Since Zhang Shan acted as the head of the Independent Regiment, the whole regiment has basically been in a state of rest and recuperation, and it has been almost two weeks, and the grassroots units have not been able to fight any battles. Recently, the devils seem to have stepped up their vigilance, and there have been no more convoys of devils on the highway for several days. In addition to gathering and training every day, the soldiers eat, drink and lazar, and their lives are very leisurely.

On this day, Zhang Shan called all the three battalion commanders to the regiment headquarters, saying that it was a meeting, but in fact, they were gathering together to drink and chat. As always, such gatherings were never informed to the commissars. Zhang Shan knew in his heart that if he wanted Xiao Zhiyuan to know, he would recite scriptures in his ear, and smash all the party, government, and military discipline on his head, or he would not say a word of nonsense, and after shaking his face, he turned around and went to the brigade commander to complain. Like Yang Longfei, Zhang Shan looks down on this political commissar a little, he has no ability to get on the table, and the political work is just like that, and he is also qualified to be a political commissar like this? According to Zhang Shan himself, it is redundant to let Xiao Zhiyuan be the director of the Political Department.

In order to welcome the arrival of his old comrades-in-arms, Xiao Zhiyuan opened a small stove for himself for the first time, and asked the cooking class to serve a plate of fried peanuts, a pot of pork stewed vermicelli, and four bottles of Lao Baigan.

Before the banquet, Zhang Shan also specially instructed: "The old brothers are all leisurely, it doesn't matter if you drink it, just don't shout." If Xiao Lao Wu next door hears it, he will have to come over and lift our table, and the brothers will move lightly......"

Xie Dacheng poured the wine into the bowl dissatisfied, and sighed: "Lao Zhang, what do you say is that you are also the acting head of our independent regiment now, the head of the regiment is not in you, you are the number one, why are you still afraid of him as a political commissar?" ”

"That's it, you are now 'Wang Xiaoer's New Year——— year is not as good as a year'. You said that when you were the deputy head of the regiment before, didn't you have a lot of differences? Except for the head of the regiment, who wouldn't dare to scold you? I heard that when our political commissar Xiao first came to our group to report, you kid didn't know anyone else, but you scolded them first? Good guys, insulting commissars, what a crime? Your old Zhang was not red or out of breath at that time, and he looked like he only cut off his head as a hat for the wind. Now what's going on? Why is the official bigger, but the courage is small, this is not the style of our independent regiment, we have to correct it as soon as possible. Cao Guang, the commander of the third battalion, also coaxed.

Zhang Shan said disdainfully: "You don't understand this, do you?" At most, my acting head of the regiment is just a title, and it sounds good, but I still do the work of my deputy head of the regiment, and I don't have any real power, and I have to let Xiao Lao Wu be the master when it comes to any major matters, and we only have to listen to it next to us. ”

As soon as Qian Liyuan, the commander of the second battalion, heard this, he immediately sat down and started the ideological education work of Zhang Shan himself: "Alas, old Zhang, this is your fault. Now you are not only complaining about the arrangement of the superiors, but also suspected of giving our political commissar a false name, this is not good, we must put an end to it as soon as possible. For the soldiers to hear, the impact is too bad. Brothers, we are all old comrades-in-arms, we can't sit back and watch him Lao Zhang go on the wrong path. How do you say that? To turn the tide and turn the tide, we have to pull this kid's mind on the right track, otherwise we will hurt him at that time! Isn't it, brothers? ”

Cao Guang scolded back disdainfully: "Fuck you, are you still turning the tide?" I said old money, I said that you kid has a sorghum flower, and you don't know the big characters, and it won't be your turn to do this ideological education work at any time. Do you know what you're called? You call Zhu Bajie wearing glasses......"

Before the words fell, Zhang Shan and Xie Dacheng took over the conversation and teased in unison: "...... Hard-charged college students! Then the four of them burst into laughter.

After a while, Qian Liyuan's face regained his calmness and became a little solemn: "Let's get back to business, I won't tell you, Lao Zhang, I really heard some gossip on the way here, I think it may be an opportunity for our independent group, take this time to report to you......"

