Since this was the first time that the troops at the headquarters had been engaged in such a large-scale ambush since they were newly formed, there were too few veterans and many new recruits who had participated in the war. For safety reasons and to reduce casualties. Meng Qingshan had no choice but to send the old Fourth Regiment and the Old Sixth Regiment to guard the places where there were no bunkers, and the newly formed two regiments were placed in areas where trenches could be dug, which was a safe way to do so in the face of the lack of combat experience of the troops.

On November 29, 1939, when the sun had just risen, the sun's rays shone directly on Meng Qingshan's face, Meng Qingshan opened his eyes and rubbed his watch, and found that it was about four o'clock in the morning, got up and walked outside, grabbed a handful of snow with his hands, washed a simple face, looked up at the ambush site, and found that last night God seemed to cooperate with them in a heavy snowstorm, more than one meter deep, to clear all the footprints of the anti-United Nations troops and the construction of bunkers, This made Meng Qingshan very happy, it seems that God is on the side of justice.

"Commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief, it's time to eat!" Li Daniu, the commander of the guard company, shouted in a low voice, Meng Qingshan turned around and walked towards the headquarters, and saw Cui Shiquan coming over with a bowl of soup in his hand and shouted in a low voice: "Commander-in-chief, you can't make a fire to open the rice now, this soup was prepared before I came last night, you taste it, and eat it with your steamed buns!" By the way, there is also the small pickles I developed in North Korea, which are crisp and delicious. ”

"Lao Cui can't imagine that you still have such a handful of millet porridge that is comparable to the chef in the city." Meng Qingshan drank millet porridge and said with a smile on a sip of small pickles.

"Commander-in-chief, my old Cui relied on such a hand to marry my mother-in-law, do you want to learn it, you must know that men who can cook are very attractive to women. You're 25 years old now, and you're not too young. It's time to find someone to take care of you, and I'll talk to the political commissar when I go back this time. How about having him find you one too? ”

"Poof!" Meng Qingshan squirted out a mouthful of porridge, and hurriedly said: "Lao Cui, you don't have to worry about it, hurry up and eat, after eating, let's take advantage of the fact that the little devil hasn't come to see the situation of the army yet." ”

After eating, Meng Qingshan returned to the headquarters after inspecting the troops, and waited until ten o'clock in the morning, the devil's troops had not yet come, Meng Qingshan looked at the soldiers who were shivering and shivered, he was very anxious. Don't wait for the little devil's troops, their own troops collapsed first, and more than a dozen weak soldiers were sent back to the fortress for treatment with a cold and fever yesterday night, and the weather in November was still cold even at the hottest time of the day.

"A telegram from the commander of the Fifth Army Division, saying that the little devil's brigade passed through Dedu at seven o'clock this morning and is now coming to us."

"How far is the vanguard of the little devils from us?"

"Commander-in-chief, the vanguard of the little devil is a large group of cavalry, and now it is only about a mile away from us."

"His grandmother's is finally here, and he is almost grateful for the flowers he waited."

"It's winter now, Commander-in-Chief, and the flowers have long been gone."

"Thank you for your size. He also did not inform the chief of staff, told him that the little devil was coming, asked the soldiers to check their weapons and prepare for battle, and sent a telegram to Deputy Commander Yang of Shaojiashan to tell him that the cavalry of his little devil would arrive in Shaojiashan in less than an hour, and let them attack directly without waiting for my signal when the time came. ”

"Yes."

Meng Qingshan also hurriedly walked to the position of the artillery regiment, looking at Han Hao, who was busy checking the situation of the infantry artillery one by one. said: "Han Fatzi, these cannons are not broken!" ”

"Commander-in-chief, don't worry, even if I freeze myself, I can't freeze these cannons, our cannons are already unbearable, as long as you signal one. I guarantee that our artillery regiment will fire a hundred cannons, and the little devils who blew up will cry and call their mothers. Han Hao patted his chest very confidently and said. In the past, their artillery was the smallest unit in the anti-union team, but now it has developed into dozens of heavy artillery. There were also anti-aircraft artillery battalions (in fact, modified rocket launchers), units of more than 200 mortars.

"Okay, then I'll see the performance of your artillery regiment."

As he spoke, the chief of staff sent a telegram that the reconnaissance company had detected that the Japanese advance unit had gone to a group tribe on the left side of Xiyangmu Mountain to rest and recuperate, less than two miles away from Xiyangmu Mountain. Meng Qingshan ordered the General Staff Headquarters to inform all units to pay attention to concealment, obey orders, and prepare for battle. I picked up a 38 cover, pulled the bolt, looked at the chamber and barrel, put the bullet on the top, and aimed left and right at the flat end, I felt very comfortable, I didn't know how my marksmanship was for a long time, and I shouldn't shoot the first shot after a while!

Seeing that the new soldiers were excitedly rubbing their hands in the bunker next to the veterans, he reminded with a smile: "Don't just think about fighting devils, pay attention to concealment, and be smart." Gao Pengfei, even if you are injured, you will lose it, but you will give me that gold pocket watch at that time, and beware of the snipers of the little devils. ”

"I know, Lu Kaiju, don't think that you are better than me when you train, those are useless, I will let you see our Gao family's marksmanship in a while, and I will make you vomit blood when the time comes."

"Gao Pengfei, Lu Kaiju, what are you two little rabbit cubs muttering, the little devil will come in a while, take care of the new soldiers around you, don't make a mistake, if something goes wrong here, I'll let you two go to the cooking class as gangsters."

Through the gaps in the earthy yellow camouflage net, I saw a large group of devil cavalrymen wearing earthy yellow military uniforms, grass-green steel helmets, leggings, rifles, and machine guns, looking around vigilantly. The short figures scattered around the canyon shouting, occasionally shooting at a protrusion, and after a while a Japanese cavalry captain saw that the whole road was not very safe, waved his hand and ordered one of the soldiers in the team to go back and report the news, and they continued on their way.

A mixed infantry wing appeared on the edge of the West Poplar Mountains, and a large group of infantry passed by. A large number of cars roared over, each with a machine gun on the roof, a devil's rifle on the front finger, a shining steel helmet, the car was almost finished, it was a transport vehicle, obviously the car was loaded with weapons and ammunition, and behind it was an infantry brigade, people shouted neighing, mighty, and imposing.

When the Japanese army team suddenly stopped after all entered the road, this startled Meng Qingshan, could it be that he was discovered by the little devil, impossible! Seeing a problem with a car in the convoy in front of the little devil, several Japanese soldiers hurriedly got out of the car with tools to repair it, "Shhh It scared Lao Tzu a lot. ”

"Commander-in-Chief, that's not right! The cavalry unit of this little devil is not separated from the infantry, how can we fight when the time comes? ”

"Lao Cui, look at the devil troops under the mountain, although there are many people but they do not carry heavy weapons, it seems that this is not the main force of the Japanese army, it is the independent garrison of the little devil and the cavalry of a wing, this little devil really thinks that he can defeat us by serving as the rear guard? (To be continued......)