In Macheng, the chief officer of the Dabie Mountains War Zone.

"Report!" Another communications soldier hurried into the combat room and reported to Zhong Yi, "The 170th Division urgently called the 1970th Division. After passing Wuyun Village, the 22nd Division suddenly turned south and headed straight towards Changhewan!"

Hearing this, including Bai Chongbei, the hearts of the senior generals immediately hang up.

Because it is just the 22nd Division heading south, it cannot explain the problem, because the 22nd Division may just go through Changhewan to meet with the 27th Division!

Unless the 27th Division also turns north at the same time, it means that the two divisions are preparing to meet in Changhewan.

At this moment, the senior generals looked at the communications office next door, waiting for the next telegram.

Only Zhong Yi's expression never changed, and his eyes were always on the sand table, not knowing what he was thinking.

Time passed slowly in a suffocating waiting, and at some point, another communication soldier hurriedly came out of the communications place.

"Report!" The communications soldier quickly walked to Zhong Yi and shouted, "The 11th Division urgently called the 27th Division of the Japanese army has transferred from Baimiaohe Township to the northwest, and is advancing towards Changhewan!"

Hearing this, warm cheers immediately sounded in the war room!

"Dog hang! The Japanese finally headed towards Changhewan!"

"Zi Ren, you guys can do it, you really got the material!"

"Damn it, now the Japanese are buried half of their body in the loess!"

"Zi Ren, I really didn't accept you before, but now I'm convinced!"

At this moment, even if it was Yu Jishi and a senior general from Huangpu, like Hu Zongnan, were generously given praise to Zhong Yi.

If you really can eat the two Japanese divisions, what is it worth saying a few beautiful words?

As the commander-in-chief of the Dabie Mountains War Zone, Bai Chong's sad face also showed excitement!

Bai Chong's grief was completely understandable. If he could really eat the 22nd and 27th Divisions this time, it would be a classic counterattack example like a tiger's teeth extraction!

With the victory of this battle, his sadness is enough to be recorded in history!

Of course, Zhong Yi, who is actually responsible for commanding this battle, will inevitably have a strong mark!

In the entire chief department, only Zhong Yi remained calm and said lightly: "This is just the beginning. Before the two divisions of the Japanese finally entered the Changhewan, all accidents could happen!"

He paused and said, "Even if the two divisions of the Japanese entered Changhewan as we wish, it does not mean that we will win this battle. If the 1015th Regiment and the 1016th Regiment are not prepared enough fire-driven objects and the chain is dropped at the critical moment, we still have no chance of winning this battle!"

Bai Chongbei hurriedly said, "Zi Ren, don't worry, the 1015th regiment and the 1016 regiment are the backbone groups of the Guangxi clique, and this time it is just a preparation for the fire-driven thing. It is not a difficult combat mission, so it is absolutely impossible to lose the chain!"

"I hope this is the case." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "Then let's wait for the good news."

For Zhong Yi, all the cards he can play have been played now, so I’ll wait for the result now!

...

A few hours later, at the top of Sifangshan Mountain on the north side of Changhewan.

Wei Baoyi, the commander of the 1015th Regiment of Gui Jun, put his hands on his hips and was directing the placement of thatched balls.

Before receiving the order from the Chief Officer, Wei Baoyi's 1015th Regiment was retreating to the vicinity of Sifang Mountain. After receiving the order, Wei Baoyi immediately ordered the entire regiment to act separately in the company. Some officers and soldiers went to the surrounding villages to collect sulfur, fire, and other fire-induced objects, while some officers and soldiers climbed to the mountains on both sides of the Long River Bay to collect hay and withered branches.

Wei Baoyi himself was not idle, so he personally led the guard company to climb Sifang Mountain.

According to the order issued by the Chief Office, their 1015th regiment needed to ignite the eastern half of the Longhewan.

When we came here before, Wei Baoyi had observed that the entire long river beside was covered with yellow hay, and it was possible to ignite a huge fire with just a little spark!

However, Wei Baoyi still did not dare to be careless at all. Not only did he send troops to search for things that cause fire and make thatch balls, he himself also led the guards to build more than a dozen huge thatch balls.

These dozens of huge thatch balls have a diameter of three or four meters, which is about the size of a house!

In order to ensure that these dozen thatch balls would burn, Wei Baoyi disassembled and installed hundreds of grenades and put the obtained gunpowder, the sulfur iodine and fire salt collected by the soldiers into the thatch ball.

"Slow down, slow down!" Wei Baoyi directed more than a dozen soldiers from the guard company to push the last thatched ball to the side facing the long river bay, and placed it in the pre-selected position. Here, Wei Baoyi put a stone on it.

At that time, just move the stone away, and the thatch ball that has lost its support will roll down the mountain.

With more than a dozen thatch balls in place, Wei Baoyi was also very tired, so he sat down and prepared to smoke a bag of dry tobacco.

However, just as I filled the tobacco pot with tobacco, the sentry responsible for the guarding on the top of the mountain in front shouted: "Gangmao, the Japanese, the Japanese are here, the Japanese are here!"

Wei Baoyi suddenly felt a sudden stern, and he hurriedly put away the tobacco pipe.

After a while, Wei Baoyi came to the top of the mountain, stood on the top of the mountain, looked down towards the entrance of the Changhewan, and saw a small team of Japanese soldiers winding forward.

This team of Japanese devils is not large, there is only one squad, fifteen or sixteen.

But this is obviously the vanguard's vanguard, and he is only responsible for exploring the way forward.

Wei Baoyi took the telescope from the guard and looked forward through the telescope.

Through the telescope's vision, Wei Baoyi could see more clearly. He saw that about one kilometer behind, the brigade of Japanese soldiers were moving forward quickly in two columns!

Conservatively estimated that there are at least one team of thousands of people!

Changhewan is more than twenty miles east-west. Wei Baoyi and his team are at the end of the river. It is completely imagined how many Japanese soldiers will enter Changhewan at this moment?

There is no doubt that both of the Japanese divisions have come in!

Wei Baoyi shouted sternly: "Tell me the order and set fire to the valley!"

After saying that, Wei Baoyi took out a box of matches from his pocket, twisted out a match and scratched it on the matchbox, and then threw the burning match on the thatch ball in front of him.

The next moment, the spear-grass balls as big as a house burned.

Almost at the same time, more than a dozen thatched balls not far from both sides were also ignited.

Wei Baoyi and a dozen soldiers removed the stones or wood under the thatch balls. In the next moment, more than a dozen burning thatch balls immediately rolled down the hillside.

Almost at the same time, other companies of the 1015th Regiment also pushed down the prepared thatch balls.

In an instant, hundreds of huge burning thatch balls rolled down the hillsides on both sides, rolling down the road and igniting the weeds all over the mountains.

The entire valley soon fell into a sea of ​​fire.
Chapter completed!