Early the next morning, Luo Yue led the whole army from Weihaiwei and marched towards Qingdao.

From Weihaiwei to Qingdao, there is no special official road, this is mainly because before the German lease of Qingdao, Qingdao is just a small fishing village, not a developed area, naturally will not be built here, but there are still some small roads can be connected, although these roads are narrower and rugged than the official road, but for the army, it is not difficult, and the three warrior cars with the army themselves are designed for off-road, so it is not a problem.

Luo Yue assigned one of the warrior cars to the control team of the unmanned helicopter, and when the unmanned helicopter was not in use, it stopped on top of the warrior vehicle. The other two warrior wagons were used to carry supplies for the army, allowing the soldiers to march lightly.

The maximum load capacity of a warrior car is 1.75 tons, if you do a tractor, you can drag a weight of 2.5 tons, two warrior vehicles can carry more than 3 tons of materials, for an army of 450 people, an average of 70-80 kilograms of materials can be allocated to each person, this carrying capacity is considerable. Because in general, an individual soldier can carry 20-25 kilograms.

And Luo Yue used the warrior car as a truck, not as a reconnaissance maneuver, mainly because the warrior car itself carried limited fuel, and his own troops also had an unmanned helicopter and a cavalry platoon, so the reconnaissance force was sufficient, and there was no need to use the warrior car.

As the vanguard of the whole army, and it was the first time to conduct long-distance operations, Luo Yue certainly did not dare to be careless, on the way to the march, every five hours to fly a drone, each flight of about half an hour, reconnaissance troops within a radius of 20-30 kilometers, once found an abnormal situation that is difficult to judge, send a cavalry squad to rush over to reconnoitre, and camp at night, but also to leave enough night vigil soldiers, as well as night patrol squads, and expand the defense area to 5 kilometers away.

After marching for 5 days, the troops walked out of about 260 miles and arrived at Changzhiji, northwest of Jimo County, but they did not encounter any situation along the way, but at this time it was less than 60 kilometers away from Qingdao, so Luo Yue did not dare to be sloppy.

At about 11 o'clock in the evening of the same day, the WB-5 unmanned helicopter column rose into the air for reconnaissance, and this time through the night vision camera on the helicopter, it was found that about 10 kilometers southwest of the camp, there was a small group of suspicious people moving, the number of which was 10-12 people.

This immediately aroused Luo Yue's vigilance, so he immediately ordered Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei to lead a platoon to attack, under the guidance of the drone, close to this group of suspicious people, find out their identities, if it is a German army, then annihilate on the spot, of course, it is best to catch one or two alive. Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei are both crossing soldiers, and they are equipped with night vision goggles, which is naturally a great advantage when fighting at night. And a platoon of 40 people is completely enough to deal with this group of suspicious people.

So the two led the troops to set off, and half an hour later, only to hear a burst of gunfire from the southwest, but the gunfire was not long, it only lasted a few minutes, and the gunfire ended, 20 minutes later, Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei led the team back to the camp to report to Luo Yue, and the group of people found by the drone was indeed the Germans.

Originally, the two planned to surround this German squad and strive to annihilate it, but first, it was a night battle, and only Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei had night vision equipment, and the other soldiers could only act in the dark; second, the experience and quality of the recruits were insufficient, and as a result, the encirclement had not yet been formed, which alarmed the German army. So the two sides immediately began a fierce exchange of fire. However, because both sides fired in the dark, it was impossible to shoot accurately, so they could only shoot blindly, and there were basically no casualties on each other.

But Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei are equipped with night vision equipment, which is basically a plug-in, so when the two joined the battle, the battle situation immediately tilted, and the two shot continuously, hitting six or seven German soldiers in a row, while the other German troops saw that the situation was not good, and immediately retreated, taking advantage of the dark night to escape from the battlefield.

Because it was dark night, Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei did not pursue, but only came to the camp of the German army, cleaned up the results of the battle, and searched for the dead German soldiers, but only found some personal belongings of the soldiers, and nothing useful, but it can also be estimated that it is a German army team responsible for reconnaissance and patrol tasks. After all, this place is already close to Qingdao, so it is reasonable for the German army to patrol and reconnoiter here. So Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei ordered that their personal belongings be buried on the spot with the German soldiers, and they were marked, but all the weapons and ammunition were taken away.

After returning to the camp, the two reported to Luo Yue the process and results of the battle. After listening to the reports of the two, Luo Yue also breathed a sigh of relief, although he did not capture the prisoners, he killed six German soldiers, and he did not have any casualties, which can be regarded as a small victory. So Luo Yue asked them to rest and continue to set off tomorrow.

