The dark mountain is not far from the Dasi Nao Mountain near the iron gate threshold where Hong Min blocked the enemy last time, and it is only about 10 miles away. From Shahe Street to the south through the iron threshold, until you go down to Yangxi Village at the bottom of the slope of Mianyang Mountain, you have to go up a long slope. This long slope has to be extended to the top of Yulingtou Mountain before it begins to be downhill, and further south is Yima Pingchuan. However, this uphill road is very long, about 20 miles long up and down, and the dark mountain is in the middle of the uphill section from Mianyang Mountain to Yulingtou Mountain.

The ambush location of the Dark Mountain was determined by Xiao Xiong and the others after careful consideration. Although this place is very close to the stronghold of the devils, if the battle starts, the devils will be reinforced quickly, but from here to the east is all the remnants of Lushan, which is composed of a large and small mountain range, which stretches endlessly, and can extend to the tall and steep peaks such as Xiufeng, Shuangjian Peak and Hanyang Peak. So, once a battle starts, it will not be a problem for the troops to retreat.

From the moment he received Xiao Xiong's order, Xiong Qiang immediately led more than 100 people from Ren Jie's First Brigade and No. 1 Squadron to move from the previously hidden Zhangjiatan Village to the dark mountain, and ambushed all the troops on the slope facing the road.

Xiong Qiang first sent reconnaissance crews to both ends of the road to observe the enemy's movements. They were asked to carefully find out the rules of the activities of the devils in the strongholds at both ends. It is also necessary to find out the movement of the devil's patrol convoy, such as the number of people at each time, the interval between them, and where they usually stop to search. This way you can be prepared.

After the reconnaissance team members came back and reported the situation, he hurriedly dispatched a mine-laying team to lay mines on this section of the road. Then, taking advantage of the passage of the enemy's patrol, they quickly dug bunkers not far from the road, and also asked everyone to dig bunkers on the hillside. Some team members didn't understand and started a jail, didn't they say that they would withdraw if they hit? What kind of bunkers are dug in the mountains, isn't this taking off your pants and farting - is it an extra move?

But the gnaws are the gnaws, and the orders still have to be carried out. They quickly dug the bunker and, as ordered, dug a communication trench leading to the back of the hillside.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. Now, the Einsatzgruppen has set up the trap and is just waiting for the devil's convoy to fall into the net.

Everyone was tired from work, except for the monitoring post sent out, Xiong Qiang let the other team members all lie down in the bunkers dug on the hillside to rest. Some whispered, some took out cigarettes and lit them, inhaled beautifully, and some simply closed their eyes to recuperate.

It was almost one o'clock in the morning, and the devil's convoy still hadn't arrived. Maybe it's because they've been waiting too long, and some of the team members are already asleep, making a slight snoring sound, and they are enjoying this moment of happiness. Some of the team members kept their eyes on the road below the mountain because they were nervous, and they pricked up their ears to listen carefully to every movement coming from the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, the devil's patrol has been patrolling back and forth several times, and it seems that there should be at least two patrols dedicated to the safety of this mountain road. Because from the time speculatively, the time for the devils to patrol back and forth was only half an hour, and this time was only enough for the convoy to patrol to the middle of the road, and the convoy should return. So there should be two patrols, each in charge of half of the road. Each patrol of the devils has at least one squad of people, and they drive five three-wheeled motorcycles, followed by a truck. Both the motorcycle and the truck were equipped with a crooked-handled machine gun. In areas where they thought there might be danger, they often stopped and fired indiscriminately with their machine guns. Judging by the frequent activity of enemy patrols, there must have been cars passing by this evening.

According to the time calculation, the devil's convoy should have arrived a long time ago, but for some reason it hasn't arrived yet. Xiong Qiang also became a little anxious in his heart, whether the devil is coming or not?

At this moment, the team member who was on guard on the north side of the highway ran over out of breath, and he said to Xiong Qiang:

"Chief of Staff, here, the devil is here."

"How many cars, where are they now?" Xiong Qiang immediately became excited.

"We have already passed the section of Yangxi Village, and there are a total of five trucks, and they are climbing the slope to come here."

