It takes a certain amount of time for the mustard gas to dissipate, so although the 120th Field Artillery Wing made a defensive gap in the defenders' frontline positions, Saburo Miura did not dare to let the 65th Infantry Wing immediately charge, but quietly waited for the best time to attack.

On the Yushan front, the Japanese army did not attack, and used the most cruel means as soon as they attacked. More than 1,000 students fell under the mustard gas, and because it was an erosive type of poison gas, many of them died in a miserable state. There are people who die of pain due to ulceration, pus and bleeding all over the body, and most of them have difficulty breathing due to inhaling too much poisonous gas, and even scratching their throats does not work, and they die of suffocation.

The Cadet Army has popularized the knowledge of poison gas bombs, and in the headquarters of the former Hufeng Primary School, Du Linzi and a group of officers under him were filled with righteous indignation. Du Linzi clenched his hands, his teeth bit his lower lip to bleed, and he only said one sentence fiercely: "Blood debt and blood repayment!"

On the Yushan front, as soon as the Japanese army came up, they gave the Second Army a shot at Ma Wei. Leping and Dexing, although the Japanese offensive looks vigorous, it seems to be a bit lacking. In Leping, in particular, after two brigades of the 101st Division were disabled in a row, its offensive suddenly weakened and began to show a trend of heavy thunder and little rain. Yingtan was presided over by Gao Yongxiang, commander of the Fifth Division, who made him feel uneasy, worried that the Japanese army's open attack and covert defense would not be conducive to the sneak attack of the guerrilla Third Division.

In order to prepare a New Year's gift for Hirohito, Shunroku Hata and Kojo Miro excitedly launched a New Year's strategy. They first replaced the 16th Division with the 101st Division and the 4th Mixed Brigade, and then paralyzed the cadet army with the posture of celebrating the New Year. Secretly got a tacit understanding with Matsui Ishine.,I want to disturb the judgment of the student army by blooming in many places.。

Ye Zhao judged well, Yushan was indeed the main direction of attack of the 5th Army, but this was only one of them. The ambition of Toshiroku Hata is not only to capture Shangrao and Yingtan, but also to annihilate the Second Army. The sum of the three divisions of the Second Army, one brigade and one regiment, and the Shangrao and Yingtan Self-Defense Corps, was only 45,000, while the Fifth Army plus the descendants of Shunroku Hata had 193,000. The Japanese army has four times the strength of the Cadet Army, and it also has air supremacy, so it is no wonder that Shunroku Hata has such an idea.

In the plan of Shunroku Hata and Ganro Furujo, Yushan is the main direction of attack on the surface, while Leping is another main line of attack in the dark. Not to mention Yushan, the two divisions of the Japanese army, plus an independent tank brigade and a puppet army brigade, have an overwhelming advantage in both strength and equipment. What about Leping? The advantage of the Japanese army's strength in terms of strength of a division and a mixed brigade goes without saying, and its most dominant advantage is that the mixed fourth brigade has not shown its face so far, and it belongs to a hidden army, so it is suitable for launching a sneak attack from other directions.

At about eleven o'clock, when the 101st Division launched another attack on the 13th Brigade, more than 10,000 devils mixed into the 4th Brigade, under the leadership of the brigade commander Major General Xincang Yinong, took a regiment of puppet soldiers and a brigade of devils as the vanguard, took a military card out of the city from the north gate of Leping, and turned west along a main road.

At about half past eleven, at the head of Wengjia Village, on the north bank of the Le'an River, Guanfeng Township, 12 kilometers west of Leping, gathered together and whispered something in the intermittent sound of firecrackers.

"Boss Tie, inquire clearly, this is Wengjia Village, Guanfeng Township, about ten kilometers away from Leping County!" A small black shadow said.

