The comfort of the chief of staff reassured the wing commander.

In the plain terrain, the Eighth Route Army wanted to eat a cavalry squadron of its own, and the difficulty was not ordinary.

And he was not too far away from them, if he was really attacked, he would definitely know for the first time that the remaining three cavalry squadrons could kill them in half an hour and rescue the first cavalry squadron.

"Order the troops to stop temporarily, the sappers to manual mine detection, and when the cavalry returns, use the Chinese they have captured to detonate the mines in front and open the way for us." The co-captain decided.

Half an hour passed, and although the speed of manual mine clearance with mine detector rods was very slow, two or three hundred people acted together and still cleared a section of seven or eight hundred meters of road.

The stopped Imperial Army restarted and repaired this section of the road.

There was still no movement on the road in the direction of Taojiazhuang and Huangcun, and the shadow of the cavalry scouts was not seen.

The wing commander's calmed heart tightened again, his face became heavier and heavier, and he replied very affirmatively: "Something must have happened to the cavalry squadron." ”

"The reconnaissance unit that went to Huangcun also had an accident."

"It is the rule of the reconnaissance force to report immediately if there is a situation, no matter what they find in Huangcun, they will come back and report it as soon as possible."

"More than half an hour is enough for them to come back from Huangcun, and there is still a lot of free time."

The Chief of Staff also agreed with this judgment.

His face became more and more solemn, and he stared at the captain and asked, "Sir, should we send more troops over to take a look." ”

"Not knowing what happened in Huangcun will always be a hidden danger for us."

"And there are no Chinese who go to the front to open the road, detonate mines, and only carry out manual mine detection through engineering units, the speed is too slow, and even twenty kilometers a day cannot be advanced."

The Wing Commander was silent for two minutes and then ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to His Excellency the Chief of Staff to report the situation here, and I request that a brigade of infantry and a squadron of cavalry be dispatched to attack Huangcun under the cover of aviation to confirm what happened to the imperial army there?" ”

Huangcun is less than seven kilometers away from the main force in a straight line, and it is only ten kilometers by road, and the infantry can walk back and forth in four hours on a rapid march.

Send troops now, and be back by three o'clock in the afternoon.

With aircraft in the sky, the likelihood of danger is even lower.

Without much doubt, the chief of staff agreed to their request to send troops.

The wing commander also received a telegram from the attacking force at one o'clock in the afternoon.

"Wing Commander, report of the sortie: The first cavalry squadron has annihilated the entire army in Huangcun, and the ten scouts in the past have also died." The chief of staff reported in a heavy tone.

"They found 113 corpses of imperial soldiers, war horses, and equipment outside the village, all of which were captured by the enemy."

"Battlefield reconnaissance confirmed that the battlefield where the two sides exchanged fire was in the village."

"They judged: The Eighth Route Army was ambushed in the village, and after the cavalry squadron entered the village, it would use the complex terrain environment in the village to eliminate the cavalry squadron and end the battle."

The wing captain's anger surged out, and he suddenly realized that he shouted: "I see! ”

"Did the attacking troops capture the civilians?"

"Nope!" The chief of staff shook his head and replied.

"The village is empty, so we must have moved before we passed."

"Yaga!" That's what annoys the Wing Captain the most.

A cavalry squadron is a hundred people, which is nothing to oneself with a reinforced wing, and if it is gone, it will be gone, and it will only hurt a little.

The common people are different, they are the key to whether they can guarantee the speed of the attack.

Without them going to the front to open the way and detonating the mines, only relying on two or three hundred people from the engineering unit to go to the front to manually clear the mines, when would Ma Yue be able to kill Lingqiu?

Clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to the chief of staff, asking the intelligence department to cooperate and find out how many kilometers of the surrounding people have been transferred." ”

"All the reconnaissance troops were dispatched, focusing on searching the nearby mountains."

"It's so cold, the Chinese who were transferred by the Eighth Route Army must not be able to run too far, they must be nearby."

"As long as they are found and a few hundred people are captured, the speed of the army's attack can be guaranteed."

The former enemy headquarters of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion, the latest movements of the Japanese puppet army, everything was sent here.

The rudimentary sand table, which has been temporarily piled up, clearly shows the current distribution of the enemy.

"Battalion commander, the devil attack force retreated with more than a hundred corpses in half an hour after investigating in Huangcun." A staff officer reported.

"The enemy is too strong, there are planes in the sky to cover, the surrounding terrain is evenly spread, and once the troops are exposed, they will be surrounded and there is no way to hide. So we didn't act and watched them leave. ”

Zhao Wen nodded.

The terrain here is too unfavorable for the Eighth Route Army, the advantage of troops and firepower are on the side of the devil, and if you fight for consumption, it will definitely be the Laiyuan Independent Battalion that will be defeated first.

Therefore, if there is no certainty of success, the troops must not attack rashly.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "What is the movement of the main force of the Japanese puppet army?" ”

The instructor replied: "Mines are being cleared manually with mine detectors, and quite a few mines have been found, but the speed is very slow, and they can only advance two kilometers per hour." ”

"Two kilometers?" Zhao Wen looked at the sand table and muttered to himself.

The deputy battalion commander immediately saw Zhao Wen's thoughts, pointed to a point on the map and replied.

"Battalion commander, according to the current marching speed of the devil, there is no accident, and I will rest in Zhaozhuang tonight."

"There are more than 7,000 of them, carrying a lot of baggage and artillery, and only Zhaozhuang has such a large place for them to build a camp."

"Let's go to Zhaozhuang!" Zhao Wen dropped his baton and ordered, and then walked outside the headquarters, giving orders as he went.

"The guard company, the first company, the second company, and the fire company, all moved towards Zhaozhuang."

"The other troops don't move, continue to stare at the devils."

"If they divide their troops into the mountains to find the common people, they will cover the transfer of the common people at all costs, and they cannot let a single ordinary person be in danger."

The village was empty, and Zhao Wen stood at the entrance of the village with a panoramic view of the surrounding three-kilometer area.

The terrain is flat, but there are also high and low, and most of the place is wheat fields.

Zhao Wen looked at it and asked, "Where do you think the little devils will arrange the camps of the baggage troops and artillery units?" ”

"It's definitely close to the road." The deputy battalion commander replied.

"The carts and materials carried by the baggage troops weigh 2,000 catties, and the heavy artillery also weighs more than 1,000 catties, so the dependence on the road is too great."

"Although the terrain here is flat, it is all wheat fields, and it is easy to sink into them, and the devils will definitely not risk letting carts and artillery take the wheat fields."

Zhao Wen nodded: "That's the truth." ”

Then he turned his gaze to a clearing at the east end of the village.

It is next to the road and less than 200 meters from the entrance of the village.

What's more, it was the threshing floor of the village, the ground was hard, and there was no risk of sagging.

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