Wang Shuanglong's suggestion made everyone present feel inspired. It is clear that this is a scheme with reliable operability. Xia Lianshan's cavalry company now has about 40 horsemen and horses that can form combat power, of which the old cavalry accounts for most of them; After training after the battle against the night raid and the last long patrol in the direction of Pingquan County, the cavalry company was recovering from the heavy blow. The most important thing is that along the Nantongpu Railway, several new and old base areas in the area of Guanmen Mountain are all plain and smooth, which is suitable for the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army to gallop back and forth quickly.

Xia Lianshan was the first to respond, saying that he could lead the whole company to carry out and complete this task. Wu Zijian looked at his cavalry company commander, and indeed once had the urge to let the cavalry company go out to the side of the railway line alone. Because he also judged that it was unlikely that a brigade of Japanese reinforcements would come from the south of Lingshi County, and a cavalry company would be enough to take on the task of guarding that direction. However, in the end, the deputy commander of the second battalion still made up his mind to reject this plan.

"We have to be responsible for Colonel Qin and the 391st Regiment. The people took out the main force of the entire regiment, attacked Lingshi County, and attacked Wencheng reinforcements, and the task was quite arduous. Once it didn't go well, its whole regiment would be in danger of being besieged by the Japanese army. It would be child's play if we only put on the strength of a cavalry company on the flank of others and symbolically be responsible for the vigilance! Wu Ziqian said impassionedly.

Several company commanders who attended the meeting were speechless for a while. Wu Zijian pointed to the railway line on the sand table and continued to analyze, pointing out that the situation must be taken into account: after all, the last time the Japanese army launched a large-scale night attack, the Japanese army that rushed to Xiping Village was killed from the direction of the Nantongpu railway line. In this joint operation between the two armies, the 391st Regiment of the Central Army was worried that the enemy troops in southern Jinnan would come to help quickly, so they asked the 2nd Battalion of the Xu Brigade of the Lin Division to set up an ambush south of Lingshi County to ensure that after the main force of the regiment started, the flanks would not be impacted by Japanese reinforcements.

Li Tianlin looked at the sand table, and said without worrying that the Japanese army used the railway line to transport troops very fast, although there is intelligence that Hanxinling, Huoxian, Hongdong, and Zhaocheng are not heavily garrisoned by the enemy, but if the main force of the Japanese army in Linfen receives a call for help and rushes over by train or car, the journey to Lingshi for more than 100 miles will be about two hours. If Qin Zhongxiao is unable to resolve the battle within this time, he may be bitten by reinforcements from the Linfen direction, and the situation will be extremely dangerous.

"Lao Li, if it is really as you said, the Japanese army is coming to help from the direction of Linfen, with one of your companies, how long can it be supported?" Wang Shuanglong, who had fought the anti-night attack in Xiping Village, asked in a low voice.

The commander of the 5th company hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Wu Zijian beside him: "This ...... It's hard to say, but the key depends on the specific meaning of the blocking mission given to our company? Will they resolutely resist the Japanese troops from the north until the 391st Regiment of the Central Army is safely withdrawn, or will they resist on the spot for a while and withdraw from their positions immediately after achieving the purpose of warning friendly forces? ”

Everyone's eyes looked at the deputy battalion commander together.

At this moment, Wu Zijian patted the sand table without hesitation, and replied firmly: Everything is based on the battle situation, if Qin Zhongxiao has not withdrawn from the battlefield when the Japanese army comes to help, we must resolutely resist it, absolutely ensure the safety of the flanks of friendly forces, and do whatever it takes to do so.

The hearts of all the company commanders thumped violently - it was conceivable how difficult it would be to block the attack in the plains along the railway, and if Wu Zijian demanded "at all costs", what was waiting for Li Tianlin's 5th Company would probably be a battle of life and death.

"I will transfer all the artillery platoons in Zhao Yejiao to you," Wu Zijian began to cheer for Li Tianlin, who was shouldering the heavy responsibility: "The * of the whole battalion will also be reconfigured, and the focus will be handed over to your company for use." Regardless of whether the Japanese troops came to their aid by train or car, artillery shells and * were the most effective weapons for launching the initial strike. ”

The 2nd Battalion of the Xu Brigade of the Lin Division fought the ambush battle at Pingxingguan, and all the company commanders knew this very well.

In the end, Wu Zijian established a plan for Li Tianlin's 5th Company to set up an ambush and block the attack in the south of Lingshi County on the railway line. Xia Lianshan's cavalry company was also strengthened in this direction, but it only went out to the souther to cruise, so as to detect possible reinforcements from the Japanese army as soon as possible and report it to Li Tianlin's department in time. Wei Xin led the 7th Company to set up an ambush in the southern suburbs of Fengdian County, and joined forces with a company of the 391st Battalion of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army to prevent the enemy troops in the county from leaving the city.

At the same time, Wu Zijian ordered the flying pigeon to pass a letter to inform Qin Zhongxiao that if the situation was unfavorable on the day of the battle and the enemy was chased by the enemy when he withdrew from the battlefield, the main force of the 391st Regiment would withdraw directly to the direction of Xiping Village, enter Guanmen Mountain from the mountain pass behind Xiping Village, and return to Dayushu Mountain. This avoided the possibility that the 391st Regiment would be intercepted by the Japanese army in the county seat when it withdrew to the vicinity of Fengdian County. Wei Xin's 7th Company, which was deployed outside Fengdian City, had to maintain close contact with the direction of Tongpu Road, adapt to changes, and cooperate with the change of the 391st Regiment's retreat route.

