In the eyes of Gangcun Ningji, everything is developing in a good direction, his ambitions will be realized step by step, and China will be completely conquered by him.

Gangcun Ningji was immersed in the beautiful blueprint he had constructed and couldn't extricate himself, and all the staff officers in his command looked at his headquarters with an inexplicable awe in their hearts. No one knows where this awe comes from.

"Order the forward troops to continue to attack the Chinese army, they don't need to care about the affairs of Shanxi, now what they have to do is to wipe out the Chinese army in the fifth theater as soon as possible and avenge the loss of our imperial warriors in Taierzhuang!"

After the sky cleared, the Japanese offensive became more violent, especially the Japanese planes in the sky caused a lot of trouble to the Chinese army, the equipment in the fifth theater was not good enough, and the air defense weapons were even less pitiful, and they could not pose any threat to the Japanese planes at all, so that the Japanese planes were very arrogant, almost flying close to the treetops, and the soldiers on the position could see clearly the eyebrows of the little devil pilots.

When the soldiers of the national army saw the arrogant Japanese army, no one had anything to do except hate itchy.

The planes in the sky and the tanks on the ground are the most tricky things for the Chinese army, and the soldiers did not hate China's science and technology, and did not blame Chairman Chiang for why he did not equip them with enough weapons and ammunition, at this time they only thought about shooting the bullets in their hands and pulling more Japanese troops down before they fell.

The bombs in the sky have blown up the forward positions full of holes, many soldiers have fallen and can no longer wake up, many soldiers can't even find their corpses, but no one flinched, and the comrades around them fell, so they made up for the task and continued to complete it.

At the urging of Gangcun Ningci, the Japanese army continued to advance until the evening, and under the cover of aircraft and tanks, the Japanese army had captured several county towns, and was getting closer and closer to the headquarters of the Fifth Theater Headquarters at Laohekou.

The sky gradually darkened, and the Japanese offensive gradually weakened, and the darkness was not conducive to the actions of the Japanese army, so there was no need for them to risk acting at night, and after attacking for a day, the Japanese army needed to rest well, and then replenish ammunition to prepare for tomorrow's attack.

The night in Taihang Mountain was as quiet as ever, accompanied by the cry of unknown insects under the starry sky, and the entire station of the 33rd Independent Division could not see a little light, and even the headquarters only had a horse lantern lit, and several people sat down around the horse lantern.

"Camp Commander Kim, do they have any news?" Liao Fan asked.

"No news!" Ma Wanzhong replied that since the departure of the reconnaissance battalion of the first regiment, they had cut off contact with each other, and so far, Ma Wanzhong had not received any news.

"Arrange for a soldier to go out tonight, let him find a way to find Camp Commander Jin, let them not come back, stay on the periphery and do something useful!" Liao Fan said.

"I already told Jin Sanshan when he set off, if it's too late, let him do it, Camp Commander Jin knows what to do!"

When the reconnaissance battalion left, Ma Wanzhong had already told Jin Sanshan that if he didn't have enough time, he could make his own choice, go to Feihuling or find the third regiment.

"Now it's just us in the station, and everything depends on us."

The two regiment commanders, two battalion commanders, a staff officer plus Liao Fan, and now the senior commanders of the 33rd Independent Division were sitting together, and they understood that tonight would be the most difficult night.

"Ma Wanzhong, Liu Chundao and Liao Jundong, the three of you cooperate with each other and support each other, you coordinate with each other in the middle of things, I don't care about the process, I just want the result, if you can't achieve the result I want, no matter who the three of you are, you will be mainly responsible!" Liao Fan looked at the three people and said.

"Battalion commander, your task is still to supervise the enemy in the direction of Hebei and Henan, you must not be careless, if something goes wrong, it is useless how hard the first and fourth regiments fight on the front line!" Liao Fan continued to advise him to stop correcting his name.

"Brother Fan, don't worry, I promise to complete the task!"

"One of your battalions has now been strengthened to more than 1,300 people, and as long as you control the dangerous places in the mountains, you can still hold out for a long time." Liao Fan was still worried about the Japanese troops in Hebei and Henan, and the Japanese troops in these two places had not moved yet, which made Liao Fan feel uneasy.

The meeting on the last night before the war did not discuss much content, for this battle, they had been preparing for a long time, Liao Fan didn't need to say anything, everyone also understood the current situation of the 33rd Independent Division, it was time to fight hard.

At night, a strange unit quietly infiltrated the area between Huangyadong and Sucheng, where there was a small deserted village, and a soldier who found no one in the village during the day, reported the incident to his battalion commander.

This unit is the reconnaissance battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 33rd Independent Division, and the battalion commander Jin Sanshan is resting in the village with his soldiers, and their troops have been reconnoitring since last night without any action, and their reconnaissance range has exceeded the surrounding area of more than 50 miles.

