"No one is allowed to go out. Even if they go to the toilet, they must supervise each other to prevent anyone from tipping off the enemy." Song Menqing emphasized that he was very dissatisfied with the Tiger Gang's lax military discipline.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements later." Master Ye replied, nodding his head one after another.

Song Menqing said, pointing to a location on the map, and said to Master Ye who came up:

"Mr. Ye, your people are waiting for us at this position. When the time comes, we will send out the flare gun. After you see a red flare, you will immediately launch a rapid attack on Position 1. Is there any problem?"

Master Ye listened half-understanding and shook his head.

Song Menqing took a deep breath, slowed down his speaking speed, and said it again with hand gestures.

Only then did Master Ye understand, and he said loudly: "Okay, I'll do it now!"

"Okay, the faster you go, the better. We are ready to set off first, slowly enter the latent position, and start the attack after one o'clock in the afternoon."

"Okay, I'll take note of it. Let's say goodbye first." Master Ye waved his hand and hurriedly left Song Menqing's Chinese army tent.

On the open ground in front of the Chinese army camp, hundreds of soldiers from the Guangxi Independent Battalion have gathered. They are holding standard weapons in their hands, wearing cotton clothes and trousers to keep out the cold, rabbit ear hats, and a pair of non-slip straw sandals on their leggings. Everything looks like it.

So clean and energetic.

However, Master Ye found that these team members were a bit thin. If they were shorter, they might look like a group of mountain monkeys waiting for orders.

"Everyone, in company and platoon units, enters the pre-designated location and sets off immediately!"

Song Menqing had no unnecessary nonsense. He didn't even explain the mission objectives on the spot. Instead, he told the company and platoon commander in private and ordered the independent battalion to set off directly.

As for the combat plan, after arriving at their respective destinations, each company and platoon leader will explain it in detail.

More than two hours had passed between the time the scout squad returned from reconnaissance and the time they set off. It would also take more than an hour to get from the camp to the ambush site. The actual first round of attack would have to be launched, which should probably be after 2 p.m.

The main reason was that Song Menqing wanted to shift the combat time to night so that he could cooperate with his special agent company to launch a sneak attack from the cliff of Tiger Leaping Cliff.

The Guangxi Independent Battalion's frontal assault consisted of two companies. They marched quickly to the high ground on the left side of Gongji Ridge and stopped about a kilometer away.

Then, they used one company as the assault forward, while the other company was on standby as the general reserve team. The assault company was neatly divided into ten teams based on squads, and quietly moved towards the No. 1 Highland.

Being short has the advantage of being short. The center of gravity is low and there is almost no sound when walking.

It took thirty or forty minutes for the ten teams of the assault company to finally lurk beneath the No. 1 Highland fortification.

Song Menqing was behind the reserve team. He took out an old telescope that he had shamelessly begged from Lu Wenhu and observed the fortifications on the high ground. He found that they were not much different from those drawn by the previous scout team.

And on a piece of ashes, you can still see several jars of local wine, like the old Shaoguo, a local strong wine that workers in the mining area often drink.

It seems that the scout squad has completed this reconnaissance mission well. The description in the picture is very accurate. The sentries here seem to like drinking very much. Needless to say, they are the mining area militia, because only the local miners in Hunan and Jiangxi are willing to drink this kind of inferior old pot.

, as for the real security team members, most of them come from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they all like to drink rice wine.

Seeing this, Song Menqing's lips curled up slightly, revealing a sinister cold arc, and he began to issue action orders.

"The first team members touch the left side, find the opponent's sentry, and leave their tongue!"

"Understood." The messenger promised in a low voice, and then moved toward the first team's position in the bushes.

After about ten minutes, the twelve Guangxi soldiers from the first team immediately began to move sideways and immediately disappeared from the field of view of Song Menqing's telescope.

"The people from the fifth team are responsible for clearing the sentry on the right!"

"clear…"

"The rest of the team, follow your original plan!"

"..."

Song Menqing issued specific combat orders one by one and waited patiently for the results.

But what he never expected was that the Guangxi soldiers' series of actions in front of the position were all under the strict supervision of Ji Chunsheng and the bald man.

The most exciting one here is of course the third platoon leader who made a bet with the Chief of Staff. Just now he peeked at the bald man's pocket watch and found that the hands were already past one o'clock in the afternoon. He won the bet at the agreed time.

Hehe... I actually won the seat. Even if he couldn't get the two hundred silver dollars, at least he wouldn't have to be deducted unjust money!

"Get closer and fight again. This time our main enemy is the group of Guangxi mercenaries in front of us. After killing this group of mercenaries, the remaining bandits from the Tiger Gang will be just trash!"

Ji Chunsheng emphasized to the bald man and other officers around him.

He personally came to Highland No. 1 to pay attention to this battle. After observing with a telescope for a while, he slowly came up with an idea.

…

On a high ground about three kilometers away from Gongjiling, the leader of the Tiger Gang, Lu Wenhu, was observing with high-power binoculars.

His long-tube high-power telescope was a special gift given to him by the Japanese this time. He cherished it very much and loved it very much.

Lu Wenhu seemed particularly excited after hearing that Master Ye came to send a message that the Guangxi Independent Battalion was about to start an attack.

Not only did he bring his elite men, he also brought artillery teams obtained from the Japanese.

These dozen new Japanese-made field mountain cannons, plus the twenty-odd old-fashioned artillery pieces from my past, it can be said that these equipment can basically travel sideways on the ground in Pingxiang.

The only thing that made him dissatisfied was the cannonballs. The cannonballs provided by the Japanese had regulations. Each cannon was only equipped with eight rounds of cannonballs, and only one round of artillery fire could clear the ground.

There is no other way. Artillery and ammunition are so valuable. Do you want more? Hey... hand over your transcripts or give me money.

It is impossible to give money, he is so poor now!

The only way is to satisfy the requirements of the Japanese masters and they will send you cannonballs. Otherwise, these foreign cannons will become iron lumps, which are useless but useless.

I just tricked you without any discussion, how dare you refuse to accept it?

Haha, it’s okay not to accept it!

The attack begins.

But the first ones to push forward for a frontal attack were those miscellaneous bandits and former members of the Tiger Gang.

Song Menqing was very shrewd. He just arranged for his team to lurk, wait for opportunities to attack, and test the enemy's firepower, and then sent other gangsters to do it.

According to the requirements of the standard mountain warfare model, although suspected fortification structures and firepower points in front of the position have been detected, a tentative attack must be carried out first and then confirmed.

If the firepower points can be confirmed, or even new hidden firepower points can be discovered, the death of these bandits will be of some value.
Chapter completed!