Are there really no bunkers and trench fortifications on the hillsides on both sides of the Wild Boar Ditch?

Of course not. In fact, every hillside, every gully and even every earthen basin is hidden in closed bunkers and trenches.

But these bunkers and trenches were carefully disguised.

Unless you walk closer and observe carefully, it is difficult to discover.

Beneath these bunkers and trenches is a huge network of authenticity.

Through this authentic network, personnel and equipment can be transferred quickly.

"Commander, will you fight?" Guardian Xiao Zhang turned his head and asked Zhong Sheng.

Zhong Sheng was the former commander of the second battalion of the Xinyi Regiment and a powerful general under Li Yunlong. He has been following Li Yunlong since Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and has also participated in the Western Expedition of the West Route Army.

Li Yunlong also wanted to take him away, but Ding Wei did not give him any.

After the new first regiment was expanded into a detachment, Zhong Sheng was also promoted from battalion commander to regiment commander.

Then, in the process of drawing the main force to enrich the local military region, Zhong Sheng's Second Regiment was transferred to the first division, and he was promoted to the commander of the first division.

Now one district governs three local groups.

Wild Boar Gully belongs to the defense zone of the 1st Regiment of the first division.

At this moment, Zhong Sheng personally led the 1st regiment of the first division to be stationed in the Wild Zhugou Fortress, preparing to fight the Japanese and win a good start for this counter-sweeping campaign.

In Wang Ye's words, this is called a first-hand bonus.

Because the Japanese didn't know their defense deployment, they were easily hit.

Therefore, in the first battle, you must make the results as big as possible.

Guard Xiao Zhang said again: "The Japanese have filled an anti-tank trench and dragged the first anti-tank cone to the roadside. Now they are filling the second anti-tank trench."

Zhong Sheng asked, "Did you just say the Japanese vanguards went up the mountain?"

"Commander, there is no such thing." Xiao Zhang shook his head and said, "The Japanese did not send vanguards up the mountain."

"Then I don't have to pay attention to them. The Japanese like to fill anti-tank trenches, so let them fill them in the land. There is also the anti-tank cone. If they like to drag it, they can drag it. At worst, we can drag it back in the middle of the road." Zhong Sheng smiled and said, "With the time left, I have to smoke again, otherwise I will have no time when the fight will start."

While talking, Zhong Sheng took out the tobacco pipe and smoked the old cigarette.

Guard Xiao Zhang and the soldiers next to him were very impressed when they saw it.

I thought I was really worthy of being the commander. Even the Japanese were able to come to the door, but they could still smoke.

The guard Xiao Zhang was not as calm as Zhong Sheng, but lay behind the bunker observation hole and kept reporting to Zhong Sheng the latest movements of the Japanese at the foot of the mountain.

"Commander, the Japanese have begun to clear the second anti-tank trench."

"Commander, the second anti-tank trench has been filled by the Japanese."

"Commander, the Japanese have started to tow the second anti-tank cone with cars."

"Commander, the Japanese tank is driving in front of the third anti-tank cone."

"Commander, the Japanese infantry are starting to fill the third anti-tank trench."

"Commander, there are many more trucks outside the Wild Boar Gully, and there must be more than one hundred."

"Commander, there are so many Japanese men out of the car, at least thousands of people!"

"Commander, the Japanese have sent vanguards up the mountain. A vanguard team has already reached the No. 5 slope opposite!"

Hearing this, Zhong Sheng, who was lying and smoking, immediately turned over and sat up, knocked the cigarette pot to the soles of his feet, then inserted the tobacco pipe to his waist, and then came to another lookout hole.

Through the observation hole, you can clearly see that the Japanese vanguard team had already reached the opposite hillside, and because they were blocked by the mountain, they could not see clearly. However, based on experience, Zhong Sheng could guess that the Japanese must have sent vanguards to this hillside, and the Japanese would never reconnaise only one side.

At this moment, the phone in the dark room behind suddenly rang.

Then a telephone soldier ran out and reported: "Commander, the observation post on the top of the mountain, and the Japanese vanguards were also found on the hillside north of the ditch."

Wild Boar Gully is a canyon terrain, with north-south directions.

The hillsides in the ditch are the east and west slopes, while the north slopes are outside the ditch.

It seems that the Japanese did not let the reconnaissance of the North Slope besides, and also sent vanguards to it.

"I understand." Zhong Sheng waved his hand and said, "order the mountaintop watch to continue observing."

"Yes." The telephone soldier agreed and ran back to convey the order to the lookout on the top of the mountain.

"The time is almost over." Zhong Sheng looked at the Japanese infantry driving into the canyon through the lookout hole, and said to the guard Xiao Zhang, "Where is the signal gun? Give it to me."

Xiao Zhang quickly handed over the signal gun.

...

Immediately after the 1st Search Regiment, the 1st Infantry Regiment had also arrived outside the Wild Boar Grotto.

The captain of the 1st Regiment, Torihi Oda, was much more cautious than Yoshio Imada. As soon as he arrived at the Wild Boar Gully, he immediately sent several groups of vanguards to the hillside north of the outside of the ditch and the hillsides east and west of the ditch.

Yoshio Imada quickly drove his Type 95 light tank back outside the valley.