"Your righteous sister who was a bandit has been away from us for a few days?" After arranging all this, the deputy commander of the second battalion suddenly turned towards Wei Xin: "If she can still see you on the way back from Wencheng, she will clearly tell her that the cottage forces are ready, once the 391st regiment passes through the Guanmen Mountain, they must not attack and must do their best to help." ”

Wang Shuanglong gritted his teeth and said to the commander of the 7th company: "I think your sister is quite obedient to you, otherwise you just tell her that they will directly dispatch people from the cottage and follow us to break the rear." ”

Although Wei Xin looked embarrassed, he still mustered up the courage to say: "She may not come to see me when she comes back from Wencheng, but as long as she sees her, I will definitely say this to her." Everyone is responsible for defending the land and resisting the war, and the armed forces of Black Rock Cliff did not return to the Eighth Route Army, but the Japanese came over, and they always had to shoot their guns to help resist. ”

Wu Zijian was greatly pleased. Liu Wumei's team can also be called a strong soldier, as long as she is willing to allocate a part of it to participate in the battle, it is a good thing for the second battalion of the Xu Brigade with weak troops.

The female major of the military commander in Wencheng City had already grasped the plan of Qin Zhongxiao and the Eighth Route Army to conduct a joint operation, which was mentioned in the telegram sent by the colonel of the Central Army.

Although she didn't like the fact that this lonely brigade of the Central Army was too close to the communist army, Wang Suihua still sincerely admired Qin Zhongxiao's battle plan: from the northwest region of the military command and the Shanxi station, the rest of Wei Lihuang was facing the bad news at the last moment, and the main force of the Japanese army's elite Sena Division was gathering at the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, and only after the commander of his division, Lieutenant General, would launch a general attack, so that the deputy commander of the second theater could be expelled from the ground in Shanxi. At this critical moment, if Qin Zhongxiao's team could insert into the Tongpu Railway in time and attack or even cut off the supply line of the Sena Division, it would undoubtedly be the greatest support for the Jinnan front.

"Company Commander Zhao, in your judgment, what are your chances of Colonel Qin winning in this battle?" While they were sitting together for dinner, the female major of the military commander inquired with great interest about the tone of the special agent company commander.

Although Zhao Mutou has been fighting with the military commander recently, he is also a veteran of the 391st Regiment after all, and his confidence in the army is still quite strong. He is now very aware of the Japanese garrison in the Wencheng area, and feels that as long as the Japanese do not go out, the main force led by the regiment and the help of the Eighth Route Army, they are fully capable of winning this battle smoothly - in the final analysis, it is not really a siege of the city, and the attack on Lingshi is a feint, and the demolition of railway lines and telephone lines, including the luring and annihilation of Wencheng reinforcements, is the real combat goal.

"Major Wang, you see, if the military commander doesn't have any major things to do at the moment, let's go back to the army first; The war is imminent, and the regiment is the time to employ people. Zhao Mutou took the opportunity to repeat the old words, his eyes full of eagerness and anxiety.

"I'll see it," Li Yan, who was holding a bowl of white rice and was working hard to pick up vegetables, said casually: "Brother Zhao, as the commander of the special agent company, has a very important position, and Colonel Qin has always been very optimistic about you." ”

Unexpectedly, Wang Suihua immediately glanced at her male subordinate: "So many meals can't stop your mouth?" Is it up to you to decide what Company Commander Zhao is coming and going? Don't you know how many bowls of dry rice you can eat? ”

was about to express his gratitude to the spy company commander of Brother Li beside him, but seeing that the female major of the military commander showed a displeased look, she swallowed the words that had already reached her lips. Li Yan was not annoyed, put a chopstick of oily braised pork into his mouth, and stretched out his chopsticks to hold a plate of chili oil-pickled beans.

The people of the special service company of the 391st regiment, including Zhao Mutou, were accustomed to the cynicism of the female major of the military commander on weekdays and the reprimand of Li Yan, so no one spoke out to persuade them for a while. Li Yan chewed and swallowed the white rice and braised pork in his mouth, freed his mouth and continued to say unyieldingly: "Team leader, I don't mean anything else, I just think that Company Commander Zhao and they are a little uncomfortable when they are idle here, and it is just in time for the Central Army to fight a big battle, so it is better to let them go back to participate in the battle first, anyway, the battlefield is outside Wencheng, and they will sneak in after the battle." ”

"No, you don't want to be blind and open your mouth here, how do you know that the people of the spy company are going to be idle with me?!" Wang Suihua's gaze became sharp, and a pair of chopsticks in her hand also jingled on a dinner plate in front of her.

Li Yan's heart couldn't help but tighten, what he was most worried about at the moment was that his female boss had made a killing move, and he wanted to take the Hagiwara Brigade Headquarters in Wencheng City and assassinate their high-ranking officers! In that case, the entire Wencheng will inevitably set off a bloody storm: the killing of a few traitors to maintain the officials of the association, and the killing of a group of imperial army Zhongzuo Dazuo and even major generals, the consequences are obviously not the same. Ever since a Japanese restaurant run by a Japanese businessman discovered the trajectory of Hagiwara's brigade commander and officer, Wang Suihua has expressed such thoughts.

In Li Yan's view, the second intelligence group of Shanxi Station, which is dormant in Wencheng, has the first task of detecting all kinds of intelligence of the Japanese army and reporting it to the station; It's not the fight and kill that the team leader has been trying to carry out lately - again, it should be the task of the operation team. Therefore, he tried his best to persuade Wang Suihua to release the spy company commander, also in order to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle: Obviously, without the support of these cadres of the spy company, even if the female major of the military commander has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to rely on a male subordinate to complete such an arduous assassination plan.

However, the male lieutenant of the military commander still thought wrongly, and the major team leader sitting across the table had already formed a new plan of action in her mind, she wanted to take advantage of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army to fight on the railway line south of Wencheng, and take advantage of the fire in the city to rob!