When the first glimmer of morning light appears in the sky, the visibility can make the surrounding scenery appear clearly in the lens of Yang Zhen's telescope. Seeing the situation in front of him, Yang Zhen couldn't help but gasp, and couldn't help but secretly congratulate himself that he reacted quickly enough.

It's just that while rejoicing, Yang Zhen can't wait to arrest Ding Xiaosan, who has already been disposed of, with a thousand knives. At this moment, the Japanese troops on the road less than three hundred meters away from the mine headquarters were only two squadrons in Ding Xiaosan's mouth.

The Japanese army that appeared in his telescope now had a large brigade according to the number of Japanese troops that Yang Zhen knew. As for the puppet Manchu army, there was at least one regiment. And that's not counting the more than 100 pseudo-police officers who cooperated with the operation.

What surprised Yang Zhen the most was that the strength of the Japanese puppet army not only greatly exceeded expectations, but the equipment was at least one grade higher than that of the Japanese puppet army on the Ash River. In his telescope, Yang Zhen observed at least six mortars with a caliber of more than 90 millimeters and four full 92 infantry guns, the classic weapon of the Japanese army.

Looking at the enemy situation in front of him, Rao was calm, and Yang Zhen's hand holding the telescope couldn't help but sweat slightly. He was worried not about the number of devils coming, but what he was most concerned about now was when he touched himself is whether the Japanese puppet army found out under his nose.

As long as these Japanese puppet soldiers didn't find themselves and their own arrangements, Yang Zhen would have a way to take these twenty people on the mountain to stand out. But if the Japanese puppet army had already discovered itself, just because it was dark and he was afraid that he would take advantage of the night to break through and wait for dawn, Yang Zhen really didn't dare to imagine that he could stand out in broad daylight with these twenty-one people.

has lost its concealment, and his own person is not enough for the devils under the mountain to stuff their teeth. You must know that although the light of the flashlight is not strong, it is still very conspicuous in this dark mountain.

What made Yang Zhen feel a little regretful was that he was actually touched by a devil and didn't find out under his nose. If Li Mingrui reminded him unintentionally, I am afraid that he would not know that he was disarmed by others. Thinking of this, Yang Zhen couldn't help but secretly scold himself in his heart for being too careless and despising his opponent.

While secretly scolding himself for being careless, Yang Zhen decided to prepare for battle first. Yang Zhen put down the binoculars in his hand and whispered to Li Mingrui, who was crawling beside him: "Go and inform the brothers to prepare for battle." Sue the brothers, there is no order, no matter how close the devil is, he is not allowed to shoot. But as long as there is a fight, it will be fought at the officers of the devils. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen's order, Li Mingrui did not dare to delay in the slightest, and immediately conveyed it downward. After Yang Zhen's order was conveyed, Li Mingrui whispered: "Chief Yang, although these devils are ready for battle, they have not launched an attack, have they not discovered us?" ”

Regarding Li Mingrui's speculation, Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "I don't know either." The devils must have been here for a long time, and I don't know why they haven't launched an attack and whether they are still waiting for something. Now I only know that if we really fight, we won't have any chance of winning. ”

There is no need for Yang Zhen to explain the current shape, and Li Mingrui, who has been in the army for a while, also understands. The mountain is not a puppet army, and there are nearly a thousand devils alone. There are only twenty people on his side, and even if you add the spicy Zhang Ting, there are only twenty-one people.

Compared with the Japanese puppet army under the mountain, the difference is not only in the number of people. There are also weapons, daily training, and, of course, an absolute disadvantage in firepower. No matter how arrogant Li Mingrui was, he was not so arrogant that he thought that with more than a dozen rifles alone, plus a crooked handle and a few pistols, he could compete with the light and heavy machine guns and cannons under the mountain.

Looking at Li Mingrui, who was silent, Yang Zhen gently opened the safety of the Type 38 rifle that had been following him from the Japanese military base before he said: "These little devils are obviously looking for us, even if they can't be met here, but as long as we are active in this area, we will meet sooner or later." ”

"After a while, if we hold on here for a while, we will be able to attract them for a while, and the farther Lao Guo and them will leave here, the safer the brothers will be. They carry so many supplies, as well as those laborers who do not have a trace of combat effectiveness, once they encounter these devils, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen's words, Li Mingrui smiled bitterly and said, "Sir Yang, I'm not scared. It's just that I'm a little wondering, why did the devil come so quickly this time? Didn't that Ding Xiaosan's confession say that they only arrived this morning? How did it arrive early in the morning. ”

Regarding Li Mingrui's question, Yang Zhen did not answer him, but just handed him the telescope in his hand and asked him to see the reason for himself.

