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Chapter 510 Chapter 509, It's very lively in the dark night

No one could answer Tian Chuan's question. Even Li Yuexuan, who was very good at cheating, could only guess that the devil who ran away was probably Yamamoto! Well, it was not time for Yamamoto to die yet, so it was probably him.

In fact, no one has informed Li Yuexuan of this matter, so he did not speculate! Now, everyone, including the head of the headquarters, has not shown enough interest in the appearance of the Yamamoto special forces that touched Ma Tian. Why? Because everyone's attention is still focused on the large army of the devils, and even the mysteriously disappeared battlefield observation group is more attractive than the Yamamoto special forces.

In the headquarters' combat command room, several lanterns were lit, illuminating the deputy commander-in-chief's face, allowing people to clearly see his frown.

"According to the intelligence we intercepted, the Japanese did organize a battlefield observation group, and this observation group was sent to Licheng! However, according to the intelligence sent back by our intelligence personnel deployed around Licheng, this observation group did not appear! The scale of this observation group is not small, including the Japanese guards, there must be about 500 to 600 people, how come it disappeared?"

The person who spoke was the chief of staff. He returned to the headquarters in the afternoon and handed over the affairs of the arsenal entirely to Minister Zhang and Captain Ou.

"I'm also wondering, it's impossible that the Japanese observation group disappeared for no reason! And the Japanese are also looking for them, what's going on?" The deputy commander-in-chief asked the question, and no one could answer it.

"Chief, we just received news that our telephone monitoring personnel have summarized the calls monitored this afternoon and found that the Japanese repeatedly mentioned the Huting stronghold!" At this time, someone will report.

"Huting stronghold, isn't that the original defense zone of the independent regiment? Where is Li Yunlong? Let him come to see me!" The deputy commander-in-chief slammed the table, feeling that he had found the real boss.

"Reporting to the commander, um... I just checked, the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment is not here, and the regiment commander Li Yunlong is not here either. They didn't come here at all!" Someone finally reported.

Bang... The deputy commander slammed the table and said, "Needless to say, it was Li Yunlong who did the battlefield observation group! But this is a serious violation of discipline. After this battle, we must deal with it seriously! By the way, let the intelligence personnel around Licheng bring radios and find Li Yunlong for me immediately. I have a new task for him! Deserting, huh? You can't do whatever you want!"

Li Yunlong, who was still hiding in the mountains, had no idea that the head of the headquarters had noticed him. At this moment, he was leading the soldiers of the first battalion to eat the spoils captured in the afternoon and bragging happily.

"Hey, this time, we wiped out more than a hundred elite Japanese soldiers in one go, and seized so many supplies. Lao Li's head is saved, and his position as the regiment commander is also saved! Let me tell you, I know our leader better than you all. As long as you can fight and win, it won't matter even if you poke a hole in the sky!"

"When it comes to fighting skills, Old Li can be said to be the best! Look, the commander of the Third District followed me to fight! And the commander of the 6th District in Southern Hebei was also a battalion commander under me! The people brought up by Old Li are so powerful!"

"Then Captain, why is he now the commander, but you are still the captain here?"

"What are you talking about? This is not... (Note)"

The dark night, the twinkling stars, and the whistling evening wind make the night in Taihang Mountain particularly lively! Especially in Xijing Town, south of the arsenal, it is even more lively! The Japanese still have about 2000 troops here, but in order to cooperate with the activities of Yamamoto's special forces, they were not immediately transferred back, and only said they would return at night! Now, it is exactly night, and the Japanese who stayed here quickly carried their bags, lined up, and marched to the south. What car? No, it's too obvious to drive at night! But the big animals that came here must be brought...

So, after a while of noisy shouts and neighing of horses, the Japanese invaders, with their puppet troops and baggage, formed a team of more than 2000 people, and marched over 2000 meters, all the way from Xijing Town to the entrance of Nanweiquan Village.

Nanweiquan Village was deserted long ago, and the people had all gone into hiding, so the village was exceptionally quiet! In the dark night, the Japanese soldiers with flashlights carefully passed through the village and then reached the river valley in the south.

From the river valley to the east, the Japanese soldiers continued to move forward carefully, fearing that a mine would explode on the way and that the Eighth Route Army would ambush them. Therefore, the Japanese soldiers walked for two hours in the 3-kilometer river valley section before they reached the fork from the west.

"The Japs have finally all fallen into the ambush!" In the dark night, in the grass on the south bank of the Nanweiquan River, at the western entrance to the valley, south of Nanweiquan Village, Xiao Song, a scout from the 385th Brigade, said with relief.

"Are you sure? There are no Japanese behind us, right?" Squad Leader Zhao of the reconnaissance squad asked in a low voice beside Xiao Song.

"No more, it's very quiet back there, all the Japs have passed by!" Xiao Song listened attentively to the wind coming from the north, and then said in an affirmative tone.

"Hey, let's light the fire! Comrades, get ready for battle!" The speaker was Captain Niu of the reconnaissance company, who issued the latest order.

So, in the dark night, a pile of firewood that had been prepared long ago was ignited by a fire! The firewood pile made of wheat straw and corn straw could be ignited smoothly with a small flame, and soon burned into a huge fireball, which was particularly bright in the dark night.

This fireball attracted the attention of the devils, and also alerted the soldiers who were always paying attention to this side! So, on the hilltop north of the fork, a bigger fire was lit...

"Fight..." The fire was the signal. On both sides of the 3-kilometer river valley section from Nanweiquan to Sanchakou, the soldiers who had been lying in ambush for a long time raised their weapons and opened fire at the Japanese.

Bang, bang... Dadada... The firepower of the 385th Brigade is not bad, especially the two main regiments fired at the same time without any order, and the firepower was interwoven into a net in the valley, trapping the devils in the center! The Eighth Route Army couldn't tell the specific location of the devils, but they had the advantage of numbers and knew that the devils were roughly located on the mountain road along the river, so they just fought!
"Baga, fight back, fight back..." In the dark night, the Eighth Route Army could not find where the Japs were, and the Japs could not tell the specific location of the Eighth Route Army. They could only fire into the darkness based on the position of the muzzle flames.

Thus, the battle in the dark began fiercely. Bullets from both sides crossed each other, the sound of bullets breaking through the air whistled in the ears of the soldiers, and occasionally there were screams from the unlucky ones who were hit.

Of course, these were just appetizers for the battle, because from the beginning, Commander Chen did not think that these ambushing teams could quickly eliminate the devils! He actually relied on the mortars and grenade launchers in his hands! So, just over ten seconds after the battle started, the sound of artillery shells whistling could be heard in the air!

Note: It is said that the prototype of Li Yunlong is General Wang. According to historical records, he was also the deputy commander of the Third Division at that time, and he was also the commander of the 42th Brigade in 386.
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