Maoli Ridge is about fifteen kilometers away from Anhua.

When the day was about to dawn, the main force of the northwest column of Jin Province drove to the vicinity of Maoli Ridge.

At this time, the cadres of Heiyun District had already mobilized some of the villagers to make breakfast, and carried it to the side of the road early, waiting for the troops to pass by Maoli Ridge.

Breakfast was plentiful with pancakes and vegetables.

Two pounds of pancakes per warrior, and a spoonful of stew.

The warriors filled the enamel tea jar with meat, and one bite of meat and one bite of pancakes.

Walking and marching, it is beautiful, and the food in wartime is good.

Li Yunlong also loaded a teapot of stewed meat for the brigade commander, but was scolded by the brigade commander.

After the brigade commander finished scolding, Li Yunlong said with a look of grievance: "Brigade commander, you always say that officers and soldiers are equal, and you can't be special, you see that you are openly doing special now." ”

The brigade commander said angrily: "What's wrong with me?" ”

Li Yunlong said: "Then the soldiers all eat meat, but you don't eat it, isn't this special?" ”

"Ah, this." The brigade commander was speechless for a moment, he really didn't expect such a special thing.

Wang Ye also said: "Brigade commander, this time our regiment commander is really right, you are really special, reverse special, positive special and reverse special, one is profit-seeking and the other is famous, it is not good." ”

"Okay, okay, I can't eat it." The brigade commander shook his head and took the enamel teacup.

After eating a few bites, the brigade commander said again: "No, where did you get so much meat?" Enough for a column to eat. ”

Li Yunlong said with a smile: "I also asked just now, the comrades in Qingyun District said that many people donated their livestock, chickens and ducks to the army before the transfer, and they also said that when we come back from winning the battle, they will make roast chicken for us to eat, speaking of which, our old Li has not eaten roast chicken for a long time." ”

As he spoke, Li Yunlong couldn't help but lick his lips.

"Look at your little bit of interest." The brigade commander laughed and cursed.

As soon as he turned his head again, the brigade commander saw a foreigner standing on the side of the road taking pictures.

Beside the foreigner, two other foreigners set up a camera and were taking pictures of the troops.

"Isn't this Carlson's pretty countryman?" Li Yunlong smiled, "Why did you come here?" ”

"Isn't that nonsense?" The brigade commander's face suddenly fell, and he said hurriedly, "What should I do if I take pictures of the troops and leak military secrets?" Go and stop them. ”

Wang Ye said with a smile: "Brigade commander, leave them alone. ”

After a pause, he said: "Even if Carlson takes a picture and takes a photo, he can't reveal any secrets, and after a few decades, this image will become the most precious military history material of our party and our army." ”

At the end of the day, there was no real-time image transmission technology at this time.

Although there is a fax technology for images, a fax machine is also required.

Carlson's fax machine was placed in the column headquarters, and he wanted to use it for approval.

So even if Carlson was really a spy, it was impossible for him to leak secrets.

What's more, Wang Ye knew very well that Carlson was actually not a spy at all.

Although he came with a mission, he had no ill will towards the Eighth Route Army.

was persuaded by Wang Ye like this, and the brigade commander was too lazy to care, and said angrily: "Then let them go." ”

At this time, the sky was already bright, and today it looked like it was a sunny day, and there was not a single white cloud in the clear blue sky.

The brigade commander said: "Xiao Wang, order all detachments and regiments to speed up the march, take advantage of the fact that the sun has not come out and walk a few more miles quickly, and find a place to rest when the sun comes out." ”

It's the end of June, and it's the hottest time of the year.

As soon as the words fell, the rumbling roar of an airplane engine suddenly came from the eastern sky.

"Look, devil plane!" The sharp-eyed warrior pointed to the sky and shouted.

The brigade commander, Li Yunlong, and Wang Ye looked up hurriedly, and sure enough, they saw that a plane had emerged from the northeast sky, although it was still far away, but the plaster pattern under the wings was already faintly recognizable.

Needless to say, this must be a little devil's plane, but it seems that only one has come.

