Yang Zhen's prediction was quite accurate. Judging from the subsequent actions of the Japanese and puppet troops, Weihe County was really considered to be a hornet's nest. Even after the September 18th Incident, he followed his brother to fight against Japan and went to the Soviet Union to study for several years, but Li Yanping, who was also experienced, sighed that he had never seen the Japanese have made such a big move against a certain anti-Japanese unit in a few years.

After capturing Weihe County, Yang Zhen could indeed say that he stabbed the hornet's nest. The efforts of the Japanese and puppet troops to target their troops are more than just a big word to describe. In terms of the deployment of the Japanese and puppet troops and the number of troops mobilized, it was even worth a lot of money to deal with an army like Yang Zhen, which was only nearly a thousand people.

On the afternoon of the third day when Yang Zhen evacuated Weihe County, during the march, several reconnaissance aircraft appeared in the sky to reconnaise and track Yang Zhen's troops. On the ground, only from the limited information, the entire Zhuhe, Weihe, Wuchang, and Acheng were full of Japanese and puppet troops transporting troops. Cavalry, infantry, and even chariot troops were dispatched.

Although Yang Zhen, who entered Wuchang territory, captured several group tribes, burned down all household registration information, and rescued a group of people, he did not find a relatively good fighter due to the rapid reinforcement speed of the Japanese and puppet troops and the huge force.

Yang Zhen, who was about to transfer from Wuchang to Acheng, looked at the reconnaissance plane that was hovering over his head and frowned. Although he had his own tactical intentions and did not care about exposing himself, there was always a pair of eyes in the sky that felt uncomfortable.

Moreover, Yang Zhen knew that if he wanted to survive in danger, he had to take the initiative in his own hands. He was always stared at by reconnaissance planes, and all his whereabouts would be controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops, and he would fall into a passive position, not to mention taking the initiative in his own hands.

Yang Zhen raised his telescope and carefully observed the track of the reconnaissance aircraft that was now hovering on his head. He called Li Mingrui beside him and pointed at a relatively towering mountain two miles ahead of him and said, "Mingrui, I will hand over the heavy machine gun company of the Second Battalion to you. Take these six heavy machine guns to that mountain bag to form a pre-rest position."

"I will order the troops to rest on the spot and create fighter planes for you. You will follow the method I have taught you on weekdays. When the Japanese plane slides down and circles, concentrate the firepower, calculate the advance amount, and knock down the Japanese reconnaissance plane. Remember, you must calculate the advance amount. The Japanese plane is thin, and as long as it is caught, there is no problem in knocking it out with the firepower of the heavy machine gun."

Li Mingrui looked at the reconnaissance plane on his head, and calculated roughly according to the calculation method that Yang Zhen had taught him in his heart, and said, "Commander, don't worry, I will definitely dig down the Japanese's eyes for him."

Yang Zhen nodded and stuffed him the set of German high-power telescopes seized from Shiro Ishii and said, "Use this more precisely when observing, don't use your Japanese products."

Li Mingrui took the telescope handed over by Yang Zhen, saluted a salute, and hurriedly led the team to execute Yang Zhen's orders.

Looking at Li Mingrui's back, Li Yanping, who caught up from behind, said curiously, "What are they going to do? Why did they only take away a heavy machine gun company?"

Yang Zhen pointed to the reconnaissance plane in the sky and said, "I asked him to knock down those thief eyes. Let it stare at it all day, no matter how we change the marching route, it will be exposed. We make big moves to cover our true intentions. If this guy is staring at it all day, we can't hide any intentions."

After saying that, Yang Zhen walked to a tree on the side of the road and opened the map and said, "Political Commissar, our original plan to enter Acheng must be changed now. The Japanese reconnaissance plane has exposed our whereabouts. According to the Japanese's reaction speed, the Japanese may have mobilized heavy troops in front of us. If we continue to implement the original plan, we will jump into the Japanese encirclement. Therefore, our original plan must be changed."

