At four o'clock in the afternoon, three Japanese-made Type 94 military trucks drove out of Yangquan City, and the back compartment of the truck was covered with a layer of army-green windbreaker. Since the three military trucks left the city, they have been carrying out activities in the periphery of several surrounding county towns centered on Yangquan, and each time they pass through a county town, they have to take a break for a while and refuel the trucks' fuel tanks, and then continue to drive around the surrounding areas of several county towns like ghosts.

This strange phenomenon lasted for more than four hours, until the dead of night. At the same time, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the 129th Division, and the 385th Brigade each received information from different places, but the content was almost the same. Combined, three Japanese Type 94 military trucks are centered on Yangquan, and the three county towns of Yanggu, Pingyang, and Hamano are operating within the driving radius. The rear compartment was blocked by canvas, and it is not known what exactly it contained. The convoy had to rest in place for fifteen minutes at each passing point, during which time the defenders of the city would refuel the convoy on the way. The driving time has reached four hours...... The current convoy has disappeared into thin air......

According to the information and time provided by the county seats, the convoy should have suddenly disappeared after bypassing Pingyang County at about 8 o'clock in the evening. So where did these three ghostly Japanese military trucks go? Do they have something in the rear compartment? What would it be if it was installed? Was it the Japanese soldiers preparing for a secret mission or the weapons and ammunition in wagons? One question after another burned everyone's hearts like a soldering iron. Up to Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, Liu Bocheng, commander of the 129th Division, and Wang Hongkun, commander of the 385th Brigade. These three were all the highest commanders and fighters in their units, and even they couldn't figure out for a moment where this mysterious convoy had gone. What exactly is the purpose of their trip?

Just when they were puzzled, six swaying and staggered white lights flashed on a narrow road that could not be reached on the branch of the Zhengtai Line, like the eyes of a beast, and it looked particularly terrifying in the dark environment.

After a while, the three Type 94 military trucks stopped on the side of the road one after another. Immediately afterward, black shadows appeared one after another, about a hundred or so people. Heavy footsteps echoed outside the empty road......

All the members of the Kimura Secret Service Department stood in five combat groups in turn, and under the order of Commander Kimura Jitake, more than 100 members of the Secret Service Department immediately responded, holding weapons in their arms and holding their chests and stomachs.

Kimura Jiwu Daisa showed great anger and dissatisfaction with the problems that arose in this assembly, and he lowered his voice and scolded: "A bunch of fools, who made you gather with such heavy footsteps? Do you know that this mistake you have made is likely to expose us and cause us to suffer a catastrophe! We're not immortals, we're secret service members, we're flesh-and-blood humans! Once discovered by the enemy and surrounded and annihilated, you know in your own hearts what the consequences will be! If the lives of ten agents need to be lost because of the mistake of one person, then he is a sinner of the Imperial army, and even if he dies, he will not escape the blame. I hope everyone here will remember that you are elite, one in a hundred. You are not the same as ordinary Japanese soldiers, let alone wine bags and rice bags, you must be worthy of your hard-won honor! Do you get it? ”

The members of the special forces grew wise and shouted in unison: "Understood! ”

Kimura lifted the cuffs of his military uniform, revealing a delicate Belgian-made military luminous watch on his wrist. It's 8:15 a.m., and it's less than forty miles away from the General's Temple. Kimura Jiwu estimated in his heart that the forty-mile straight-line distance would take the secret service department two hours to make a long-distance attack. He was expected to lead the Secret Service in an official operation at ten o'clock in the evening, so the troops had to ensure that they could reach the area around the General's Temple within an hour and a half. Only in this way can the battle plan set by him be effectively implemented.

Kimura Jiwu officially issued an order, ordering the driver to drop the vehicle at the intersection and incorporate it into the battle sequence of the Secret Service Department, and the target General Temple, the Secret Service Department all ran forward!

Yang Longfei is destined to be sleepless tonight, he himself doesn't know what is going on tonight, starting at half past six in the evening, every hour he wants to go to the village entrance of the General Temple to check the situation of the sentry as if he can't bear the loneliness. By half-past nine o'clock in the evening, he had gone back and forth six times between the regiment headquarters and the village entrance. He couldn't tell what he felt, but he felt a sudden sense of uneasiness that permeated every corner of his body, touched every sensitive nerve of his body, and made him unable to sleep peacefully......

