Chapter 401 The First Battle of Lushan

The relaxed and lively atmosphere was only in the early stages of the march, and the ranks of the quartermaster department had become tense after entering the Lushan area. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

China and Japan are fighting for peripheral areas in all directions around Wuhan, and the Lushan area is already in the midst of war.

Huo Xiaoshan had already memorized the simple map in his heart, but he gave the original map to Shen Chong, who had always been a top soldier.

But unfortunately, due to the complexity of the Lushan Mountains, their map was simple in the past, although the direction they were heading was not wrong as expected, but the peaks they saw in their eyes were no longer in line with the map.

The mountain had become steeper and steeper, and the sound of distant bombardment could already be heard.

There was no more gossip among the soldiers in the queue, and it was entirely possible to have an encounter with the Japanese army without knowing where they were and not knowing the situation of the battle.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for this to happen.

When Huo Xiaoshan led the group to a mountain pass, a scout hurriedly ran back from the front, and Huo Xiaoshan reported: "We are stepping on the tail of a Japanese army." “

"Oh?" Huo Xiaoshan's eyes lit up.

This is really a blessing and a curse for the enemy, and without a map, he unknowingly went around behind the Japanese army.

"Let's go, let's go!" Huo Xiaoshan ran forward, and Xiao Shisuo, who was his herald, also hurriedly followed.

Huo Xiaoshan asked the soldier who had turned around and ran with him as he ran forward: "How many devils?" “

"I see more than five hundred," the soldier replied.

"Oh." Huo Xiaoshan didn't speak again, it's a little too early to say anything, you have to see the devil and look at the terrain before speaking.

When the three of them had been running for more than ten minutes to get around the mountain in front of them, they saw a reconnaissance platoon of soldiers gesturing to them in a row of trees, so they lowered their bodies and completely covered themselves in the cover of the trees.

After entering the woods, they had already seen Shen Chong and them lying on the other side of the woods, so Huo Xiaoshan and the others changed from leaning down to crawling forward, until they climbed to the same position as Shen Chong.

Shen Chong didn't say anything when he saw Huo Xiaoshan coming, but pointed forward slightly with his fingers. Sure enough, at the foot of the hill ahead, dozens of Japanese soldiers could be seen marching, and it was obvious that most of them had bypassed the mountain.

"What should I do?" Shen Chong asked in a low voice.

Huo Xiaoshan looked at the mountains on both sides of the Japanese army and shook his head, this battle can't be fought, if they are in front of the Japanese army, it will be easy to do, they only need to ambush the Japanese army on both sides or on the opposite mountain, but now it is not possible to be behind the Japanese army.

Seeing that the last Japanese soldier had disappeared behind the mountain, Huo Xiaoshan thought for a while and said, "Follow them first, don't let them find out, and see if there will be a chance after a while." “

"Well, it looks like that's all there is to it." Shen Chong naturally understands that there is no way to fight now, and it is not for the two sides to grab the position, if the battle is completed, if the enemy is injured by 1,000 and the self-loss is 800, then this deal will be a loss.

The Japanese army didn't find them now, and they could follow them secretly as Huo Xiaoshan said, until they found a suitable terrain or opportunity.

"Tell the troops behind to keep up, and tell the people behind the hall to keep an eye on the back." Huo Xiaoshan said.

Now there is a battalion of soldiers, and when the enemy situation is unknown, Huo Xiaoshan divided the reconnaissance platoon into two parts.

The large number of people was led by Shen Chong to investigate the situation in the front, and the small number was carried by small stones to prevent the Japanese troops from coming up from behind.

After the last Japanese soldier disappeared into the mountain for more than ten minutes, Shen Chong waved his hand, and the two sharp soldiers got up from the ground and walked forward in a normal appearance.

Shen Chong's reconnaissance platoon was all dressed in civilian clothes, so that there was a buffer room in case of any emergency.

The two spikes quickly rounded the mountain, and after a while, one of them emerged from behind and beckoned to him.

So in this way, Shen Chong Huo Xiaoshan and the others also got up and walked forward with their guns.

In this way, Huo Xiaoshan and the others carefully embellished behind the Japanese army, but fortunately, the Japanese army was not as careful as Huo Xiaoshan, and did not arrange for the people who swept the tail behind and were out of the sight of the Japanese army, and a battalion of national soldiers also quietly followed behind.

It was gradually approaching dusk, and at this time, Huo Xiaoshan and the people of the reconnaissance platoon were already hiding in the low woods of another valley and observing forward, and the Japanese army was marching to a high ground a few hundred meters away.

But there is nothing to see on the slope, and the top is not visible like the mountain peak, but it should be a relatively wide and flat place, and in the distance, there are mountains connected to each other.

Seeing that the last few Japanese soldiers climbed the high slope, they stopped at the edge of the high ground, some had already sat down, some were holding guns and looking back and forth, Huo Xiaoshan, who was hidden in the woods, subconsciously lowered his figure.

Huo Xiaoshan and Shen Chong exchanged glances, and naturally understood that this was the Japanese army's plan to camp.

"I can't beat it." Shen Chong sighed lightly.

Now the valley where they are located, the high slope where the Japanese army is located, and the mountain peaks above the high slope are like three steps, Huo Xiaoshan They are on the lowest step, and the Japanese army is on their heads, which is impossible to attack from the back, unless they have a condescending advantage on the mountain above the high slope where the Japanese army is located.

Huo Xiaoshan didn't say anything, but picked up the telescope handed over by the small stone lock and observed ahead.

The mountains on the high slope are also lush with grass and trees, and the telescope is only the greenery of the forest, which is far away and nearly a thousand meters, and Huo Xiaoshan's eyes are sharp and he can't see anything famous.

"Go and bring in a company's troops, first call with machine guns and grenadiers, and don't expose the target." Huo Xiaoshan locked the small stone.

"What are you going to do?" Shen Chong asked Huo Xiaoshan in a low voice.

"Wait until it gets dark, and see if you have a chance to touch it." Huo Xiaoshan replied.

He transferred a company first, not only because the woods where they could hide were not large, but also because he could deploy a company's firepower, but also because he was afraid that the Japanese army would send an observation post to the top of the mountain.

Since it was a high point, if the Japanese army had an observation post and wanted to move troops into the woods, it would have to wait until it was dark.

In the midst of silent waiting, I saw several Japanese soldiers standing guard on the edge of the high ground, either pacing with guns in hand, or standing there and looking around.

It's already August, and the scout platoon in the woods aren't worried about being spotted by them, and the trees are green, and it's not easy to find the lurking people in the dense forest with a telescope.

Green smoke has already risen from the high ground, presumably because the Japanese army has begun to bury the pot and make rice.

"If only we were on the top of that hill, the machine gun grenadier would be a hard smash down, at least half of the people who could kill the little devils." One of the soldiers in the reconnaissance platoon whispered.

"Think of good things!" A soldier retorted.

But before he could say "think of good things," there was a sudden burst of gunfire on the high ground, as if he was not saying "think about good things" but "shoot at them"!

Although the gunfire was urgent, Huo Xiaoshan heard the penetrating sound of the heavy machine gun's unique "holes" at the moment when the gunshots rang out.

They heard the gunfire but could not see the smoke or fire, and it was evident that the troops who had fired were lying in ambush on the hill but not very high, so they were obscured by the high ground.

"There are our people on the mountain, get ready for battle!" Huo Xiaoshan shouted, the gunfire was fierce, and he didn't need to hide his voice anymore.