Judging from the map, Shaojia Mountain, Xiyangmu Mountain and other places are indeed a good place to set up ambushes. The map shows that there is a deep ditch through which the road passes, and the steep mountains on both sides of the road make it easy to conceal and attack. The route from the Nahe River to Sunwu passes through Shaojia Mountain and Xiyangmu Mountain, which are ideal ambush locations. The rest of the personnel thought that the ambush site should be set up between the two mountains, and then their eyes were focused on Meng Qingshan's body, waiting for his decision.

Unexpectedly, Meng Qingshan did not say what everyone expected, but asked rhetorically: "Who has seen the terrain of Shaojia Mountain and Xiyangmu Mountain?" Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and I can't say a word, because no one cares to look at it. Meng Qingshan smiled. said: "Aren't we talking on paper? A general once said: 'The five elements are uncertain, and you will lose cleanly.' 'Eat on the old map of the little devil, you will be hungry!' I think it's going to be here for the time being, so let's go see the terrain first, okay?" Subsequently, he announced the adjournment of the meeting, and led more than a dozen brigade and regiment cadres to gallop to the three stone mountains and Xiyangmu Mountain to reconnoiter the terrain.

More than ten miles away, everyone rode war horses, and it took less than two hours to arrive at the first mountain, Shaojia Mountain, standing on a mountain beam. As far as the eye can see, the whole picture of Shaojiashan can be seen clearly. The whole Shaojia Mountain is located 14.5 kilometers northwest of Woniuhe Village, 7 kilometers long in the north-south direction, and 493.9 meters above sea level. The east, west and north sides are respectively bordered by the Woniu River and its tributaries, and the south is bordered by the Xun River. The slopes of the mountains are covered by secondary forests such as quercus and birch, and the road from Nahe Road to Sun-Wu is shuttled through the mountains, and it is more than enough to hide a regiment on the slopes with trees as cover.

The highway in Shaojiashan District, judging from the map. It is passed at the bottom of the ditch west of Woniuhe Village, and it is suitable to set up ambushes on both sides. However, when the troops entered the ambush area, they found that the road was under the hillside. Only one side of the hill is suitable for hiding, and the other end of the road below the hill is smooth and slippery, apparently well-manicured. Faced with this situation, Meng Qingshan and the others did not panic or be in a hurry, but calmly and carefully analyzed and found that there was an old fortification in the middle of the road in Shaojiashan that could be used, and as long as it was cleverly camouflaged, they could effectively conceal the attempt and receive the effect of taking the enemy by surprise. As a result, the original determination to ambush has not wavered in the slightest, but only adjustments have been made in the deployment.

This fortification is still a relic left by the original anti-Japanese volunteers and the Japanese army, and the earlier Shaojiashan anti-Japanese volunteers have long ceased to exist, but Meng Qingshan, a later person, inherited the unfulfilled will of the ancestors and continued to fight an ambush against the Japanese army on their basis.

"Comrade Qingshan, the terrain in the Shaojiashan area is relatively complicated, with narrow ridges and deep ravines, and steep cliffs, which are inconvenient for the movement and deployment of enemy automobiles and cavalry except for highways. There are old fortifications and grass that are conducive to the camouflage and concealment of our troops, and a sudden attack. Commander-in-Chief Zhou said.

"I also agree with the words of the General Political Commissar, it is good to ambush here."

After discussion, everyone agreed that as long as some changes were made here, it would be very suitable for the Anti-Japanese Federation to fight an ambush here and wipe out the Japanese reinforcements. Just when everyone thought that Meng Qingshan would choose here, Meng Qingshan said: "Since you are here, you can't come in vain." Let's go to the West Poplar Mountain in front of us to have a look. ”

