Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Taking into account the Japanese reinforcements that were about to arrive and they needed to ambush the Japanese reinforcements at Yujialing, Lin Zhenhua arranged three platoons of soldiers to escort a team of 96 puppet troops and accelerate towards Yujialing. According to their current marching speed, they would be able to reach Yujialing in two hours and complete the deployment within an hour without any problem.

Things turned out just as Lin Zhenhua had expected. This was mainly because they brought a large number of horses with them, plus two horses captured from the puppet soldiers, which made them much faster than carrying them on their shoulders or by hand.

"Li Sanwa, your platoon will go first and march quickly to Yujialing. Immediately build defensive fortifications and wait for the arrival of the Japanese reinforcements." Lin Zhenhua gave the order directly.

Li Sanwa saluted and replied: "Captain Lin, our platoon promises to arrive at Yujialing in an hour. We will never let the Japanese pass through Yujialing before you arrive!"

Li Sanwa led a row of soldiers to leave the main force and headed towards Yujialing. Lin Zhenhua led the large force to follow closely and also accelerated the march. Finally, they arrived at Yujialing two hours later.

At this time, Li Sanwa had already led his men to build simple fortifications. Lin Zhenhua took a look at the condition of the fortifications, made some adjustments to the defenses in some places, and had people move the rocket launchers up.

"Lu Xiaohai, don't say that I don't think of you, the third platoon, when I have good things to do. This time, you, the third platoon, will be the main force. Set up the rocket launcher for me and load the rockets into it now. Today, we will let the Japanese have a taste of the power of the rocket launcher!"

"We only have eight rockets in our hands. We must use them effectively. Without my order, you are not allowed to fire in advance. The Japanese have sent an infantry squadron, which has twice as many people as us. Tell the soldiers to hide and don't let the Japanese find you in advance!"

"Li Sanwa, our three artillery squads are all under your command this time. Destroy the Japs' light and heavy machine guns and artillery as soon as possible. Once the Japs' heavy firepower is taken away, they will become toothless tigers. It's simply a pipe dream to want to compete with us!"

"Wang Dazhu, this time I will transfer all the light and heavy machine gun squads from the three platoons to your platoon. Form a cross fire network for me, tightly block the enemy's attack route, and hit the enemy's offensive momentum hard!"

"It's 12: noon now. The kitchen staff has already started cooking. In half an hour, each platoon will take the time to eat and take a short rest while waiting for the enemy's reinforcements to arrive!"

"Wang Gensheng, let your squad guard those 90-odd puppet soldiers. Don't forget to stuff a piece of cloth in their mouths to prevent them from informing the devils. Tie the ropes around them tighter, and if they dare to escape, just shoot them!"

Under Lin Zhenhua's arrangement, the Yujialing position was on high alert, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese reinforcements. At this time, Lin Zhenhua was very nervous. This was his first time to fight a squadron of Japanese. He was very nervous and spoke incoherently. Fortunately, he finally finished explaining everything. He could only hope that the Japanese would not do anything weird and walk into his encirclement obediently.

The Noda Squadron stationed in Yujiabao immediately set out upon receiving the call for help from the Xujia Town artillery tower. With the help of four trucks and mules and horses, they reached Yujialing in just five hours. Looking at the narrow valley in front, Squadron Leader Taro Noda put down the telescope in his hand and ordered the reconnaissance team to immediately conduct fire reconnaissance on both sides of the valley.

"Tanaka, take your team and follow behind the firepower reconnaissance team. After confirming that there are no ambushes by the Chinese army on both sides of the valley, the main force can quickly pass through."

"Hi! Your Excellency the Squadron Leader, our Tanaka Squad is committed to completing the mission and opening up a safe passage for the squadron!"

At this time, Murakami Gentaro was sitting on the sidecar of a three-wheeled motorcycle, holding a light machine gun in his hand, and frantically firing at the heights on both sides of the valley. Lin Zhenhua, who was hiding above the valley, was very familiar with this kind of reconnaissance method of the Japanese devils from later TV dramas. He had already explained it to the soldiers, and the soldiers hid in their positions and dared not show their heads, waiting for the Japanese devils' reconnaissance to end.

"Damn it! This place is too dangerous. Although we are not sure whether there are Chinese ambushes on both sides of the valley, I don't know why, but I always feel that it is better for us to take a detour!" Captain Tanaka said to the sergeant beside him.

"Major, we cannot disobey the squadron leader's orders, not to mention that we have discovered the main force of the Eighth Route Army this time. If we delay the opportunity, we will be punished by the headquarters, and even you, the squadron leader, cannot bear this responsibility! The previous destruction of Ono's squadron has caused an uproar in the headquarters. Even the famous Yamamoto special forces were defeated. The headquarters has been in a state of panic these days. The location of the Xujia Town artillery tower is very important. Once it is destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, it will have a significant impact on our subsequent mopping-up operations!" the Japanese sergeant replied hurriedly.

In fact, what these two people said were just guesses. What really worried Lieutenant Colonel Noda was the No. 3 artillery shell left there before. That was what made him worried. Once it was obtained by the Eighth Route Army, it would cause huge losses to the imperial army.

"Kojiro, send a telegram to the headquarters immediately and tell them that we are almost at the Xujia Town artillery tower. We will never let the Eighth Route Army move the No. 3 artillery shell away. Please rest assured, Commander!"

Lieutenant Colonel Noda said to his adjutant: "Kitagawa-kun, after we pass Yujialing, order all the soldiers in the squadron to put on their gas masks immediately to prevent the Chinese Eighth Route Army from jumping over the wall and dying with us!"

"Please rest assured, Lieutenant Colonel. I brought 300 gas masks with me this time, which is more than enough for all members of our squadron. The damn Chinese actually escaped this anti-mopping-up operation. If many of our troops had not retreated and rested, we would have burned these Eighth Route Army soldiers to death!"

"Mr. Beichuan, I didn't expect you to know so much about Chinese culture. You even know about lighting sky lanterns. I am really surprised! Well, Tanaka's team has passed the valley. It seems that there are no Chinese ambushes on both sides of the valley. You should immediately notify the main force to quickly pass through the valley ahead. It has been five hours since the Xujia Town artillery tower asked for help. I am afraid that the battle has reached its final moment. We will be able to arrive in an hour at most. It is just in time to give them a fatal blow while they are collecting the spoils!"

Beichuan Yuan bowed his head and replied: "Hi! I will arrange for the large force to pass through the valley in an orderly manner and reach the Xujia Town Artillery Tower in the shortest time!"