Ordered Takagi and Muto's troops to rush towards Manchuan Pass with their full equipment 'Ding Bang Bang', but the plan could never catch up with the changes, Takagi and Muto never thought that their plan to quickly capture the land ridge was ruined in Manchuan Pass, because Su Li's independent column had already occupied Manchuan Pass early in the morning, and it became a rope sleeve around the necks of Takagi and Muto, and rigidly pinned Takagi and Muto in Manchuan Pass.

In fact, at that time, Takagi and Muto's troops were only a day's distance from Shaofan, when Shaofan shot the patrol of the devils, not long after Takagi and Muto also came to the river beach, looking at the wounds of the shot soldiers, it was certain that this sniper was the 'iron-blooded ghost' they had been looking for, Shen Shaofan speculated, it was estimated that Shaofan would rest in the Land Ridge, so the troops went towards the Land Ridge, and if they wanted to reach the Land Ridge, they had to pass through the Manchuan Pass.

The ancient pass of Manchuan Pass is a high mountain range, with steep cliffs and steep slopes, and there is only one rugged road running through the two peaks in the mountains. The local people have a saying that can best reflect the steepness of Manchuan Pass: "When you enter Manchuan Pass, it is just like a ghost gate, the wind blows the stone, and you can't see the sky when you look up." There is indeed a trend of "one husband is the key, and ten thousand people are not open". At that time, Muto Muzhai wanted to occupy Manchuan Pass several times, but when the foundation was not stable, he was driven out of Manchuan Pass by Huang Huancheng, but Huang Huancheng's troops did not have enough ability to hold Manchuan Pass, so there was a strange phenomenon in the local area, that is, a very important soldier's pass did not have a single soldier to guard, and Shen Shaofan stepped through Manchuan Pass, and Su Li's independent column came when he stepped through Manchuan Pass, and the people in the ancient town of Manchuan Pass really saw a group of soldiers stationed here and digging trenches; Forts were repaired.

Su Li's independent column set up a Marcosun heavy machine gun and a Czech ZB6 on the Manchuan Pass; MG4 heavy machine gun, a firepower network composed of dozens of strong firepower, this firepower network is a firepower network that can completely cover this Manchuan Pass, plus there are more than a dozen mortars for the independent column at the bottom, Su Li is really fearless in Manchuan Pass, he didn't put Muto Musai's wing in his eyes at all, plus he also knew that Huang Huancheng's troops were in the land ridge not far from him, he was guarding this pass, naturally he was extremely relieved, everything was ready, Su Li was waiting to meet their regiment commander Shen Shaofan, of course, at this time, he still had a plan in his heart.

Early in the morning of the second day when Shen Shaofan arrived at the Land Ridge, Shi Dagen led a team of soldiers to train in the open space and saw a scout running from under the wooden archway at the entrance of the village. ”

"It's a fight! It's time to fight! The scout said breathlessly.

Shi Dagen was confused by this scout and asked, "What's the fight?" ”

"The devil and the Kuomintang are fighting in Manchuan Pass." The scout didn't dare to stay, shouting as he ran towards Huang Huancheng's command.

At this time, Huan Cheng and Shaofan were sitting on the kang chatting, and Shaofan was inquiring about Jin Xiwen's current situation.

Huan Cheng said: "Oh! Ah, Kim! She's pretty good now. One of the representatives of our Eighth Route Army in Chongqing. When I came out of Yan'an, she was still studying at Kang University! ”

When Shen Shaofan heard that Wenwen was in Chongqing, he was already happy in his heart and said secretly: "Then won't I see Wenwen when I arrive in Chongqing?" Thinking of this, a smile inadvertently appeared on his face.

Huang Huancheng poured a glass of water for Shaofan on the side and said, "Don't worry, Wenwen will not be in danger in Chongqing." After all, Chongqing is the capital of accompaniment! ”

Shen Shaofan held the teacup warmed up, and showed a wry smile on his face that was not easy to detect, he smiled bitterly that China has been retreating all the way since the beginning of 197 to the present, although there are some victories now, but it is difficult for the devil to charge up and hit the Sichuan, and he has been in the Nationalist Government for many years, and he also understands how deep Chiang Kai-shek's prejudice against ** is, it is difficult to ensure that the Nationalist Government has turned the gun to deal with ** after solving the matter of the devil, and Wenwen will be in danger at that time.