When Li Mingrui saw through the telescope a Chinese standing in the Japanese army wearing ordinary people's clothes and nodding his head, he immediately understood why the Japanese army arrived so quickly.

The person who betrayed his group was none other than the chef in the mine that he had let go, and Li Mingrui immediately knew in his heart that it must have been this traitor who reported to the devil with the uncut phone in the mine. At this moment, Li Mingrui, who was full of regret in his heart, scolded himself for being too careless, and actually forgot to cut off the devil's phone, so that this guy could take advantage of it.

Li Mingrui, who understood the reason for the matter, said with some annoyance: "Damn, it's a traitor again." Why are there so many traitors here. ”

Hearing this, Yang Zhen sighed and said, "That Ding Xiaosan told the devil that there will be two squadrons this morning, and one battalion of the puppet Manchu army. According to his confession, these devils should have arrived in Ah Cheng last night. ”

"The morning he said should be the time when the devil set off from Acheng and rushed here. If the devil uses car transportation, he won't be able to use all morning time from Acheng here. Harbin is a place where devils are heavily armed, and it should not be difficult to mobilize a car that can transport the strength of two squadrons. ”

"And one thing you don't forget, although it is dozens of kilometers away from Acheng, it is only eighteen kilometers away from the Binsui Railway. If the devils and the puppet army had been transported by rail to Xiaoling Station and then marched into the mountains on foot, I think it would not have been difficult for them to arrive in the early morning. In terms of Japanese training, eighteen kilometers is not a long march. ”

"If that Ding Xiaosan hadn't lied, the extra strength of the Japanese puppet army should have been drawn from the garrison on the Binsui Railway. It's a pity that Lao Guo can't be contacted now. Otherwise, now is the best time for them to retreat north across the railroad. ”

"Sir Yang, I heard you tell Sir Guo to let him march ten kilometers in the direction of the Beibinsui railway defense line first, and then turn east. If it is according to your prediction, the brother brought by Chief Guo should have an encounter with the devil. But in the direction of Chief Guo's retreat, no gunfire was heard, not even movement, do you think this is normal? ”

Li Mingrui's voice fell, and Yang Zhen also felt a little abnormal. If these devils really came from the direction of the Binsui Railway, according to the time calculation, they should have encountered Guo Bingxun who retreated north first according to their own plan, but that direction has always been calm. Could it be that your estimate was wrong? Or is there something abnormal in Guo Bingxun?

There are seven or eight hundred workers in Guo Bingxun plus the new laborers, even if the devils have an absolute advantage in strength and firepower, it is impossible to easily eliminate these people without firing a shot.

Unless Guo Bingxun changed the route he assigned to him. I didn't know what was going on for a while, and now Yang Zhen, who couldn't answer Li Mingrui's question, could only choose to be silent first.

The two of them were silent, but they had been listening to the conversation between the two, and Zhang Ting, who had been stunned by Yang Zhen's accusation that she had given her the true intention of giving her a pistol, reacted at this time and interjected: "I said you don't guess." I knew that these Japanese troops in front of me were definitely not trains getting off from Xiaoling Station. So you, Chief Guo, will definitely be fine. ”

Hearing her say this, Yang Zhen and Li Mingrui couldn't help but turn their heads to look at her, their eyes full of questions; "How could she, a girl, know about this kind of thing?"

Looking at Yang Zhen and Li Mingrui, who were looking at him with doubts on their faces, they suffered a lot in Yang Zhen's mouth, but Zhang Ting looked a little proud: "It's not simple. The puppet Manchu army originally did not have a unified uniform, and most of them still wore the uniforms of the original Northeast Army. It was only last year that they began to change their outfits one after another. ”

"I don't know why, although there are some new uniforms, they are slow to change clothes. Of the puppet armies in the entire puppet state of Manchukuo, only the puppet army in Jilin changed their outfits first because of their proximity to their so-called Xinjing. ”

"And this place is under the jurisdiction of Binjiang Province, so the puppet army here has not completely changed its uniforms, only the officers have changed into new military uniforms, and the soldiers still use the original old military uniforms. You see, is the uniform of the puppet army here different from the puppet army you have encountered? ”

"Although I have been studying in Harbin, I don't know much about the military. But we have a classmate's brother who is a major general of the puppet Manchu army. These are all things he said to us classmates the other day just to show off. ”

Hearing what Zhang Ting said, Yang Zhen raised the binoculars again and took a closer look, but found that as she said, the puppet army here was dressed differently from the puppet army on the front line of the Ash River yesterday. Except that the color is green, the style is similar to the devil's military uniform, and even the shape of the military hat is similar to the nest head hat worn by the devil. And the puppet Manchu army he encountered on the front line of the Ash River yesterday was still a big cap from top to bottom.

