"The command of the campaign was arranged in such a way that Commander Wang Nanhu was responsible for organizing the Reading Regiment, the Mountain Artillery Battalion, and all the surrounding guerrillas to attack the county town and reconnoiter all the surrounding strongholds. I, the commander, Comrade Liu Hua, were responsible for commanding the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy army at Shenxian Mountain. Political Commissar Chen Revolution was responsible for staying at the headquarters, collecting intelligence, organizing the militia, and transporting the wounded, prisoners, and various seized materials to the common people. The chief of staff then ordered.

"Clear"

"Okay, I'll give you a day, that is, after the meeting is adjourned, everyone will have to pull all the troops to the positions in one day, and dig up the fortifications and positions. Tomorrow afternoon, the commander and I will personally inspect it. At six o'clock in the morning of the day after tomorrow, that is, on the morning of the sixteenth, the Reading Force launched an attack on time."

"Yes, Commander, guarantee to complete the mission"

"Okay, everyone adjourns the meeting, remember what I said before the meeting, the issue of confidentiality. The meeting was adjourned, and the operational meeting on the first attack on Baoding by the Reading Force Division ended.

After the meeting was dismissed, everyone did not make any stop at the headquarters, but hurried back to their stations and began to assemble their troops and prepare for departure. Similarly, the troops stationed around the headquarters also sounded the horn of assembly, and one after another drove out of the village where the headquarters was located, and marched rapidly to the Shenxian Mountain, which was more than ten miles away.

"Commander Wang, Political Commissar Chen, we should also separate" Looking at the departing troops, Liu Hua looked at the two generals in front of him and said.

"Division commander, chief of staff, don't worry, my Wang Nanhu will definitely fight this battle and attract the army in Baoding City." Wang Nanhu replied confidently.

"Well, I trust your command skills. Political Commissar Chen, the burden of the headquarters is about to fall on you. You've got a lot of work to do! ”

"Division commander, chief of staff, don't worry, I will definitely do a good job in the logistics of the troops, so that the soldiers can fight with peace of mind and have no worries." Political Commissar Chen assured.

"Okay, your job is to gather information and pass on important information to me at any time. In addition, you have to organize a certain militia to be on standby at the edge of the battlefield at any time, helping the troops transport the wounded, escort prisoners, and clean up the battlefield. In addition, you also have to secretly organize a group of ordinary people to assemble around Baoding on the night of the 17th, and as for the purpose of the assembly, you should all know it," Liu Hua ordered again.

"Division commander, chief of staff, you can rest assured," both replied at the same time.

"Okay, then let's break up now, and we'll see you after the battle is won." Liu Hua shook the hands of the two and said.

"Commander, Chief of Staff, take care, we'll see you after victory." The two replied with a military salute to Liu Hua and Li Qing respectively.

In this way, Liu Hua saw Commander Wang leave.

"Guard company, electronic detachment, all assemble, ready to go" Seeing the two generals who were far away, Liu Hua shouted an order to the guards behind him.

Soon, about a battalion of troops, under the leadership of Liu Hua and Chief of Staff Li Qing, also left the headquarters of the Third Division, aiming directly at the real battlefield of this battle, Shenxian Mountain.

More than ten miles away, everyone rode war horses, and in less than an hour, they were the first to feel the fairy mountain, standing on a mountain beam. As far as the eye can see, the whole picture of the entire Immortal Mountain can be seen clearly. The whole fairy mountain stretches for more than ten kilometers, and the highway from Baoding Road is shuttled from the mountains.

At this time, the weather had already warmed up, and almost the entire Shenxian Mountain was covered with green leaves and turf. The gray-yellow highway shuttling through the mountains is particularly conspicuous, like a swimming dragon in a sea of green. Looking at the terrain again, a section of the road in Shenxian Mountain is preliminarily estimated to be more than ten miles, and this ten miles of road is completely surrounded by mountains, and the whole position looks like an inverted cauldron.

