Li Zihan put down the binoculars, turned back to Xu Shijiu and said, "Captain, the 3rd battalion has been withdrawn." ”

Hearing this, Xu 19 quickly sat up, raised his binoculars and looked at the mountain pass ahead, and saw that the 3rd Battalion had indeed withdrawn from the position, and what made Xu 19 happiest was that Little Japan also bit the ass of the 3rd Battalion and chased it down, which showed that the 3rd Battalion's lure of the enemy was still quite successful.

"Okay, that's a success." Xu Shijiu put down the binoculars and said, "Little Japan has been mobilized by the 3rd Battalion, but next, the task is still very serious, Little Japan is not stupid, don't hurt them, I'm afraid they won't chase after them, Zihan, Lao Li, whether you can hold Fujitang Gaoying's bull's nose depends on you." ”

According to Xu 19's Jihua, first fight a blockade through the 3rd Battalion to bring in Little Japan, and then find a suitable location, and the L Battalion and the Battalion cooperate with the 3rd Battalion to fight an ambush, so that Little Japan will suffer a little loss and completely provoke them, only in this way can they hold Little Japan's nose, and then lead them to go around in the deep mountains and old forests.

"Lao Xu, don't worry, since Little Japan is here, don't think about going back."

"Captain, let's take a look."

Li Zihan and Li Shuanggun turned around and left after speaking.

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After Huangyang'ao and then into the Erlong Mountain area, there is no road to go.

The 14th Brigade of the Small Japanese Independent Mixed Group blocked Erlong Mountain for more than half a year, and for more than half a year, Fujido Gaoying tried every means to recruit people to build hundreds of kilometers of simple roads, but there was no way to directly extend the road into Erlong Mountain, firstly, because there was an obstruction by the anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, and secondly, the amount of work was too large.

Without roads, all vehicles can't go any further.

Fujitang Gaoying left a brigade stationed in Huangyangao, responsible for guarding the baggage vehicles, and then took the remaining four infantry brigades, cavalry teams, artillery teams, engineering teams, military police brigades and the Longkou Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army to cooperate with the battle into the mountain, although he knew that Xu Shijiu had a plan, but Fujitang Gaoying was not worried, because the independent mixed 14th Brigade has an absolute strength advantage, in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies will be in vain.

Of course, all the mountain guns of the artillery brigade were disassembled and carried into the mountains by pack horses.

After walking more than ten miles of mountain roads, they arrived near the Poison Dragon Valley, and Fujitang Gaoying saw that it was getting late, and the terrain in front was extremely complicated, so he ordered the troops to camp on the spot and not go forward.

It has been four years since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, but this fine tradition of small Japan has not been abandoned, that is, every time they are stationed, they will meticulously build fortifications, and if they are stationed for more than three days, they can build a civil fortress, if they are stationed for more than half a month, they are very likely to build a permanent fortress.

The world says that the earthwork of the Eighth Route Army is great, but in fact, the earthwork of Little Japan is even more powerful than that of the Eighth Route Army, and the fortifications repaired are much more formal, after all, most of the officers of the Eighth Route Army are born with mud legs, while most of the officers of Little Japan have graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and have systematically studied engineering.

Fujido Gaoying placed the four infantry brigades on the periphery, the cavalry, engineers, artillery and his brigade headquarters hid in the middle, and the Longkou mixed brigade of the Imperial Association Army was unceremoniously placed at the front of the garrison by Fujitang Gaoying, who was responsible for topping mines.

On the first day of the confrontation, Fujitang Gaoying did not give Xu 19 any chance, although the Japanese sweeping troops had entered the mountain in a big way, but the distance between the various departments was not widened, but firmly hugged together, Xu 19 couldn't find a place to talk even if he wanted to gnaw, and the ambush of the L battalion and the battalion Jihua could only be stopped.

However, Xu Jiujiu still tried a night attack.

That night, Li Zihan and Li Shuanggun each launched a tentative night attack with a company, but they were all withstood by the machine gun fire of Little Japan, and sacrificed more than a dozen brothers in vain, not to mention that they could not even break through the outermost alert position of Little Japan, and the difference in strength was too great.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Shijiu could only decisively give up the night attack.

