Just when Feng Shengfa was ashamed that he had deceived and lost his true character as a soldier, a middle-aged man dressed in a cyan robe walked over surrounded by several officers and soldiers of the guards.

The middle-aged man came to Feng Shengfa's side, took off the hat on his head, bowed, and said respectfully to Feng Shengfa: "General Feng, contemptible Pang Chunlin, the major of the Shangrao Station of the Special Service Department, Director Dai instructed me to listen to your dispatch."

Feng Shengfa glanced at the silent middle-aged man in front of him with interest, his originally flushed face suddenly became normal, and he was thinking about how to use this unexpected chess piece well.

At this time, the dense fog has dissipated, and the sound of rushing water can be heard clearly, and you don't need to look at it to know that there is Liudu Creek in front of the road. It was only an hour's journey from Lianhua Mountain after crossing the river, and the news from the exercise headquarters came that the vanguard of the blue side had built fortifications on the high ground of Lianhua Mountain, with a strength of about two battalions.

The opponent is condescending, and with the assistance of the constructed trenches, if he really wants to have a hard fight, even if he can barely capture the high ground, the three regiments he leads will have to break his muscles and bones. Now seeing the intelligence officers sent by Dai Li, Feng Shengfa felt much more relaxed all of a sudden.

Feng Shengfa politely shook Pang Chunlin's hand and asked, "Major Pang is here at this time, there should be good news, right?" ”

A smile flashed on Pang Chunlin's featureless face, he turned his head and waved, and from a distance, a short, stout mountain man dressed in short sleeves trotted all the way, and the mountain man nodded at everyone, looking extremely obscene.

Pang Chunlin pointed to the short and sturdy mountain people, and introduced to Feng Shengfa: "General Feng, this is the liaison officer of our secret service in Yushan County, and he is very familiar with the situation nearby, according to his reaction, there is a small road between Shuanglukou and Mawu that leads directly to the back of Huangchaojiao, the main peak of Lotus Mountain, and it was also a shortcut for mountain people from near and far to go up the mountain earlier, but the Zhimin Department of the Communist Army in northeastern Jiangxi has gone up the mountain many times from there, detoured to the south of Yushan County, and fought the ambush of our encirclement and suppression army, and repeatedly succeeded, and then Chairman Lu Diping sent people to dig up the road and blow up two wooden bridges along the wayOver time, this road will be abandoned...... We could have gone down that path and caught the blue side off guard."

Chen Xitong, who was a little disgraced beside Feng Shengfa, asked puzzledly, "Since the roads have been dug up, how can we go up?" ”

The mountain people replied respectfully: "Report to the chief, in the past two years, as the communist army has fled and the flames of war have been extinguished, the hunters and medicine pickers at the eastern and southern foothills of Lianhua Mountain have tried their best to knock down the big trees on the two cliffs and build a temporary bridge, and dig out a suspension ladder on the dug road, so that the road can be passed again. However, because the road is very steep and prone to accidents, ordinary people can only sigh, so the road is in a semi-deserted state.

Chen Xitong nodded again and again when he heard this, Feng Shengfa was even more overjoyed, and slapped Pang Chunlin's shoulder suddenly: "Okay, great, if you can really touch the enemy's rear silently, you can completely achieve the effect of taking the enemy by surprise." ”

Pang Chunlin smiled, with a proud face.

Feng Shengfa excitedly paced back and forth, silently thinking in his heart, suddenly turned around, and said to his chief of staff:

"Xitong, you immediately take a battalion forward, bypass the main road, cross the river at the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway Bridge, take the troops to find the path with Mr. Pang, and go up to the top of Lotus Mountain, I will lead the main force to launch a strong attack on the front line between Zhengjiawu and the wild boar's nest. When you hear the gunshots, you have to stick a dagger into the side and rear of the blue side, and give me an end to their headquarters, cut off their retreat, and completely break their morale."

Chen Xitong was a little embarrassed, and he lowered his head and didn't know what to say - he had been killed three times, could he continue to fight? Wouldn't it be a little too shameless? But looking up at Feng Shengfa's high morale and confidence, he thought about it, whether he could save the reputation of the Imperial Forest Army in one fell swoop, since he had already lost face once, were he still afraid of the second time?

Chen Xitong finally nodded with difficulty: "Yes, I promise to complete the task." ”

Feng Shengfa was very pleased, looked up at the misty Lotus Mountain in the distance, and advised: "Now that the Blue Fang has sent two battalions to seize the Huangchao Cellar and the ridges on the north and south wings, and build a solid fortification, if there are no surprises, it will be difficult to win the initiative, this time it is all up to you."

Chen Xitong saluted and turned away silently.

As Chen Xitong led his troops to continue northward, the engineer company directly under the special mission began to build a pontoon bridge over Liudu Creek. Feng Shengfa thought about it for a while, and sent a herald to find Shi Zude, the head of the secret service regiment, and Liu Yuanlin, the head of the guard regiment, to discuss the next action plan.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Fang Shengde returned to the regimental headquarters located in Huangchaojiao, the peak of Lotus Mountain, with the sharp knife company, and excitedly reported the results of the trip to the regiment commander Han Tiecheng:

During the march of the Red Striker troops, the Sharp Knife Company made full use of the idea of sparrow warfare and continued to attack and harass, delaying the Red side for a total of four hours without any casualties.

