"Eat persimmons to pick soft pinch, the Japanese army also brought hundreds of imperial troops into the mountains this time, we can try to fight these imperial army first, the purpose of our crossing the river this time is not to attract the attention of the Japanese army, but for weapons and ammunition, the imperial army troops should be a good target." These veterans of the Sichuan army didn't speak, and they laughed, if even the Imperial Association didn't dare to deal with it, then these soldiers under Zhang Leshan could only go home and farm.

Sun Guohua didn't speak, but quietly watched Tang Cheng persuade the veterans of the Sichuan Army one by one, and after chatting with Lao Northeast, Sun Guohua knew that Tang Cheng, a young boy, was actually the captain and company commander of the 88th Division, and he was also a veteran who fought in the battles of Shanghai and Nanjing. When one person is not brave, but a hundred people are brave, when he was ordered to lead a national salvation army to carry out operations behind enemy lines, the military commander who trained Sun Guohua said so, Sun Guohua now wants to see how Tang Cheng turned these Sichuan troops into brave men.

"We fight the Imperial Army, not only can we get weapons and ammunition, but also can weaken the strength of the Japanese army while mobilizing manpower to conduct a round battle, only soldiers who have really fought to the death with the Japanese army can be regarded as elite, I think you Regiment Commander Zhang will definitely agree with my opinion." A brigade of the Japanese army has a size of 1,000 people, although the Japanese troops at the level of this brigade have suffered casualties in the battle to pursue the New Fourth Army, but it is not something that dozens of them in Tangcheng can fight against the enemy, so Tangcheng thought about pulling Zhang Leshan's regiment across the Fushui River to engage in a round battle with the Japanese army.

After experiencing the battle of Xiaojieling, Tang Cheng was already afraid of large-scale operations, and on a large-scale battlefield with thousands of people, a small force like them could only become cannon fodder, and if they wanted to protect themselves while killing the enemy, they could only fight the Japanese army in a small-unit-to-small combat mode. "Okay, let's go now, go to the eastern foothills of Lijia Mountain, there is a company of the Imperial Cooperative Army, let's take them first." Seeing that these veterans of the Sichuan Army were already a little moved, Tang Cheng immediately made a final decision.

The Japanese army encircled and suppressed the so-called New Fourth Army in Lijiashan, and adopted the old-fashioned tactics of encircling first and then attacking at a prominent point; like the anti-Japanese troops, the Japanese army also knew that the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Allied Army was not very good, so after the Japanese army completed the encirclement of Lijiashan, the Imperial Allied Army troops that came with the team became the alert troops on the periphery of Lijiashan, and this was the case with this Imperial Allied Army company at the eastern foot of Lijiashan Mountain. Xue Guang, nicknamed Xue Manzi, is the company commander of this Imperial Allied Army company, Xue Guang, who was originally a member of the Jiujiang Regiment, defected to the Japanese army just to eat, if he had known that he would be transferred to Pai City to garrison, how could Xue Guang not be the commander of this Imperial Allied Army company.

When the Japanese army attacked, it was not only the Nationalist Army and the National Salvation Army that resisted the Japanese army, but also the New Fourth Army of the Communist Party. If it weren't for the sake of his family and livelihood, Xue Guang would rather go to the dock to carry a big bag than be an imperial army, but unfortunately it is too late to say this now, and the name of the traitor has already been carried on his back.

"You haven't eaten, I've said it a few times, dig the ditch a little deeper, this is something that can save your life, and then you are so confused, you will really lose your life when the time comes, don't blame Lao Tzu for the fuck." Xue Guang, who was wearing riding boots, shouted in his defense area, and the more than 100 soldiers of the Imperial Association Army under his command had no choice but to jump into the trench that was obviously not deep enough to continue digging again. It was the decision of the Japanese army to dig a trench, and Xue Guang himself was very unhappy, but this was an order of the Japanese army, and if he didn't obey it, he would be beaten up, so Xue Guang had to be ruthless to toss these soldiers of the Imperial Association Army under his command.

"Big brother, it's windy here, you better go back to the command post to rest first, the brothers understand your hard work, and they will get it right." Xue Guang's adjutant Wu Hai whispered. Wu Hai is not only Xue Guang's adjutant, but also his sworn brother, Xue Guang can be angry with others, but he can't lose his temper with this Wu Hai who saved his life. Wu Hai is a literate and hyphenated person, and he is a person who can speak, helping Xue Guang to encompass most of the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army under him, if there is no Wu Hai, Xue Guang, the company commander, will not be down-to-earth.

"You, you know to help them talk, if our trenches are not built on time, the Japanese will not be able to let us go." Xue Guang glanced at Wu Hai angrily, and under Wu Hai's compensatory smile, he walked towards his command post a little stupidly. Seeing that his persuasion worked, Wu Hai and several squad leaders secretly glanced at each other, and then followed Xue Guangyi away.

Xue Guanglian's main task was to block the only passage at the eastern foot of Lijia Mountain, once the New Fourth Army in the mountains broke through the Japanese defense line, the Xue Guanglian blocking here became the last interception line, so that trench was very important. Xue Guang and Wu Hai, who returned to the command post, sat and drank tea, they didn't expect that a force would be coming towards them, and they had the intention of eating them in one bite.

