"Report, the brigade sits on an emergency call. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Liu Lifeng took a telegram and broke into the conference room. "Chief of Staff, you will preside over the meeting, and I will go out first."

"Brigade sitting, just intercepted the secret telegram of the Japanese army," "Oh? "According to the telegram records, after the Japanese army invaded Nanjing, the 13th Division of the Devils crossed the Yangtze River north and entered the Lotus Pond and Mingguang line on the east bank of the Chihe River in Anhui; The 10th Division crossed the Yellow River from Qingcheng and Jiyang in Shandong Province to the south, and after occupying Jinan, advanced to the line of Jining, Mengyin, and Qingdao.

In order to open up the Tianjin-Pudong Railway and unite the northern and southern battlefields, the devils are expected to mobilize eight divisions, three brigades, and two detachments of about 240,000 men in light of the situation on the battlefield, under the command of Shunroku Hatata, commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, and Terauchi Toshiichi, commander of the North China Front, to advance from north to south, first to capture Xuzhou, a strategic point in East China, then to take Zhengzhou west along the Longhai Railway, and then to capture Wuhan south along the Pinghan Railway.

Beginning next month, the Second Group Army of the Devils will split their routes to attack southward, and the Fifth Division of the East Road will move south from Weixian County, Shandong, attack Yishui, Juxian, and Rizhao, and go straight to Linyi. The Nagase detachment of the 10th Division, crossing the canal from the west of the Jining area, attacked Jiaxiang, and the Seya detachment advanced south along the Jinpu Railway.

According to the Fifth Theater of the National Revolutionary Army, under the command of Commander Li Zongren, it has successively mobilized about 600,000 people from 64 divisions and three brigades to concentrate the main force in the area north of Xuzhou to resist the southern attack of the Japanese army on the northern front.

In North China, the 5th and 10th Divisions were ordered to contain the defenders of the National Revolutionary Army on the line of Hanzhuang, Pixian and Tancheng; The 16th Division moved south from Jining, rushed to the Dangshan and Tangzhai areas, and surrounded Xuzhou from the northwest; The 114th Division advanced in the direction of Taierzhuang and took over the position of the 10th Division; The 10th Division crossed the Weishan Lake from Lincheng and moved south, attacking Xuzhou from due north; The 14th Division crossed the Yellow River in the Puxian area, cut off the Longhai line, and prevented the Chinese from reinforcing Xuzhou.

In Central China, the Sato Detachment of the 101st Division was ordered to attack from Dongtai, Jiangsu Province to Yancheng and Funing; The Sakai Detachment of the Sixth Division attacked from Wuhu, Anhui Province to Chaoxian and Hefei;

The 9th and 13th Divisions assembled at Bengbu, marched north side by side, and attacked southwest of Xuzhou through Mengcheng and Yongcheng; The 3rd Division moved north along the Jinpu Line from near Nanjing.

Zhang Cheng looked at the telegram, pondering, he didn't see the telegram, "Did Major Liu's military commander contact you?" "Report, the brigade has no contact," forwarded to the military commander, top secret level. In addition, it was forwarded to Chief Li of the Fifth War Zone, which was also at the top secret level. I didn't expect the subordinates cultivated by Liu Lifeng to have an effect so quickly.

Zhang Cheng frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense, let's talk about the main point." ”

Ma Lin rolled his eyes, and then said: "There is a mountainous area in the south, called Yinping Mountain, which is very secretive, surrounded by mountains on three sides and has only one exit. ”

Seeing that Ma Lin focused on Yinping Mountain, he immediately asked, "What forces are around?" ”

"The composition of Yinping Town's forces is extremely complex." Ma Lin said, "According to the local people's understanding, the governance of Yinping Town is owned by the town office, and the mayor's name is Luo Shanda, this Luo Shanda is also said to be a legendary figure, this person lost his father at the age of three, and lost his mother at the age of seven, and it was his uncle who brought him ......up."

Zhang Cheng frowned and said, "Fourth, you are off topic again." "For the famous people of Yinping Mountain, Zhang Cheng is really not interested in listening.

Let's get back to business again: "The governance of Yinping Town belongs to the town office, and there is also the security team, but in fact, the interests of all aspects of Yinping Town are controlled by three forces, in addition to the town office, these three forces also have Daomen and bandit Zhang Chengdao, "What is this Daomen?" Marin explained the contents of the Daomen.

Zhang Cheng touched the hard stubble that had just grown on his chin and said, "There are three forces in a small Yinping Town, and the mayor Luo Shanda is also a legend, so the water in this small Yinping Town is quite deep." ”

After a pause, Zhang Cheng asked again: "By the way, what about bandits?" ”

Ma Lin spread his hands and said, "It took a lot of manpower and material resources to inquire about these situations. ”

Zhang Cheng is quite satisfied with the progress of Song Hu, Da Niu, and Ma Lin.

Zhang Cheng looked around at everyone and said lightly: "What, have you rested enough?" ”

Niu Dazhuang, Zhang Sandong, and others shouted one after another: "Sit, I've already rested enough." ”

Zhang Cheng said hesitantly: "Since you have rested enough, what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up, and head to Yinping Mountain!" ”

Taking advantage of the few days of rest, Zhang Cheng reorganized the squad.

