Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The two battle reports did not contain much content, but the news was very important. To sum up, three of the four armies of the Japanese targeting the Pingdong base had been annihilated, leaving only the Jigongling side!
"That is to say, the crisis in our Pingdong base has been temporarily resolved, and the only ones left are the Japanese invaders facing me, right?" Zhao Danian's voice was filled with excitement.

"That's right! Lao Zhao, what should we do next? My opinion is that the mobilized troops should return to their original base, or continue to stay where they are and wait? Or should they rush back overnight and encircle the Japanese devils opposite you?" Zhu Xingyu asked three opinions in one breath.

"We can't go back to our original base. For example, the Third Battalion still needs to assist the 13th Regiment in defending the Jiulongguan front line. The main force regiment is still cleaning up the battlefield and needs to patrol all the way to Xiyang to comfort the people in the burned villages and organize them to resume production and life. I even suspect that the headquarters will be much more dangerous than ours. I still want the main force regiment to reinforce!"

"Well, mobilize the Second Battalion and have them split out two companies. One company will go to Beizhangcheng Village to assist in the defense, and the other company will go to Changshengkou to be on guard to prevent the Japs in Jingxing from coming out again! The Japs in Jingxing are nothing, but behind it is Shimen City, where the Japs are heavily guarded. We have to be on guard!"

"As for the Japs opposite us, they are just an isolated army without the assistance of the puppet troops! I don't want to touch them with the other three routes still there, but now, the initiative of the battle is in our hands!" While Zhao Danian was speaking, he looked towards the Mianyang Mountain and Woniu Mountain in the sunset and saw the temporary fortifications hastily built by the Japs.

"Okay, let's do as you say. I'll contact the comrades from the Xidong County Party Committee and ask them to assist the Main 1st Regiment so that it can free up its hands to do its work! The comrades from the Third Brigade will stay in Dongyang Pass for the time being, and the Second Company of the Heavy Regiment will also stay there..." After Zhu Xingyu confirmed it, he hung up the phone and went to arrange the next things.

The news of the victory at Jiulong Pass and Erlangyu also spread to Liangjia Village, where the detachment headquarters was located, and reached Li Yuexuan's ears.

"Let's do the math. First, count the number of devils. Today we have wiped out three devil teams, 600 in Jingxing, 500 in Xiyang, and more than 1100 in Zanhuang, a total of more than 2200! Wow, you wouldn't know until you count. Once you count, you'll be shocked. We have wiped out so many devils today? Add in the nearly 4000 puppet troops, and we have wiped out a full brigade!"

At the warehouse, Li Yuexuan took out a small notebook and told everyone his calculation results, which boosted everyone's enthusiasm.

"I haven't counted our own casualties, nor have I obtained the specific casualty figures! But I know that the 13th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, while our casualties were very few! The second biggest loss was the villages destroyed along the way by the Japanese puppet troops from Xiyang! Most of the people's houses are thatched houses, and a fire can burn the roofs. The people's losses will not be small!"

"But fortunately, we have wiped out the Japanese and puppet troops, and avenged the people!" Li Yuexuan felt a lot more relaxed when he said this, and then he looked towards the direction of Jigongling.

At Jigongling, Guo Zhongmin already knew the specific enemy situation, so he was particularly excited at this time: "This is the only way left, so we should deal with them properly next! Lao Zhao, do you think it is appropriate for us to take the initiative and give up our fortification advantage?"

"What's the problem? The Japanese haven't attacked for a whole day. No matter how strong the fortifications are, it's useless! How about this? Leave a company with enough heavy machine guns on the position to ensure that the fortifications are not lost. Then you mobilize four companies, and I will give you another company to command. Let's take the initiative to attack the Japanese! Wait, you arrange an attack to test the Japanese's intentions!"

"When your troops attack, our artillery will see where the enemy's firepower is, and then we will attack them immediately, so that the enemy can also have a taste of our artillery fire!" Zhao Danian said. "Don't give me a company, just let the engineering company and the artillery battalion combat company enter the fortifications, and I will directly command a large group of troops!" Guo Zhongmin said.

"That's fine... The heavy cavalry company also has its own combat platoon, and it will be difficult for the Japanese to get close to the heavy cavalry. I'll do as you say!" Zhao Danian thought about it and agreed with Guo Zhongmin's opinion.

Now that the decision has been made, all that remains is execution! Lai Fu and Jiang Daquan led two companies into the Jigongling position, while Guo Zhongmin also dispatched the infantry company and artillery platoon belonging to the first brigade.

"Look, Lao Zhao, the Japanese rely on Mianyang Mountain in the south and Woniu Mountain in the north to form a mutually supporting posture! I decided to mobilize a company to hide on the hilltop south of Mianyang Mountain, and then lead the main force to Weijia Village through the tunnel, and then arrange one or two platoons to attack Woniu Mountain to give it a try! If the Japanese choose to counterattack us after being attacked, then we will have a good fight with them! If..."

Guo Zhongmin was a regimental commander after all, and he was familiar with the surrounding terrain, so he arranged the troops easily. What he was worried about was whether the artillerymen could cooperate well.

After getting the affirmative answer to go ahead and work, Guo Zhongmin led two infantry companies to Weijia Village, so that Weijia Village now had three infantry companies. As for the company that went back to the south of Mianyang Mountain, it was the 4th Company that was hastily transferred from Baijing Town during the day and was already on the way.

At this time, the sun had already set below the mountain, leaving only a ray of light in the sky illuminated by the afterglow. The entire mountain area was gray, as if a layer of black gauze was covering people's eyes.

Just as the smoke from cooking was rising from Woniu Mountain, Niu Fengtai led the guard platoon back into the traffic road and headed towards the exit of Yin Jiulang Village. At the same time, a platoon of soldiers from the team deployed on the mountain north of Weijia Village also quietly headed towards Woniu Mountain.

Boom, boom, boom… In the tunnel, Niu Fengtai led the soldiers to fire small artillery all the way, occasionally stopping to remove the trip wire of the mine. Twenty minutes later, they arrived at Yin Jiulang Village along the communication trench, but did not take the exposed exit they had entered before, but went to the exit of a house in the east of the village.

No one stipulated that a tunnel used for transportation can only have one exit, right? So when the village could not build a complete tunnel, the smart Yin family built a few more hidden traffic tunnels to facilitate quick entry into the tunnel for transfer.

When Niu Fengtai and his men emerged from the tunnel entrance, the sky had already darkened, but the moon was brighter, so they could still see the surroundings clearly.

"Ibanjing, hurry up, we are starving to death..." The devil's voice was carried into the soldiers' ears through the wind, and it also brought the fragrance of rice. (End of this chapter)