The pace of the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment was fine in the first few days, but it was quite slow when it crossed the mountainous terrain north of Qingshan Town.

Because of the slow pace of advancement, Lin Ziran even set up his headquarters in a ruined temple for three consecutive days.

The soldiers of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion were still patrolling the perimeter at first, but later they simply set up a fixed observation post on the periphery and left them manned to garrison, and most of the remaining people also rested and trained in place.

Lin Ziran and his Qingshan Patrol Battalion were waiting leisurely for the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment, but Cheng Hongbin was a little anxious.

Because the Third Division had already sent documents twice in a row, urging him to speed up, saying that the front line was in urgent need of heavy artillery support.

But looking at the mountain in front of him and the winding mountain road, Cheng Hongbin could only sigh helplessly!

The terrain is like this, what can he do, he is also helpless!

During this period, Jian Liangzhi also sent someone over, mainly to inquire about the itinerary of the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment and to agree on the follow-up location.

After looking through this rugged mountain road, there is still a hilly area of about ten kilometers, but it is relatively gentle hills.

If you don't have to walk in a straight line, you won't have frequent uphill and downhill climbs on winding roads, and it's basically the same as marching in the plains, but you have to make frequent detours.

But after passing through this gentle hill, there is a plain area of flat rivers.

This piece of plain is all the way to Chongguangcheng, which is the key active area of the Guang'an attack troops, after many sweeps by the temporary brigade led by Jian Liangzhi, the Guang'an rebels have suffered a lot of losses, and the large force has been forced to withdraw, but there will definitely be many small groups of cavalry troops active.

Whether it is a baggage unit or an artillery unit marching in this area, the danger is quite great, and it is very likely to encounter a cavalry attack by the Guang'an rebels.

When Lin Ziran led his army north to Chongguangcheng twice, he was attacked by the cavalry of the Guang'an rebels in this area, and although the casualties of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion were not large each time, the materials were destroyed a lot.

There is no way, the attack force of the Guang'an rebels is in the dark, and the escort troops are in the light, and the more important thing is that these Guang'an rebels have not thought about killing or injuring too many people, they just want to rush over and set fire and run, Lin Ziran's Qingshan patrol battalion has no way to encounter this kind of thing.

The follow-up Third Division simply did not let Lin Ziran continue to lead the Qingshan Patrol Battalion to escort the baggage, but handed over to Jian Liangzhi's temporary brigade troops in the hilly area.

The temporary brigade under the command of Jian Liangzhi has two cavalry regiments, which can stop the cavalry attack force of the Guang'an rebels on the periphery, and even deal a devastating blow, and its tactical advantage is incomparable to that of an infantry-based unit like the Qingshan Patrol Battalion.

This time is the same, Lin Ziran will lead the Qingshan Patrol Battalion to continue to escort about five kilometers, and then hand over to the troops sent by the temporary brigade in the hilly area.

By that time, his Lin Ziran's task would be completed.

However, Lin Ziran didn't know, and Jian Liangzhi didn't know that the moment the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment left Qingshan Town, the Guang'an rebels were already in action.

The Guang'an rebels also have spies, although they don't pay much attention to Qingshan Town on weekdays, but who let the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment come over.

In fact, before the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment entered Qingshan Town, it was already under the supervision of the Guang'an rebel spies.

Who made the deterrent power of this sixth heavy artillery regiment too huge, those more than 20 heavy artillery pieces are not a joke, they really arrived at the front line of Chongguang City, but it will pose a huge threat to the Guang'an defense troops in Chongguang City.

At the thought of a huge artillery shell of more than two hundred or even three hundred millimeters falling in his own defensive line, no general of the Guang'an rebels would be indifferent.

For this reason, they naturally wanted to block the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment on the road, and they had planned to arrange interception troops in Luohe, but they did not expect that the Luo An Army would rather take the heavy artillery over the mountains and go from Qingshan Town, which also disrupted the initial plan of the Guang'an rebels.

However, it only disrupted the original plan, and they quickly adjusted.

Now in a valley that Jian Liangzhi didn't know, a cavalry unit of about 800 cavalry was camping and resting, and in the camp of the Chinese army, Lin Ziran's old friend and Jian Liangzhi's old opponent Fang Yuanxin was half-lying on the recliner, watching the report that the detective cavalry had come back.

An officer on the side said, "My lord, we have been waiting like this?" ”

Fang Yuanxin glanced up at the other party, and then said, "At their speed, it is estimated that it will take three days to reach the predetermined location, what else can they do if they don't wait?" ”

The officer stopped talking!

This is also a fact, the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment is still drilling in the mountains, and even the relatively plain hilly areas have not yet arrived, even if they want to attack, they have no way.

It was a big mountain, although the top of the mountain didn't look high, but it was also a mountain, and his cavalry immediately became infantry when he passed.

Fang Yuanxin said: "This time, Chongguang City has issued a death order, this heavy artillery unit must be killed, and they must not be allowed to arrive outside Chongguang City, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

"So we must be cautious and cautious, let the troops hide well, and we must not expose ourselves in advance!"

"That Jian Liangzhi's dog nose is very smart, and the slightest movement may be smelled by him!"

"So we only have one chance!"

When Fang Yuanxin said this, it seemed that he was saying it to his subordinates, and some of them seemed to be saying it to himself.

The subordinates on the side also knew the importance of the matter, and they all looked heavy.

In recent months, Fang Yuanxin has been leading cavalry troops to attack the heavy troops of the Luo An Army in this area, and the effect was not bad in the early months, but since the Luo An Army organized a temporary brigade to maintain the supply line in the rear and began to pursue and clear it, the effect was not great.

A month ago, a Guang'an cavalry regiment was even ambushed by Jian Liangzhi and was half-crippled, and even the commander of the cavalry regiment was killed in battle, and finally these remnants were incorporated into Fang Yuanxin's cavalry regiment to continue fighting.

The cavalry regiment led by Fang Yuanxin was better, although it was deep behind the enemy, and the strength was at an absolute disadvantage, and it was difficult to fight, but even so, he successfully attacked a heavy army of the Luo An Army half a month ago, destroying at least dozens of tons of supplies.

But about five days ago, he received a new battle order, which said that a heavy artillery regiment of the Luo'an Army was about to pass through Qingshan Town, and then go outside Chongguang City, and he told him to lead his troops to kill this heavy artillery regiment.

Their task this time is very heavy, and it can even be said that they are only allowed to succeed and not to fail, because once they fail, then it will be dangerous on the side of Chongguang City.

Once these two dozen or so heavy artillery pieces arrived at Chongguang City, the blow to Chongguang City's defense line would definitely be huge.

Fang Yuanxin continued to look at the report, but soon noticed that the escort force of the Luo An Army's heavy artillery unit on the report turned out to be just a militia group, and the name of this militia group seemed to be somewhat familiar: Qingshan Patrol Battalion.