Moreover, Yang Zhen also carefully found that these puppet soldiers were all Type 38 rifles, and they were equipped with light and heavy machine guns. And the puppet army he encountered on the front line of the Ash River yesterday, in addition to some elite Japanese-style weapons, many of them used Liao-13 rifles of 79 caliber made in Fengtian. The difference in appearance between the two rifles is still not small, and it is recognizable at a glance.

Although the puppet Manchu army on the Ash River line was quite numerous, there were only two crooked machine guns as supporting fire. These two crooked handles were not made by the original Japanese army, but the Type 17 light machine guns imitated by the Mukden Arsenal based on the crooked handles.

Of course, Yang Zhen has not used these antiques, except for the appearance, he doesn't know the difference, but there are always people in the team who understand.

Although the true identities of these Japanese puppet soldiers were ascertained, Yang Zhen's brows were furrowed deeper and deeper. How did the Japanese puppet army in Jilin appear here? Is it specifically for self-mobilization?

Yang Zhen's guess was not wrong, these Japanese puppet troops were indeed specially mobilized from Jilin by devils to deal with the Anti-Japanese Federation for many years, and they were more experienced in the so-called suppression of bandits. In particular, those puppet Manchu troops have participated in the so-called Eastern Frontier Crusade against the Anti-Japanese Union, and they can be called the elite of the puppet Manchu army. And it was General Ueda Kenkichi, the commander of the Kwantung Army, who ordered the mobilization of these Japanese puppet troops to cross the area and suppress them.

Since the accident of the Kwantung Army's epidemic prevention and water supply department, the Harbin gendarmerie did not dare to delay for a moment and reported to the Kwantung Army headquarters as soon as possible.

When the commander of the Kwantung Army, Senior General Ueda Kenkichi, who was still sleeping, received a report that the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply had a big road **, and all the researchers, including the commander of the army, Shiro Ishii, were killed, and most of the data was lost, he almost didn't come up in one breath, and went straight away.

As the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Kenkichi Ueda had a clear idea of what this so-called epidemic prevention and water supply department was doing with a sheep's head and selling dog meat. And the importance of this unit in the hearts of the military department and even the emperor is also well known.

When it was reported that the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply had been wiped out, and that no one was spared except for the geisha in the two living quarters, General Kenkichi Ueda, who knew what the true details would do if they were revealed, lost all of his former general demeanor.

Especially after receiving the report that the pursuit of the Fifth Independent Garrison failed and the Ash River line interception was defeated, General Ueda Kenkichi smashed his unusually gorgeous office that he had renovated after taking office. And Major General Yoshiei Castleura Yoshiei, the commander of the military police of the Kwantung Army, who came to report, suffered the disaster of the pond fish and was almost not shot directly by him.

Fortunately, Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, who had just been transferred from the commander of the 10th Division to the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, calmed down and stopped the angry general. Otherwise, this Major General Yoshiwei Castleura may become the first major general officer in the history of the Japanese army to be shot.

This Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, who suffered the biggest defeat of the Japanese army since the July 7 Incident in the Battle of Taierzhuang not long ago, and many of Yang Zhen's subordinates at this time can be regarded as old acquaintances on the battlefield.

It's just that Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, who was transferred from the post of commander of the 10th Division only last month, has just taken over as chief of staff of the Kwantung Army and has not had much time, so he is not very familiar with this place, and he has not yet started the work. Although he has always regarded himself as a China expert, he has served as a military attache in China for many years, but he has never served in the Kwantung Army, and he has never come up with any useful ideas.

Fortunately, Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya couldn't help much, but the current deputy chief of staff, Major General Ishihara Waner, who was born in the Kwantung Army and planned the 918 Incident with several Nakasa and Shaosa, recommended a person to General Ueda Kenkichi.

This person is none other than the captain of the Second Independent Garrison of the Kwantung Army at the time, who suffered a big loss in the next few years, and even almost wiped out the entire army, and several famous generals of the Anti-Japanese Federation were lost in his hands.

