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Chapter 485 Chapter 484 What are the devils thinking? A sneak attack?

Seeing that Shen Quan was truly willing to listen to suggestions and was able to make better use of the topic, Tianchuan and the others felt relieved and continued to inspect various positions.

After making sure that the surrounding positions were safe, Tianchuan led the special forces team directly to the headquarters and once again set up a circle of guard posts outside the guard company.

Tianchuan didn't know if there would be any Japanese coming, because now everyone's attention was focused on the arsenal, waiting for the war to begin. The several main regiments that were urgently transferred were still marching day and night and had not yet arrived at the headquarters.

So all Tianchuan can do is to actively arrange defenses and guard against any possible surprise attacks. No matter how many enemies come, he must ensure the safety of the headquarters!
There is not much Tianchuan can do, and Tian E, who is also a veteran guerrilla member, can do... not much either!

Tian E was already the commander of the second company of the first battalion. He led more than 160 soldiers to guard the defense line on the east side of the thin line of sky. In fact, the soldiers on the defense line at this time were not all the soldiers of the second company, but only two platoons of infantry and heavy machine gun squad soldiers. The rest of the soldiers were still outside the trumpet mouth of the thin line of sky, waiting for the battle to come.

That’s right, with one company on guard and a reserve force left behind, Tian E is fully confident in his defensive capabilities!

The same as him was the opposite company's position. Huyan Bao also left one-third of his troops outside to use as a reserve.

At this time, the team guarding the narrow gap was no longer just the 1st Battalion of the Guerrillas and the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the Special Service Regiment, but also a temporary artillery company and the 2nd Core Regiment of the 3rd Division that had just completed mobilizing the Japanese.

In other words, nearly half of the entire arsenal's defense force was concentrated in just the three-mile area of ​​Yixiantian! Of course, the combat effectiveness of the basic regiment can only be said to be mediocre, and it is not as good as the combat effectiveness of the special forces regiment.

However, since the basic regiment had arrived, Minister Zhang generously sent 200 horse rifles, 2 rounds of ammunition, and 5000 military grenades to feed the soldiers of the basic regiment.

In a sense, the basic regiment did not make a wasted trip! Although they retreated before collecting the spoils when attacking the enemy's search team's position, Minister Zhang replenished the ammunition and firearms, making the future development much easier!

It was already 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and two hours had passed since the Second Core Regiment entered the Line of Sky, but the Japanese had not yet taken any attack measures.

Ding-ling-ling... In the bunker on the top of the cliff, the telephone rang, and Li Yuexuan's voice reached Tian E's ears through the receiver.

"Tian E, haven't the Japanese attacked yet?" Li Yuexuan's voice was very calm, as if it was just the same tone of a normal greeting.

"No, Captain! The Japanese cavalry are strolling back and forth on the southern ridge, and some Japanese are digging trenches. They have no intention of attacking at all!" Tian E replied.

"The Japanese are right under our noses, but they haven't attacked yet? What's the direction of Xijing Town?"

"Captain, we can see a large number of Japanese soldiers entering Xijing Town. Behind them are trucks pulling cannons, and we also see small tanks! The terrain here is high, so the Japanese soldiers' movements cannot escape our eyes!" Tian E said as he looked up at the Japanese soldiers in the south.

"Well, are the Japs planning a big move? Don't be anxious now, what we need is to be safe! Tell the comrades, since the Japs are here, you can eat some combat rations at any time, and make sure you have enough physical strength! Also, the observation post must be arranged well, nothing can go wrong!" Li Yuexuan hung up the phone after giving these instructions. He had to make the same call to the first company.

The Japanese were very quiet, which was understandable, because the Japanese cavalry search team was basically made up of the sons of nobles, and they were unwilling to charge into battle. Of course, the more critical reason was that the Japanese needed to mobilize more than 5000 troops, and to place the mountain artillery. The armored forces also needed to maintain the tanks and repair them... In short, they really couldn't fight for a while! Of course, there was another possibility, that is, the Japanese might be mobilizing bombers to help in the battle, which was the last and most effective means of the Japanese!

Time passed slowly. In the tunnel and in the bunker, the soldiers had eaten a bowl of fried noodles with ginseng and other medicinal powders, but the Japanese were still not making any movement.

Five o'clock...no movement
Six o'clock...no movement
It was dark, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, and the devils still hadn't made any move...

"Ah...ha..." At 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, Cui Dapeng, the squad leader guarding the observation post of the bunker, yawned deeply, then rubbed his tearful eyes and continued to observe the front minefield in the moonlight.

The moon is quite bright tonight, but the night just after the beginning of winter is still exceptionally cold, which makes the soldiers guarding the warm bunker a little drowsy.

They had been in the position for several days and had been waiting and waiting. Finally, the Japanese came, but they refused to attack.

It has been ten hours since this afternoon. The tension, enthusiasm, and excitement of the battle... have been consumed in the long and boring waiting. Fortunately, thinking that the Japanese are not far away and thinking about the blood debts owed by the Japanese, the soldiers said that they can continue to persevere!
Persistence is victory! The soldiers who took turns sleeping and the observation posts who took turns every half an hour finally heard a different sound at 2 o'clock in the middle of the night.

"Sergeant, wake up, something's happening!" Deputy squad leader Yue Yun, who was guarding the observation post, woke up Cui Dapeng who was sleeping.

"Deputy squad leader Yue, what's going on?" Cui Dapeng perked up immediately. He had just been on duty for two hours, so he was still a little dazed, and he was shaking his neck while speaking.

"There are Japanese coming outside!" Yue Yun pointed outside and said angrily.

"It's finally here!" Cui Dapeng was completely awake. He lay down on the observation port and looked out. He found that there were quite a few figures in the moonlight, moving left and right like ghosts.

"The Japs are so powerful that they can actually follow the passage we left for the basic regiment and avoid our landmines!" Cui Dapeng was still in the mood to comment on the Japs at this time.

"Sergeant, what should we do?" Yue Yun asked.

"What else can we do? Wake up all the comrades, and I'll go tell the company commander! Let the company commander decide how to fight!"

"Huh? What are the Japanese thinking? They actually dare to launch a sneak attack in the middle of the night?" Tian E was so excited when he heard the report.

Soon, he called Li Yuexuan and informed him of the situation. As the commander-in-chief of Yixiantian, it was necessary for Li Yuexuan to know the situation as soon as possible.

"Since the Japanese are launching a sneak attack, let's close the door and beat the dog! Report the situation to the trapped soldiers on both sides, let the Japanese enter the narrow gap, and then close the door and beat the dog!" Li Yuexuan said that closing the door and beating the dog was a very good choice for the Japanese sneak attack. Moreover, you may also get a wave of spoils.

(End of this chapter)