After leaving the defense area of the 358th Regiment, Gao Hongming and his militia quickly arrived near Cangyunling.
At this time, the sound of gunfire on the mountain was clearly audible, and the explosion of artillery shells could be heard from time to time.
Gao Hongming ordered the troops to stop advancing and took out his binoculars to observe the mountains.
Although Cangyun Ridge is called a ridge, it actually has three hills, and the gunfire came from those three hills.
From the telescope, Gao Hongming could clearly see Japanese soldiers wearing straw-yellow military uniforms constantly attacking the Eighth Route Army on three hills.
However, since the attack was from the rear, and the Eighth Route Army also laid mines on the hillside, even though the Japanese army was far superior to the Eighth Route Army in terms of numbers and weapons and equipment, the attack was extremely difficult. Several times, they were beaten halfway by the condescending Eighth Route Army.
Come back.
Seeing this, Gao Hongming admired Li Yunlong for commanding this battle.
This commander, who was born as a bamboo craftsman and had never attended a military school for a day, could lead an army that was at a disadvantage in terms of strength and weapons to defeat Sakata's regiment, and even defeat Sakata's headquarters and break through from the front. This not only requires extraordinary
commanding ability and a keen sense of battlefield.
However, this can only be said to be an extraordinary talent, and most people would not be envious even if they were envious.
"Sir...what should we do now?" Wu Chengfeng came to him at some point and asked in a low voice.
"No rush, now is not the time." Gao Hongming, who knew the course and direction of this battle, shook his head, "We only have this little wealth, and we cannot expose it rashly. Go and tell the brothers below that no one will be allowed to do so without my order.
Shoot at will, and those who disobey orders will be subject to battlefield discipline!"
"yes!"
After finishing speaking, Gao Hongming lay down again and raised his binoculars to start searching carefully.
After a while, his eyes finally locked on the top of a hill.
"Finally I found you."
Under the telescope, Gao Hongming's face finally showed a smile.
In his telescope, there was an inconspicuous hillock. At first glance, it looked no different from the surrounding scenery, but the seven or eight-meter long pole behind the hillock and the antenna on it gave it away.
"Sakata Nobutsu, let me see where you are going this time?"
After confirming the headquarters of the Bantian Alliance again, Gao Hongming called Xiao Zhankui and pointed to the front.
"Old Xiao, look at the front left, what is about 800 meters away?"
Xiao Zhankui also raised his telescope and looked at it twice. He hesitated before saying, "This seems to be the Japanese headquarters."
"Remove the word "seems".
Gao Hongming said without hesitation: "I am certain that this is definitely the headquarters of the Japanese Sakata Regiment. Where is our artillery platoon? Call Geng Changshun over."
Soon, a middle-aged man with dark skin and a simple and honest smile came to him. If it weren't for the German Army M36 military uniform and the M35 steel helmet on his head, no one would have contacted him with the military.
stand up.
But Gao Hongming knew that this guy who looked like an old farmer was actually the artillery platoon leader Xiao Zhankui hired from the Shanxi-Sui Army, and he was very good at mortars.
Seeing the person coming, Gao Hongming handed him the binoculars, pointed at the target and said: "Geng Changshun, come and see, this is the Japs' headquarters. Once a fight breaks out, can you kill it as soon as possible?"
Geng Changshun looked at it for a while, then returned the telescope to Gao Hongming: "No problem, sir, the distance is more than 860 meters, which is exactly at the optimal range of our mortars. The hit rate of the first salvo can reach at least seven
If successful, the hit rate of the second round of salvos will reach 90%."
"That's good!"
Gao Hongming took the telescope and said seriously: "You have to remember, we are facing more than 3,000 Japs now. If we cannot kill the Japs' headquarters as soon as possible, once our position is exposed, our generals will be waiting for us."
You know the consequences very well, so you must not make a mistake, do you understand?"
"clear!"
Geng Changshun also suppressed his smile and his expression became serious, "Sir, don't worry, if I can't take down the Japanese headquarters later, you can just shoot me, old Geng!"
Gao Hongming shook his head: "Why should I shoot you? But I can promise you that if you can take over the Japanese command this time, I will reward you with a cow when you return!"
"Sir, do you really mean what you said?" Geng Changshun was overjoyed. His hometown is Liantai County. His family has been farming for generations. However, because his family is poor, he has to pay high prices to rent other people's cattle to plow land during the farming season.
Therefore, his biggest wish was to save money to buy a cow to reduce the burden on his family. The reward offered by Gao Hongming really touched his heart.
However, after he said the words, he remembered that his chief was a famous big landowner in Liantai County, and a cow was really nothing to him.
Not to mention Geng Changshun who was grinning and went down to prepare, Gao Hongming called Wu Chengfeng and Xiao Zhankui again, pointed at the headquarters and said to them: "You should pay attention, after Geng Changshun knocks out the Japanese headquarters, you will charge me immediately."
, we must occupy their headquarters as soon as possible, do you understand?"
"clear!"
The two of them agreed in unison at first, and then Wu Chengfeng asked in confusion: "Sir, why do we have to seize the Japanese headquarters? Is there something good in it?"
"Of course."
Gao Hongming looked at the two of them and said word by word: "Don't you want to seize a Japanese coalition flag?"
"Union flag?"
After hearing this, both of them felt that their breathing had stopped.
Although the two of them have been separated from the army for many years, they still know some common sense about the Japanese army. Of course, they understand the importance of the regiment flag to the Japanese army.
You must know that every united flag has the autograph of the Emperor of Japan and is personally awarded by the Emperor.
Moreover, Japanese military regulations clearly stipulate that if the military flag is present, the regiment will be present, and if the military flag dies, the formation of the regiment will be cancelled. Therefore, for the Japanese Army, the regiment flag is more important than life.
I thought that if I could capture a coalition flag, their militia group would probably become famous throughout the country.
Thinking of this, the two of them looked at each other and nodded vigorously, "Sir... if we can really capture the Japs' alliance flag, it will be worth it even if the entire team is wiped out!"
"It's worth a damn!"
Gao Hongming glared at the two of them.
"I want my life and the alliance flag. Remember, as long as we get that alliance flag to cover the safe retreat of the Eighth Route Army, we will withdraw immediately. Don't be stupid and fight with the Japanese. We have so much capital.
Understand?"
"Understood!" The two of them answered in a positive tone.