On the mountain ridge.
The observer crouched and ran to the second platoon leader who was directing the interception: "Report: Three red flares just rose in the southern sky..."
The second platoon leader turned around and didn't see the flare, and frowned: "Staff staff, they don't have a flare gun, it must have been a Japanese attack..."
"Three red flares?" The observer nearby quickly explained: "Three reds are one red and two green firepower preparations for launching an attack, one yellow and two greens for a strong attack, two red and one yellow for overcoming the enemy's defense line, and one red and one yellow for capturing the enemy's position. Yellow and green, resisting the enemy's counterattack is one red and one green, the second echelon joining the battle is two red and one green, encircling and annihilating the enemy in depth is two red and two green, withdrawing from the battle is three green..."
After the observer finished explaining the rules for the use of flares, the second platoon leader nodded: "Hey... the little devil fired three red flares... it means that the kid is launching an attack. Could it be that... the staff officer and the others are surrounded?"
The squad leader next to him suggested: "No matter what, the ambush of the staff and the others has begun. We must try our best to stop this group of Japs to prevent the staff from being attacked from both sides..."
In the valley.
Since the mountain ridge blocks a small half of the sky in the south, the Japanese observers at the foot of the mountain cannot see the red signal flares fired by the police...
Lieutenant Okawa felt a little bad.
The outflanking team lost contact and there is still no news.
Facing the Eighth Route Army on the mountain ridge, he did not rush to order an attack. He held up his telescope, carefully observed the terrain, and prepared to deploy troops on the spot.
Eighth Route Army did not continue to escape and hid on the ridge ahead.
The mountain ridge is not high, but it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Tubal Road takes advantage of the terrain and shoots cold shots down the mountain from time to time.
The eight roads must be entangled on the mountain ridge!
If the Eighth Route Army continues to run wild in the mountains, it will be difficult for the aviation force to play its role.
When the aviation force comes over, there will be guards to intercept it from the south, and then some troops will be sent from both wings to climb up the mountain ridge to outflank them.
The Eighth Route Army, which is good at mobile warfare, has no chance to maneuver.
At that moment, the Eighth Route Army will perish!
The messenger reported at noon that the guard's advance route had been changed to take the eight-pronged group's retreat on the mountain ridge.
There were gunshots and explosions in the south. It was initially judged that the security team had come into contact with the small group of Eighth Route Army.
Lieutenant Okawa immediately ordered: "Call aviation reinforcements..."
Everything seems to be going according to plan.
The trend is set!
The gunfire from the south slowly became sparse.
It seems that the small group of troops on the periphery of the Eighth Route Army have been defeated!
Time is passing slowly.
The air force has yet to arrive.
Lieutenant Okawa was a little unhappy. He must write a battle report carefully after returning.
He held the sword back and forth and walked back and forth, looking at his watch from time to time.
However, the aviation force still did not arrive.
Instead, the top guard of the security team arrived, running quickly from the valley and taking a detour.
Following the advancing team's outer security post, they panted and came to Dachuan: "I'm reporting to Mr. Dachuan that our unit was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army..."
Lieutenant Okawa was stunned: "What did you say? You mean... the Eighth Route Army ambush you?"
Didn't I make it clear? The guard post was stunned for a moment: "Yes..."
Dachuan raised his eyebrows: "How many troops are there in the Eighth Route Army?"
"Visually estimated to be over eighty..."
"The general situation is consistent with the previous tracking and reconnaissance..." Dachuan was a little confused: "How is the battle going?"
"The vanguard squad was the first to discover the Eighth Route ambush. Nearly half of the squadron entered the Eighth Route ambush range. The battle was fierce. When I left, the vanguard squad was launching a counterattack..."
Okawa was stunned for a moment: "In other words, you don't know the outcome of the battle?"
The soldier nodded: "Yes."
"Baga..." Dachuan roared, raised his hand and slapped him: "You know everything, what kind of news are you here to report?"
The ordering soldier felt aggrieved and was short-sighted: "The Eighth Route is to the south, and now we are attacking from both sides..."
Dachuan became angry after being instructed on tactical arrangements by the superior soldier.
Bang bang... After giving the order, he got slapped twice again?
The assistant next to him quickly reminded: "Since the main force of the Eighth Route Army is fighting with the guard in the south, there should not be many Eighth Route troops on the mountain ridge. We should immediately take the mountain ridge and approach the guard..."
The assistant did not dare to say anything about attacking the Eighth Route Special Agents from both sides...