Huang Huancheng seemed to have an optimistic attitude about the future situation, and he smiled: "I think that the day I drive the devils out of China will be in peace." When the time comes, don't forget my old classmate! ”

Shaofan smiled slightly, not much, just whispered: "I hope so!" ”

As the two of them were talking, they saw the Eighth Route scout who was running all the way shouting at the door: "Report! ”

Huang Huancheng asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Report! A large number of Japanese troops were found at Manchuan Pass, estimated to have a brigade and a wing. ”

When Huan Cheng heard this, he immediately became suspicious in his heart and asked, "Strange! Now is not the time to sweep, where are there so many devils? Where are they now? ”

"At Manchuan Pass. A fierce battle with the Central Army is underway. ”

"Central Army? The Central Army of that road? Huan Sung was even more curious, he didn't know what army there was here besides his armament? Not to mention the Central Army.

Shen Shaofan looked at the map hanging on the wall and said, "It seems! The devil is coming for the land ridge. ”

Huang Huancheng hurriedly asked on the side: "Shaofan! What are your opinions? ”

Shen Shaofan said decisively: "Support Manchuan Pass; Evacuate the population. Manchuan Pass is one of the main roads into Hubei, if the devil wants to take the land ridge, he must pass through Manchuan Pass. It's strange that there are our ** troops in Manchuan Pass, so there is a puzzle? It stands to reason that there is no Central Army in this place! ”

Huan Cheng very much agreed with Shaofan's look: "No matter what! I immediately ordered the troops to set off to support Manchuan Pass. ”

Shen Shaofan hurriedly stopped Huan Cheng and said, "The devil has a brigade and a wing, and with the strength of those few people of yours, you want to fight against them at Manchuan Pass?" Besides, we don't know what kind of troops those devils are! ”

Shen Shaofan pointed to the map and said: "In my opinion, your troops are good at night battles and mountain battles, so it is better to dispatch in the early hours of this morning from Miaochuan to the rear of the devil to beat him." I went to Manchuan Pass to see what the hell was going on, and the sacred mountain along the way was fighting with the devils there. ”

Huang Huancheng heard that there was some truth and hurriedly pulled Shaofan to study the battle situation at this time, Shaofan naturally didn't know that it was the troops of his National Youth League who fought with the devil in Manchuan Pass, and how would the situation under the battlefield of the ancient pass be unpredictable?

And Manchuan Pass is already full of gunsmoke, Su Li's independent column came out of Zhongtiao Mountain, after several major battles, it has not been replenished in time, and it has also broken a lot of people, and now the entire brigade is only more than 400 people. Yoshito Takagi's brigade was selected from the Takagi Division and the Kawagishi Division, plus Muto's troops, the battle was also quite good, and Su Li's resistance battle was very hard at the beginning, and the entire Manchuan Pass was almost shrouded in artillery fire and gunsmoke.

Wei Kang led more than 100 people, with the help of such a dangerous terrain as Manchuan Pass, has been holding at the pass, using the machine gun fire of the entire column to suppress the vanguard of the devils in the narrow mountains, the devils rely on personnel at all there is no way to rush up, only to use the old method to bombard the mountain, after more than half an hour of fighting, I have not seen the devils move the place, all like turtles shrunk their heads and did not dare to probe.

Wei Kang was behind a boulder, and he was also blown up by the devil's mountain cannon, shaking his head vigorously and scolding in his mouth: "Fucking devil, that cannon is really fierce enough." ”

At this time, Su Li also ran over with a cat's waist, patted Wei Kang's shoulder and said, "How is it?" ”

Wei Kang said: "You can put 10,000 hearts." The position I defend has not been lost, unless I die. ”

"Good! This is a good breath to hear. But your son can't die. Su Li said with a smile.

Wei Kang smirked, "Hey! ”

At this time, a soldier also came and shouted: "Column leader! The group is coming! ”

"Oh!" Su Li was also stunned by the devil's mountain cannon at this time, and only then did he turn around in his mind, and he was startled, and said, "What are you?" ”

"The group seat is here!" The soldier shouted at the top of his throat.

When Su Li heard this, a mixed expression appeared on his face, and he said, "My mother! He's really picking the time. He straightened his helmet with his hand and asked, "Where is he now?" ”

"It's on Line 2."

