The hinterland of the base area of the Eighth Route Army.

A glimmer of heaven.

Wei Dayong, commander of the guard company of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, arrived at the front line at about 11 a.m. on the 27th in accordance with Kong Jie's order, and arranged for the guard company to be stationed here.

After arriving at the place, the monk began to lead people to familiarize themselves with the first line of heaven and the surrounding terrain as soon as possible.

This is a habit developed under the influence of Kong Jie's ears and eyes.

Field operations, especially in mountainous environments, will greatly affect the balance of victory in the war.

Therefore, whenever you arrive at a place, a good commander should immediately be familiar with the surrounding terrain and terrain, ready at any time, and in case of a sudden battle, he can use everything that can be used around him as soon as possible.

With the observation and scrutiny, the monk became more and more emotionally aware of the precipitous terrain.

The reason why a line of sky is called a line of sky, the reason is actually very simple, this is a narrow gap between two tall mountain peaks, the width is only a few meters, when you stop at the bottom of the gap between the two giant peaks, when you look at the sky, because of the obstruction of the field of vision, you can only see the narrow sky like a line, so it is called a line of sky.

Outside the first line of the sky is a wooded area, near the end of October, except for a few evergreen plants, most of them have withered and yellowed, and the leaves are all over the ground.

Because of the shelter of this wooded area, coupled with the huge mass of the two mountain peaks, the gap between the first line of the sky is extremely narrow, and if you don't look closely, you can't detect the clues from a distance.

It is precisely because of this that the interior area after a ray of sky is very hidden, and in addition, the interior is mostly surrounded by mountains, and in summer, it is verdant on all sides, and it is easy to form a cover for the low-lying areas, and even the Japanese reconnaissance planes are difficult to detect from high altitudes.

Therefore, after discussion, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army arranged the field hospital and the Shuijiaozi Arsenal here.

In the absence of intelligence coordinates, even if the devil's plane wants to find a field hospital and an arsenal between these mountains, it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

This is also why, when Kong Jie proposed to the brigade commander to garrison the front-line sky to guard the arsenal and field hospital, the brigade commander and the political commissar couldn't help but smile.

It is almost impossible for the arsenals and field hospitals to be exposed, which is common knowledge within the Eighth Route Army.

This is also according to the process of the script, why the boss was furious after the Yamazaki Brigade accidentally touched the front line and attacked the field hospital and arsenal.

The little devil appeared so suddenly, without even warning.

even attacked the place where the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army thought it should not be attacked the most.

A small Yamazaki brigade dared to go deep alone, which was really rampant.

……

Led the guard company to garrison the front line of the sky.

The monk's arming order, on the one hand, included the stationing of the first-line heavenly headquarters, and on the other hand, it spread the scouts out to an area of several kilometers around.

Regiment Commander Kong Jie said that if there is no reconnaissance unit to advance in an environment with a large depth, in most cases, the unit can only see the situation within a few hundred meters of the surrounding area, and it is almost a blind person.

This situation is the most likely to be attacked and ambushed by opponents.

"Don't fall in all directions around the periphery of the sky, you have done your camouflage to me, and once the situation is detected, report it as soon as possible."

When the reconnaissance squad was spread, the monk commanded.

"Yes!"

Looking at the backs of the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad scattered in all directions, and behind them was the first-line sky of "one man is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open", the monk suddenly remembered that a day ago, the regiment commander Kong Jie took himself around the first-line sky and the vicinity of Lijiapo, and carried out a military simulation confrontation.

The monk was a little suspicious of this.

Could it be that the regiment commander made up his mind early in the morning to let the guard company come to garrison the front line, so he took me over in advance?

The monk didn't understand, and he didn't think much about it, anyway, his mission was to hold the first line of heaven, the arsenal and the field hospital, and that was enough.

The guard company was stationed on the front line for the safety of the arsenal and the field hospital, and in Kong Jie's words, the field hospital and the arsenal were somewhat meaningful.

Therefore, the problem of eating for the soldiers of the guard company was naturally solved by the field hospital and the arsenal.

Or the field hospital and the arsenal sent some food and vegetables, and then the soldiers of the guard company were on the front line, using the smokeless stove that Kong Jie taught everyone to dig not long ago, and set up a pot to cook by themselves, looking at the beautiful scenery of the first line of the sky, eating hot meals, but it was a special taste.

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On the 28th, the Yamazaki Brigade appeared, and under the command of Captain Yamazaki Jihei, it quickly entered the base area of the Eighth Route Army in accordance with the pre-planned route on the map.

Yamazaki, the old devil, like most men in the island country of this era, is short, with looped legs, his head and neck are almost the same thick, his body is stocky, his face is rough, and his eyes are almost slit, revealing the perseverance and ruthlessness that Japanese officers often have.