Early the next morning, the 3rd Battalion had already built rudimentary fortifications in the Valley of the Poison Dragon, once again put on a strict defensive jiashi, and gave the small Japanese forward team a head-on attack.

Of course, the real purpose of the 3rd Battalion is to mobilize Little Japan, not to defend the Poison Dragon Valley.

After the small Japanese launched two exploratory attacks, the 14th Independent Artillery Brigade had already set up an artillery position, and then bombed the position of the 3rd Battalion in the Poison Dragon Valley indiscriminately, and even two planes flew over the Poison Dragon Valley, dropping two aerial bombs, followed by two rounds of dive strafing.

Then, the 14th Brigade of the Small Japanese Independent Mixed Group was put into the main force to launch a general attack.

Then, the 3rd Battalion once again abandoned its position and retreated deeper into Erlong Mountain.

Less than half an hour after the 3rd Battalion withdrew, Fujido Gaoying was already standing in the Poison Dragon Valley.

"Haneda-san, now do you see Xu Shijiu's conspiracy?" Fujido Takaei turned around and asked Haneda

Haneda nodded and said, "Your Excellency General, I have already seen that Xu Nineteen is clearly rejecting the enemy from the country, trying to rely on the defense to delay and consume the imperial army, and then fight the imperial army in the deepest part of Erlong Mountain. ”

"Keep the enemy out of the country and defend every step? Sluggishness, attrition of the Imperial Army? Fujitang Gaoying shook his head and said, "I don't think so, although the difficulties of the imperial army are greater in fighting in the mountains, it is not easy for the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui." ”

After a pause, Fujitang Gaoying continued: "What's more, the imperial army has sufficient materials, the logistics support channel is smooth, and it has an absolute advantage in strength compared to the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui. ”

Haneda had a rare disagreement and retorted: "Xu Jiu may know this, but what can he do if he knows? This time it was not one or two infantry brigades that swept into the mountains, but a whole mixed brigade, counting the strength of the Imperial Cooperative Army, which was as high as more than 10,000 people, if Xu Shijiu still wanted to rely on sparrow warfare to defeat the Imperial Army, it would be wishful thinking. ”

The 14th Brigade of the Little Japanese Independent Mixed Brigade has been stationed in southern Anhui for more than two years, and has also had many battles with the guerrillas of the New Fourth Army in various counties, so they are quite familiar with the sparrow tactics, and the sparrow warfare is indeed unguardable, but under the current circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army to rely on the sparrow tactics to reverse the unfavorable situation.

To put it bluntly, the implementation of the Sparrow War requires a long-term process, and it takes years of continuous harassment before it can accumulate small victories and become big victories, so that it can finally show its might, but at present, it is impossible for the 14th Brigade to be independently mixed into enough time to give the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

A night attack like last night would not have caused any substantial damage to the 14th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, so Haneda asserted that the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui wanted to keep the enemy out of the country and consume the strength of the Japanese army through continuous defense.

"Haneda-san, I'm afraid it's not that simple." Fujitang Gaoying still didn't see it that way, but he couldn't figure out the exact intention of Xu Shijiu.

To put it bluntly, in view of the current disparity in strength between the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the 14th Independent Mixed Brigade, Xu Shijiu's wisest choice now is to lead the troops to decisively abandon Erlong Mountain and move to Qingyang County, rather than stubbornly resisting, let alone trying to smash this sweep.

Of course, even if Xu Shijiu really gave up Erlong Mountain and chose to transfer to Qingyang County, Tengtang Gaoying would never easily let go of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, and he already had a plan.

The next day was spent in calm again, and no large-scale fighting broke out between the two sides.

Then the third day, the fourth day...... Although the speed of the little Japan's advance was slow, but by the evening of the sixth day, it finally advanced to the Black Dragon Village, of course, before the little Japan called, Xu Shijiu had already moved his headquarters away, and all the little Japan got was an empty cottage.

However, after six days of petunia, the fighter finally appeared.