A long transport team in Chaoyang slowly walked on the Pingxingguan road, at this time it had rained and sunny, due to the lack of trucks, the Japanese army could only use a large number of pack horses to help transport, this team is the transport team of the 21st Wing, each brigade in the Japanese army has a transport squadron of about 110 people, plus the wing's own transport squadron, there are more than 400 people, this team actually has only two transport squadrons, and there is also an infantry squadron and a battalion of puppet army, These puppet armies are the puppet North China Autonomous Government Army that has just been formed, so they don't feel at ease when they fight Itagaki Seishiro, but the transportation is still competent. But the team was not only two miles, but more than three miles long.

The leader of the team was Hashimoto Shunmasa Nakasa, and these two infantry squadrons were under the command of his brigade. At this time, Hashimoto Masashi was complacent, and when he first arrived in China, Hashimoto was still a young samurai, and after a few months of conquest, he was already a middle samurai. Hashimoto couldn't help but secretly wonder if he could be promoted to Dazuo after the Shanxi fight, this incident is over, maybe he will be a general, general, the more he thinks about it, the more beautiful Hashimoto feels more and more that this China is really a good place.

Hashimoto Shunzheng looked at the towering peaks on both sides, and asked a puppet army officer next to him, "Qianjun, what kind of place is this?" ”

The puppet army officer was a fat man and said with a smile, "Taijun, the first point in front of this is Baiyatai, and then you can reach Pingxingguan more than ten miles ahead." If it's fast enough, you should be able to get there at noon. ”

Hashimoto Junmasa nodded and said, "Order the whole army to stop for breakfast, and speed up the march after half an hour." We went to Pingxingguan for lunch. ”

Lin Sanhu wore a straw hat and camouflage uniform, holding a telescope on the cliff and looking at the Japanese soldiers who suddenly stopped. I couldn't help but say worriedly, "What's going on?" How did the Japanese stop in front of the encirclement? ”

Nie Rongzhen, who was next to him, looked around with a telescope and said, "Impossible, this mountain is covered with vegetation, and our soldiers are wearing this camouflage uniform." Even I, who knew that there was an ambush, couldn't find out where everyone was, so how could the Japanese army find out. ”

Lin Sanhu nodded and looked at it for a while and said, "It seems that it should be resting, order everyone to calm down, and you must not shoot without an order." ”

Thousands of fighters waited patiently, and finally after half an hour, the convoy began to move again.

Lin Sanhu patted his thigh and exclaimed, "Okay, come in." ”

7:51 a.m. The long procession completely entered the encirclement.

Lin Sanhu shouted, "Start!! ”

When the starter next to him heard this, he immediately fired three green flares in succession.

Yang Dezhi, the commander of the 685th Regiment at the front of the encirclement, was the first to shout "hit" when he saw the signal flare, and he picked up the heavy machine gun next to him and swept away the truck in front, and the other machine gunners also knew that their first task was to stop the transport team, only to see that the truck was instantly hit by more than a dozen fire chains and turned to the side. The vehicles behind were also staggered and huddled together, and the ambush troops on both sides also exerted their strength at the same time, and Hashimoto Shunmasa only saw countless enemy troops suddenly appear on both sides, and countless chains of fire swept towards the entire team. The sound of a popping rifle made him tremble. Countless grenades flew between the ranks and orange-red fireballs appeared, and countless Japanese troops were beaten in the first wave of attacks before they could understand what was going on. Hashimoto Junmasa immediately jumped off his horse, drew his command knife and shouted, "Enemy attack!!" Hide quickly. Signal Corps, quickly notify the wing and seek tactical guidance. The puppet officer next to him had already trembled and climbed under the truck and hid.

Where do the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops in the transport team still need Hashimoto Shunmasa's greeting, these countless grenades and fire whips have already woken up these arrogant Japanese soldiers. Everyone fought back, either on trucks, on rocks, or rolling into ravines on both sides of the road.

Lin Sanhu saw that the Japanese army lost its formation the moment it was beaten, and said with a smile: "It's a good fight!" ”

Nie Rongzhen also smiled and said, "Of course, we have concentrated hundreds of machine guns, and we can't deal with these hundreds of Japanese troops?" I think it's up to three hours to end the fight. ”

Lin Sanhu saw that the Japanese army had been overwhelmed and couldn't raise his head, and he nodded and said, "Order all units to act cheaply according to the actual battle situation." ”

Although the Japanese army was defeated, it deserved to be the main force of the "steel army". I only saw these Japanese soldiers gathering desperately and then hiding in the recesses of the ditch on both sides to hide and counterattack, and the soldiers who had fallen had already fallen. There were also many wounded people who got up, dragged their guns into the ditch, and continued to shoot. All that remained on the road were hundreds of corpses and smoke-emitting trucks, carts, and fleeing horses.