Li Shengun, the guard who followed Yang Longfei to check the sentry, expressed great dissatisfaction with this, and the words of complaint were almost all the way. While slapping his mouth that was yawning endlessly, he stumbled and said "crazy words": "Commander, what's wrong with you today?" At first, you look at a broken map for a day, and then you don't stop at night, how many times have you been going back and forth? What is there to inspect? Ouch, Commander, I really can't hold on, I can't stand it...... Where do you say you have such a good spirit? Commander, if you don't want to go back, I'll find a thatched stack on the road to sleep for a night. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, Lao Tzu asked you to follow the study of the inspection post to train you, and you can't guarantee that your kid will climb a high branch and become the head of the regiment one day. Lao Tzu can't let people see jokes, saying that I, Yang Longfei's guard, have learned to enjoy happiness as soon as I became the head of the regiment, and have taken the capitalist line, and even such an important matter as checking the sentry is exempted, so where can I do it? Isn't that a sign for smashing our group? You kid, don't know how to lift ......," Yang Longfei teased energetically.

Li Shenshu scoffed at this, and I pursed my lips and said with disdain: "You have it, with your rope tied next to me, what about the head of the regiment?" There's no hope in this life...... Alas, I really convinced you, and even deceived me into getting me to the regiment headquarters as a guard, I thought I could get your light, this time it's good, the light is not stained, and I follow you all day long, and I will suffer from it. I knew that it was better to be a company commander in a battalion, at least not to delay sleeping. ”

"Shut up!" Yang Longfei roared angrily, "Little rabbit, isn't there an end to complaining?" Don't think that the whole regiment is assigned to Lao Tzu as a guard, Lao Tzu met a veteran today, in terms of appearance, kung fu people are no worse than you, I want him to be a guard, he will agree. Aren't you kid Tu Shutan? When the time comes, Lao Tzu will kick you to the cooking class to carry the cauldron, and when you turn around and meet the devil throwing bombs, you will carry the cauldron to block the enemy's shells for me, and Lao Tzu will see if you are still comfortable......"

As soon as Li Shenshu heard this, he laughed "hehe": "How can it, regiment commander, I will give you a police guard in my life, and I won't change the number of officials." Leader, dissipation, dissipation......"

Yang Longfei snorted coldly and said: "That is, you have to learn to carry it around to your face, you can't throw it out, I don't understand this reason, and you kid won't have much success in the future...... Okay, come with me to the station of the third company to have a look, and go back to rest after walking this circle! ”

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The vicinity of the General's Temple is covered with dense bushes, which make it easy for people to hide here. The entire perimeter of the village is surrounded by fences of varying heights, and there are no obstacles except for the area around the entrance of the village, which is conducive to the direct entry of the special agents. But in this way, two problems arise: First, if you choose to take a detour to enter the village from the side, the first trouble to solve is how to quietly cross the fence. Kimura Jiwu knew that the weapons and equipment equipped by each agent plus his own weight were almost more than two hundred pounds, especially the bulletproof vest on the outermost part of their clothes, which was wrapped in dozens of pounds of iron plates, so he couldn't throw away all the bulletproof vests for this reason, right?

Second, if you want to make a frontal breakthrough from the entrance of the village, then the question is, how to solve the sentry of the Eighth Road? Kimura Jiwu, who has some combat experience, thinks that it would be easier if it was just a clear sentry, and his subordinates could decapitate the sentry by secretly touching it by randomly selecting a member of the special team, but the key is whether the eighth road has set up a secret post here? That's an unknown.

Kimura Jiwu squatted behind a bush and lowered his voice and scolded angrily: "Bastard, what does Yangquan's intelligence department do for food? When did the troops of the Eighth Route be stationed here? ”

"Mr. Osa, Matsuo Nakasa, who is stationed in Yangquan, has always advocated the development of the gendarmerie system, and lacks interest in frontal combat, so their intelligence department can be said to be useless. However, the intelligence department stationed in Taiyuan conducted a reconnaissance of the General's Temple five days ago, when it was just an ordinary village. The movement of the Dirt Eight Road was fast, and they seemed to realize the importance of the place, and arranged the defenders here before we did. Mr. Osa, I would like to ask, has the plan changed? Sato Shaosa, the commander of the first battle group squatting beside Kimura Jitake, asked cautiously.

