"The dispatch of the front line is up to you, you have the right to be arbitrary, don't be afraid of making mistakes, with the order, the soldiers at least know what they should do, if they are afraid of making mistakes and refuse to give orders, the soldiers will easily lose their backbone, so the matter of the front position of this battle depends on the means of your old horse." Liao Fan said to Mr. Ma Wan.

The entire underground fortifications are built along the mountain, from the beginning of its establishment to the present, the underground fortifications have undergone many improvements, although not perfect, but some places have obviously been built into permanent fortifications, from the underground to the surface can be called ingenious.

Under the leadership of Ma Wanzhong, Liao Fan spent more than three hours to read the entire underground fortifications, Liao Fan already knew these fortifications, as for Ma Wanzhong's arrangement of troops in the fortifications, of course, there is nothing to find fault with, after all, Ma Wanzhong is a veteran of the 33rd Independent Division, and he also saluted the first battle.

"Most of the second basement floor is a permanent fortification, but the two floors cannot be connected with each other, and the logistics and communication can only be maintained through the fortifications of the first floor! So the second floor is mainly arranged with heavy firepower. Ma Wanzhong said.

"Prepare enough ammunition and food for the soldiers on the second floor, and once the first layer is breached, tell the soldiers on the second floor of the underground garrison to keep them going." Liao Fan said to Ma Wanzhong.

The difficulty of the second layer of excavation is great, and a large amount of explosives are used to block the excavation, and the further down the excavation, the harder the sedimentary rock becomes, but once the excavation is made, these fortifications can definitely resist the bombardment of the little devil's aerial bombs.

The fortifications on the second floor of the underground will definitely give the little devil a very powerful blow, but once it falls into the hands of the little devil, these fortifications can be occupied by the little devil, once the little devil lives in it, and when the time comes, to stop the counterattack, these fortifications will become a nightmare for the independent 33rd Division, so Liao Fan asked the first layer to fall, and the second layer must be held.

When Liao Fan walked from the underground fortifications to the surface, it was already the second half of the night, and the entire Taihang Mountain fell into darkness, and the beasts in the distance occasionally roared, and the grass near did not know how many unknown insects were hidden.

"Tomorrow, you must prepare all the materials for the first phase of the operation, and the little devil's attack will be these two days!" Liao Fan said to Ma Wanzhong.

Ma Wanzhong agreed, all the supplies of the first and fourth regiments were already in place during the day today, and what Ma Wanzhong had to do next was to consider some specific details, and then wait for the little devil to attack.

When he returned to the headquarters, Li Lingfei had already gone to rest, and for the next battle, Liao Fan ordered everyone to have a good rest, so Li Lingfei did not stay up late. Liao Fan walked into the headquarters and lit the lantern, and on the table of the headquarters, there was a stack of documents, obviously Li Lingfei had already read it and sorted it out for Liao Fan.

Liao Fan washed his face with cold water to keep himself awake, and then sat down at his desk and began to read the documents.

The first document was written by Li Weimin, only a few short lines, which meant to tell Liao Fan that the Second Regiment was ready on the front line of Beitaifeng and could fight the Japanese army at any time, but there was no detailed arrangement plan.

Liao Fan knew that Li Weimin did not write out the detailed battle plan because of secrecy, and once the defense plan was leaked, the second regiment would have no power to resist in the face of several times the little devils.

Just briefly read some more urgent documents, Liao Fan made some annotations, and then put them on Li Lingfei's desk, and then went to sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhi Zhengming returned to the garrison with the reconnaissance battalion, and the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion had been running around outside for a while, and although the eyes of many soldiers still looked bright, it could be seen from their faces that the soldiers were very tired.

Liao Fan only slept for two hours last night, and when he heard that the reconnaissance battalion had returned, Liao Fan immediately called Zhizheng to the headquarters.

"What is the situation in the direction of Hebei and Henan?" Before he could ask the correct name, Liao Fan hurriedly asked.

"Most of the Japanese troops in the Henan direction have been transferred to the front line to participate in the operation of the fifth theater of operations, and the Japanese troops in the Hebei direction are encircling and suppressing the anti-Japanese forces behind the enemy.

Liao Fan frowned, feeling unsteady in his heart: "Could this be the ecstasy array deliberately set up for us by the little devil!" ”

It stands to reason that since Gangcun Ningci mobilized so many troops to attack the Fifth War Zone and Taihang Mountain at the same time, on the surface, the Fifth War Zone was the main goal of Gangcun Ningci, and the action against Taihang Mountain was nothing more than a grass and a rabbit.

However, in Liao Fan's view, the battle planned by Gangcun Ningci, whether it was the Fifth War Zone or Taihang Mountain, was an important goal for him, regardless of priority. However, the Hebei direction and the Henan direction were not in this plan, which was completely beyond Liao Fan's expectations, such a big action and such a wide range of scope, it was impossible for Gangcun Ningci to make such a big mistake.

