Zhang Dabiao said: "Commander, it's not easy to fight at this time. The little devils occupy the terrain and guard the pass. And judging from the situation obtained by Duan Peng's investigation, the Pingxing Pass at this time was tightly guarded by the little devils. We only have 2,000 men and horses, and even if we concentrate our forces to storm Pingxingguan, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat this important pass. Once the attack is unfavorable, it is easy to fall into the scorching battle of tackling key problems. ”。

"You mean not to play the tie level?" Li Yunlong said in a condensed voice.

Zhang Dabiao finally nodded and said, "Commander, my suggestion is not to tie the level." We bypassed and went directly north along the Guanshui River to return to the Shiheng Mountain base area. At the moment, although the political commissar is still holding the plank road, the three battalions have suffered a lot of losses, so we should withdraw and directly smoke Yoshio Shinozuka's tail and hurt him! ”。

It's just that Zhang Dabiao's voice just fell, and Zhou Hua, the commander of the independent battalion on the side, had a little different opinion.

I saw Zhou Hua pointing to the map that Li Yunlong asked Wei Dayong to spread out, and said, "Lao Zhang, head of the regiment, my suggestion is the opposite. We suddenly went north in concealment, and according to Duan Peng's reconnaissance, the Japanese troops in charge of guarding Pingxingguan did not move for the time being. It was just a strict defense, and there was no posture of vigilance to the south of Pingxingguan. It shows that at this time, the Japanese army in Pingxingguan did not know that we had gone north to Qinxi Mountain. Therefore, we have a certain advantage in raiding the Pingxingguan. ”。

After a pause, Zhou Hua continued: "What's more, the head of the regiment is right. Once most of the front-line military supplies of the 20,000 Japanese troops temporarily stored in the pass through the Pingxing Pass are eliminated, it is enough to make the 20,000 Japanese troops commanded by Yoshio Shinozuka quickly cut off! This is very beneficial to the defense of our political commissar in the base area. What's more, it's not like we don't have a chance to win the level. ”。

"Oh, Old Zhou, tell me about your suggestions."

Li Yunlong waved his hand and said with a smile, and Zhang Dabiao on the side was the same.

Zhou Hua said with a smile: "Judging from the map, although the terrain of Pingxingguan is narrow, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, if we lurk on the nearest hill south of the pass and condescendingly use all of Wang Chengzhu's mortars to bombard, it will be enough to blow up the grain and ammunition stored by the Japanese army in the pass. As long as the artillery fire is concentrated to blow up the bullets of the little devils, the key area of the artillery shell reserve, once it is destroyed, hehe, we can be regarded as having completed the task, and we don't really need to use infantry to attack Pingxing Guancheng. ”。

Hearing this, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and they almost walked into the dead zone of thinking.

Especially Li Yunlong clapped his hands and smiled: "Made, labor and management have almost reached a dead end." Lao Zhou, your suggestion is good, we raided Pingxingguan, the purpose is to eliminate the large number of Japanese military supplies stored in the pass. Even if it is half of it, it can make the Japanese army commanded by Yoshio Shinozuka confused. That's it, Wang Chengzhu! ”。

"Captain!" Wang Chengzhu was also around everyone, and he burst out loud when he heard the words.

Li Yunlong said in a condensed voice: "How many mortars do you have in your hands now?" ”。

I saw Wang Chengzhu suddenly smile and say: "Regiment commander, after the second attack on Yuci, we captured the four Type 92 infantry guns stored in several warehouses in the backyard of the headquarters of the Japanese army Matsuda Junichiro in Yuci City. Before withdrawing from Yuci, I asked my brothers in the artillery team to disassemble the four infantry guns and transport all the parts of the artillery with the army on war horses. Infantry guns had fifty shells per gun. In addition, there were twenty-three mortars carried with the army, and it was not a problem for the shells to continue to bombard and blow up Pingxingguan, regiment commander. ”。