"Brigade commander, it's a reconnaissance plane." Wang Ye said with relief, "You can scare it away with a machine gun." ”

The brigade commander immediately gave the order, and the marching fighters stopped one after another and set up their machine guns.

In the blink of an eye, the devil reconnaissance plane in the air had already flown over Maoli Ridge, but when it saw that the Eighth Route Army on the highway was already in full array, and hundreds of machine guns and submachine guns had been set up, they did not dare to rush into the dive.

In the final analysis, the main task of a reconnaissance plane is reconnaissance, not raiding.

After flying around the Maoli Ridge twice, the devil reconnaissance plane turned around and flew away.

……

In Beiping, No. 11 Iron Lion Hutong.

Okamura Ninji walked into the battle hall full of energy, it was another new day.

"Your Excellency, General." Yousue Jingsan nodded slightly, picked up a long wooden pole and pointed to the sand table and explained, "According to the latest battle report from the front, the 1st Division has advanced more than 100 meters, the 28th Division has advanced more than 200 meters, and the 71st Division and the 72nd Division have also launched attacks on their respective targets, but the progress is not much. ”

"Hmm." Okamura nodded and said, "What about the casualties of the various divisions?" ”

"Due to the innovation of combat methods, the casualties of each division and regiment are not large, and the 71st Division, which has the largest casualties, has only suffered more than 300 casualties. ”

The Japanese army no longer rushed to attack, and the casualties were smaller.

Okamura Ninji said: "Call the 71st and 72nd Divisions, and don't rush to attack, it's not too late to launch a strong attack after the simple road is repaired and the chariot troops go up the mountainside." ”

"Hello." The head of the communications section nodded slightly, turned to leave.

Okamura asked again, "How are the simple roads of the 1st and 28th Divisions being repaired?" ”

Seizo replied, "I just asked, and the 1st Division replied that it would take five days to repair it, and the 28th replied that it would only take three days to repair the simple road. ”

Okamura Ninji frowned and said, "What's going on with the 1st Division?" ”

"The exact reason is unknown." Arisue Seizan shook his head and said, "Maybe the terrain of the wild boar ditch is steeper." ”

"Forget it, let's leave this alone for now." Okamura Ninji breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "What is the change in the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army?" Are you still in Anhua and haven't been dispatched? ”

Yousue Jingsan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Excellency, General, you know, the empire's intelligence system in the northwest of Jin has been uprooted by the Eighth Route Army, so we can only determine the whereabouts of the 386 Brigade through aerial reconnaissance, what I know is that at least until six o'clock last night, the main force of the 386th Brigade is still in Anhua." ”

As he spoke, another communications staff officer walked in.

"Your Excellency, General." The communications staff officer paused, "Aviation scouts have reported that the whereabouts of the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army have been discovered near Maoli Ridge. ”

"Huh?" Okamura Ningji's gaze froze suddenly.

Youmo Jingsan said hesitantly: "This is really talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." ”

Immediately, he found Maoli Ridge from the sand table and pointed it to Okamura Ningji: "Your Excellency General, please see, Maoli Ridge is here, about fifteen kilometers away from Anhua. ”

Okamura Ningji said: "Are you sure it's the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army?" ”

"That's right." The communications staff officer replied after another pause, "The aviation scouts have found that in addition to the five or six hundred cavalrymen in the marching column of the Eighth Route Army, there are also sixty or seventy artillery pieces of various types. ”

There are three words of the end of the essence: "In this way, it may really be the main force of the 386th Brigade." ”

"Hmm." Okamura Ningji said, "With so many artillery pieces and cavalry, this must be the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, judging from the direction of the march, are they preparing to go to Yunqi Town?" ”

"It's possible." There are three ways of the end of the essence, "This is the southern cluster that is ready to meet us first. ”

Okamura Ninji said: "The 27th Division and the 75th Division of the Southern Cluster, how many kilometers are they from Yunqi Town?" ”

"The 27th Division and the 75th Division of the Southern Cluster only entered the mountainous area northwest of Shanxi yesterday afternoon, and they are still about 30 kilometers away from Yunqi Town. ”

