Section XVI

The moon is bright and the stars are thin, the breeze is light, and the faint smell of grass wafts in all directions accompanied by the sound of insects, and the spring night is particularly beautiful and charming in the extremely peaceful situation of nature. However, human greed and war are destined to make it difficult to sleep at night, and the calm and serenity of the moment is more like a brief silence before a storm.

Loess Mountain, this inconspicuous hill is quietly between Yongcheng and Dangshan, and the few peaks that are not too high are like the most faithful guards guarding the road at the foot of the mountain. I don't know if it's because of psychological reasons, or because of the moonlight, the mountain seems to have become majestic at this moment, like a sleeping beast, and people dare not move lightly.

On a flat ground about a mile away from the hillside, groups of Japanese soldiers lay quietly on their stomachs, and from time to time some figures walked back and forth, all trying not to make any sound, and everything seemed to be no different from other places.

I don't know how long it took, but a hoarse voice sounded in the dark night, breaking the peace here in one fell swoop, "Shinji-kun, is there any news from the Kaedeno squadron?" ”

Shinji Nobuo on the side heard the captain's question, and immediately frowned and shook his head and said: "Not yet, according to Captain Gujiliang's report, the Shina people are scouting in the Loess Mountain area, and the Captain of the Kaedeno Squadron may be worried that his whereabouts will be exposed, after all, as far as we know, the reinforcements of the Shina people have arrived in the Dangshan area, and we no longer have an advantage in terms of strength." ”

Hearing this news, the owner of the hoarse voice, the captain of the Furuta Brigade of the 58th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, Furuta Einan, couldn't help but start pacing, and his frowning brows showed that he was contemplating the battle situation in front of him at the moment. And seeing his actions, everyone on the side who was familiar with his temperament didn't dare to make any noise, and they even stopped breathing.

After about a pillar of incense, Furuta Eio finally stopped, looked at the mountain in the distance and said coldly: "No matter what the results of the Fengye squadron are, when it comes to the appointed time, start attacking immediately, and before dawn, we must open the road to Dangshan." ”

"Hi" Shinji Nobuo heard the order, immediately responded seriously, as the deputy captain, he also knows a little about some of the strategic layout of the upper level, their Central China dispatch army this offensive is to respond to the actions of the second army, the more fierce the offensive, the more places captured, the greater the diversion effect, in that way, the greater the chance of success of the friendly army to achieve the combat purpose, if you can successfully capture the Dangshan Shangqiu line, the most elite troops in China will be surrounded in the Xuzhou area, That would allow them to crush the enemy's counterattack in one fell swoop, thus ending the war as quickly as possible, not to mention how much damage it would reduce in this way, even the military merit contained in it was enough for them to go crazy.

Thinking of this, Shinji Nobuo couldn't help but look at the loess mountain in the distance, and sparks almost burst out of his eyes, he licked his lips and gritted his teeth and said: "Gutian-kun, I will personally lead people to kill the mountain in a while, I want to see what kind of people are in China, who can stop us from this small hill for a whole day." ”

"It's great to have Zhenzhijun leading the team, Zhenzhijun is brave and good at fighting, I will personally report to the wing captain after this battle, with your Excellency's military talent, you should have commanded a unit alone." Furuta Eio seemed to be quite satisfied with his words, and immediately said approvingly.

Shinji Nobuo was also overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately bowed to Furuta Eio and said, "It is my honor to have Your Excellency's guidance, and no matter where I am, I will fully obey Your Excellency's orders as I do today." ”

"Haha" Furuta Einan laughed when he heard this, looking very happy, thinking that if it wasn't for the big war at this time, his expression must have been very exaggerated.

At this moment, there was a strange noise not far away, as if someone had knocked something down, which was really harsh in the troops that kept silent, and it also made Furuta Einan, who was in a good mood, frown and snorted coldly: "Bastard, is this your combat quality?" Is this the army of our samurai of the Great Japanese Empire? If you can't even carry out the most basic orders of the soldiers, how can you still be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and how can you expand your territory? ”

Listening to this shouting and scolding, the communication officer who made a mistake could only run over and said anxiously: "Report to the captain, the joint captain has an urgent order, and the brigade will immediately withdraw and reinforce Yongcheng in the direction of Daqiuzhuang." ”

"What? You repeat? Furuta Rongnan asked in disbelief when he heard this. What are you kidding, they made a lot of arrangements before, and even coerced and intimidated the captured civilians to take the Fengye squadron around the trail to the Loess Mountain, in order to deal a fatal blow to the enemy in front of them, seeing that in a few moments, it was about to be the agreed time to launch an attack, and the wing commander actually asked to withdraw?