Kimura shook his head resolutely and said, "No, the plan will never be changed. It's just that the battle hasn't started yet, and I can't judge the firepower and strength of the eight roads in the area of the General Temple. In this way, the first and second battle groups advanced from the entrance of the village, and it was better not to alarm the main forces of the opposing side. If you have to be alarmed, it doesn't matter, enter the village to occupy a favorable terrain and exchange fire with the enemy, and try to determine the strength of the defenders by the density of fire. Remember, three shots are the number, I will convey the retreat order to you outside the village, once you get the signal, you must not fall into battle, and the rear team will withdraw from the position in turn. Do you understand? ”

"Understood." Sato Shaosa patted a member of the special forces next to him, pointed his thumb at the Eighth Route Army sentry standing at the entrance of the village, made a decapitating sign language, and then raised his chin at the other party. The members of the operatives who received the order understood and nodded their heads in understanding, and pulled out a sharp dagger from the side of their calf...... Sato Shaoza roared in a low voice: "The first and second battle teams are ready for battle, and after Pu Yujun kills the sentry, we will go up!" Remember, stay in formation, echelon, and encircle the village! ”

What the nineteen-year-old sentry of the Eighth Route Army didn't expect was that his life had officially entered a countdown state since this minute...... In the face of the danger that has approached his feet, but he doesn't know at all, it's also difficult for him. I originally planned to go back to my room after work tonight and have a good night's sleep, but unfortunately I couldn't wake up from this sleep.

The sentry was pacing back and forth on the flat ground at the entrance of the village with a rifle on his shoulder, when a cold light suddenly flashed before his eyes, and the soldier fell to his death before he could shout before he could die. The sharp dagger sliced his carotid artery in unison with a single blow, causing him to die almost instantaneously without the slightest reaction or pain.

The agent who had killed the sentry waved his hand behind him, and the first and second battle teams immediately rushed up like a tidal wave. It's just that the good times didn't last long, and just as the commander-in-chief Kimura Jiwu feared, the independent regiment did have a sentry hidden in the shadows at the entrance of the village. The sentry was lying on a beam of a house, and the muzzle of his gun was aimed at the Japanese operatives outside the village from the moment the sentry was stabbed to the ground......

Just listen to the "Horn!" A gunshot rang out, and the dead silence of the night began to stir again. In less than a minute, the soldiers of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions all ran out of the house completely clothed and rushed to the outside of the village with firearms in hand.

The first to hear the gunshots were Yang Longfei and Li Shenshu, who had just finished the third company checkout and were about to return to the regiment headquarters to rest. Before this, Yang Longfei's mind had been a mess, and I don't know why there was always a heavy feeling of burden pressing on my heart. He was afraid that something would happen, so he personally went down to the grassroots level in the middle of the night to check the situation of the sentry posts of various units, but a few minutes after the check, fierce gunfire broke out at the entrance of the village. Yang Longfei suddenly took out the Browning pistol hanging from his waist and shouted: "It's bad, there's an accident at the entrance of the village!" Sharpshooter, go to the regiment headquarters to find Deputy Regiment Commander Zhang, and ask him to organize the troops to support the village entrance as quickly as possible! ”

Li Shengun, who came to his senses as soon as he heard the gunshot, also subconsciously pulled out a pair of shell guns from his waist, and the joints of his two arms opened the safety with a sharp rub, and he roared, "Yes!" After that, he and Yang Longfei's soldiers were divided into two ways, Li Shenshu ran frantically to the regimental headquarters, and Yang Longfei went straight to the entrance of the village where the battle was fiercest......

The first and second combat teams of the secret service department had already rushed into the village, and were just about to continue to advance when they were blocked by the oncoming soldiers of the first battalion. The secret service department had the advantage in firepower, and the independent regiment had the advantage in numbers, and for a time the fight was evenly matched.

Kimura Jitakemasa, who was conducting reconnaissance through a telescope in the bushes outside the village, read word by word, as if he were memorizing a textbook: "The strength of the defenders is about one battalion at present, and most of the soldiers use rifles and not many heavy weapons...... There is the sound of a Type 92 heavy machine gun, and there is a Czech light machine gun...... The rifles are mostly 'medium-formal', with the sound of Mauser*...... Listening to the sound after the explosion, it is not a Japanese-made Type 97, nor a German-made M24 type, it should be self-made by the internal arsenal of the Tsuchibachi Road*...... Hey? The opponent's strength seems to have increased, the density of firepower is twice as high as before, and it seems that the artillery has also been added......" Kimura Jiwu put down the telescope in his hand in a very incomprehensible way, and muttered to himself: "Could it be that the troops fighting with us are the main force of the Eighth Road?" Don't they divide their troops? It's weird......"

Warrant Officer Watanabe, who was in charge of walkie-talkie communication, suddenly took off the headset hanging on his head, and reported nervously: "Your Excellency, the first and second battle groups ask for instructions on whether they can withdraw from their positions, and if they can't withdraw from their existing positions, please send additional assistance, the enemy's follow-up troops have all come up, and they can't resist it......"