Cao Guang interrupted him and said, "Wait, let me guess, is your news related to the 89th Regiment of the Central Army?" ”

Qian Liyuan was happy: "Yo, it seems that there are a lot of people in the know." Then I won't sell it. Lao Zhang, Tie Haichuan may be a little troublesome in the near future. Since the regimental headquarters that beat him was transferred to Yanmen Mountain by Yan Laoxi, the devils in the nearby area have begun to lose their patience. Just yesterday, the Japanese Army's Yamaguchi Brigade held a banquet in the name of the labor division in Luye County, and revealed that it would officially launch a clean-up operation against the 89th Regiment of the National Army the next day, that is, today. ”

Zhang Shan frowned and asked, "Is there such a thing?" Is the message reliable? ”

"It should be no problem, I also heard on the way here that the road from Luye to the area around Yanmen Mountain was all blocked last night, and there were puppet troops and a small number of Japanese troops guarding the way. Judging from these circumstances alone, it should be a matter of certainty for the devil to attack Yanmen Mountain. ”

Xie Dacheng also expressed his opinion: "If the situation is true, we can take action, according to our current strength, we still have the capital to help the 89th Regiment to help." Lao Zhang, what do you see? ”

Zhang Shan pondered for a moment and said, "To be honest, I also have such an idea. Since the regiment commander was wounded, our regiment seems to be missing the backbone, and the soldiers are about to have problems. In my opinion, if this group of devils stationed in Luye really has the intention of attacking Yanmen Mountain, we might as well come to fight rabbits with grass, indirectly support Tie Haichuan and capture some weapons and equipment along the way, what do you think of this idea? ”

Cao Guang deliberately pretended to have a sad expression and said, "The idea is good, but ...... Can the commissar agree? ”

Xie Dacheng and Qian Liyuan followed suit and coaxed: "That's it, that's it, didn't you just say it?" The real power of our regiment is all in the political commissar, can your deputy regiment commander be his master? Lao Zhang, if you really can't do it, forget it. ”

", Lao Tzu's acting head of the regiment, you still need his consent to give orders? Literally, a political commissar is a person engaged in political work, and he should complete the tasks assigned to him by his superiors in his political work circle in a down-to-earth manner, and other matters are not under his jurisdiction, and Lao Tzu does not need to ask for his opinion. That's it, first send forward reconnaissance posts to determine whether the news is true. As long as the battle starts, the first battalion will immediately rush to Yanmen Mountain to block the mouth, and the second and third battalions will outflank and detour left and right, saying that they have to suffocate this group of devils to death in the ravine! Zhang Shan slammed his fist on the table and commanded sharply.

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Sure enough, early this morning, the Yamaguchi Brigade of the Japanese army stationed in Luye, with the assistance of cavalry, artillery, engineers, and other technical arms, gathered a total of more than 1,500 men at one time, and began to march rapidly in the direction of Yanmen Mountain at 9 o'clock in the morning. At this time, the vanguard of the Japanese army was less than five kilometers away from the defense area of Tiehaichuan, and the battle could break out at any time......

In addition to being equipped with heavy and light machine guns, mortars and other heavy weapons, the Japanese army was also equipped with a number of tanks and combat vehicles to cover infantry movements. As early as the day before yesterday, the commander of the brigade, Yamaguchi Nakasa, received an order from Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, commander of the First Army stationed in Jin, asking him to personally lead all the officers and men under his command to rush to Yanmen Mountain to clear out the 89th Regiment of the Central Army stationed here. However, there is one point, the main force of the brigade is only responsible for the feint attack on the enemy's 89th Regiment head-on, the purpose is to attract the enemy's firepower and attention, and the officers and men of the Kimura Special Service Department who rushed from Taiyuan are really responsible for the main attack.

Yamaguchi Nakasa was quite puzzled by this, he really didn't want to believe that with the courage of these 100 people's troops, they dared to challenge a regiment of the Shina government army. It was a reinforced unit that claimed to have more than 3,000 people and was also equipped with American-style weapons, and even he did not dare to guarantee that he could wipe out the entire brigade of troops.

