Chapter 54 Emptiness
Erlong Mountain, Panshizhai.
Xu Shijiu sent Shu Tongwen and the leopard to the mountain pass and persuaded him to stay: "Awen, Lao Hai, you see that it's dark this day, why don't you stay for a night before leaving?"
"Captain, there's really no time." Shu Tongwen waved his hand, "Old Liang is urging so urgently, there must be something important."
"What else is there? It must be Tang Laowen or Shangguan Yunxiang's trouble again." The leopard groaned and said, "Whether the troops in the Third War Zone, the Central Army or the Sichuan Army, it is not me who said they were about to collapse when facing the Japanese, but when facing our New Fourth Army, they immediately became excited, and the military headquarters issued an order, not to take action. Otherwise, I can overturn their divisions, hum, what."
"Okay, Lao Hai, don't complain." Shu Tongwen persuaded the leopard and said to Xu Shijiu, "Captain, then we'll leave, you go back too."
Xu Shijiu waved his hand and said, "Okay, be careful on the road."
"It's okay, isn't it just a blockade line? But it's a delusion to block Lao Hai and me." As he said that, the guard had already come over with a torch. Shu Tongwen and the leopard took the torch from the guard and turned around and left.
Watching Shu Tongwen, the figures of the leopard and the others disappeared in the valley. Xu Shijiu turned around and returned to the headquarters. As soon as he entered the gate, the guard battalion commander Yang Dashu hurried in from outside and reported that the Japanese troops in Lijia Town suddenly had abnormal movements.
"Lijia Town?" Xu Shijiu immediately came to the map with a car light, staring at the map and pondered without saying a word.
Yang Dashu followed him to the map and continued, "Commander, the little Japanese was abnormal and dispatched troops to Lijia Town in the middle of the night. I must have no good intentions?"
Xu Shijiu slowly slid over the map and finally stopped at Huangyangao in the middle of Lijia Town and Panshizhai. Huangyangao is the defense area of the 4th regiment. If the Japanese army in Lijia Town attacked Erlong Mountain, Huangyangao would definitely be the first to bear the brunt.
Xu Shijiu put the gas lamp back on the table, grabbed the armed belt from the table, and pierced his body and said, "Let's go to Huangyangao."
As soon as he left the headquarters, he saw Gao Shenxing and the 5th Brigade's party facing him. Xu Shijiu asked, "Old Gao, are you going to go?"
Gao Shenxing looked at Li Mu behind him and said, "The little Japanese has been having a good time recently. Our 5th Brigade plans to go to the terrain and pull out the little Japanese artillery tower over there."
Xu Shijiu didn't say much. He knew that Gao Shenxing wanted to relieve Li Mu's mood, so he stepped forward and patted Li Mu on the shoulder, saying, "Go, kill me all the little Japanese in the terracotta artillery tower, don't let go of any of them."
Seeing the nine members of the 5th Battalion, Lao Hei, disappearing into the night, Xu Shijiu suddenly turned around and said to Yang Dashu: "Dashu, as soon as the 5th Battalion leaves, the alert power of Panshizhai will be weakened. The guard camp should not go to Huangyangao. Just send a squad to follow me."
After the Guard Battalion suffered heavy damage in Yanjia Town, it did not replenish its troops in time. Until now, there is still only one company of troops. Now the 5th Battalion has left. If the Guard Battalion leaves again, then there will be only non-combatants from the arsenal and field hospitals in the entire Panshi Village. Once the attack is taken, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"Commander, what can you do?" Yang Dashu didn't think so. "The duty of our guard battalion is to protect your safety. We will get wherever you go. Besides, Panshi Village is hidden deep in Erlong Mountain, how could it be attacked by a Japanese?"
"Okay, that's it, you send a squad to follow me." Xu Shijiu said without hesitation and gave the order.
"Yes." Yang Dashu had no choice but to accept the order.
(Split Line)
Ohara Shigemi raised her right hand and clenched her fists. The special forces teams following behind her squatted down one after another. The vanguard team responsible for the alert quickly spread out at the first time, and the fire support team quickly seized a favorable position. Although it was on the march, Ohara's brigade was worthy of being a well-trained elite and still maintained its combat formation.
It must be admitted that the Oiran team is really a well-trained elite.
The night marching is not a joke. No matter how experienced veterans are, they may get lost at night. Especially since the Weiyuan Brigade had passed Erlong Mountain before, the Weiyuan Brigade drew a interlude from the map and a compass provided by the enemy's inside line, and drove straight into the vicinity of Panshizhai.