However, Furuta Einan also reacted quickly after a moment of shock and incomprehension, opening the passage from Yongcheng to Dangshan, but the wing captain gave them an order, there was no emergency, how could the wing leader ask them to retreat? Thinking of this, he immediately asked, "Call back immediately to inquire about the situation, what happened there in Yongcheng!" ”

"Hey!" When the correspondent heard this, he was about to take action immediately, and before he turned around, another Japanese soldier next to the radio station had already rushed over and reported: "Report, the wing headquarters is in an emergency, the northwest of Yongcheng has found a large number of Chinese troops, and now the Chinese are shelling, and the wing commander ordered to immediately rush to encircle and annihilate the Chinese people." ”

"A large army of the Shina people?" Shinji Nobuo on the side muttered incredulously, with a puzzled expression on his face, and immediately asked, "Where are the people of Shina who still have a large army?" ”

Furuta Eio read a lot of information from this simple telegram, the Chinese are carrying out artillery bombardment, which can indeed show that the Chinese have a lot of troops, and they have been fighting in the land of the Chinese for almost a year, and they naturally have a very good understanding of the enemy's equipment and establishment.

Thinking of this, Furuta Eio said without hesitation: "Zhenji-kun, after you take a squad to break off, order Captain Takefu and Captain Murakami, cancel the attack plan, and immediately gather the team to prepare to retreat." ”

Shinji Nobuo was obviously reluctant to get close to his combat exploits, and couldn't help but ask: "Furuda-kun, what should I do with the Kaede Squadron?" Wouldn't it be very dangerous if they went on their own? ”

Hearing this, Furuta Einan immediately said: "I will send someone to contact the leader of the Kaede Field, if I can't get in touch, and they attack again, Zhenji-kun, I will leave it to you here." ”

Shinji Nobuoshi was secretly happy in his heart, but he could still maintain a serious expression on the surface, and immediately said respectfully: "Don't worry, captain, I will definitely cooperate with the actions of the Kaedeno squadron." ”

Seeing this, Furuta Rongnan no longer hesitated, seeing that the team was gathering extremely quickly to prepare for retreat, he rushed to the rear of the team first, obviously preparing to seize all the time, and rushed to reinforcements as soon as the team was assembled, after all, for Furuta Rongnan, a loess mountain is just a fleshless bone, and it has no effect if he takes it down or not, but the large army of the Zhina people is different, and it is a great credit to defeat the main force of the Zhina.

At the time when the Japanese army under the mountain was constantly adjusting and mobilizing, Li Wenguang on the Loess Mountain was also watching the enemy's dynamics with a complicated expression, this was the first time he was a company commander to command a war, and it was very different from when he used to be Liu Wenfeng's deputy in the second platoon, at that time, he only needed to listen to orders and do things, let him fight wherever he wanted, and let him retreat, but now it is different, the eyes of a company of more than 100 brothers are staring at him, and how to fight the battle is all up to him. But thinking of the fatal situation in front of him made him feel big.

The battalion commander's order during the day was to let him defend the Loess Mountain, just keep it until dark, and they completed the task after a bloody day, but the next order was to let them continue to stay here, not to give the devils a chance to take advantage of, there was nothing to hesitate about, but now seeing the Japanese army adjusting, it seemed to want to retreat, so his mind became active.

The platoon leader Wang Lao Liu didn't know when he crawled to his side, and whispered: "Company commander, I see that this little devil is about to run away, do you think we are chasing after his ass and giving them a while?" ”

Li Wenguang was thinking about this matter and was upset, and suddenly opened his mouth and scolded: "Chasing? Chase a fart, chase it, how many of us are there, what can we do when we catch up? Without this mountain, so many people of the little devils stretched out their fingers and pinched us to death. ”

Wang Lao on the side is much older than Li Wenguang in the sixth year, but after only this day's battle, he threw himself to the ground for the five bodies that the little company commander admired, and at this moment he was scolded, he didn't have any dissatisfaction, but said with some pity: "Then we can't just watch the little devil swagger away, right?" This is our land, why are you letting these little devils call the shots? ”

"Wang Lao Liu, are you addicted to killing devils? How do you know if this is a trick played by little devils? If the little devil's retreat is fake, but there are so many people in ambush at the foot of the mountain waiting for us to go down, do you think we can still hold this mountain? Let the little devil easily take this mountain, won't so many of our brothers who died during the day die in vain? ”

Wang Lao Liu was speechless by Li Wenguang's words, so he could only pat his head and say: "Company commander, according to what you say, then I won't talk much, why don't you fight, you just talk to me." ”

"You take a row for me to guard it, I'll go down and touch the bottom of the devil first!" After Li Wenguang reprimanded Wang Lao Liu, he said without looking back, which made Wang Lao Liu on the side roll his eyes.