Su Li patted Wei Kang and said, "I'll leave it to you here." Guard the gate and don't let a single mosquito in. ”

Wei Kang pulled his cuffs and said, "No problem." Just look at it! ”

Su Li patted Wei Kang again and walked towards the headquarters of the second line of defense, as soon as he came to the command headquarters, Su Li saw Shaofan wearing a combat uniform, carrying a bag on his shoulder, carrying a sniper rifle on his back, carrying an MP40 submachine gun in his hand, his face was full of dirt, and he was standing upright at the table covered with the combat map, looking at the map with his head down.

As soon as Su Li saw Shaofan, he said, "Oops! You're really going to pick the time, my group. If you don't come sooner or later, you won't come later, but you'll be waiting until now. ”

"Huh! What about me! What other troops of the Central Army are on this territory? It took a long time to be Lao Tzu's own troops. Shen Shaofan untied his steel helmet on the side and said, "Didn't you enter the Sichuan land!" How did it appear in Manchuan Pass? ”

Su Li said: "We have a big group, you are still here." If it's not you, you're a hero, and you're going to fight against Koga Sixteen, we won't stay here to meet you! Chief of Staff Sun and Deputy Regiment Commander Block were very worried about your safety, so they called me and the independent column to meet you. ”

Shen Shaofan said with a smile: "These two people treat me as a recruit." ”

Su Li said: "Since you're here, it's okay." I immediately ordered the troops to retreat. ”

Shen Shaofan said: "No! We must defend the Manchuan Pass. The Eighth Route Army is helping the local people to withdraw into the mountains, and once we withdraw, those people will be all exposed to the guns of the devils. We have to hold on. ”

At this time, Xiong Honglin, the deputy commander of the independent column, said: "But! There are only 400 brothers in us! Although Manchuan Pass is a natural danger, we don't live in the pass to fight a large number of devils! ”

Su Li's identity was explained in the previous chapter, he was actually a ** member who broke into Chen Zeen's 1st division, he naturally agreed with Shaofan's suggestion, and said on the side: "Don't be more than 400 brothers, or 40 brothers, we also have to hold Manchuan Pass and buy the greatest time for the retreating people." ”

Shen Shaofan lowered his head and pointed to the map and said, "Don't worry, we only need to hold Manchuan Pass for twelve hours." Huang Huancheng's troops were detouring back to the back of the devils along the rugged mountain road from Miaochuan, and the devils were suppressed in the narrow mountain road of Manchuan Pass, and our chances of victory were much greater. Shen Shaofan finished saying and asked, "Do you know who the commander of the devil is?" ”

Su Li smiled: "He's our old acquaintance. It's Yoshito Takagi! ”

"Takagi?" Shaofan seemed to understand something when he heard this, and said to himself: "It seems that they are not going for the land ridge, but for me." ”

At this time, Takagi Yoshito found that the mountain had been bombarded for a long time, and there was no very serious attrition of the National Youth League, as long as the troops rushed up, countless tongues of fire would shoot bullets at them. It seems that this battle can only be won completely by relying on the troops to rush up and capture the Manchuan Pass. He ordered his troops to charge towards the pass regardless of casualties, and the infantry with mountain artillery began to move slowly.

"The devil is coming!" Wei Kang shouted from behind the fortifications, "Calm down. When the devil gets closer, he is fighting. ”

As soon as the devil approached the edge of Manchuan Pass, he saw a firepower net sealing the entire mountain road tightly, and the devil only had to be shot except for holding his head and running away. Bullets are like water splashes, and only the whistling sound of bullets can be heard on the entire Manchuan Pass.

Muto Kisai said beside Yoshito Takagi: "Manchuan Pass has always been a natural hazard, and now the people of China are in control of this natural hazard, which is quite unfavorable to us!" ”

Yoshito Takagi also very much agreed with Muto's method, looked at the extremely steep Manchuan Pass in front of him, and said, "Take out the latest weapons researched by the 70 water supply troops and try them." ”

When Muto heard this, the whole person was stunned and said, "Your Excellency! Are you really going to use those terrible weapons? ”

"Hmmm! My mission is to wash away the shame of our Empire of Japan, even if by any means. Ordered to prepare the sailors. ”

"Hey!" Muto answered and immediately turned around.

Yoshito Takagi looked down Mangawa Pass with a telescope and said, "I, Takagi, will write the most glorious page of the Great Japanese Empire here." ”