At night, thirteen kilometers southwest of Maopailing, Nanhua Mountain.

On the western foot of the majestic and beautiful Nanhua Mountain, there is a village called Sanpi Village. The stream flowing from the southwest mountains passes around the village, flowing for three turns and two turns for six miles, flowing into Lixi from west to east, and flowing all the way to Maopailing Village, eighteen miles to the east.

If calculated based on the straight-line distance, Nanhua Mountain is only eight kilometers away from Maopailing. Because the mountains are towering and the vast forests are so vast that you can only walk along the road by the stream. In this way, the distance is thirteen kilometers.

However, local residents also know that there is a sheep intestine path hidden in the dense forest of the canyon. This road does not need to pass through the confluence of two streams in the north. It only needs to cross the Hanfeng Mountain in the east. Go out and it is a small mountain village that is only five miles west of Maopailing Village.

The officers and soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the ** Fourth Division were responsible for attacking the west entrance of Maopailing Village.

This is an old army that is good at fighting tough battles. The regiment commander Ling Yun is also a powerful general from Shanghang, the old revolutionary base. Most of the officers and soldiers are veterans who have participated in all anti-encirclement and suppression in the past two years. There are only six Maxim water-cooled heavy machine guns in the entire division, and four are the second regiment that is good at fighting tough battles.

In order to facilitate the command of the adjacent Third Regiment to attack the northwest entrance of Maopailing, the division commander Guo Tianming and political commissar Xie Weijun personally followed the Second Regiment day and night to march day and night before nightfall, and finally entered Sanpi Village, the western foothills of Nanhua Mountain, with a relatively good revolutionary foundation.

Eighty hundred officers and soldiers, who had been tired for a day and a night, hurriedly used dry food and fell to sleep. Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun were patrolling everywhere to comfort the wounded and sick, and were also waiting for the three reconnaissance teams to send the information back.

Seeing the dark clouds in the night sky gradually gathering, the rising moon hidden in the clouds from time to time. Guo Tianming, who returned to the land temple at the entrance of the village, was a little anxious. He was about to go out to ask for the news when he heard a burst of rapid footsteps. Guo Tianming immediately went out to greet him, and Xie Weijun, who was recording a diary with a dim oil lamp, put away his pen and notebook.

The second regiment commander personally led the old company commander who had gone out for reconnaissance to Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun. After entering the house together, they didn't even have time to take a sip of water. The old company commander from Ningdu immediately reported the situation:

"Teacher Commander and Political Commissar, it seems that we have been discovered by the enemy. The enemy suddenly gave up the temporary inspection post at the confluence of the two waters in the north. Together with the swimming patrol team, they all retreated to Xiaochuan Village, five miles away from the west entrance of Maopailing. The three temporarily erected log sandbag fortifications were just on the hill at the highest point of the village head, blocking the exit of the secret path, and..."

"etc!"

Guo Tianming interrupted the old company commander: "Old Pan, you just said that all the enemy's posts retreated to Xiaochuan Village, five miles outside the west entrance of Maopailing, and three fortifications were temporarily built? Since this is the case, the enemy's secret posts must have discovered you, so why are you still allowed to sneak into Xiaochuan Village to observe?"

Lao Pan, who is a solid figure and a slut, nodded in pain: "Yes! I was also surprised at that time. In the valley two miles away from Xiaoteng Village, I could clearly hear the barking of dogs. The barking was very loud and heavy, and it was definitely not something that ordinary guardians and local red-haired hunting dogs could bark... At that time, our class was scared. After hiding, we waited for half an hour without any movement. I really had no choice but to take two brothers with good skills to touch it quietly. But as soon as I crossed the mountain bend and entered the straight road by the stream, I saw three large wooden signs inserted between the twenty meters ahead, with two lines of eye-catching words written on it..."

"What word?"

Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun asked anxiously in unison.

Old Pan swallowed his dry throat hard and said word by word in a hoarse voice: "Eight words: Be careful of landmines, go back!"

Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun looked at each other, and they all clearly saw the shock in each other's eyes. Ling Yun, the second regiment commander, looked as dark as the bottom of a pot, and only two political officers accompanying the team exclaimed.

Xie Weijun asked first: "Old Pan, have you seen it clearly?"

Old Pan nodded helplessly: "I saw clearly. I was fighting for the danger of being beaten to death. I climbed behind the stone more than three meters in front of the first wooden raft. I clearly saw a new wooden sign half a small table-sized one and wrote these eight big words in ink. At that time, I really wanted to rush up and pull out the wooden sign, but I was worried that there would be landmines that would definitely expose the target after the explosion, so I retreated."

"Drink a little water first, everything will be almost dumb." Ling Yun picked up the teapot on the table and handed it over.

Old Pan was not polite either. He took it and drank a few sips, and continued to report after breathing:

"After I retreated, I became more and more unwilling to accept it. I immediately climbed up to the mountainside more than 100 meters behind. It was not dark at that time and it was quite bright. I clearly saw three newly built log sandbag fortifications on the heights of the village entrance. Unexpectedly, the enemy in the fortification was looking at me with a telescope. One of them pulled out a red flag and shook at me... There were two enemies wearing steel helmets outside the fortification, holding a big wolf dog, and barking in the direction of my way with the enemy's laughter..."

"Oh! Division commander, political commissar, I, Old Pan, have never experienced such a thing since the second anti-encirclement and suppression. I am confident that I have walked very secretly and cautiously, but I have been discovered. I guess it was caused by the big wolf dog from that unknown place!"

Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun gasped. The two officers and several staff officers who surrounded him were also shocked. The small temple was extremely quiet for a moment, and it seemed that even the heartbeat could be heard.

Guo Tianming, who first reacted, took a deep breath: "Our army has never encountered enemy mines since its establishment, and landmines are rarely used in China. I heard that only Jinling Arsenal and Yan Xishan's Shanxi Arsenal can be manufactured. The last time I heard about landmines was the Battle of Songhu last year. The two ace divisions of the Central Army used them once, but they didn't seem to have any effect. I never heard of them again. I didn't expect that they would appear in front of us now and even raised signs to remind us, what's going on?"

Everyone looked at each other, while Old Pan smiled bitterly, as if he didn't know how to explain.

Xie Weijun asked anxiously: "I am afraid that the First and Third Regiments will encounter such a situation... Since the enemy has discovered us, this battle cannot be fought."

The tall and thin division acting director of the political department was anxious: "How can this work? If you don't capture Maopailing, you will evacuate. How can you explain to your superiors?"

Ling Yun raised his head angrily: "How can I fight if I'm like this? The enemy obviously set up a formation to wait for work. The most hateful thing is that they have wolf dogs... I know the thing about dogs best. When I was young, I hunted at home. When my hunting dog was in the wind, I could smell the smell of prey or strangers across five miles. A well-trained dog could find abnormal situations across a mountain, and would scream maniacly. Obviously, I could not attack... Since it was impossible to attack, what should we use to fight enemies with strong firepower and dominant terrain?"
Chapter completed!