Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

In fact, at the beginning, the Japanese were still very cautious. Not only did they have three-wheeled vehicles and machine guns leading the way, they also fired warning shots from time to time, and even a cavalry squad would break away from the main force to check the surrounding hills! But after a day of clearing out villages one by one, the Japanese had worn away their initial caution and even became a little numb!
On the top of Paijia Mountain, Zheng Changfeng looked at the slowly advancing Japanese troops and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "After waiting for so long, I finally got you, you sons of bitches! I'm telling you all, don't act rashly, you must stay calm, the more you have to be calm at this time!"

"Tell everyone, don't be nervous, just bomb according to the previously specified positions!" At the same time, on the Jiulong Pass side, Di Huailiang wandered among the nine heavy combat groups, calming everyone's emotions. Yes, it seemed to be some kind of fate. Just when the devils in Xiyang entered the pocket, Kimura's main force also entered the valley area east of Jiulong Pass.

"Damn it, we're finally here!" On the west side of Jiulong Pass, Chen Changsheng and the soldiers of three infantry companies all had sweat dripping down their backs, but the excitement on their faces was obvious.

"Captain Chen, you guys came at the right time!" The political commissar of the 13th Regiment came over and said quickly, "Our plan is... the devils are already walking into the ambush area, you guys came at the perfect time!"

"Oh, then. Without further ado, is there any way for us to get to the ridges on both sides and help you fight this ambush?" Chen Changsheng asked.

"I'm afraid this is not going to be easy! Besides, you've run for dozens of miles. Do you still have the strength?" the political commissar asked worriedly.

"We still have some energy left, but I don't know if it's too late?" Chen Changsheng knew that the soldiers' physical strength had reached its limit, but the battle was ahead and they must not retreat!
"It's too late. If a large number of people go up the mountain, it will be easy for the Japanese to discover us. You might as well take a rest inside the pass temporarily, and then we will break out together with your 5th Company! And..." The political commissar glanced at the small cart in the team, which was filled with wooden boxes of various sizes.

"These are the ammunition seized from the North and South Barrier Cities this morning. Now I give them to you! It should be in time for you to deliver some ammunition to the mountain, right?" Chen Changsheng asked.

"It's still in time, it's still in time!" The political commissar said, and hurriedly led people to unload the car, then hurriedly took a look at the type of bullets, and sent them to the ambush positions on the mountains on both sides. There are small paths here where the mountain people go up the mountain to collect herbs, graze and farm. It is easy to bypass the ambush team, but you can only be careful not to be discovered.

In the east, the Japanese were still chasing the Eighth Route Army in front of them, and even watched the Eighth Route Army enter Jiulong Pass. So, the Japanese simply slowed down their pace, and then gradually gathered together, intending to build an attack position to make a gesture of conquering Jiulong Pass! The Japanese knew that with the blessing of the Jiulong Pass wall, the Eighth Route Army that had just been chased became difficult to deal with!
The Japs also studied Chinese military tactics. Although they were not very skilled in the art, they knew that siege warfare required careful preparation.

The preparation of the devils gave the logistics personnel of the 13th Regiment time to deliver ammunition, and also gave Chen Changsheng and his men time to prepare! In fact, from the retreat of the third line of defense to Jiulongguan, the captain of the 3rd company and his men took an hour to lure all the devils over.

There was no other way. Sometimes we ran too fast and the Japanese didn't want to chase us anymore, so the comrades had to turn back and shoot to provoke them, and then continue to run forward. When the Japanese were chasing us too urgently, we had to stop and attack a town to block them, and then continue to retreat. It was a completely normal rhythm of fighting and retreating, which made the Japanese unable to stop and had to follow us.

As a result, time was wasted, and Chen Changsheng and his men, who had obtained some horse-drawn carriages, pack horses and other means of transportation from the Ceyu Town garrison, had enough time to arrive to speed up their march.

Of course, there is no need to say anything else. Now we just wait for the ammunition to be delivered, so that all the Japanese will gather in the valley from Jiulong Pass to Huangshaling, and then we will annihilate them!
On the small road behind the mountain ridge, the comrades of the 13th Regiment's logistics team lowered their bodies, carried heavy ammunition boxes, walked to each combat position, and asked what type of bullets they needed. When they found a suitable one, they opened the box and placed 1000 rounds of bullets directly next to the comrades, letting them divide it themselves. As a result, some soldiers holding semi-automatic rifles immediately went from having only 5 rounds of bullets in the magazine to filling 5 magazines and having dozens of rounds of bullets. And those camouflaged Min- heavy machine guns and Type heavy machine guns hidden behind the bushes had boxes of bullets placed in front of the ammunition handlers, letting them take them at will.

It can be said that the batch of ammunition sent by Chen Changsheng and his team was distributed to the soldiers at the fastest speed, which also boosted the soldiers' fighting confidence.

Inside Jiulong Pass, Chen Changsheng did not let the soldiers who had been running all the way stop to rest, but walked slowly, so as not to be too exhausted for the battle. However, Sun Wenhua, the commander of the 5th Company, stood up and said that the comrades could rest assured and we would take over later. There was no need to use a butcher knife to kill a chicken!

At Huangshaling, Captain Kimura held a telescope and looked in the direction of Jiulongguan, with a smile on his face: "Yo, that's it, let's get the artillery positions in place and launch the attack! Now that the sun is setting, we should also enter the heart of the Eighth Route Army base and join forces with Kurosawa!"

The Japanese artillerymen were working hard. They had already pulled the mountain artillery and infantry artillery to Huangsha Ridge and were now measuring the distance and calibrating...

"Report, the Japanese artillery position has been discovered, right here at Huangshaling!" Inside Jiulong Pass, someone put a simple map in Di Huailiang's hands.

"Okay, we've found the biggest threat to us. Wait for me!" Di Huailiang climbed up the wall and looked through a telescope. He saw the Japanese artillerymen working a thousand meters away. He was surprised and said, "Are the Japanese artillerymen so brave? They're bombing us right on the head? Well, I've decided to give them a ride!"

As Di Huailiang was talking, he took out his notebook and calculated, determined the new parameters, and then came to a heavy mortar inside the pass to adjust the parameters himself. The area that this cannon was responsible for was determined according to the entire course of bombing the valley. Now there were no Japanese in this area, so it was just right to bomb the Japanese artillery positions.

After debugging the parameters, Di Huailiang smiled slightly and said, "Attention everyone, all artillery positions, pay attention, follow the established coordinates, 5 bursts, 5 bursts, start the battle! Fire..."

Di Huailiang had to personally go down to the battlefield. If the shells were not accurate, it would be a shame for all his years of training! Amid a roar, dust flew up inside Jiulong Pass. It was the dust raised by the heavy vibration. In the air, nine 9mm mortar shells, following their own trajectories, whistled towards the east.

Boom boom boom... Boom boom boom... One shell is enough to overturn an area of ​​two and a half acres. Now nine shells are bombarding at the same time, and the targets are the defenseless devils... (End of this chapter)