The Japanese troops in the Xingshan area were temporarily insufficient in strength. Actively contracted the line of defense. It turned out that the regular patrols of the Japanese army outside the blockade line were also temporarily stopped. After all, it is not an easy task to detain more than 20,000 laborers. Especially in the case of a relative shortage of troops, the Japanese army could only suspend some minor steps.

Due to the lack of Japanese troops, patrols on the perimeter were stopped. Liu Changshun's troops were also under the supervision of cadres at all levels, and except for the occasional sound of passwords and orders, most of the officers and men were hurrying to wipe their weapons and prepare for battle, but no one spoke. Except for the phosphorus fire that did not flash the bones of the dead laborers on the surrounding mountains, the entire mountain forest seemed very silent.

When the hands of the watch came to one o'clock in the second half of the night, Dong Ping, who was in the vanguard, led his reconnaissance company to set off first. His task was to infiltrate first, touch the line of the linden spring, kill the Japanese overseers, and find the structural diagram of the entire fortress where Zài should be stored.

Half an hour after Dong Ping's departure, Liu Changshun secretly transported the main force back to the barbed wire fence north of the position mountain and lurked. As soon as Dong Ping sends back the signal, he will launch a full-scale attack.

More than 300 meters behind them, two mountain artillery companies commanded by Hu Zhaoshan, as well as a mortar company and infantry artillery company under the regiment, were ready for fire support. It's just that Hu Zhaoshan, who really didn't know where to hit the shells in their hands, was also at a loss. There is no actual goal, not even an actual map, this kind of battle is the first time Hu Zhaoshan has fought.

Fortunately, Ma Chunsheng saw Hu Zhaoshan's sad face and pulled him. Ma Chunsheng directly told him that wherever there was a Japanese firepower point, he would shoot there. Bullets shoot there, and his shells will fall there. Once Dong Ping's infiltration failed, the Japanese army resisted stubbornly, and his mountain artillery had to knock out the exposed firepower of the Japanese army in the shortest possible time.

However, although the artillery was assigned a task, Ma Chunsheng was deeply skeptical about how much of a role the artillery could play in this battle. The First Battle of Qunce Mountain has clearly shown that the effect of these small-caliber 75-mm mountain field guns on the reinforced concrete fortifications built by the Japanese army that never cut corners and are one meter or more thick cannot be said to be absent, but they are very limited.

For these extremely strong reinforced concrete fortifications, 75 mm caliber shells hit like tickling, and at most scratched a little skin. Judging from what was observed during the day, the fortifications built by the Japanese army at Xingshan Fortress, which was the main defensive support point for the entire Northeast Manchurian region, were much stronger than those built by the Japanese army as a secret warehouse.

Since the main object of the Xingshan Fortress was the Soviet army, the anti-strike standard of all the fortifications here was built according to the firepower standard of the Soviet army. In the First World War, the Japanese army suffered enough from the heavy artillery of the Soviet army, so as soon as the battle of Zhanggufeng ended, the Japanese army modified the fortifications that had been built here. Its fortifications were far from being able to be shaken by these 75-mm mountain guns.

Moreover, Ma Chunsheng did not believe very much in the night combat ability of artillery. Ma Chunsheng, who witnessed the artillery's performance in the Battle of Jiamusi, and the training in Qunce Mountain, was not distrustful of the artillery. The training of these artillerymen was extremely hard and demanding. Even in the opinion of Ma Chunsheng, who has a certain understanding of the training of Japanese artillery, the training intensity of these artillery has almost surpassed that of the Japanese army.

But after all, the time is too short, and the total time of these artillery units from formation to the present is only two months. No matter how hard you work and how hard you train, after all, where is the foundation. Night battles, especially artillery night battles, are demanding. These artillerymen can't do this, at least for now.

Whether it was in the process of strengthening the Japanese fortifications or the ability of the artillery to fight at night, Ma Chunsheng did not put the fire support of the artillery in the first place. In his opinion, compared with artillery, a reconnaissance battalion that is good at infiltration and tactical reconnaissance is more suitable for the current battle.

After arranging all the firepower, Ma Chunsheng raised his telescope and turned his gaze to the black pressure again, except for the occasional flashing searchlight, he fell into the silent position mountain, trying to find something.

