Bei Changyong looked at the wooden peach mouth with a telescope and said, "Order the troops to pass there quickly." ”

Before the words all fell, he heard the whistling sound of shells already jumping from the air, Beichangyong knew that there would be Chinese troops on this ancient mountain road, but what he never expected was that there were still cannons, and when he was still wondering what these cannons were all about, the shells had exploded in the crowd of troops, and the troops were quickly thrown into battle, and after a while, Beichangyong's army had already gained a foothold.

After all, the broadsword battalion is not a professional person who plays artillery, those mountain artillery in their hands can not play the strongest power, Wang Tiecheng commanded the troops on the hill at the bend of Mutaokou, suppressing Beichangyong's troops with very powerful firepower, Li Xia still commanded those soldiers to fiddle with the mountain artillery, and the shells kept exploding on the position of the little devils, although there was no accuracy, but it also brought very large casualties to Beichangyong's army.

The former mentioned that Mutaokou is a very special geographical environment, it is a cliff bend, as long as the commanding height of the bend is occupied, the cannonballs and bullets can hit the road below, and the army below can only shoot upwards and cannot cause large-scale casualties to the troops on the hill. To put it bluntly, that is, the little devil in front of the big knife battalion, and the entire division is like only being beaten.

Beichang Yong knew that it was absolutely impossible to break through this bend by advancing and advancing violently, and the only way was to seize the high ground in front of him, but the high ground was just at the turning corner of the bend, and to attack from the gentle slope of the bend, it was necessary to gather troops and charge at the bend, and that was exactly the place where a large number of casualties could be caused.

Beichangyong ordered the army to retreat backwards and set up camp 500 meters away from Mutaokou, and discussed how to deal with these damned squadrons in Mutaokou.

Temporary Headquarters of the Beichang Yong Division.

Bei Changyong looked at the officers under him and waved his hand: "Isn't there anyone who can come up with a way to attack the high ground in front?" ”

Those officers were all silent, they didn't know how to effectively attack that height, but Bei Changyong also knew that if he couldn't reach the shanjiagang tomorrow, then his plan to sneak in secretly and attack the shanjiagang with lightning speed would be aborted, in fact, his plan had been aborted, and he knew this very well in his heart, but in order not to show failure in front of Takeda Tochen Hatofu, he still had to grit his teeth and move forward.

One of the officers said, "We can attack that position with huge artillery fire, and order Muichiro's troops to attack their position from behind, and if so, we will flank them from both sides." “

Bei Changyong nodded after hearing it and said, "Okay!" We camped here and ordered the artillery to shell the heights. “

Rows of shells were fired at Wang Tiecheng's position, almost as if they were about to blow up the hill, and the soldiers hid in the tunnel and pressed their heads a little depressed, they seemed to have never fought such a battle--aggrieved.

Wang Tiecheng lay down in the pit and said, "This little devil took the wrong medicine today!" Why can't you just fight an army? ”

To say that the mountain artillery captured by the broadsword battalion can also fight with Beichangyong, but the soldiers who fiddled with the cannon in Li Xia are all amateurs, and they can't be compared with Beichangyong's regular artillery, their accuracy is estimated to be ten shells, and one or three shells can hit the devil's position, which is already good.

Wang Tiecheng shouted in distress when he watched from the position: "The correspondent told Li Xia to be fired by his mother, and he will use some shells to save it." ”

After receiving the order, Li Xia came to the front of the position with a gun, and the position at this time was very lively, full of shells from little devils, although the soldiers were all hiding in the tunnel, and some soldiers were not blown to pieces by the shells.

Li Xia came to Wang Tiecheng's front and shouted, "This can't work!" There are so many cannonballs that the little devil hits accurately, we can't afford to spend this row of shells! ”

"What then?" Wang Tiecheng asked.

Li Xia looked at it and said, "Withdraw the troops from the position first." I don't think this dense artillery fire will attack for a while. ”

Wang Tiecheng pondered for a moment and said, "Okay! That's it. ”

The troops quickly withdrew from their positions in an orderly manner, and the so-called evacuation was nothing more than the withdrawal of troops to the second line of defense, where the anti-artillery shells on the high ground could hardly hit this position. The fighters went about their business with their backs to the trenches, and some simply dozed off there with their guns in their hands. Wang Tiecheng ordered that the company commander of each company must set up an observation post, and once he found that the little devil was coming, he must organize the troops to enter the first line of defense and counterattack.

Li Xia said on the side: "The terrain of Mutaokou is very dangerous, and it may be difficult for that little devil to hit it, I think he is also a way to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger." It seems that the little devil will not dare to come up for a while. ”

Wang Tiecheng laughed when he heard it and said, "That's good." As long as the little devil is consumed by us, he can't be here. Tell the cooking class to bury the pot and make rice, and I'm going to be hungry for canned beef today. ”

Li Xia was still thoughtful, and hurriedly added: "Hey! Dig a smokeless stove! Don't show the little devils that there's smoke. ”

National Youth Division Headquarters.

