The explosions sounded one after another, and the rocks slid down, and the little devil could only hear the rumbling sound, but he could see the fire from the explosion and the rocks rolling down with the explosion, because the mountains in Lingjing Township were too dangerous and complicated.

When there was an explosion, the commander of the little devil judged the intention of the Chinese army, the retreat route was cut off, and the way forward was blocked, at this time they could only defend in place and wait until dawn to wait for the opportunity to break through.

"Defense, defense!"

The commanders at all levels of the little devil urgently changed the order, urging the soldiers to attack and advance halfway up the mountainside, when entering the Lingjing Township, the little devil had already controlled several commanding heights around it, and the top of the mountain was a lonely peak, which could not be connected at all, and at this time he could only rely on the halfway up the mountain to arrange defensive positions to block the attack of the Chinese army. As long as they control the halfway up the mountain, the little devils believe that they will be able to hold out until dawn tomorrow.

At this time, there were less than seven hours before dawn, and several battalion commanders of the Second Regiment gathered around Li Weimin and waited for him to give his final order.

The night was still so silent, the little devil had already set up defenses, but he did not encounter a violent attack, not even sporadic harassment, and in the whole mountain, except for the chirping of summer insects, he could only hear his own breathing.

In the dark, Li Weimin closed his eyes tightly, he was still thinking about whether to let the troops attack, although the officers at all levels under his command were eager to try, but as the supreme commander of the entire army, he was responsible for all this, 3,000 people against 5,000 people, it seems to be a very gorgeous feat, it seems that the time and place are favorable, it seems to be a battle that will be won with less and more, but the final result.

Li Weimin took a deep breath, then let go of his tightly clenched hands and looked at all the commanders in front of him: "Concentrate all our artillery fire and blow up the little devil's car for me." ”

After the order was issued, officers at all levels looked at Li Weimin in amazement, wondering why Li Weimin suddenly changed the battle plan they had discussed during the day.

In fact, it was very simple, when he was well prepared, he was sure of victory, but the consequence of this battle was that the lives of the second regiment and all the little devils were thrown into this big mountain, and five thousand people were nothing to the little devils, at most they caused their staff to be furious. And if the three thousand people are gone, the second regiment is really gone.

Although the commanders at all levels of the Second Regiment did not know why Li Weimin suddenly changed his combat order, they still resolutely carried out Li Weimin's order.

"Boom Boom"

This was an artillery battle conducted by the Second Regiment, the little devil did not return fire, and the Second Regiment did not have any casualties, and all the cars that the little devil entered Lingjing Township were destroyed and turned into scrap copper and rotten iron.

After the artillery battle, Li Weimin ordered the troops to begin to retreat. All the shells of the second regiment were exhausted, just to destroy the Japanese vehicles, which was enough for Li Weimin, to be able to hold off the 5,000 Japanese troops for so long, and also to relieve a lot of pressure on the regiment in front.

After a large-scale night attack on the outer defensive positions of Pingding County, only sporadic battles followed, and the little devils wanted to break through the forward defenses of the Chinese army by infiltrating small forces.

However, the little devil really underestimated the hatred of a group of fighters for them, and a little devil had just stabbed down the observation post in the forward position, and then an explosion sounded, and the fallen soldier pulled the grenade on his body with his last struggle, and died with the little devil.

There were more than a dozen such explosions throughout the night, and the infiltration of the little devils was successfully organized.

It was bright again, and the weather was still very hot, but there was no sun rising, it was just stuffy, and people were sweating from the ground as they sat motionless, and many soldiers on the battlefield were shirtless, constantly pouring water into their mouths with military jugs. At this time, the most lacking thing on the position is not ammunition, but water, and a steady stream of water is transported to the first-line position through logistics, and the troops of the second-line defense can only ask for leave to go to the rear to fetch water.

When the little devils were waiting for the attack order, they also poured cold water vigorously, they had military orders, they could not take off their clothes or hats, and the voices of complaints in the troops came and went.

However, the commander of the little devil didn't care about the weather, compared to the sultry weather, his heart was even more stuffy, because from the time he got the order to the present, their troops had not made the slightest progress, and he could only keep urging the troops to attack.

The shells rained down on the position again, and the little devils were once again used to the position like a tide, and in the sultry weather, the soldiers didn't care to wipe the sweat beads like rain on their faces, because they were desperate at this time, the kettles were thrown aside, they only had guns and ammunition in their hands, and only little devils in their eyes.

Last night, the progress of the third regiment was not very smooth, although the fourth regiment arrived, but they could only rely on the local people for the destruction of the road, according to Hu Guoshan and Zhao Caizhu's estimates, they still need a night to complete the final task.

However, what made Hu Guoshan happy was that they had recruited a lot of soldiers from the local area, which was enough to make up for the losses in this battle, and the things that could be carried away in the two counties had been transported back to Taihang Mountain last night, at least this time they had gained a lot.

