At this time, Kamibin, Sasaki and Takenaka Uchiji couldn't help but sober up, and found that the Shina army in front of them was not a routed army, but a prepared army, and they were here to fight them, so the two of them hurriedly adjusted their deployment. They decided to take Hengshan now and become their base for entering Maoshan.

At the Youth League headquarters of the National Youth League, Shen Shaofan was playing chess with Sun Zhiyu, and Zhang Wenshan and Du Tianfang were sleeping on the marching bed on the side, as if they were indifferent to the battle in Hengshan.

Lei Fei ran over and said, "Regiment Commander, the two wings of the Yoshino Division and the Murakami Division have begun to attack the Yokoyama-1 position. ”

Shen Shaofan looked at Sun Zhiyu and said, "It seems that these two wing captains will still fight." It is also known that Hengshan is the gateway of the main road, and if you want to take the Red Mountain Gate, you must take Hengshan. As he spoke, he settled down and smiled: "It seems that they are fighting according to our ideas!" ”

Sun Zhiyu smiled: "Lei Fei, inform the troops on the Hengshan-1 position to withdraw to the Hengshan-2 position and give up the main position of Hengshan to the little devils." ”

"Yes!"

Sun Zhiyu continued: "And from now on, there is no news that the main forces of Kitaoka Yoshino and Murakami Miaki have arrived, so I don't need to report it." Just tell them to fight according to the original plan. As he spoke, he looked at the chessboard and dropped a white piece and laughed, "Hey! You're out of chess! ”

Kamibin, Sasaki and Takenaka Uchiji saw that the Shina army on Yokoyama was quickly defeated, and they couldn't help but feel a little proud in their hearts, and they killed all the way towards the Yokoyama-2 position of the National Youth League, and soon the Yokoyama-2 position was also lost, and the troops of the 1st and 2nd battalions organized a counteroffensive at Hongshanmen, but finally did not succeed in fighting with the Japanese army for positions around Hongshanmen.

Huang Junjie and Nie Yufeng held all the positions and defense lines of Hongshan Gate with the help of strong firepower, and put the little devils on the battlefield in the Hengshan area, the battle was very lively, but the casualties were not very large. At about nine o'clock in the evening, Kamibin, Sasaki, and Takenaka Uchi estimated that it was hopeless to capture Hongshan Gate at night, so they built fortifications to the southwest of Yokoyama and prepared to launch an offensive against Hongshan Gate tomorrow.

At around twelve o'clock in the morning, Shen Shaofan was woken up by Lei Fei: "Regiment leader, the reconnaissance company reports." Kitaoka Yoshino and Murakami's army has arrived at Rongbing. ”

Shen Shaofan touched his head in a daze and asked, "They are all in Rong Bing?" ”

"Yes!"

"Where's the supplies?" Shaofan got into the quilt again.

"The reconnaissance company reported that there were no supplies."

Shen Shaofan yawned and said, "Call Bai Xiaolong's spy company to set off." ”

"Yes!"

The joint command of the Yoshino Division and the Murakami Division.

Early in the morning, Murakami Sanqiu excitedly rushed into Kitaoka Yoshino's camp and said, "Yoshino-kun, the Red Mountain Gate has been taken." ”

"Oh!" Kitaoka Yoshino heard it and said, "Very good! Taking the Hongshan Gate is equivalent to opening up the main road of Maoshan. And what about Sasaki and the Uchiji troops? ”

"We have entered the main road of Maoshan." Murakami said with a smile.

Kitaoka Yoshino didn't think much at first when a soldier came to report: "Your Excellency, we have already found out that the Shina unit that fought against us is the National Youth League. ”

"What?" When Kitaoka Yoshino heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he shouted like wall ash: "Quick! Order Sasaki and Uchiji to immediately stop the attack. ”

However, Kitaoka Yoshino knew too late, Kamibin, Sasaki and Takenaka Uchiji paid an irreparable price for their arrogance, and the deceitful defeat of the 1st and 2nd battalions of the National Youth League caused them to hastily order their troops to drive their troops into an ambush circle with three battalions and a column, and the gunfire broke out on the main road of Maoshan Mountain. Just when Kitaoka Yoshino and Murakami Mitsuaki were saddened by the loss of a core team, it can be said that the house leaked and suffered from wind and rain, and their main force in Rong Bing's grain and grass was burned by Bai Xiaolong's spy company.

