In the first half of the night, the Japanese troops in the mountain pass were still frantically attacking the Northeast Army, but because of the darkness, even with the support of the artillery on the mountain, they did not gain much, and in the second half of the night, the Japanese army stopped attacking, and they were too tired to rest.

The Japanese troops on the mountain could not attack the Northeast army on the top of the mountain in the dark night, their experience in the mountains was slightly inferior to that of the Northeast army, and they did not dare to run to attack in the dark night, but firmly held the place they had occupied.

Xu Qiang, Hu Lin and a group of soldiers squatted in the trenches and gnawed on cold and hard steamed buns, after lunch, until midnight, when the Japanese army retreated, they had time to eat, and the steamed buns were their dinner and supper.

"Report, Division Commander Hu, Division Commander Xu, the commander asked you to go to him!" One of Zhang Zuoxiang's guards ran up to Xu Qiang and said.

The two looked at each other and then asked in unison, "Brother, does the commander have anything to do with us?" ”

A brother made the guard very excited, the name of this division commander Xu was often mentioned by the commander, as Zhang Zuoxiang's guard, of course he knew that Zhang Zuo was very appreciative of Xu Qiang, as long as he didn't die in the war, it would be a matter of time before he soared. Now let's talk about this new star of the Northeast Army, there may be unexpected benefits in the future.

"Two division commanders, I don't know what the matter is, but the commander has gathered a lot of commanders, and the military positions are not small, and you are one of the few division commanders who can enter." The guard vaguely revealed something, and Xu Qiang and the others also heard it.

Xu Qiang patted the guard on the shoulder and said that he had time to invite him to a meal or something, so that the guard walked a little lightly. After being mixed in Zhang Zuolin's army for several years, how could he not know the meaning of the guards, and he couldn't cool people's hearts, and having someone by the commander's side would be able to receive the news faster in the future.

The two gobbled up the steamed buns, poured a sip of water and followed the guards to see Zhang Zuoxiang, and along the way they were thinking about what Zhang Zuoxiang was looking for them to do.

As for why Zhang Zuoxiang was looking for him, he already had the answer in his heart, from the Japanese artillery on the mountain attacking them below the mountain pass, he also guessed that the Northeast Army on the mountain should still be defeated, and now the entire East Northeast Army is in a more passive situation. So many division commanders just called a few, and he and Lao Hu were among them, which showed that Zhang Zuo attached great importance to them, and to put it bluntly, he wanted to see if he had no better way to save the situation.

Xu Qiang, who was walking and trying to figure out a way, soon arrived at the operational command camp, which was already full of senior officers at this time, basically with military ranks and positions higher than Xu Qiang.

"Xiao Xu is here, and the people are almost here, and now we want to talk about the predicament we are currently experiencing. There is only the last line of defense left on the top of the mountain on both sides, we have no soldiers to support them, the enemy has the support of the mountain artillery, we can't spare the strength to support, according to the current situation, we can't hold out until the arrival of the Wehrmacht, everyone think of a way! Zhang Zuoxiang briefly analyzed the situation they were encountering so far.

After listening, everyone present fell into deep thought, obviously trying to find a way, but soon many people secretly glanced at Xu Qiang, and Xu Qiang also looked pensive, and couldn't see anything.

For more than ten minutes, there was still silence at the scene, no one made a sound, and the people who couldn't think of a way lowered their heads after looking at each other, they really couldn't think of a good way.

"It's been so long, everyone has come up with a way to do it, whether it's right or wrong, whoever thinks of it will say, I won't embarrass anyone." Zhang Zuoxiang sighed faintly.

"Retreat, take the initiative to abandon this pass, and then lure the Japanese deeper, ambush them on both sides, and inflict heavy damage on them even if the Japanese are not annihilated, so that we will have time to wait for the arrival of the Wehrmacht. It can also weaken the effective forces of the Japanese army and lay the foundation for the counteroffensive. An officer stood up and spoke out loud.

This method was thought of when the Japanese army attacked the mountain pass, which was equivalent to gambling, if the Japanese army really hit, they would win, and the Japanese army was careful not to follow them in, otherwise they would be ambushed, and if they just occupied the mountain pass, they would lose completely. The pass was also equipped with sound military defenses, but there was no one behind it, and if the pass was occupied by the Japanese and then advanced slowly, they would have to retreat.

As for whether the Japanese army was so idiotic and ambushed by them, Zhang Zuoxiang was not sure, so he couldn't afford to gamble, but he could gamble now.

"No, what if the Japanese army doesn't fall for it, just leave this place abandoned? This one is full of uncertainty, so I don't agree with it. Another officer retorted.

"Why don't you take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army has stopped attacking now and let the soldiers take back those occupied mountains, you must know that our soldiers are very capable of fighting in the mountains, especially at night." A bandit-turned-officer said. The soldiers in the Northeast who were converted from bandits were very good at fighting in the mountains at night, after all, they had survived by such skills before.

