Seeing that Peng Dingjie's feelings eased up, Yang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. However, although Patten's love is much better, Yang Zhen knows that it is difficult for people who have not experienced unforgettable betrayal to understand this feeling. These consolations of my own will not play much of a role. It will take time to truly make up for the wounds in his heart.

Yang Zhen thinks that Patten needs time to heal the wounds in his heart, and Guo Bingxun believes that the best way to restore Guo Bingxun is to divert his attention.

Guo Bingxun opened the map and said to Yang Zhen: "Old Yang, according to your predetermined plan, since Lao Peng has returned, then it is time for us to attack." If we don't move, I'm afraid we will be trapped in the Yabuli Mountains, and the anti-Japanese alliance, which is short of food and ammunition, will not last long. What are you going to do? Are we going straight to the Yabuli Mountains? ”

"The Japanese puppet army there has focused their attention on the anti-union on the mountain, and we are rushing at the moment, so we should be able to catch them off guard. We can not only rescue the trapped anti-Japanese federation in Yabuli, but also seize supplies to replenish ourselves by the transport team that fights devils. Although we have not been training for a long time, we have always been training with live ammunition, and we have not much ammunition in our hands. ”

Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "Lao Peng, Lao Guo, now that the main force of the Western Expedition of the Anti-Union has collapsed, and we don't know what to do under the nose of the devil, where do you think the devil's next focus will be?" Will we continue to search for and eliminate us, or will we focus on the resistance to the United Nations that is still holding out in the east? And where is their weak point, that is, where is the most lax defense? ”

Yang Zhen kept sliding his finger on the map as he spoke, stopped at a point and continued without waiting for the two to answer: "The next step for the devil will definitely focus on the Weihe, Acheng, and even the mountainous areas of Wuchang, so as to continue to clear out the scattered troops of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. ”

"Plus, they're not going to let us go. I have a feeling that after the devils have cleared the mountainous areas in this area, the next thing they may be to mobilize heavy troops to carry out a sweep in the Ning'an and Mudanjiang areas. After the devils have cleared out Wuchang, Acheng, Zhuhe, and Weihe, they have not found any trace of us, and they are bound to expand their attention to the east. That is, the area of Mudanjiang and Ning'an. ”

"Even they might guess now that we should be hiding in the mountains around Ning'an. Devils are not stupid, on the contrary, they are very shrewd. We beat their pioneer regiment in the Liudaohezi Pioneer Regiment, but we did not cross the railway for a long time, and according to common sense, we could only go east or southeast. It can even be deduced that we are still active west of the Mudanjiang River and have not crossed the Mudanjiang River. The goal of those six cars was too obvious. ”

"And the most suitable area for us to hide around here is the mountainous area at the junction of Ning'an and Wuchang. It is a vast and sparsely populated area, and it is located in the deep mountains and old forests, and we have a large amount of grain seized from Liudaohezi in our hands, so we don't have to worry about food problems until autumn comes. ”

"The devil didn't let us go, the reason why we don't have anything to do now, but the anti-union forces that suddenly appeared on the front line of Weihe, Zhuhe, and Wuchang attracted their attention. I always have a feeling that the transfer of the main force of the devils in the reed river should be related to their next plan of action. ”

"Since I decided to go out of the mountain, I have been pondering the next move of the devils and their weaknesses for the past few days. I feel that now that the main forces of the devils have withdrawn to Harbin, Mudanjiang, and Jiamusi areas, and most of the troops they have left here have been attracted by the Anti-Japanese Federation in the mountainous areas around Yabuli, then the devils' defense in Weihe County will inevitably be relaxed. ”

"The Anti-Japanese Federation there has been defeated, and the county seat of Weihe is located on the Binsui Railway, with convenient transportation, which is more suitable for the devils to mobilize reinforcements in a short time, so the devils would never have thought that we would fight their county town of Weihe. How about you say that we attack Weihe County and attract the Japanese puppet army in the Yabuli Mountains? ”

Guo Bingxun looked at the point of Yang Zhen's finger on the map, pondered for a while, and said, "Old Yang, do you mean to save Zhao from Wei Wei?" The method of feints to attack the county seat of Weihe was used to attract the Japanese puppet army in the Yabuli Mountains back to the county seat. As long as the Japanese puppet army in the Yabuli Mountains is attracted back to Weihe County, then the Anti-Japanese League trapped there will naturally be able to get out. ”