"The soldiers of our reconnaissance battalion did go deep behind the enemy to reconnoitre, although the Japanese army has assembled, but the assembled strength is only about four or five thousand people, among these four or five thousand people, there are three thousand puppet troops, they have no intention of marching, according to the information we have obtained, the Eighth Route Army's armed forces behind the enemy line have been attacked by the Japanese army in the past few days!" Zhi Zhengming took the glass of water that Lu Liming poured for him, and nodded at Lu Liming.

Liao Fan was worried in his heart, the little devil's troops in Henan and Hebei were about 200,000 people, even if Gangcun Ningci drew troops from two directions to participate in the attack on the Fifth War Zone, the mobile force in the Lianghe area was about 50,000 people, and this was still excluding the puppet army, and now only less than one-tenth of the troops were assembled.

If Liao Fan got the news at this time that 50,000 Japanese troops came from the direction of Lianghe, he would be very relieved, but there was no news at all, which made Liao Fan feel uneasy, and this uncertainty made Liao Fan feel uncomfortable.

"Brother Fan, even if the Japanese troops in these two directions want to enter the Taihang Mountain, their baggage troops will inevitably be left behind, once the little devil enters the mountain, we still have time to arrange!" Zhi Zhengming said.

"Yes, Brother Fan, even if the little devils set off from Hebei and Henan to enter the mountains, even if they have completed the assembly, there will not be too many troops entering the mountains at the beginning, even if the little devils want to divert our attention, there is no need to do these actions, according to Gangcun Ningci's arrangement, his 100,000 troops plus 30,000 Japanese troops in Shanxi will be more than enough to destroy us, if you add the Japanese troops in Hebei and Henan, there will be 200,000 people, Gangcun Ningci should not pay so much attention to us, right?" Li Lingfei judged.

Liao Fan heard the analysis of the two people, and did not relax his vigilance: "I hope the judgment of the two of you is correct." ”

The headquarters fell into silence, Liao Fan kept pacing, thinking about the threat from the east, the Dahong Mountain Pass can no longer be used, although there are still many places to hold the road into the mountain from the east, but it can't make long-term plans, it can only be blocked layer by layer, and it is a little difficult to find a place to hold on.

"Stop correcting, transfer 500 people from the recruits to strengthen your reconnaissance battalion, and then the reconnaissance battalion will rest at the garrison for a day, receive two base numbers of weapons and ammunition from the logistics department, and go to the east, once the little devil comes, you will block the advance of the little devil by virtue of the mountain, and you will not be allowed to retreat without my order!" Liao Fan ordered.

After receiving the order, Zhi Zhengming left the headquarters, one day is enough for the reconnaissance battalion, Sun Boyong has already prepared ammunition for each unit, as long as they receive it, the rest of the time, the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion just need to rest well.

In the middle of the camp there are more than 20 very simple tents, which look like a gust of wind can blow, and the tents are full of strong men who work during the day, and this squadron of Japanese soldiers and a battalion of puppet soldiers are guarding them.

"Battalion commander, the Japanese patrol team is once every ten minutes, and there are lurking sentry posts on the periphery, so it's not easy for us to start!" A platoon commander said.

"How's the Japanese army's railroad line going?" Jin Sanshan asked.

"According to the information from the intelligence officers in the city, only the railway station has not been repaired, but there is no delay for the little devil to stop and unload the goods, I heard that two more trains came in the evening, one is to transport troops, and the other is full of supplies!" The platoon commander continued.

"Supplies?" Jin Sanshan asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, the little devil's combat materials in Shanxi are not enough, and a large part of them are transferred from there, but the little devil's train is still mainly used to transport troops." The platoon commander said, "I still got a piece of news, but this news is uncertain, the intelligence officer said that if the little devil repairs the road, he may attack the captured strong man!" ”

"Don't worry about this yet, the little devils have only repaired the railway, and the big road has not been repaired yet, so they still need manpower to repair the road, and they won't attack them for a while!" Jin Sanshan analyzed, "But we can start with the little devil's railway line, such a long railway line, the little devil can't have soldiers guarding it, right?" ”

"Battalion commander, you mean we hijack a train?"

"You arrange for the soldiers to reconnoiter south along the railway line, find a place where the little devil's defense is weak or undefended, and we will prepare something good for the little devil!" Jin Sanshan said a little.

The railway line laid by the little devil has been completed this afternoon, but the 33rd independent division in each county town has come to a big purge, whether it is the power supply station or the railway station, it is seriously damaged, the little devil is now busy repairing the important facilities in the county, as long as everything is ready, they are ready to enter the mountain!