Wang Suihua had to prepare for the worst with the possibility of the Japanese Yamaoka Division joining the battle in the direction of Little Elm Mountain. So far, neither the intelligence group of the Shanxi Station nor the stations under the North China Region have found any trace of the mysterious Japanese military column, and the heavy artillery used by another division of the Japanese army has appeared on Xiaoyushu Mountain, which had entered and exited the mysterious military column.

This almost overturned Wang Suihua and even the Shanxi Station's original judgment that the "Wind Plan" was specially implemented by the Sena Division. According to the new discoveries of the battle-hardened officers and soldiers of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army, it is obvious that in addition to the Sena Division, there is also the Yamaoka Division.

Wang Suihua and Li Yan hid in a corner and discussed nervously for a while, reaching an agreement on whether to report this new discovery to the station's point of view, that is, to wait and see for the time being. After all, it is still too early to make inferences based on the firepower of just a few 75 mountain guns, and the top priority at the moment is still to urge the 391st Regiment to attack Little Elm Mountain as soon as possible - there is no doubt about the fact that the more tightly defended and the more powerful the firepower of the Japanese army in the direction of Little Elm Mountain, the more it shows that there is something in it that the Japanese desperately want to protect!

Qin Zhongxiao and the others are also discussing behind closed doors, whether to follow the orders of the military commander and fight this battle?

After being driven away from Fengdian and hiding in the Great Elm Mountain, the 391st Regiment almost did not pay attention to the Little Elm Mountain separated by a county seat. It was not until this time to prepare for the counterattack on Fengdian that Zhao Mutou's spy company discovered that the pass of Little Elm Mountain was stuck by the Japanese army's outpost and the people of Fengdian were not allowed to enter. At that time, Qin Zhongxiao and Chief of Staff Zhang Hong both thought that the Japanese might just be doing this to protect the telephone pole that had been laid all the way from Wencheng, the line of which had been erected into Fengdian County, and was obviously a telephone line for communication, so they didn't pay much attention to it. It was only out of prudence that when planning to capture the south gate of Fengdian, troops were still sent to guard the direction of the Little Elm Mountain Pass.

But the changes that took place later changed the judgment of Qin Zhongxiao.

- First, the Japanese army had a squadron-sized infantry to fight out of the Little Elm Mountain Pass to reinforce the Fengdian defenders; Although this group of Japanese reinforcements retreated after being accidentally attacked by an Eighth Route Army, it exposed the fact that the Japanese troops in Bucha, the pass of Little Elm Mountain, were by no means small sentinels, but at least one squadron.

- Immediately, when Qin Zhongxiao captured Fengdian and sent a company to make a tentative attack on the Xiaoyushu Mountain Pass, he was hit head-on by heavy artillery fire, and it was an out-and-out 75 mountain artillery. This means that in addition to the infantry of no less than a squadron, the Japanese forces around the mountain pass also have powerful artillery - not mortars and infantry guns for general infantry combat units, but real main battle artillery.

What kind of fame are the Japanese doing in the Yamaguchi area?!

Qin Zhongxiao fell into deep thought.

In the battle of the counteroffensive to recover Fengdian, the 391st Regiment also had major captures. Because the Japanese troops garrisoning Fengdian were an infantry brigade and part of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army, when they hurriedly retreated, they also had several heavy weapons that they did not have time to take away, including: a Type 92 70mm infantry gun (the Futian Brigade had a total of two, and the one deployed in the north of the city was desperately taken away by the death order of Deputy Wing Commander Ma Sheng), a Type 94 90mm mortar, and two Type 92 heavy machine guns; Five grenadiers. The number of shells and bullets was also expensive.

A machine gun company directly under the regimental headquarters has been established in the county seat, and Qin Zhongxiao has seriously considered whether to rely on the heavy weapons captured this time to fight with the devils in the Little Elm Mountain Pass? However, his idea was categorically rejected by the chief of staff, Zhang Hong felt that although there were many heavy weapons captured, they were all standard weapons of the Japanese army, and the former mortar company, battle defense artillery company, and heavy machine gun company of the 391st Regiment used German weapons and domestic products.

At this moment, the colonel of the Central Army and his chief of staff almost thought of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared outside Fengdian City and suddenly disappeared.

"Lin Shi is the most capable force in the communist army," Qin Zhongxiao couldn't help but start complaining about Zhang Hong again: "You didn't establish contact with them this time, it was definitely a mistake." ”

Zhang Hong did not speak.

"At the moment of national crisis, as long as there is strength to fight devils, we should catch them, what party and what mountain do you care about him - that is a matter for the chairman to consider - can you still remember where they are stationed?"

"I only remember that the deputy battalion commander of the Lin Division, surnamed Wu, said that their men and horses were at the western foot of Guanmen Mountain. It is more than 30 miles away from Fengdian. ”

Qin Zhongxiao walked to the unfolded map and pointed out the western foot of Guanmen Mountain, a staff officer took a ruler and made a few strokes, and made a mark on the map about thirty miles south of Fengdian.

"Send someone to contact you right away." Qin Zhongxiao looked at the unfamiliar marker on the map without raising his head, and instructed the chief of staff.

