After more than six hours of rapid march, the Northwest Shanxi Column finally arrived at the pig-killing mouth more than 40 kilometers away. It was already past 1:00 a.m. the next morning.

A reconnaissance team led by Duan Peng has been waiting for more than an hour in the pig's mouth.

"Captain, commander." Duan Peng saluted Wang Ye and the brigade commander respectively, and said, "The monk and another reconnaissance team are monitoring the Japanese who are heading north in Taiyuan."

After Wang Ye discovered that the Modern Times was not practical, he simply ignored his position. The entire special operations brigade was called nicknames or names regardless of its position.

The only exception is Wang Ye.

Wang Ye, including Wei Dayong, is known as the captain.

At first, Wang Ye tried to correct it, but after several corrections were ineffective, he was too lazy to correct it again. Whatever the team members called him, he was not afraid of the Japanese beheading anyway.

However, other team members are all called nicknames or names.

Wang Ye nodded and asked, "When was your last contact?"

"Ten minutes ago," Duan Peng said, "According to the latest information provided by the monk, the Japanese troops heading north have passed Wangjiayu, and there are still seven or eight kilometers away."

"It's time!" Wang Ye breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

The brigade commander even issued an order directly: "Transfer my order, and the infantry regiments will immediately seize the commanding heights on both sides of the highway, the artillery regiment will speed up the construction of artillery positions, and the cavalry regiment will find a place to rest and recuperate."

Several correspondents from the headquarters said yes and left separately.

Ding Wei and Li Yunlong looked at the brigade commander with a eager eye.

This time the main force went south, Kong Jie was left in Anhua by the brigade commander to restrain the Japanese.

Because what you need most in fighting such a battle is execution, Kong Jie is the most suitable.

"Why, have you ever wanted to be in command?" The brigade commander glanced over Li Yunlong and Ding Wei's faces and asked with a smile.

"Brig Commander, let it go." Li Yunlong hurriedly said, "He has fought two battles in Zhanggezhuang and Chenzhuang, and he has already been fully satisfied. Let me command the battle of killing pigs."

"Why should I forget it?" Ding Wei could give up on anything else, but he didn't want to give up on this matter.

After a pause, Ding Wei said again: "Brig Commander, I'll tell the truth that Zhanggezhuang was fighting well, but Chenzhuang was not ideal. Moreover, after these two battles, I have already gained some experience, so I believe that if the brigade commander still handed over this battle to me, I will definitely be able to perform better!"

"Old Ding, you're not that good enough." Li Yunlong was anxious when he heard this, "You can't be able to deal with all good things. It's our turn to try it out, right?"

That is, Ding Wei. If it were Cheng Shifa, Li Yunlong would have cursed himself.

Li Yunlong was still very restrained about Ding Wei, and even if he was arguing with others, he would leave room for him.

Ding Wei said without any hesitation: "Old Li, I really don't want to fight with you. I really have some thoughts in my heart. I want to verify this battle. Next time, when I have the chance next time, okay?"

"You'll take it down soon, it's next time." Li Yunlong said, "I haven't encountered such a good opportunity for many years. If I missed today, can I command a real column to fight a big battle with the Japanese?"

After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "Old Ding, I'm sorry, Lao Li beg you, can you?"

"Okay, okay, don't fight." The brigade commander groaned and said angrily, "This is the Japanese, not the flesh of Tang Monk. Why did you snatch it?"

The eyes fell on Ding Wei, and the brigade commander said again: "Ding Wei, since you have an idea in your mind, then you will be the command of this battle."

"Thank you, Brigade Commander." Ding Wei stood at attention and raised his hand to salute, "Brigade Commander, please rest assured. I, Ding Wei, must achieve my level in this battle today and will win the greatest result at the lowest price!"

"Okay, then I'll wait and see." The brigade commander nodded and turned his eyes to Li Yunlong again.

Li Yunlong had already turned his gaze to the wilderness on one side, and was sulking with his mouth flattened.

