"Oh yes." said the Deputy Chief of Staff with a stern look, "this must be considered."

Wang Ye said: "So we cannot get rid of the pursuit of the 2nd Guard Division immediately. At that time, the various Japanese sweeping troops will most likely come and form a siege against me."

"At this time, it is basically impossible for us to lead the Japanese to wander around the mountains."

"So there must be a support point to firmly attract the Japanese by defending the enemy! Only in this way can we ensure that hundreds of thousands of people in the Taihang Military Region can be transferred calmly."

The Deputy Chief of Staff nodded and said, "The support point you are talking about is the Shuiyaoshan position?"

"Yes." Wang Ye said, "Only with the favorable terrain of Shuiyao Mountain, our mobile column can hold on for a long enough time to win time for the transfer of brothers and hundreds of thousands of people."

"Okay, then I understand." The Deputy Chief of Staff was persuaded and nodded, "The people in each base are the foundation of our Eighth Route Army. Without the support of the general public, our Eighth Route Army would be just a tree without roots and water without source, and it would not last long. Just use explosives to build roads as Xiao Wang said!"

...

From the next day, Wang Ye personally led the construction team.

In addition to the two ports connecting the ground and the Huangyang Cave, as well as the two skylights opened in the middle, Wang Ye opened ten skylights on the cliff wall, preparing to construct at the same time from fourteen nodes.

In this way, even if explosives are not used, the progress will be greatly accelerated.

After using explosives, the progress of the project of hanging wall roads will be faster.

In the blink of an eye, time has come to early October, and the road to Hang Wall has finally been basically completed.

The built wall hanging road is in a shape of 7, but the horizontal line of 7 is particularly long, and it stretches half a circle on the cliff wall inside Shuiyao Mountain, and the slope below is not that steep.

Wang Ye opened a large number of shooting holes in the crossing path that almost stretched half of the Shuiyao cliff.

Through these shooting holes, not only can mutual fire cover be formed, but also can form cross-fire power without blind spots in the middle area of ​​the crater.

This place will become a slaughterhouse.

At the corner of the 7-character character is the yellow sheep cave.

The Huangyang Cave is more than 100 meters above the ground.

The Huangyang Cave is connected to the ground through a 7-character oblique.

However, this slant is not a straight line, but has many steps.

The existence of these steps makes it difficult for direct firepower to play its due role.

Therefore, it is difficult for the Japanese to launch a slash to attack from this slant.

Of course, it is also impossible for the Eighth Route Army to launch a counterattack through the slash, but the defense is easy.

In short, although there is no protection from Chaishan and Mishan Fortress, the entire Shuiyaoshan position can still be regarded as a solid fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Then, stockpiling fresh water and food.

Wang Ye asked the head of the headquarters to stockpile enough food and drinking water for 10,000 people to hold on for a month.

It was almost 600,000 kilograms of grain and 600,000 liters of fresh water. In order to fill the water, Wang Ye specially asked someone to dig an artificial pool of 15×15×3=675 cubic meters in the deepest part of the Huangyang Cave.

Dozens of Japanese prisoners of war kept carrying water to the artificial pond,

It took half a month to finally fill the pool.

...

Shortly after the pool was full, it was mid-October.

News came from the Taiyuan underground party inside that the Japanese storm was about to begin.

Almost at the same time, the Taiyue Military Region also sent a telegram saying that the Japanese army in southern Shanxi was assembling.

After receiving these two news, the Eighth Route Army headquarters immediately took action according to the planned plan and prepared to evacuate the Taihang base in batches.

The mobile column, as pioneers, was the first group to assemble.

When Wang Ye returned to Yangshugou, the Independence Group had already completed the assembly.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang are mobilizing the soldiers before the war.

"Comrades, this anti-sweeping campaign is different from the past. The Japanese gathered more troops than any previous one, so the cruelty of the battle will be beyond imagination." Zhao Gang said with a serious expression, "I don't want to deceive everyone. In this anti-sweeping campaign, many comrades present will die."

"Everything, including me and the leader, may be sacrificed."

"But what I want to tell you is that no matter how great the sacrifice is, it is the price we must bear! Because we are soldiers, we shoulder the responsibility and mission of protecting the people and defending the territory and fighting against the war!" After pausing, he asked again, "If we don't sacrifice us, will the elders and fellow villagers in the base area be sacrificed?"

The soldiers lined up responded with a loud bang: "No!"

Then Li Yunlong gave a speech: "Brothers, I will just say one thing to you."

"The brave will win in a narrow road. We must show the might of the independent regiment in this battle!"

"As the pioneer of the mobile column, our independent regiment must open a bloody road from Zhengtai Road to protect the safety of the elders and villagers in the base area to Taiyue Military Region!"

"Listen, you'll do anything!"

"Even if there is only one person left in the whole group, we must continue to attack."

"Even our independent group members will die on the way to charge even if they die!"

"If anyone is afraid, I can give him a chance to take off his military uniform, hand over his weapons, and move with the people. I, Li Yunlong, will definitely not be difficult for him."

After a pause, he asked again, "Is there any?"

The soldiers responded with a loud bang: "No! No! No!"

"Okay, they are all men of kindness!" Li Yunlong said with satisfaction, "I have sharpened the bayonets, loaded the bullets, and fed the war horses. When it gets dark, it will attack Zhengtailu!"

"Yes!" The more than 2,000 soldiers lined up responded again.

"Dissolve." Li Yunlong waved his hand, "Go back and prepare for each person."

The soldiers lined up immediately scattered and returned to the dormitory to pack their luggage.

Wang Ye was stopped by Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang: "Xiao Wang, you came back late enough. The troops are going to attack Zhengtailu. You are just back."

Wang Ye didn't take this and said with a smile: "Captain, you have a way. This pioneer of the way, Commander Cheng, Commander Ding and Commander Kong, failed to snatch you."

"That's it." Li Yunlong said with a proud look on his face.

"Just these guys dare to snatch me from me? I'm so sad."

"But then again, this battle is not easy to fight. Your Wolf Warrior Squadron must not let me down, especially the four tank platoons. You must prepare 4 tanks for me!"

Wang Ye said: "Captain, don't worry, you will never lose your chain."

"Okay, hurry up and prepare." Li Yunlong waved his hand.

Wang Ye hurried back to the dormitory and packed up his weapons and equipment.

In the shortest time, I packed my own clothes and came to Houcun again.

Li Sigen's Wild Wolf Squad cleaned up the four tanks in the Houcun drying yard.

In the past month, Li Sigen will start tanks every few days to ensure that the engines and lines of the four tanks will not malfunction.

When Wang Ye arrived, four tanks were activated again.

As the engine roared, streams of black smoke ejected from the exhaust hole.

"Captain, you are back." Seeing Wang Ye, Li Sigen immediately came forward.

Wang Ye nodded and asked, "Four tanks, is there no problem with the tank?"

"No problem." Li Sigen said, "The cars are in good condition and can be put into battle at any time."

"Okay." Wang Ye said, "Fill the fuel tank and tie a bucket of diesel at the rear of the car."

The range of the Japanese tank is only 200 kilometers, and a box of fuel cannot be guaranteed to be driven back, so it is better to carry a bucket of diesel at the rear of the car, and that will definitely be fine.

Li Sigen immediately brought someone to tie the oil barrel.

Four barrels of diesel were quickly fixed to the rear of the car.
Chapter completed!