More than half of the snow on the ground has already melted away, and dust has appeared on a lot of the ground.

On the road below Luokui Slope, the snow melted into the loess, replenishing nutrients to the earth.

Some bare branches began to sprout.

A few kilometers away from Luokuipo, on a hilltop, Lin Tianchen had already quietly arrived here with the soldiers of the New Second Regiment and Heiyun Village.

Kong Jie, who was lying on the top of the mountain, frowned. He was a little nervous along the way.

The feeling was completely different from when he received the news and was able to fight with Lin Tianchen.

Because such infiltration was like dancing on the edge of a knife, the Japanese soldiers had already appeared in the distance, and his palms began to sweat unconsciously.

Although he knew that Lin Tianchen was very good at fighting the Japanese, he was still worried when he saw Lin Tianchen leading his team to approach directly. If they were discovered, it would be a complete encounter.

When there were more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers and heavy firepower, it would be a difficult encounter. Fortunately, what he worried about did not happen.

Lying beside a huge rock, Lin Tianchen was holding a telescope in his hand, looking at the Japanese in the distance. From time to time, he also used the visual map to closely monitor the Japanese troop deployment and firepower points.

"Luokuipo, Area 31, the Japanese artillery fire point."

Xiao Shanzi half-squatted against a boulder. After hearing Lin Tianchen's words, he skillfully began to mark on a small map.

The movements are skillful and there is no drag.

This was a tacit understanding that he and the team leader had formed long ago. Xiaoshanzi might not recognize all the characters, but if he looked at the map, he could see them clearly now.

Moreover, before going out, some areas were digitally divided early on, and now they are just processed according to priority.

From the moment Kong Jie followed Lin Tianchen, he saw Xiao Shanzi's thin figure always standing beside him. The tacit understanding between the two made him look at him sideways.

Lin Tianchen talked to himself, and Xiao Shanzi didn't ask any questions. He just marked on the map as soon as he finished speaking.

This made Kong Jie unconsciously glance at Xie Yulin.

Xie Yulin frowned when he was suddenly scrutinized by this gaze.

"???"

"You can learn from this and prepare more maps in the future."

Kong Jie spoke to Xie Yulin in a low voice.

But just as he landed, Xie Yulin glanced at him and said, "If you had the keen insight of Captain Lin and could immediately spot the enemy's firepower point, I would lead the troops to charge directly without even bothering with the map."

Along the way, Xie Yulin also saw that when Lin Tianchen led the team, the route he took was almost perfectly hidden.

A team of more than 2,000 people quietly reached Zhankui Mountain. On the way, Lin Tianchen observed the movements of the Japanese from time to time and asked Xiaoshanzi to take notes.

This made Xie Yulin, the chief of staff, understand that although Lin Tianchen seemed like a reckless man in every battle, he had done a lot of planning and reconnaissance before each battle.

Kong Jie had a clear understanding of the enemy, and when he put himself in the shoes of Lin Tianchen's enemy, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Just think about it, before the battle even started, all of your firepower deployment has been clearly understood. Just thinking about it makes you feel terrified.

Because he would pick up the telescope from time to time to observe, but looking into the distance, he only felt that the Japanese had a lot of people this time, and apart from some obvious firepower deployments, there was nothing else.

Is the gap so big?

Kong Jie muttered to himself, and then he felt his arm poked, which made him turn to look at Xie Yulin with some confusion.

"This seems to be one of Kishibe Yuta's direct troops, the elite among the Japanese elite." Xie Yulin put down the telescope, pointed to a Japanese flag in the distance, his face solemn.

As the chief of staff, he was very familiar with this flag. You should know that when Ping'an County fell, two divisions of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, more than 14,000 people, were defeated in Ping'an County by this team.

You have to know that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was the defending side, but it collapsed when facing an enemy that was less than five times its number.

This incident spread throughout northwest Shanxi at that time. Both they and the National Army conducted the most in-depth research on this battle. If all the Japanese troops were like this, how could they hold on?

"Kishibe Yuta...the direct troops of the commander-in-chief of the spring offensive..." After hearing Xie Yulin's words, Kong Jie's face became more solemn.

He would never have imagined that the first battle he fought with the New Second Regiment would be against one of the direct personal soldiers of the spring commander-in-chief.

These two teams not only fought extremely fiercely, but their equipment was also far better than that of other Japanese troops.

Heavy equipment such as heavy machine guns and mortars are standard. Although there are no tanks involved, the training is very elite. It is reported that the training foundation is all from the Kwantung Army, and the training is completely in line with the requirements of the Kwantung Army.

Although Kong Jie had never encountered the Kwantung Army in the north, he had heard a lot about it a long time ago. It was known as the flower of the ace and was the ace among the aces of the Japanese army. Its combat power was extremely fierce.

But it has not been entered yet.

"We have to do it even if it's difficult." Kong Jie put down the telescope and said heavily.

Now that he has decided to follow Lin Tianchen here, he will have to chew on it even if it is a tough bone.

They have been bullied right at their doorstep, Kong Jie doesn't care about the elite. If we talk about the elite, Lin Tianchen's team is the elite among the elite, the ace among the aces.