In the territory of Shanxi, where the Japanese army was stationed, almost all the Japanese officers did not like the person of Kimura Jiwu very much, and in their opinion, a foreign-style officer who had brought a so-called new type of warfare from Germany and the cadets whose education was completely Japanese, and most of whom had graduated from the Imperial Army University, stood out from the crowd and seemed to be an absolute anomaly.

This guy has been advocating the so-called "special operation", fantasizing about creating a miracle of war with the team of 100 people under his command, which is purely whimsical! So much so that some officers who are too radical have been wondering from the bottom of their hearts whether there is something wrong with this guy Kimura's brain? It's time to get him to the best hospital in Tokyo for a check-up.

It is not difficult to see through the telescope that the garrison of the 89th Regiment of the Central Army is all built in the mountainside, and the altitude is less than 40 meters. Yamaguchi Nakasa drew his command knife, and at the same time gave the order to attack: "Pass my order, the artillery squadron will cover the houses built on the mountainside, and the shelling duration will be twenty minutes. After the artillery bombardment, the 1st and 2nd Infantry Squadrons* took advantage of the terrain and formed three attack echelons to attack the enemy headquarters, moving their positions to within 500 meters of the enemy headquarters as much as possible. Once successful, they can engage in a tug-of-war with the enemy. Remember, we are not the masters of this battle, but we are just creating an opportunity for the Kimura Secret Service to attack from the back mountain on the orders of the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Iwamatsu. ”

After the battle began, the secret service led by Kimura Jiwu himself also gathered at the foot of the cliff behind the mountain of Yanmen Mountain, and under the instruction of Kimura Daisa, the special forces took action one after another and began to climb. Jitake Kimura lifted his cuffs, and the time on his watch faded by minute by second......

At the same time, Tie Haichuan, Cheng Wanli, and other senior officers of the regimental headquarters were all gathered in the command room, and Liu Binghe, chief of staff, was to explain and analyze the current battle situation.

Standing in front of a huge military topographical map, Chief of Staff Liu held a baton in his hand, and explained unhurriedly: "The current situation is as follows: The Japanese Yamaguchi Brigade dispatched two infantry squadrons in echelon configuration at a time to launch a fierce attack on the headquarters of our regiment, the second and third battalions responsible for the blocking task launched a fierce battle with the main force of the Japanese army after seizing the Huting Heights, and the reconnaissance platoon and the directly subordinate team also exchanged fire with a company of the puppet army in the fortifications established in the Zhangcun area, and there was no need to worry about holding the position. The main problem now is that although the main force of the Japanese army is menacing, it does not seem to be in a hurry to advance to the top of the mountain, but has chosen to build fortifications at the foot of the mountain, which has the intention of starting a tug-of-war with the two battalions of our 89th Regiment. ”

Tie Haichuan stared at the map in front of him and asked, "Where are the guards?" Why is there no news from the guard platoon? ”

"I have transferred the guard platoon from Zhangcun back to the regiment headquarters, the attitude of this group of devils is very vague, I am afraid that something will happen, in case the regiment headquarters is hit, there will be no need for the front-line battle to continue." Chief of Staff Liu said.

Tie Haichuan pursed his lips and was silent, and the whole person fell into deep thought.

Deputy Regiment Commander Cheng put forward his own opinion: "If according to Chief of Staff Liu, the Japanese army stationed in Luye is throwing stones to ask for directions? In other words, this Yamaguchi brigade is just used to make a forward station, and there will be reinforcements from the main force of the Japanese army in the future? Is that what it means? Chief of Staff Liu. ”

