Wu Zijian did not fail to consider the difficulty of luring the enemy, including the Japanese puppet garrison of the entire Fengdian. But hundreds of living Mongol war horses were just a stone's throw away, and there was a shortage of horses to form his own cavalry, so his mind kept wandering on this matter.

Xiao Junping was happy to see this strong brigade of the Eighth Route Army fighting against the enemy, and from the days when he came into contact with Wu Zijian, the staff officers of the Jin Army also saw that this deputy battalion commander was obviously different from the instructor Liu Shu and other commanders of the second battalion.

"Also, your battalion commander and instructors, will they support your operation?" Xiao Junping deliberately stimulated the other party: "Ambush cavalry, your company is barely enough, but a Japanese infantry brigade is next to the cavalry, you have to consider the problem of backup; Otherwise, once you are dragged by the cavalry, the Japanese brigade will come up with reinforcements, and I am afraid that you will not be able to steal a handful of rice. ”

Wu Zijian stared at Xiao Junping and didn't speak for a while. The deputy commander of the second battalion knew very well that what Xiao Junping said was a very real problem, and without follow-up troops to respond, once the ambush did not go well, the tide of the battle could be reversed at any time. But at the moment, if you want to transfer a company or more troops from Xiping, it is really an impossible task.

Suddenly, Wu Zijian thought of Guanmen Mountain, where there was an 8 company! The instructor ridiculously named the place where the 8th Company was left behind Hongxing Gorge, and he really couldn't see any connection between this name and the valley. However, the 8th Company was actually stationed there!

And there are also heavy weapons!

The so-called heavy weapons are actually a 92 heavy machine gun and a mortar. The 92 Heavy Machinery was captured by a sneak attack on the position of a Japanese machine-gun squadron when counterattacking the Japanese attack on Wutai Mountain last year. The mortars were allocated to the Lin division before the defense of Taiyuan, Wei Lihuang, the deputy commander of the second war zone, a total of five, one of which fell on the head of the second battalion, and there are currently seven shells; That cannon is a 20-type 82-millimeter mortar of the Republic of China produced by Nanjing Jinling Arsenal, which is a product imitating the French Blond mortar, which is very powerful. The 2nd Battalion held this gun in great esteem and had not had the opportunity to use it so far.

When the 2nd Battalion returned to the mountains from Hongxing Gorge, the 92 heavy machine guns and 82 mortars were left in the mountains with the 8th Company. The battalion commander Feng Changzhi considered that if he went to camp outside the mountain, he might not be able to gain a foothold all at once, and in case of an attack by a strong enemy army, the second battalion might have to turn back to the mountain, so it was not appropriate to carry too many heavy weapons; If it weren't for Wu Zijian's insistence, the Makqin heavy machine gun of the 5th Company would have been left behind.

And now, Wu Zijian has started the idea of 8 companies and heavy weapons. In his opinion, since it takes a lot of words and twists and turns to mobilize people from Xiping, it is better to quietly pull out the 8th Company, heavy machine guns, and mortars near the water and into the mountains.

In short, in the battle of Fengdian, Wu Zijian made up his mind.

Liu Wumei took three bodyguards, hired a trailer from Wencheng, and went straight to Hekou Village.

In the past, Liu Wumei came out of the Black Stone Cliff dressed in fancy clothes, went to the restaurant in Wencheng to collect accounts and have fun, usually before preparing to return to the cottage, first send someone back to the mountain to report the news, and then send a carriage and horse from the mountain to meet outside the east gate of Wencheng, which is a comfortable and comfortable picture. And this time, the female bandit leader decided to come out to find out after learning the information that the Eighth Route Army had entered Guanmen Mountain, so she didn't pay attention to her clothes, so she simply asked Bai Baoyuan to hire a big car from the city and prepare to go back to the cottage directly.

When approaching Hekou Village, behind a lonely tree in the wilderness, two soldiers suddenly flashed, armed with rifles, and waved their hands to signal the cart to stop.

This is exactly the outpost of the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Eighth Route Army here.

Liu Wumei and her entourage were secretly surprised, and they unconsciously tensed their nerves - when they came out of the mountains a few days ago, they had traveled with the Eighth Route Army, but there were no sentry posts in this area at that time - the handle of the car was unknown, so they hurriedly strangled the cart and jumped to the ground.

"Fellow, where are you going?" The sentries of the 5th Company with guns spoke very kindly, perhaps because there were women in the car, and the two of them were not very vigilant.

"Boss, I'll send these people to the front mountain pass." The handlebar said honestly.

A sentry looked at the baskets in the cart, and then glanced at Liu Wumei and the four others.

"Big brother, we are picking mountain goods, and we want to go into the mountains." Liu Wumei took the initiative to speak.

The sentry waved his hand and signaled them to pass - the duty assigned to them by the company commander was to guard against and warn the Japanese army and armed men and horses to attack, and these men and women who were mining mountain goods were obviously not on guard.

The cart moved on.