Although Yamazaki is well aware that he appears this time as a decoy for the main force of the Empire.

But this pretentious old devil is not willing to be used as bait, he believes that at least until he is exposed, his Yamazaki brigade cannot be called a decoy, but should be called an assassin.

Surprise attack, attack unprepared, and maximize your own artillery superiority, this is Yamazaki Jihei's favorite tactic.

Especially on the Chinese battlefield, bullying the backward Eighth Route Army with its own artillery superiority is Yamazaki's consistent specialty.

He thinks this time will be no exception.

In order to achieve the effect of a sudden surprise attack and an earth-shattering shock, the experienced old devil Yamazaki planned the route of this trip in advance, which can be described as racking his brains.

Along the way, they basically rely on hidden routes in mountains, woods, or valleys.

Not only that, Yamazaki also ingeniously ordered his brigade of more than 500 troops to be divided into three teams, each team formed a column, relying on the bunkers in the mountains and forests, alternately covering the march.

Several reconnaissance detachments were scattered around the main force.

Be vigilant about the Eighth Route Army that may appear at any time around you.

Yamazaki, an old devil, wanted to play with the shadows, and he tried his best to avoid exposing his team until he succeeded in finding a worthy military target, such as the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the arsenal, or the field hospital.

And it turns out that Yamazaki does have two brushes.

With the help of the interspersed curves planned in advance, as well as the cautious progress along the way, the Yamazaki Brigade, which set off from the county seat when the sky was still bright, successfully inserted into the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army at about 11 o'clock in the morning, and did not let the Eighth Route Army notice anything.

Yamazaki knows the power of the Eighth Route Army, and even all the villagers may be the eyes of the Eighth Route Army.

So along the way, Yamazaki commanded the team and moved forward avoiding the area where there was a village.

It is also for this reason that the Yamazaki Brigade, which originally wanted to move forward according to the established route, deviated slightly from the direction of the mountains and mountains because of a mistake by the map soldiers.

When he saw the cliff that suddenly appeared in front of him, Yamazaki realized that he was traveling in the wrong direction.

"Map!" Yamazaki shouted.

After the map soldier rushed over to unfold the map, Yamazaki immediately found that there was an error in the direction of travel, which can be described as a slight mistake, a difference of thousands of miles, even a millimeter of direction deviation, will cause the final destination to deviate laterally for a considerable distance.

"Yaga!"

Enraged, Yamazaki opened his bow left and right, beating the map soldier to the ground.

The adjutant on the side asked, "The direction of the road ahead has deviated, and it is getting farther and farther away from our set goal, sir, do we need to adjust the direction and move forward again?" ”

Yamazaki thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Retreat now, it is very easy to be exposed, since you have made a mistake, it is better to make a mistake and go wrong, maybe there will be new discoveries, let's continue to move forward around the mountain!" ”

"Hey!"

It turned out that Yamazaki did have amazing military instincts, and soon after, a scout returned to Yamazaki and reported: "Sir, we found a forest not far away, and there was a gap at the end of the woods, which did not seem to be a dead end, and after we reconnoitred closely, we found many marks in the woods, footprints, and traces of heavy objects dragging on them, and even ruts and hoof prints, such as mules, horses, and carts. ”

Yamazaki immediately realized that things had taken a turn for the better.

"Take me there at once!"

"Hey!"

After Yamazaki led the team to follow the two scouts for more than two miles, he found a large area of woods in the distance.

I also noticed the crevice that was visible to the naked eye, as if it was embedded in the peak at the end.

Yamazaki raised his binoculars and observed for a while, then thought for a moment before giving the order: "Set off to the end of the woods." ”

He had a strong intuition in his heart that at the end of the woods, there might be a goal he had been looking forward to for a long time.

The traces of ruts and horseshoe prints, could it be the arsenal of the Eighth Route Army?

They were very mechanized and often used mule-drawn carts as a means of transportation.

If this is the case, then it is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

At the same time, on the other side, just as the Yamazaki brigade was heading towards the forest belt, on a small dirt slope five or six hundred meters away, some dead branches that had been integrated with the surrounding environment suddenly shook, and then a large living person came out.

"It's not good, it's a little devil, it seems to be coming to the front line, there are a lot of devils, they are covered by the woods, and the number of people can't be confirmed, but I estimate that there must be at least four or five hundred people, and a large number of heavy machine guns were found in the team, and even a lot of artillery and stones, I'm staring here, you hurry up and go back and report the situation to the company commander."

The reconnaissance squad leader put down the binoculars and ordered.

"Yes!"

The stone answered, turned and ran, his body was thin, his physical strength was good, and he had always been a scud in the reconnaissance team.

In addition, when the stone returned to the first line of heaven, it ran in a straight line, which was naturally much faster than the Yamazaki brigade that groped all the way forward.

After about ten minutes, the stone rushed back to the sky......

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