Finding that the Japanese army had abandoned the outer positions of Shipu Town and began to retreat to Shipu Mountain, Tong Guijie rolled his eyes, called the commander of the regimental reconnaissance company, and whispered a few words, and saw the commander of the reconnaissance company, Song Xiaodao, quickly went out with understanding. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The devils and the puppet army gave up the outer positions of Shipu Town, and went all out to hold on to Shipu Mountain, so that the first regiment quickly captured all positions except Shipu Mountain, and Shipu Mountain also became an isolated island.

It's a pity that Banyuan's artillery was destroyed by Wu Zhongping, and he could only watch as the New Fourth Army captured the positions around the town, and the few puppet troops and Japanese troops retreated to the mountains in embarrassment.

Behind these retreating Japanese puppet troops, the New Fourth Army pursued relentlessly and gradually pursued under the mountain pass. Itagaki saw that the twenty or so Japanese soldiers were shooting backwards and running towards the mountain pass, and immediately asked his men to clear the road, while at the same time suppressing the pursuing New Fourth Army with machine gun fire.

I just didn't expect that the New Fourth Army that was chasing after had mortars to reinforce later, and found that there was Japanese machine gun fire at the mountain pass, and the shells immediately hit it, and the fortifications on both sides of the mountain pass were blown into dust.

The machine-gun fire here was built in a strong bunker, and the shells from the New Fourth Army did not have much impact on it, but only blew up a few soldiers transporting ammunition behind the bunker.

Under the cover of the Japanese army at the mountain pass, the 20 devils finally fled into the mountain pass, but the New Fourth Army chased them to the bottom of the mountain pass, and although they were suppressed by the Japanese fire on the mountain, they did not retreat, but concentrated their firepower to fight against the Japanese army on the mountain.

When Itagaki saw that the soldiers had finally fled up the mountain, he immediately ordered the soldiers to defend with all their might.

When he was running Shipu Mountain, he carefully studied the topography of the mountain, and finally left only an exit in front of it, and built a road for cars to go up the mountain in the back. However, because the highway was spiraling upwards and naturally extremely steep, even if the New Fourth Army wanted to attack along the road, it would be impossible, unless it was filled with people.

The more than 20 Japanese soldiers retreated into the mountain pass, as if they were exhausted, and some staggered towards the location of the bunker.

These Japanese soldiers were covered with gunpowder smoke, and they couldn't see their true faces clearly. Thinking about it, after such a fierce battle, which one has no gunpowder smoke on his body, which one has no dirt on his body, and it is very good to be able to see two eyeballs rolling.

The Japanese squad leader who was responsible for guarding the front only cared about directing the troops to block the New Fourth Army below, and did not notice the strangeness of the more than 20 Japanese soldiers.

Because at this time, the attack of the New Fourth Army did not weaken at all, on the contrary, there was a constantly strengthening situation, and the shells kept hitting the mountain.

Two Japanese soldiers in dirty black uniforms inadvertently walked to the door of the dark fort, and did not pay attention to the Japanese soldiers coming and going, only one seemed to be a military Cao, and found them standing by the door with their bodies curled up, and urged them to get ammunition.

The two looked at each other, looked back at a Japanese soldier who was walking towards another with a few people, then nodded, quietly took off the grenade from behind his waist, pulled out the safety and knocked it lightly, and then threw it into the bunker.

Two grenades fell silently into the bunker, and although it had a foul smell of sulfur, the soldiers inside were just trying to shoot outward, and the smell was mixed with the smell of gunsmoke, and no one noticed anything unusual.

After two seconds, a violent explosion suddenly sounded in the bunker, accompanied by a scream, and the two men smiled on their faces, and then dodged in, but in their hands they were holding a barge gun with twenty rounds of ammunition.

The two rushed into the bunker and saw that more than half of the more than ten soldiers guarding it had been killed or wounded, and the remaining six soldiers were shouting nervously in the smoke of gunpowder, busy checking the casualties of their companions.

After the two entered, they immediately stood against the wall, and the shell gun in their hand took advantage of the faint light to shoot at the devil who was still active.

The six devils who were lucky enough not to die found two people coming in, only thinking that their companions heard an accident in the dark castle and came to the rescue, and just as they were about to make a sound, they heard a crisp gunshot, and then they were knocked to the ground, and the whole dark castle resounded with a burst of screams.

The captain of the devil squad in charge of the main gate found that there was an explosion in the dark fort, and immediately rushed over with a few Japanese soldiers, but unfortunately before he rushed to the gate of the dark fort, he saw a burst of bullets shot out of the darkness, knocking several people to the ground.

The twenty devils who entered the pass at the end were actually dressed up as a reconnaissance company.

Song Xiaodao saw that the leader of the devil squad was killed, and immediately ordered the soldiers to control the road to the dark fortress, and at the same time control the gate of the mountain pass.

The two fighters who attacked the bunker confirmed that there were no living devils in the bunker, so they rushed out with a crooked handle, and saw that the devils who reacted were desperately rushing towards the mountain pass, trying to recapture the mountain pass controlled by the reconnaissance company, the crooked handle in their hands immediately sounded, and a string of bullets passed, knocking over the three devils who ran in front directly, and the rest of the devils were pressed by the dense bullets, and could only lie on the ground and fight back desperately.

The commander of the second battalion and the second company of the second battalion, who was attacking the mountain pass, saw the signal of the reconnaissance company, and immediately shouted that his comrades should rush, and rushed into the mountain pass with the second company like a whirlwind.

