"Old Lu, do you think we should send General He Zhuguo a telegram and remind him?" Ying Ruoyu said, "Shanhaiguan is his defense zone?"

"What do we say? Tell him that the Japanese army will attack Shanhaiguan tomorrow, and ask him to be prepared and disarm the Japanese garrison in the South Pass?" Lu Shan said.

"this……"

"We just ate the 22nd Brigade and now we interfere with their command. With Zhang Hanqing's mind, it would be nice if he doesn't hate us. I will stick a hot face to the cold butt. I won't do such a thankless thing!" Lu Shan said.

"But we can't watch Shanhaiguan fall into the hands of the Japanese?" Ying Ruoyu said.

"But we've tried our best, haven't we?"

Internal disputes between the Northeast Army and the complex relationship between local warlords in North China can easily lead to hatred when interfering in the affairs.

He said what he should say, and he warned him, but he couldn't control his decisions.

Even if he reminded He Zhuguo, could He Zhuguo do what he said?

This is obviously an unknown, and doing so is a bit suspicious of interfering with the internal affairs of the Northeast Army. Once there are such signs of Dongkang, others will be on guard against you, which is quite unfavorable to future plans.

Qin Shihuang unified the six countries with a distance and attacked nearby, but he could not resist the east, so he would rather offend all the warlords who were irreconcilable, so he could not offend these neighbors for the time being!

Because that is what Japanese people most want to see.

If he had not seen Zhang Hanqing and Tang Yulin's relationship with him was not good, and he knew that the Tang army had no intention of fighting against the enemy, and because he was guarding Chifeng, the little force on Tie Meng's hands was far from enough. Then he agreed to Tie Meng to take over the troops!

Of course, if the 22nd Brigade was not a sign of retreat, he would not agree to Tie Meng doing this. Morality is invisible and intangible, but if you lose it, it will be difficult to make up for it.

Not everyone is so selfless!

Although Zhang Hanqing did not agree to take the initiative, he would not even remind He Zhuguo because he was angry with Lu Shan. He was not worthy of being the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army!

Luan County, Linyong Security Command.

It was already early in the morning of the 4th that He Zhuguo received from Zhang Hanqing. At this time, the Fifth Regiment of the Fourth Brigade of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Suizhong was ready to go and was ready to head towards Shanhaiguan!

He Zhuguo received a telegram from Zhang Hanqing and hurriedly sent an enemy situation report to Shi Shi'an, the commander of the 626th Regiment stationed at Shanhaiguan, and ordered him to enter a state of combat readiness!

Although there is only a few hours of preparation time, it still gives the 626th Regiment some defense and will not be unprepared by the Japanese army!

At this time, it was too late to build fortifications. In addition to distributing some troops to defend the Japanese garrison stationed in Nanguan, Shi Shi'an mobilized all the useful forces to build simple defensive fortifications on the front line of Shanhaiguan.

The Japanese army advanced very quickly. They had to enter the position before dawn, otherwise it would be too late.

In Wa Town, under Chifeng Naiman, soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the East Anti-Rehe Column were also strengthening the fortifications, deepening the trenches, and preparing to resist the Japanese attack!

"Battery Commander, can we block the Japanese attack?"

"Yes, if you can't stop it, the people of Chifeng will suffer!" Battalion Commander Li Deyuan took his last mouthful of dry tobacco and knocked the pot of his eyes on the soles of his feet. The falling ash has not yet been completely extinguished!

"Um!"

"Ergouzi, fight tomorrow. Your task is to protect the radio station. This thing is expensive. Without him, we would not be able to contact the brigade commander. Do you understand?" Li Deyuan said, "Also, radio operators, both must be protected!"

"Don't worry, battalion commander, Ergouzi will definitely protect them!"

"Good, go to bed. The Japanese shouldn't get up so early!" Li Deyuan smiled slightly. He was a veteran. He had been fighting in the south and north for seven or eight years, and he had been injured many times!

This time Geng Jizhou sent him here because he had rich combat experience and was familiar with the Japanese army.

In fact, Li Deyuan had no idea at all. With his battalion of troops, he would hold the Japanese army for a day, which seemed to be a very difficult task.

The dispersed defense was not enough for the Japanese to eat, so he could only concentrate on the defense. To the south of Xiawa Town, the Japanese army had to pass, selected three horned earth slopes on the road south of Xiawa Town, and deployed three companies on the three earth slopes to block the Japanese army's invasion.

Of course, mine-breaking is indispensable. This is the most effective and sharp weapon to hold back the Japanese offensive pace!

However, the Japanese army has professional engineers, and landmines cannot hold the opponent for long, but at least they will give the defenders some time, especially rest and restore their physical strength!

They rushed to Xiawa Town without stopping to build positions, dig trenches, and build bunkers almost until the second half of the night to be basically completed. The soldiers needed to rest in order to recover their physical strength and spirit to cope with the subsequent battle!

If you can delay the Japanese army for an hour, you will give the soldiers an extra hour to recover their physical strength and a little more combat power!

At the second beam, at six o'clock, the Japanese army's wake-up call sounded.

Cook, tidy up your gear, and then eat!

Under the command of the brigade commander Miaki Takada, the 36th Brigade came to Shiwa Town with murderous aura along the way.

The Japanese army was very fast. In just less than an hour and a half, the vanguard had approached Xiawa Town!

"Battery Commander, the front-line observation post found the Japanese vanguards, with about one team and a platoon of puppet troops!"

"Oh, it's so fast?" Li Deyuan quickly got up from the ground. His battalion command actually built a shed, made a simple wooden board, and set up a table, and then lay some licorice on the ground. The soldiers were like this when they went to bed at night. Everyone gathered together to keep warm and hid in a simple anti-aircraft hole. If they had no conditions, they could only sleep in the open air.

