This small village is about 15 miles away from Fengdian County, and the arrival of the second battalion of the Eighth Route Army will crowd the village of less than 20 households.

In the afternoon, the sudden sound of the Japanese army's attack on Fengdian was heard very clearly here, and the attention of the commanders and fighters was immediately attracted to it, and they were talking about the battle situation in Fengdian. Xia Lianshan was even more anxious, he approached the small courtyard of a villager's house again and again, and walked away again and again: a small room in the courtyard was now the temporary camp headquarters borrowed by the second battalion from the villager's family.

A three-person supreme meeting of the battalion commander, instructor and deputy battalion commander is being held at the battalion headquarters.

Liu Shu criticized the just-concluded Battle of Dawangyu in an impassioned tone, believing that the hastily changed battle order had turned the ambush that had taken the initiative into a white-knuckle battle, causing heavy casualties. The instructor first self-criticized, stating that he had failed to resolutely stop the order to charge; Then, he began to severely criticize the battalion commander and deputy battalion commander for their hot-headedness and adventurism.

"I admit that the situation was urgent," Liu Shu's hands waved fiercely, "but even if it is to rescue friendly forces, do we need to invest so much strength?" Can't you send a company to rush down? The Japanese cavalry was about to retreat, so why did we desperately catch up and fight them? ”

Feng Changzhi hung his head and was silent, while Wu Zijian looked at the emotional instructor with a pair of fixed eyes.

"Okay, I'll take the 7th Company to stay on the mountain beam to monitor the battlefield, but before I can return to the position of the 7th Company, the battalion commander ordered to send a signal flare, and as a result, the 7th Company followed the 5th Company and the 6th Company rushed down in a swarm.

Liu Shu's hand dancing in the air changed to knocking on the table while talking:

"If at that time, the back of the devil cavalry suddenly catches up with a large group of men and horses, we don't even have the strength to cover, and we can only be entangled by the devils at the bottom, how terrible is this situation?!"

Feng Changzhi raised his head, and Wu Zijian lowered his head: At this moment, they all admitted in their hearts that the instructor was right, and without finding out the enemy's situation, all three companies rushed down the mountain beam and entered the bottom of the ditch, without battlefield surveillance, which was indeed a risky act.

In the direction of Fengdian, the rumbling sound of cannons entered this small room. Wu Zijian priped up his ears vigilantly and interrupted the instructor's rambling:

"Listen, the devil is starting to attack Fengdian County!"

Feng Changzhi also responded: "When Dawangyu was cleaning up the battlefield, I asked a few soldiers of the Jin Army, and they said that it was a regiment of the Central Army and a regiment of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army stationed in Fengdian. ”

Liu Shu was very dissatisfied with the fact that the two suddenly changed the topic, and there was an impatient look on his face, but Wu Zijian still continued: "That staff officer Xiao of the 12th Brigade said that the armband of the Japanese cavalry showed that it was from the Sena Division stationed in Taiyuan, and they encountered this cavalry outside Fengdian City; From this point of view, the one who attacked Fengdian County should be the devil's Sena Division. ”

Liu Shu knocked on the table: "We are reviewing the battle in Dawangyu, don't go too far." ”

But Wu Zijian was already interested, and he said to the instructor and the battalion commander happily: "Staff Officer Xiao understands Japanese, and after he fainted, I asked people to carry him back, and now the hygienist is taking care of him." I plan to try to keep him in the Eighth Route Army, at least let him help interrogate those devil prisoners! ”

Liu Shu was taken aback: "That staff officer is a captain officer of the 12th Brigade of Du, why did you get him back without consulting us?" This is different from the rout of the general national army, if it is not done well, it will cause friction between the Eighth Route Army and the Second War Zone! ”

Feng Changzhi was also a little nervous, Wu Zijian asked Xiao Junping who had been in a coma to be carried back to the second battalion station, which was done secretly, and he was the battalion commander at that time: "Old Wu, the instructor's worries are reasonable, you take away the staff officer of the Jin Army Brigade Headquarters, what if he doesn't agree to join the Eighth Route Army?" If you let him go back, he will complain to the commander of the 12th Brigade again, and it will be really easy to get into trouble. ”