At this moment, General Ueda Kenkichi, who was eager to eliminate these bold roads and prevent the secret leakage of the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply, did not care about picking fat and thin, and nodded in agreement without saying a word about the candidates recommended by Major General Ishihara Waner.

Major General Changde, the commander of the Second Independent Garrison stationed in Changchun, who was specially sent to take over from Jilin by plane, also said directly: "It's not impossible to send me, but I want to use my Second Independent Garrison." As for the independent fifth garrison, let's go to Harbin to defend them. ”

This Vice-Admiral Shotoku not only demanded that his own independent second garrison be transferred, but even the Manchukuo Army that was fighting in coordination had to be appointed by himself, which made Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, who had spoken to him, extremely dissatisfied.

However, General Kenkichi Ueda, who was eager to eliminate the rebels, did not care about these things, and agreed to Nobu Shotoku's request without the slightest bargaining. In addition to the impatient General Ueda Kenkichi, he demanded that Nobu Shotoku's troops must set off before dawn. Ryosuke Isoya was also asked to immediately transfer a special express train from Shinkyo Station for the Second Independent Garrison.

This time, Senior General Ueda Kenkichi, who was eager to eliminate the rebels as quickly as possible in order to appease the anger of the military headquarters and even the emperor, changed the petty and childish spirit that Japanese generals were accustomed to, and was surprisingly generous. Not only did he appoint Nobu Changde as the commander of the expedition in Binjiang Province, but he also had the right to mobilize all the Japanese puppet troops in the area.

He even sent the unlucky commander of the Kwantung Army's military police, Major General Yoshiwei Okura, who had a heavy leadership responsibility in this matter, to Harbin to manage the supply of munitions and coordinate the operation for Major General Wild Deputy Changdeok. As for the person directly responsible at that time, the captain of the gendarmerie in Harbin was ordered by him to apologize.

The reason why General Kenkichi Ueda was so eager to put these damned people and dared to launch a rebellion to wipe out the road was not only for the loss of the Kwantung Army's epidemic prevention and water supply department. There are also those top Japanese chemical warfare experts who were guests at the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply at this time, preparing to carry out poison gas warfare, and preparing to form the chemical department of the Kwantung Army, but became the sheep that was taken away.

Having lost all the essence of the two eyeballs of the military headquarters and the emperor at once, Ueda Kenkichi didn't even dare to imagine what kind of punishment he would face. Senior General Ueda Kenkichi, who was eager to make up for his achievements, endured the blackmail of a minor major general of Vice-Shotoku.

Yes, these rude demands of Nobu Shotoku are naked blackmail in the eyes of General Kenkichi Ueda. In the eyes of Senior General Kenkichi Ueda, these demands made by Major General Nobu Shotoku were an insult to his authority as a commander. But for Major General Ishihara Wan'er, he has no choice, and at this moment, he can only accept the unreasonable request of Major General Novice Changtoku, a guy recommended by Ishihara Wan'er.

Nobu Changde moves quickly and is also very cunning. After Ueda Kenkichi agreed to all his requests, a brigade was immediately mobilized, and an elite infantry regiment of the puppet Manchu army boarded the train from the Mengjiatun railway station in the southern suburbs of Changchun in the early morning of the same day.

He did not lead the team to get off directly at Acheng, where traces of the enemy had already been discovered, nor did he get off at Wuchang County, but directly got off the train at Wuchang Beiyinhe Station, and took the speed of a temporarily mobilized truck to make a detour to the Wudaoling iron ore area where the enemy's last trace had been found.

When he arrived at the first line of Daopingling, which was not far from the Wudaoling Iron Mine, he abandoned the car and walked, and just when Yang Zhen had just snuffed out the flashlight in Zhang Ting's hand, the vanguard squadron of his large army also happened to arrive at the Wudaoling Iron Mine.

Major General Ye Vice Changdeok, who did not believe in all Chinese, played a trick when he arrived at the Beiyin River. When giving orders to the puppet Manchu military and political personnel in the Acheng area, they did not mention that they had reached the front line of the Beiyin River, but told them that the crusading troops would not arrive until tomorrow morning. As for the troops, he was greatly depressed. Yang Zhen misunderstood Ding Xiaosan on this point.

It was only because it was dark that Nobu Changde did not rush to launch a search, but patiently waited until after dawn before the whole team prepared to attack. Even worried about the ambush, Ye Vice-Chande did not even enter the mining area, but just waited quietly on the periphery.

Yang Zhen's feeling was very good, if he turned off Zhang Ting's flashlight even a minute later, he would be discovered by the vanguard of Ye Deputy Changde.