Xu Qiang was also listening to the methods of several people, and he suddenly found that Zhang Zuoxiang had been staring at him, which made him very worried, but after experiencing several such big scenes, he didn't change on the surface, but instinctively avoided Zhang Zuoxiang's eyes.

Everyone also discovered Zhang Zuoxiang's eyes, and then they all looked at Xu Qiang and Hu Lin who were standing in the corner, Hu Lin was directly frightened by these eyes and broke out in a cold sweat, his palms continued to sweat, and then he took a step away from Xu Qiang with difficulty, because he saw that the chief was looking towards Xu Qiang.

Seeing that the chiefs present were all looking at him, Xu Qiang swallowed a mouthful of saliva unconsciously, and was stunned that he couldn't say a word, and the cold sweat on his body was no more than Hu Lin's.

"Ahem......" Zhang Zuoxiang also knew his gaffe, and then coughed a few times to divert everyone's attention and break the embarrassing atmosphere. Sure enough, everyone shifted their eyes one after another, some looked up at the canvas above the tent, and some looked down at the ground.

"Commander, I'm very much in favor of the idea of an ambush, but be skillful, be natural when retreating, and not let the Japanese find out. In addition, it is necessary to let the troops on the mountain attack, and if they do not seek to drive the Japanese troops down the mountain and take back the occupied area, it is equivalent to harassment, and the army in the mountain pass will feign an attack as soon as it is dawn. After everyone didn't look at him, Xu Qiang organized a little and said, "I have to say that according to the current situation, we can't support the arrival of the National Defense Force at all, since the defeat on the mountain, love has broken the situation between the two sides, and we have to retreat in two days at most, otherwise the strength of the Northeast will all be planted here, so why not gamble!" ”

Xu Qiang's words were not full, he couldn't steal the limelight all the time, he had to give these chiefs a little face, which he got after summarizing it several times. His last sentence was to remind the people present that this is the last strength of the Northeast Army, and if all of these are planted here, then the Northeast Army will be finished.

Zhang Zuoxiang thought deeply about Xu Qiang's last two sentences, if they wanted to occupy a position in the imperial military in the future, they must preserve their strength, and they would not be able to kiss their own troops, which was also the concern that Zhang Zuolin did not immediately join the Wehrmacht when he killed Beiyang and the revolutionary government in the Wehrmacht.

"Just implement an ambush, instead of being so passive, it is better to take the initiative to attack, we can no longer consume our strength and engage in mountain warfare with the Japanese army. However, we still have to hold on for a day or two when we are ambushing, so that the Japanese army cannot find out, and we will let the troops on the mountain attack later, so that the Japanese army will think that we are dying. Zhang Zuoxiang thought for a while and began to order, "The day after tomorrow will start to implement the plan, as soon as dawn will be the soldiers of the two divisions secretly rushed to the rear to arrange, tomorrow's battle will make the soldiers feign a negative sign, and the troops on the mountain must hold on until the day after tomorrow." ”

In order not to let the Japanese army find out, all the soldiers except for the core high-level were not clear about the plan, and the people who were sent to set up an ambush behind were the henchmen of the Northeast Army who knew the roots.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

The Northeast Army in the mountains on both sides launched an attack on the Japanese army at the same time, and as soon as the guns rang out, all the torches of the Japanese Army were extinguished, and the Northeast Army did not approach, but fired towards the place where the Japanese army was located in the distance. The Northeast Army was only harassing, and not all of them were dispatched, and a group of them were squinting and resting, using the method of taking turns to prevent the Japanese army from resting.

The Japanese army thought that the Northeast Army wanted to regain its position, and the Japanese troops who were resting were rushed by the officers to counterattack the Northeast Army, and they fought back all night.

As soon as the morning dawned, the Japanese army immediately rushed to attack, the artillery up and down the mountain opened up, the attack was very fierce, the Japanese troops on the mountain were harassed all night, and the intensity of the attack decreased significantly.

Another day passed in a hurry, and the Japanese army made tremendous progress, and the last line of defense of the Northeast Army on the mountains on both sides was torn open by them several times, but it was soon filled by the Northeast Army, but the defense line was already far away, and it was believed that it would not be long before it could be breached.

Although the counterattack of the Northeast Army was very crazy, it was not as crazy as a few days ago, and it looked very negative, which made Ueda Yuzawa and others very excited, which meant that they would soon be able to break through this mountain pass.

These phenomena are all deliberately done by the Northeast Army, but the Japanese army can't see it, and when Ueda Arisawa and others came, the Northeast Army at this time should be like this, after all, they occupy a considerable advantage.

Another night fell, the Japanese army was still resting in the second half of the night, and the Japanese army on the mountain once again ushered in the crazy attack of the Northeast Army, and the Japanese army, who already knew that it was harassment, did not pay too much attention.