Globe Trekker

Chapter 84
At night, [-] kilometers southwest of Mao Pailing, Nanhua Mountain.

At the west foot of the majestic and beautiful Nanhua Mountain, there is a village called Sanpi Village. The stream flowing from the southwest mountain goes around the village, bends in three turns and turns for six miles, and flows into the Lixi River from west to east, and flows to the east. Mao Pailing Village, eighteen miles away.

Calculated by straight-line distance, Nanhua Mountain is only eight kilometers away from Mao Pailing. Due to the towering mountains and vast forests, they can only walk along the road beside the stream, so the distance reaches [-] kilometers.

But the local residents also know that there is a narrow trail hidden in the dense forest of the canyon. This road does not need to pass through the confluence of the two streams in the north. It only needs to cross the Hanfeng Mountain in the east, and it is only five miles west of Maopailing Village. small mountain village.

The officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment of the Fourth Independent Division were responsible for attacking the west entrance of Mao Pailing Village.

This is an old army that is good at fighting tough battles. The head of the regiment Ling Yun is also a fierce general from Shanghang, an old revolutionary base. Most of the officers and soldiers are veterans who have participated in all anti-encirclement and suppression campaigns in the past two years. Type heavy machine guns, there are four attached to the second regiment that is good at fighting tough battles.

In order to command the adjacent third regiment to attack the northwest entrance of Mao Pailing, division commander Guo Tianming and political commissar Xie Weijun personally followed the second regiment to march day and night this time, and finally stationed at Sanpi Village at the western foot of Nanhua Mountain, which has a better revolutionary foundation, before nightfall.

After a day and a night of exhaustion, the [-] officers and soldiers hurriedly ate their dry food and lay down to sleep. At this time, Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun were patrolling around to comfort the wounded and sick, and at the same time they were waiting for the three reconnaissance teams to send back information.

Seeing the dark clouds in the night sky gradually gathering, and the rising moon hidden in the clouds from time to time, Guo Tianming, who returned to the earth temple at the entrance of the village, was a little anxious. He was about to go out to ask for news when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps. Guo Tianming greeted him immediately, and Xie Weijun, who was writing a diary in front of the dim oil lamp, also put away his pen and notebook.

The second regiment leader personally led the old company commander who had gone out to reconnaissance to Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun. After entering the house together, it was too late to take a sip of water. The old company commander from Ningdu immediately reported the situation:
"Master and political commissar, it seems that we have been discovered by the enemy. The enemy suddenly abandoned the temporary inspection post at the confluence of the two rivers in the north. Together with the swimming patrol team, we all retreated to Xiaoting Village, five miles away from the west entrance of Maopailing. The three log sandbag fortifications that were temporarily erected happened to be erected on the highest hill at the head of the village, tightly blocking the exit of the secret path, and..."

"and many more!"

Guo Tianming interrupted the old company commander: "Lao Pan, you said just now that the enemy's guard posts have all retreated to Xiaoting Village, five miles away from the west entrance of Mao Pailing, and three temporary fortifications have been erected? I found you, why are you allowed to sneak into the entrance of Xiaochi Village to observe?"

Lao Pan, who was stocky and bearded, nodded painfully: "Yes! I was also surprised at the time, in the valley two miles away from the entrance of Xiaochi Village, I could clearly hear the barking of a dog. The barking was loud and deep. It’s not something ordinary guard dogs and local red-haired dogs can bark... At that time, our whole class was frightened. After hiding, we waited for half an hour and there was no movement. I really had no choice but to take two good brothers I touched it quietly, but as soon as I passed the mountain bend and entered the straight road by the creek, I saw three large wooden signs inserted between the roads 20 meters ahead, with two lines of eye-catching characters written on them..."

"What word?"

Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun asked urgently in unison.

Lao Pan swallowed his dry throat hard, and said in a hoarse voice: "Eight words: Be careful of landmines, go back!"

Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun looked at each other, and they could clearly see the shock in each other's eyes.The second regiment leader Ling Yun's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and only the two political workers who accompanied the team exclaimed.

Xie Weijun asked first: "Old Pan, did you see clearly?"

Lao Pan nodded helplessly: "See clearly, I risked being beaten to death, climbed behind the stone more than three meters in front of the first wooden raft, and clearly saw the new wooden sign half the size of a small table. I wrote these eight big characters in ink. At that time, I really wanted to rush to pull out the wooden sign, but I was worried that there were real mines, and the target would be exposed after the explosion, so I withdrew."

"Drink your saliva first, you're almost dumb." Ling Yun picked up the tea mug on the table and handed it over.

Lao Pan was not too polite, he took a few sips and drank it dry, he took a long breath and continued to report:

"After I withdrew, the more I thought about it, the more unwilling I became. I immediately climbed up to the side of the mountainside more than 100 meters behind. The enemies in the fortification were looking at me with binoculars, and one of them pulled out a red flag and waved it at me... Outside the fortification, there were two enemies wearing steel helmets, leading a big wolf dog, and following the enemy's laughter, they directed towards my direction Wang Wang screamed..."

"Hey! Teacher, political commissar, I, Lao Pan, have never experienced such a thing since the second anti-encirclement campaign, and I am confident that I walked very covertly and cautiously along the way, but I was discovered anyway. That big wolfhound who doesn’t know where it came from was killed!”

Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun gasped, and the two officers and several division staff who surrounded them were also shocked. The small temple was so silent for a while, it seemed that even the beating of a heart could be heard.

Guo Tianming, who was the first to react, took a deep breath: "From the establishment of our army to the present, we have never encountered landmines used by the enemy, and landmines are rare in China. I heard that only Jinling Arsenal and Yan Xishan's Shanxi Arsenal can Manufacturing, the last time I heard about the use of landmines was in the Songhu War of Resistance last year. The two ace divisions of the Central Army used it once, and it seemed to have no effect. Put up a sign to remind us, what the hell is going on here?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but Lao Pan smiled wryly, as if he didn't know how to explain it.

Xie Weijun asked anxiously: "I'm afraid the first regiment and the third regiment have also encountered such a situation...Since the enemy has discovered us, this battle cannot be fought."

The tall and thin acting director of the Political Department of the division was in a hurry: "How can this be done? If we leave without laying down Mao Pailing, how will we explain to our superiors?"

Ling Yun raised his head angrily: "How can we fight after this? The enemy has clearly laid down their positions to wait for work. The most disgusting thing is that they still have wolf dogs... I know dogs best. When I was young, I was hunting at home. My When the hunting dog is downwind, it can smell prey or strangers five miles away. A well-trained dog can detect abnormal situations across mountains and bark maniacally. Obviously, it is impossible to sneak attack... Since Unable to sneak attack, what do we use to fight against the enemy who has powerful firepower and occupies the superior terrain?"

The acting director of the political department was also impatient, but no matter how anxious he was, he couldn't explain why.

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