The brigade commander immediately laughed and said with a smile: "Li Yunlong, look at your promising prospects, where are you in a hurry?"

"Brig Commander, you are a full man and don't know that the hungry man is hungry." Li Yunlong said with a dark face, "You are all in Taiyue and commanders of the two columns in the northwest of Shanxi. Some of them have the opportunity to command thousands of troops to fight big battles, but our Lao Li doesn't have such an opportunity. After finally getting another chance, you gave it to Lao Ding again. Oh, how sad I am."

"Okay." The brigade commander laughed and scolded, "Shanxi has so many Japanese, are you afraid there will be no war?"

Li Yunlong immediately beat the snake and followed the stick, and said with a flattering look: "Brig Commander, then we have to make an agreement in advance. When we have another chance next time, we will let me do it no matter what."

"Okay." said the brigade commander, "I'll be here next time."

After pausing, the brigade commander turned his head and asked Ding Wei: "Ding Wei, now you can say, how do you plan to fight this battle?"

Ding Wei's expression immediately became serious and he said in a deep voice: "Brig Commander, after two battles between Zhanggezhuang and Chenzhuang, I found that although the quality of the Japanese soldiers has declined, the frontal attack is still quite powerful. Putting aside the air strike by the Japanese aviation army, it is just the most harmful to us by the Japanese frontal attack."

"So?" said the brigade commander thoughtfully, "Are you going to avoid the front?"

"Yes, in fact, there is no need for us to be tough with the Japanese." Ding Wei nodded, "We can take advantage of the Japanese's rush to reinforce Anhua's weakness, let go of their vanguard troops, specialize in attacking their rear guard troops, and then force their vanguard troops to come back to rescue. At this time, the Japanese's formation was completely chaotic and their ideological confusion would fall into chaos. In this way, we can avoid the Japanese's edge and greatly reduce our own casualties."

"Yes." The brigade commander agreed deeply.

Ding Wei is already interesting.

...

Almost at the same time, the 94th Independent Brigade of the Central Army also arrived at the Wild Boar Gate.

It has to be said that officers from the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps are still very good at leading troops. Not to mention the combat effectiveness of the 94th Brigade of the Central Army, at least the long-distance marching ability is no less than that of the Eighth Route Army.

Because the distance from Fu'an County to Wild Boar Gate is similar to that from Anhua to Pig Killing Mouth.

"Traveling seat." Zhu Jiahua gasped with his hands on his knees, "How to fight this battle?"

Liang Gang's physical fitness is much better than Zhu Jiahua. Although he was sweating profusely, he at least did not breathe.

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, Liang Gang said: "The equipment of our 94th Brigade cannot be compared with the Japanese army. If we fight hard, even if we can win, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties."

"I agree." Guo Guanying said, "Working hard will definitely lead to heavy casualties."

Liang Gang said: "So, we must adapt to local conditions, to the situation, and to the enemy."

"Adapting to local conditions? Adapting to the situation? Adapting to the enemy?" Guo Guanying said in confusion. "I understand the meaning of brigades, adapting to the local conditions. I understand the purpose of using the terrain reasonably and adapting to the situation. I also understand the purpose of using the situation reasonably, but what does it mean to adapt to the enemy's conditions? I really can't think of the humble position."

Zhu Jiahua said thoughtfully: "Whether the brigade is adapting to the enemy's weaknesses?"

"Yes, it's just to take advantage of the enemy's weaknesses." Liang Gang smiled slightly and said, "For example, the Japanese who went south from Datong, their weakness is that they are eager to go to Anhua."

Speaking of this, Liang Gang's expression sank and said with a sad face: "Do you still remember how our Central Army lost in the first stage of the Battle of Shanghai?"

"I remember, I will never forget it in my life." Zhu Jiahua said solemnly, "We are too anxious."

"Yes, our troops are advancing too fast in street fighting." Guo Guanying said with a dark face, "so far the infantry and armored soldiers are disconnected, which gives the Japanese army an opportunity to take advantage of!"

