Oak Slope is located in Tuanwa District in the northeast corner of the county, more than 80 miles away from the county, connected to Lian County to the north and Lan County to the east, with an area of approximately 3,000 square meters.
From a height perspective, Oak Slope is less than fifty meters above the ground. Because there are mostly wild oak trees on the ridge slope, it is named Oak Slope.
Although Oak Slope is not large in area, it is surrounded by deserted areas and is a forgotten corner.
If you go five miles east from Oak Slope, you will enter Lan County.
At two o'clock in the morning, Xiaohu led ten heavily armed soldiers down the oak slope, then turned west and headed straight for Doushan Town.
After a five-hour journey, Xiaohu passed by a field and was immediately followed by two plainclothes puppet soldiers. These two guys followed him until he entered Doushan Town.
Half an hour later, recruitment notices were posted one after another in the main streets and alleys of the town. The last sentence of the notice was the most eye-catching——
Anyone who volunteers to join the army is asked to apply at Oak Slope.
More than two hours later, many notices appeared in villages near the town.
Two hours later, Shiro Ishikawa and Zhu Yuankui each rode a tall horse and led the suppression headquarters into Doushan Town. The plainclothes puppet troops who were following them were already waiting here.
As the command center, there are three teams distributed in the surrounding area, each of which launches search and suppression operations against the mountain villages in the area.
After reading the recruitment notice sent by the plainclothes puppet troops, Shiro Ishikawa ordered the radio operator to announce the detachments and quickly marched to Oak Slope.
At noon, Shan Zi and Zhao Danian led cadres from the platoon and above to start setting up the formation.
At this time, looking at the southwest corner of the top of the oak slope, a trench three meters wide and about 1.5 meters deep extends east to north, surrounding the oak slope.
This trench had been built when the Second Company was stationed. Today, the edge of the trench is covered with green weeds and shrubs. From down the slope and from a distance, no trace can be seen.
According to the direction of the enemy's attack, the combat positions were arranged in a crescent shape, with the target facing the southwest. Each of the eighteen squads in the entire position was equipped with one light machine gun, and the remaining two were used for mobile use.
Following Shanzi's suggestion, four heavy machine guns were deployed between companies, and the remaining two were erected at both ends of the position to block the enemy's possible outflanking route.
Finally, Shanzi told the commanders that if they find puppet soldiers with open chests or collars, they are not allowed to attack them. One of them is Zhu Zihui and the other is Cao Fulai.
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, all officers and soldiers entered the position one after another according to the designated positions and laid out an ambush line of more than 200 meters. At Shanzi's request, the six heavy machine guns were covered by tree branches.
The grenade team, commanded by Company Commander Song, selected a location in the grass behind the trench and laid out an artillery position of more than 30 meters, less than 20 meters away from the center of Shanzi's location.
Accompanied by Xiao Liu, Shan Zi checked along the position, and when he returned, he kept his footsteps from where Jin Ye and Yanni were.
Now there are three more female warriors in the third platoon led by Jin Ye. They are Chunping, Qiuhong and Chunxing.
Several girls leaned against the trench wall and sat on the ground on either side of Jin Ye and Yanni.
Seeing Shanzi stop, Yanni asked with a playful smile: "Brother Shanzi, are you wandering around like a weasel looking for food?"
Shan Zi said: "Ye Mao Zi, you and Jin Ye are both commanders. You have to command the team to kill more Japs, but also pay attention to protecting yourself. If there are casualties due to paralysis or carelessness, the commander will be held accountable first."
After saying that, Shanzi glanced at Jin Ye subconsciously, turned around and walked away.