Dachuan gave the order with a dark face: "Order, a small group feigns a frontal attack, and the others divide into two parts and spread out to the wings, climb up the ridge to outflank, cooperate to capture the front ridge... Then quickly attack southward, and the guard team... front and back Attack eight routes..."
The assistant reminded: "We have called the aviation force, they should be arriving soon..."
"Don't wait for them, let them conduct reconnaissance in the air and stand by..."
...
On the mountain ridge.
The squad leader pricked up his ears: "Hey, platoon leader, the gunfire in the south has become sparse? Could it be that the staff officer and the others were responsible for the fight?"
The platoon leader shook his head: "From the time the gun was fired to now, the fighting time has not exceeded twenty minutes. It's such a short time..."
The squad leader's face immediately became nervous: "Did the ambush by the staff and the others fail?"
The platoon leader nodded: "No matter what the fighting situation is on the staff's side, we must now prevent the Japanese from crossing the mountain ridge from us..."
The observer suddenly pointed to the valley: "Report, the Japs in the valley are spreading out, divided into three groups, attacking frontally, while the two wings are taking a detour to climb the mountain..."
The platoon leader quickly took the telescope and looked down the mountain ridge, and was immediately dumbfounded.
The observer continued: "If the little devils climb up the ridge from both sides and then squeeze into the middle, we will have no terrain advantage..."
"Don't be anxious. Arrange three soldiers on each side to fight for the commanding heights and try to delay the enemy's approach to the center!"
"However, after the Japanese go up the mountain ridge, they can directly cross the mountain ridge and go south... It is meaningless for us to block it here now..."
The platoon leader shook his head: "If the Japs are carrying their luggage, it will not be easy to climb over the cliff from the mountain ridge without taking the mountain road. As long as we pin here, at least most of the Japs will not be able to pass quickly."
The soldiers who were assigned to block the attack on both sides came to the platoon leader: "Don't worry, platoon leader, we will definitely use the favorable terrain to hold our position, and the people will be there!"
"Attention, when preparing grenade launchers in front of the enemy, you must pay attention to concealment. Do not expose all firepower points prematurely. Wait for the enemy to enter the position and then attack hard to kill as many enemies as possible."
"Yes!" The two groups of warriors bent down and spread out to both sides along the mountain ridge to seize the high point.
The squad leader looked at the Japs at the foot of the mountain and was not very nervous: "The Japs are heading up the mountain. They have to pass the first mine pass first. The guns in our hands are not fire sticks. It won't be a problem to stop them for half an hour..."
"The kid's grenade is accurate, so be careful. Shoot with the rifle first. When the enemy gets close, fire the shell gun, drop the bomb, and finally shoot with the machine gun. The firepower increases in sequence."
front.
Two mortars from the mortar group replenished from the garrison took the lead in shelling the hilltop.
Following this, more than 60 Japanese infantrymen dispersed and launched a frontal charge against the mountain ridge.
It is more than ten miles south of Shanliang.
There was the sound of shell explosions from the north.
The correspondent was running north quickly.
He wanted to notify the blocking soldiers in the north to retreat.
Behind him was a team of more than thirty people led by Ma Liang.
Madman Yang had not fully recovered and was unable to adapt to the high-intensity march. He was put on a stretcher carried by Li Laosi and the big dog.
The big dog scolded all the way...
Air contact may seem complicated, but it's actually not that complicated.
If there is no air contact board, pulling a few pieces of white cloth to form an arrow can also contact and guide the aircraft.
Crazy Yang didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness would be so strong.
In more than 20 minutes, an unsatisfied Japanese guard squadron was wiped out.
For the seizure, he only had the Japanese squadron flag and the Japanese squadron leader's march diary.
Somewhat puzzled, the advancing team actually threw the air communication liaison board to the guard squadron.
It is impossible for the commander of the Japanese advance team to not even know this most basic tactical coordination.
Unless they use state-of-the-art walkie-talkies, this is almost impossible!
The Japs must be using the radio!
There is a lot of loopholes to exploit by using the air communication board to surprise Japanese pilots and disrupt their bombing targets.
It's not that Lieutenant Okawa doesn't know about ground-air cooperation, but the radio communicates directly with the pilots, which can instantly and accurately guide the aviation forces to attack the Eighth Route Position!
The air communication contact board, which could only provide rough guidance, was abandoned by him.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
In 1943, the Japanese advanced aircraft were basically transferred to the Pacific battlefield, and the old aircraft in the occupied areas almost did not have intercom systems.
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