In the next two days, Li Yan spent the reconnaissance of the Japanese troops in the northwest of Xishan. However, apart from the daily rest and recuperation, there was no other movement. On the surface, the Japanese troops looked like
It's like he doesn't know what's going on, but Li Yan doesn't have this
So he thought that this Japs force was a little abnormal, but he couldn't describe the abnormality for a while. At this time, it was less than half a day before the launch of the general offensive. Seeing this scene, Li Yan could only silently ignore this unusual situation.
Keep it in mind and be prepared for all emergencies.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the night of the third day. Seeing that the time had come, Li Yan came to the observation hole in Xishan County, raised his sniper gun and fired in the direction of Xishan South Bridge to observe. At this time, Xishan South Bridge
The Eighth Route Army on the bridge had also begun to take action. In order to inform Li Yan that their own troops had set off, the front row troops quickly lit torches and swung back and forth several times toward the south gate of Xishan County to report to Li Yan.
Li Yan, who was squatting at the observation hole in the south wall of Xishan County for reconnaissance, saw this and quickly returned to the ground, integrated the entire reinforcement team together, and then removed Liu Guangyao's half of the regiment, and the remaining
He was responsible for the defense of Xishan County to prevent the Japanese from taking the opportunity to attack Xishan County. After Li Yan did all this, he added this half
The strong regiment was brought to the west gate of Xishan County, passed through the woods of Xishan, and arrived near the Xishan Southwest Base. According to the plan, the vanguard troops lit torches and waved them back and forth to the Xishan Southwest Base. The troops from the Xishan Southwest Base received
After receiving the signal from Li Yan's troops, they also lit torches and stood in the front row of the team to indicate that the entire troops had been assembled.
Upon seeing this, Li Yan stretched out his right hand and waved back. Upon seeing this, the team behind him immediately stopped and waited for Li Yan's next instructions. At this time, the Eighth Route Army troops from the southwest of Xishan had also led their troops to Li Yan.
In front of them, the troops from both sides saw that time was almost up, so they gathered the two troops together, extinguished all the torches in their hands, and Li Yan led the team towards the northwest road of Xishan. When the troops arrived at the mark that had been arranged in advance
At the click of a button, Li Yan raised his right hand and gave the command to stop moving again.
Li Yan took out a lighter from his jacket pocket and held it towards the west side of Xishan Northwest Road, and quickly lit the fire a few times. When he saw sparks appearing on the opposite side, Li Yan was sure that the Xishan Nanqiao base area had arrived.
Arriving at a position 2,700 meters away from the northwest intersection of Xishan, seeing that the first step of the plan had been completed, Li Yan handed over the command of the troops to Liu Guangyao behind him, and he slowly approached to the right hand side of Xishan Northwest Road
Inside the shallow ditch, waiting for the arrival of Jiang Zhen's troops.
More than thirty minutes later, Li Yan heard a burst of footsteps coming from the woods behind the Xishan Village, and then a large number of troops appeared in front of him. When Li Yan saw that it was Jiang Zhen's troops, he hurriedly moved forward and joined Jiang Zhen's troops.
Zhen Zhen and Qin Mo who followed him divided the five regiments into two groups and divided them into two groups.
They were deployed on both sides of the Xishan Northwest Road. When the entire army had descended into the shallow ditch, Jiang Zhen issued an order to advance slowly. When the leading troops of the five regiments had approached the northwest intersection of Xishan,
Jiang Zhen came to Li Yan and said, "Li Yan, you're ready."
Li Yan looked forward for a while and saw that there was no movement from the Japanese soldiers. He turned his head to Liu Guangyao behind him and shouted: "Hit!" After hearing this, Liu Guangyao took the lead in pulling out the box cannon from his waist and fired at Liu Guangyao.
Two shots were fired in the sky, and the soldiers behind saw this and also
They all raised the rifles in their hands to the sky, put their right index fingers close to the trigger and squeezed hard. In an instant, the sky above the central section of Xishan Northwest Road was enveloped by a burst of dense gunfire, and this burst of gunfire also happened to alarm those who were in Xishan.
Japanese troops in northern Shanxi.
However, the Japanese troops did not rush to attack. Instead, they dispatched a small team to conduct pre-war reconnaissance. After two minutes, the small team returned to the center of the Japanese troops and informed the troops of the information about the Northwest Road of Xishan.
Chief, please confirm that the gunfire came from Xishan Northwest Central Road
At that moment, the Japanese commander breathed a sigh of relief and led the team towards the northwest intersection of Xishan. However, just as the Japanese troops were about to arrive at the northwest intersection of Xishan, the front row troops suddenly stepped on a landmine under their feet and flew away with a loud noise.
In the air, several landmines nearby also exploded.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Zhen raised his right hand high, preparing to issue a general attack order. At this time, Liu Guangyao had also brought his team to the vicinity of the Xishan Nanqiao front troops and gathered with them again, but before he could wave his right hand down, Xishan
The Japanese soldiers at the northwest intersection had already begun to evacuate. Jiang Zhen was stunned by this sudden change and turned to look back at Li Yan.
Li Yan first pointed the sniper rifle at the Japs team to take a closer look, then turned to face Jiang Zhen and said: "Brigadier Jiang, these Japs are heading due west. I guess they want to see if there are any ambushes behind here."
, and I judge that this Japanese army must have known that the troops in our rear are loose..." Seeing that Jiang Zhen was not talking, Li Yan hurriedly stood up and shouted:
"Brigadier Jiang's order! Now the Japanese troops have discovered traces of our troops and are turning around and rushing to the west side of Xishan Northwest Road in an attempt to encircle and suppress our rear troops. In order to ensure that the rear troops do not suffer losses, we have now decided to take all the troops out of the northwest of Xishan
Road, pursue the Japanese troops advancing to the west with all their strength!" After Li Yan said this, he took the lead and rushed forward. Upon seeing this, Jiang Zhen immediately grabbed Li Yan's arm: "Li Yan, when did I give such an order?"
"Is it more important for you to personally issue the order, or for the entire occupation?" Li Yan asked. Seeing that Jiang Zhen did not refute, Li Yan led the five regiments behind him and rushed towards the Japanese troops. The one responsible for guarding the door at the rear
When the four regiments saw that Li Yan had led his troops and rushed forward, they no longer hesitated and rushed forward to fight with the Japanese troops in front of them. As soon as the Japanese troops rushed forward, they were frightened by the sudden attack.
One jump.
Seeing an opportunity, the four regiments responsible for guarding the rear also accelerated their charge. At first, the Japanese troops were prepared to put machine guns on the ground to suppress the approaching Eighth Route Army troops with intensive firepower. However, considering the time problem, they changed
The rifles were moving while fighting back, but this still did not stop the fierce charge of the four regiments. The Japanese troops had no choice but to replace their rifles with bayonets and fight with the approaching Eighth Route Army troops.