"Then see how we will change our next action?" After hearing Yang Zhen's analysis, Li Yanping nodded in agreement. It was considered that he had fought for so many years. Even if the corps lacked the ability to command and coordinate the overall situation, he still had basic military qualities. He still agreed with Yang Zhen's words.

Yang Zhen stared at the map and pondered for a long time, sighed and said, "Political Commissar, we have too little information available now. It is far from enough to rely on the tactical reconnaissance done by Huang Dali."

"Old Guo's monitoring of the Japanese radio stations is now because there are no special deciphering talents, so he can only rely on the captured Japanese and puppet troops' passwords, and there are too few that can be deciphered from the Japanese and puppet troops. We are in a marching state all day long, and there is very little time to set up radio stations. In addition, the Japanese radio station passwords are changed very frequently, so there is really no amount of information we can get through monitoring."

"Without the source of intelligence, we are like a blind man, and can only grop for action. Marines and combat alone are not enough. Winning a battle requires not only well-equipped and well-trained troops. More importantly, it requires the support of effective intelligence."

"How many troops have the Japanese and puppet troops around us mobilized to target us? What is the equipment? What is the ratio of the Japanese and puppet troops? How many routes are they siege us? We don't know this. Political Commissar, we can say that we are facing the most dangerous situation after the attack."

Yang Zhen was talking to Li Yanping. He had just entered the rest and set up a radio station to contact Peng Dingjie, who had been monitoring the surrounding radio stations, and Guo Bingxun, who was monitoring the surrounding radio stations, came over and handed a piece of paper to Yang Zhen and said: "Old Yang, we just heard a telegram from the Fourth Military Control Area of ​​the Puppet Manchukuo Army and the Sixth Military Control Area on the radio station. This is also the only Japanese and puppet army telegram that we have cracked so far using the seized passwords."

"The telegram told his subordinates that the 16th and 17th mixed brigades of the Fourth Military Control District of the Puppet Manchukuo Army stationed in Binjiang, one part of the cavalry of the Sixth Military Control District, and all forest police forces in Binjiang Province, railway police. Some forest police forces in Mudanjiang Province, a regiment of the Railway Guards Army stationed in Mudanjiang, and two infantry brigades of the Japanese Army stationed in Harbin, two independent guards and two infantry brigades of the fourth and fifth independent guards encircled and intercepted our headquarters."

"We are not sure about the specific deployment of the Japanese and puppet troops. However, there is one thing that is certain now. Just from paper, the Japanese and puppet troops mobilized at least 6,000 troops this time to eliminate our army. Moreover, the commander also specifically emphasized that the Japanese and puppet Manchukuo Army will be transferred to the Kwantung Army as commander of the Fifth Independent Guard. They are fully responsible for the clearance operation against us."

Speaking of this, Guo Bingxun raised his head and looked at the Japanese reconnaissance planes that were constantly hovering in the sky and said: "This telegram was personally signed by Yu Chencheng, the commander of the Fourth Military Region of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, and he also bluntly stated that the Japanese not only mobilized heavy troops this time, but also mobilized some of the air force stationed in Mudanjiang and some of the so-called automatic convoys that had just been established by the Puppet Manchukuo Army."

After hearing Guo Bingxun’s report, Yang Zhen and Li Yanping looked at each other and saw the solemnity in the other’s eyes, Yang Zhen said: “Old Guo, has Huang Dali come back from scouting?”

Guo Bingxun shook his head and said, "Not yet. But they have been away for almost half a day and should be back soon."

Yang Zhen looked at the map and raised his head to Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun and said, "We can't stop here anymore. We must transfer immediately. While the Japanese have not yet figured out our specific movements, we will transfer immediately after Li Mingrui knocked off the reconnaissance plane on the top of our heads. It's almost dark, at least before tomorrow morning, we will jump northward across the Binsui Line."

"At this point, Yang Zhen pointed to the map and said, "I have a premonition that the troops that the Japanese and puppet troops surrounded us should be rushing towards us, and it should not be too far away from us now."