"Yaga! The people of China are cunning and cunning! Kitaoka Yoshino was furious.

Murakami Mitsuaki has no choice: "Yoshino-kun, what should we do?" ”

Kitaoka Yoshino said: "There are three ways, the first is to build a position at Hengshan and Hongshan Gate to block the withdrawal of the Chinese troops from Shanghai. Second, all the main forces of our army were withdrawn to Jintan, and then we would lose the opportunity to destroy the main force of the Chinese army. The third is to make a detour and launch an attack from Piaolun Peak. As far as I know, the headquarters of the National Youth League is in Xinqiting, and we went south from Hongshan Gate and followed the Longbei Mountain Road into Maoshan Mountain. This is a dangerous trick, the dragon back mountain road into the mountain, will encounter a dangerous place in the floating wheel peak, but if we can quickly pass the floating wheel peak, we can directly smash Shen Shaofan's regiment headquarters, and will attack from behind to wipe out the National Youth League, and control Maoshan before the snow. ”

Murakami Sanqiu looked at the map and said: "Although the Longbei Mountain Road can be walked and heavy, but after all, it is an ancient road, easy to enter and difficult to exit, and we will have no way back when we set up a heavy army on the Longbei Mountain Road. ”

Kitaoka Yoshino looked at the map and secretly understood in his heart: "Once Shen Shaofan sets up heavy troops in Piaolun Peak and Jinniuling, then they will really lack the skills to return to the sky, but in Hengshan, in Hongshanmen, and on the main road of Maoshan Mountain, it should be the main force of the National Youth League to eat the two core wings of Murakami and our division in one go." Although the combat effectiveness of the National Youth League is stronger than that of ordinary Chinese troops, it is also not capable of destroying the two core wings with a small number of troops. Right! The main force of the National Youth League is waiting for me on the ridges on both sides of the main road of Maoshan. All right! I marched towards Piaolun Peak to catch Shen Shaofan off guard. Thinking of this, he asked Murakami Sanqiu: "Sanqiu-kun, have you decided?" ”

Although Kitaoka Yoshino fought with the National Youth League, he never figured out how many troops the National Youth League had in Gulu County, the eastern suburbs of Shanghai, and he had no bottom in his heart, but he still decided to take a risk.

Murakami Sanqiu said tremblingly: "Yoshino-kun, I see that there are ambushes on the three roads into the mountain, and I think it is better to control the defense line from Hengshan to Hongshan Gate and consolidate the position of Hengshan." ”

Murakami Miaki was a soldier who sought stability, and at this time his conservative character clashed with Kitaoka Yoshino's proud and arrogant character, so whether to march to Maoshan or stick to the Yokoyama position became a disagreement between their two divisions.

At this time, it was already seven days before the National Youth League stepped into Maoshan, and the time was November 19, 1937, and the troops that had retreated from Shanghai were about to pass through Maoshan, and some of the troops had already reached the Zhulin area and Yoshino; The Murakami divisions were very close to each other. When they knew that there were already Japanese troops in front, they hurriedly changed the route and marched towards the Liyang area, at this time, the ** along the way has been scared by the Japanese army, it can be said that they fled when they heard the wind, the Japanese were red-eyed, and those defeated squadrons also ran red-eyed, everything was out of control.

Shen Shaofan at noon; Bai Xiaolong; Duan Louyun and the others were eating together at the regiment headquarters. They set up a table outside the camp tent of the regimental headquarters, and white steamed buns were placed on it; Canned beef and some wild vegetables, as well as a large pot of wild boar. The wild boar was hunted by the soldiers of the guard company while patrolling the mountain road.

