A telegram woke the brigade commander from his sleep.
"What? Li Yunlong actually led the team to Lucheng?" The brigade commander suddenly lost all sleep.
"Li Yunlong obviously gathered together after the war first, and then sent the telegram after arriving in Lucheng!" the Telecommunications Staff Report reported.
"It doesn't have to be a fight first. Maybe Zhou Weihan agreed. Li Yunlong is such a frivolous kid. It depends on how I deal with him after he returns to Jian!"
"Where exactly is the new group?"
"Near Shentou Ridge!"
"Young man, Li Yunlong has picked a good place, but I don't know how many chips this guy Li Yunlong has in his hand, and how much he can perform at the level he did back then!" After hearing the name Shentou Ridge, the brigade commander had a smile on his face.
There was a trace of smile, but he did not express dissatisfaction with Li Yunlong's behavior.
The brigade commander paced a few times, thought for a while, and then said: "I'm afraid Li Yunlong doesn't have such a big appetite. There are at least three thousand Japanese troops stationed in Tunliu now, and he is not afraid of losing his front teeth!"
"Send messengers immediately. The 18th Regiment will continue to fight on the Lintun Highway. They will make a big noise and install the main force. The 772nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment will quickly assemble. They want to get closer to the brigade headquarters. They must get to Shentou Ridge before the Japanese army. Damn it.
, I am a brigade commander, wiping my subordinates’ butts all day long!”
Originally, the brigade commander's plan was for the three regiments to rest temporarily and pursue the Japanese army from behind. Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong disrupted the plan on the Handan-Chang Highway.
The sky is slightly bright.
After all, Luo Benzhong was persuaded by Li Yunlong and prepared to personally lead a battalion of the 28th Regiment to Tunliu and Changzhi.
"Political commissar, bring two 60mm cannons over. Although most of the Japanese troops are wounded, their strength cannot be underestimated. Ding Wei has placed his fourth battalion under our command. There will be too many casualties and we will not be able to fight with Ding Wei.
Explain!" Li Yunlong said he was talking about the Fourth Battalion of the 28th Regiment, but in fact he was concerned about political commissar Luo Benzhong.
With a gentle smile on his face, Luo Benzhong said immediately: "Okay, I still have to hurry. If the Japanese army is not blocked, it will be great fun!"
After saying that, he led a group of people and headed west along the path.
After Luo Benzhong left, Li Yunlong dared to relax, pointed to a hilltop in front of him and said, "Da Biao, do you still remember where this is?"
"Of course I remember, the front is Shentou Village, and the mountain ridge opposite is Shentou Ridge. Our 386th Brigade wiped out more than 1,400 little Japs here back then!" Zhang Dabiao said.
"Haha, yes, I remember that I was the battalion commander of the supplementary regiment at that time, and you were the platoon leader under me. Let's ambush the little devil again this time! Damn it, we almost let the national army's military map fool us back then!
"Li Yunlong returned to his hometown, feeling quite high-spirited.
In early 1938, not long after the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the Eighth Route Army used military maps of the National Army.
From the map, Shentou Ridge is located in the middle between Lucheng and Licheng, and has high ground and low slopes. The road passes through the bottom of the trench. Although the trench is not deep, it is the most ideal terrain for an ambush on the plain.
Already.
But the brigade commander who was responsible for commanding the specific operations at that time insisted on going to Shentou Ridge to find out what was going on.
As a result, the terrain at the scene left everyone dumbfounded and sweating profusely.
It turns out that the terrain near Shentou Ridge is completely inconsistent with the map. The national army map shows two mountains sandwiching a ditch, with the highway below and mountains on both sides. The only way for the Japanese army to pass is between the two mountains. If there is a gap between the two mountains,
There was an ambush on the mountain ridge on the side. The Japanese troops passing by here would definitely be caught off guard.
However, the actual road is on a bare mountain ridge, and the mountain ridge is relatively narrow. There are almost no shelters on both sides of the road. Not only is it difficult for large troops to hide, but it is also difficult to deploy an attack formation. Although there is a deep ditch on the north side of the road, it is not convenient for troop movement.
, the enemy is condescending, which will put us in trouble.
Although according to common sense, Shentou Ridge is not a good battlefield for an ambush; but after careful on-site investigation, Chen Geng, who never fights an uncertain battle, believes that the key to an ambush is "surprise and unpreparedness". This terrain
If it is not dangerous enough, the enemy will definitely think that he will not set up an ambush, and it will easily lead to paralysis. This is the perfect place for me to catch him by surprise and attack him unprepared for an ambush.
Although there are few hidden objects on both sides of the highway, there are abandoned fortifications left by the Kuomintang troops, and they are only tens to a hundred meters away from the highway. Because the highway is a transportation route frequently used by the enemy, the old fortifications have long been commonplace. According to
Due to inertial thinking, the enemy could not predict and discover in advance that I was hiding and waiting in the fortifications.
The mountain ridge is narrow, making it inconvenient for our troops to deploy, but under our surprise attack, the enemy cannot form a formation to fight back. "When fighting on a single-plank bridge, strike first to gain the upper hand."
"Captain, Shentou Ridge is not a good place for an ambush. Now our equipment has been greatly improved compared to before, but the quality of our personnel has not reached the level of the past. The number of Japanese troops is at least twice that of the past.
Not only that, but they are all field troops." As a participant in the war, Zhang Dabiao has been leading troops in the past two years. In contrast, he was not optimistic about this ambush.
"Everything you said is right, but the situation is clearer now than it was then. First of all, there are no Japanese reinforcements in Lucheng and Licheng. Secondly, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army has dropped a lot compared to the beginning of the war. If the Japanese Army's Class A Division
Field troops, I'm hiding from them. Thirdly, we are not fighting alone. The brigade commander is still with the main force. The telegram has been sent to the brigade commander. Don't worry, the brigade commander will definitely arrive before the little devil!"
Li Yunlong said rather cunningly.
Li Yunlong spoke out three reasons in a row, obviously he had been plotting in his heart for a long time and was just waiting to be implemented at this moment.
"As soon as the battle begins, the temple warriors from Wu'an and Wuyi are most likely to come to support. However, when we were marching along the way, we passed a wooden bridge. I think we can send a small force to burn the wooden bridge.
, cut off the way for the Japanese reinforcements in Wu'an and Wuyi, so that we can completely deal with the Japanese troops in front of us!" Li Dabenjing on the side interjected.
"Hey, brother Li, why are you acting like a roundworm in my stomach? You want to come with me!" Li Yunlong grinned.
"Captain, if you do this, aren't you afraid that the brigade commander will punish you later?"
"Shit, as long as the battle is won, it's too late for the brigade commander to be happy. He still punishes me. He has to treat me to a drink!" Li Yunlong glared, as if to indicate that he was determined to drink this meal.
"What we need to do now is to conduct on-site investigation and build fortifications as soon as possible." After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he waved his hand and led Zhang Dabiao and Li Daben towards Shentou Ridge on the opposite side.
The three of them walked to Shentou Village. They saw that Shentou Village, which was originally home to more than a dozen families, had long been abandoned, overgrown with weeds, and the houses were dilapidated.
After the battle, there was apparently retaliation from the Japanese army.
The abandoned fortifications on both sides of the mountain ridge ahead were also destroyed by the Japanese army.