Of course, Liu Wumei had already recognized from the military uniforms that they were the Eighth Route Army that she met in Guanmen Mountain a few days ago. It seems that this Eighth Route not only went down the mountain to camp, but also planned to entrench itself in this area for a long time, otherwise, it would not have put such a far outpost on the periphery. The female bandit leader began to feel uneasy in her heart, and she regretted the route she had chosen when she came. And it didn't take long for her to see more than a dozen horses running back and forth in the wasteland in front of her, and the person riding on the horse was also wearing the gray military uniform of the Eighth Route Army.

It was Xia Lianshan, training his future cavalry.

The cart dodged the cavalry running around, made a long circle, and continued to drive ahead to the head of the village of Hekou. They approached Wu Zijian and Xiao Junping, who were watching the cavalry drill at the head of the village.

Xiao Junping has been staring at the big car since it drove into view from afar, and gradually approached it. He noticed that the people in the car were all dressed as civilians, but he was still guessing what they were doing: visiting relatives in the village of Hekou?

Suddenly, the figure of Liu Wumei in the carriage shocked him, and he instantly recalled this woman, a few days ago, Zhang Xiu took this woman into his house, and the staff officer of the Jin Army decided at that time that this woman was not like a mountain man picking mountain goods. I didn't expect her to come back so soon!

"Chief Wu, detain these people!" Xiao Junping said to Wu Zijian in a low and hurried voice: "I think they have a problem. ”

Wu Zijian was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, and he immediately ordered a few soldiers next to him: Stop the big car!

Suddenly, six or seven soldiers of the 5th Company rushed over, and the leader stood in front of the front of the car with three or eight guns in his hand to block the way, and the rest quickly formed a circle and wrapped the cart in the middle.

The handlebar-style face turned white with fright, flipped off the edge of the car, knelt on the ground with a poof, and shouted vigorously: The boss spares his life, the boss spares his life!

Xiao Junping, supported by Wu Zijian, struggled to get up from the chair and rubbed to the side of the cart step by step, until this time, Wu Zijian still didn't understand what the staff officer of the Jin army was going to do.

"It is none of his business that you lift him up." Xiao Junping looked at the handlebar style of kneeling on the ground and kowtowing like pounding garlic, and said to the nearby soldiers.

These soldiers were not familiar with Xiao Junping, and when they saw that this person dressed as a foreign army suddenly gave orders, they all looked at their deputy battalion commander. Wu Zijian had to repeat:

"Help him up."

A soldier stepped forward to pick up the handlebars that were trembling like chaff, and at this time, Xia Lianshan, who was training on the side, also noticed this unusual scene, and immediately galloped over with his cavalry.

Liu Wumei's heart was pounding. Of course, she knew that this officer dressed as an officer of the Jin Army was coming for her: a few days ago, this guy should have seen some flaws in her, and she escaped by luck that day, but she didn't expect the narrow road to meet again. The female bandit leader secretly complained in her heart: It's all the nonsense of the second master! Originally, she had planned to go back to the mountain through another mountain pass, but after Bai Baoyuan's words, she relaxed her guard!

"What the hell are you doing? In this icy and snowy land, what kind of mountain goods can be collected? Xiao Junping asked the four passengers on the car.

Wu Zijian didn't know about Xiao Junping's previous dealings with the woman in the car, so he still waited and watched.

The three men in the car were a little frightened, so they didn't say anything at the moment, and went to see Liu Wumei together, and Liu Wumei replied in time: "Boss, we went into the mountains to pick pecans, and the pecans in Guanmen Mountain are very famous." ”

The actions of the men in the car made the staff officers of the Jin army feel that Liu Wumei had a problem: there are few women among the mountain people, and this woman is obviously the backbone of these men.

"Sir Wu, search them." Xiao Junping whispered to Wu Zijian this time that he already knew that the soldiers of the 5th Company did not listen to his orders.

This time, Wu Zijian was a little hesitant, the discipline formed by the Eighth Route Army (Red Army) all year round generally does not search the people's bodies; But he admires Xiao Junping's insight quite a lot, and feels that he must have a reason for doing this.

"Uh, you fellows, get out of the car and show your pockets!" Wu Zijian made a compromise.

The bodyguards looked at the big boss again, and then they jumped out of the car one by one, and under the watchful eye of the armed soldiers, they all lit up their pockets - for fear of being searched when they entered Wencheng, the bodyguards did not carry guns with them, so they were not afraid at the moment.

"What about you?" The staff officer of the Jin army raised his head at Liu Wumei, who was still sitting in the car: "The pockets on my body are also bright." ”

Wu Zijian was in a hurry, and he decisively stopped the staff of the Jin army. He almost thought that Xiao Junping should have seen this woman's posture before he acted like this.

"Fellow, let's go, we are the Eighth Route Army, specially here to fight devils; In the future, when you hear the news of the devils in this area, you can report to us at any time. ”

This time it was Xiao Junping's turn to be stunned: Chief Wu of the Eighth Route Army didn't buy his account, he couldn't even see that there was something strange about this woman!

As soon as Wu Zijian spoke, the soldiers surrounding the cart withdrew. The staff officers of the Jin army could only watch Liu Wumei and a few people slip away from under their noses again. At this moment, he had the idea of leaving the Eighth Route Army again: after all, he was still an outsider, the soldiers didn't listen to him, and this Chief Wu didn't always listen to him.

And Wu Zijian and the second battalion will soon taste the bitter fruit of letting go of the female bandit leader!