However, encountering the German army means that his whereabouts have been exposed, so Luo Yue did not dare to be careless, and decided to shorten the time for the drone to be dispatched to 3 hours on tomorrow's march. And two platoons were transferred to a distance of about 5 kilometers on the left and right sides of the brigade to protect the flanks of the brigade.

Early the next morning, the troops continued to set off, and by noon of the same day, the troops had advanced about 20 kilometers, and at this time they had entered the Laoshan area, and the drone first found that there was a position composed of German troops in the Hualoufeng area, with a number of about 150-200 people.

In the old time and space, the Laoshan area has been regarded as the outer suburbs of Qingdao City, less than 40 kilometers away from the center of Qingdao, and Hualou Peak is located in the northwest of Laoshan Mountain, the south bank of Laoshan Reservoir, belongs to one of the 12 famous scenic spots of Laoshan Mountain, although it is not the highest peak of Laoshan Mountain, but it is located on the only way to Qingdao, of course, there is no Laoshan Reservoir now, only Baisha River. Therefore, it is also a very reasonable arrangement for Germany to set up a forward position here. It can be seen from the fact that the Germans only placed about 200 people here, and the Germans did not intend to stop the traverser here, but only to delay and drag the advance of the traversing army.

Since the German forward positions were discovered, Luo Yue immediately ordered the troops to stop on the spot, and at the same time sent a report to the army command via radio, and asked the command to allow himself to attack the German positions. Because his strength was more than twice that of the German army, and there was no one to reconnoiter from the air, Luo Yue also had full confidence that he could defeat this German army and capture the German army's position.

It didn't take long for Luo Yue to receive a reply from the headquarters, agreeing that Luo Yue would attack the German position, but asked Luo Yue to pay attention to the German reinforcements in other directions. And if the Germans have other arrangements, they will ask Luo Yue to be stationed on the spot and wait for the large forces behind to arrive to support.

After receiving the reply from the headquarters, Luo Yue also immediately started the arrangement, the Laoshan area is very vast, of course, there is not only one road to pass, and although the German army's position is located in Hualoufeng, it is impossible to hold all the roads through Laoshan Mountain, so Luo Yue decided to send a company of troops to attack the German army front and back around the back of the moral army's position.

However, in order to implement this tactic, there were two conditions for catching the Germans, one was that there were really no other German troops nearby, and the other was to find someone to lead the way, and to go around the back of the Daode army's position. Although the traveler has a map of the Laoshan area, the Laoshan map that is almost 120 years later is only a reference for the present, and cannot be used as a basis, and must be guided locally. Of course, it is not impossible to use drone beams to find roads, but after all, drones cannot completely replace manpower, and some hidden roads are also impossible to find.

Of course, although the Laoshan area is mountainous, there are still many residents, so it is not difficult to find a guide, but how to convince them to be willing to lead the way for the crossing army. Although the traverser has the advantage of being aware of hindsight, it is not really invincible, nor is it really the spirit of the king, as long as the image is bright, the residents of the mountains will be happy to lead the way for themselves.

And from the perspective of geographical environment, the Huanxuan in this area is very closed, and it is estimated that I don't know much about the outside world, and I may not know anything about overseas Chinese, and it may not be easy to find a guide.

So Luo Yue decided to take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, to send drones for a long time to reconnoiter to find out if there were other German troops nearby, and at the same time, he hoped to find a way to go around the back of the moral army's position, and on the other hand, he sent Chen Deye, the commander of the second company, to take a few soldiers to find a guide. Because Company Commander Chen is a native of Shandong, he can speak standard Shandong dialect, and taking advantage of the factor of friendship with fellow villagers is also a way to win the trust of local residents. At the same time, Luo Yue also told Chen Deye that his attitude must be kind, not forced, and it is best to find hunters and medicine people, and also let Chen Deye bring some food as a reward.

The other armies were arranging positions on the spot, guarding and garrisoning, etc., in order to prevent the German army's attack, but they didn't just think about fighting the German army, but they were caught off guard by the German army.

More than two hours later, the drone scanned the area of the surrounding twenty miles of square garden in detail, and it can be basically confirmed that the German army has no other troop deployment nearby, at least not more than 100 troops, after all, the drone is not omnipotent, if a small army of more than a dozen people hides in the dense forest or cave, the drone is impossible to find.

In addition, it is true that a few small roads have been found that go around the back of the German army, but intermittently, and the longest interruption is only about 3 kilometers, which is also very reasonable, after all, the road in this era is like this, the more people walk, the road becomes the road, and if no one walks for a long time, the road will be interrupted.

And at this moment, Chen Deye returned to the camp, reported to Luo Yue, and found the guide.