The addition of the second company made the devil's attempt to recapture Yamaguchi come to naught.

When Itagaki learned that the mountain pass had been captured by the New Fourth Army, his face turned pale, and after sending the last telegram to the captain of Matsushima, he straightened his military uniform, then picked up the command knife and ran towards the mountain pass with the remnants of the devils.

Itagaki led the remnants of the troops to carry out the final counterattack, and under the strong resistance of the first regiment and the second battalion, it finally came to naught, and Itagaki was also very frustrated, he did not expect that the New Fourth Army not only had no worse tactical actions than the imperial soldiers, but also had stronger artillery than himself. After their own infantry guns were knocked out, the support of the troops could only rely on grenadiers, and the opponent had not only heavy machine guns, but also mortars.

The two sides fought fiercely until four o'clock in the morning, the gunfire on Shipu Mountain finally stopped, and more than 700 Japanese troops and more than 300 puppet troops of the Itagaki Brigade were all wiped out, of course, 200 people were forced to surrender in the puppet army.

Liu Tianshu received a report from Tong Guijie that Shipu Town had been taken, and immediately asked Tong Guijie to pay attention to beware of Songdao United sending troops south, and at the same time let him stick to Shipu Town.

Tong Guijie asked the third battalion to be on guard in the north, and after seeing Shipu Mountain, he decided to focus the defense of the troops on Shipu Mountain. At the same time, the four infantry guns sent by Wu Zhongping to support him were also arranged on Shipu Mountain.

Wu Zhongping's artillery regiment, after suddenly shelling Songdao's troops north of the Shaxi River, immediately withdrew to Si'an, while the other rushed to Shipu to strengthen its defensive line.

This attack on Shipu, the troops are taking advantage of Li Guangyuan's defense area, everything is going well, but now there is a group in Shipu, and there is a Guangde between Shipu and Si'an, no matter how you look at it, it can't make Liu Tianshu feel comfortable.

Just when Liu Tianshu was struggling with this matter, Jiang Jinyong sent an urgent telegram asking him to return to Si'an as soon as possible.

Seeing this telegram, Liu Tianshu was shocked, he didn't know what happened in Si'an, which made the political commissar so nervous.

After explaining a few words to Tong Guijie, Liu Tianshu rode back to Si'an on a fast horse under the protection of two platoons of the guard company.

"Tianshu, something happened, something happened." As soon as he saw Liu Tianshu, Jiang Jinyong, who had always been calm and elegant, showed extreme nervousness on his face, and handed over a telegram at the same time.

Liu Tianshu took a look and couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, which had been transferred to the Maolin area, would be besieged by the troops of the Third War Zone, and the Third War Zone was still in the name of counterinsurgency.

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For a while, Liu Tianshu couldn't come back to his senses and sat on the chair.

After a while, Liu Tianshu suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Jiang Jinyong and said, "Political commissar, what did the military department say, what should we do, and what instructions did the superiors have?" ”

If something so big happens, both the military department and the central government should give instructions to the seventh detachment, after all, the seventh detachment and the troops in southern Jiangsu are the closest troops to the Maolin area.

When Jiang Jinyong heard this, he said bitterly: "The military headquarters and the troops directly under the army are breaking through to the east, but according to several telegrams sent by the military headquarters, they have fallen into the heavy encirclement of the third theater, and the military headquarters has asked our seventh detachment to respond with all its might. ”

As he spoke, a staff officer hurried in with a telegram.

Liu Tianshu took a look, it was an urgent telegram from the military department, and the seventh detachment quickly moved west to respond.

Liu Tianshu and Jiang Jinyong glanced at each other, and then Liu Tianshu said: "Political commissar, the military headquarters is under siege, we must go all out to rescue, in this way, order the second regiment and the first battalion to rush to Si'an, and order the third regiment and the second battalion to quickly concentrate on Si'an, we will take the guard battalion, the first battalion of the second regiment, and the second battalion of the third regiment to quickly rush to Shipu, rendezvous with the first regiment, and then go westward with all our might." ”

The military headquarters was in danger, however, the life of the 7th detachment was not easy, the enemy in Huzhou in the east was eyeing the enemy, the enemy in Wukang in the south was waiting for an opportunity, there was the Akita Wing in the north, and in Guangde, there was the new 58th Division in the 3rd theater.

The third regiment was transferred by himself to a battalion, and if the enemy in Huzhou took the opportunity to advance westward, the pressure would be too great. It was the second regiment, and once Akita learned that he was coming west to rescue, he might attack Changxing. The enemy of Wukang can only be dealt with by the four regiments that are still in training.

It's just that in this way, Guangde's friendly forces do not have enough troops to deal with it, and everything can only be improvised.

Subsequently, Deputy Detachment Commander Zhang and Chief of Staff Xiang also rushed to hear the news, Liu Tianshu said his decision, looked at Deputy Detachment Leader Zhang and Xiang Chief of Staff and said: "Lao Zhang, Lao Xiang, after I and the political commissar leave, once the devil knows the situation, he will definitely make a move, you must be careful, if Changxing can't hold on, according to the predetermined plan, retreat into Tianmu Mountain." Since the friendly forces are besieging our military headquarters, then we don't have to be polite to the friendly forces, and whoever dares to stop us will be solved by force. ”

In the end, Liu Tianshu's words were full of murder. (To be continued.) )