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Du Ningyuan knew that the devils not only built a dark fort on the mountain, but also planted mines in advance, so he had to let the second battalion and the first company continue to feint to attack Dongshan, and the second and third companies of the second battalion turned to the south of Yongle Town, preparing to attack from the south.

As for the west side of Yongle Town, because there is a small stream that surrounds the town, the stream forms a backwater pool just to the west of the town, and the water in the pool is several meters deep, but it cannot be attacked by wading.

Moreover, this Yongle Town, as a large town at the foot of Changlai Mountain, used to build a two-zhang wall around the town in order to prevent the attack of bandits, and even if the troops crossed the deep pool, they would be exposed to the enemy's fire on the city wall.

Although there is also a city wall in the south, the terrain is relatively gentle, but the devil also built two turrets there, and at the same time, a fortress fortification was built at the south gate of the town.

It was considering that there was no shelter in the south, so Du Ningyuan put the direction of the main attack on Dongshan.

The 3rd Battalion in the north was originally responsible for the feint, but after the 2nd Battalion failed to attack Dongshan, Du Ningyuan let the 3rd Battalion launch a tentative attack, but still encountered the enemy's stubborn fire resistance.

Although the mountains in the north are not as high and steep as the eastern mountains, several hills are undulating and the terrain is very complex. The 3rd Battalion sent a platoon to probe and found that there were mines over there.

Tian Yulong, the commander of the second battalion of the first regiment, took the second and third companies and the second company of the machine gun battalion to the south of the town, and saw that countless fires were lit on the walls of the town, and at the same time, the searchlights of the devils were still shining back and forth on the watchtowers on the city walls. From their position to the side of the city wall, there was a distance of 500 meters.

It was still early spring, and the wheat seedlings in the fields were only turning green, and they could not provide cover for the movement of the troops.

However, since this area is full of wheat fields, I don't think the devils will lay mines there.

Du Ningyuan arrived with four infantry guns, and seeing that the devil seemed to be prepared, he was on fire in his heart, so he asked the artillery who cooperated with the action to immediately fire at the city wall.

The inner side of the city wall was next to the houses of the people in the town, and in order to prevent the people from being injured by mistake, the artillery had to shoot at the city wall, so that two-thirds of the shells fired fell under the city wall, and the dust and sound of the explosion were very frightening.

Seeing that the artillery was beginning to exert its might, Tian Yulong immediately ordered the second company to quickly approach the town.

Unfortunately, this 500-meter open area became an obstacle to the attack of the second company, and when they rushed to 300 meters from the city wall, the machine guns on the city wall opened fire fiercely on the open field.

For a moment, the second company was crushed in the wheat field and could not move at all.

Du Ningyuan saw that the second company could not approach the city wall at all, so he had to let the artillery open fire violently to cover the second company's retreat.

Hong Feihu didn't expect the attack on Yongle Town to be so unsmooth, at this time, the first battalion responsible for blocking at Erlongkou had already connected with the devils who had sent reinforcements from the Qufeng stronghold.

Fortunately, it is not yet dawn, and the devil does not know the reality of the Eighth Road, and the pressure on the first battalion is not great.

But the sky was about to dawn, and the attacks of the second and third battalions did not achieve results, and Yongle Town was still like an incomparably hard turtle shell in front of him.

After dawn, the large army of devils arrived, and a group of people was afraid that they would face the encirclement of devils.

Hong Feihu's mood suddenly became heavy.

At this moment, Hong Feihu received news that the devil army in Jiping County had already left the county seat by car and was rushing here.

In order to attack Yongle Town, the New 1st Brigade still sent personnel to monitor the enemy in Jiping County.

Just as Hong Feihu was staring solemnly at the map and calculating the time when the devil's reinforcements arrived, Jiang Jinyong walked in with a telegram in his hand.

"Lao Hong, Liu Tianshu sent a telegram, saying that the devils opposite Pingyuan Town and Songkan Town seem to be mobilizing overnight, and he is worried that the Sakai Brigade will take the opportunity to come and make trouble."

Since the Sakai Brigade was beaten by Liu Tianshu and Han Fangping at Hulu Mountain, it retreated to the side of the railway in a gloomy manner, but did not retreat back to Jinan, but stopped at the famous mountain market between Fuchang County and Jinyang County.

Although the famous mountain set is one hundred and fifty kilometers away from Jiping County, the devils can use the train to transport it. Besides, the Sakai Brigade itself has a high degree of mobility, and if Sakai really wants to rush to Yongle Town, it will take six hours at most.

"Sakai Brigade?" Hong Feihu couldn't help but be stunned, took the telegram and read it carefully, then pondered for a moment and said, "Political commissar, I think I should immediately report the situation here to the division." ”

As leaders at the brigade level, they are responsible for the combat tasks in their area at most, while the division headquarters is facing the overall situation of Shandong's resistance against Japan, so the intelligence and information they naturally have are much broader and richer than those of Hong Feihu.

Less than half an hour after the telegram to the division headquarters was sent, the call back from the division headquarters arrived.

In the telegram, Shili told Hong Feihu and Jiang Jinyong that not only did the devils in Jiping County go out of the city to reinforce them, but also the devils in the entire northern part of Lubei seemed to be moving, and the railway transportation lines of the devils were also busy.