"It's just that our troops have just barely been formed, and there is still a big gap in weapons and equipment, even if there is no rifle per person. In such a situation, will it be dangerous to carry out a long-distance raid to attack a county seat? ”

"After all, we are fighting for the first time, and most of them, except for the old brothers in the concentration camps, are new recruits who have not experienced war. The goal of this first practice is to choose a smaller one. If you go directly to gnaw hard bones, you won't get the meat and you won't eat it, and then your teeth will break. We feinted to attack Weihe County, once we were stuck by the Japanese puppet army in the city, according to our current strength, it would be difficult to hold on under the pursuit of the Japanese puppet army. ”

"Whoever said I wanted to feint, I would fight it. Hit it in the place where the devil hurts the most. We are now short of food and ammunition, and so is the Anti-Alliance, and the attacking places simply cannot provide enough supplies for us. So I think that if you fight, you will hit Weihe County. Either we won't move, or if we do, we'll give him an earth-shattering blow. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's plan, Guo Bingxun shook his head and said, "Old Yang, I have reservations about your plan. With our current strength, attacking a county town with two regular squadrons of devils is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. My opinion is to go straight to Yabuli and hit the devil's convoy first. ”

"Lao Guo, now that most of the main forces of the Anti-Japanese Federation have been sacrificed or dispersed, a small part of them trapped in the Yabuli Mountains may have run out of ammunition and food, and they are no longer able to form even the smallest threat to Weihe County."

In the devil's view, there is no major threat to the Anti-Japanese Federation in the Hadong area, and with the convenient transportation of the Weihe River, the devil's defense will naturally be relaxed. It should be the right time for us to sneak attack Weihe County at this time. ”

"Lao Guo, it is not the best way for us to go straight to the Yabuli Mountains to rescue the Anti-Japanese Federation. The devils are anxious to completely wipe out the anti-Japanese federation there, and they are bound to strengthen their vigilance. We went straight there, and it was hard to find a solid foothold. Instead of confronting the devil face to face, it is better to take advantage of the situation to sneak attack Weihe County. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's insistence, Guo Bingxun asked Peng Dingjie helplessly: "Lao Peng, you have fought guerrillas with devils in the Anti-Japanese Federation for many years, and you have more experience in fighting devils in this regard than us, what do you think of Lao Yang's opinion?" ”

Patten Dingjie, who has been thinking intently since Yang Zhen said his thoughts, heard Guo Bingxun ask himself, looked at the map and said, "Old Guo, I feel that Lao Yang's plan is feasible." The devil must be extremely well guarded in the Yabuli Mountains at this time. Judging from my many years of experience in the Anti-Japanese Federation, in order to prevent the breakthrough of the Anti-Japanese Federation there, the devils will definitely adopt the tactics of responding to each other, gathering heavy troops, and pulling the net to investigate. ”

"And if we go straight into the Yabuli Mountains, the terrain is unfamiliar at all, and it is easy to form a situation of waiting for work. Moreover, against the tactics of the Japanese puppet army, we may not be able to quickly capture the fighters. Even if we seize the fighters, are we sure that we will annihilate the Japanese puppet army in a short period of time? ”

"If the war drags on, we will be in danger of being glued to the devils. On the contrary, it was beneficial for the Japanese puppet army to encircle us in turn. Rather than this, it is better to go straight to the county seat of Weihe. The devil has just won a big victory, and the vigilance of Weihe County will be slackened than that of Yabuli. ”

Moreover, the surrounding area of Weihe County is mountainous, and most of the surrounding Japanese puppet army is concentrated in the Yabuli area. Compared with Yabuli, which is currently concentrating heavy troops in the attack, we have much more room for maneuver and maneuver around Weihe County than in the area around Yabuli. ”

"We can attack and retreat. When the war is unfavorable, we can retreat to the mountains at any time, and we don't have to worry about encountering the Japanese puppet army in a short time. If necessary, we can also retreat west to the territory of the Pearl River. ”

Hearing that Peng Dingjie also agreed with Yang Zhen's opinion, Guo Bingxun hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, although the military thing has to be arbitrary most of the time, it is also very important when necessary." Since you all insist on fighting the county seat of Weihe, then I obey. ”

Now that he has decided to fight Weihe County, Yang Zhen did not delay in the slightest and opened the map and said: "Even if the devils set up defenses in Weihe County now, then their defense focus should be roughly in the northwest and southeast directions of Weihe County. ”

