After a while, the devils and the puppet army officers arrived. They stood straight, waiting for instructions from their superiors.

Tengben glanced at the officers majestically and said: "This is the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army taking the opportunity to make trouble, they are weak in troops, lack of firearms, and do not dare to openly engage the imperial army, deliberately using this tactic of blocking in stages, in an attempt to slow down the advance of the imperial army, contain the imperial army to reinforce the county magistrate Dong, and cover their frontal battlefield operations. If they continue to be entangled like this, they will fall for their tricks and destroy the imperial army's conquest plan. ”

"Yes!" The deputy captain nodded.

Tengben was very happy to see his deputy answer, so he said: "I order the vanguard to concentrate fire to open a passage and cover the rapid advance of the troops. You must be determined not to resist, never to stop, and to move forward quickly regardless of casualties. There is only one thing that matters most: hurry! Aim to be there in less than three hours! ”

"Hello!" The officers were ordered to leave one after another, returning to their respective units, delivering orders, reorganizing their ranks, and standing by to advance.

Suddenly, the fierce sound of gunfire rose to the ground, Luo Chuan commanded the vanguard troops, concentrated light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers, six cannons, pursuit guns, and other firearms to open fire at the same time, the bullets rained down, the smoke of gunpowder was foggy, and large areas of crops near the highway that were about to ripen caught fire in the explosion, and the entire slope and field pulled up a vast net of fire.

Relying on the cover of heavy firepower, Luo Chuan led the leading troops to rush forward and forcibly open a passage. The devil puppet army behind, braving the smoke and fire, rushed forward in a swarm of arms. The soldiers and self-defense regiments who were lying in ambush in the woods on both sides of the road bombarded the enemy with grenades through the smoke of gunfire, mingling with the roar of guns and cannons.

The little devils placed the puppet army on both sides of the road as a "meat screen" to block the attack, and they ran in the middle to force the puppet army forward. Some wounded puppet soldiers crawled all over the ground screaming, the seriously wounded were immediately shot and killed by the devils, and the lightly wounded struggled to follow the advance in order to save their lives. The enemy crossed the blood and corpses, did not resist, but ran away, and finally broke through the second line of resistance of our army, and advanced four or five miles in one breath......

In a wooded area on the east side of the road, our local armed forces and guerrillas were holding an emergency meeting.

Zhu Mingyuan looked at the cadres and said: "It seems that the devils have seen through our segmented blocking tactics, they don't resist, they don't stay, and they don't care about casualties, they just rush forward regardless of the head, they want to rush to the area of Xiangzhuang Lake as soon as possible to relieve Dong Yupei's siege." Looking at the smoke in their eyes, even a quarter of the casualties will be dry. It is only 30 miles from here to Xiangzhuang Lake, and if it continues like this, it will threaten the frontal battlefield operations. ”

Song Jiliu shouted anxiously: "Look at this, it's not enough to just knock it piecemeal, you have to give them a few sticks to do it!" ”

"That's right! "The Art of War" says well, everything must be handled flexibly. Now that the situation has changed, our style of play has to change with it. Zhu Mingyuan said openly, "Deputy Brigade Commander Liu sent a telegram that Han Deqin, that old guy, had arrived in the Haizhou area, and under the guise of inspection, he was entangled around Brigadier Sun Jixian to make trouble, which added a lot of difficulties to our army's command operations. ”

"That's the problem!" Following Yanagido.

** County magistrate Zhu Mingyuan said: "The terrain of the cemetery is dangerous, and there is no considerable equipment, so I am afraid that it will not be easy to solve the battle for a while. We must hold back the devil no matter what, otherwise we will disrupt the entire plan of the entire campaign. ”

"County Magistrate Zhu, you can give an order, you can play any way. Even if you smash your head, you have to drag the devil's hind legs! Xu Yunduo, who came to help temporarily, shouted hotly with a few young men under the constant encouragement of the young men on the side.

"What's the matter, even your old Xu is in a hurry?" Zhu Mingyuan glared at the boys solemnly.

"This ......," the young man embarrassedly ducked to the side.

"How did you do that? As soon as I finished speaking, I forgot about it in the blink of an eye! ”

Everyone looked at each other and did not speak.

"We have to change the way we play according to the changes in the situation, and we are not going to fight with the devil. We must appropriately concentrate our forces, find a favorable terrain, and launch a frontal blockade, this is not to completely block the devils, but in order to more effectively achieve the goal of containing the enemy, we will fiercely block it head-on, and then contain, disrupt, and attack the enemy from all directions, so that these turtles will not be able to touch the direction of returning to the sea. "Mingyuan Dao.