Zhang Hong was a little embarrassed: "Tuanzuo, the eight roads that day just said it roughly, and I can't tell if it's true or not, so I just sent someone to look for it, I'm afraid there won't be any results." Besides, is the combat power of the Eighth Route Army really worth our effort? ”

Qin Zhongxiao raised his head on the map and looked up at the chief of staff's eyes obliquely: "You haven't looked for it, how dare you say that there will be no result?" Don't always put on the shelf of the Central Army, as long as the Eighth Route resists Japan, I am willing to join forces with them. You yourself saw with your own eyes, their artillery hit no worse than our artillery, and the devil's cannon was captured outside the city, and it is worth looking for it! ”

After a pause, Qin Zhongxiao said again: "Let the commander of the 6th company of the second battalion take a platoon to run, he and you went out of the city to meet the deputy battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army Forest Division, and they should still have an impression of each other." Find them horses, be quick. ”

Immediately, Qin Zhongxiao informed the female major of the military commander of his idea of preparing to unite with the Eighth Route Army Forest Division and attack Little Elm Mountain.

Wang Suihua's reaction surprised Qin Zhongxiao.

"Is the Eighth Route Army reliable? Their weapons are so poor, you, the well-equipped Central Army, are afraid of the devil's heavy artillery, isn't the Eighth Route afraid of heavy artillery? ”

Qin Zhongxiao heard the sarcasm in Wang Suihua's words - since he showed hesitation about attacking Little Elm Mountain, this female major of the military commander showed disrespect to himself.

"Major Wang doesn't know," Qin Zhongxiao forcibly endured the unhappiness in his heart: "My chief of staff has witnessed the combat effectiveness of this Eighth Route Army, they are not only well equipped, but also very disciplined in fighting. You know, Lin Shi is the most capable in the Eighth Route Army, and the victory of Pingxingguan is their masterpiece. ”

Wang Suihua suddenly pondered, Qin Zhongxiao had to stop talking when he saw this, he really couldn't guess the behavior of this female spy.

Wang Suihua was touched by the "well-equipped" Eighth Route Army mentioned by the colonel of the Central Army - well-equipped, where did they get good equipment? Even the elite of the Central Army like the 391st Regiment lost their armor after the bloody battles of the Battle of Xinkou and the Battle of Taiyuan, and this Eighth Route Army turned out to be very rich? Will it be a common phenomenon? It seems that it is necessary to report the matter to Shanxi Station.

"Qin Tuanzuo, your troops, it's so uncertain to attack Little Elm Mountain alone? In your opinion, how many Japanese troops are hidden in that mountain pass? Wang Suihua asked again.

Qin Zhongxiao didn't want to offend the female major of the military commander who had Shang Fang's sword, so he had to give a detailed explanation again. He said that between the Xiaoyushu Mountain Pass and the south gate of Fengdian, there is a large flat wasteland, there is no concealment, and the Japanese army, on the premise of having heavy artillery, only needs to set up observation posts at the commanding heights of the mountain pass, and can easily lock on to the target for the artillery in advance. In this case, if the 391st Regiment did not get rid of the opponent's artillery position, it would rashly send infantry to storm the mountain pass, and it would be mercilessly slaughtered.

"What's more, once the forces are divided to attack Little Elm Mountain, the defense force of the county will be weak, in case the devils take advantage of this opportunity to fight for the county seat again, my 391st regiment will be attacked on its back, and the consequences are unimaginable."

"Where did the devils come from to fight for the county seat?" Wang Suihua asked dryly, and her face was silent.

Qin Zhongxiao understood that this female spy was questioning his inference as the commander of the Central Army.

"To be honest, we didn't expect to succeed in this counterattack on the county seat, because we don't have a bottom line on how many Japanese troops are stationed in the towns around Fengdian and how many more Japanese troops will be attracted in this battle. In this battle, there were probably less than a hundred Japanese puppet troops killed in the city, and the Japanese soldiers who fled from the north city gate, I saw with my own eyes, and there should be two or three hundred people. The brethren of the Wood's Secret Service Company said that they may have run along the highway to the Tomb. ”

"So?" Wang Suihua listened patiently, still asking lukewarmly.

"Therefore, if I now occupy the county seat with an incomplete regiment, I must first consider the issue of the Japanese army sending a large group of men and horses back to retaliate! God knows where their main forces have gone, and only God knows if their main forces will come back. "The colonel of the Central Army has been squeezed so much that he is obviously about to lose his temper.

Wang Suihua looked at Qin Zhongxiao, who was panting a little roughly, for a while, sighed, and suddenly changed the subject: "I heard that you captured Japanese prisoners in the city, didn't you find out anything from them?" ”

Qin Zhongxiao told the plainclothes woman sitting opposite that the chief of staff, Zhang Hong, had interrogated several captured cavalrymen of the German king's puppet Mongolian army, but they couldn't say anything of value. As for the Japanese prisoners, there were three of them, but unfortunately no one in the whole regiment could speak Japanese.

"I'll try it," Wang Suihua looked at the colonel of the Central Army calmly: "I know Japanese, let me try." ”

This time, Qin Zhongxiao couldn't help but be impressed again by this female spy of the military commander who had dealt with her several times - the people in the military command really didn't eat dry food, this girl major, she could even speak Japanese!

"Of course you can, but I have to be there."

Qin Zhongxiao said with great interest. He really wanted to see with his own eyes how this beautiful military commander woman faced the beast-like Japanese soldiers.