The Zhengtai railway was interrupted, the front line of the army was short of ammunition, and when the news came, the headquarters of the army in North China was shocked, and the base camp of the army was also shocked.

The North China commander of the devil had to slow down the pace of the army's offensive because of the desperate shortage of ammunition on the front line, and it appeared that the [***] soldiers finally got a short rest. However, within a few days, a telegram of condemnation from the base camp of the Japanese army was placed on the table of the North China General Headquarters.

It turned out that the slowdown of the offensive of the North China army affected the form of the entire Chinese battlefield. So the base camp sent a telegram of strong condemnation.

Faced with the questioning of the base camp, the North China commander had no choice but to order the soldiers on the front line, who were short of guns and ammunition, to launch a new round of attacks again. As for the lack of ammunition and materials, before the Zhengtai Railway was repaired, it could only be transported and supplied by heavy troops by road, by car, mule and horse. In this way, Liu Hua who stayed along the Handan-Changzhi highway brought a lot of fighters.

To transport supplies to the front line, the devils had to pass through the highway from Handan to Changzhi, and most of this highway was deep in the Taihang Mountains. That is to say, the entire highway is full of ambush positions, and the famous Shentouling victory in history, Xiangtangpu and other battles were fought on this road.

Thinking of several famous battles in history, Liu Hua was excited, and now that he is here, of course these battles must be fought, and they must be fought well. Therefore, after two days of day and night, the four regiments quietly arrived at their destination, and immediately lurked, and sent a newly formed special brigade to draw a detailed topographical map along the highway. and asked the special brigade to find out the deployment of the devil's strongholds along the way as much as possible, while Liu Hua quietly recalled the battles in history.

Now that I have arrived, I have changed a lot of history. First of all, the degree of damage to the Zhengtai Railway is deeper than before, and the devil has slowed down the progress of the attack, which has never been done in the previous life. And now that the devil has no railway, only relying on road transportation, the highway that used to be sparsely populated by people will soon be busy, on the first day of Liu Hua's surveillance, a total of dozens of cars have passed back and forth, this is a highway that hides huge fighters, Liu Hua can't help but reverie.

After nearly two days of hard work by the special brigade, all the topographic maps of more than 100 kilometers along the way were drawn. The deployment of enemy troops, suitable for ambush sections, etc., are clearly marked by professional staff officers

The special brigade that had just completed the task, Liu Hua did not let them rest, and another important task was handed over to them, the entire special brigade, except for the sniper squadron, all of them lurked along the highway for more than 200 miles along the way, looking for fighters for the main force, and also took on the task of detecting the enemy.

Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special brigade who received the task, immediately set off with the radio, looking at the special brigade that was becoming more and more characteristic of the special forces in later generations, Liu Hua smiled, you know, the special brigade has condensed Liu Hua's great efforts, among all the weapons and equipment of the whole army, the special brigade is equipped with the best, each soldier has a shell gun, a rifle, a light machine gun for each action group, and a radio station for each squad, and all personnel are personally selected by Liu Hua and Liu Xiaogang in the whole army

In this way, Liu Hua's eyes can see the distance of 200 kilometers along the line. The soldiers who had been lurking were constantly sending the situation on the road to the headquarters. But in the face of the ubiquitous fighters, Liu Hua was not moved, because two days had passed, and dozens of convoys passed in front of Liu Hua's eyes, and Liu Hua did not move it. In Liu Hua's words, this is to not startle the snake. Indeed, soon, a very large fighter plane appeared in front of Liu Hua. Of course, this fighter is also a bit too big, and if you don't get it right, it will make the Reading Brigade lose a layer of skin

Due to the fact that there is less and less ammunition on the Devil front, especially gun shells and mountain artillery shells. In order to alleviate the pressure on the front line and make a full replenishment of ammunition, the North China Headquarters decided to deploy 150 vehicles to join two automobile squadrons at the transit station and attack 200 vehicles. To transport materials to the front line, for the safety of this batch of materials, the headquarters specially transferred a large group of elite imperial troops from the front line, as well as a squadron of baggage soldiers in the rear, plus reinforced artillery, heavy machine guns, etc., a total of 2,200 escort teams to escort this batch of ammunition to the front line.

Of course, the grand movement of the Yue army did not hide the [***] underground party hidden in the city. Soon, this information was forwarded to Liu Hua's temporary headquarters.

"Commander, information from headquarters!" The communications staff officer came to Liu Hua with a telegram.

"According to the investigation, in order to alleviate the current situation of ammunition shortage on the front line, the army decided to transfer 150 vehicles from the headquarters of the North China Army to join the two automobile squadrons belonging to the Yamada Baggage Unit of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army, a total of 200 vehicles. Under the protection of a brigade of the 14th Division of the Chinese Army and a large number of artillery and heavy machine guns, totaling more than 2,000 people, it passed through the territory of Licheng from Shexian County and opened to Dongyang Pass. Ammunition and materials were delivered to the front-line army, and the specific departure time was March 14.

After reading the telegram, Liu Hua's mood was extremely excited, and the big fish he was waiting for finally came.