By this time, the weather had already turned cooler. The first heavy snowfall of 39 years has been falling for three days, so that the entire summer green trees of the West Poplar Mountains are dressed in a silver coat. The gray-yellow road that shuttles through the mountains is particularly conspicuous. It's like a boat in a white ocean. Looking at the terrain again, a section of the road in Xiyangmu Mountain is preliminarily estimated to be more than ten miles of road, and within this ten miles of road, the altitude of Xiyangmu Mountain is 396 meters. The mountain is round, composed of Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, there is a slightly northward inclined platform at the elevation of 320-340 meters above sea level, the platform of the Tertiary is piled up on the table, and the lower side of the platform is the highway section of the Japanese army, originally in the heyday of the anti-Japanese volunteers, the Japanese army also deliberately stationed a small team of Japanese troops on this platform, but since the decline of the volunteers, the Japanese army withdrew to the garrisoned Japanese army, and the platform of the entire mountainous area and the highway of the Japanese army are simply two roads in the distance.

When the little devil built the road, he didn't want to borrow the characteristic platform of Xiyangmu Mountain to build the road, but because the platform was slightly inclined to the north, he had to give up building the road below, and Meng Qingshan carefully observed the platform above and the Japanese highway.

"Commander-in-chief, this is really a natural ambush battlefield. If you hadn't said it, we would have missed such a good ambush location..."Chief of Staff Cui Shiquan looked at the terrain in front of him and couldn't help but admire.

After listening to the words of Chief of Staff Cui Shiquan, Meng Qingshan smiled and said nothing, you must know that the ancients had a saying that you know each other and know the other, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. What's more, Meng Qingshan, a person who came from later generations, has gone through the defeat experience of the ancients, and there are many famous generals who are not good at the art of war, but have fallen into the error of the map, so every time Meng Qingshan fights a war, he has to ask people to draw a local map or check it in person, so as to rest assured.

"Yes, the stones on the platform here are the weapons that nature has given us to block the devil's cavalry and convoys, and the mountain roads here are so rough that we can put as many devils as we can when they come. As long as the stones on it are pushed down, the Japanese army can be illuminated with a large number of casualties, Lao Zhou, Lao Yang, you see, we are opposite the main peak of Xiyangmu Mountain, I want to set up our headquarters on the top of the opposite mountain, so that everything on the battlefield, we can have a full view, so that we can command the battle, what do you think? Meng Qingshan continued the words of the chief of staff.

"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 West Poplar Mountain in front of him and said.

"Okay, guard battalion, you immediately send a company of troops to the top of the opposite hill to find favorable terrain and build a headquarters." Meng Qingshan turned around and ordered to the commander of the guard battalion behind him.

"Yes, commander-in-chief...", a company commander of the guard battalion climbed up the opposite hill with a company of troops. The rest of the guards quickly filled the holes in the defenses left by their comrades.

"Da, da, da!" "Commander, Commander." There was a sound of horses' hooves behind Meng Qingshan and the others, and when Meng Qingshan turned around, he found that a fighter of the Anti-United Nations came to Meng Qingshan's side panting, turned over and dismounted, and handed Meng Qingshan an urgent telegram from the Fifth Army Division.

"Lao Zhou, Lao Yang, it seems that this little devil and our ideas are exactly the same, we just thought about how to lure the little devil out, but I didn't expect them to send it to the door themselves, we will now go back to the fortress and arrange it here for the little devil to beat him a guy, let them be honest for a while, they always think that our anti-union is the fish in their eyes, how to pinch it, and we have to weigh it next time if we dare to beat it." Meng Qingshan said with a smile, and at the same time handed the message in his hand to Zhou Baozhong.

After reading the message, Zhou Baozhong asked: "Commander-in-chief, is our plan to attack Sunwu County still implemented?" ”

"Fight, why don't you fight, but don't fight now, the little devil sent out nearly a wing of cavalry and an independent garrison this time, it is difficult for us to eat them at once in this ambush, since this is the case, let's give them a double pinch, first put the little devil's cavalry to block them and ambush them by reaching the area of Shaojiashan, and the devil's car force will be blocked by Xiyangmu Mountain, this time we will have a big one, I want to cripple and defeat the Tokyo division of the little devil Longjiang Province at one time." Although he said it very angrily, Meng Qingshan still felt a little nervous in his heart. (To be continued......)