Seeing that shooting from the hillside could no longer effectively kill and injure the Japanese army, the poor Eighth Route Army was unwilling to waste bullets, so they got up and began to rush down the mountain, only to see that each company began to assault and fight hand-to-hand under the command of its respective company commanders.

Shun Hashimoto, hiding behind a rock, with only a dozen people around him, asked as he directed a crooked handle to fight back, "Haven't you heard back yet?" ”

The signal soldier was also sweating anxiously, and kept sending telegrams asking for backup.

Hashimoto Shunmasa was unable to effectively organize the Japanese army at this time, hundreds of people were scattered at a distance of 2000 meters, and he could only shout loudly with his mouth to issue orders, at this time he finally saw who his opponent was, only to see a group of troops in strange clothes rushing down the mountain, the rifles in their hands were never seen before, and the firepower was extremely fierce, although the marksmanship was average, but it was different from the local army that had been seen before, and never fired empty guns, every shot was aimed at the shot, but the gun could be used to hit continuously, This must be the elite of the Chinese army.

What made Hashimoto even more angry was that this strange unit actually cheated in hand-to-hand combat, taking advantage of the fact that their guns could be comboated, and they often shot during hand-to-hand combat, which was too despicable and too lacking in the spirit of bushido.

Hashimoto suddenly noticed that there were two flags fluttering on the mountains far away, one was the red flag of the blue sky and the white sun that he had long been familiar with, but the other red flag with a sickle and hammer painted made his whole mind mess up. Wait - the red flag of the sickle hammer??

Hashimoto Shunmasa said dizzily, "Yaga, is it the Soviet Army?" No wonder there is such firepower, these people are not the China troops. It was the Soviet troops, the USSR sent troops!! ”

Hashimoto didn't know that it was the flag of the Red Army.

Seishiro Itagaki received the news that the convoy had been ambushed and couldn't believe his eyes. When did the Chinese troops dare to take the initiative? Aren't they just hiding in their positions and being attacked by themselves?

But itagaki, who knew that the matter was urgent, hurriedly sent a telegram, ordered the 21st Wing in front of Pingxing Pass to immediately return to the rescue, and sent a telegram to order the garrisons of Lingqiu and Guangling to rush to the aid immediately. Then call the air force, hoping to use the air superiority to suppress the ambushed Chinese army.

But then Seishiro Itagaki received the news from Hashimoto that he was attacked by the Soviet army, and Itagaki suddenly felt that he really didn't wake up today, and when did the Soviet army also get involved?

Lin Sanhu suddenly noticed a group of Japanese soldiers in a mountain nest next to the highway, and also saw the appearance of an officer with a command knife. If you look closely, there is actually a long antenna, and you immediately understand that this must be the command center of the Japanese army.

Lin Sanhu shouted "Signal Corps"

The signal soldier next to him stood up and said to Lin Sanhu, "Here"

Lin Sanhu pointed to the nest of Japanese soldiers and said, "Do you see the devils there?" That's the command of the devils, order the artillery battalion to knock it out for me"

The signal soldier picked up his binoculars, looked at them, said "yes," and went out to deliver orders.

By this time, the Japanese had received the news, and both sides began a rapid march to prepare for the rescue of the besieged convoy. In addition, seven planes took to the air in an emergency to prepare for air rescue.

Hashimoto was nervously waiting for reinforcements. Suddenly saw several black shadows flying in the distance, he immediately understood what it was, and was about to lie down, but it was too late, five rounds of mortars smashed this small piece of position, and the telegraph flew into the air, I don't know where it went.

The battle soon came to an end, at nine o'clock. The fighters have already begun to clear up the last enemy who is hiding, at this time. The battle began only two hours later.

Lin Sanhu looked at the end of the entire front and said, "Be careful when ordering the troops to clean up the battlefield, Mr. Zhu said before I came, these devils have been brainwashed by the Japanese bushido, and they will not surrender easily, unless they are completely sure that they will lose their combat effectiveness, they should not be easily captured and rescued." ”

Lin Sanhu's words are very right, at this time, the Japanese army thinks that Japan is the most powerful country in Asia, and China's demise is only a matter of time.