Liu Lifeng is in charge of the Intelligence Department; He Zhiqi is in charge of logistics materials; Zheng Peng set up a transportation brigade. The defeated army led by Niu Dazhuang, Zhang Sandong, Zhao Feixiong and others joined the squad, and the original structure of the unit was completely disrupted, and the defeated soldiers, veterans of the 88th Division, and the Sichuan Army were mixed.

It was newly organized into an independent brigade, with brigade commander Zhang Cheng and chief of staff Gao Zhisong.

The independent brigade has three infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, the first infantry regiment, the regiment commander Liu Zhongming, the second infantry regiment, the regiment commander Chen Qingshan, the third infantry regiment, the regiment commander Hu Rongda, the artillery regiment commander Dong Yeyang, and the machine gun battalion battalion commander Niu.

The entire independent brigade has 12,420 officers and men, and in terms of equipment, it has a total of 20,398 Type 38 rifles, 1,26 light machine guns, more than 500 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 120 105mm caliber field guns, and more than 200 mortars of other calibers.

When it comes to equipment, the equipment of the independent brigade is absolutely leveraged. The chief of staff led the troops to repair in Chaohu, and Zhang Cheng led the team into Yinping Mountain to continue training them, and the team increased to 100 people.

"Big brother, this is Dexinggou, and after crossing Dexinggou, it is Yinping Town."

"Dexinggou?" Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice, "This is Dexinggou, the gateway to Yinping Mountain?" ”

Ma Lin sighed, and then said: "There are two ditches in Dexing, divided into upper ditch and lower ditch, although the hill is not high, the terrain is very steep, especially the upper ditch, in addition to the width of about three meters for people and animals to pass, both sides are four or five meters high cliffs, waiting for leisure can not climb up at all. ”

Song Hu next to him asked: "In addition to Dexinggou, is there really no other way to enter Yinping Town and enter Yinping Mountain?" ”

"How is that possible, there must be a path to enter the Yinping Mountains." Zhang Cheng said abruptly, "Otherwise, how can the bandits from Yinping Mountain go down the mountain to rob their homes?" They can't borrow the road from Yinping Town every time, and even if the bandits in Yinping Mountain want to borrow the way, the security team and the Huidaomen in Yinping Town may not be willing to borrow it. ”

"There must be other roads into the mountains, because the bandits in Yinping Mountain go out to rob homes and houses, and rarely take Dexinggou, after all, the security team in Yinping Town is not a decoration." Marin nodded, and said, "However, I'm afraid it's hard for outsiders to find." ”

"That's someone else." Zhang Cheng said hesitantly, "If Lao Tzu wants to find the secret path of these bandits, then it's not a piece of cake?" Even if there is really no path into the mountain, Lao Tzu can find one! ”

Ma Lin persuaded: "Big brother, even if you can find the secret passage of the bandits, I don't recommend leaving, because these bandits have been entrenched in Yinping Mountain for many years, and they have already managed the secret passages to the fullest, and it is completely conceivable that the secret passages must be full of traps......

"Traps?" Zhang Cheng interrupted Ma Lin and said with a smile, "What Lao Tzu is not afraid of is traps. ”

Wouldn't it be better to be stationed in Yinping Town than to be stationed in Yinping Mountain? What's more, Yinping Town still has a gateway like Dexinggou that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, how good is it? ”

Song Hu really felt that the team should be stationed in Yinping Town.

As for the benefits of garrisoning Yinping Town, there is no need to talk about it, first of all, it is easy to raise materials.

Another Yinping Town has a large population, and it is easy to recruit soldiers, but once you enter Yinping Mountain, it is not easy to go down the mountain to raise supplies, and it is even more difficult to recruit soldiers to expand the troops.

"Garrison Yinping Town?" The corners of Zhang Cheng's mouth hooked up a wicked smile, and said, "Our independent brigade will garrison Yinping Town sooner or later, but it's not time yet." ”

"It's not time yet?" Marin was puzzled and asked, "Why is that?" ”

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Because there is still too little oil and water in Yinping Mountain now." ”

"There is still too little oil and water in Yinping Mountain now?" Ma Lin was still confused, but Song Hu understood Zhang Cheng's intentions and said, "It turns out that you fought this idea, big brother." ”

"Isn't it good?" Zhang Cheng said hesitantly, "At present, the quality of the soldiers of our independent brigade is still uneven, especially the newly recruited members, there is no ideological consciousness and fighting spirit, but the technical and tactical literacy is extremely poor, and the original defeated soldiers, depressed and lack of fighting spirit, just take advantage of this time to train a soldier." ”

Song Hu nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Obviously, Song Hu has been convinced.

At that moment, Zhang Cheng shouted: "Let's go, bypass Dexinggou." ”

The whole Yinping Mountain area surrounds Yinping Town, and the two mountains that surround the Yinping Mountain Basin, the right is the Black Mountain Collar, the left is the Qingshan Collar, the Qingshan Collar stretches more than 20 miles from the northwest to the southeast, there are 18 peaks of large and small, the highest and most dangerous mountain peak is called Qingfeng Ping, and Qingfeng Village is built in the middle of the mountain of Qingfeng Ping.