Chapter Eighty-Nine: Sneak Attack on the Heavenly Ladder Slope

Lu Caiting hurriedly comforted Lin Zhifeng; "Political commissar, today's big and small bandits are sincerely toasting you, your speech is so wonderful, it inspires those bandits' enthusiasm, the affection for us is enough to show this, you can rest assured, you will not get drunk in vain today, those bandits will gather under your command sooner or later, and follow you to kill devils. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Lu Caiting also told the details of today's visit to the Tiger Roaring Peak Cottage to the deputy captain, chief of staff, and instructor, and Zhao Sihai spoke after listening; "In this way, today's speech by the political commissar is too important, not only to encourage and inspire them, but also to publicize to them the policy of our New Fourth Army to unite all people to resist Japan, I think they will definitely be inspired, and they will definitely reconsider the idea of forming an alliance with our New Fourth Army."

Duan Xingguo also spoke; "Judging from today's situation, the two of them are in charge, and the third leader are all from military backgrounds, and they must be in favor of forming an alliance with our New Fourth Army and fighting in concert with each other, which is also suitable for them, but the big boss is extremely narrow-minded, only trying to protect himself, I'm afraid there is some trouble, after all, he is the host of the cottage, these two people are also refuge in him, if he doesn't let go, these two people also take care of the situation, helpless."

Lin Zhifeng said anxiously; "If you can't form an alliance with the Tiger Roaring Peak Cottage, I'm not worried that the Japanese will win them over, but I'm worried that the people will win them over, the last time I met with the comrades of the provincial party committee, I heard that although the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are shouting on the surface, but behind the scenes, they are doing some things to squeeze out the Communist Party, and there are many such facts in other places, they use local armed forces, or bandits to harass and sabotage us, so the comrades of the provincial party committee remind us to pay attention to vigilance. The military commanders have all entered the county. ”

Lu Caiting also reached out and touched the back of his head, helplessly; "We have already explored the bottom of the two cottages, the Tiger Roaring Peak Cottage is no better than the Leopard Leijian Cottage, although the Leopard Thunder Stream Cottage has many people, but it is mostly a rabble, although the Tiger Roaring Peak Cottage has few people, but many of them are soldiers, it is a team with warrior power, but they are in charge and have no bad deeds, we can't destroy it without evidence?"

"That's right," Ning Chenlong took his words; "In a sense, Tiger Roaring Peak has a certain combat strength, and there is a certain threat, we can't cooperate with it, we can't let it exist, which is a considerable obstacle to our upcoming expansion of the base area, but after all, it is also a team that fights devils, and it is also a team that does not kill people indiscriminately, and also helps the poor, we can easily and rashly get rid of it, which will cause great damage to the reputation of our New Fourth Army, and in the future, there will be these small groups of bandits, or local armed forces, they will not dare to come to our New Fourth Army, This matter is a little tricky-" Speaking of this, Ning Chenlong paused, held his glasses with his hand, and continued; "Such a team should be used by us, let's see the situation, if their big boss continues to stubbornly not cooperate with us, let's find a way to separate the three of them, let the second master, the third master come to our team, and the big boss will be left to fend for himself, of course, this thing must be done beautifully, and no traces can be shown so that the three masters can see the flaws, this is not enough to be a fair and fair means after all, so there is no need to rush for a while."

Ning Chenlong's words made everyone's hearts clear, everyone's mood was relaxed, and they all smiled, Lin Zhifeng stretched out his hand and raised his thumb and praised; "Or is our chief of staff visionary, strategic, and confident, and it seems that what I suffered today is not in vain?"

Lu Caiting said with a smile; "Political commissar, I told you, your efforts today are worth it, with our four-eyed Zhuge coming up with ideas, the people of Tiger Roaring Peak will be your subordinates sooner or later."

The room was full of people laughing and laughing, and the room was filled with a cheerful and cheerful atmosphere.

Early the next morning, Lin Zhifeng, Zhao Sihai, Lu Caiting, Ning Chenlong, and Duan Xingguo, after some discussion, decided to repatriate Uncle Xiang, Uncle Rong, and other comrades from the secret traffic liaison station to return to the county seat, because the devils could attack Jiangjun Ao and Dongqiao Village anytime and anywhere, and they were comrades of the secret traffic liaison station, and it was not appropriate for them to show their faces on the mountain.

Uncle Xiang, Uncle Rong and others naturally understood the leaders' intentions, and these days in the camp on the mountain, Lou Li specially organized them to study, and also handed them the rules and regulations of the New Fourth Army, they already had a clear understanding of the discipline of the New Fourth Army and the purpose of the revolution, and they happily accepted the order to go down the mountain.