"All four directions are fortified, even if the county seat of Weihe is not big, but in terms of the devils of just two squadrons, they don't have so many troops now. According to the calculation of the strength of the troops they have at hand now, they can only set up key defenses for the time being. So I prepared that we should cross the Erdaohai Lang River westward, pass the line of Wei'an Mountain, and then strike from his southwest. ”

"In order to achieve maximum tactical suddenness, we always marched through the mountains, without entering any villages in between, and trying not to come into contact with the local people. Diurnal and nocturnal. During the day, they hid in the mountains and forests to rest, and marched at night. There are also people who meet on the road, and they will all be taken away, and they will be released back after the battle starts. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen said to Peng Dingjie: "Old Peng, you have all the remaining grain stored parts fried into fried rice." Bring enough dry food for five days to every warrior. In addition, we cannot give up lightly, and we will use it as a foothold for us in the future. Before we leave, we must hide all the supplies that we can't take with us. Leave a few reliable people behind. Tell them to be careful not to come into contact with strangers. I guess when we start, the devils should notice this. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen looked at the time and said to the two people in front of him: "Time is running out, let's prepare separately immediately." Lao Peng, you go and prepare dry food and arrange for the left-behind personnel. Lao Guo, you are checking the weapons and ammunition. Except for leaving some weapons and ammunition for the people left behind, all the other weapons and ammunition that can be carried are taken away, after all, we don't have much ammunition now. Let's set off at 17 o'clock in the evening and strive to arrive at the first line of Shetanggou early tomorrow morning. ”

In order to worry that the team that had just been formed was not broken up but was scattered because of the night march, Yang Zhen deliberately suppressed the speed of the march. However, more than a month of intensive training still played a certain role, except for wading through the Erdao Hailang River, which was delayed for a while because of a pack horse, the march all the way was also considered smooth. The arrival of the troops on the front line of Shetanggou was still expected to be a little earlier.

After all, except for a few areas with relatively developed transportation, such as the current Manchukuo, the main means of transportation for Chinese in most areas is still feet. The former soldiers of the National Army in the army were not many of the most well-equipped Central Army in China at this time, and there were naturally no modern mechanized means of transportation, and the train was only occasionally able to sit after arriving in the war zone, and most of the time it mainly relied on foot marching.

Compared with their experience of marching on foot from Sichuan to the war zone, the march of dozens of miles was nothing to them.

Most of the laborers who joined the army were poor peasants before they were arrested or deceived into going to the Northeast. No matter how high the price of the rich is, no one will be deceived into coming to the Northeast for that ration.

And the guns and ammunition they carried with them did not bring any trouble to these former peasants, who were accustomed to picking up hundreds of catties of grain and walking dozens of miles away. What's more, there are quite a few people who are still bare-handed, and they don't even have rifles. So although the march was a little harder, it was still nothing to these people.

Seeing that there was still some time in the sky, and the physical consumption of the troops was not too much, and there was still some surplus, Yang Zhen decided to rush to the front line of Wei'an Mountain overnight when he arrived at the front line of Shetanggou. Arriving at the front line of Wei'an Mountain, I am resting.

Yang Zhen didn't expect that it was his decision that made him painstakingly formulate the plan to attack Weihe County, but it was in vain because of the early encounter with the Japanese puppet army.

Yang Zhen knew that the front line of Wei'an Mountain and the front line of Dacauldron Mountain, where the Japanese puppet army was carrying out a large-scale sweep, were close at hand, so he was extremely careful when marching. It was the puppet Manchurian forestry combined operation station that seemed extremely empty because the puppet Manchurian forest police force stationed in the local area was transferred away to participate in the liquidation of the front line of the cauldron helmet mountain, which was almost equivalent to a pile of fat on the meat case for this unit.

Originally, in Yang Zhen's opinion, although Wei'an Mountain was a little close to the Cauldron Helmet Mountain, which was being heavily surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese puppet army, Wei'an Mountain was high and densely forested, sparsely populated around, and there was no puppet wood field around, which was suitable for the troops to hide and rest during the day. Therefore, after arriving at the first line of Shetanggou and finding that there were two so-called puppet wood farms, Yang Zhen re-chose this place as a resting place.