"Since the afternoon, the Japanese reconnaissance planes have been hovering around our heads all day long. Our whereabouts have no secrets to the Japanese at least. So we must transfer immediately."

Just as Yang Zhen's voice fell, Li Mingrui, who was ordered to ambush the Japanese reconnaissance plane, also fired. Li Mingrui did not disappoint Yang Zhen this time. Just when the Japanese reconnaissance plane found that Yang Zhen's troops suddenly stopped advancing, they lowered their flight altitude and were about to carefully check the reason. Li Mingrui commanded the six heavy machine guns ambushing the mountain to fire suddenly, and in one fell swoop the reconnaissance plane that posed a great threat to Yang Zhen's troops, and exploded on the spot.

Hearing the dense gunfire, Yang Zhen raised his head and looked at the Japanese reconnaissance plane that exploded in the air suddenly felt a sudden change in his heart.

Standing up, Yang Zhen carefully looked at the surrounding terrain and said to Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun: "I will talk about the transfer later. Political Commissar, Lao Guo, it seems that we have to fight here."

When he heard that Yang Zhen, who was about to transfer immediately, changed his mind quickly in such a short time, Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun looked at Yang Zhen with some confusion.

Seeing the puzzled eyes of the two, Yang Zhen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I just had some negligence. I was thinking of a way to shoot down the reconnaissance plane that had been following us, but I forgot that the gunshots when we ambushed the plane would also attract pursuers from the Japanese and puppet troops."

Sure enough, before Yang Zhen finished speaking, the gunshots of Li Mingrui ambushing the Japanese reconnaissance plane calmed down less than a few minutes ago, and dense gunshots suddenly sounded on the hill where he was. With the sound of gunfire, sporadic artillery shells exploded from time to time.

Hearing the dense gunfire sounds from Li Mingrui, he immediately realized that it was the nearby Japanese and puppet troops who heard the gunfire sounds and did not hesitate at all. He immediately ordered the two companies to quickly rush to the hill where Li Mingrui was to provide support.

Just when Yang Zhen had just mobilized two companies to support Li Mingrui, Huang Dali, who was out for investigation, rushed back at this time. Huang Dali, who was panting, didn't care about rest and immediately reported the situation to Yang Zhen.

"The commander, political commissar, chief of staff, in front of us, the nearly 1,000 Japanese puppet troops dispatched from Wuchang carried two mountain cannons under the cover of some cavalry, and were less than thirty miles away from us."

Before Huang Dali finished reporting, he kept cutting off the rear. Wang Guangyu, the deputy chief of staff, also rushed up and said, "Commander, we found a large number of Japanese and puppet troops behind us, chasing our troops quickly. We should have reached this position at this moment." After that, Wang Guangyu pointed on the map that Yang Zhen had not yet closed.

Seeing the location of the Japanese pursuers behind him pointed out that Wang Guangyu was less than fifty miles away from him, Yang Zhen couldn't help but take a breath and realized that his expectations were still a little light.

The Japanese were found in front and behind, and judging from the gunshots of Li Mingrui, there were quite a few Japanese, and they were closer to him, and they could even be called under his nose. According to the current directions of discovering Japanese, he could now be called surrounded by Japanese and puppet troops.

When Yang Zhen discovered that the situation was urgent, he did not hesitate at all. After accurately finding his current location on the map, Yang Zhen pointed to the map and said to Guo Bingxun: "Old Guo, you personally bring a radio station and lead a company and two mortars to block the enemy directly in front of us."

"Old Guo, don't force the force when blocking, try to rely on the terrain to fight step by step, be careful not to let the Japanese and puppet troops understand our reality. If you have to force it, remember the firepower. The configuration of the force should be heavy in front and light in the back, and the configuration of the force should be light in front and heavy in the back, and rely on the ground to form a staging blockade. Pay special attention to your flank protection."

