On a dirt road, Xu Shun and Niu Ding rode all the way forward.

The speed of the two of them on horseback is not fast, about ten kilometers per hour, which is the speed at which ordinary people run.

This speed is very slow for horses, the high-speed sprint speed of the war horse is more than sixty kilometers per hour, but no matter how good the war horse is, it can't always maintain a high-speed run, it is not a machine after all, it has physical limitations, and the average horse high-speed sprint time can only last about one minute.

One of the advantages of war horses over people is good endurance, a good horse is the most suitable running distance is about 60 kilometers, depending on the road conditions this distance will be appropriately changed.

Sixty kilometers, a forced march on foot can have this distance, but horses can run sixty kilometers each, people can't, even if they are strong soldiers, one forced march of sixty kilometers, the second can still walk is a miracle.

Compared with Rao's endurance, the real advantage of the war horse lies in its ability to sprint at high speeds.

This is especially important for the Signal Army, who can quickly rely on the high-speed sprint of the horse to get out of the way after encountering the devil.

It was white morning, and Xu Shun was holding the reins to control the speed of the horses, while looking around vigilantly.

The highway is the territory of the devils, and there are often patrols of the devils and the puppet army here, although the strength of these patrolling devils and puppet troops is not strong, but it is not something that two communication soldiers can deal with.

Xu Shun used to need to plan in detail every time he passed the highway, either walking in the middle of the night, or taking advantage of the devil or puppet army patrols to go to school during intervals

But this time it was Niu Ding's line, in order to temper himself as a future deputy platoon commander, Xu Shun deliberately did not prompt this mistake point, and one actual combat teaching is more effective than a hundred ear advices.

Of course, it wasn't him who entrusted him, he inquired before setting off, and the people stationed around this highway were some third-line patrol devils and puppet soldiers, who lacked actual combat experience and had poor combat effectiveness.

There is a horse under the crotch, and it is a good horse, no worse than the devil's horse, even if he encounters a devil or a puppet army patrol, he can run away in time, and the strong horse gives Xu Shun the confidence to do so.

It's just that the situation seems to be somewhat unexpected for him·····

"What's the situation?"

Looking at the empty dirt road, Xu Shun's face was full of doubts.

Half of this highway has been walked, why hasn't a single devil patrol been seen? Why the hell is it that you don't patrol in the morning? The third-line devil patrol and the puppet army are so lazy?

With a thick doubt, Xu Shun sped up slightly.

The horse's hooves quickened, and he pulled the reins to his left, and the horse walked to the left.

On the left side of the highway is a road, and in his memory he can see a devil's stronghold, and he plans to go to see what happened to the devil, and Dabai has gone out to patrol.

"Platoon commander? You..."

Seeing that his platoon commander suddenly made a detour, Niu Ding was a little puzzled.

"Go and see, there's a devil puppet army stronghold over there"

Xu Shun beckoned and motioned for Niu Ding to come over.

"Huh?"

Xu Shun's words made Niu Ding stunned, go to check the devil's stronghold? It's the scout's job.

They are communication soldiers, and their primary task is to transmit information or orders to the destination troops, and on the way, what they want is to avoid the devils as much as possible, ensure the intelligence and their own safety, and check the devils' strongholds, unless there is an order, this is absolutely forbidden.

But his own platoon commanders all went up, and as a recruit, he could only follow silently.

And seeing the platoon commander go to check the devil's stronghold, Niu Ding, who had been focusing on horseback riding, found out at this time that there seemed to be a problem with the route he designed, there were several devil strongholds around this highway, according to the usual platoon commander's teaching, this is a route that must not be chosen, and there is really no way to avoid the devil patrol at night.

And I chose to go through in vain.

"Pay attention next time," he silently admonished himself in his heart.

Soon the two came to a hillside, Xu Shun took his binoculars, looked over the hillside, the high and low scattered houses are located in a plain in the distance, where is a village and town, there is a river next to the town, and behind the town is a mountain forest.

On the right side of the town, near the river, there is a large compound with a telescope extended, and Xu Shun's eyes can see the entrance of the compound clearly.

Two devils squatted behind a sandbag bunker at the gate of the compound, which was the station of a devil team and a pseudo-military camp.

"The devil is here, why don't you come out on patrol?"

Seeing that the devil was still in the town, Xu Shun was even more puzzled.

The purpose of this camp is to protect the safety of the road and the river, which is often passed by convoys of devil transport, and the river is also an important transportation route. He saw that there was no devil patrol on the road, and he thought that the devils had retreated.

But the devil is still there, why don't you come out on patrol?

What's the use of not coming out and patrolling and stationing here?

If you don't deal with patrols, you will cut off the highway and bury a bunch of mines that you don't even know yet.

But doubts are doubts, and he didn't dare to investigate further, after all, there was a team of devils in the distance, and dozens of people surrounded him, so it would be troublesome. After observing for a while, when he was about to leave, the two vigilant devils at the gate suddenly attracted Xu Shun's attention.

The eight-fold telescope from the overseas Chinese had a clear line of sight, and he could clearly see the expressions of the devil guards in the distance from several kilometers away.

The two devils hiding behind the sandbag bunkers looked highly vigilant and afraid.

Yes, fear, fear.

Xu Shun was extremely sure of his own judgment, and he used to see this kind of look when he was holding a gun and pointing it at the enemy.

Who is the devil afraid of?

Who would dare to attack strongholds with a swagger? You must know that there are several devil brigades stationed in this area of more than ten kilometers, and in the case of a road, the devils only need half an hour to arrive here.

New doubts made Xu Shun stop.

Soon, the situation in front of him answered his doubts.

Behind the town in front of me is a mountain forest, at this time, a group of guerrillas appeared on the edge of the mountain forest, this guerrilla force is not large, only more than 20 people, but judging from the clothing, it is obvious that it is the regular army of the Eighth Route Army, and it is fully equipped.

The two dozen men carried three mortars, and they quickly set up the mortars as they skimmed out of the woods. Facing the devil's compound was a rapid shelling, and suddenly dozens of mortar shells flew into the devil's compound.

Boom Boom... Under the dense explosion, the devil's compound suddenly burst into a burst of rubble and tiles, and the caliber mortar was not very powerful, unable to destroy buildings, nor could it kill or injure the people hiding in the house.

After half a minute of shelling, the guerrillas flashed their guns and did not care about the battle at all, nor did they care about the results.

And the devil's reaction was even more incredible, as soon as the cannon sounded, the two guards at the door rolled into the anti-artillery hole behind the sandbag bunker. This action made Xu Shun dumbfounded, the devil actually dug an anti-artillery hole behind the garrison bunker!

After the shelling stopped and the guerrillas left, the devil's reaction was beyond his expectations.

After about a few minutes, the two devil guards came out of the anti-artillery bunker, picked up their guns, and then stood guard behind the sandbag bunker again, their expressions still highly vigilant and scared. Through the gate, he saw the door of the compound being opened, and a pile of rubble had been swept out.

It was knocked down by mortar guns.

And the devils in the house closed the door directly after cleaning, and had no idea about pursuing the guerrillas.

"Uh... Why are the devils so honest? ”

Shaking his head, Xu Shun was puzzled, but thinking that he was still using the communication mission, he could only ride a horse and walk all the way along the road.