However, Li Yan did not immediately stop the two Japanese soldiers who were heading towards Xishan County. Instead, he squatted on the spot and continued to observe the Japanese troops who had just retreated from the Xishandong base area to the vicinity of Houshan. He saw that the Japanese troops had no intention of continuing to act.
, Li Yan turned around and called several brothers from the reinforced regiment, and before the two Japanese soldiers approached the west gate of Xishan County, they ambush in the west woods.
When the two Japanese soldiers had just reached the west gate, several reinforcement brothers who had been ambushing in the west forest swooped forward, each grabbed the bayonet on their waist, and faced the two men in front of them who were trying to sneak into the west mountain.
The Japanese soldiers in the county town stabbed them fiercely several times. When the reinforcement brothers pulled out the bayonets, the two Japanese soldiers had fallen into a pool of blood, and there was no sound anymore.
At this time, the Japanese officer who was outside the West Shandong base area was still waiting for the return of the two Japanese scouts. However, after waiting for a long time, he did not see any sign of the scouts. Seeing this scene, the Japanese officer realized
These two Japanese soldiers were probably ambushed by Li Yan.
Thinking of this, the Japs officer did not send anyone to reconnoiter rashly. Instead, he returned to the center of the team, changed the formation of the entire Japs team, and started the defense work on the spot. Then two Japs came
In front of the squad leader, they each whispered in their ears for a while.
After hearing this, the two Japanese team captains nodded slightly, and then, under the cover of the front row of Japanese troops, they walked towards the Xishan North Road. At first, because there were Japanese soldiers blocking the front, the whereabouts of the two Japanese team captains were unknown.
They were not discovered, but when they broke away from the large army and came to Xishan North Road, two gunshots suddenly came from the direction of Xishan County. The two Japanese squad leaders were shot to death on the ground before they had time to react.
Li Yan, who was squatting in front of the observation hole at the north gate of Xishan County, saw that he had fired the two shots accurately, so he turned the muzzle of the sniper rifle in the direction of the Japanese army and fired a few shots aimlessly.
There was no aim, but the bullets fired from Li Yan's sniper rifle eventually hit several soldiers of the Japanese troops stationed around the back mountain. One bullet even blew off the hat of a Japanese officer.
The Japanese officer was startled at first, and then felt a brief burst of heat on his head. When he came back to his senses, he found that his hat had been knocked down on the ground five meters away. With the help of the torch light in the temporary stronghold,
You can still see the bullet hole right above the Japs cap. The Japs officer couldn't help but take a breath when he saw this.
After this unpredictable sneak attack in the direction of Xishan County, the Japanese officer suddenly lost the courage to fight back. He first squatted down and observed the direction of Xishan County for a while, then gathered his troops together and quietly moved back.
They moved toward the mountain, but the lighting facilities such as torches did not move with the remaining Japanese troops. Instead, they were scattered on the ground according to the Japanese officer's instructions to blind the sight of Xishan County.
Since the entire Japanese army did not march along the main road this time, but instead advanced along the woods into the back mountains, they were not discovered by Li Yan. However, less than ten minutes later, Li Yan discovered something was wrong.
Because at this time, the torches and other items inside the Japs stronghold had not been moved for a long time, but judging from the previous situation, when the Japs changed guard, they would more or less move the positions of the torches to avoid
His whereabouts were discovered and he was shot dead.
But now there is no movement from these torches. This is obviously very abnormal. If he guessed correctly, most of the Japanese troops have already withdrawn to other places. Thinking of this, Li Yan turned his eyes from the back mountain to the other side.
The center of the road in the West Shandong Base Area was moved away, and the view was instead
The line was placed on the back mountain. Sure enough, after a period of careful observation, a small light shone through the central path of the back mountain and appeared in Li Yan's eyes. Upon seeing this, Li Yan hurriedly raised the muzzle of the sniper rifle.
Turn the light towards the central section of the back mountain and increase the magnification of the sniper scope.
As the field of vision gradually narrowed, the outline of a torch gradually appeared in front of Li Yan. Seeing this, Li Yan was completely sure that the Japanese troops had all retreated to the back of the mountain. At this time, Li Yan did not delay any longer.
, but quickly summoned two reinforcement regiment soldiers, and used them to convey their next plan to Jiang Zhen and Qin Mo outside Xishan County.
About ten minutes later, Jiang Zhen and Qin Mo received Li Yan's information, and according to Li Yan's plan, they divided their troops into several teams, leaving two teams each to defend the artillery positions, and the rest
Quietly advance to the vicinity of the West Shandong base area, and then form a circle along the woods around the outside of the back mountain to prevent the Japanese troops in the back mountain from suddenly counterattacking or escaping.
After this was done, Li Yan from Xishan County also left the North Gate observation point and turned back to the combat conference room. At the same time, eight Japs scouts sent by the Japs officers from the back mountain also came.
In the northern part of Xishan and around Xishan County, we are preparing to obtain some intelligence about the movements of the Eighth Route Army troops, but
As soon as these Japanese soldiers passed through the West Shandong base area, several Eighth Route Army soldiers rushed out of the woods. Taking advantage of these Japanese soldiers, they cut their necks and then pulled their bodies behind them.
Around the mountain, with the help of the torches left by the Japanese officers, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were burned to the ground.
In the next few days, the Japanese officers sent out Japanese soldiers to deliver intelligence no less than thirty times. However, no matter how these Japanese soldiers got out of the back mountains, as long as they passed through the Xishandong base area or Xishan County, they would ambush around the two places.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers would touch behind these Japanese soldiers without their knowledge, and then kill them silently.
After going back and forth, no Japanese soldier in the back mountain dared to go out to deliver the message, and at this time their psychology had completely collapsed. Seeing this scene, the Japanese officer completely gave up the idea of asking for reinforcements, and instead ordered the troops to join him.
, stay in Houshan for internal defense, and on the other hand send people to climb Houshan Mountain
The top of the back mountain happened to be the best shooting position for the observation and shooting hole at the north gate of Xishan County, so in the next few days, the enemy officer
That day, the few Japanese soldiers who climbed to the top of the back mountain were all shot down the mountain, and no one was spared.