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen raised his head and looked at Guo Bingxun with a serious expression and said, "Old Guo, our troops have not been formed for a while. Not only are the combat experiences of the combatants of the troops, but the platoon leader does not have much combat experiences."

"The old brothers who rushed out of Harbin with us may have had experience in fighting blocking wars, but they have not even had the experience of platoon-level blocking wars. So there must be a capable person in front of them. I am not at ease to leave it to others, and I will be at ease only if you go."

"Old Guo, I will only ask you one thing now. Do you have confidence when strengthening firepower and fighting hard, and you have four hours on the top of a thirty-mile mountain road?"

After looking at the terrain marked on the map, Guo Bingxun pondered for a moment, he said, "There should be no big problem. However, Lao Yang's matter is not absolute. I can only say that I will do my best to hold the Japanese for four hours and gain time for the main force."

Yang Zhen nodded and said, "Old Guo, I'll leave it to you in the front. Remember not to fight hard, use cold guns and cold cannons to kill the enemy. It's not that you have to hold on tight, just restrain the Japanese and puppet troops. And Lao Guo, you must be careful. No matter what, you must come back alive."

When Guo Bingxun heard Yang Zhen’s concern, he smiled and said nothing. He just saluted a military salute and turned around and crossed the marching line with a company and rushed forward quickly.

After seeing off Guo Bingxun, Yang Zhen pointed to the location where Wang Guangyu had just pointed out on the map where he discovered the Japanese and puppet troops pursued, and said to Wang Guangyu: "Old Wang, you also bring a company and follow the methods I just told Chief of Staff Guo to block the Japanese and puppet troops who followed him. Similarly, it takes me four hours. How about it, does Lao Wang have confidence?"

Wang Guangyu heard Yang Zhen’s explanation and nodded, "Please rest assured, Commander, I will do my best to win four hours for the main force. Even if I am killed, I will do my best."

Hearing Wang Guangyu's answer, Yang Zhen said without thinking: "Okay, Lao Wang, you will choose the company you bring. If you like the company, take the company away. If you disobey the command, you can take the company first and then report, and there is no need to ask for instructions."

Wang Guangyu was also a happy person. He heard Yang Zhen's words without any vagueness: "Commander, don't make things difficult for you, Liu Changshun's one is good even if I think it's good."

"Okay, there is no problem. I said that you will give it to you. In addition, Lao Wang, remember to come back alive." Yang Zhen did not feel too much surprise for Wang Guangyu who called Liu Changshun.

After seeing off Wang Guangyu and Guo Bingxun, Yang Zhen rolled the map and said to Li Yanping beside him: "Political Commissar, let's go to Li Mingrui's place." After that, he immediately got up and walked quickly towards Li Mingrui's place.

Seeing Yang Zhen, Li Yanping came up and commanded Li Mingrui on the top of the mountain and immediately ran over and said, "Commander, why are you here? It's not safe here. This time the Japanese have brought artillery."

Yang Zhen took the telescope that he had handed to Li Mingrui before, glanced at the simple blocking position that Li Mingrui chose, found an observation point, raised the telescope and said, "How can I know how you are here if I don't come? We don't have time, so you can report the situation quickly."

Hearing that Yang Zhen's tone was a little stern, Li Mingrui did not dare to hesitate, and lay down beside Yang Zhen and Li Yanping and pointed at the battlefield and said, "Commander, political commissar, we just took down the enemy plane, and the Japanese rushed up and moved very quickly. If I hadn't found the Japanese who were touched by the guard post at the foot of the mountain, they would have almost succeeded."

"However, judging from the fact that the Japanese were also in a hurry to fight, they should be not far from us, but they did not find our specific location. It should be our gunshots that attracted them."

"I just looked carefully. The Japanese soldiers were at least one squadron. The puppet Manchukuo and the puppet Manchukuo police had about 100 people, and there were four infantry artillery to provide fire support. Are these Japanese and puppet troops vanguard or main force still not clear about the situation."
Chapter completed!