Bright Sword: I am the old squad leader of the Northwest Shanxi Iron Triangle

When everyone heard what Wang Wanli said, they were immediately furious.

"If you have the ability, go and fight the Japanese. What's the point of using artillery shells to attack us?"

"Commander Yan of the Second War Zone wants the Jinsui Army to focus its main energy on fighting against our Eighth Route Army?"

"Even a three-year-old child can understand the truth of the external situation. Your Jinsui Army is not on the front line against the Japanese invaders, but is intent on guarding against us."

Wang Wanli ignored the accusations of the crowd. He jumped on his warhorse and whipped it hard, and the horse sped away.

Wang Wanli galloped his horse and rushed down the mountain: "Pass the order down, keep an eye on this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers, if they dare to run, beat them to death.

This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers thought that if they changed their names, we wouldn't have to be on guard against them. Wherever they go, they are a group of red bandits.

The commander said that we must not provide any firepower support to the Tubalu.

To provide firepower support to the Tubalu, written instructions from Commander Yan are necessary."

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After three days of forced march, Ling Yunzhi's team finally arrived at Pingxingguan.

Li Yunlong led the vanguard troops to come into contact with Commander Lin of the 115th Division and then quickly ran back.

"Old squad leader, the 115th Division has set up an ambush. Where is our ambush position?"

"Right here." Ling Yunzhi pointed at the ground below, "Pass the order down, all tanks and armored vehicles should be driven to the middle of the mountain."

"Put up the Katyusha rocket launchers and wait for my order to fire on the Japanese troops."

"SU-23 four-barrel anti-aircraft gun. Specially used to attack the Japanese tanks, armored vehicles, infantry and cavalry.

SU-23 four-barrel anti-aircraft guns were used as machine guns and deployed along the defensive positions.

"Send Wang Xikui and Long Wenjian over."

"Yes……"

Soon, Wang Xikui and Long Wenjian all came over.

"Wang Xikui, Long Wenjian, each of you will lead a team, armed with Mosin-Nagant sniper rifles, and go deep into the hinterland to kill the Japanese officers."

"Yes……"

"Wang Chengzhu, all Katyusha rocket launchers are under your command."

"Yes……"

"Zhang Dabiao, all the SU-23 four-barrel anti-aircraft guns are under your command.

Don't save your shells for me, and try to kill half of the Japs in one round of shooting."

"understand……"

"Brothers, be ready to cover the Japanese. There will be planes coming from the sky to conduct reconnaissance. Be sure not to alarm the Japanese planes."

"Yes..." everyone said in unison.

"Li Yunlong, you and I will guard the left side of the mountain."

"Kong Jie, Ding Wei, the two of you will lead 3000 troops to guard the right side of the mountain."

"understand……"

"The Japanese are very accurate with their guns. Let's not mess with them. Let's focus on dealing with their tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and machine gunners first."

"Yes……"

After the arrangements were completed, everyone took quick action.

All the people dug trenches and arranged the battlefield under the cover of night.

All the trenches dug must be covered with camouflage.

That night, several Japanese sidecar three-wheeled motorcycles slowly drove over from the mountain road in the middle of Pingxingguan.

Along the way, these Japanese soldiers continued to conduct fire reconnaissance on the mountains on both sides.

The Japanese soldiers aimed their machine gunners at the three-wheeled motorcycles and kept pulling the trigger at the mountains on both sides of the road.

clap clap clap...

clap clap clap...

The bullets streaked across the night sky like shooting stars.

The moment they saw the lights on the Japanese motorcycles light up, all the soldiers understood what the Japanese were planning to do.

Everyone lay down in the trenches.

Half an hour later, the Japanese soldiers calculated that after the motorcycles had completed their reconnaissance, they returned along the same route.

Ling Yunzhi quickly ordered all the soldiers to rest and prepare for the fierce battle the next day.

Early the next morning, the soldiers were awakened by the roar of an engine.

In the air, two Japanese reconnaissance planes flew over their heads, one high, one low, one left, and one right.

Seeing the two reconnaissance planes flying through the air, everyone held their breath, not even daring to breathe.

The pilot of a Japanese reconnaissance plane flying low in the sky was looking down with a telescope.

Be it the 115th Division or Ling Yunzhi's team of several thousand people, all of them did a very good job of camouflage.

The Japanese reconnaissance plane pilot looked through the telescope for a long time but didn't find any problems.

"Your Excellency the General is overthinking. The Chinese have been scared out of their wits all along the way. How dare they ambush nearby?" The pilot turned and said to the radio operator, "Sending a message now. Everything is normal around us. Nothing suspicious has been found."

After hearing this, the operator quickly sent a telegram to the Sakahara Division headquarters.

At the Sakahara Division's headquarters, after receiving the telegram sent back by the reconnaissance plane, Sakahara Seishirō waved his hand and said, "Pass the order down, and send out the army. Take Taiyuan within ten days."

After hearing the order, the Japanese soldiers quickly got ready.

Half an hour later, the main force of the Japanese Sakahara Division appeared at Pingxingguan.

On the mountain road, the Japanese infantry marched forward in neat rows.

3000 cavalrymen were arranged in two columns and marched on the sides of the team.

The Japanese had more than 80 tanks and more than 60 armored vehicles marching at the front of the team.

At the end of the team were more than 100 Japanese trucks and ox carts and horse carts carrying food and fodder.

The Japanese Sakahara Division had more than 20,000 people, but their marching team stretched for more than ten miles.

Ling Yunzhi used a telescope to see smoke and dust billowing from the mountain pass in the distance.

He quickly lay down on the ground with his ears pressed to the ground.

"The main forces of the Japanese are all out. We are going to have a big fight this time."

After hearing this, everyone was very excited.

All of them held their weapons tightly.

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At the 115th Division's defensive position, Lin Shi was sitting in the command post.

At this moment, Commander Lin was resting with his eyes closed.

"Report, the Japanese vanguard has entered the mountain pass."

Commander Lin still had his eyes closed, resting. He sat there motionless.

Ten minutes later, the signalman ran to the commander again and said, "Report, the vanguard of the Japanese has entered Pingxingguan."

Commander Lin remained motionless, with his eyes closed.

Although the headquarters of the 115th Division was on the mountain, everyone in the headquarters could already feel the vibrations from the Japanese tanks rolling over the ground.

"Report that the Japanese vanguard has passed Pingxingguan."

Everyone looked at Commander Lin anxiously, the Japanese were advancing very quickly.

At this rate, in another half an hour, the main force of the Japanese will have passed Pingxingguan.

Everyone was waiting for Commander Lin's order.