In order to gain time for retreat, he strived to reach the defensive position in advance before the Japanese army reached the position of the only regiment in Beishan, and ordered the troops to run forward in concealment.

It was getting dark, and the Japanese army saw a lot of vague figures suddenly appearing in Xishan, and they were running along the mountain beam at the fastest speed in the direction of Chengnanzhuang, and the commander of the Katayama Brigade, who was cautious, ordered the troops to advance quickly along the Bao (Ding) Fu (Ping) Road, and must rush to Chengnanzhuang before the large number of black shadows in Shanliang.

Commander Cui saw that the Japanese troops under the mountain suddenly accelerated their march, and he shouted: "Comrades, the enemy is racing against us, as long as our Fifth Regiment arrives at the north mountain of the military city ahead of schedule, rendezvous with the only regiment, and concentrates its forces and firepower to block the attacking enemy, we will definitely be able to complete the blocking task assigned to us by Commander Nie of the Military Region. ”

The 5th Regiment raced against the enemy marching on the road at the ridge of the mountain, and the two armies, in the hazy darkness of the night, quickly moved towards the northern hills.

Li Gang, the acting commander of the only regiment, received a report from a soldier sent to the front to reconnoitre: The large Japanese army is rapidly marching along the Baofu Highway to Beishan, and the Fifth Regiment is racing against time with the enemy along the Xishan mountain beam and is retreating to our Beishan position at the fastest speed.

Ma Mingshan frowned and said to Li Gang: "Commander Li Dai, the attacking enemy is adventurous and frantically marching to the front command post of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region in Chengnanzhuang, the purpose of which is to occupy favorable terrain in the area of Chengnanzhuang before the fifth regiment and launch an attack on the military region station, but the enemy commander should not expect our only regiment to set up an ambush in Beishan, I suggest that a company of the cavalry battalion be dispatched to take a shortcut to feint against the Japanese army entering the army, disrupt the devil's marching plan, and cover the safe withdrawal of the fifth regiment to the Beishan position. ”

Gong Zhijian, deputy commander of the cavalry battalion, led the second company to take a shortcut to feint against the vanguard of the Japanese army, and encountered the enemy three miles away.

Gong Zhijian received the order to feint and pinch, and as soon as he made contact, he was hit by the enemy's fierce fire, and he shouted: "Retreat while fighting, don't fall in love with the battle, the enemy is far away, and then suddenly kill back the carbine." ”

When the commander of the Japanese army, the commander of the Katayama Brigade, found that the cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army were attacking, the Japanese army had just deployed and began to counterattack, and the cunning cavalry of the Eighth Route Army quickly retreated backwards and did the same several times.

The commander of the Katayama Brigade scolded: "Bastard, the Tubalu sent a cavalry team to harass my troops marching to Chengnanzhuang, trying to contain and delay the advance of our Imperial Japanese Army, and ordered the vanguard to concentrate their forces to surround the Tubalu Cavalry Company, and all of them are dead." ”

Gong Zhijian, deputy commander of the cavalry battalion, was carrying out the fifth feint attack, and had just made contact with the Japanese front team, when suddenly a large army of devils rushed to both sides at the fastest speed and immediately encircled it.

Gong Zhijian laughed and said: "The soldiers of the second cavalry company concentrated their forces to break through the encircled Japanese army on the right flank, broke away from the Baofu road, and immediately retreated to the northeast to lure the little devils to follow. ”

The commander of the Katayama Brigade saw that the Second Company of the Eighth Route Army led by Gong Zhijian had escaped again, and changed direction, escaping from Baofu Road and running to the northeast.

At this time, the Fifth Regiment of the Eighth Route Army evaded the tracking of the Japanese army, and under the lure and containment of the second company of the cavalry of the only regiment against the enemy's vanguard, it rushed down the mountain beam, went around to the front of the enemy, and ran along the Baofu Road to retreat to the north mountain.

Li Gang stood on the high ground of Beishan, staring at the Baofu Road leading to the military city with big eyes, and suddenly in the night, he found a huge army of black shadows, which was rushing towards Beishan at the fastest speed.

He asked Zhang Ting, the commander of a battalion beside him: "A platoon of soldiers sent to monitor the Baofu Highway at the foot of the mountain, did they send back information from the mountain?" Did you see that? From the Baofu Highway in the direction of the military city, a large number of moving black shadows rushed over, and I don't know if it was the Fifth Regiment that had withdrawn. ”

Zhang Ting also saw a large number of black shadows moving rapidly on the Baofu Highway towards Beishan, but he believed that if the three companies and seven platoons of the 1st Battalion sent to the bottom of the mountain to reconnoiter found that the enemy situation would be able to shoot and warn even if they did not have time to run up the mountain to report.