Chief of Staff Liu shook his head and said, "There may be a possibility of this, but the probability of it happening is not great. This is because since the beginning of the battle, the forward reconnaissance posts have not found any other signs of Japanese activities in the surrounding 30 kilometers. On the contrary, three Japanese military trucks were found near a branch of the Zhengtai Line, without any soldiers or supplies on them, and it was estimated that they were left behind by a certain Japanese army. In addition, just now, our signal corps detected the appearance of two radio waves of unknown origin in the vicinity of the regimental headquarters. After tracking through the radio, it was learned that it was two groups of Japanese soldiers who were communicating through Morse code. Our enemy was very cunning, and the regimental signal corps had been listening for less than five minutes before the other side used radio silence and finally ended the contact altogether. Of course, the Communications Service is not entirely in vain. According to statistics, during the five-minute listening process, the two radio stations of the Japanese army mentioned a direction more than once, and after translation, it was learned that this direction was the location of our forward headquarters——— 291 Heights. ”

An operational staff officer couldn't help but gasp after hearing this: "But at present, there is only one Yamaguchi Brigade who is fighting with the main force of my 89th Regiment, and in addition, where will there be a second radio station near the regiment headquarters?" ”

Chief of Staff Liu shook his head, his eyes full of worry: "This is also what I am most worried about, it's just that this group of Japanese soldiers used radio silence, and we can't judge their location and purpose at all." But one thing is certain: the devils who operate this radio station should be different from ordinary Japanese army forces, they are very vigilant, have strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities, and are good at concealing themselves. It's been almost an hour since the battle began, but this group of unknown Japanese soldiers has never shown up as if they were playing hide and seek with us. The search team has launched a dragnet search, but there has been no news until now. ”

Tie Haichuan clasped his arms in front of his chest, and asked with a calm expression: "Have you searched the cliffs of the back mountain?" ”

Everyone present was stunned for a moment, and their eyes were all focused on the chief of staff, Liu Binghe. Liu Binghe also looked at Tie Haichuan with an incredible look: "Tuanzuo, the back cliff of Yanmen Mountain is forty or fifty zhang high, not to mention those country men who have climbed mountains and waded through rivers since childhood, even well-trained elite soldiers may not have this ability." I think the devil would not take this risk even if he ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall, right? ”

"Brother Binghe, I hope you don't underestimate the strength of the Japanese army too much. As far as I know, the commander of the First Army stationed in Jin, Iwamatsu Yoshio, has a small commando team in his hands, and the strength is about a hundred people. Do you know? The military training they received and the cultivation of individual combat skills are unheard of by you and me, and it is not an exaggeration to call them the trump cards of the main force. As for rock climbing, for those of them, it's just a piece of cake. I've investigated this material, and this new branch of arms originated in Germany by Colonel General Canaris, the former head of military intelligence of the German High Command. Faced with such an enemy, my instincts told me that they would never have a second way but to go back cliff. The reason is very simple: once the rear cliff is lost, the defense of our forward command post will be useless, and the enemy will no longer need to penetrate in depth, just stand on the edge of the cliff and shell our command headquarters, and we will only be beaten. ”

Chief of Staff Liu has always been positive and obedient to the words of the regiment commander Tie Haichuan, and he nodded sincerely and said, "Okay, regimental seat, I will immediately notify the search team to expand the search area...... Alas, Tuanza, there is still something unclear about the lowly position, and I would like to ask you for advice. You just said that the command of the enemy's First Army already has a completely new branch of troops, but I don't understand, what should be the official name of this unit? ”

Tie Haichuan bit his lip, looked at Liu Binghe and the others expressionlessly and said, "Special forces ......"

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The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battle teams have all completed their climbing tasks, and Kimura himself is among them. Before the start of the operation, Ichiro Morita, a communications warrant officer, reported to Kimura Jitake: "Report to Kimura Daisa, our department has made contact with Yamaguchi-kun, and Yamaguchi-kun said that he will further attract the firepower of the Shina government army, and wishes the members of our secret service department a successful mission in advance!" ”

Kimura nodded and then ordered, "Pay special attention to prevent the communications department of the Shina government army from eavesdropping on our radio station. ”

"Your Excellency, please rest assured that we have made technical improvements to the radio station, and all conversations will be exchanged in accordance with the pre-established code within our army. At present, the Yamaguchi Brigade and our agent 1 have all entered a state of radio silence, and if there is no emergency, there will be no further contact with each other in the short term. ”

