The road leading from Qinghe Town to the guerrilla zone has been cut off by the partisan officers and soldiers and the people who have come to help, and water has been diverted from the irrigation canal.

The water-filled ditch cuts the highway into sections that cannot be connected to each other, making the devil's cars impassable, which will greatly limit their ability to maneuver.

In the vast countryside, the field fortifications built by the officers and men of the guerrillas were also hidden in the reeds, woods and barren grass.

In order to prevent the destruction of farmland by digging fortifications and making it difficult to recover, most of the blocking positions were in the field, but mines and traps were also laid behind many ridges.

More than 1,000 officers and men of the guerrillas and countless civilians who came to help spent a full day building and digging various fortifications and trenches, turning the entire area into a huge trap and waiting for the devils to fall into the net.

The brothers wielded shovels and hoes all day, and they were like mud monkeys, but when they saw the fortifications hidden everywhere, their hearts became more stable than ever.

Yang Ling's headquarters was set up in a small estuary village surrounded by forests, but he spent most of his time patrolling the positions in the wilderness with a few guards.

In the past, when leading troops to fight with the little devils, they had friendly troops cooperating, and if they couldn't fight, they could retreat, but now it's a fallen area.

They finally gained a firm foothold in the area of Xiaowangzhuang, and the third guerrilla detachment fought independently, with no friendly troops and no backup, if they could not successfully smash the sweep of the devils this time, then all the efforts in the early stage would be in vain, not to mention containing the devils and cooperating with the frontal war.

Therefore, Yang Ling attached great importance to this battle, and personally explained to the officers and soldiers of each blocking position, and carefully instructed them.

"We must fight flexibly, retreat to the rear if we can't fight, and don't fight hard......"

"Yes!"

The officers in the various positions were all promoted veterans, and they were all able to carry out Yang Ling's orders, Yang Ling was not too worried, he was worried about the new recruits.

After all, the recruits were all croppers with hoes not long ago, and now let them pick up their guns and fight with well-trained devils, how much combat power they can exert, Yang Ling's heart is really bottomless.

"Do you feel afraid?" In addition to explaining the tasks to the veteran officers, Yang Ling also dragged the recruits covered in mud from time to time to chat.

"Not afraid ......"

Although the recruits did not want to show their cowardice, they did not have the confidence to speak.

"The little devil also has two shoulders and a head, you aim at him and shoot, he still goes to see the Lord of Hades, fight well, kill a devil, and I will reward a piece of the ocean." Yang Ling did not pierce the fear in the hearts of the recruits, but patted them on the shoulder to give them encouragement.

"Sir, do you really kill a devil and reward a piece of ocean?" A recruit looked up excitedly and asked.

Yang Ling replied with a smile: "I, Yang Ling, speak my word, kill a devil and reward a piece of ocean, and follow your chief to fight well, maybe after this battle, you will have the money to marry a daughter-in-law."

Yang Ling's words made these young recruits blush, but they immediately became hot again, clutching the cold and heavy rifles in their hands, they really wanted to kill a few more devils.

Yang Ling's blocking positions were arranged in dozens of places along the road, each of which was guarded by one or two battle groups, the purpose of which was to consume the advance speed of the devils and retarded devil soldiers, and to buy time for the troops who jumped to the periphery to fight.

As the supreme commander of the guerrilla detachment, Yang Ling personally inspected every position, giving great encouragement to the recruits who were participating in the battle for the first time, and making them feel in their hearts that the commander was with them.

The people assisted the guerrillas in digging and completing the fortifications and then retreated, but the guerrillas could not leave, they had to stick to their positions in various places, because they did not know when the little devils would come, so they also ate dinner in the trench fortifications.

Until dark, there was no movement of the little devils in the direction of Qinghe Town, and Yang Ling did not order the troops to retreat, but spent the night in the position.

The little devil did not wait, and in the middle of the night it began to rain, allowing the brothers to survive a difficult night.

After daybreak, the wilderness roads of the entire area were shrouded in hazy rain and fog, and the air was so wet that visibility was less than ten meters.

"Sir Yang, do you want to withdraw the brothers first, you have to freeze the brothers in the rain, I don't think the little devils will come out to suffer this crime in this weather."

Although Lei Xiong, a staff officer who went out early in the morning to inspect the position, was covered by a cloak, his military uniform was still soaked, and he returned to the headquarters and suggested to Yang Ling while taking off.

Yang Ling looked at the gray rain curtain outside, and his heart was also entangled, the rain in this early winter was cold, if the devil didn't come, the brothers would fall ill in the rain, and the gains would outweigh the losses.

But if the brothers were withdrawn, and the little devils took the opportunity to touch them, the fortifications would be repaired in vain, and there would be no danger to defend in the future.

"Send people back to collect rain gear from the villagers, I want everything that can keep out the rain, and then send it to various positions."

"At the same time, send people to the direction of Qinghe Town to inquire about the enemy's situation, and if the devils show no signs of dispatching, let the brothers withdraw in batches to rest and hide from the rain."

Soon, a communications soldier with Yang Ling's order went into the rain curtain, and while inquiring about the enemy, he went to the rear to search for rain gear.

This sudden heavy rain put Yang Ling and the others in a dilemma, and at the same time, the devil was also worried.

After the devil Shaozo Kuroda Ichiro led the team to Qinghe Town, he was treated with good wine and meat, which was enough rest, and he thought that he would all go to the countryside early the next morning to clear out the guerrillas, but who knew that it would rain in the middle of the night.

"Chief Kuroda, this rain has no intention of stopping, should we go to the countryside on another day to clear out the guerrillas?"

Devil Captain Sadao Kasai secretly cursed the ghost weather in his heart, and asked for instructions from the devil Shozo Kuroda Ichiro, who was already neatly dressed.

Captain Sadao Kasai knew that the road in the countryside was not easy to walk, and if it rained this time, it would be even more muddy, and he didn't want to go out and suffer on such a rainy day.

"No, let the troops gather and act according to the original plan."

The devil Shaozo Kuroda Ichiro didn't seem to have such an awareness, and looked at the hazy rain curtain outside, but he seemed a little excited.

Acting according to the original plan? Devil Captain Sadao Kasai was obviously stunned, worried that Kuroda Ichiro didn't understand the situation in the countryside, and added: "Chief Kuroda, the road is slippery in this rain, and the road in the countryside is not easy to walk, so it's better to wait for the weather to clear......"

"Kasai-san, when it rains, the roads are muddy and the vision is limited, the people of China would definitely not have thought that we would brave the heavy rain to attack, they are careless, but it is a good opportunity for us to raid, just to wipe out the guerrillas of the people of China."

"Sir, wise!" Hearing Kuroda Ichiro's explanation, it suddenly dawned on me, and I immediately became happy.

"Let the troops assemble!" Kuroda took off the saber hanging from the wall and put it on his waist and commanded Sadao Kasai.

"Hey!"

Soon, the three hundred and fifty well-armed devils and four hundred puppet soldiers in charge of this sortie were quickly assembled.