He said to Li Gang: "Acting Commander Li, I believe it should be the fifth regiment that has withdrawn from Xishan, if the black shadow that rushed over was the enemy, the seventh platoon under the mountain would have called the police a long time ago." ”

At this time, the seven rows hidden more than a mile outside the mountain, when they found that hundreds of black shadows rushed over from the southwest Baofu Highway, and they were rushing over along the Baofu Highway, he did not know whether he was friend or foe, and vigilantly led a squad of soldiers to leave the Baofu Highway ten meters away from the Baofu Highway under the cover of night, and rushed over without fear in the face of a large number of black shadows rushing over.

The seventh platoon commander led a squad of soldiers, approaching the black shadows rushing over, and suddenly ordered the soldiers to lie on the ground, he carefully recognized what these black shadows said, and finally confirmed that it was the fifth regiment that had withdrawn from its position and moved to Beishan.

The squad leader next to him was about to jump out to connect with the fifth regiment, and the seventh platoon commander immediately crushed him to the ground and said in a low voice: "Don't be reckless, once we rush out, the soldiers of the fifth regiment will think that they are the enemy and will immediately shoot back, and none of us will survive at that time." ”

"What then? If we don't catch up as soon as possible, if this large number of black shadows rushes to the hidden place of our seventh platoon at the bottom of the mountain, the soldiers of the seventh platoon will not be able to figure out whether this army is friend or foe, and once they shoot and block it, it will be a big incident. The squad leader next to him said anxiously.

The seventh platoon commander resolutely shouted in a low voice: "You lie here and don't move, I will rush out by myself, find their commander, and connect in advance, there should be no problems." ”

"No, you just said that it would be dangerous to rush out suddenly, why are you still so brutal?"

The seventh platoon commander shook his head nervously in the night and said: "If you don't contact in time, it will really go wrong, it's too late, I have to rush out to connect with the commander of the fifth regiment." ”

He pushed away the squad leader who grabbed him, suddenly stood up, raised the gun in his hand and shouted: "Brothers of the Fifth Regiment, I am the commander of the third company and the seventh platoon of the first battalion of the only regiment, and I am here to answer you on the order of our acting regiment commander Li Gang, please don't shoot, you are all your own people." ”

The black shadow who was running heard a black shadow standing up about ten meters on the side of the road, shouting and shouting to hear what he was shouting and not being able to hear what he was shouting, and a company commander shouted to the soldiers around him: "You rush over with me, arrest that black shadow, if it is a little devil, kill him on the spot." ”

A large number of black shadows running away from Baofu Road rushed to the seventh platoon commander standing ten meters away with a gun, and the company commander in front shouted: "Who are you?" Why are you standing here? Stand with your head in your hands, and if you move, you'll be killed. ”

The seventh platoon commander saw more than a dozen figures rushing over, he was afraid that a group of soldiers hidden behind him suddenly stood up uncalmly, and he said to the voice behind him: "No matter what happens, no one should move, this is an order." ”

More than a dozen black shadows rushed to the seventh platoon commander, and immediately surrounded him, and the company commander who took the lead jumped in front of the seventh platoon commander in a few steps, and asked fiercely: "Who are you?" Why are you still standing here when it's dark? ”

"May I ask if you are the fifth regiment that is blocking the enemy in the west hill of the military city? I am the commander of the third company and the seventh platoon of the first battalion of the only regiment, and I am waiting here for the acting commander of the only regiment, Li Dai, for fear that there will be a misunderstanding between the two Eighth Route Army troops at night, so I specially meet you here. ”

The company commander asked in disbelief in the night, "Are you alone?" I don't believe it, but let me tell you, we are the Fifth Regiment of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, which has just been withdrawn, and if you still have people who come to meet you, call them all out. ”

He seized the gun in the hands of the seventh platoon commander and ordered the dozen or so black shadows around him: "Lie on the ground and prepare for battle, once this person tells a lie, the enemy in ambush suddenly rushes out, and you must quickly counterattack and retreat." ”

The seventh platoon commander said with admiration in his heart: "This comrade, your vigilance is very high, in order to avoid misunderstanding, you ordered me to bring a squad of soldiers hidden behind me and throw out the gun in your hand first, so that you can believe it, right?" ”

After a short exchange, the company commander of the fifth regiment and more than a dozen black shadows finally believed in returning the weapons thrown by the soldiers of the first battalion of the single regiment and the seven platoons and one platoon, and led the seven platoon commanders and eleven people to catch up with the large army.

The commander of the 7th platoon quickly connected with the commander of the 5th regiment, Cui, and the men of the 7th platoon commander rushed to the front, so as not to misunderstand the troops of the only regiment who were set up in ambush at the foot of the Beishan position, and shoot to block the attack.

(End of chapter)