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Just when the land was silent, there was a commotion in the camp of the Eighth Route Army below the high ground, and each unit was doing the last inspection before the battle under the supervision of the commander, and the cadres and soldiers were already fully armed, just waiting for the order from the commander-in-chief Lei in front of the battle.

Lei Jian did not launch a large-scale attack, and as soon as the scheduled attack time came, he ordered the battalions of the newly formed independent regiment of the first echelon to quietly leave the camp in accordance with the pre-battle deployment, and covertly approached the high mountain, hunched over and moved towards the high ground.

When he was almost halfway up the mountain, Lei Jian ordered Zhang Tingyi, the battalion commander who was attacking head-on: "Order the troops to crawl forward and lurk 100 meters away from the enemy's forward position, and make no noise." ”

He ordered Zhou Peng, the chief of staff who was following him: "Follow me back to the bottom of the mountain, and the guard squad will follow." ”

Lei Jian came to the bottom of the mountain and saw that a regiment of the new Seventh Brigade was already in place, and he ordered the commander of the regiment: "Commander Du, order your regiment to follow behind the newly formed independent regiment and one battalion in front, with a distance of fifteen meters to hide, and you must not act without an order." ”

He went to the left and right flanks of the high ground, rearmed, and ordered the start of action.

According to Lei Jian's order, Wang Xiaoliang carried 30 mortars to the artillery positions he had selected during the day, and adjusted the artillery positions at night.

He also brought dozens of heavy machine guns, arranged the heavy machine guns in the favorable terrain hidden in the middle of the mountainside, adjusted the direction of the attack, Wang Xiaoliang made the final arrangements one by one, and immediately returned to the bottom of the mountain.

Wang Xiaoliang came to the two chariots and asked the soldiers who were already in place, "Are they all ready?" I can tell you, if anyone can't keep up in a pinch, be careful that I never let you reach a heavy weapon. ”

Lei Jian came to the hidden green gauze tent of the cavalry battalion, and Li Gang asked in a nervous trembling voice: "Commander-in-Chief Lei, the time to launch a general attack is almost up, right?" ”

"Yes, there are still twenty-three minutes, if we can do it during this time, there will be no accidents, and we should have no problem launching a general attack on the enemy position." Lei Jian was also very nervous in his heart, this battle was related to this large army, and it was very important whether it could successfully break through the Japanese blockade line and continue to advance westward.

At this time, the commander of the 581st Wing of the Japanese Army, Iizuka Asaki Osa, who was stuck on the high ground, may be a little uncomfortable lying on the marching bed, and when he turned over, he didn't grasp the strength well, and the marching bed turned on its side, turning him to the ground.

He sat in the small tent for a while, feeling a little hot, and came out hunched over, feeling a little cooler on his face by the morning breeze.

At this time, the chief of staff of the wing came over and asked in a low voice: "Your Excellency Iizuka, you should sleep a little longer, as soon as dawn the troops will launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army, and destroy the Tubalu under the high ground in one fell swoop, and ours will also return to the base camp early, in this mountain, it is very difficult to ......." ”

Just as the two were talking, a little devil ran up to him and made an urgent report: "Report to Your Excellency Dazuo, a lot of dark shadows have been found moving under the high ground, and it looks like they are ...... to the forward position of the high ground." ”

Captain Iizuka heard that there were a lot of moving shadows under the forward position on the high ground, and he shouted nervously: "Order the troops to enter the position immediately and prepare for battle, Chief of Staff, follow me to the forward position to observe." ”

Several commanders of the 581st Wing of the Japanese Army, with more than a dozen followers, quickly rushed to the forward position, and saw that there were many shadows lying on the ground and squirming on the ground, and he ordered the chief of staff: "Launch flares, you must illuminate the forward positions on the high ground as if it were daylight, and I want to take a good look at what the people on the Eighth Road are doing." ”

'Papa, papa, papa, ......', six flares were fired in succession from the Devil's Heights, illuminating the forward position of the highlands 150 meters down in a snowy light, and the soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the Rear Guard New Seventh Brigade, who were lying on the ground close to the lurking target, immediately lay on the ground motionless.

At this time, Iizuka Daisa, who was holding a telescope, instantly lit up with the flare, nervously and carefully observing everything that could be seen clearly from above.

In a few short minutes, after the flares were extinguished, the whole heights became darker and darker, and the enemy and us were in total darkness.

