After safely bypassing Lingchuan, after two days of day and night, Zhao Zhi and his more than 4,000 people quietly arrived at their destination, and immediately lurked, and sent a mixed team composed of scouts and officers to draw a detailed topographical map along the highway. Zhao Zhi also specially asked the mixed squad that went out to investigate to find out as much as possible the deployment of the Japanese puppet army strongholds along the way.

Now the Zhengtai Railway is still in the renovation stage, the Japanese army has no railway, only relying on road transportation, the previously sparsely populated highway will be busy immediately, on the first day of Zhao Zhi's monitoring, a total of dozens of cars have passed back and forth, this is a highway that hides huge fighters, Zhao Zhi can't help but begin to reverie. In order to ensure the smooth flow of the highway, the Japanese army built a lot of strongholds along the highway, while protecting the safety of the material transport convoy, it also shouldered the task of maintaining the road and protecting the road, which is why Zhao Zhi must go out to explore the reason for the deployment of the Japanese puppet army strongholds along the highway.

Zhao Zhi led the renovation of the Jewish infantry regiment, and it took nearly two days of hard work for the forward squad to complete the topographic map of more than 100 miles along the way. Zhao Zhi's rush battle this time has now become an authentic ambush battle, so the scouts lost their role, and after resting for the night, Zhao Zhi scattered them again.

Replaced by Jewish soldiers who were used by Zhao Zhi as donkeys like this, I am afraid that they would have blown up the nest a long time ago, but the scouts are different, they are all elite scouts selected by Zhao Zhi, 20 kg weight-bearing cross-country running once a day in the morning and evening, that is the usual training of the scouts, and they generally run 10 kilometers during training, if Zhao Zhi is in a bad mood or they are happy to run, it is a 15-kilometer weight-bearing cross-country run, in Zhao Zhi's words, these guys are all counting donkeys, and it is not good to always be locked in the circle, You have to let them out.

With the exception of the snipers, all the scouts were sent out to lurk along the road for more than 100 miles, searching for fighters for the Jewish infantry regiment and also taking on the task of detecting the enemy. The scout captain ** who received the task immediately set off with the scout and walkie-talkie, looking at the well-equipped scout team, Zhao Zhi was quite pleased. The 30 scouts who were selected to fight with them this time were the most elite in Zhao Zhi's hands, in addition to a Thomson submachine gun and a pistol, Zhao Zhi also equipped the scouts with small items such as steel crossbows, silencers, camouflage nets, etc., as for the walkie-talkies and radios used to transmit messages, they were distributed to the scout squad.

In this way, Zhao Zhi knew everything about the movements within 100 kilometers along the highway, and the scouts who were lurking in sections continued to send the situation on the highway to Zhao Zhi's temporary headquarters, and then the staff officers marked it on the improvised sand table. But in the face of the ubiquitous fighters, Zhao Zhi was not moved, because two days had passed, and more than a dozen convoys passed in front of Zhao Zhi's eyes, and Zhao Zhi did not move them. In Zhao Zhi's words, this is to not startle the snake, good steel must be used on the blade, and the shot must be thunderous without leaving hidden dangers.

In fact, Zhao Zhi at this time was not as leisurely as he appeared on the surface, and he never made a move, because he had not yet received information from the CCP and the military commanders. At the beginning of formulating this long-distance raid operation, Zhao Zhi secretly contacted the military commander and the CCP, and the war at any time is inseparable from the support of intelligence, and Zhao Zhi is a person who likes to plan first and then act, so whether their success in this raid depends to a large extent on the acquisition and transmission of intelligence by the military commander and the CCP.

As the Japanese army in Shanxi was entangled with hundreds of thousands of Nationalist troops in the World War II zone, they were stockpiling less and less ammunition on the front line, especially guns and mountain artillery shells. In order to alleviate the pressure of the Japanese puppet army on the Jinzhong front, the Japanese army headquarters in North China decided to make a full supplement to the ammunition of the Japanese puppet army in Shanxi, and the Japanese army headquarters in North China decided to transfer more than 150 cars to converge two car squadrons at the transfer station, a total of 200 cars to transport materials to the front line, for the safety of this batch of materials, the Japanese army headquarters in North China specially transferred a large group of elite imperial troops, and at the same time a squadron of baggage soldiers in the rear, plus strengthened artillery, heavy machine guns, etc., a total of 2,000 escort teams, The ammunition was escorted to Shanxi.

The first few convoys that transported ammunition supplies to Shanxi were only a small convoy of a dozen or a dozen vehicles, and it was difficult to notice a movement of this scale, but this large-scale transfer of the Japanese army was very conspicuous. Their grand campaign did not hide the underground party and military commanders hidden in the city, and soon, this information was transmitted to Zhao Zhi's temporary headquarters hidden in the mountains and forests.

"Sir, information from Qinglongping!" Luo Ying came to Zhao Zhi with a telegram, although Luo Ying learned a lot of words with Zhao Zhi, but there were a lot of words on this telegram, and he didn't know many words in it, but looking at Zhao Zhi's face, the content of this telegram should not be bad news.