Wu Zijian waved his hand nonchalantly: "Why are you two so mother-in-law!" I didn't say that I would keep him, but now I am carrying him back under the pretext of rescue, and when he wakes up, I can persuade him, and if he can't be persuaded to do so, he will be sent away after his injury is healed. Yan Laoxi wouldn't come to turn his face with us because the Eighth Route Army saved him a staff officer, right? ”

Liu Shu and Feng Changzhi looked at each other for a moment, feeling that Wu Zijian's idea was quite tenable.

"If you want me to see it, just let him recuperate from his injuries, and don't say anything to persuade him to stay, after all, he is a middle-level officer of the Kuomintang, and he will not be with us." Liu Shu thought about it, but still expressed his opinion.

Unexpectedly, Wu Zijian jumped to another topic: "Listening to the cannon sound over there in Fengdian, the fight should be quite fierce." Shall we send an investigation team to find out the situation? Lianshan's sister's house is in Fengdian County, and he has always been very worried, so it is better to let him take a few people to have a look. ”

When Wu Zijian said this, his eyes only looked at the battalion commander, but Feng Changzhi looked at Liu Shu: "Instructor, what do you mean?" ”

"I disagree!" Liu Shu's emotions became excited again: "I understand Deputy Company Commander Xia's feelings. But we are a revolutionary team, discipline must be strict, and the love of children must also be subordinated to the overall situation; Right now, they just had a battle with the devils in Dawangyu, and it is uncertain whether they will send heavy troops to retaliate, not to mention that this place is not far from Dawangyu. I suggested that the whole battalion should move as soon as possible and advance towards Guanmen Mountain. ”

Feng Changzhi nodded: "I'm in favor of transferring." Since there are thousands of Japanese troops attacking Fengdian, we have to beware that they will divide their troops to seek revenge and kill one of us. ”

Seeing what the battalion commander and instructor said, Wu Zijian did not insist anymore: In the battle of Dawangyu, there was indeed a problem with the command, and the battle damage was also very large, and Wu Zijian's confidence was not as strong as last night. Also, a lot of loot was captured, and a Jin army staff officer was brought back, Wu Zijian felt satisfied. That staff officer Xiao was an intelligence staff officer of the 12th Brigade of the Du, and he knew Japanese, and Wu Zijian had already made up his mind to intercept him in the second battalion.

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The attack stopped, and the Aikawa brigade all withdrew.

Kosuke Otsuka didn't let the field artillery bombard the walls of Toyoden again, and he needed to calm down.

If the defeat in the attack in the morning was due to the light enemy, then after adjusting the tactics and suffering another setback in the afternoon, the situation became somewhat serious: I did not expect that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army was so fierce.

At this moment, Dazuo is interested in the number of the branch army at the head of the city: the 391st Regiment of the Central Army, the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army, which one will it be? The brigade headquarters gave him too little information. However, the commander of the defenders was undoubtedly an excellent tactician, and he should have urgently concentrated all the automatic firearms on the city head to the gap in the city wall, thus building a terrible fire net, and the warriors of the Aikawa brigade who attacked the gap were defeated by this terrible fire net.

Will the overall combat strength of the Chinese army defending the city be so fierce? Kosuke Otsuka began to worry, and the large force of the Eighth Route Army encountered by the cavalry squadron west of Toyoden was, according to Iwata Shaosa, quite fierce. If the Eighth Route Army was responsible for assisting in the defense of Fengdian on the periphery, then once they pressed over from their flanks, the offensive and defensive transitions of the two sides would probably have to be transposed.

It is necessary to quickly occupy the county seat of Fengdian, otherwise, if it cannot be attacked for a long time, it is very likely that it will be attacked from both sides by the Chinese army under the city. He ordered the field artillery brigade to immediately prepare for a third fire strike, this time, to return the favor with its own way: 12 field guns would concentrate on the large gap in the city wall, expand the area of the gap, and destroy the automatic firearms of the Chinese army near the gap!