei again, leaned on his heels, raised his hand and saluted; "Division, the assault plan for attacking the main position of the heavy artillery of the Japanese Yokohama Brigade is probably like this, please summarize and correct the division, and issue a combat order, in addition, the subordinates remind, please order our artillery to be ready at any time, and after the explosion of the main position of the devil's heavy artillery sounds, our artillery will immediately shell the devil's defense area, and our special combat team and special agents will take advantage of the devil's panic to retreat."

Fang Zhiwei raised his hand to return the salute, and after a pause, he spoke solemnly; "Now, this division has issued a combat order to attack the main position of the heavy artillery of the Japanese Yokohama Brigade, and this operation is under the full command of Lu Caiting, deputy captain of the New Fourth Army's anti-Japanese independent column.

All the **** generals immediately leaned on their heels and straightened their stomachs and chests to show their respect for Shangfeng.

Fang Zhiwei slowly raised his hand, and the two adjutants and several orderly soldiers immediately handed the wine glasses that had already been filled with wine and prepared to everyone respectively.

Everyone raised their glasses and drank to their heart's content.

After the meeting, Xiao Yunguang gathered the special combat team members together, and then took everyone to the artillery camp position next to the division headquarters, where there were more than a dozen cannons, and he and Ning Chenlong explained to everyone the structure of the artillery and the weak position of the heart of the artillery, so that everyone could understand the artillery and know where to place the explosives at that time.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the cavalry company set off on time, the war horses galloped, and the special combat team, the special service platoon, and others were smoothly sent to the forward position, and the officers and men of the battalion headquarters stationed in the forward position were already waiting eagerly.

After the cavalry company completed the escort mission, it left dozens of horses behind and returned to the division headquarters to resume their orders.

The battalion commander and the soldiers rushed forward and back to welcome the special combat team, Xiao Yunguang, the special service platoon and others into the camp fortification bunker, and after settling the guests and sitting down, everyone passed the dishes and poured a large bowl of wine for the guests. How they are not happy, and they are full of joy.

The guests and hosts are enthusiastic, holding a large bowl of wine and respecting each other frequently, you come and go, drink heartily, at the same time, everyone laughs and laughs, and the atmosphere is thick and cordial.

Only Xiao Yunguang was anxious and uneasy, and kept urging everyone to stop drinking, he was worried that the special combat team members would be happy for a while, get carried away, and drink too much and make mistakes, and he was even more worried about those special agent platoon soldiers, after all, they have no martial arts foundation, and the amount of alcohol naturally cannot be compared with these strange soldiers of the special combat team.

Seeing this, Lu Caiting hurriedly picked up a bowl of wine and stood up, looked around before speaking; "Everyone, let's stop a bowl here, everyone drink together, thank the officers and soldiers of the battalion headquarters for their hospitality, and the rest of the wine, after the brothers go to blow up the devil's heavy artillery position, and drink it happily when they return tomorrow at dawn!"

"Good!" When everyone saw Deputy Captain Lu speak, they immediately agreed in unison.

At ten o'clock, Lu Caiting and Xiao Yunguang woke everyone up to check their equipment and weapons.

The battalion commander and three of his soldiers also gathered in the team to check the equipment and weapons with everyone.

Seeing this, Xiao Yunguang hurriedly explained to the battalion commander; "This time is different from last time, this time it is to go deep into the back of the hinterland of the devils, and you have to pass through the blockade area of the devils many times along the way, and the road is rugged and bumpy, after reaching the destination, the explosion is very frightening and quite dangerous, so don't go."

The battalion commander replied with a smile; "Section Chief Xiao, my subordinates know the danger, so they asked to go with them," he continued, pointing to the three soldiers; "One of them is a personal guard, and the other two are newly recruited recruits, they are locals here, and they are naturally familiar with the terrain in this area, so it would be better for them to be guides."

After hearing this, Xiao Yunguang pondered for a moment before asking the two soldiers; "You're both locals here?"

The two soldiers immediately saluted and replied loudly; "Report to the chief, the two of us are natives here, with a radius of two or three hundred miles, and there is no unfamiliar place."

"Oh, that's great." After Xiao Yunguang heard this, his sexual interest doubled, and he immediately happily described the location of the main position of the devil's heavy artillery.

After the two soldiers listened, one of them replied without thinking; "Sir, the place you are talking about is on a hill next to Altair Bay, called Magpie Cliff, the cliff of the back mountain, the slope of the hill is very smooth, the surrounding woods are luxuriant, the terrain is quite high, you can see the old distance, sir, rest assured, my brothers and I have been cutting trees and collecting firewood there since childhood, digging birds' eggs, and are familiar with the terrain and mountains there.

After hearing this, Xiao Yunguang immediately reached out to hold the soldier's hand and readily agreed; "You are welcome to join, you will be the guide, after the task is completed and you come back, the principal will personally report to the division department and ask for credit for you!"

The team set off quietly, led by Lu Caiting, Lu Xiaohu, Xiao Yunguang and his two scouts, the battalion commander with his guards and two guide soldiers in front.

The team soon entered the Japanese defense area, and in the hazy night, you could see the Japanese trench fortifications, the vertical and horizontal barbed wire, and the patrol soldiers swimming back and forth.

Lu Caiting stretched out his hand to make a gesture to order the team to stop, everyone quickly stopped in the woods, half squatted down, Lu Caiting reached out again to demonstrate and broke a small branch in his mouth, everyone followed suit, broke a small branch in his mouth, at that time Lu Caiting was considering that the march was not only crowded, but also carried explosives and grenades, afraid of falling in the dark night and on the potholed road, inadvertently shouted, so he followed the example of the ancients when marching, holding a branch in his mouth, even if he fell, he could not make a shouting sound.

The team continued to move forward, everyone was cautious, agile and light, bypassing several Japanese heavily guarded blockade checkpoints, the team passed quietly and orderly, and finally came to a patch of artemisia grass in front of the reeds, under the faint starlight, it can be identified as a river more than ten meters wide, if you are not familiar with the depth of the river, how dare you rush into the water?

The two guide soldiers took the lead in calmly entering the water, and everyone also went into the water one after another, the river was waist-deep, a little bit of bone-chilling cold, everyone straddled the backpacks carrying explosives and grenades over their shoulders, so as not to let the water get soaked, and the team went against the water along the bank of the river, and the reeds and artemisia grass on the bank were dense and dense, just to cover the marching team, and it was also very hidden.