The information in Tang Cheng's hand about the garrison of the Imperial Allied Army at the eastern foot of Lijia Mountain came from the Japanese soldier just now, although what the Japanese soldier said was not very clear, but after Tang Cheng's repeated deductions, the final conclusion was almost the same as the actual situation. As in the previous march, after approaching Lijiashan, Tang Cheng still sent the top soldiers out first, and this time the top soldiers were two people under Sun Guohua and Wu Laosan.

The discovery of the Imperial Association Army was two hours later, and the only two remaining two people under Sun Guohua had fought with the Japanese army, and after discovering the Imperial Army, they did not immediately retreat, but found a relatively hidden place and carefully observed the Imperial Association Army. "160 people?" When the news reached Tang Cheng, Tang Cheng was also surprised by the number of this Imperial Cooperative Army company, which had a number of 150 people and had already exceeded the establishment of the National Army Company in terms of scale, but Tang Cheng immediately became happy again, killing this Imperial Cooperative Army company meant that a large number of weapons could be obtained.

Tang Cheng is best at ambushes, but the advanced soldiers who came forward have already detected that this Imperial Alliance army company is digging trenches, even if they send bait to lure them, the other party may not be fooled and take the initiative to attack. It is not possible to lure the other party out with bait, the number of the other party is too large, and it is not possible to pretend to be a Japanese soldier to sneak in and start fighting from the inside, Tang Cheng is completely in trouble. At this moment, Lao Dongbei, who was lying beside him, suddenly elbowed Tang Cheng with his elbow, "Look, a team of devil soldiers has come out." ”

After taking the telescope handed by Lao Dongbei, he went, and sure enough, there was a group of dozens of Japanese soldiers coming out of Lijiashan, looking at the stretchers they were carrying, Tang Cheng knew that these Japanese soldiers who came out of the mountains were obviously escorting the wounded. "Don't worry, let's see." Shaking his shoulders and ignoring Lao Dongeast's scratching, Tang Cheng, who was lying on the ground, was still looking at the defense area of the Imperial Allied Army with a telescope. Probably because these Japanese soldiers came out of the mountains, the people of the Imperial Alliance Army did not check on those Japanese soldiers, but just let these Japanese soldiers carrying stretchers sway their arms to their own defense area.

"Keep up, first defeat these devils who specialize in escorting wounded soldiers, if we are lucky enough, maybe we can follow them to find the Japanese army's field ambulance, medicine can save lives more than ammunition." Choosing the Japanese army or the Imperial Allied Army as the opponent, this is not a choice at all in Tang Cheng's opinion, not to mention that if you follow these Japanese soldiers who have passed through the Imperial Allied Army's defense area to find their ambulance, the loot obtained is far richer than killing a company of the Imperial Allied Army.

Tang Cheng only left Sun Guohua's two subordinates and a few Sichuan soldiers to keep an eye on this Imperial Alliance company, and he himself personally led the remaining soldiers to follow the Japanese soldiers carrying stretchers all the way to the east. If the Japanese soldiers who entered the mountains carried the wounded soldiers out of the mountains on such a large scale, they would never have prepared an ambulance station outside the mountain, and if they had to carry these wounded Japanese soldiers all the way to Paishi, they would be tired to death of these Japanese soldiers carrying stretchers.

Following these Japanese soldiers out of the mountain to the east, less than 3 miles away, a small village appeared in Tang Cheng's sight, just seeing those Japanese soldiers cruising outside the village, Tang Cheng knew that he had found the target, it seems that the Japanese army regarded this small village as one of their strongholds. The soldiers of the Sichuan Army, who were accustomed to walking on mountain roads, walked around the village for a long time, and no one saw the Japanese soldiers who entered the village leave, which means that the Japanese army's field ambulance station was located in this village.

"Rest, take a breath, and act when it's dark." As in the previous time, Tang Cheng left most of the Sichuan soldiers one mile away from the village, and he himself personally led Lao Dongbei and a few Sichuan army veterans to move forward to observe the small village occupied by the Japanese army. Plan first and then act, this is a sentence that Xie Bo taught Tang Cheng on the first day of entering the second company, especially Tang Cheng is now commanding dozens of Sichuan soldiers to cross the river to fight, as a commander, he is responsible for everyone's lives.

The Japanese army's strict defense of the village was beyond Tang Cheng's expectations, lying in wait for a few hundred meters away from the village for a full 2 hours, Tang Cheng failed to find the loopholes in the Japanese defense, and in these two hours, the Japanese army had frequently patrolled or changed guards more than a dozen times, even if Tang Cheng wanted to pretend to be a Japanese soldier to sneak into the village, it was unlikely. "Why don't you just wait until it's dark, and make a plan." The old northeast's mention made Tang Cheng frown, there were only a few dozen people on his side, and it would definitely not be a good choice to launch a strong attack and night battle without knowing the reality of the Japanese army.

"The two Japanese sentry posts on the left side of the village are fixed, if we can lure them away, then it will be much easier." Sun Guohua, who had been lying on his stomach and didn't make a sound, opened his mouth, which made Tang Cheng's eyes light up. That's right, I've always fallen into a misunderstanding, only thinking about how to break in from the entrance of the village, but forgetting that I can change the direction and method.