"Hold on to the Yokoyama position?" Shen Shaofan pinched a steamed bun in his hand and said, "I think unless Kitaoka Yoshino wants to die, it is more ugly." Although Hengshan is the gateway of the main road of Maoshan, its military geographical location is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and it is not suitable for long-term defensive positions, as long as it is covered by artillery fire, it can be blown flat. Besides, Kitaoka, Yoshino and Murakami Miakiaki knew that we were in Maoshan, and they would set up defensive positions at Hongshanmen and Yokoyama with peace of mind to block the main force of our army's retreat? They are not afraid of us being flanked in front and back, and they should know the danger of being flanked in front and back even if they are stupid. Therefore, Kitaoka Yoshino will not choose to stick to the Yokoyama position, as for Murakami Miaki! I think some of his troops will remain in the area from Hengshan to Hongshan Gate as a feint. ”

"Not bad! Besides, the troop supplies of Murakami Sanqiu and Kitaoka Yoshino were burned by Bai Xiaolong's spy company in Rong Bing, so they are now either entering or dying, staying or dying, unless they withdraw their troops back to Jintan. If this is the case, our goal of covering the withdrawal of the main force to Nanking will be achieved. Sun Zhiyu said with a smile on the side.

Bai Xiaolong was a little puzzled on the side and asked, "Kitaoka Yoshino knows that there are our defenders in Piaolun Peak, why did he choose the attack route of the Longbei Mountain Road?" ”

Shen Shaofan smiled and bit the steamed bun and did not answer, because he was not sure that the troops of Kitaoka Yoshino and Murakami Sanqiu would take the Longbei Mountain Road, and he pondered and imagined everything that could happen on the battlefield. What he was most worried about was that the Yoshino Division and the Murakami Division would split up so that the battle on the Dragon's Back Mountain Road would not be able to annihilate all their living forces.

At this time, a scout ran over, whispered a few words to Duan Louyun, and left.

Duan Louyun interrupted their small talk at the dinner table: "Commander, things have changed. Kitaoka Yoshino and Murakami Mitsuaki clashed over entering the mountains and holding on. According to a report from a scout lurking in the Yokoyama area, the Yoshino Division was making preparations for battle and would soon be able to move towards the mountains, but the Murakami Division did not seem to have moved, and it seemed that it was still building an 'N' shaped defensive line in the area from Hongshan Gate to Yokoyama, and it seemed that it wanted to hold the Yokoyama position. ”

The two units of the Japanese army were separated, which was exactly the situation that Shen Shaofan feared. In this way, the National Youth League will not be able to eliminate the Yoshino Division and the Murakami Division at the same time in the first place. The combat effectiveness of the Murakami Division is also quite strong, the Murakami Division is not in the ambush circle of Longbei Mountain Road, once the war starts, the Murakami Division will become a factor that Shen Shaofan takes into account the most. How will Shen Shaofan lead the National Youth League to deal with this unexpected change?

On the Maoshan battlefield, the National Youth League encountered an expected but very thorny problem: there was a disagreement between the two divisions of Kitaoka Yoshino and Murakami Miaki, the Yoshino Division wanted to enter the mountain from the Longbei Mountain Road and go straight to the heart of the National Youth League - the regimental headquarters, while the Murakami Division was still the main force in the Hongshan Gate and Hengshan area and waiting for the retreat on the Shanghai battlefield. Shen Shaofan was worried that once the ambush battle on the Longbei Mountain Road started, would Murakami's troops come to the aid of Kitaoka Yoshino, or would they launch an attack on the National Youth League directly from the main road of Maoshan? An unstable factor plagued Shen Shaofan and all the officers of the regimental headquarters.

Shen Shaofan, Sun Zhiyu and others studied the big map of the regiment headquarters for a long time, and always felt that this matter was a headache, because their troops on the Longbei Mountain Road were not enough to eat the Yoshino Division in one bite, and Shaofan wanted to secretly transfer from the position of the main road of Maoshan before the ambush began1; The 2nd Battalion and the Teaching Column came to strengthen the ambush battle on the Longbei Mountain Road, but now the troops on the main road of Maoshan are probably not moving. 4 battalions alone; 5 battalions and pre-dry columns; **It seems that the column is a little powerless to completely wipe out the Yoshino Division on the Longbei Mountain Road.