"That's right!" The Way.

"It is clearly written in the military book: do not turn flexibility into recklessness. If we are stubborn, we will lose the initiative, and not only will we not be able to hold back the devil's hind legs, but we will let the devil beat our ass. Mingyuan enlightened.

The group of young men around Xu Yunduo smiled embarrassedly, as soon as their brains were hot, they only remembered the word "struggling", and forgot everything else.

Song Jiliu said calmly and firmly: "Not far ahead, there is a large forest, and the terrain there is very suitable for blocking the attack. Inform the troops and villagers to leave a small number of troops along the road to contain the enemy, and most of the personnel will withdraw to the big village to carry out a frontal blockade, and the specific deployment will be there. ”

The forest is located in the east of a large village with a population of about 800 people, and this village is composed of nearly 200 large and small village courtyards. The large forest is close to the east side of the Huangsha Highway, and there is a large interconnected fish pond, which surrounds the forest in a half-moon shape. After years of war, soldiers and bandits were rampant, the villagers had no intention of operating, and most of the fish ponds were deserted.

In recent years, in order to prevent the looting of soldiers and bandits, the villagers have continuously taken soil from here to build a village for self-defense, the lotus pond is dug very deep, and the pit at the bottom of the pond is uneven, making a weir in front of the pond more and more towering, becoming a natural barrier. The streets and alleys of the village are surrounded by walls, walls made of tree branches, intercepting all passes, and fixed earthen and foreign cannons are set up at important defensive points, as if it is an impenetrable fortress.

After Zhu Mingyuan, Liu Mansheng, and Song Jiliu led most of the blocking team to move to Dashulinzi, they immediately threw themselves into intense organizational deployment work. Some of the personnel quickly built improvised bunker fortifications along the embankment of the fish pond, and dozens of foreign cannons (sandblasted shotguns) were erected along the embankment, which tightly blocked the road.

Part of the personnel strengthened the fence and raised gunpowder. A considerable number of troops were also sent to disperse into the fields around the highway to contain and harass the enemy. At that time, personnel will be dispatched to mobilize and organize the masses to assist in the blockade. In this village, some members of the Self-Defense Forces participated in the blockade, and as soon as they returned to the village, they went around calling for people to join the battle.

When the people of this village heard that they were going to launch a frontal blockade near their village, they were immediately inspired by the sense of responsibility and pride of the anti-Japanese defenders, and they poured into the blockade in large numbers.

When the people in the nearby villages heard the news, they also rushed to the war with weapons. In times of war, people's sense of time is very strong, and personal experience makes people understand that perhaps it is only because of procrastination and the time spent on a minute that it causes a huge loss that will never be irreparable.

The preparations for the blockade of this large village were carried out rapidly under the control of this concept, and in a short time, the main preparations were made, and a net that was tighter and more impenetrable than that of Ganyu City had been woven, just waiting for the devil to come to the door.

The sound of gunfire is getting closer and closer, people are looking along the road, and the devils and puppet soldiers who are hurrying on the road are falling more and more clearly into their field of vision. The people quickly put their camouflages in order, tightly concealed them, and pricked up their ears anxiously awaiting the call to counterattack.

Tengben urged the troops to hurry quickly, and he was very proud of the countermeasures he had taken, although he had paid a certain amount of casualties, after all, he had advanced nearly eight miles, and most of the casualties were puppet troops acting as "meat screens", which had no fundamental impact on the main force.

At this rate, you can reach the graveyard in about three hours. This bad thing firmly believes in his own view of the value of this army, and although the current situation has deteriorated, as long as he arrives in time, he can boost Dong Yupei's morale, and he can inspire Han Deqin's reactionary confidence, in a word: he can save the endgame and turn defeat into victory.

In order to achieve this, this bad thing should stick to the current countermeasures, and even if it costs more than a quarter of the casualties, it is worth it. At this moment, a large forest not far in front of him came into view, and he raised his binoculars in the stirrups to observe for a while, and the topography of the village caught his attention.

In an instant, he immediately thought that the guerrillas would concentrate their forces, find a favorable position, and come to a frontal blockade to sabotage his countermeasures and achieve the goal of containment? If such a plan really exists, the large woods in front of it are an ideal blocking position. Thinking of this, Tengben immediately became alert, informed the troops to temporarily stop advancing, and ordered the leader of the first squadron to personally lead a small team to search the woods and the village on one side.

( Biography of Chinese and Foreign Heroes )