Okamura Ningji picked up the ruler and measured it on the sand table, and said solemnly: "It is almost thirty kilometers from Maoli Ridge to Yunqi Town, but the main road, so the marching speed of the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army must be faster than that of the South Cluster, and they will obviously arrive at Yunqi Town earlier than the South Cluster." ”

There are three ways of the end of the essence: "Yunqi Town was the defense area of the Jin Sui Army before, but since it fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, it is also vigorously mobilizing the people to dig tunnels, so that area must be full of dark passages now, so using the ubiquitous dark passages, the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army may suddenly appear in any desired position." ”

Speaking of this, he added: "In this case, the southern cluster will be in trouble." ”

Okamura Ninji laughed and said: "The reason why we ordered the two clusters in the north and south to break into the bandit area in advance is to let the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army move, and since the main force of the 386th Brigade has been mobilized by us now, then our intention can be regarded as achieved." ”

After a pause, Okamura Ninji turned on a straight face, and shouted again: "Order, the southern cluster immediately stops advancing, builds fortifications on the spot and transfers to defense, while the northern cluster doesn't have to have too many scruples, just stride deep into the hinterland of the bandit area." ”

"Hello!" There was a three-fold pause, and then signaled the head of the communications section to send a telegram to the two clusters.

Seeing the head of the communications section leave, Arisue Seizan said again: "Your Excellency, General, I suddenly remembered an incident, it is said that a small unit of the Eighth Route Army in the southern Hebei bandit area once used a 92nd infantry gun made of wood to deceive an artillery tower and forced a company of the Imperial Association Army guarding the turret to surrender. ”

Okamura Ninji frowned and said, "What do you want to explain?" ”

Yusue Seizo said in a low voice, "I wondered, could this be a fake target?" ”

"You mean that the main force of the 386th Brigade is still in Anhua City?" Okamura frowned, "If your conjecture is true, what would their intentions be?" ”

"I can't guess that." Yusue Seizan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Since you can't guess, don't guess." Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice, "Being suspicious will only make you a soldier and lose your basic judgment. ”

"As for Maoli Ridge, is it the main force of the 386th Brigade?"

"Just wait for the northern cluster to go south and merge with the southern cluster near Yunqi Town."

Speaking of this, he added: "If this is a false target, then the real target of the 386th Brigade will be beaten, if this is a real target, then this sweeping operation is already in hand." ”

"Hello." There are three pauses in the end, "Your Excellency the General." ”

Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "Order the aviation scouts to continue reconnaissance." ”

The 3rd Flying Division strictly carried out Okamura's orders, and almost every half hour a reconnaissance plane took off to track and reconnoiter the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

"Report, the main force of the 386th Brigade has advanced to the fork of Guniuling."

"Report, because the weather is too hot, the main force of the 386th Brigade has entered the forest to rest."

"According to the report, the main force of the 386th Brigade has returned to the road, but it did not take the main road to Heyuan County, but turned into the mountain path in the south."

"Path?" Okamura Ninji was stunned.

"Your Excellency, the path is here." Arisue Jingsan pointed to the sand table and said, "The vegetation on both sides of this path is dense, which can shade the sun to a certain extent, and the distance is also slightly closer. ”

"I see." Okamura Ninji bowed slightly.

Towards evening, another communications staff officer came in and reported: "Your Excellency, the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has passed the black wind pass, and it is less than ten kilometers away from Yunqi Town. ”

Arisue Seizan quickly found the black wind outlet from the sand table.

"Your Excellency, the black wind outlet is here." Yusue Jingsan pointed to the sand table and said.

Okamura Ningji picked up the ruler and measured it, judging from the sand table, the black wind mouth is indeed less than ten kilometers away from Yunqi Town, but this is a straight line distance, and the actual distance will definitely be farther than on the sand table.

"It's already evening, and at the current rate, the main force of the 386th Brigade will probably arrive at Yunqi Town at about eight o'clock in the evening, and it will be at least midnight to reach Hongniwan, where the southern cluster is located." ”

Okamura Ninji nodded and said, "How are the fortifications of the Southern Cluster repaired?" ”

"The trench fortifications on the periphery have been dug up, and even barbed wire has been pulled, and the artillery positions of the two mountain artillery wings have also been constructed. ”

Okamura Ninji breathed a sigh of relief: "Then there is no problem. ”

As long as the position is constructed, it is impossible to eat the southern cluster with the strength and firepower of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, which is an objective judgment based on the strength of the two sides, and at most it is a draw.