Compared with Ma Chunsheng, who was with the old god, Liu Changshun, who was beside him, seemed very anxious. While holding the telescope and waiting for the signal from Dong Ping, he looked at the hands on his watch from time to time.

When the hands on the watch had already pointed to two o'clock in the scheduled time of the attack, and the dense gunfire had already sounded on the side of Xingshan Street, but the signal from Dong Ping had not yet been received here, Liu Changshun finally couldn't hold his breath. Turning his head to Ma Chunsheng, he said, "I said Lao Ma, it's been two o'clock, and the political commissar has already started." Why hasn't Dong Ping sent a signal yet, will something happen to him there? ”

Regarding Liu Changshun's question, Ma Chunsheng shook his head: "It shouldn't be." If Dong Ping's actions are exposed, there will definitely be guns inside. But there is no change now, indicating that they have not been exposed. The scale of this Xingshan fortress is very large, and almost the entire mountainous area around Shimiaozi is included. ”

"It will take a certain amount of time for Dong Ping to penetrate the core position of the Japanese army without alarming the enemy within an hour, and to deal with more than 100 overseers and Japanese guards. But now that the time has come, we can't wait. Whether Dong Ping sends a signal or not, we must launch an attack on time. ”

Ma Chunsheng's voice just fell, and Liu Changshun didn't have time to answer. Originally, in addition to the dense gunfire in the direction of Xingshan Street in the distance, a quiet position suddenly sounded in the mountains.

Hearing the unique sound of the submachine guns equipped with a large number of reconnaissance companies from the mountains, as well as the dull sound of the Type 92 heavy machine guns, mixed with the occasional explosion of grenadiers, Liu Changshun and Ma Chunsheng, who were about to answer, glanced at each other, and the first feeling was that Dong Ping's actions had been exposed. The reconnaissance company was not equipped with a Type 92 heavy machine gun, and the sound of such gunfire could only be heard from the mountains, which could only be said that the actions of the reconnaissance company had been exposed.

After Ma Chunsheng, who reacted quickly, heard the gunshot, he immediately turned his head to Liu Changshun and said resolutely: "Attack immediately, don't wait." Judging by the gunfire of the devils returning fire, the devils had at least two or more heavy machine guns. Dong Ping: They don't have heavy weapons, and they will suffer a big loss when they encounter heavy machine guns. ”

Liu Changshun, who knew that the situation was a bit grim, did not dare to hesitate after hearing Ma Chunsheng's advice, and hurriedly turned around and gave the order to attack the troops immediately.

The first two companies of the troops, who received the order, used grenades to blow up the Japanese barbed wire fence as quickly as possible to open a passage for the follow-up, and immediately launched an attack on the place where the gunfire came from deep in the mountain of the position. The follow-up troops followed the passage opened by the vanguard company and threw themselves into the attack according to the predetermined plan.

The vanguard fought smoothly, and the organized resistance of the Japanese army was not strong. Before the attacking troops could reach the main position of the positional hill, the dense gunfire suddenly stopped.

The troops who were puzzled by the sudden stop of the gunfire did not stop because of the change in shape under the strict order of Ma Chunsheng, who rushed in with the assault force, and continued to rush towards the place where the gunfire had just sounded.

When he reached the place and saw Dong Pingping, who was counting the captured Japanese weapons, Ma Chunsheng, who had not yet exerted his strength, knew that the battle was over.

Dong Ping, who saw Ma Chunsheng actually coming in with the first batch of assault troops, couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly ran over to salute and report: "Report to Chief of Staff Ma, the enemy defending the position mountain has all been annihilated." After 25 minutes of fighting, our reconnaissance company attacked and annihilated 360 Japanese garrison troops, more than 100 armed supervisors, and captured more than 200 other supervisors. ”

Hearing Dong Ping's report, Ma Chunsheng frowned and said, "Why are there so many Japanese troops here?" Could it be that the entire Japanese garrison in the Heungsan fortress area is here? ”

Looking at Ma Chunsheng, who was a little unconvinced, Dong Ping smiled and said: "Chief of Staff, what you said is not wrong, not only the entire Japanese garrison and supervisors of Xingshan Fortress are here, but most of the laborers are now concentrated here. ”

"Since the 37th Wing was transferred, the number of Japanese soldiers who were holding laborers was insufficient. In order to facilitate its so-called management, according to the order of the captain of the Japanese military police in Heungsan, starting today, after the end of the work, all the laborers will be transferred here to be kept in centralized custody. ”

Regarding Dong Ping's answer, Ma Chunsheng shook his head with a wry smile after all the doubts in his heart, his hard work was in vain, and the Japanese army actually took the initiative to gather the garrison troops and all the laborers together. However, it was in vain, and how the Japanese army knew how to lift up, it saved itself a lot of hands and feet.