"Hurry down to the bunker next to the road and get ready for battle!" Xiong Qiang hurriedly gave the order. The situation is the same as Xiao Xiong's telegram, 5 trucks. Without delay, Xiong Qiang led 3 teams down to the bunker next to the road. However, he still kept an eye on it, leaving a squad on the hillside to serve as a guard and let them serve as reserves.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the heavy roar of the engines as the car climbed the slope from the bottom of the slope. In a short time, five trucks drove up one after the other. Gradually, they drove into the minefield laid by the Einsatzgruppen.

"Hit!" Xiong Qiang shouted, only to hear a burst of explosions "boom", and all five of the devil's cars were blown up and stopped in the middle of the road, and one of them was blown up and caught fire. The machine guns and rifles of the Einsatzgruppen all fired at the truck. Many devils jumped out of the truck, some were shot by bullets as soon as they jumped off, and some fell to the ground after jumping and shot at the Einsatzgruppen. But there are more and more devils getting off the bus, as if the car is full of devils. The devils who got out of the car set up machine guns and mortars, and they shot desperately at the place where Xiong Qiang was lying in ambush, and the enemy's resistance became more and more fierce.

Xiong Qiang became more and more frightened, to their surprise, these 5 cars were not loaded with any gas bombs at all, and each car was loaded with at least a team of devils, a total of nearly 200 people. It turned out that these devils came up when the convoy passed through the Shahe River, and their purpose was to hide in the car and give a surprise blow to the anti-Japanese elements who dared to attack the convoy.

The devils panicked for a while, but after they fought for a while, they found that the opponent's firepower was not fierce enough, so they began to organize a counterattack.

In addition to suppressing the frontal fire and preparing for a forced attack, the devils also organized troops to outflank the Einsatzgruppen from both sides of the hillside and carry out a three-sided attack. At this moment, the two patrols of the devils also arrived, and in this moment, there were almost 400 devils gathered on the road, and the devils' trucks were all equipped with mortars. For a time, the enemy's attacking fire became very intense.

The Einsatzgruppen has already fought with the devils on both sides, and the devils on the front have also begun to attack. Xiong Qiang saw that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for him, so he ordered the team members on the side of the road to retreat to the hillside quickly. At this point, the enemy was already approaching. Xiong Qiang commanded the Ranger to throw the grenade at the devil at the same time, and they seized the extremely short time when the grenade exploded and quickly retreated towards the hillside. The squad that remained on the hillside suddenly opened fire on the enemy who was in hot pursuit as the brothers at the bottom of the hill retreated, taking the enemy by surprise and retreating in disarray. The team members under the mountain also quickly retreated into the bunker.

Seeing that there were so many enemies at the bottom of the mountain, and at both ends of the road, there were pillars of light from the headlights of cars driving here, and it seemed that the enemy was prepared.

"This is a trap set by the devil, and we have fallen for it." Xiong Qiang only realized it at this time.

Without further ado, it is necessary to lead the troops to evacuate immediately from this dangerous place.

However, the enemy, relying on the large number of people and the fierce firepower, was already desperate to rush towards the hillside, and a group fell, and the latter continued to rush upward. Now, there are enemies in front of the Einsatzgruppen and to the left and right. If the fight continues like this, the Einsatzgruppen will soon be dumplings by the enemy.

Ren Jie climbed to Xiong Qiang's side and said to Xiong Qiang:

"Chief of Staff, you quickly lead everyone to retreat, and I will lead people to block the enemy."

"Okay, but once we get out of here, you are not allowed to fight, so come after us. It's night, and it's hard for the enemy to pursue. Xiong Qiang admonished.

"Okay, let's go."

Looking at the swarming devils, Xiong Qiang ordered everyone to fight to the death. Suddenly, the explosion of gunshots and grenades resounded in the night sky. Taking advantage of the frustration of the enemy's charge, Xiong Qiang and the large army moved along the trenches to the back of the mountain. Only then did they realize that forty or fifty devils had already made a detour back to the back of the mountain, and they were about to rush up the mountain and attack from behind.

Xiong Qiang shouted:

"We must not let these devils go up, and none of them will let these dogs live. Kill—"

The Einsatzgruppen were already red-eyed, and they opened fire on the enemy, venting all their anger on these damned devils. It didn't take long for all the devils to be killed by them. Xiong Qiang led the team to step on the corpse of the devil and rushed out of the encirclement. They rushed in the direction of Zhangjiatan Village and disappeared into the vast night.

