Check in from the bright sword

Therefore, Saeki Fumuro's appointment as the commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment is only temporary, because the current division commander Shibayama Kenshiro of the 26th Division will soon be transferred to the Nanjing Restoration Government as the general adviser.

After Shibayama Kenshiro is transferred, Saeki Fumuro will take over as division commander.

Even so, Saeki Fumuro also knew that if the southward reinforcements in Ping'an County were not successful, the base camp would probably send another person to take over as the division head of the 26th Division.

Until then, he can only remain as an infantry commander.

And such a result is unacceptable to Saeki Fumuro.

Because of this, Saeki Fumuro attaches great importance to this battle.

He was on the way, and even without seeing the enemy, Fumuro Saeki had already pulled several combat staff officers from the regiment headquarters to deduce the possible battle situation.

"Please take a look, gentlemen, this is the whole map of Northwest Shanxi."

"From the map, after crossing the Sanggan River is the Yanmen Mountains."

"From Yanmen to Ping'an County, everywhere can be used as a blocking position."

"However, I think that Yanmen Pass is most likely to be used as a blocking position by the Eighth Route Army."

"There is such a proverb in China that the Nine Villages in the World is led by Yanmen Pass. Although I have never been to Yanmen Pass, I can see how steep Yanmen Pass is from this proverb."

"Whether our detachment can reach Ping'an County in time depends on whether we can quickly break through the Yanmen defense line."

"Considering that the Eighth Route Army will definitely deploy heavy troops in front of Yanmen Pass, I think it is necessary to send an infantry brigade to detour from here to 72 Daowan!"

"At the Battle of Xinkou, the reason why the 5th Division was able to quickly defeat the frontal Chinese army was mainly because the partial division of an infantry brigade detoured from Niangziguan, which greatly shook the morale and fighting spirit of the Chinese army."

"So, in this battle, we can still copy the tactics of the 5th Division and make a detour."

Speaking of this, Saeki Fumuro turned his attention to Nagaku Nomura Momoyo, the unit of the 13th Independent Infantry Regiment, and Kunomura Momoyo subconsciously stopped his feet and stood at attention again.

Saeki Fumuro said in a deep voice: "Kunomura-kun, you will lead the 13st Infantry Battalion of the 1th Independent Infantry Regiment to detour from Qishidao Bay overnight and attack Yanmen Pass from the flank!"

"Hai!" Kunomura Momoyo nodded heavily.

……

Not long after, a Japanese army of more than a thousand people separated from the brigade of the 26th Division and turned to the right.

Saeki Fumuro didn't expect it at all, he was a little too worried, because under the night, the Japanese army's every move could not be hidden.

The Spike team, which was walking back, turned around by chance, and soon discovered the change of the Japanese army.

"Old Wang! It seems that a Japanese army is heading towards the right wing." Sun Ming said in amazement.

Wang Yan observed for a while, then smiled and said, "The routine of the little devil really remains unchanged for thousands of years."

"Captain, what do you mean?" Wei Dayong said, "What kind of routine is this devil? Why has it remained the same for thousands of years?"

Wang Yan said: "The devil's routine is that once the frontal attack fails, it will be supplemented by a flanking detour. The devil commander on the opposite side probably also expected that we will fortify Yanmen Pass with heavy troops, and also expected that the attack on Yanmen Pass will not go smoothly, so early If it is not enough, send a partial division to flank the detour."

"Trying to overwhelm our defenses by outflanking."

"Unfortunately, our Eighth Route Army is not the national army, and we never neglect the protection of our flanks."

After a pause, Wang Yan grinned again and said, "The right wing of Yanmen Pass is 72 bays. Since the devil chose to go through 72 bays, he should be prepared to be ambushed!"

Chapter 472

Liu Darong has already rushed to Yanmen Pass with his spy company.

Along with the spy company, the county brigade from Fanxian County also rushed to Yanmenguan.

The captain of the Fan County Brigade, surnamed Qin and named Changshun, is a typical northern man with a bold personality.

Liu Darong immediately sent someone to call Zhang Manyian and Qin Changshun to discuss how to cooperate and how to deploy defenses.

Qin Changshun waved his hand, and said loudly: "Cadrade Liu, I don't think there is any need to discuss it, so let's just leave it like this. Your regular army guards Guancheng, and our two county brigades in Fanxian County and Yanxian County are standing in front of the gate, waiting for us. After the two county brigades have finished fighting, it will be your regular army's turn."

"What are you talking about?" Liu Darong said angrily, "Let your two militia county brigades stand in front, while our regular army hides behind and eats ashes? If this matter spreads, our spies won't even be laughed at to death?"

"My old Liu will still hang out in the northwest of Shanxi from now on, but I can't afford to lose this person."

Zhang Mantian said: "Then Officer Liu, how do you fight this battle? We both listen to you."

"Yes, we all follow your command." Qin Changshun said, "You can fight whatever you say."

Liu Darong said: "Otherwise, let's do it like this, hand over Guancheng to our special agent company, hand over the hills on both sides to you for guarding, and the district teams brought by you two will be the reserve team."

"When will our secret service company and your two county brigades be exhausted, and the twenty or so district squads will be on top!"

"No problem!" Qin Changshun nodded and said to Zhang Manyian, "Old Zhang, the hill on the right side of Guancheng is handed over to us, and the hill on the left is handed over to you."

"That's it." Zhang Mantian said brightly, "Old Qin, why don't we compete and see who can't defend first and let the devils pass through our own position?"

"Okay, let's compare." Qin Changshun said, "Would you like to add some color?"

"Of course you have to win the lottery." Zhang Manyian said, "If I win, you will marry your sister to me!"

"Well, you bastard, how dare you set your sights on our peach blossoms!" Qin Changshun said, "Our peach blossoms have said that if you don't marry cadres who are not company commanders and above of the Eighth Route Army, even if you win, it's useless for me to win. .”

Zhang Mantian chuckled, and said, "As long as you don't object, it won't be a matter of time before the company commander of the Eighth Route Army?"

"Okay, then it's settled." Qin Changshun said, "As long as you can beat me, and as long as Taohua herself nods, I will definitely not object to the two of you being together."

"Then it's settled. With the testimony of Officer Liu, Lao Qin, you are not allowed to go back on your word!"

After Zhang Manyian finished speaking, he left happily with the people from the Yanxian County Brigade.

Soon, the mountain ridges on both sides of Yanmen Pass and Guancheng became busy, and the commanders and fighters of the secret service company and the militiamen of the two county brigades began to build fortifications.

……

Near midnight, the Spike Team arrived at 72 Daowan.

Wang Yan asked Qin Xiaoyong to go back on a fast horse to inform the cavalry battalion to come to 72 Daowan, and began to observe the terrain.

The terrain of 72nd Bay can be seen from the place name alone. It is winding and winding, along the Yanmen Mountain. Even if there are not as many bends as 72nd bends, there are only a lot more than 36th bends.

The key is that there are so many corners, all hovering on a slope.

So many corners bring the most intuitive result, easy to block!

Wang Yan narrowed his eyes and said to Sun Ming: "Sun Ming, if we build a semi-permanent heavy machine gun firepower point on the commanding heights on the left and right sides of 72 Dao Bay, can we completely lock the road?"

Sun Ming said: "The point is, we don't have so much time, we don't have time to build a semi-permanent heavy machine gun firepower!"