The "Iron Boss" is naturally the boss of the five brothers of the Jiang family, Jiang Tietou. Their reconnaissance battalion operated with the 3rd Guerrilla Division and was responsible for reconnaissance operations. The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion were fast-legged, and they were at least about 10 kilometers away from the main force. After they entered the boundary of Leping County an hour and a half ago, they dispersed, searched everywhere for the Japanese garrison, and reconnoitred the detailed terrain around it, so as to find the best entry point for the main force to raid Leping County.

Wengjia Village is the meeting point chosen by Jiang Tietou. Every five minutes, Jiang Tietou and his brothers climbed a nearby tree to send out a signal with a flashlight, and after a quarter of an hour had passed, a group of scouts followed the signal's instructions back to the assembly point. There was a recruit in this team of scouts, Huang Zhongming, so Jiang Tietou specially took care of them not to go too far. And this is this team, they only walked about three kilometers and made an amazing discovery.

The captain of this squad was the company commander of the first company, Meng Taishan. He looked extremely excited, and after the code, he ran to Jiang Tietou and said, "Boss, guess what we found?" ”

"Don't sell it! Say it! ”

"Dense devils, at least one wing! Boss, I suspect that the little devil wants to make a detour and sneak attack, and the target is most likely Yingtan! ”

Jiang Tietou became nervous and asked, "Really!?" ”

Meng Taishan nodded affirmatively.

"How far away are they from us, and in what direction are they going?"

"Directly north of us, heading west. Boss, hurry up and report to Senior Commander Jiang, we may be able to ambush them! ”

"It's not your turn to call the shots. Xiao Liang, call the headquarters of the third division immediately! ”

Soon, the call was connected. At this time, the Third Guerrilla Division, under the leadership of Jiang Tiezhang, walked along the Le'an River to the area of Guzhen Town. After getting this information, Jiang Tiezhang asked the troops to turn to the northeast, and at the same time asked his third brother Jiang Tiejiao and the three brigade commanders under his command to discuss countermeasures.

"The eldest brother suggested that we fight the devil in an ambush, and I have asked him to check the specific strength of the Japanese army. Third brother, what do you think? ”

Jiang Tiejiao: "We went to Leping to sneak attack, since the devil sent it to the door, it couldn't be better." We lack heavy weapons, and we suffer a lot from siege, but in a field battle, it is easier to control our forces. If you want to fight, hurry up and choose an ambush position, so that you have time to make more preparations! ”

The officers of the guerrilla units of the Cadet Army are the ones who like to play sneak attacks and ambushes the most, and the three brigade commanders naturally have no opinion. Jiang Tiezhang personally got in touch with Jiang Tietou, judged that the target of the Japanese army was either Yugan County or Yingtan City, and after confirming the direction of the Japanese army's advance, he immediately decided to place the ambush site at Tietoufeng, Lefeng Town, on the south bank of the Le'an River. Tietou Peak is only about 500 meters away from the surface of the Le'an River, which is just enough to hold the only Zhangyang Iron Rope Bridge in this area. Although the weather is cold and freezing, the Japanese army can cross the river across the ice, but once the war starts and the ice is blown up, the only way for the Japanese army to continue to move south is the Zhangyang Iron Chain Bridge.

After the ambush location was determined, the 3rd Guerrilla Division quickly turned to the northwest direction, and then rushed to the area of Tietou Peak half an hour ahead of the Japanese troops. The Eighth Brigade first sent people to Guantang Village on the opposite bank of Zhangyang to greet the villagers, and then laid a large number of mines at the east and north ends of the village, and then ambushed Houlang, 500 meters west of Guantang Village. The 8th Brigade was ambushed on the left flank, and the 9th Brigade's ambush point was naturally on the right flank, and they first laid 100 Lalei on the main road, and then scattered to the east and lurked directly in the snow.

Jiang Tiezhang's direct troops were ambushed on a hill opposite Tietou Peak, and he set up his headquarters on a flat ground on the hill, and then contacted Jiang Tietou again, asking the latter to report the movements of the Japanese army at any time, and wholeheartedly began to wait for the mixed fourth brigade to enter the ambush circle.