"Commander, this is really a natural ambush battlefield. I really don't know, you have never been here, how can you be so clear about the terrain here, insist on ambushing the little devil here" Chief of Staff Li Qing looked at the terrain in front of him and couldn't help but admire.

After listening to the words of Chief of Staff Li Qing, Liu Hua smiled and said nothing, you must know that in the previous life, the 115th Division that established a base here was in Shenxian Mountain, a natural battlefield, and Liu Hua, who was a military graduate student of a brigade of the Annihilation Army, still remembered this famous battle.

"Yes, it's like a cauldron, how many devils come, let's put in as many as we want. Chief of Staff, you see, opposite us is the main peak of the Immortal Mountain, and I want to set up our headquarters on the top of the opposite mountain, so that we can have a full view of everything on the battlefield, so that it is convenient for us to command the battle, what do you think? Liu Hua followed the words of the chief of staff, afraid that the chief of staff would continue to ask, so he immediately changed the topic.

"I agree, it's the highest point of the entire battlefield, and it's best if the headquarters is there." The chief of staff raised the binoculars, looked at the fairy mountain in front of him, and said.

"Okay, guard company, you immediately send troops to the top of the opposite mountain, find favorable terrain, and build a headquarters, be quick." Liu Hua turned around and ordered to the two guard company commanders behind him.

"Yes, Commander," a company commander climbed up the opposite hill with half of his troops. And the remaining guard soldiers quickly filled the defensive loopholes left by leaving their comrades, "Captain Wu, I won't make specific arrangements for the tasks of your electronic detachment." Once each unit has arrived at the designated location, you decide on the exact location of the three launchers according to the actual situation. I just want you to assure you that after the battle starts, the army's radio will not be able to send or receive any telegrams, do you have the confidence to complete the mission? Liu Hua asked.

"Commander, chief of staff, you can rest assured, I, Wu Xin, and the entire electronic detachment will ensure that the task is completed." Wu Xin replied with a salute.

"Well, you must remember that this is the first battle since the establishment of your electronic detachment, which is your maiden battle, so you must win. The Chief of Staff and I are waiting for your good news at the headquarters. Liu Hua said happily, it can be said that he is full of confidence in this secret weapon in his hand, which can also be said to be a killer weapon.

"Battalion Commander Zhang of the Communications Battalion," Liu Hua shouted loudly to the staff officers and cadres behind him.

"Here, Commander, Chief of Staff, what instructions do you have?" Hearing the commander call himself, the commander of the communications battalion hurriedly ran out of the ranks.

"Battalion Commander Zhang, when the time comes, after the battle starts, the enemy's radio station will lose its effectiveness, and our radio station will be no exception, it will lose its effectiveness. When the time comes, the issue of liaison between the command and the main regiments and the troops directly under it will depend on you. I ask of you that a field telephone line must be laid for me throughout the battlefield before the battle begins. The command headquarters is required to directly contact the troops above the battalion level. In addition, it is necessary to ensure the connection between the infantry on the front line and the artillery positions behind them, so that the soldiers can call for artillery support and artillery correction," Liu Hua ordered.

"Yes, the commander, the chief of staff, the communications battalion guarantees the completion of the mission" Battalion Commander Zhang gave a military salute to the two, turned around and walked towards his troops.

"Commander, it seems that you are full of confidence in the battle that will be launched" Seeing Liu Huayi give three orders in a row, the chief of staff asked with a smile.

"Chief of Staff, not full of confidence. Rather, we will win. Let's go, let's go and see the terrain specifically, so that we can count some in our hearts" Liu Hua said with a proud face, turned around and walked along the mountain beam, towards the other end of the road. And the chief of staff behind him, seeing the high-spirited and confident Liu Hua, the little worry in his heart also disappeared. With the strength of a guard company, he followed closely behind Liu Hua.