Shen Shaofan was working on the map, and there was a lunch box with two white steamed buns, some pickles and a few pieces of beef, and half a cup of white water in the teacup on the left.

Sun Zhiyu walked in with a blank piece of paper in his hand, and saw Shaofan looking at the map, Zhiyu sighed and touched the lunch box with his hand to call Shaofan's guard battalion and said, "Go!" Heat up the meal for the teacher. ”

"Yes!"

Sun Zhiyu looked at the teacup again, poured a cup of hot water for Shaofan, and handed it to Shaofan, Shaofan looked up at a cup of hot water and said with a slight smile: "Aren't you in the telegraph room?" ”

Sun Zhiyu sent a telegram and said, "The white rose has just been received." ”

Shen Shaofan glanced at it and couldn't help but gasp and said, "Is this Beichangyong crazy?" ”

Sun Zhiyu said with a smile: "Bei Changyong's move is not good for us on the surface, but it is a great good thing for the entire battle situation. ”

Shen Shaofan didn't understand what Zhi Yu said, looked at Zhi Yu with puzzled eyes and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Beichangyong's attack on Pengjiagang will make all the troops on the Han River position a little unable to sit still." Sun Zhiyu said: "Now the Han River defense line is the most lively in our national youth division, the two divisions of Beichangyong and Uesugi Zhu are besieging the pengjiagang, once the shangjiagang is broken, then the entire Han River defense line will be fallen, and all the other people's armies will be surrounded." ”

Shen Shaofan nodded when he heard that it made sense, took a sip of water, and said: "It makes sense, if that's the case, then Beichangyong's troops can't be blocked in Gulin Road." Ordered the Dadao Battalion to wait for Zheng Xiaohu to arrive at the shangjiagang and let them withdraw to the shangjiagang. ”

Sun Zhiyu thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult for the two regiments of this shanjiagang to withstand the strength of the two divisions!" ”

Shen Shaofan looked at the map and said: "I didn't expect that the pengjiagang would be the main position, and the area here is not very large, and the army can't be fully spread. If too many troops are there, it is easy to be covered by artillery fire. ”

Sun Zhiyu thought for a moment and said, "Then what should we do now?" ”

Shen Shaofan thought for a while and said, "It seems that Pengjiagang is the key to the battlefield of Chuling County. Zhiyu, you led the Whampoa Pre-cadre Column to the Pengjiagang to support the Shanjiagang. ”

"Good!" Sun Zhiyu nodded and left.

Shen Shaofan looked at the map at this time, and there was a trace of worry in his heart, he knew in his heart that once Pengjiagang became the main battlefield of the county, Chuling or Hanhe, then in case the Japanese army could not break through Pengjiagang, he would return to the main force and put it into the battlefield, if so, then Pengjiagang would face a lot of pressure. In fact, Shen Shaofan already knew that it was impossible to hold the county Chuling position from the loss of Tianyu, and what they could do was to delay it for a little longer. Shen Shaofan drew a circle on Mianyang Pass with a red pen, and he thought that Mianyang Pass would be a decisive battle for them to hinder the Japanese army.

Thinking of this, Shen Shaofan picked up the phone slightly and said, "I'm Shen Shaofan to help me pick up the logistics column." ”

I heard a voice from the other side: "Master!" I'm Chen Chen. ”

Shen Shaofan said: "I want your column to go to Mianyang Pass immediately, where all forces are used to prepare a defensive line there, and I will immediately transfer the position staff from the staff headquarters to you." ”

"Yes!"

Shen Shaofan slowly put down the phone, at this time his guard had already brought his dinner, Shaofan took a bite of a steamed bun, looked at the guard, smiled slightly: "You go down first!" ”

On the Mutaokou position on Gulin Road, the artillery bombed for most of the day and almost leveled the Mutaokou Heights by half a meter, Wang Tiecheng looked at the situation and thought about it and said: "This little devil is not right!" ”

Li Xia nodded and said, "This little devil has been shelling, but there is no infantry coming up, it seems that something is wrong!" ”

Wang Tiecheng suddenly slapped his head and said, "Not good! We're going to be copied back by the little devils. ”

When Li Xia heard this, he also shouted badly, and hurriedly said: "I'll bring a battalion over immediately." ”

Before he could finish his words, he saw a bloodstained soldier running over and shouting, "Battalion commander! A little devil appeared in the back. Many, many ......" said and walked to the ground, already breathing.

Li Xia shouted: "Come with me in a row." ”

Behind Mutaokou is a gentle slope, which is not a very easy place to hold, Wang Tiecheng sent a platoon to hold there, and in the dark night, the platoon leader seemed to see a few black shadows slowly shaking in front, and shouted: "Little devil! As he spoke, he carried a submachine gun and fired at the black shadow, and then two guns rang out in the darkness.

At that time, the broadsword battalion was not equipped with a lot of heavy machine guns because of its strong mobility, and each platoon had two light machine guns, and the soldiers were all Thomson submachine guns, and the firepower was naturally not something that the little devils could think of