The corners of Kimura Jiwu's mouth rose slightly, and he lightly punched Warrant Officer Morita in the chest: "Very good, it seems that Morita-kun has completely mastered modern communication technology and reconnaissance technology, do a good job Morita-kun, your future is limitless...... Following my orders, the 1st and 2nd battle groups quickly occupied the favorable terrain and launched an attack on the enemy's forward headquarters in echelon formation, while the 3rd battle group made a detour along the side of the cliff and was sure to surround the enemy commander on the 291st heights! All of the Secret Service ——— get moving! ”

As Tie Haichuan expected, the battle soon began at the cliff of the back mountain, and the guard platoon in charge of the defense work immediately blocked the opening opened by the Japanese commando team and launched a blockade with the enemy in the area of the Banshan Pavilion. After a while, another burst of artillery rang out in the back mountain, and more than 10 shells* fell impartially on the open space near the forward headquarters as if they had eyes, and two of them directly hit the roof and wall of the headquarters. Although the house after the bullet did not collapse, it was already in a state of decay, the wooden beam keel was making a "creaking" sound of wear and tear, the wall that was hit was also blown out of a large hole, and the dust falling from the roof sprinkled Tie Haichuan and others, looking a little embarrassed.

Deputy Regiment Commander Cheng patted the dust on his body and said with a spit containing mud and ash: "The group seat expected it well, it seems that the enemy really touched it from the back mountain." ”

Tie Haichuan sneered and said, "The devil's movements are very fast, I originally expected them to have at least another half an hour before they can attack us." Who would have thought that as soon as we reacted, their cannon went off. It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, and I have passed on my order, and in accordance with the No. 1 plan, the confidential personnel of the regimental headquarters, the staff officers, and the personnel left behind have withdrawn from their existing positions one after another. The reconnaissance platoon and the directly subordinate team gathered their forces as quickly as possible, tore a hole in the puppet army defense area set up in the area of Zhangcun for me, and the main forces withdrew from the Yanmen Mountain garrison in turn and moved closer to Luye County! ”

"Yes!" Deputy Regiment Commander Cheng, various confidential officials and staff officers of the regiment headquarters saluted and expressed their obedience.

Yamaguchi Nakasa, who was commanding the troops at Yamashita Yamashita, also received an urgent telegram from the Japanese military police stationed in Luno Prefecture, which said: Luye Prefecture was suddenly under a fierce attack by a group of Shina government troops, and although the siege force was less than 1,000 men, it was equipped with heavy artillery. The enemy commander seems to be quite proficient in attacking fortified cities, and he is also very experienced in the command of infantry and artillery operations. The city walls in many places in the county town have been seriously damaged, and the enemy attack echelon has launched five consecutive charges to the county seat, and has now attacked the area of Guanxiang outside the city. The gendarmerie is putting up a stubborn resistance, and it is hoped that Yamaguchi Nakasa will temporarily change the plan for the purge and prioritize the safety of Runo Prefecture.

Yamaguchi Nakasa was so angry that he tore the telegram in his hand to shreds, the current battle has been going on for more than an hour, even if he wants to withdraw his troops, the government army of Shina may not be able to do what he wants, and it is unknown whether he will kill another horse gun while he ordered the collection of troops. In desperation, he had no choice but to let the second squadron cover, withdraw the first squadron, and send a third squadron to form reinforcements to quickly reinforce the endangered county town of Luye.

The brigade radio station, which had been silent for a long time, finally sent a code to the radio station of the Kimura Secret Service, which had always maintained a state of radio silence, with only one sentence: Luno County has been attacked, and Yamaguchi has dispatched the first and third brigades to reinforce it, please forgive your Excellency Osa.