And just when Liu Hua and the chief of staff were observing the terrain. Along the Shunping direction, at the end of the road, there was a cloud of dust, no need to guess, everyone knew that it must be the effect that would only be produced when a large army passed by.

"Guard company, prepare for battle, protect the chief" Before Liu Hua and the others could react, the guard company commander, who had been observing the surrounding environment, ordered loudly. At the same time, several soldiers who followed Liu Hua quickly pressed themselves to the ground and protected themselves to the other side of the mountain beam. What's more, the sound of bullets loading sounded in my ears.

Just when Liu Hua raised his head and reacted, his guard company had already protected himself and the chief of staff in the middle, and scattered in battle formation. Look at the chief of staff, he is no better than himself, he is also tightly held under his body by the soldiers.

"Little comrade, get up" Seeing the two guards who were clinging to his side closely, Liu Hua said with a smile.

"Commander, did we crush you" Seeing the depressed expression on the commander's face, one soldier hurriedly answered first, and at the same time, asked the other soldier to quickly get up.

At this time, without restraint, Liu Hua took the binoculars, quietly touched the edge of the mountain beam, and came to the side of a warrior.

Raising the binoculars, at this time the figure of the troops was still not visible at the end of the road, but the smoke and dust rising from the road were getting closer and closer to him.

"Commander, it's not clear whether the troops on the opposite side are our men or the little devils. For the sake of safety, you and the chief of staff will retreat for the time being, I will take the guard company to cover" At this time, the guard company commander quietly climbed to his side and suggested.

"No, how can anyone flee without even seeing the shadow of the enemy. Besides, how can there be so many enemies here? You know, judging by the height of soot, there are at least two regiments or more troops there. Wait a minute, order the soldiers to be ready to move at any time" Hearing that the guard company commander actually let him retreat, Liu Hua replied to him angrily.

At the moment when Liu Hua spoke, several dark shadows had faintly appeared at the end of the road. Liu Hua hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked over. Soon, Liu Hua let out a long breath. Because in his eyes, he saw the troops of the third division, and about a squad of fighters was searching and advancing at the front of the ranks.

"Comrades, the alert is lifted, the front is the troops of the three-part area, don't be nervous, let's continue to observe the terrain.0" Liu Hua patted his head and ordered to the soldiers behind him.

Sure enough, it didn't take long to see several cadres riding war horses and trying to run over by themselves, and the leader was the head of a regiment who had just attended the meeting.

"Report to the commander, the first regiment of the third division, the second regiment, the artillery battalion, and the cavalry battalion are ordered to come and report," several people walked up to Liu Hua and saluted.

"Comrades, you have come in a very timely manner, I will not say much, seize the time to build field fortifications in accordance with the arrangements of the pre-war meeting. Artillery battalion, cavalry battalion, immediately choose the right terrain for sortie, and artillery positions, concealment, in addition, when building a position, remember to cut off all the obstacles in front of the position, so as not to affect our shooting accuracy when you get it," Liu Hua said, pointing to the obstacles on the hillside.

"Yes, Commander, guarantee to complete the mission"

Immediately afterwards, three regiments of the rapid reaction brigade, an artillery regiment, and a cavalry regiment, rushed one after another. Under the vigilance of the cavalry regiment, the various units quickly dispersed and began to build positions in their own ambush positions. The fighters walked along the mountain beams, dug trenches, bunkers. At the same time, in order to avoid the artillery bombardment of the Japanese army, a bunker was also built on the anticline of the position.

And the secret weapon in Liu Hua's hands, the soldiers of the electronic detachment, is under the leadership of captain Wu Xin. According to the size of the battlefield and the influence distance of their own radio, they selected three commanding heights and began to set up radio stations, diesel engines. At the same time, in order to protect these equipment, the three selected hills were protected by strong troops.

