"Commander, this is the latest information I just received from Xiao Chen. ”

It's been three days since the operational meeting.

All battalions have been assembled at their respective combat posts this afternoon.

At this time, the bright moon was in the sky, the mountains were blue and black, and occasionally a few beast roars appeared, which added a little tension and fear to this darkness.

Zhang Qingshan, led the 2nd Battalion and the Artillery Company, was ambushing in the dense forest of an unnamed mountain about five miles east of Sanqiao County.

Looking at Zhou Baoyu's slightly furrowed brows, Zhang Qingshan took the paper and asked Zhou Baoyu: "Baoyu, what's wrong with your sad face?"

"Commander, you'd better look at the information. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Qingshan's heart jumped: Could it be that something big happened?

Quickly looked at it with the help of the light of the flashlight.

In the battle plan determined by the assault regiment, the old method was still adopted: the assault company infiltrated the county town in advance, and after the battle began, it seized the east gate of the county town according to the situation, gave the enemy a blossom inside and outside, and attacked the county town in one fell swoop...... The stipulated time for launching a general attack is five o'clock tomorrow morning.

But I still responded to the old saying that 'plans can't keep up with changes'.

According to the information three days ago: the little devil blocked the north gate of the county seat of Sanqiao County, so the main direction of attack chosen by Zhang Qingshan was the east gate of the county seat. However, the current information in hand shows that at noon today, for some reason, the little devils in the county seat of Sanqiao County suddenly blocked the west gate and the east gate of the county with stones and other things, leaving only one south gate to enter and exit.

After reading this telegram and handing it to Tian Guozhong, the regimental chief of staff beside him, Zhang Qingshan's brows furrowed.

After reading the telegram, Tian Guozhong asked: "Baoyu, did the comrades in the city tell me what the situation was that made the little devil do this suddenly?"

"No!" Zhou Baoyu shook his head, thought for a while, and said: "Just yesterday, the city gate was closed at eight o'clock in the evening in the county town, but as soon as the sun set today, they closed the city gate. This information was felt very important by the comrades in the city, so they took the risk of climbing over the city wall with ropes to send it. ”

Tian Guozhong and Zhang Qingshan glanced at each other, and they both saw a big question mark in each other's eyes: Could it be that someone leaked the news?

If someone really leaked the news, then the problem would be big: this operation was of decisive significance both in terms of the strategy of the assault regiment and in the overall trend of the local anti-Japanese war, and it could be described as of great significance. The assault regiment naturally attaches great importance to this operation, otherwise, Zhang Qingshan would not have been in a state of suspension, and would still be strong to lead his troops to fight.

The meeting for this operation was held once, and only the commanders at the battalion level were qualified to know about the plan of this operation, except for companies of a special nature such as assault companies. That is to say, whether it is an inadvertent leak of information, or someone really defects to the enemy, his rank in the assault regiment is not low, so that both the seriousness and influence of the problem are definitely not small.

Moreover, once the battle plan is leaked, the difficulty of its siege warfare will inevitably increase. Not to mention anything else, even if it wasn't the leakage of the battle plan, at present, the little devils have gambled on all three city gates, including the main attack point previously formulated by the assault regiment - the east gate. This alone makes it more difficult for the assault group to attack, and it is likely to force the assault group to focus its attack on the only entrance and exit, the south gate.

In this way, it seems that it is also concentrating forces to attack one point, but the problem is that the little devils can also concentrate their main forces to defend. In such a comparison, the attacking side will inevitably suffer.

However, you can't discuss this in front of Zhou Baoyu, right?

Tian Guozhong thought for a moment and asked, "Hasn't the assault company infiltrated the city yet?"

The assault company is naturally an important part of the internal and external flowering, but in the past few days, the little devils have significantly increased the search for people entering and exiting, and even many times, the two devils are not allowed to come to the city gate to check, but they personally go into battle and carry out meticulously. It is especially worth noting that the little devils rarely take advantage of women when searching their bodies. And if the little devil's temperament suddenly takes a 180-degree turn, reaching the point where dogs don't eat, then there is only one possibility: there is more pressure, and they have no intention of doing anything else. But here and now, there is only one reason why the little devils can feel such great pressure: the assault group is coming to attack them. Otherwise, neither the orders of the higher authorities nor the resistance of the local people would have put so much pressure on them, after all, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, and they are universal, and only external pressure will force them to have nothing else to do.

And the underground comrades in the city also sent a warning: through the observation of the past few days, it was found that as long as three or more people entered the city, especially men, the little devils would find all kinds of excuses, either to detain them or to repair bunkers around the camp of the little devils in the city.

In other words, in this way, let alone a large-scale assault regiment infiltrating the city, even if a small number of comrades are infiltrated, but there are no weapons, especially the explosive bags cannot be brought in, then there is little point in blending in.

"More than an hour ago, Company Commander Zhao sent back a message saying that they were still trying to figure out a way. ”

Tian Guozhong pondered again, sighed, and said to Zhou Baoyu: "Forget it, you send someone to inform the assault company, if you really can't think of a way, don't force it, so as not to startle the snake, or retreat first, let's think of other ways together." ”

"Yes!"