However, a piece of bad news reached Liao Fan's headquarters, and this morning, a squad of communications troops arranged by Li Zongren of the Second War Zone arrived at Liao Fan's headquarters. As soon as they established contact with Li Zongren, they received a message that Gangcun Ningci had completed the assembly of troops.

"Chu Pengtian, send a communication soldier to contact ** Fei and ask them to report the situation they have recently detected as soon as possible."

Zhi Zhengming has returned to the station, but Liao Fan did not let him return to the reconnaissance camp immediately, but stayed at the station to rest, ** Fei also led the reconnaissance battalion to reconnoiter the situation of the little devils and the puppet army. After receiving the telegram from Li Zongren's department, Liao Fan could no longer sit still and ordered Chu Pengtian to let the reconnaissance battalion report the latest situation as soon as possible.

"Brother Fan, if the little devil's reinforcements go north by train, Lao Hu really can't stand it." Huang Changsheng also learned of the crisis of the situation, they knew from the beginning that the purpose of this Gangcun Ningci operation was the Fifth War Zone and Taihang Mountain, but they still came too fast, Liao Fan and they were not fully prepared, the most important thing is that all the troops are now performing tasks in Jindong, if they are entangled by the support troops of the little devils, the main force of the entire independent 33rd Division will be surrounded by the support troops sent by Gangcun Ningci.

"Inform the three counties of the situation and prepare them for evacuation." Liao Fan didn't have time to think about the consequences, now he had to take the corresponding method, even if it was wrong.

"Brother Fan, when will you evacuate?" Huang Changsheng asked.

"Wait for the order, but you must be ready to evacuate, once the order is given, all the troops must be withdrawn for me without stopping."

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One after another orders began to be issued to the hands of all troops, especially Ma Wanzhong, Hu Guoshan and Zhao Caizhu After receiving the order, they were not busy conveying the order, because they were still fighting against the little devils, and once the retreat order was issued, the soldiers' will to fight would definitely be weakened.

The three of them agreed to do one thing, that is, to withhold the order, and then quickly wrote a situation analysis to Liao Fan.

When he saw the replies of the three people, Liao Fan's face began to gradually become worried, the first group and the third group did the right thing, but Gangcun Ningci was hoping that they would do this, as long as they retreated one minute later, they would be in danger for one more minute.

The sultry weather made Liao Fan irritable, the clothes on his chest were already wet with sweat, and the communication soldiers called the well water, and Liao Fan began to wash his face with water to calm himself down.

"Changsheng, withdraw all the fighters of the special combat team, and then go north until they come into contact with the vanguard of Gangcun Ningci, and then they will come back and report."

After Liao Fansi thought about it, only the special combat team was able to solve the current crisis, but now the special combat team was scattered behind enemy lines, and he didn't know if the time to withdraw to carry out the mission was in a hurry.

After Huang Changsheng heard Liao Fan's order, he immediately left the headquarters, the special combat team was behind enemy lines, and if he wanted to contact them, he had to rely on the soldiers of the special combat team, otherwise he would not be able to find them at all.

"Report, the second regiment has withdrawn to the mountain, and is now approaching the Beitaifeng station!" A communications soldier ran into the command to report.

The 2nd Regiment has completed their operational objectives and successfully pinned down the Japanese troops in the rear, and the Japanese army has sent a large force to encircle and suppress the 2nd Regiment, and now their best way is to retreat, otherwise the main force of the 2nd Regiment will definitely be dragged to death by the little devils.

As for the Japanese troops in the Lingjing Township, they began to cheer at dawn, and what happened last night made them feel uneasy, especially those comrades who had their heads cut off, and made them believe that the Chinese army they were facing was a force composed of devils.

Just after the dense cannon fire, they thought that this devil's army would attack them frantically, but they waited all night with their tired bodies in their tired bodies, but there was no movement.

At dawn, the commander of the little devil sent his troops to start reconnaissance, and when they found that there was no trace of the enemy in Lingjing Township, they began to silently contain the corpses of their companions and evacuated Lingjing Township, but when they came, they took a truck, and when they returned, they could only walk back.

The 2nd Regiment was very successful in this combat mission, dragging the enemy in Xinzhou, taking Yuxian, threatening the Japanese army in Yangquan did not dare to attack, and then took Dingxiang, so frightened that the little devils stationed in Beitai County did not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle, and there was a time to delay the 5,000 Japanese troops for a day and a night, and there was no interlude.

Since the second regiment has been withdrawn to the Beitai Peak station, the remaining tasks have to be completed by the other three regiments, and after arranging the affairs of Beitai Peak, Li Weimin came to Liao Fan's headquarters with the guards.

Just when Li Weimin arrived at the headquarters, it began to rain, and a smile leaked from Liao Fan's face as he looked at the rain dripping from the eaves.