In the operational conference room of the headquarters of the Japanese military police in Yuxian County, at one end of the long table, sat Nojima Osa, next to Okamura, and on the left side of the long table sat Captain Watanabe Nakasa of the garrison of the Japanese garrison in Yuxian County and his subordinate Squadron Leader Harada, who only belonged to the general units of the Japanese Army, and on the right sat Yin Kun, the head of the Security Regiment of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and Yu Zhankui, the commander of the first battalion under him, and Wu Erbao, the detective captain.

Nojima stared solemnly at everyone at the long table, he cleared his throat and spoke; "This commander has received accurate information, this time on the road under the mountain of the Imperial Army ambushed the imperial army Yokohama brigade transport convoy and the defenders of Shuangji Town is the general on the side of the mountain of Mianmeng, the newly rising Turkish Fourth Army in Dongqiao Village, they gathered hundreds of people, known as an independent column, but a group of crops and some wandering gang outlaws, pure rabble, although they ambushed the transport convoy of the imperial army did not succeed, but also brought certain losses to the imperial army, the impact is extremely bad, in this model rural area of greater East Asia co-prosperity, The Imperial Army will never allow such bandits to appear and exist! ”

Nojima's small eyes, which were deeply sunken, glowed coldly, and he paused for a moment, then said in an accentuated tone; "Now this commander has decided that in order to ensure the peace of the model rural area of Greater East Asia Co-prosperity, rectify the chaos, and give a devastating blow to the four armies of the communist bandits and the four armies of the communist bandits in Dongqiao Village, Watanabe Nakasa will lead the two squadrons of the Imperial Army, and the head of the Security Regiment of the Imperial Allied Army Yin will dispatch a battalion to cooperate with Watanabe Nakasa to complete the task of clearing and suppressing Jiangjun Ao and Dongqiao Village, and the detective team will also send someone to lead the way for you.

Watanabe Nakasa stood up with a loud heel, and said with a loud heel, "My subordinates must live up to Commander Osa's expectations, and they will definitely kill those Turkish Fourth Army to the ground!" ”

Yin Kun also stood up, raised his head and promised; "The lowly post must closely cooperate with the imperial army, annihilate the Communist Party's Turkish Fourth Army, cut them down and eradicate the roots, and restore peace in the Mongolian area."

Nojima waved his hand and motioned for the two of them to sit down, and after the two of them sat down, Nojima said with a little excitement; "You go back and prepare now, act tonight, Wu Sang of the detective team will lead the way for you, quietly approach the general Ao Tianti Slope, wait for the four armies of the communist bandits to fall asleep, before dawn, launch an attack, occupy Dongqiao Village, leave no one behind the four armies of the communist bandits and the people who support them, kill them cleanly, in order to show the power of our imperial army, I will prepare a celebration banquet for you in the headquarters, waiting for your triumphant return, I will personally raise a glass to congratulate you and award you with awards!"

Watanabe, after Yin Kun accepted the order, they all stood up again, ready to leave, and Nojima stopped them again; "Wait, after you go back, the news will be strictly sealed, and the troops will only be allowed to enter, not to go out."

"Hey!" Watanabe, Yin Kun and the others gladly accepted the order, and then turned to leave, their subordinates also left, Wu Erbao also stood up, bowed deeply to Nojima, and then left.

Looking at their departing backs, Okamura, who was standing behind Nojima, leaned his head and said; "Your Excellency, will tonight's operation be effective?"

Nojima slowly stood up and nodded confidently; "Okayum-kun rest assured, little general, where can you stop the attack of so many troops of the imperial army? Even the field artillery of Watanabe-kun's brigade was able to blow up the shogun. With that, he walked to the door of the conference room with his hands behind his back.

"Hideaki Osa!" Okamura echoed and complimented, and followed Nojima out of the conference room.

The night was already deep, and the door of the camp of the Watanabe Brigade of the Japanese garrison in the county seat of Yuxun County was wide open, and two columns of Japanese soldiers ran out of the barracks with loaded guns and ammunition, followed by four large military trucks, on which were all Japanese artillerymen, and each truck was dragging an infantry field gun.

Watanabe Nakasa and several other commanders rode tall horses and walked on the sides of the column, and the troops quickly set off towards the west gate of the county seat.

The soldiers of the Imperial Allied Army's security regiment guarding the west gate of the city had already received an order, knowing that the imperial army had an emergency operation at 12 o'clock tonight, and had opened the city gate, and the Japanese army brigade walked out of the west gate of the city.

The security regiment of the Imperial Cooperative Army, which was waiting outside the west gate of the city, saw the Japanese troops leaving the city gate and walking on the road leading to Shuangji Town, and an officer of the security regiment ran to the side of the horse that Watanabe was riding, raised his hand and saluted; "Zhen Lingshan, the commander of the third battalion of the security regiment, was ordered by the regiment to assemble the entire battalion here, waiting for Watanabe Nakasa's order."