Climbing out of the command center, Li Deyuan came to the highest place of the command center, picked up the telescope and looked into the distance, and indeed saw a team of Japanese troops carrying plaster flags on bayonets coming towards Xiawa Town!

"I ordered the cooking team to cook immediately and cook some brown sugar water. Remember to add more ginger to drive away the cold for the brothers!" Li Deyuan ordered!

"Send a report to the brigade commander. Just say that the Japanese army is indeed coming to Xiawa Town!"

"Yes, battalion commander!"

"Report, Company Commander Peng asked for instructions, will the Japanese vanguard team fight or not?" The correspondent trotted in and saluted the report.

"Don't worry about him, the Japanese will talk about it after they pass the minefield!" Li Deyuan thought for a moment.

"yes!"

The first company commander Peng Da's position is the steepest among the three highlands, with a height of nearly 100 meters and bushes as cover.

"Company Commander. Battalion Commander said, let us do nothing and wait until the Japanese pass the minefield!"

"I know, it's a pity if you don't give the Japanese such a good opportunity?" Peng Da muttered dissatisfied with a dry grass in his mouth.

"Company Commander, ginger candy water, drink it warms up and drives away the cold!"

"Everyone drinks it, no one has a bowl. Don't drink too much..."

The soldiers of the first company quickly drank all the steaming ginger candy water sent, and the warm ginger candy water entered their stomachs. They dispelled the coldness accumulated in the soldiers' bodies, reduced a little hunger, and their strength naturally recovered a lot!

"It's so sweet. How nice if I had another bowl?"

"Think beautifully!"

"Company Commander, take out the pack of cigarettes you passed from the battalion commander and send them to everyone!"

"Okay, I know you guy is thinking about my cigarette, but now it's not possible. The Japanese are sharp-eyed. When we see smoke coming from the mountain, we will find that we are lying here. After the Japanese vanguards are killed, we will send it to you!" Peng Dadao.

"Company Commander, what you said?"

"Don't worry, the Japanese must have cigarettes better than this one. If other things are seized, they will be returned to the public. This cigarette is a consumable and does not need to be handed over to the public!" Peng Dadao.

"I'm here, don't move, follow my command!" Peng Da suddenly ordered that although the telescope is a first-level Dormitory Company, it is too small to produce it himself. It depends entirely on seizure. There are too many monks and little porridge, and even Peng Da's main company commander could not get one.

The 36th Brigade is an infantry brigade. Although it has cars and war horses, considering the situation of Chinese roads, there are not many roads that can take cars. Therefore, this vanguard is a mixed infantry and cavalry, with about one squad of cavalry, and the rest are all infantry.

At this time, the Japanese army was not used to others walking in front of them, so the Japanese army was in front and the puppet army was behind!

The Japanese army was very neat and well-equipped. This Japanese squad was equipped with four light machine guns and a small number of grenade launchers.

"At this speed, the Japanese army is at least five kilometers away!" Peng Da calculated the location and distance of the Japanese army!

"Company Commander, look, the Japanese have entered the minefield!"

"I saw it and I locked up my insurance. If anyone gets fired at this time, I will shoot him!" Peng cursed.

Boom, a loud bang came, and the advancing Japanese vanguard team suddenly became in chaos, and several Japanese soldiers walking in front suddenly screamed a few times!

"Blow up these dog gods to death!"

"Warning!" The commander of the Japanese vanguard team, a second lieutenant, quickly issued a warning order, got off the horse and ran towards the front!

"Report, it's a landmine of the Chinese people!"

"Landmines?" The captain of the second lieutenant showed a hint of surprise. "Report immediately and say that the Chinese mines were found!"

"Hayi!"

"The landmines, the Chinese people actually laid landmines on the road leading to Shiwa Town?" After receiving the report, Miaki Takada was a little surprised.

"Yes, it's just some local mines, which are not very powerful. The Chinese and Western team reported that only three people were injured and no soldiers were killed or injured!" said Colonel Shidao Baoliang.

"Yaoxi, I need the engineer squad, set off immediately to assist the Chinese and Western squads in clearing mines!" Miaki Takada sat in the car and waved his hand gently.

"Hayi!"

"The Japanese will clear the mines next, wait and see the show!" Peng Da smiled. There are also some specialties in burying mines. They must ensure their power and also deceive the Japanese army. Therefore, real thunder and fake thunder are mixed together, and iron thunder and stone thunder are mixed together. Although the Japanese army has metal detectors that can detect metal objects underground, they have no way to detect stones, ceramics and other things!

Unfortunately, the Japanese army has emerged one after another. Lu Shan has used the tactics of the East Anti-Japanese War!

"Company Commander Peng, I've had a meal, there are steaming big buns, two for each person, and mutton soup!"

"So abundant?"

"This was all delivered to us by the villagers of Xiawa Town. The battalion commander refused to ask for it, but the villagers refused. The battalion commander said that he could not violate military discipline, so the battalion commander finally paid for it!"

"Well, it's delicious, it would be great if I could get two more!"

"There is no steamed bun made in our kitchen team? You can take as much as you want to eat!" The kitchen team leader said angrily.

Sure enough, more than ten minutes later, a Japanese engineer appeared within the sight of the first company's position. The Japanese army brought two metal detectors in total. One Japanese engineer operated and conducted a detection operation, and one Japanese army followed closely behind and planted a red flag where there was an alarm!

"Discovered, discovered..."

"What's the name? It's called a metal detector. As long as there is metal buried underground, you can find this thing, even the size of a copper plate!" Peng Da literated the soldiers.
To be continued...