Ren Jie and the others knew that if they didn't retreat quickly, they would soon fall into the encirclement of devils. So, after hearing the gunfire of Xiong Qiang and their fierce battle with the devils behind the mountain, Ren Jie led the team to retreat to the back of the mountain along the traffic trench after repelling the devils attacking from the left.

But the devils behind him are also in hot pursuit. In order to prevent the enemy from discovering the whereabouts of the large army led by Xiong Qiang, they did not retreat to Zhangjiatan Village in the east, but had to withdraw to the west wall of the mountain due north. The devils of the brigade kept chasing after them. It wasn't until Ren Jie and the others turned over the west wall that they didn't hear the gunshots of the devils chasing behind them. They finally got rid of the devils.

Ren Jie counted the number of people, and there were more than 30 team members who served as blockers, but only 8 followed. couldn't care so much, Ren Jie led the team to continue to advance over the mountains and mountains in a roundabout way, to catch up with the large army.

Almost at the same time as Xiong Qiang and the others launched an attack on the devil, more than 100 in-force members led by Gao Qixing, who were ambushed by the railway, were also about to attack the devil's train.

At about one o'clock in the evening, the devil's armored train drove over, and they didn't pay attention to it, but just let it pass first. When the devil's train came later, Gao Qixing gave the order to detonate.

Suddenly, the explosives buried in the middle of the railroad exploded, and the devil's train rushed off the tracks at once, and the front of the locomotive hit the hillside before stopping. The front of the car was all destroyed, and several drivers of the devils in the front of the car looked like they couldn't live.

"Rush!" Gao Qixing gave the order to charge. But when they rushed down the hill and came to the side of the railway, they suddenly spewed out tongues of fire from the carriage that had fallen beside the railway, and several rangers who rushed in front were immediately shot and fell.

"Not good, there is an ambush! Hurry back. Gao Qixing shouted loudly.

Almost at the same time, the team members who had not yet rushed down kept firing at the devil's machine gun, hoping to suppress the devil's machine gun that kept firing at their comrades.

When the team members who rushed down the hill heard the order, they turned around and desperately withdrew to the hillside. However, the devils on the train had already opened the door and jumped off the train, and they shot wildly at the retreating team members.

When he saw the brothers of the Einsatzgruppen who were constantly lying in a pool of blood, Gao Qixing's eyes were red. He snatched a machine gun from one of the team members and fired as he fired and rushed down the hill. The other team members watched the deputy commander rush down, and they all rushed down with guns in hand. After a while, the devil's machine gun was finally dumbed down. The remaining brothers at the foot of the mountain took the opportunity to retreat.

The devils all got out of the carriages, and they set up their guns and opened fire on the Einsatzgruppen on the hillside. It is estimated that there are more than 200 devils in the entire train, and they began to quickly organize their teams and prepare to attack the Einsatzgruppen. Gao Qixing's heart couldn't help but "chuckle":

"Oh no, we're fooled. The gas bomb was not on the train. Everyone follow me and retreat quickly. ”

A member of the team snatched the machine gun from Gao Qixing's hand, lay down in the hillside bunker, and fired fiercely at the devils who rushed up. The devils who had just come out were strafed by a burst of machine gun fire, and more than a dozen of them were knocked down at once, and the rest were all so frightened that they quickly lay on the ground and shot up the hill.

Gao Qixing left a few team members behind, and personally led the team, and quickly retreated to the mountains while fighting.

The devil's armored train hadn't gone far before they heard an explosion from behind, and they hurried back. The devils in the car shot wildly at the Einsatzgruppen on the hillside, and several more members of the team who served as cover were shot and died.

It didn't take long for all the members of the team who served as a blocking mission on the mountain to die. The enemy down the hill, under the cover of machine-gun and artillery fire, finally rushed up. But all they saw were the bodies of the more than 20 soldiers who had died, and the rest of the protesters who attacked the train were gone.

When Xiao Xiong received a report from the two convoys attacking the devils, he learned that the enemy had not transported the gas bombs out of Jiujiang, but had only set a vicious trap in a vain attempt to wipe out the resistance elements that attacked the convoy transporting the gas bombs. Although they did not achieve their ultimate goal this time, they still caused great losses to the Einsatzgruppen, with a total of nearly 100 casualties.

Xiao Xiong was furious, and he was determined to defeat the enemy's evil plan. Resolutely complete the tasks assigned by the theater command and avenge the dead soldiers!