Shen Shaofan crossed his waist and looked at the map and sighed: "It seems! The crux of this battle is back to the starting point! The Red Mountain Gate and Yokoyama seem to be in the spotlight again. ”

Sun Zhiyu looked at the map and said: "Now there is a shortage of troops on both battlefields!" If you make a mistake, you will lose all the games! ”

At this time, news came from the reconnaissance company that the Yoshino Division had advanced towards the Longbei Mountain Road.

Zhang Wenshan said on the side: "Tuanza, you have to make a decision early!" ”

Shen Shaofan said: "Order the artillery company to advance towards Longwei Mountain, I want them to cover the entire Japanese army's position from Hongshan Gate to Hengshan at one time." After the command column moved to the east of Longwei Mountain, the troops changed the 5th Battalion to the right flank offensive force, and the ** column sneaked out of Fendoushan and rushed to Piaolun Peak to rush to the 4th Battalion, and the pre-dry column was still the left flank attacking force. The guard company was transferred to the positions originally defended by the teaching column to participate in the battle. ”

Shen Shaofan knew that he was now facing two well-equipped divisions of the Japanese army, and it was very risky for the National Youth League to take more than 30,000 people to be placed on the two battlefields, they had no foreign aid, and there was no room for return. The National Youth League fought all the way from Pingjin to Shanghai, and there was the assistance of others in all the victorious scenery, but this time the Maoshan Resistance Battle was completely on its own.

Deployment, redeployment, and all troops were in place as soon as possible. This was a battle in which two fronts of the battlefield opened fire at the same time, and there was an ambush battle on the Longbei Mountain Road, where the first shot was fired, and the artillery company heard the gunfire and then went to the Red Mountain Gate; The Japanese positions in the Yokoyama area launched a surprise attack with full coverage, and they were able to once again empty all the shells they had just resupplyed.

The Yoshino Division's march towards the Longbei Mountain Road was smooth at first, but the closer they got to the Floating Wheel Peak, the more Kitaoka Yoshino realized that his plan was very dangerous. The Longbei Mountain Road was not as easy to walk as he imagined, and the mountain road became more and more rugged, and they had to throw aside some baggage that could not be advanced, carrying only individual equipment and small-caliber mountain guns; Mortars into the mountains. Kitaoka Yoshino only hoped that his troops would cross the Floating Wheel Peak faster at this time, so that they would be safe.

At the foot of the Floating Wheel Peak, the Yoshino Division reached the narrowest road of the Longbei Mountain Road at the end of them, and the road here was a little narrow, which made Kitaoka Yoshino shudder. Although the mountain path allows two teams of people to walk together at the same time, the soldiers and soldiers are almost next to each other, and the cliffs of Piaolun Peak are on both sides, which makes people look intimidating.

On the cliff is the ambush of the 4th battalion and the ** column.

Zheng Xiaohu saw the devil come to their ambush circle, and immediately ordered to open fire, and suddenly the guns on the cliffs on both sides were connected, and the bullets smashed towards the Yoshino division like a raging storm. Kitaoka Yoshino was caught off guard by the National Youth League, and he hurriedly organized a defense and retreated, but it was too late at this time, and it seemed that gunshots rang out at the same time in the south, east, west, and northwest, and the Yoshino division was surrounded.

As soon as the artillery company heard the sound of gunfire coming from Longbei Mountain Road, it knew that the Longbei Mountain Road had started a battle. Zhang Liang immediately gave the order: "Launch a covering shot from Hongshan Gate to Hengshan." ”

"Yes!" The sound of whistling was like a fire in mid-air on the Japanese defensive positions that swept through the entire Hongshan Gate to Hengshan, and the heat wave rolled into the sky