"Yanta, there is no need to be such a trouble." Yoshio Imada leaned out of the turret and said to Tokihi Yamata who had just gotten out of the passenger seat of a truck, "There are no ambushes on the hillsides on both sides."

Yang Tianhuji said in a deep voice: "Mr. Imada, have your search team scouted up the mountain?"

"No, this one." Yoshio Imada shook his head and said, "But the mountains here are basically bare earthen mountains. You can see clearly whether there are ambushers on the mountain at a glance. Moreover, we have been busy in the canyon for a long time. If there were ambushers from the Eighth Route Army on the mountain, we would have fought long ago."

"Hey, I won't see it." Yang Tianhuji waved his hand and said.

"I heard that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is extremely cunning,"

"I am also good at disguising, so maybe there are bunkers and trenches everywhere on the mountain. It's just that the Eighth Route Army disguised all fortifications, so it's hard to find out."

"As for why you didn't shoot, maybe it was to catch a big fish."

He paused and said, "So to be on the safe side, it's better to send a vanguard up the mountain to reconnaissance."

"Okay." Imada Yoshio said without comment, "Since Yoda Jun is not afraid of the hard work of the imperial soldiers of the 1st infantry registrar, just send vanguards to the mountain."

Speaking of this, the two old Japanese stopped communicating.

Then he turned around and turned his eyes to the wild boar ditch in front of him.

But I saw that the chariot and horse squadron of the 1st Search Wing had already begun the fourth anti-tank trench and anti-tank cone clearance operation. In addition, the 1st Infantry Wing also sent two squadrons to participate in the operation.

Two more squadrons were added, and the number of Japanese soldiers involved in clearing the obstacles increased to more than 700, which was much faster.

The two old Japanese turned their eyes to the dozen vanguard groups that were climbing up the mountain. They saw that the vanguard groups on the north slope had reached the middle of the mountain, and the vanguard groups on both sides of the canyon had also reached a quarter of their position.

However, no matter how many vanguard groups were found on the northern slope outside the valley, or the vanguard groups on both sides of the valley, they were discovered.

Yang Tian Tokiji couldn't help but say to Yoshio Imada: "Imada Jun, it seems you are right. There is really no one on the hillside..."

However, before he finished speaking, a "swoosh" roar suddenly sounded on the hillside ahead. The two old Japanese looked forward quickly and saw a red signal flare rising from the hillside on the right side of the canyon.

"What!" Yang Tian Tokiji and Imada Yoshio's hearts sank at the same time.

Signal flare? This is not a good phenomenon, is this a signal to take action?

Could it be that there were still ambushes of the Eighth Route Army on both sides of the canyon, but because they hid too secretly, they were not discovered by their vanguards?

Just when the two old Japanese were in amazement, a sudden change occurred!

But I saw hundreds of machine gun fire points suddenly emerged on the hillsides on the left and right sides of the canyon!

It was just bare and empty just now, and there was no way to find a weed. Suddenly hundreds of dark shooting holes were poked out, and then hundreds of dazzling flames were sprayed out from the shooting holes.

Hundreds of flames poured down from the hillsides on both sides, and instantly formed a cross-fire network, covering more than 700 Japanese infantrymen who were working to clear obstacles below.

In an instant, hundreds of Japanese devils were shot and fell to the ground.

Many Japanese men fell directly into three meters deep anti-tank trenches.

"Baga!" The two old Japanese men's faces twitched violently.

Fortunately, the one who entered the canyon was worthy of being the elite of the 1st Division and reacted very quickly.

After the first wave of casualties, most of the remaining Japanese reacted and hid behind the tanks anchored on both sides of the canyon as fast as possible.

Some Japanese also jumped into the anti-tank trench in panic.

The 11 Type 95 light tanks of the 1st search team formed a shooting dead corner because they were close to the foot of the mountain on both sides. The Eighth Route Army on the hillside on the side could not be fired, and the Eighth Route Army on the opposite hillside was blocked by the tank, so the Japanese hiding between the tank and the foot of the mountain were safe.

Seeing this, the two old Japanese breathed a sigh of relief.

It's pretty good, with the 1st search team's chariot providing cover, otherwise it would be troublesome.

The 1st Search United is truly the elite of the 1st Division. When they were attacked, they not only responded quickly and correctly, but also tried to launch a counterattack as soon as possible.

I saw that the 11 Type 95 light tanks of the 1st Search Wing slowly turned the turret, 11 front-firing machine guns opened fire violently, and 11 37mm caliber main guns also slowly raised their firing angles, preparing to clear the machine gun fire points on the hillsides on both sides.

"Yo Xi!" Seeing this, Yang Tian Tokiji and Imada Yoshio breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that there was no problem.

Although the Eighth Route Army was hiding very well, the 1st Search Regiment and the other two infantry squadrons that assisted in clearing the obstacles were caught off guard, but fortunately there was a chariot squadron, so there was no big problem.

However, at this critical moment, changes arise again.

I saw more than a dozen dazzling red lights suddenly ejected from the ravines on both sides of the canyon.

Then there was a continuous explosion of "Boom Boom Boom Boom". When the two old Japanese looked closely, they saw that the 11 Type 95 light tanks that were trying to counterattack just now were blown up one after another.
To be continued...