Kimura Jiwu scolded in his heart: Bastard, this is Tie Haichuan's plan to draw salaries! Yamaguchi, this idiot, didn't leave enough troops to defend the city before leaving the city, so he was able to let the enemy take advantage of the loophole! Pass my order, the attack echelon eats the enemy headquarters as quickly as possible, Rao is Tie Haichuan's subordinates really captured Luye, and I will also make him unhappy! Execute the order! ”

The battle between the secret service department and the guard platoon of the 89th Regiment intensified, and because there was a huge difference between the two sides in terms of individual soldier quality and weaponry, the soldiers of the guard platoon were completely fighting and retreating, and the Japanese special forces took advantage of the situation to pursue and had the intention of completely annihilating the guard platoon. The battle line is getting closer and closer, and it is now less than 600 meters away from the headquarters of the 89th Regiment.

Most of the confidential officials and staff officers of the regiment headquarters have already taken away the relatively important documents, files, and files, and all those that are inconvenient to take away have been burned, and the radio stations have also been transferred in advance. It was also a coincidence that the signal soldiers were just about to remove the wires for the telephone, which meant that the bell of the good news rang ringing......

Adjutant Li Sheng picked up the microphone and asked, "Hey, where?" Oh...... Well, okay, okay, I know, I'll report to the group right away! After hanging up the phone, he reported loudly to Tie Haichuan and the others: "Report to the regimental seat, Battalion Commander Sun called, the first battalion has conquered Luye, and completely annihilated the Japanese army defending the city, and is currently cleaning up the battlefield!" ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of applause from the headquarters.

Tie Haichuan showed his cynical smile: "Okay, the battle situation is as if it was predicted in advance, and it has been realized step by step." How did the regimental headquarters and staff officers evacuate? ”

Deputy Regiment Commander Cheng replied: "According to your instructions, the confidential staff officers of the regiment headquarters have all withdrawn under the cover of the main force and are currently on the way to Luye County. ”

At this moment, a soldier covered in dirt and ragged clothes rushed into the gate of the headquarters and shouted anxiously: "Tuanza, that Japanese assault team is less than three hundred meters away!" Their firepower is so fierce and so numerous that our guard platoon has lost more than half of it. Tuanzao, let's cover, you quickly retreat, it's too late! ”

"It's hard work, tell Platoon Commander Wang that their blocking mission has been completed, and allow them to abandon their existing positions and break through in the direction of Zhangcun." Tie Haichuan said calmly.

"Yes!" The soldier "snapped" and saluted, then ran out of the command room.

Deputy Regiment Commander Cheng then asked: "Tuanzao, before the guard platoon breaks through, do we also have to think about retreating?" ”

"Yes, we have achieved our original strategic goal, and it is time to leave......" Tie Haichuan said with a complacent expression as he took a drawing pencil and marked the military topographic map that had just been removed from the wall. Afterwards, he threw his pencil aside, picked up his steel helmet from the table next to him, turned around and buckled it on the map, and then loosened his collar and turned to leave, followed by Deputy Regiment Commander Cheng and the guards.

Soon after Tie Haichuan and others evacuated, the regimental headquarters was fatally attacked by the Japanese secret service department, and the beams and walls of the house were full of bullet marks. The members of the First Combat Team kicked open the door and fired into the room, only to discover that their "prey" had already escaped their encirclement.

General Kimura pinned behind him, strode into the messy 89th Regiment headquarters with a saber in hand. It was almost an empty room, with the brazier on the side still containing paper ashes from the burning papers, the kettle on the table, the pendulum hanging on the wall, and the glass of every window almost shattered by the agents who rushed in.

Kimura walked over to the military topographical map that lay out on the table, threw aside the helmet pressed on it, and the markings outlined on the map were immediately exposed to him: a red interspersed curve from Yanmen Mountain to the county seat of Luye jumped out of the map. The most striking thing is that the area that symbolizes Luye County was used by Tie Haichuan as a drawing pen to draw two obvious big red crosses!

Although the enemy's 89th Regiment was forced to abandon the forward command headquarters stationed in Yanmen Mountain, they did the opposite and captured the county town of Luye, which was empty, which really could not help but make Kimura Jiwu feel humiliated.

Silently, he pulled out his long-sheathed saber and raised it to the top and roared as he split the map-covered table in front of him in half. He swore in his heart that sooner or later he would get back the price he deserved from Tie Haichuan!