Here Kimura lifted the cuff of his left arm, and the hands on the military watch were at 10 and 35 respectively...... Less than twenty minutes into the battle, the first and second battle teams were almost unable to hold on? Hiding behind the bushes, Kimura Jiwu slammed the telescope in his hand to the ground, and the original plan to attack the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army completely failed, and the Kimura Special Service Department was a failure! Kimura Jiwu swore that sooner or later he would personally lead his agents to kill all the defenders of the Eighth Route Army fortified in the area of the General's Temple!

"Hey, fifteen minutes after I led the Secret Service to withdraw from this place, I fired three shots into the air and ordered the 1st and 2nd Combat Teams to withdraw from their positions...... Contact Sato Shaosa and them as soon as possible through walkie-talkies, and tell them that the main force of the secret service department will retreat first, and let them join us in the Moyunling area...... Listen to my orders, target Moyunling, and retreat in formation! Kimura Jiwu grabbed his lieutenant and the radio soldier in charge of liaison in front of him and commanded one by one. As soon as he finished speaking, he led the remaining three combat teams of the Secret Service to disappear into the endless darkness one after another......

Twenty minutes later, the curtain came down on the sudden encounter. The soldiers of the independent regiment were completely sleepless, and everyone took advantage of the night to clean up the battlefield around the entrance of the village and count the casualties.

At about 4 o'clock in the morning of the next day, it was still dark, and Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, had just woken up when he received a call from Liu Bocheng, commander of the 129th Division. Division Commander Liu gave him a detailed report on what happened last night at the General's Temple......

After hanging up the phone, the deputy commander-in-chief immediately organized the operational staff officers and mapping officers of the headquarters to discuss it. To be honest, since the start of the Anti-Japanese War, the units of the Eighth Route Army have never encountered Japanese troops armed with weapons such as *, what is the enemy's way of coming?

Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan personally led several mapping officers to carry out the mapping work, and was quite surprised after the completion of the work. The deputy chief of staff left dropped the pencil in his hand, and couldn't help but gasp and said, "My God, I was really told by this kid Yang Longfei!" The independent regiment had only been in the General's Temple for two days, and the devil's sneak attack troops came up...... If it's a little late, something will happen! ”

Mr. Peng asked straight to the point, "What do you see?" ”

"The devil's intentions are obvious, they want to use the General's Temple as a springboard, and then pounce directly on the rear of our army! Obviously, their first target of attack will definitely not be the independent regiment stationed in the vicinity of the General's Temple, and they may not even know that our army is fortified here, otherwise they have no need to confuse the sight of our army's intelligence department through vehicles. Moreover, according to the battle briefing made by the Independent Regiment, the whole battle was declared over after only about 20 minutes, and if the enemy's primary target was the Independent Regiment, the Japanese would never have withdrawn halfway through the battle......"

"According to what you say, the intention of this group of Japanese troops is not to be an independent regiment, but to go straight to the headquarters of our Eighth Route Army?"

The left deputy chief of staff smiled bitterly: "This is not true, the position of the headquarters and the independent regiment is in the shape of horns, I just measured it with a slide rule, and found that this group of Japanese troops has been passing through Pingyang County, Yanggu County and Binye County all the way after coming out of Yangquan City, and has always maintained a straight line distance, and the main force of our Eighth Route Army can only be next to this line with the 129th Division, the 385th Brigade and Yang Longfei's independent regiment." If you want to talk about the primary goal, I think it is either the headquarters of the 129th Division or the brigade headquarters of the 385th Brigade. Even if they dare to attack the idea of our Eighth Route Army headquarters, they should carry out activities from another direction. ”

Mr. Peng nodded silently in agreement, he just didn't understand, what was the origin of this Japanese army? Since it is not an ordinary Japanese army, what kind of army will it be? The boss's eyes were full of anxiety, could it be that there is an unknown class of troops in this world that has been quietly born? He was puzzled by this.

"What about the casualties of the Separate Regiment?"

Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo pursed his lips and said: "In the midst of statistics, they do not have a radio station, so they cannot get in touch with the headquarters through radio." For the time being, the phone can only be connected to the 385 Brigade, and the latest news may not be reported to the headquarters until the 385 Brigade receives it. ”

Mr. Peng slammed his fist on the table and gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Solving radio communication is a big problem, and now even the headquarters can't figure out the casualties of the troops under him, which is ridiculous." If this situation continues, I am afraid that there will be a big problem, and we must find a way to solve it as soon as possible! ”