When the entire army marched to the north exit of Xiangmashan Middle Road, Li Yan raised his right hand and turned into a fist and swung it backwards. Seeing this, the team behind him stopped moving forward. Li Yan first ordered the team to rest on the spot and then left.
The team came alone to the Xishan Nanqiao base area and conveyed to the Xishan Nanqiao Eighth Route Army officers about the Japanese attack on Heilong Village and Heilong.
, and asked him to send troops to monitor the movements of the Japanese troops in Xiangmashan. Seeing that the Eighth Route Army troops in Xishan Nanqiao agreed with his idea, Li Yan turned around and walked out of the gate of Xishan Nanqiao base area and returned to his team. He saw that the entire team was almost resting.
When he arrived, Li Yan regrouped his troops and led them along the south avenue of Xishan County towards the south gate of Xishan County.
However, Li Yan did not stop in the county seat after arriving here. Instead, he continued to lead the team, passing through the north gate of Xishan County and advancing along the north road for a distance, and finally stopped at the gate of the Xishan East Base Area. Li Yan and
The Eighth Route Army soldiers standing guard at the gate briefly exchanged words.
After receiving the order, he prepared to lead the troops behind him back to the West Shandong base area. However, just when Li Yan was about to lift his foot to enter the base area, he was grabbed by the Eighth Route Army soldiers behind him. Li Yan felt that something was not right about the situation.
, then looked back at the Eighth Route Army soldier who was grabbing his left arm and asked:
"Little comrade, what do you mean?" The Eighth Route Army soldier did not answer Li Yan immediately. He just pointed at the three columns standing in the center of the large army. Heilong, who was standing in the center of the column, saw that the Eighth Route Army soldier in front of him was pointing.
He took a step forward and explained
"I am Heilong, the boss of Heilong Village in Xiangmashan. I came here with brother Li Yan's troops to join your Eighth Route Army..." Heilong was just halfway through his words when the Eighth Route Army soldier waved his hand.
, turned to Li Yan standing beside him and said:
"Captain Li, please wait here for a moment. I'm going to ask Brigadier Jiang." After saying that, he turned around and entered the combat conference room inside the base area. After a while, Jiang Zhen popped up from inside.
Seeing Li Yan and the others still standing outside, Jiang Zhen came to the base gate and faced
Li Yan waved his hand and brought his two regiments and the Black Dragon team to the base area. He adjusted the team a little, and then called the Black Dragon and Li Yan into the combat conference room. As soon as Li Yan entered the door, he saw the people sitting there.
Qin Mo frowned on the chair and stared at the map of Xishan.
Li Yan subconsciously looked back at Jiang Zhen and found that Jiang Zhen's face was also full of seriousness. Seeing this scene, Li Yan felt that Jiang Zhen and Qin Mo must have encountered some trouble again, so at this time Li Yan
He temporarily put aside the matter of Black Dragon's surrender, but looked at Jiang Zhen and asked:
"Brigadier Jiang, what happened?" Jiang Zhen didn't say anything after hearing this. He just stretched out his right hand and pointed in the direction of the northern Xishan Railway, lowered his head and muttered for a while, then went to sit in front of the transmitter with his hands behind his back, but he didn't sit down in front of the transmitter yet.
After a while, he stood up again, and finally spoke slowly:
"Secret message from superiors, our people found a regiment and a half of Japanese troops in the north of Xishan. They are the remnants of the original Xishan Southwest General Headquarters. They have no top commander, just some stragglers, but they have heavy artillery, so it is difficult to attack by force.
...." Jiang Zhen paused for a moment after saying this.
He lowered his head and looked at the map of Xishan, and continued to explain: "They are located in the plains, and their heavy artillery fire has a wide range. If I am not mistaken, their artillery fire should be able to cover the entire northern area of Xishan Middle Road and the surrounding mountain woods. In this way,
Come, we won't be able to launch a strong attack from the front."
Li Yan followed the direction of Jiang Zhen's finger and looked at the map of Xishan. He saw several small circles circled with red pen in the northern part of Xishan on the map. Jiang Zhen turned to look at Li Yan and saw that Li Yan was staring at these few dots.
He leaned forward and explained: "These marks are the specific locations of the Japanese heavy artillery in the superior intelligence, and they have not been moved..."
Li Yan stretched out his right index finger and drew several lines back and forth along the position of the heavy artillery of the Japanese army. He found that the artillery fire range of the Japanese army had covered 90% of the Xishan Middle Road area, and the terrain in the northernmost part of the Xishan Mountain was also similar to
It was the same as Jiang Zhen's analysis. It was located in a plain and had a wide shooting range. If a forceful attack was launched regardless of the consequences, as soon as the Japanese opened fire, they would be destroyed.
It would bring immeasurable losses to his team. Thinking of this, Li Yan no longer focused on this almost desperate frontal attack, but focused on the other two places. After some analysis, Li Yan discovered
, there are two positions on the left and right roads of Xishan that are the blind spots of the Japanese troops. They are on the left road to the northwest and the right road to the northeast.
Half an hour later, Li Yan raised his head and faced Jiang Zhen and said slowly: "Commander Jiang, come and see here..." As he spoke, Li Yan pointed his finger at the two positions he had just set.
, seeing Jiang Zhen looking at these two places, Li Yan continued: "Commander Jiang, the second half of the left and right roads of Xishan is the blind spot for the Japanese troops' artillery fire. If we can ensure a secret march in the early stage, we can successfully reach this place."
If there are two positions, the Japanese heavy artillery will be useless."
As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, Jiang Zhen immediately stretched out his hand and waved at Li Yan: "It's not like you haven't been to this place before and fought with Japanese troops. There are indeed woods on both sides of the left and right roads of Xishan.
But the trees get sparser as you get closer. By the time you lead the team to the designated location, there must be nothing around you.
This is just one thing. On the other hand, the Japanese are in a plain area. If there is no artillery protection, their defense will be quite disadvantageous. In this case, they will organize intensive reconnaissance.
, in order to prevent our army from attacking it, it is impossible for you to lead a large force to encircle and suppress it without making any noise."
After Li Yan learned about this situation, he felt a little embarrassed. Seeing that Li Yan didn't speak, Jiang Zhen and Qin Mo also stood silently with him. Seeing this, Heilong stood aside and lowered his head to think for a while, and then raised his palms.
Shoot, raised his head and said: "Brother Li Yan, let my team do the marching to the northern part of Xishan Mountain!"
Jiang Zhen and Li Yan looked at each other, but neither spoke. After a while, Jiang Zhen asked slowly: "Heilong, we haven't told our superiors about your matter yet. The designation and final unit ownership have not been finalized yet. According to the
According to discipline, you can't carry out this mission with us yet, but... you'd better tell us your thoughts first." After saying that, he turned his head to the black dragon.