As the commander of the Sharp Knife Company, Fang Shengde was very happy, this time he led his troops to successfully complete the task, and the results were quite fruitful, and the achievements were really there, and no one would dare to underestimate the strength of the Sharp Knife Company in the future.

"Ahem—"

After Fang Shengde finished reporting, he saw the head of the regiment looking straight at him, his eyes were a little wrong, and he coughed lightly and asked, "Commander, what's wrong with you?" Are you too tired and need to take a break? ”

"You bunnies have no problem marching and fighting twenty-four hours straight, do you think I'm going to be no match for you? Lao Tzu is not so delicate"

Han Tiecheng's gaze returned to normal, but his face was gloomy and terrifying, and the blue tendons on his forehead popped out, looking extremely annoyed.

"That's—"

At this time, Shengde didn't understand where he had violated the taboo of the regiment commander, so he took off his hat and touched his head and didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

Only then did Han Tiecheng react that he shouldn't have sprinkled his anger on the love general who returned victoriously.

It turned out that Han Tiecheng sent a sharp knife company to delay the advance of the red forward troops, but he didn't expect this seemingly wise decision, but he lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot.

Just an hour ago, the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment had successfully arrived at Jiangjiawu and Jinjiaoyi Village at the foot of the mountain, and had sent people to carry out the battlefield handover, and at this time, the red forward troops were still nowhere to be seen.

According to the plan, now the first regiment has to be replaced by the second regiment, and the second regiment will guard the Lotus Mountain Heights.

Except for the sharp knife company of the first regiment, the other battalions and companies had to retreat and rest without firing a single shot, and the officers and men of the whole regiment were uncomfortable with this, but they could not disobey the orders of the division headquarters and the brigade headquarters, so Han Tiecheng felt extremely aggrieved.

Wang Peng, deputy company commander of the Sharp Knife Company beside Fang Shengde, stubbornly asked, "Regiment Commander, what's wrong with you?"

"Ahh

Han Tiecheng was about to explain, when he saw Fan Daoquan, the commander of the second regiment, walking into the command post with a smile with the people from the second regiment headquarters.

Fan Daoquan saluted Han Tiecheng, and after putting it down, he greeted with a smile: "Tiecheng, I just came from the front position...... The fortifications of your regiment are still well repaired, the light and dark fire points are reasonably arranged, the intersection angle is appropriate, the distance between the bunkers and the fortifications is just right, and the quality is almost catching up with the divisional engineer regiment. ”

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Han Tiecheng frowned and snorted coldly: "These are all basic skills, isn't it the same for your second group?" Okay, okay, now Lao Tzu has handed over the position to you, if you don't fight well and lose the position, don't need the division commander and brigade commander to pick your skin, Lao Tzu will strangle you first"

Fan Daoquan was not surprised, it was also luck to be able to grab the first battle of the whole division, who could have imagined that the most elite Imperial Forest Army in the whole army would march so slowly?

All this is due to Han Tiecheng's wise decision to send troops to attack and harass, plus the troops directly take over the complete fortifications, so there is no need to make everyone disgraced, Fan Daoquan was in a very happy mood, and patted Han Tiecheng's arm affectionately at the moment:

"Thank you so much...... You regiments marched all the way, eight hours ahead of us, and hurried to build a complete fortification, you must be tired, let the brethren go down and rest...... I'll ask you for a drink when I turn around."

"Forget about drinking, your salary has already been registered, maybe my younger brothers and sisters will check the accounts, and now the position will be handed over to your second regiment, Lao Tzu will go to sleep"

Han Tiecheng angrily knocked off Fan Daoquan's hand, and left with a group of people from the regiment in a huff. Fang Shengde and Wang Peng glanced at each other, and immediately left.

Half an hour later, the sun was already high in the sky, the temperature in the mountains was getting higher and higher, the 1st Brigade and the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment completed the handover of the main peak position, and the 1st Regiment withdrew to Jiangjiawu and Jinjiaoyi Village at the western foot of Lianhua Mountain to rest. The officers and men of the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment who took over the position were in full array, and after another hour, the vanguard of the Red Party led by Feng Shengfa under the mountain finally arrived at Huyan Village.

Feng Shengfa did not hesitate at all, immediately set up the Red Frontline Command and reported to the Red Commander, Tang Shengzhi, and the Exercise Command.

At the same time, the exercise headquarters sent 10 referee teams to the front line of Lianhua Mountain to perform their duties.

A brief pre-war meeting was held, Feng Shengfa assigned tasks, and the offensive departments were in place one after another.

About half an hour later, the two machine gun companies directly under the Central Military Commission and the guard regiment, a total of eight 82 mortars, were prepared for a quarter of an hour.

The exercise shells fired by mortars are dangerous, and if the officers and men are unlucky enough to come into direct contact with the fragments of the projectile body, they will still be killed according to the huge inertia and potential energy

As the artillery fire gradually stopped, the blue position was almost covered with white ash from the explosion, and more than 40 officers and soldiers who were dyed white were directly declared out by the referee, and two of them were hit by shrapnel and covered in blood and sent to the hospital for first aid.

At the foot of the mountain, the officers and men of the two companies of the Red Central Guard Regiment launched an attack behind a hill on the right flank directly in front of the main peak, while the two companies of the Special Service Regiment cooperated from the left flank.