Now, let's see who has the stronger cards.

Kong Jie just glanced at the team's flag and didn't think about it anymore. If he was afraid before the battle even started, what kind of soldier would he be?

"There are no real elites in the world. It's just that we haven't encountered stronger ones. This is the case right now, and the same is true for the Kwantung Army." Lin Tianchen listened to the whispered conversation next to him, turned around and said something, but there was a cold light in his eyes.

"That's the truth."

Kong Jie nodded in agreement, calmed down, and looked at Lin Tianchen beside him seriously, as if he wanted to engrave Lin Tianchen's every move into his mind.

"The Japanese commander has come out." Lin Tianchen saw dense red dots appearing on the visual map. This was not his first day using the visual map.

This obviously caused the Japanese to concentrate in the vehicles.

When Lin Tianchen saw the dense red dots, he looked through the telescope, put it down, and his eyes became more fierce.

A few minutes before the truck appeared, Lin Tianchen also observed that some of the Japanese sentry posts in the distance would move along with the truck.

The Japanese in the entire Luokuipo have started to deploy some defenses.

Their movements were all noticed when the truck appeared, and Lin Tianchen's eyes flashed slightly.

Now Lin Tianchen has memorized all the Japanese firepower points, troop deployments, and the terrain of the entire area.

It was obvious that these two groups of Japanese soldiers attached great importance to the person on the truck. He should be the commander discovered by the scouts.

Kong Jie had been keeping an eye on Lin Tianchen. When he noticed the change in Lin Tianchen's eyes, he knew that a war might break out at any time.

"Let's go back to the main force first." Lin Tianchen turned around, quickly crouched down and led his men to retreat.

With Lin Tianchen's return, Wang Jiantang, Li Weiguo and others came to his side with their bodies bent.

Xiao Shanzi skillfully spread out the map and placed it in front of everyone.

"The First Battalion and the New Second Regiment, take up position south of Luokui Slope. Remember one thing: only fight, don't charge. Just hold on. So, once you arrive, quickly establish your position. This place is high above the enemy, making it difficult for them to charge up."

"I will use artillery fire to clear the enemy positions on Hill 023 to the south. I will provide you with some fire support."

"I need you to buy me about an hour. I'm going to try to do something with the Second and Third Battalions. If they succeed, the Japs might go crazy and counterattack us. Wang Jiantang, you can make your own judgment when the time comes. I'll leave you a few mortars, and you can arrange them yourself."

"Remember, until there are other orders, your only order is to hold the front of the Japanese."

"If the telephone line is disconnected, the signal for a general attack will still fall on the Japanese position with three rapid mortar rounds..."

Lin Tianchen spoke quickly, his tone low and serious, pointing to some symbols on the map from time to time.

Each area is numbered, as are each plateau, and the map is very detailed.

"Guarantee to complete the task." Wang Jiantang nodded heavily.

After Lin Tianchen finished the first order, he pointed at the map again and said:

"Second and Third Battalions, when the artillery fire begins, go to Hill 044 and wait for me. I'll come find you later."

After Lin Tianchen finished speaking, Li Weiguo and the others nodded heavily without any hesitation.

But when Kong Jie heard this, his expression froze, and he thought he had heard it wrong.

Instead of concentrating the troops to fight the Japanese, they dispersed them into two directions to fight?

Moreover, at the moment the battle started, they did not immediately concentrate all their firepower to attack the first wave, and even ordered the second and third battalions not to open fire.

This made Kong Jie a little confused as to why Lin Tianchen made such a plan, but since he had already followed him, he thought about it and decided not to raise any objections.

In terms of Lin Tianchen's insight, it is much better than his.

After Lin Tianchen finished speaking, he did not forget Kong Jie who was standing beside him. This time he took the initiative to speak:

"Captain Kong, this battle requires your New Second Regiment to cooperate well with the First Battalion. Please."

Lin Tianchen handed a map to Kong Jie.

Kong Jie looked down at the densely packed punctuation marks and the area divisions on the map, and his eyes instantly became firm.

He first saluted and then put the map away.

"Don't worry, Captain Lin. Following orders is my greatest strength." Kong Jie looked serious. For him, this battle could be said to be a battle to establish the regiment, and he must fight with great power.

Let the soldiers of the New Second Regiment find some confidence. Although they gained a lot after the last battle, Kong Jie believes that it is not valid for the New Second Regiment's founding battle.

We were really hit hard by Li Weiguo's team.

Kong Jie called out to Xie Yulin and walked towards the New Second Regiment with his body bent.

"Leave part of the artillery company to the first battalion, and the rest to the fire support company. Everyone follow me!"

After Lin Tianchen finished speaking, he bent his body and walked towards the back mountain.

Under the warm sun, figures are moving from Zhankui Mountain to Luokui Slope.

In the sunny side, the wind is calm, and in the shady side, there are crowds of people.

At Luokuipo, the Japanese soldiers' trucks stopped and the Japanese soldiers in military uniforms and with dignified appearance got off the trucks.

The Japanese soldiers who greeted them all nodded and bowed, speaking in ghost language and pointing at this area, as if the land under their feet was their pasture.

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