It's just that when Yang Zhen led his troops to the dense forest at the southeast foothills of Wei'an Mountain, which was not too far from Weihe County, he had just entered a state of rest and was making the final ammunition adjustments, when the north side of Wei'an Mountain suddenly sounded a dense gunshot.

Huang Dali, who was sent out by Yang Zhen to reconnoiter in advance and rushed back soon after the gunshots rang out, reported breathlessly: "Commander Yang, about five miles away from here in the north of the mountain, there is a group of Japanese puppet troops who are pursuing more than a dozen people. In addition to more than 200 puppet Manchurian forest policemen, more than 100 puppet Manchu soldiers and a team of plainclothes, there were also more than 20 Japanese soldiers among the pursuing Japanese puppet army. ”

"Although the dozen or so people who were being chased in front of them had guns in their hands, they didn't seem to have many bullets, and they could only shoot one or two shots at the most critical moment. Commander, what do you think? Shall we avoid the northwest direction, or will we fight this battle and rescue those few people? ”

Hearing Huang Dali's report, Yang Zhen's brows couldn't help frowning: "Could it be that the Anti-Japanese Federation trapped in the area of the Cauldron Helmet Mountain in the Yabuli region has come out?" ”

"The dozen or so people who were chased must be prominent in the Anti-Japanese Federation, and there are important figures among them, otherwise the devil's pursuers will not chase very closely. More than a dozen people sent nearly four hundred pursuers. ”

After just a little pondering, Yang Zhen reported from Huang Dali's report on the number of Chinese and Japanese puppet troops, and it can be concluded with certainty that the dozen or so people who were chased were not only the Anti-Japanese Federation, but also there must be special people among them. Otherwise, the devil would not have made up his mind, and when the two places of Weihe and Zhuhe were already empty at this time, he would have sent so many people to pursue more than a dozen people. Making this judgment, Yang Zhen did not hesitate at all, and immediately gave the order to prepare for battle.

For Yang Zhen, no matter whether his guess is correct or not, but when he encounters the devil chasing the Anti-Union, he can't help but save it from that aspect. Although Yang Zhen knew that after this battle, no matter what the result was, unless all these Japanese puppet troops were annihilated here, his plan to attack Weihe County could only be abandoned. But give up, give up, this Japanese puppet army that has already leaned on the side, no matter from that aspect, it has to fight.

After making up his mind, Yang Zhen immediately drew up an ambush plan according to the terrain, and faced Guo Bingxun and Peng Dingjie, who were sheltering the stragglers behind at this time, and caught up after hearing the gunshots: "Old Peng, old Guo, the plan has changed." Now about three or four hundred days of the puppet army is pursuing more than a dozen anti-Japanese alliances, and they are coming in our direction. ”

"Judging by the gunshots, they are now less than five miles away from us. Now, it's unlikely that we'll just want to evacuate. With thousands of troops, we can't hide all of our whereabouts at once. Whether we like it or not, we must fight this battle. ”

"Lao Guo, I won't say more. You and I each took two companies to seize the hills on the east and west sides at once, formed an encirclement, and prepared to ambush the Japanese puppet army. Sue sù brothers, with the sound of my gunfire as a signal, I will not give a signal, and no one will be allowed to shoot. ”

"Lao Peng, you take two companies to bypass the hill in the east and detour back to the back of the ass of the Japanese puppet army. Once we start here, no matter what happens here, don't move there. If the Japanese puppet army retreats, you will take these two dead cards and not let them run away on the route of the Japanese puppet army's retreat. ”

After that, Yang Zhen looked at Guo Bingxun and Peng Dingjie in front of him: "My plan is to hit the head, block the waist, and cut off the tail." Judging from the topography here, although the number of Japanese puppet troops is large, the large army cannot be used. The pursuing force of the Japanese puppet army must have been in a column. ”

"Since this Japanese puppet army dares to risk chasing into this forest of forests, it is estimated that they think that the Anti-Japanese Federation no longer has the strength to fight them head-on. So they should be arrogant and not have too much defense against the wings. And we can take advantage of their situation and hit him in an ambush on a dog day. If we're lucky, we can wipe out all these Japanese puppet troops here in one fell swoop. ”

After Guo Bingxun and Peng Dingjie listened to Yang Zhen's plan, there were basically no different opinions. Seeing that the two had no different opinions, Yang Zhen stood up and said, "Okay, you don't have any different opinions, just start acting immediately." ”