Liu Hua, Chief of Staff Li Qing, stood at the headquarters that had taken shape and was being reinforced. Looking at the busy battlefield, I can't help but feel excited. Because on the nearly 5-kilometer-long road, the soldiers are standing on the mountain beam next to the road to step up the construction of fortifications, and as far as the eye can see, the entire battlefield is full of soldiers waving shovels in their hands, which is very spectacular.

In this way, the entire work of digging trenches continued until noon the next day, the day before the ambush, the fifteenth. At this time, I was looking at the entire Immortal Mountain ambush battlefield. Along the ridges on both sides of the road, a whole trench was dug by the warriors. About fifty meters behind the ridge trench, the side of the ridge with its back to the road, a deeper trench was also dug by the warriors. Between the two trenches, at intervals of a hundred meters, they were connected to each other by communication trenches, forming a complete set of fortifications.

Take a look at several commanding heights of Shenxian Mountain. In order to prevent the Japanese army from relying on these commanding heights to hold on to and wait for reinforcements, and at the same time, it is also to prevent the reconnaissance troops of the Japanese army from discovering the entire ambush plan. The soldiers who held several commanding heights did not dig trenches, except for some individual bunkers on the mountainside and hid them. However, to the surprise of the Yue army, in order to prevent the Yue army from occupying this commanding height, the soldiers posed a threat to the ambush of the troops. A large amount of explosives were planted on several hills, and if the army sent troops to seize the commanding heights before the battle, they would die as soon as the battle began. The soldiers who were ambushed on the other side of the commanding heights, as well as the soldiers who hid in individual bunkers, were able to occupy the commanding heights and completely surround the Japanese army in the shortest possible time when the army fell into chaos.

"It's very good, it's very good, taking into account the reconnaissance troops of the army and possible unexpected situations, very good., after the battle, I want to praise the battalion commander who thought of this idea" Liu Hua listened to the reports of the regiment commanders and nodded with satisfaction.

"Comrades, now that all the trenches have been dug up, and there is still half a day left, we still have an important thing to do, that is, to hide the troops, let's hide our main forces in the trenches, and we can't let the little devil's scouts find out just like the three commanding heights just now, and before the battle starts, we can't let the army discover our ambush troops. However, as soon as the battle starts, we must launch an attack on the enemy at the first opportunity. I hope that when you go down, you will give full play to the strength of everyone and complete the last task before the war. After the mission is completed, the commander and I will personally check if there are any problems. The chief of staff ordered to all the regimental commanders standing at the command headquarters.

"No," the crowd replied in unison.

"Okay, you go down and make arrangements. The two commanders of the artillery regiment and the cavalry regiment stayed. Liu Hua ordered.

"Commander, Chief of Staff, are there any tasks?" The two heads of the regiment asked suspiciously.

"Yes. Commander Wang, Commander Chen, this time to eliminate the reinforcements of the army, although we have the strength of 5 infantry regiments, but there is a main attacking force in any battle. I can say that the most important thing about whether or not you can successfully destroy these Japanese troops this time is your two regiments. Commander Chen, how are your artillery positions prepared? Liu Hua asked.

"Commander, you can rest assured, we will mark all the places that need to be shelled clearly according to your requirements, as long as the battle starts, the infantry brothers in front, where they point, I can hit wherever they are." Chen Guangrong replied confidently.

"Okay, very good, Commander Wang, where are you going to choose your attack" Liu Hua asked.

"The commander, the chief of staff, according to our reconnaissance, that is, opposite the command. There was a dense woods, which was very suitable for the concealment of our cavalry regiment. In addition, outside the woods, the terrain is very flat, as long as the cavalry regiment launches a charge, it will not take a minute to rush to the battlefield and kill the little devil by surprise. Wang Hu replied with a smile, obviously confident.

"Since you two regiment commanders are so sure and confident in this battle. I don't have anything to worry about, you go down and get ready to go," Liu Hua replied with a smile.

"Yes, Commander, Chief of Staff," the two replied with a military salute. Turn away from Command.

(To be continued)