The subsequent development of the situation was just as Li Yan thought. Seeing that the Japanese troops in the northwest of Xishan could not catch up with Li Yan and others, they withdrew most of their troops to the northwest of Xishan, but the remaining small part stayed in the Xishan village.
The west exit of Houshulin is responsible for observing all movements of the Eighth Route Army troops in the east. However, at this time, the West Shandong base area was extremely quiet and there was nothing unusual.
Seeing this situation, this small group of Japanese soldiers did not continue to perform the observation mission. Instead, they dispersed their troops in various corners of Xishulin and hid them to prevent the Eighth Route Army troops from continuing to attack the northwest of Xishan.
There was nothing special about the small group of troops in the woods behind the Xishan mountain stronghold. The remaining Japanese troops continued to return to the plain along the northwest road of Xishan.
The next day, the Japs troops on the Northwest Road of Xishan sent a telegram to the base area in the middle of Xiangma Mountain, reporting the attack on themselves to their superiors. Half a day later, a Japs troop from the middle of Xiangma Mountain arrived quickly.
The Northwest Road of Xishan was merged with the previous Japanese troops. At this time, the Northwest Japanese troops of Xishan had expanded from the previous two regiments to five regiments. The number of these troops was greater than that of Li Yan, who was in the Xishandong base area.
Not fully known yet.
Li Yan was in a daze with Jiang Zhen in the combat conference room for a long time. Seeing that nothing could be solved by sitting like this, he went out and called a few Eighth Route Army soldiers, hoping that they would go to the rear of Xishan Village to do some reconnaissance, but
Later, Li Yan immediately gave up the idea. He first sent these Eighth Route Army soldiers back to the camp, then put the sniper rifle on his shoulder, came to Jiang Zhen and explained his next plan.
After getting Jiang Zhen's approval, Li Yan followed the gate of the West Shandong Base Area to the woods behind the Xishan Village and started his own investigation plan. However, because he was worried that the Japanese would set up an ambush nearby, Li Yan did not move forward directly.
He moved his body to the side and came to a tree
Behind a relatively thick tree, he took off the sniper rifle from his shoulder and pointed it flat to the front, and looked carefully. However, as soon as his right eye came close to the sniper rifle scope, he saw a Japanese soldier standing in the woods not far away.
Soldier, looked around again and found several Japanese soldiers nearby.
Li Yan turned the muzzle of his gun to the several Japanese soldiers next to him, then ducked and hid behind a tree to think carefully. From his observation just now, Li Yan found that the distance between these Japanese soldiers was less than 20 meters.
, if you rush forward rashly, you will definitely be beaten by these few
What a Japanese soldier discovered was that Li Yan could not handle these few Japanese soldiers alone, but behind these Japanese soldiers there were also an unknown number of Japanese troops in the northwest of Xishan. If this alarmed the Japanese soldiers again, what would happen next?
The plan really needs to be rearranged.
At this time, Li Yan thought of this and did not rush out. Instead, he hid behind the trees and observed the Japanese soldiers. After a while, the Japanese soldiers finally made some movement. The one closest to Li Yan
A Japanese soldier first looked back and forth. Seeing that there was nothing unusual around him, he threw the rifle in his hand directly to the ground, and then walked over to the direction of Li Yan. Upon seeing this, Li Yan quickly pressed his back against the trunk of the tree.
He stood up and listened carefully with his ears perked up.
When the Japanese soldier approached the tree where Li Yan was standing, Li Yan rushed forward, grabbed the Japanese soldier by the collar and pulled him backwards, dragging him to the ground. Before the Japanese soldier could say anything, Li Yan
Yan's other hand was already covering his mouth, and then he released the hand that grabbed the Japanese soldier's collar, and pinched the Japanese soldier's throat hard, while
Pressing down while exerting force, the Jaap soldiers struggled hard at first, but then their movements slowed down, and in the end they lost all sound. However, the sound the Jaap soldiers made when they struggled also alerted several Jaap soldiers next to them.
Hearing that the sound was wrong, he picked up the San Ba Da Gai in his hand and approached the tree where Li Yan was.
Seeing that something was wrong, Li Yan immediately pulled the Japanese corpse back and made him lean against the tree. Then he leaned behind the tree and said loudly in Japanese to the approaching Japanese soldiers: "I just said
I encountered a snake, but it has been killed by me now. Now I have to relieve myself and will return to the team in a while!"
"Sakura-kun, are you okay?" a Japanese soldier asked in confusion.
Li Yan used force to lift up the corpse of the Japanese soldier, pulled out the tactical dagger from his waist, supported his right arm along the sleeve of the Japanese soldier's corpse, and then took the corpse of the Japanese soldier with him
He waved his right arm outward vigorously: "I'm very good. Look, I used this hand to kill the poisonous snake."
..." Taking advantage of the Japs' daze, Li Yan secretly glanced out. At this time, there was only one Japs soldier standing in front of the tree where he was. Li Yan changed his mind.
Seeing that there was indeed nothing unusual about his Sakuragi-kun, the Japanese soldier put away his rifle and prepared to return to its original position.
When Li Yan saw that the Japanese soldier's back was turned to him, he pushed the Japanese soldier's body away and said at the same time: "Hey, come here, I think I saw the Eighth Route Army troops." He stretched out his hand towards the soldier.
The Japanese soldier waved vigorously. The Japanese soldier believed it to be true and quickly approached the tree where Li Yan was standing: "Mr. Sakuragi."
, are you sure?" But at this time, there was no movement from Li Yan. The Japanese soldier became confused when he saw this, but in the end, he slowly approached the big tree in front of him. When he got close, this
The Japanese soldier then asked tentatively: "Mr. Sakuragi, where are the Eighth Route Army troops? Come out and point them out."
Seeing that there was still no movement from Li Yan, the Japanese soldier simply came to Li Yan and said, "Mr. Sakuragi, where are the Eighth Route Army troops? Please point me to it." Li Yan calmed down after hearing this.
Xu picked up the corpse of the Japanese named Sakuragi, took his right hand and put it in front of him: "They are right there."
After hearing this, the Japanese soldier hurried forward, but before he could recover, the tactical dagger in Li Yan's hand had already pierced his throat, and a stream of blood suddenly flowed from the center of the Japanese soldier's neck.
After spraying out, Li Yan was afraid of alerting several other Japanese soldiers, so he dragged his body to a less conspicuous corner, lowered his head and asked, "Don't you want to know where these Eighth Route Army troops are?"
The Japanese soldier pushed his body upwards and opened his mouth to speak, but what came out was a grunting sound. When Li Yan saw this, he lowered his head and said softly: "I tell you, our Eighth Route Army troops have no power."
Everywhere." After saying this, he pulled out the dagger stabbed in the Japs' throat. The Japs soldier's eyes turned white and he died on the ground.