"According to the investigation, in order to alleviate the shortage of ammunition on the Jinzhong front, the Japanese army decided to transfer 150 vehicles from the Japanese Army Headquarters in North China to join the two automobile squadrons belonging to the Yamada Heavy Force of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army, a total of 200 vehicles. Under the protection of a brigade of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army and a large number of artillery and heavy machine guns, totaling more than 2,000 people, it passed through the territory of Licheng from Shexian County and opened to Dongyang Pass. Delivery of ammunition and supplies to the Japanese troops on the front line, the specific departure time is July 14"

After reading the telegram, Zhao Zhi's mood was extremely excited, and the big fish that he had been waiting for finally came. "Sir, is the Japanese army too many escort troops this time? Although we have 4,000 people, but those Jewish soldiers are fighting the Japanese army for the first time, and we lack heavy firepower weapons, once they suppress our firepower, we will be in danger" After reading the telegram, and seeing Zhao Zhi's slightly excited expression, Xiao Ziyun hurriedly reminded him.

Hearing Xiao Ziyun's reminder, Zhao Zhi just smiled, this action plan has lasted half a month from the formulation to the current state of preparation, how could Zhao Zhi ruin his hard work because of the moment. "A few of you come here" Zhao Zhi gathered Xiao Ziyun and several of their staff officers with suspicious faces together, and among them was a map of Jindong marked with the deployment of the enemy's troops drawn according to the scout's reconnaissance results.

Zhao Zhi didn't speak, just sat on the map with a pencil and marked, the tip of the pen slowly wandered along the curve, and suddenly, Zhao Zhi's pen tip stopped. Xiao Ziyun, who had been staring, subconsciously read out the place that Zhao Zhi was pointing to now, "Xiangtangpu". According to the information from the scout team a few days ago, this place is very suitable for ambushes, and the entire highway stretches for several kilometers and shuttles between the mountains.

"Staff Officer Xiao, reintroduce to you the terrain of Xiangtangpu and the deployment of the surrounding enemy forces" Zhao Zhi heard Xiao Ziyun accurately call out Xiangtangpu, so he dropped his pencil and motioned to Xiao Ziyun to explain everyone's doubts.

"Yes, sir" Xiao Ziyun called Zhao Zhi a commander according to the custom of the national army, and after standing up and saluting, he picked up the pencil that Zhao Zhi threw on the map, and introduced the topographic map and the deployment of the Japanese army that the scout team had reconnoitred in the early stage for the officers gathered around.

"Xiangtangpu, located in the Dongyang Pass of Licheng County on the long line of Handan, Dongyang Pass is also known as Hukou old (so) Pass, Hukou Pass, Yukou, Spring and Autumn Pass, Ming set up the Inspection Division, although it is not as dangerous as the Pingxing Pass, Niangzi Pass, Yanmen Pass in the north, but in terms of its topography, it is also the hole road leading to Jiyu in Shanxi, and it is the main vein of Taihang Mountain. Here the zigzag and traverse are two cliffs, the Wuhou Ridge and the Guandong slope in the east are all chaotic stone layers, and there are caves and caves, and there is hardly a step to walk. This section of the road stretches for a total of 5 kilometers, and it is a good battlefield for ambushes," said Zhao Zhi, who looked at Zhao Zhi, who did not move, and then said, "Because the implementation of the Xinghuo plan some time ago has completely interrupted the Japanese army's Zhengtai Railway, and now the Japanese army can only rely on this road to deliver supplies and ammunition to the Jinzhong front, so the strength of the strongholds along the way has been greatly strengthened, according to the reconnaissance of the scout team, more than 1,000 Japanese troops are stationed in Licheng, more than 800 people are stationed in Shexian County, and more than 1,500 people are stationed in Wu'an, and a stronghold is set up in Dongyang Pass, More than 200 people are stationed to protect this traffic artery"

Zhao Zhi, who was standing with his back hand, had been listening quietly, and when he heard the important situations, he marked them on the map one by one, and soon, the deployment of Japanese troops around Xiangtangpu was clearly displayed in front of everyone. "Staff Officer Xiao, do you estimate how many troops will be sent to each stronghold of the Japanese army for reinforcements if we ambush the enemy's convoy in Xiangtangpu?" Zhao Zhi gasped when he looked at the deployment of the troops around the Japanese army, this is a bit too much to add the more than 2,000 Japanese troops who escorted the supplies, and the 4,000 Jewish soldiers in his hands don't know if they can withstand it.

After listening to Zhao Zhi's question, although everyone had already been prepared, the officers present were all frozen, and they all stared at Zhao Zhi who was leaning over the map in front of them with big eyes and disbelief. You must know that ambushing the Japanese convoy under heavy siege is tantamount to pulling teeth out of the tiger's mouth, and if you don't get it right, you will fall into the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army. Although surprised, Xiao Ziyun still carefully carried out the statistics, and soon, the maximum number of troops that the enemy could reinforce was calculated, but the results of the statistics made Xiao Ziyun's face change greatly.