After Zhou Baoyu left, Zhang Qingshan gave Tian Guozhong a look, and the two walked towards the top of the mountain.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Qingshan looked at the gray sky with his hands behind his back, the dim and dark earth, especially the lines formed by the intersection of the mountains and the sky in the line of sight, which clearly made people feel the magnificence of the mountains and rivers, and the great rivers and mountains could not help but rise in his heart. If it is coupled with the current situation, a sentence will be added: If you lose, you will be ashamed of my generation.

"Lao Zhang, what's wrong?"

"What do you think about this?"

"What's the matter?"

"Less pretending, you still don't know what I'm referring to?"

Tian Guozhong smiled and didn't speak, but stood side by side with Zhang Qingshan, looking at the great rivers and mountains, and was silent for a long time.

After a while, he suddenly said with great feelings: "Looking at this great river and mountain, the pride in my heart involuntarily rises, but as long as I think of this great river and mountain, there are a few mouse feces mixed in, or I don't get rid of it, my heart will be panicked." ”

Zhang Qingshan glanced at him, didn't answer, but nodded...... There were still eight or nine hours before the time to launch the general attack, and there was plenty of time. Moreover, the three battalions and the Sanqiao County Guerrilla Brigade were all in position, not far from the county seat, and there was time to adjust the direction of the main attack slightly or to notify the troops. Besides, in fact, there is no need to make a big change just because the little devil suddenly blocked the other two city gates, just change the direction of the attack slightly.

"I think there are three possibilities: first, someone defected to the enemy and leaked the battle plan, second, it was a complete coincidence, and third, the news of the transfer of the first and third battalions reached here. Speaking of this, Tian Guozhong glanced at Zhang Qingshan and said with a smile: "I personally think that this kind of thing should not be a coincidence, of course, even if it is a coincidence, as long as we have no internal problems, there is no need to worry too much, after all, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and all kinds of possibilities exist." Second, I don't think it was someone who defected to the enemy and leaked the battle plan. Because we have been together internally during this time, even if we want to leak it, we can't pass on the information, and Liu Bing and Qi Zixuan are both veterans of the Long March, whether it is political ideology or personal quality, I believe they will not be so unwise. In terms of the overall environment, our assault regiment is now pressing the little devils to fight, and in this general situation, even the grass on the wall knows how to choose......"

Speaking of this, Tian Guozhong smiled at Zhang Qingshan: "The locals don't have a telegram, and the outside environment, the locals want to know, and it can't be so fast." ”

That's the reason: it takes time for a message to be delivered, especially if it reaches the ears, it is not reassuring to see it with your own eyes...... No matter what the battle situation is outside, all the ordinary people in the local area see is the fact that the assault regiment is pressing the little devil and beating him. Therefore, in such a local environment, even the grass on the wall will naturally think that it is better to follow the assault group to fight the little devils, after all, it is better to follow the strong and beat the weak than to follow the weak to resist the strong, not to mention, this weak person is still a little devil, if he follows them, wouldn't he be a second devil and insult his ancestors.

"Therefore, I think it can only be the third one, that is, when the first and third battalions withdrew from the county seat of Longfeng County, they were discovered by the little devil spies lurking in the county. Moreover, whether it is a secret agent or a little devil, they are not sure whether the first and third battalions really returned to Qinglong Mountain or have another mission. Therefore, in order to be safe, the little devil can only do the strongest defense to protect himself, which can be regarded as the smart side of the little devil......"

"Damn, it seems that you haven't killed this traitor and two devils hard enough!"

Tian Guozhong didn't hear Zhang Qingshan's muttering clearly, and asked suspiciously: "Old Zhang, what are you muttering?"

"It's nothing, I'm just worried that something will go wrong within us. ”

"Lao Zhang, there's no need to worry about this, let's think about how to break the city now, right? ”

"Well, your analysis makes a lot of sense. However, there is another point you haven't said, but I understand, that is, whether we are in terms of strength or overall strength now, here, we are at least twice as strong as the little devils and the second devils in the county, no matter what conspiracy he has, we just need to crush it in a dignified manner, and we all have to show Lao Tzu to the king of Hades. ”

Tian Guozhong laughed and said: "Actually, no matter how the enemy changes, the initiative is always in our hands, and our strength is much stronger than the enemy, so we can fight if we want to, and fight how we want." The enemy can only defend passively, exhausted, and this city will be destroyed by us sooner or later. ”

"Having said that, but, Lao Tian, although the number of little devils is much smaller than ours, their weapons and equipment are stronger than ours, and, I believe, their reserves must be very sufficient, after all, they have basically moved all the weapons and ammunition reserves of the three counties to this one place, and in a short period of time, there will be no worries about this. ”

"That's true, it's really not good, let's exchange shells for the casualty rate of the soldiers. Concentrate all the shells and attack one point, and I still don't believe it, and I can't knock down a section of the wall. ”

After the two talked for a while, Zhang Qingshan smiled and said, "Okay, Lao Tian, let's not cheer each other on, or let's talk about how we should fight here because of this change of the little devil?"