But now, Ohara Shigemi must confirm the location again.
"Map" Ohara Shigemi spread her hands and a special forces member quickly stepped forward.
In just a moment, a tent was set up, and the adjutant with the map got into the account and spread the map open, and turned on the flashlight again.
Ohara Shigemi put her head into the tent. The adjutant had found the current possible location on the map and pointed to the map and said, "Captain, I just checked the terrain. We should be roughly in this position at present. It is still more than ten kilometers away from Panshizhai, the headquarters of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in Southern Anhui."
"What does it mean, roughly?" Ohara Shigemi said unhappy.
"Hayi." Adjutant Ju Shou said, "Captain, it is difficult to identify the direction at night."
"Okay, I don't want to hear this." Ohara Shigemi took out her pocket watch and said, "It's one o'clock in the morning, and there are about four hours before dawn. Go and send me the orders to speed up the marching. They must arrive at Panshizhai before four o'clock in the morning."
Before he finished speaking, a sharp crow scream suddenly came from outside. The adjutant quickly turned off the flashlight, and Ohara Shigemi also quickly came out of the tent. Under the moonlight, a special forces member of the vanguard team hurried back from the front and lowered his voice and reported: "Captain, there is something in front."
Ohara Shigemi raised her right hand and pressed her forward gently. The special forces members who were resting in the spot stood up one after another. Ohara Shigemi also pulled her helmet back on her head and bent down to penetrate into the bushes ahead.
After sneaking forward less than a hundred meters, Ohara Shigemi discovered two other members of the vanguard group.
Although it was early morning at this time, the bright moon was hanging alone in the sky. With the moonlight, the hazy mountain scenery could still be seen clearly. A few dozen meters away, the leader of the vanguard team, Yoohara Shigemi, made continuous gestures: It means that an unknown armed force was found on the mountain road ahead, with a total of six people, two short guns and four long spears.
Not long after, the team reported by the vanguard group appeared in Ohara Shigemi's vision.
In the hazy night, six people were walking on the night road with torches, four of them were carrying rifles, and the other two were carrying twenty box cannons. The captain of the 1st squadron, Nao Amuro came up and asked in a low voice: "Captain, do you always do it?"
"What are you doing?" Ohara Shigemi said angrily, "Although it is still more than ten kilometers away from Panshi Village, who knows if there are Chinese troops nearby? If the target is exposed in advance, don't think about the gains when you go to Panshi Village. Nasan Amuro, you always remember that when the gunfire sounds, we will never have a chance."
"Hai." Amuro Na took his head heavily, then watched the six people walk past very close.
These six people are no one else, Shu Tongwen and the leopard who returned to the station overnight. They were confused and had already walked back and forth from the brink of death.
(Split Line)
Sitting in the passenger cab of the truck, Hattori Shingen yawned a long time.
Looking out through the car window, you can see the faint mountains, like giant beasts, crouching under the sky, making people feel inexplicably uneasy. Sometimes, there may be a bunch of snow-clear lights piercing the darkness without darkness, which will bring Hattori a little psychological comfort. Inexplicably, Hattori felt a little uneasy and immediately ordered the driver to stop.
The truck that Hattori was riding in was in the middle of the entire convoy. As soon as his car stopped, the entire convoy stopped.
A moment later, Captain Kameda, the deputy of the 59th Battalion of the Independent Infantry, rushed over with a saber, and asked, "Captain, why can't you stop?"
Hattori took off his white gloves, rubbed his cool cheeks with both hands, and asked, "Katada Sang, where is this?"
Captain Kameda quickly asked the map soldiers to take out the map, spread it out on the hood of the truck, and then asked the guard to light up the flashlight, search the map for a while before coming to report to Hattori: "Captain, you should be about to arrive in Huangyangao."
"Huangyangao, Huangyangao?" Hattori pondered for a moment, and suddenly ordered, "Order, the troops will rest on the spot."
"Rest in place?" Kameda said in confusion, "The commander of the brigade commander is to attack Huangyangao, attract the main force of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, and create opportunities for the Weiyuan brigade to attack Panshizhai, but now it is still a few miles away from Huangyangao."
Hattori did not explain, but asked, "Katada Sang, how long has it been since we drove into Lijia Town and marched here?"
Kameda replied without hesitation: "When we set off from Yanjia Town, it was eight o'clock in the evening, and now it was two o'clock in the morning, and six hours had passed in between."
Chapter completed!