"Commander, isn't there too much of the enemy's escort force!" After reading the telegram, seeing the excited expression of Commander Liu Hua, Chief of Staff Li Qing hurriedly reminded.

"Communicator, map!" Hearing the reminder of the chief of staff, Liu Hua immediately calmed down. Soon, a map of Jindong marked with the deployment of the enemy's forces pounced in front of Liu Hua.

Soon, by telegram information, a route of the enemy's march appeared on the map. Liu Hua held the pencil, and the tip of the pen slowly walked along this curve. Suddenly, a familiar place name appeared in Liu Hua's eyes~"Xiangtangpu." Liu Hua's pen tip stays in this place, according to the above marking, this place is very suitable for ambushes, and the entire highway stretches for several kilometers and shuttles through the mountains.

"Staff Officer Wang, introduce the terrain of Xiangtangpu and the deployment of the surrounding enemy forces." Liu Hua stared at the place of Xiangtangpu and immediately ordered.

"Yes, Commander." As he spoke, he picked up the topographic map that had been resounded by the special operations team in the early stage and the deployment of the army's troops.

"Xiangtangpu, located in the Dongyang Pass of Licheng County on the long line of Handan, Dongyang Pass is also known as Hukou old (so) Pass, Hukou Pass, Yukou, Spring and Autumn Pass, Ming set up the Inspection Division, although it is not as dangerous as the Pingxing Pass, Niangzi Pass, Yanmen Pass in the north, but in terms of its topography, it is also the hole road leading to Hebei and Henan in Shanxi, the main vein of Taihang Mountain. Here the zigzag and traverse are two cliffs, the Wuhou Ridge and the Guandong slope in the east are all chaotic stone layers, and there are caves and caves, and there is hardly a step to walk. This section of the road stretches for a total of 5 kilometers and is a good battlefield for ambushes. As he spoke, he looked at the commander who did not move, and then said: "Because a few days ago, Regiment Commander Sun led two regiments to completely cut off the enemy's Zhengtai Railway, and now the enemy can only rely on this road to transport supplies and ammunition to the front line, so the strength of the strongholds along the way has been greatly strengthened, according to the reconnaissance of the special operations brigade, more than 1,000 troops are stationed in Licheng, more than 800 people are stationed in Shexian County, and more than 1,500 people are stationed in Wu'an, and a new stronghold is set up in Dongyang Pass, stationed more than 200 people, specifically protecting this traffic artery. After speaking, he saluted Liu Hua and Li Qing with a military salute.

Liu Hua has been listening quietly, hearing the important situations, one by one marked on the map, and soon, the deployment of the army around Xiangtangpu was clearly displayed in front of everyone.

"Chief of Staff, do you estimate, if we ambush the enemy's convoy in Xiangtangpu, how many troops will be sent to each stronghold of the devil for reinforcements?" Liu Hua gasped as he watched the deployment of the enemy's surrounding forces.

After listening to the commander's questioning, everyone froze, and looked at the commander in front of them with big eyes and disbelief. You must know that under the heavy siege of the locals, ambushing the devil's convoy is tantamount to pulling teeth from the mouth of a tiger, and if you don't get it right, the Reading Brigade will fall into the heavy encirclement of the army. Although surprised, the chief of staff still seriously called the combat staff officer to make statistics, and soon, the maximum number of troops that the enemy could reinforce was calculated.

"Commander, after calculating the strength required for the enemy's defense, if we ambush the devil convoy at Xiangtangpu, the army in Li Cheng will send two squadrons of 500 devils at most, and the reinforcement time will be one and a half hours. Shexian said that the army can send two squadrons of 400 people, the reinforcement time is 2 hours, Wuxiang can draw a brigade of troops, but the reinforcement time will be very long, it is estimated that there are 4 hours, and the Dongyang Pass stronghold should be all dispatched, with a total of more than 2,000 troops. The chief of staff continued, "The time I calculated for the enemy's reinforcement just now is the time it takes the enemy to use the car, but I think that in order to transport this batch of supplies, the enemy should draw out the cars in the strongholds along the way, so the reinforcement time will be doubled." ”

After listening to the words of the chief of staff, Liu Hua seriously thought about whether he should fight this battle or not, there are a total of 4,000 devils, but when he thinks of the materials and ammunition of nearly 200 cars, he is reluctant to give up, so many materials and ammunition are enough for the current strength of the Reading Force Brigade to be used for half a year.

"Fight, we must fight this battle." This was Liu Hua's sudden thought that the anti-"nine-way encirclement and suppression" that would be carried out in the near future must now be stockpiled with sufficient ammunition and materials. Thinking of this, Liu Hua made a decision.

"Chief of Staff, your staff office will immediately make a detailed battle plan, and immediately, right now, I will do it with you." Liu Hua turned his head and ordered at the stunned chief of staff.

"Yes, Commander." After speaking, he called all the operational staff officers together and began to assign their respective tasks, and Liu Hua, as the commander who participated, also kept coming up with ideas and putting forward some opinions.

An hour passed, and with the joint efforts of all the staff officers, a detailed battle plan was placed in front of Liu Hua. Wait for his instructions.

(To be continued)