Lei Jian hid behind a tree under the high ground, and quickly ordered Song Tiedan: "You immediately rush to the back of the first regiment of the new seventh brigade, convey my order to the commander in charge of the broken one, quickly pass forward, and order the first regiment of the new seventh brigade to temporarily stop moving forward, and hide in place and wait for orders." ”

At the last moment when the flare was extinguished, Captain Iizuka Co., Ltd., who was holding a telescope and carefully observing the places that could be seen under the heights, suddenly shook his whole body and ordered the chief of staff beside him: "Your immediate order to the commander of the Imperial Japanese Army in the forward position to look for the shadow lurking in the middle of the hill when the next round of flares is fired. ”

'Pap, papa, pap, ......', six flares rose into the air again from the high ground occupied by the Japanese army, shining below the high ground, and the commander of the devil in the forward position, in the direction of the target guided in advance by Wing Captain Iizuka, quickly searched, and when the flare was extinguished, the target had been found.

Lei Jian, who was standing under the high ground, with the light of the flares, found the front position of the devil's highland with a telescope, and there were several little devils standing, also holding a telescope, and were changing angles to glance.

He immediately realized that the devil might make a trick, and he was scared into a cold sweat, and as soon as he waited for the flare to go out, he pinched his lower lip and exerted all his strength, and blew out a long whistle, which was nervous in his ears, and was heard by Zhang Ting, the commander of the first battalion of the newly formed independent regiment lurking in the forefront, and he shouted quickly in a low voice to the soldiers around him: "Withdraw from the hiding place immediately, it is too late to rush down the mountain, and quickly roll down the mountain." ”

The soldiers of the battalion lurking in front, who received the order, immediately rolled down the hill with their guns covering their heads along the slope, and whispered to the soldiers around them while rolling, and quickly withdrew from the hiding place and returned to the bottom of the mountain.

The first regiment of the new seventh brigade hidden behind the first battalion found that hundreds of black shadows were rolling down from above, and I don't know what happened, when the commander of the first regiment remembered that before carrying out the mission, Lei Jian explained that once he received the signal for emergency evacuation, he would retreat immediately.

He heard the sharp whistle, although he had doubts in his heart, he did not dare to disobey the order of this temporarily appointed commander-in-chief Lei in front of the formation, and whispered to the soldiers around him: "Follow the example of the battalion in front, hold the gun to protect your head, and quickly roll down the mountain." ”

Just as the flare fired for the second time was extinguished, the commander of the 581st Wing of the Japanese Army, Iizuka Osa, shouted to the commander of the forward position: "Did you find that in the grass below the high ground, there is a hidden dirt road?" Tell me quickly. ”

"Report to Your Excellency Dazuo, I found that less than a hundred meters away from the forward position, there are a large number of black shadows hidden in the grass, what should I do?"

"You find the Imperial soldiers who are skilled in firing incendiary bombs, according to the target you find, quickly tell them that mine will fire flares again, and as soon as the flare is lifted into the air, order the Imperial soldiers who operate the flamethrower to shoot quickly, and burn all the dirt and roads lurking in the grass." Iizuka ordered through gritted teeth.

Suddenly, for the third time, six flares were fired from the high ground held by the Japanese army, and the Japanese commander in the forward position ordered loudly: "Quickly find the target and fire a fire-breathing projectile." ”

'Puff, puff, puff, ......', the three flamethrowers fired five flamethrowers in a row, and the flames that erupted from the muzzle of the guns, like five fire dragons, pounced on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, the five fire dragons burned the weeds on the ground, and soon formed a sea of fire, with the help of the morning wind, at an extraordinary speed, spread to the bottom of the high ground.

The soldiers of the newly formed independent regiment, which was lurking in the enemy's forward position and less than 100 meters, suddenly let out a piercing whistle when they heard the thunder sword in the quiet early morning in the wilderness.

The New Seventh Brigade and the First Regiment, which were more than 10 meters apart from the first battalion, saw the figure rolling rapidly from above, and were so frightened that they wondered what this was for and why such an elusive thing had happened.

The commander of the regiment Du reacted and immediately issued an order, ordering the soldiers of the regiment to roll down the mountain with their guns in the same way.

But these soldiers had not cooperated with the new independent regiment of Lei Jian, and they did not understand the power and intention of the sudden sharp whistle, and when they received the order of a regiment commander from above, these sluggish soldiers began to roll down slowly.

Just as these soldiers were rolling down without nervousness, six more flares were fired from the Japanese positions on the high ground, which frightened the soldiers to lie on the ground and did not dare to move again.

(End of chapter)

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