Li Tianyou saw with his own eyes that his guards were carelessly approaching a Japanese soldier, and they were suddenly killed by this undead devil who pulled a grenade.

Li Tianyou took the SKS rifle and roared, "All comrades, pay attention, these devils will pretend to be dead, and when you clean up the battlefield, you will check it with a bayonet for me first." ’

In fact, Li Tianyou originally wanted to ask the soldiers to check with bullets, but when he thought about the preciousness of bullets, he finally chose a bayonet.

At this time, Zhou Kun ran and said, "Division commander, the devil's reinforcements are here, and two brigades are coming from the direction of Pingxingguan." There was also a brigade on Guangling's side, and the cavalry battalion reported that reinforcements seemed to be coming. ”

Lin Sanhu sighed: "Order the troops to speed up, clean up the battlefield, and solve the remnants of the enemy, and then we will retreat." Also, search carefully to see if there are any documents in it. Let the blocking troops on both sides hold out until 12 o'clock before they are allowed to evacuate. ”

Gao Guizi, who found that there was a Japanese army evacuated in Pingxingguan, said in surprise: "These Red Parties have some skills, they really withdrew." ”

The staff officer next to him asked, "Junzao, should we also fight so that we can contain the devils." ”

Gao Guizi walked around a few times in embarrassment, and finally said, "The Red Party is here to help us break the siege, we can't help but be righteous and angry, and ask the brothers to fight, but don't go out of the customs, just attract the attention of the devils, be careful of the devils' return rifles." ”

The remnants of the enemy in the ambush circle are not easy to deal with, most of them hide in small corners that are extremely difficult to attack, and in order to reduce the casualties of the fighters, they can only use mortars to attack from a distance. It wasn't until almost 11 o'clock that the battle really ended.

Lin Sanhu walked on the road, looked at the soldiers cleaning the battlefield, nodded with a smile and said, "It's a good fight, the pressure on Commander Gao's side is much less now." ”

"Damn, it's all useless." Lin Sanhu heard a soldier next to him complaining in the truck, looked up and asked, "Little comrade, what's wrong, what kind of treasures are they?" ”

The soldier took out an overcoat with a bitter face and said, "The devil's military uniform, division commander, we have lost." I didn't see any ammunition. ”

Lin Sanhu lost when he heard it. I also climbed into the truck in a hurry, and looked, isn't it? They are all military coats, probably because they are about to enter October, and they are used to change the clothes of the front-line troops.

Lin Sanhu patted the truck and said, "Damn, let's retreat, take everything with us." ”

At this time, several soldiers escorted an officer over and said, "Report to the division commander, we have captured an officer." ”

Lin Sanhu was interested when he heard it, and said, "Where did you catch it?" ”

The leader of the soldier said, "He has been hiding under the truck, is he so scared that he pees." I really can't find it. ”

Lin Sanhu smiled and said, "It's really rare to see a devil who is so afraid of death." You can understand Chinese, name, position. ”

The officer shuddered and said, "Boss." I'm not Japanese, I'm not a ghost, I'm Chinese, don't kill me. ”

Lin Sanhu took a look. This military uniform is really different from a devil. Although it is also a yellow military seat, the head emblem is different. It is the five-color emblem of the republic of the five ethnic groups.

Lin Sanhu said disappointedly: "Why is he a traitor? Position, name, and everything you know, but you shouldn't know anything, so just shoot it. ”

When the officer heard this, he directly fell to the ground and said, "Sir, don't kill me, I am the commander of the North China Autonomous Army." Qian Gaoyang. I have information, I have important information. ”

When Lin Sanhu heard this, he couldn't help but become curious and said, "Then you say." ”

Qian Gaoyang cried and said, "The devil is actually a virtual person. Most of the devils of the Fifth Division have now been transferred, and now there is only one brigade. That's why we're here to help. ”

Lin Sanhu listened and nodded, only then did he understand why there was only one wing of devils on the Pingxingguan front, and then Xu Haidong came over and said, "Division commander, there is an important discovery. ”

When Lin Sanhu heard this, he said to the soldiers, "Take a look at him, maybe it's still useful." With that, he walked towards Xu Haidong and came to the headquarters that he had begun to discover.

