The Japanese troops walked very fast when they came, but when they returned, they slowed down their march. The Japanese captain who took the lead looked back from time to time to observe the movements of the rear of the troops. After about twenty minutes, this group of Japanese soldiers
The soldiers completely disappeared from Li Yan's sight. Liu Guangyao, who was squatting next to Li Yan, felt strange, so he turned to look at Li Yan and asked: "Li Yan, what on earth is this devil doing?"
"It's still unclear, but..." Li Yan stretched out his right hand and pointed in the direction in which the Japanese troops left, and continued to explain: "This Japanese troops walked along the Southwest Road of Xishan. If you haven't guessed,
If you are wrong, this group of Japanese soldiers should eventually pass through the Xishan South Bridge, or bypass the Xishan South Bridge, but no matter which way you go, the Eighth Route Army troops should have something to do with the Xishan South Bridge.
We are aware of it, so we should return to Xishan County now, send a telegram to the Xishan Nanqiao base area to ask what is going on, and wait until we determine the general direction of action of the Japanese troops before deciding on the next plan." Li Yan
After saying this, he turned around and walked towards the east exit of Xishulin. Upon seeing this, Liu Guangyao followed Li Yan and followed him all the way back to Xishan County.
As soon as Li Yan stepped into the west gate of Xishan County, he quickly approached the temporary combat command room inside Xishan County, walked into the room, came to the transmitter, and reported what he had just discovered in the woods west of Xishan County.
The telegram was sent to the Xishan Nanqiao Base Area and asked for some information about the Japanese troops. After the telegram was sent, Li Yan leaned on the back of his chair and waited for a reply from the Xishan Nanqiao Base Area.
After about twenty minutes, the transmitter in front of Li Yan began to tick again. Seeing this, Li Yan quickly approached the transmitter, put the earphones on his head and carefully recorded the messages from the transmitter.
The sound of the secret code came, and on the other hand, someone took out a pen and accurately
He was going to record the contents of the telegram on paper, but the pen in Li Yan's hand ran out of ink at this time. In desperation, Li Yan had to bite a little bit of his right index finger and use his blood to write out the secret code sent from Xishan Nanqiao.
Record it point by point on the white paper on the right hand side.
When the code sound in the transmitter completely disappeared, Li Yan took the white paper with the code aside, stood up, left the transmitter, and came to the table with the map of Xishan County.
Reach out and put the pen into the ink bottle on the table, fill your pen with
Full of ink, he immediately returned to the transmitter and began to translate. After the entire telegram was translated, Li Yan also figured out the marching route of the Japanese troops, and this just verified Li Yan's previous
Guess: These Japanese soldiers came from the Thieves Mountain.
Thinking of this, Li Yan got up and went to the map of Xishan County. He placed his eyes on the location of Xishan Southwest Road marked on the map, guessing the next move of the Japanese troops. At the same time, he followed the intelligence sent by Xishan Nanqiao to the Japanese troops.
The final location was marked on the map with a pen. After a period of careful analysis,
, Li Yan discovered that the last place where the Japs troops stayed was close to the Xishan Northern Railway that he had blown up before. Seeing this, Li Yan judged that the action of the Japs stronghold in Xiangma Mountain was not directly aimed at his Xishan County and Xishan.
The southwest base area is related to the Xishan Railway, which has tended to be abandoned.
Li Yan continued to think about this idea for a while, and finally determined that the real purpose of the Japanese army's march to Xishan was to secretly repair the Xishan Railway, and then rely on the transportation advantages of the Xishan Railway to continue to penetrate into the interior of Xishan in preparation for breaking through the Xishan defense line.
Seeing that his idea was indeed true, Li Yan turned around and left.
In the temporary combat command room, he briefly explained his next plan to Liu Guangyao, and then walked quickly along the north gate of Xishan to the West Shandong base area, and came to Jiang Zhen who was in the combat conference room, but just before Li Yangang
When he was about to speak, Jiang Zhen suddenly reached out and pointed at the map of Xishan, and then asked slowly:
"Li Yan, if I guess correctly, you must have come to our Xishandong base this time for this matter." After Jiang Zhen said this, he moved his index pointer to the Xishan map, Xishan Southwest Road and Xishan South Road.
He tapped a small corner at the junction of the bridge a few times, then looked back at Li Yan.
Li Yan took a closer look and found that the location marked on Jiang Zhen's map was exactly the location mentioned in the Xishan South Bridge intelligence. Upon seeing this, Li Yan understood that Jiang Zhen must have also received a message from the Eighth Route Army on the Xishan South Bridge.
Intelligence, thinking of this, Li Yan did not repeat the content of the previous telegram, but directly stretched out his hand to point to the mark on the Xishan map, looked back at Jiang Zhen and asked: "Brigadier Jiang, the Japanese troops are currently stationed at
Here, it is close to the direction of the Xishan Railway... But this railway has been blown up by our reinforcement group during our encirclement and suppression operations, so now this railway no longer has any effect, but if it is repaired
, this section of railway can still be used... Therefore, I judge that the real purpose of these Japanese soldiers is to repair the Xishan Railway to facilitate the transportation of troops."
Jiang Zhen nodded slightly, and after Li Yan finished speaking, he replied: "My thoughts are the same. These Japanese soldiers have been coveting our excellent strategic location in Xishan since they invaded China, but in the northern part of Xishan
After the war, we drove these Japs out of Xishan and were trapped in Xiangma Mountain, a place where no one can shit. The terrain of Xiangma Mountain is dangerous.
Evil is not conducive to the garrison and fighting of the army, so as long as they are not completely wiped out, they will definitely find the best time to return to Xishan. But you also know that the Xishan defense line is a foregone conclusion at this time, and the Japanese troops will be able to do it without a lot of effort.
You can't get in..." After Jiang Zhen said this, he stretched out his hand to point to the location of the Japanese army and continued:
"If they want to invade Xishan again under this situation, they must quickly penetrate into the weakly defended position of Xishan, and this weakly defended position is in the northern part of Xishan. It was originally guarded by Li Laopao, but
Later..." Jiang Zhen said this
First, he looked up at Li Yan and saw that something was wrong with Li Yan's face. Jiang Zhen did not mention Li Lao Pao again, but just raised his head to the location of the northern part of Xishan Mountain on the map: "The northern part of Xishan Mountain is currently undefended.
Therefore, the Japanese troops are likely to choose this place as a target for strategic penetration."