Watanabe stopped his horse and nodded on his horse; "Yo Si! Keep your team behind the Imperial Army and head in the direction of General Ao. ”

"Yes!" The officer of the Imperial Association Army, who claimed to be called Zhen Lingshan, replied loudly, then turned around and ran towards the troops of the Security Corps of the Imperial Association Army, waved his hand and ordered; "The team formed two columns and followed behind the imperial army!"

The Japanese army continued to advance, and the soldiers of the third battalion of the security regiment of the Imperial Association Army followed closely behind the Japanese army, advancing in the direction of Shuangji Town, Zhen Lingshan also received an order from the regiment commander Yin Kun, ordering his three battalions to follow the imperial army tonight to clear and sweep the general Ao, this kind of conquest and battle will naturally fall on his head, Zhen Lingshan has already known in his heart, because the captain and chief of staff of the independent column of the New Fourth Army of General Ao have already talked to him that day.

Captain Lingmu, the captain of the garrison Japanese squad at the fortified fort in Shuangji Town, and Lai Changgui, the company commander of the security regiment of the Imperial Cooperative Army, received a telephone notification that they knew that the imperial army and the security regiment had moved tonight, and they had been watching and waiting on the turret, and saw the troops of the imperial army and the security regiment coming towards Shuangji Town from a distance, and hurriedly ran down the turret to order the soldiers to remove the barricades with wire piles intercepted on the highway and stand on the Shuangji Bridge to wait.

The soldiers of the Japanese army and the security regiment crossed the Shuangji Bridge one after another, and Lingmu stood upright on the side of the bridge, saluting to Watanabe on horseback; "Reiki is here to greet His Excellency Watanabe Nakasa!"

Watanabe stopped the horse, turned over and dismounted, stood in front of Reiki, reached out and beat Reiki's chest with his fist, and said happily; "Yo Xi, Lingmu-kun, I'm glad to see you, and when my imperial army returns here tomorrow after completing the sweeping mission, I will definitely have a good drink with Lingmu-kun." Reiki is his subordinate, and he is also his countryman in Japan, and they have always had a good relationship.

Lai Changgui was also busy running to the front of Zhen Lingshan's mount horse, and reported upright; "The third battalion commander, subordinate Lai Changgui is here to welcome you!"

Zhen Lingshan also hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and said politely to Lai Changgui; "Company Commander Lai, hard work! It seems that I haven't seen each other for a while, and I miss you strangely. "Lai Changgui is the brother of Yu Zhankui, the commander of the first battalion 'Beitianba', he naturally looks at Yu Zhankui's face, and treats him differently, which is quite polite.

Lai Changgui quietly handed over a bottle of liquor and said in a low voice; "Third battalion commander, the cold is heavy at night in the mountains, this is pure sorghum liquor, and it is also the meaning of brothers to resist the cold at night, please smile." This company commander is tactful, and there is a set of philosophies of small favors and small favors in human accidents.

Zhen Lingshan couldn't help grinning, took the wine bottle and handed it to the guard beside him, and smiled at Lai Changgui; "I have made a note of the brotherly friendship, and the next time I come to the city, I will definitely invite my brother and the battalion commander to have a good drink."

The Japanese army and the Imperial Allied Army continued to advance, and Watanabe and Zhen Lingshan both stepped on their horses and left Shuangji Town with the team.

The team stopped at a distance from the front of the general Ao Tiantian Ladder Slope, Watanabe turned over and dismounted, and Wu Erbao, the captain of the detective team, came to him and said attentively; "Your Excellency Taijun, not far ahead is the Tianti Slope, the car can only stay here, if you continue to advance, it is possible for the four armies of the communist bandit soil to notice, let's keep the cars and horses here, and the troops are quietly approaching the Tianti Slope."

Watanabe commanded Harada; "The cars and horses are left here, soldiers are sent to guard them, and the artillery is ordered to transport both field artillery and mortars to the front, find suitable positions to form artillery groups, and the infantry must follow, and the movements must be small, so as not to make any movement."

Harada immediately ordered the artillerymen in the car to get out of the car, remove the mortars and shell boxes from the car, and also unload the infantry field guns towed behind each car and quietly push them forward.

The Japanese army and the troops of the Imperial Allied Army had quietly approached the Tiantai Slope, and in the dark night, the Tiantian Slope was seen from afar, the black and dark mountain was steep and leaned against the sky, and the mist and air flow halfway up the mountain were heavy and swirling, and it was impossible to see how high the mountain was.

Watanabe ordered all the soldiers to take shelter in the woods below the hill and take a short rest, and the artillery had already set up all the mortars and infantry field guns to form a cannon group, and the muzzles were adjusted to face the mountain on the slope of the ladder.