The division has asked the troops in the base areas to be vigilant, and at the same time asked the new 1st Brigade to immediately stop attacking Yongle Town and quickly withdraw to the base areas.

After reading the message, Hong Feihu had an ominous premonition in his heart, in another half an hour, the sky should be bright, and a group of attacks on Yongle Town did not make the slightest progress.

If the devil cuts off his way back to the base area, it will be in trouble.

The distance of sixty miles is several hours, even if it is a forced march.

Thinking of this, he immediately said to Jiang Jinyong: "Political commissar, immediately order Liu Tianshu to send troops to occupy the front line of Motianling, cover the withdrawal of a regiment to the base area, and order Du Ningyuan to immediately give up the task of attacking Yongle Town, and the troops will withdraw to Pingyuan." ”

"Okay, I'll give Liu Tianshu an order." Jiang Jinyong didn't say a word, stood up and walked out.

After working with Hong Feihu for so long, he naturally saw that the burden on Hong Feihu's shoulders was very heavy at this time.

Du Ningyuan received the retreat order from the brigade commander, and a pair of fire-breathing eyes stared fiercely at Yongle Town, as if he wanted to bite Yongle Town and eat it in one bite.

He didn't expect that a main regiment would not be able to take down a small town, not only did it not take down, but it also suffered more than 40 casualties, plus the casualties caused by the blockade of a battalion, I am afraid that there were 70 or 80 people.

Thinking of this, he really wanted to rush forward with his troops regardless of everything.

However, since the brigade commander had given the order, he had to order the troops to withdraw from the attack positions with hatred.

Of course, before retreating, he still let the artillery that cooperated with the operation carry out another round of fierce artillery bombardment towards Dongshan.

The devils guarding the hill east of Yongle Town, saw the shells of the Eighth Route coming like raindrops again, and thought that the Eighth Route Army was going to attack again, so they naturally hid in the dark fort and waited.

Unfortunately, after the shelling, there was no movement at the bottom of the mountain.

At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the Japanese squadron leader who commanded the troops to guard Dongshan found that there was no shadow of the Eighth Route under the mountain through the shooting hole of the dark fort, and then he thought that the Eighth Route might have withdrawn.

Matsui Root, the deputy commander of the Japanese army stationed in Yongle Town, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when he received a report from Higashiyama that the attacking Eighth Route had retreated.

He knows the power of the Eighth Road of Fuya Mountain, and there are also examples of a battle that wiped out a brigade of the imperial army. As for the offensive operation, the loss of Pingyuan Town is an example.

It was also because of the lesson that Pingyuan Town was captured by Liu Tianshu's troops, after Matsui Gen served as the commander of Yongle Town, he immediately asked his superiors for cement and steel, etc., and secretly built six hidden forts on the east mountain, and also built two turrets on the mountain.

And these fortifications, he connected them through tunnels.

In order to ensure the safety of Dongshan, he also planted mines on the slopes of the mountain.

Although the mines are not dense enough to block the road up the eastern hill from the east, the deterrent effect is indescribable.

No, after the attacking Eighth Route stepped on two mines in a row, its actions became very cautious.

Matsui studied civil engineering at university, and although he is now the deputy captain, he is very passionate about engineering and architecture.

This time, he finally has a place to show his performance in Yongle Town.

When Liu Tianshu received a telegram from Jiang Jinyong, his heart suddenly sank, and he immediately asked Liao Zhifeng and Yang Donghu to call.

At this time, Liao Zhifeng and Yang Donghu were sleeping soundly. Because according to the arrangement of the three people taking turns on duty, it happens that Liu Tianshu is on duty at night tonight.

The rule that the three chief officers in the regiment take turns to be on duty every night is still determined by Liu Tianshu. He believed that as a unit, it was necessary to have someone on duty at the regiment headquarters twenty-four hours a day, because to ensure that there was an emergency, there was someone in the regiment to deal with it at all times.

"Commander, what's going on?" Liao Zhifeng and Yang Donghu asked nervously while buttoning their clothes.

"Look, it's an urgent telegram from the commissar." Liu Tianshu handed over the telegram he had just received.

"Rushing to Ferris Ridge?" After reading the message, Yang Donghu said in surprise.

"Yes, judging from all kinds of signs, the devils reacted very strongly to our attack on Yongle Town this time, not only the devils in Qufeng's stronghold desperately reinforced, but also the devils in Zhanjiazhuang were also dispatched, that is, the devils in Jiping County, it seems that they are also rushing to Yongle Town. However, this is not a cause for concern, and what I am most worried about now is that the devils in Fuchang County will take the opportunity to make trouble. The devils in our neighborhood are also moving now, and if the devils occupy the line of Ferris Ridge, the retreat of a group may be cut off. The political commissar ordered us to send troops to control the line of Motianling and ensure the smooth withdrawal of the regiment to the base area. Tell me, which is the best force to send? Liu Tianshu's face was very solemn.

The devils opposite Pingyuan Town and Songkan Town all moved, making him smell a dangerous smell.

As for what the danger was, he didn't understand it for a while.

When Yang Donghu and Liao Zhifeng heard Liu Tianshu's words, they both thought nervously. (To be continued.) )