"Battalion commander, when are we going to act?" A company commander of the reconnaissance battalion asked Kim Sanshan.

"Wait, it's just nightfall, and the little devil's vigilance is high, and our rash actions now will only put us in a passive situation!" Jin Sanshan nibbled on cold steamed buns and drank boiled water, this kind of life he was used to.

"I don't know what's going on over there in my hometown, whether the little devil has already attacked!" The company commander continued.

"Don't worry about my hometown, the regiment commander has already explained when we come out, we have to make a little movement anyway, although I don't know why the regiment commander wants us to do this, since it is an order, we have to carry it out." Jin Sanshan said.

As long as the little devils attack Taihang Mountain, then the entire Jindong will once again break out everywhere, and they can play an important role on this north-south railway line as a strange army.

"Battalion commander, I have already found out, according to a company commander of the puppet army, there will be a train from there between eleven and twelve o'clock tonight!" A soldier dressed in the clothes of a common man ran into the courtyard to report.

Jin Sanshan glanced at his watch, and it was just past eight o'clock at this time: "Tell the troops, act at nine o'clock today, and erase all traces of our stationing in the village before leaving, and we will not come back to this village." "Although this small village is secluded enough, as the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, he will not choose this place to spend the night twice.

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"You all go back and prepare, stop the name and stay!" Liao Fan said to the people in the headquarters.

After everyone left, Liao Fan said to Zhi Zhengming: "It's hard for you to run back and forth!" ”

"Brother Fan, there's nothing to do, isn't the work done by the reconnaissance battalion the most tiring!"

After resting for a day, the reconnaissance battalion had already marched east according to Liao Fan's orders, but this afternoon, Liao Fan asked Chu Pengtian to arrange for someone to call Zhi Zhengming back.

"The burden of the east is on you, this is not an easy job, the back of the entire independent 33rd Division will be handed over to you, I only have one request, that is, the first and fourth regiments have not withdrawn from the first line of defense, and your reconnaissance battalion will not let the little devils in the east enter within twenty miles of our station!" Liao Fan looked at Zhi Zhengming with a solemn expression, "If you have any requests, put them forward now, once you return to the reconnaissance camp and think about it, it will be too late." ”

"Brother Fan, our reconnaissance battalion lacks artillery, and even the flying thunder artillery is much less in our reconnaissance battalion, can you give us some artillery, I'll pull it away tonight!"

Zhi Zhengming realized the seriousness of the problem from Liao Fan's words, although from the situation they reconnoitred, the Japanese troops in the direction of Hebei and Henan did not move, but Liao Fan still insisted on his own opinion.

In order not to have problems, Zhi Zhengming also had to take strict precautions and strengthen their own strength, in case of an unexpected situation, they would be able to react in time.

"You come with me!" After Liao Fan finished speaking, he left the headquarters with Zhi Zhengming.

Sun Boyong was counting the materials needed recently in the office of the logistics department, and hurriedly got up and saluted after seeing Liao Fan coming.

"Old Sun, the reconnaissance battalion needs a batch of equipment, I'll come to the logistics department to see if you still have any artillery in stock!" Liao Fan said straight to the point.

"Brother Fan, there is, but there are really not many of them!"

"Let's go, take me to see it!" Liao Fan said.

The logistics department is in charge of all the logistics of the 33rd Independent Division, weapons, ammunition, food and clothing, and all kinds of materials for the construction of Taihang Mountain.

In front of a cave, there was a platoon of fighters guarding, and there were two more platoons of fighters in the cave. Sun Boyong took Liao Fan and Zhi Zhengming into the cave, which hoarded the belongings accumulated by the 33rd Independent Division, of course, only weapons and equipment, and ammunition in another cave.

"Brother Fan, this is the weapon we have accumulated, the artillery is all here!" Sun Boyong opened a wooden door, and four mortars were neatly placed inside.

"Do we still have a Flying Thunderbolt?" Liao Fan asked.

Sun Boyong took Liao Fan into another room, where more than 20 flying thunder cannons were placed.

"These cannons are freshly made, and they haven't been used yet." Sun Boyong said.

"You find a soldier to send these mortars and flying thunder cannons to the battalion commander, and the ammunition is also ready for them, and you organize a detachment of fighters to be responsible for sending ammunition to the reconnaissance operation!"

Zhi Zhengming looked at these equipment, and was very happy in his heart: "Brother Fan, have these been given to us?" ”

"What I want is that you are not allowed to retreat without receiving my orders!" Liao Fan didn't care about the equipment at all, these equipment were also placed in the warehouse, and now when the 33rd Independent Division was in danger, it was necessary to use all the power that could be used.