Lin Sanhu saw a few soldiers tidying up the battlefield, and Nie Rongzhen was flipping through something.

Lin Sanhu asked, "Comrade Rong Zhen, what are you looking at?" ”

Nie Rongzhen saw that it was Lin Sanhu and said with a smile: "Big harvest, this is the devil's telegram code, we can know ourselves and the other with this." ”

Lin Sanhu nodded happily when he heard this, and said, "That's good, but I don't know what level of password this is." Let's withdraw first, and go back to tidying up. ”

When the Japanese planes arrived at Pingxingguan, they only saw countless corpses and burning trucks, but not a single Eighth Route Army could be seen.

And the reinforcements who had worked so hard to come could only collect the bodies of these corpses after breaking through the blockade.

-- Black Mountain Village

The soldiers who came back one after another were all smiling, and they were willing to fight more in such a happy ambush battle.

Lin Sanhu was eating fried soybeans and looking at the map, Nie Rongzhen came in and said, "It's all counted." ”

Lin Sanhu waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it at the meeting." ”

All the cadres were already in place, and Lin Sanhu said, "Let's talk about our situation by Deputy Division Commander Nie first."

Nie Rongzhen said with a smile, "In this battle, 796 enemy corpses were counted in the ambush circle, including 322 people in a battalion of the puppet army, three squadrons of the Japanese army, a total of 474 people, and 5 Japanese soldiers were captured, all of whom were seriously injured and unconscious, and 42 people in the puppet army. ”

Everyone stood up and applauded excitedly.

Lin Sanhu pressed down with his hand and said, "Let's talk about seizure and consumption." ”

Nie Rongzhen nodded and said, "This number is not very good in comparison, our army has captured a total of 79 horses, mainly because a large number of horses have been injured and escaped by mistake. There were 726 rifles, 17 light machine guns, 5 heavy machine guns, and one 92 infantry gun, but unfortunately, the shells we captured were 2,000 rounds of 73 and 75 mountain artillery shells, 40,000 rounds of 38 large cover bullets, 30,000 rounds of machine gun bullets, more than 4,000 sets of Japanese-style military uniforms and overcoats, as well as a large amount of food and a small number of grenades, and our army consumed a total of 7,000 grenades, 30,000 rifle bullets, 20,000 machine gun bullets, and 186 artillery shells. ”

Everyone couldn't help but be a little disappointed when they heard this, after all, they had worked hard for so long, but the harvest was only a little bit in comparison.

Lin Sanhu said excitedly: "Is this a victory?" No! It's a loss!! We almost lost our first battle, no, we lost money. Review! Be sure to review! ”

Nie Rongzhen gently pushed Lin Sanhu and said, "This can't be blamed on anyone, who would know that the main purpose of the Japanese army this time is to transport food and clothing, and the shells transported are not artillery, but a lot of rifle machine guns have been captured, and we can use these equipment to arm two more battalions." ”

Lin Sanhu shook his head and said, "The advantage of this battle is so great, our army has hundreds of casualties, in addition to the Japanese army is indeed well-trained, good marksmanship, some commanders and fighters of our army are proud and arrogant because of good equipment, especially some soldiers, once the ammunition is sufficient, they only know how to suppress with firepower, do not move their heads, comrades must remember, war, fight is brain, not weapons and equipment, otherwise we will not resist Japan, we can surrender directly." ”

Nie Rongzhen was afraid that Lin Sanhu would talk too much, so he got up and said, "Comrades, what Division Commander Lin means is to ask everyone to think about where the advantages of the Japanese army are, where are the advantages of our army, and strive to fight better in the next battle." ”

Lin Sanhu shook his head and wanted to say something, but then Su Jing ran in and said, "Division Commander, those documents have been translated, and we have heard important information using the seized password." ”

When Lin Sanhu heard this, he said, "Take it and I'll take a look." ”

Lin Sanhu took a look, but found that it was talking about the redeployment of the Fifth Division.

Due to the ambush that had just occurred, Itagaki Seishiro was furious, but the supply of Heixingguan was the most important, so a larger supply convoy was immediately organized, and two infantry squadrons and a machine gun squadron were specially added as escorts.

Lin Sanhu immediately picked up the information and looked at the map, his eyes became more and more sharp, and he slapped the table and said, "Hit!" Comrades, I have decided to take a flat pass!! (To be continued......)