After turning around and explaining to the messenger who was following him and asking him to immediately report the situation here to the regiment commander, Ma Chunsheng turned his head to Dong Ping and said, "Tell me about your battle." Hearing the sound of heavy machine guns here, the regiment commander and I were in a hurry, for fear that you who did not have heavy weapons would suffer a big loss. ”

Regarding Ma Chunsheng's worries, Dong Ping scratched his head and smiled: "The gunfire that came from that time was not that we exchanged fire with the Japanese army, but that we used the captured Japanese heavy machine guns to stop the Japanese troops from rushing out of the barracks. ”

"After we infiltrated and touched the area around Linden Spring, we found that the number of devils was different from the results of the previous infiltration reconnaissance, and the number was much higher. In order to figure out the situation, we captured a Japanese translator who slept in a daze and was convenient. As a result, when I asked, I learned that a squadron of the Japanese garrison of the entire Xingshan Fortress had all hit the Lime Spring. All the laborers were also taken here for centralized detention. ”

"Knowing that the shape has changed from what we expected, we have also changed our tactics. We decided to fight the Japanese garrison first, and the unarmed Japanese overseers were to be guarded by platoon. ”

"In fact, due to the lack of troops, the overall vigilance of the Japanese army, which focused mainly on labor, was not very strong. Although it was decided to use knives, in order to avoid accidents, we moved all three captured Type 92 heavy machine guns after the Japanese perimeter guard posts were removed. Three heavy machine guns, plus our own three light machine guns, three trips to the Japanese barracks, one light and one heavy machine gun were arranged to deal with emergencies. ”

"You have to be well prepared, or you have to suffer a big loss. Although the overall vigilance of the little devils is not strict, they are all well-trained elites after all. Our soldiers were tackling a room of Japanese soldiers when they encountered a Japanese soldier who was up at night. Because it was too smooth before, our warriors lost their alertness and started late. Although he killed that guy, it alarmed the Japanese army. ”

"Fortunately, we have made all preparations, and the sound of gunfire means that we are using machine gun fire to eliminate the awakened Japanese troops. In addition to the more than 100 Japanese troops who were solved with knives before, after twenty minutes of fierce fighting, the rest of the Japanese troops were completely annihilated. In addition to the Japanese alert squadron, more than 100 of its overseers were killed by us because of the resistance. ”

After listening to Dong Ping's report, Ma Chunsheng said appreciatively; "I was able to quickly change my tactics in a short period of time according to the changes in my shape, and I made the most correct choice for myself. And the adjustment is so successful, your adaptability can be counted in our entire army. The troops brought out by the commander himself were really different. ”

For Ma Chunsheng's appreciation, Dong Ping laughed a little embarrassedly, then suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly took out a stack of drawings from his satchel, handed them to Ma Chunsheng and said: "This was found in the place where the devil overseer lived, and it should be the structural diagram of the entire Xingshan Fortress." ”

After taking the drawings handed over by Dong Ping, Ma Chunsheng hurriedly read the flashlight turned on by the guards next to him, took out a few of them and handed them to Dong Ping: "You are right, this is the overall structure of Xingshan Fortress." I'm giving you two companies, and you follow the traffic trenches and underground passages shown in this drawing, and carefully search all the places in the entire Xingshan Fortress. ”

"Remember, it's all the Heungsan Fortress, and there's a careful search. The commander had the intention of using this as a strategic support point. And the headquarters and the main force were moved here. Therefore, it must be cleaned up, and there must not be a single soldier left. ”

It was the first time to hear that Yang Zhen was interested in moving the headquarters here, Dong Ping, who was startled after hearing Ma Chunsheng's words, did not dare to delay, and hurriedly mobilized troops to launch a carpet-like search of the entire Xingshan Fortress.

It's just that when he was about to turn around and lead the team to set off, Ma Chunsheng's words came from behind him: "Be careful yourself, don't go in lightly when you encounter unknown places." There is also resistance to the use of grenades. “