At this time, Wang Xuexin was leading the troops squatting in the woods to prepare... The mountain col was too narrow and could only be passed in batches.
Li Yunlong's order was that the Jinsui Army should pass through first, and the independent regiment would cover it.
This is not because Li Yunlong is selfless. In fact, he is an extremely protective person. No matter what good thing happens, he first thinks of his own troops.
But at the same time, Li Yunlong is a person who attaches great importance to Jianghu loyalty.
He said to Sun Ming: "Adjutant Sun, it's rare that you are willing to fight the Japanese with us. If you give me a foot, I will give you a foot. When we break out, you go ahead and the independent group will cover you!"
"Captain Li, how can this be done..." Sun Ming had a vague feeling that the target of the Japanese siege this time was the Independent Regiment. Logically speaking, the Independent Regiment should be allowed to break through first. There was no reason to let the target cover.
"Stop saying anything!" Li Yunlong stretched out his big hand and interrupted Sun Ming: "You, Sun Ming, are a man. I can't let the devils surround you. If this spreads, I, Li Yunlong, won't be able to hide."
It’s over! This matter is settled!”
After he finished, he added: "But Adjutant Sun, you have to find out your subordinates when you turn around. If a Japanese devil can figure out our details so clearly, there is a high probability that there is a mole!"
"Yes!" Sun Ming felt a little ashamed. He also guessed that there might be an insider and was also suspicious of his subordinates.
There is no way, who allowed the Jinsui Army to rebel against the establishment? It would be strange not to make people suspicious.
In the end, Li Yunlong shook Sun Ming's hand and said: "No matter what happens after you rush over, don't look back. We will meet again later!"
"See you later!" Sun Ming stood up and saluted.
Li Yunlong's move was unimaginable to Sun Ming.
Because even the 358th Group does not have this phenomenon of leaving dangers to themselves and opportunities to others when they have a choice.
This is a chance to survive. They only have one life in their life, and it doesn't seem to be that important in their eyes.
But it seems important because each of them loves their revolutionary cause, which means they know the value of survival.
On the contrary, many people in the Jinsui Army lived in confusion, but these people were terribly afraid of death.
Therefore, when Sun Ming led his troops to rush towards the mountain col, he felt a little guilty, as if he owed the Eighth Route Army something.
When the Jinsui Army broke through, Li Yunlong organized a battalion to charge towards the mountaintop position.
Wang Xuexin observed it and found that the Japanese's mountaintop position was very cleverly constructed.
It was as if the distance had been measured in advance. The height was used to make the grenade have a longer range and hit the Eighth Route Army. However, the Eighth Route Army's 50 cannon with the same range could not hit the Japanese.
This made it very embarrassing for the soldiers who were charging from the lower ground to the top of the mountain. One team after another was beaten down while charging up.
Wang Xuexin ran to the flank for a while, raised his telescope and took a look... He could faintly see that the patch of grass and shrubs where the Japanese were hiding extended to the foot of the hill on the reverse slope. Looking at the wind direction, it was blowing in the direction of the Japanese.
In addition, Wang Xuexin estimated that a large number of Japanese soldiers would come from the reverse slope to reinforce the position on the top of the mountain, or they would hide in the reverse slope and wait for the charge.
So Wang Xuexin did not hesitate, waved his hand towards the back and shouted: "Fifty-zero cannon, follow me!"
The 50 small artillery is actually a kind of mortar. It should be used more intensively, such as forming a regiment-affiliated artillery company.
But the 50 small artillery was developed to fight the Japanese grenades.
The Japanese grenades were dispersed into the companies, and the Eighth Route Army of course also had to equip the companies with 50 small artillery pieces.
In fact, this is also for the needs of anti-slope operations... Anti-slope operations often require hiding in tunnels to avoid artillery fire, and then getting out to fight.
If the 50 small artillery is used intensively, the gunners will frequently alternate to avoid the artillery and disperse the action. This is obviously a fool's errand.
Therefore, according to actual combat needs, the independent regiment dispersed them into various units to enhance firepower and fight freely.
Normally, each company is equipped with three 50-guns, with an average of one per platoon.
Wang Xuexin's Seventh Company has four 50-guns. The extra one is controlled by Wang Xuexin, and the direct commander is Xie Baoqing. As the deputy company commander, the cannon will follow wherever the reinforcements are made.
At this time, Wang Xuexin called out the 50 cannons, and Xie Baoqing pulled up all the cannon shooters.
"Company Commander!" Xie Baoqing asked, "Are you going to give the Japanese a black eye?"
"Why is it black?" Wang Xuexin replied while hunching forward and running forward: "Let's give the Japanese some red ones!"
Before Xie Baoqing could react, Wang Xuexin stopped, raised his head towards the reverse slope, turned around and ordered: "Incendiary bombs, fire eight rounds at the longest distance!"
Xie Baoqing was stunned for a moment, and he was confused. The reverse slope was at the other end of the ridge, and he couldn't see anything. Is it useful to hit it blindly?
But Xie Baoqing was just stunned for a moment, then said "yes" and passed on the order.
The 50 cannon shooter quickly got ready, holding incendiary bombs painted with red paint.
"Fire!" Wang Xuexin gave the order, and the soldiers stuffed the cannonballs into the barrel, and then after a few "fire" sounds, the cannonballs flew towards the other side.
"Let go!" Wang Xuexin ordered again, and then fired four more shells.
As soon as the fighting was over, Wang Xuexin ordered a retreat.
Xie Baoqing was confused for a while. He thought that Wang Xuexin would order the main force to charge at this moment. Unexpectedly... he would withdraw like this?
Although we are fighting guerrillas, we can't just secretly fire a few artillery shells and then run away?
The first battalion was still having a lively fight!
However, an order is an order. Although Xie Baoqing was a little reluctant, he still ordered the gunner to put away the cannon and retreat.
Then Xie Baoqing discovered that Wang Xuexin was right.
Because not long after, dozens of Japanese soldiers emerged from the ridge, shooting "bang bang" from behind.
The gunners turned around and went into the woods. Zhang Qingcai quickly organized his men to cover them.
What Xie Baoqing didn't expect was that... at this time, a raging fire had been ignited on the reverse slope, and the panicked shouts of the Japanese and the screams of being set on fire could be heard faintly.
Only then did Xie Baoqing understand what the company commander meant by "giving red to the Japanese."
This is indeed the case with reverse bevels at this time.
This mountain is shady on one side and sunny on the other. The reverse side has more sunlight and rainfall, so there are dense grasses and shrubs about half a person's height. On the front side, there are only a few sparse patches of grass.
The range of the 50 small artillery can't reach the position on the top of the mountain, but it can ignite the grass on the reverse slope and let the fire spread naturally.
In this way, the Japanese troops stationed near the top of the mountain can be overpowered or even driven out.
Seeing this situation, Naoka Nomura couldn't help but turned pale with anger.
At this time, he only has two choices:
One is to move north, but this means opening up the mountain col to allow the Eighth Route Army to pass.
The other is to rush towards the front slope, because there is less vegetation on the front slope and will not be affected by the fire, but this means that there is no advantage in fighting the enemy face to face.