Liang Gang said: "So, do you know how to deal with the Japanese?"

"I understand." Guo Guanying nodded, "Let their vanguard and infantry and attack their guards and supplies."

Zhu Jiahua said with some concern: "But the brigade, will the Japanese vanguard infantry simply go south to attack Anhua County? Then will we have to break the trust of the Eighth Route Army?"

"No." Liang Gang said sneeringly, "The Japanese vanguard dare not go south with light."

He paused and said, "After all, the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi is no longer the Eighth Route Army two years ago. If the Japanese vanguard infantry dared to go south lightly, they would definitely be gnawed by the Eighth Route Army so that there would be no scum left."

...

In the pig's mouth.

At two o'clock in the morning, the Japanese vanguard who went north to reinforce finally arrived at the Zhushoukou.

At least a thousand Japanese were lined up in four columns, running along the highway, and the sound of Japanese uniform footsteps could be heard across several miles.

But the Japanese were still very cautious.

In addition to having a motorized infantry unit serves as the vanguard,

There are also Japanese Rangers in the hillsides and gullies on both sides of the highway.

Fortunately, the main forces of the Northwest Shanxi Column were ambushed two kilometers away, and the Japanese Rangers could not find it.

On a hillside two kilometers away, Ding Wei was holding a four-fold military telescope and watching in the direction of the pig killing mouth. Through the telescope's vision, the Japanese army's queue could be vaguely seen.

Wang Ye came to Ding Wei quietly and reported: "The Japanese set up a sedan chair lifting formation. Two infantry brigades carried the middle baggage troops and command center one by one, and there was no third infantry brigade."

"Is that so? This is good news." Ding Wei pondered for a moment, "Let go of the infantry brigade in front, the artillery regiment concentrates firepower to attack the guard brigade. Once the artillery regiment's artillery attack is over, the entire column will launch a general attack!"

He paused and said, "Let the cavalry regiment be prepared for attack. Once the Japanese vanguard team turn around and fight back, they will immediately launch an attack from behind the Japanese and defeat the Japanese vanguard team in one go!"

"Yes!" Several communicators agreed and left separately.

...

Tonight is destined to be a difficult night for the Japanese army in Anhua City.

In order to create the illusion that the main force of the Northwest Shanxi Column is still in Anhua for the Japanese army, Kong Jie's second detachment would organize an attack from time to time and constantly put pressure on the Japanese army's peripheral positions.

The Japanese army only set up an infantry brigade on the periphery position. Facing the fierce attacks of the second detachment, the second detachment was under great pressure, especially the East Gate position, which changed hands several times.

There have also been many hand-to-hand combats.

Although he finally defended the position, the old Japanese devils of the 69th Division, including Sadashi Inoue, became even more nervous and more anxious.

Igarashi Mi said: "The division commander, since the combat power shown by the Eighth Route Army in Heian County last night, they should not have only this ability, so they must be planning a bigger offensive in secret."

"I completely agree with Igarashi's judgment." Sadao Kato said, "Because the Eighth Route Army's artillery group did not participate in the attack from beginning to end, until now, all the Eighth Route Army's offensives were just to paralyze the Imperial Army, make the Imperial Army misjudgment and relax its vigilance, and then launch a fatal blow!"

"Well, your analysis makes sense." Inoue Sadaemoto said deeply, "So we must be prepared and order each temporary reserve brigade to prepare to reinforce the peripheral positions at any time."

In addition to an infantry brigade of the 292nd Infantry Regiment and two mountain artillery corpses,

Sadashi Inoue temporarily organized the remaining more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers into four reserve infantry brigades.

Due to insufficient weapons and equipment, Sadao Inoue even requisitioned the puppet army's rifles and light and heavy machine guns.

After a pause, Inoue Sadae said again: "By the way, where have the reinforcements from Taiyuan and Datong arrived?"
To be continued...