"Haha, you kid is really a thief! The infantry artillery of the Japanese army in Lianyu Cicheng was really brought by you, fortunately, it came in handy this time. ”

Li Yunlong paused and continued to smile: "Good, good! You're doing a good job. In this way, concentrate these four infantry guns and all the mortars, deploy an artillery position for me on this hill one mile south of Pingxingguan, concentrate artillery fire, and blow up Pingxingguan for me. Note that all the shells are concentrated in the area within the pass where the Japanese army may have stored food and ammunition and bombardment! ”。

"Understood, Commander! Mission completion guaranteed! ”

Wang Chengzhu stood up and saluted, this task is too easy, after all, Pingxingguan has been attacked before, and Wang Chengzhu can hit all the places in Pingxingguan Pass with his eyes closed with artillery bombardment.

As for the cavalry troops, they were no longer needed at this time.

Therefore, Li Yunlong continued to say to Zhang Dabiao and the others: "As for the brothers, we will set off immediately, and once Wang Chengzhu's artillery bombards the grain, grass and ammunition stored by the Japanese army in Pingxingguan, we will immediately rush out of Hengshan and approach Lingqiu County." If, after Pingxingguan is blown up by concentrated artillery fire, there are still little devils' men and horses rushing out to pursue us, then set up an ambush in the narrow mountain road and eat them, what do you think? ”。

"Commander, this consideration is very correct, we agree!"

Everyone nodded, and one of the battalion commanders, Zhang Dabiao, said in a summary manner.

Seeing that everyone had agreed, Li Yunlong waved his hand, and the men and horses of all the troops began to assemble and advance towards the mountainous area one mile south of Pingxing Pass.

After Wang Chengzhu's artillery was quickly in place, he climbed up and saw that the Japanese troops on the Pingxing Pass were really well defended.

At this time, the Japanese army stationed in Pingxingguan was under the jurisdiction of the 41st Division, with a total strength of an infantry brigade.

The captain of the brigade was Otani Daisuke Shosa, and the chief of staff of the brigade, Captain Riekya Egasaki, and more than 1,200 troops were stationed at Pingxingguan to protect the grain, grass and ammunition needed by the 20,000 Japanese troops who passed through Pingxingguan and temporarily stored in Pingxingguan, as well as other military supplies.

Therefore, at this time, Daisuke Kotani, who was responsible for the defense and protection of grain, grass and ammunition in the Pingxing Pass, was constantly patrolling all parts of the Pingxing Pass to prevent guerrillas from attacking the pass in the mountainous areas around the Pingxing Pass.

After all, at this time, in the base area of the new regiment in Hengshan, Yoshio Shinozuka was commanding 20,000 Japanese troops to storm the remaining troops of the new regiment. The grain, grass and ammunition transported through the Pingxing Pass in the rear cannot be interrupted.

In the Kannai, in Daisuke Kotani's temporary Kannai headquarters, Daisuke Kotani, who returned to the temporary headquarters after some inspection, saw Captain Riehisa Egasaki, the chief of staff looking at the map in the headquarters, and smiled: "Chief of staff, what are you doing again?" ”。

"Your Excellency Shaozuo, Your Excellency Major General Miyano of Taiyuan has sent a report that Li Yunlong's troops are missing, and Major General Miyano has ordered us to strengthen the defense of Pingxingguan. Li Yunlong's department may very likely have gone north! ”。

Although Daisuke Kotani had been patrolling Heixingguan and strengthening the vigilance of various departments, a guerrilla force attacked Heixingguan after a long time.

Therefore, at this time, Kotani Daisuke, who returned to the temporary headquarters, smiled lightly: "Li Yunlong's troops are hiding in Yunzhong Mountain at this time, maybe they are hiding in the Taihang Mountain Range south of Yuci to avoid the net of the imperial army in the surrounding area of Yuci!" If they retreated north, how could the imperial army in the direction of Da'an and Shouyang not discover them? ”。