However, the North China Front also had two divisions of the North Cluster.

The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army did not have another main force.

……

At this time, in the black wind.

The brigade commander looked up at the sky, and it was already completely dark.

As soon as it gets dark, it is impossible for the devil reconnaissance plane to come again, because it is useless to come.

"Xiao Wang, it's almost." The brigade commander said, "You can order the troops to turn around and go south." ”

Even though Wang Ye ordered the heralds to move separately and convey orders to the various detachments and regiments directly under the march, the large army quickly turned around and turned south.

There is only one path from the Black Wind Mouth to the Pig Killing Mouth.

For many fighters of the Northwest Column of Jin, it is not the first time that they have taken this road.

Especially for Xie Baoqing's regiment, the terrain in this area is extremely familiar, and you can simply know where you can go with your eyes closed.

The brigade commander said: "Xie Baoqing, you guys packed up Chu Yunfei's troops here in the first place?" ”

Xie Baoqing smiled and said: "Commander, Chu Yunfei's troops are actually quite capable of fighting, but this kid has picked the wrong enemy and is against our Eighth Route Army, can he have a good end?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Seriously speaking, Chu Yunfei actually has a credit to our Eighth Route Army. ”

"Xiao Wang, your words are fresh." Li Yunlong said, "Chu Yunfei didn't stab us in the back, how did he become our hero in your mouth?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Commander, you are too ruthless when you say that. ”

After a pause, he said again: "Anyway, Chu Yunfei sent us two battalions of American-style mountain artillery, plus a full set of American weapons and equipment for four infantry regiments, right?" ”

"Haha, it's really our Lao Li's to say that."

Li Yunlong laughed when he heard this: "I really have to thank Chu Yunfei." ”

Xie Baoqing, the brigade commander, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie also laughed.

Just laughing, Li Xia rode a fast horse to catch up with Wang Ye and handed over two telegrams.

Seeing this, the brigade commander and Li Yunlong immediately looked at it eagerly.

After reading it, Wang Ye said with a smile: "Brigade commander, our tactical deception has been successful, and the two divisions of the Japanese army that attacked from the south really stopped and did not move forward. ”

"Really?" The brigade commander was overjoyed for a moment.

"Really." Wang Ye said with a smile, "Those two divisions are desperately repairing the fortifications in Hongniwan." ”

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "However, there is also bad news, the two Japanese divisions that attacked from the north suddenly increased their speed, and they have advanced to less than five kilometers away from Tiandagang. ”

"Damn, Okamura Ningji, this old devil is really difficult." The brigade commander scolded.

After a pause, the brigade commander asked again: "Where is the 1st regiment of the 3rd district now?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Sun Bin has already rushed to Tiandagang with a regiment from the third district, and he is now strengthening the fortifications." ”

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "The good news is that the fortifications left by the 94th Brigade of the Central Army in Tianda Post are still there, and they are quite perfect, and the two regiments of the other 1st and 2nd Divisions are also rushing to the Tianda Gang to help, and it is very difficult to hold back the two mountain divisions of the Japanese army for a long time with three regiments of local armed forces, but it should be no problem to hold on for two days." ”

The brigade commander said: "So the key is still on our side, and we must solve the 28th Division as soon as possible." ”

After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "Pass my order, all detachments and regiments directly under me will run for me, go south at full speed, and we must rush to kill the pig before midnight!" ”

The order of the brigade commander was quickly conveyed.

The troops that had been marching slowly increased their march.

By the end, a large force of nearly 30,000 men had begun to run.

In the blink of an eye, the wheezing of warriors and the neighing of mules and horses were resounding.

All that reverberated in the valley was the chaotic footsteps of the warriors.

Wang Ye saw that the brigade commander was sweating profusely, so he persuaded: "Brigade commander, you should ride a horse." ”

"No, I'm fine." The brigade commander flatly refused, "Compared with the Long March, this little intensity is nothing, you don't need to worry about me." ”

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