The other side.

The 79th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, Wing Commander Morimoto Ichiro received the order of the division commander Kawagishi Fumizaburo, and personally led more than 4,000 devil soldiers to pick the official road that was easy to take.

Hurry all the way, just to rush to the South Huaihua area as soon as possible, annihilate that hateful Chinese army, so as to boost the military prestige of the Japanese Imperial Army and snow the shame of the 20th Division!

It started at one o'clock in the afternoon, until the sun set in the west, and it was close to five o'clock, and finally arrived at the position south of Xiawangzhuang and north of Langshan.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, there is Langshan Mountain in front, the terrain here is quite steep, especially the Chinese Central Army has built strong fortifications here, causing the Imperial Army led by the Fifth Division to be defeated many times, why don't we take a detour?"

After the devil drove to Langshan, the leader of a squadron of devil cavalry who took the lead in opening the way, ordered the troops to stop advancing, personally beat the horse and turned back, and found Morimoto Ichiro and suggested.

"A detour? How long will it take to get to the South Huaihua area?" Morimoto Ichiro's eyes froze, and he asked in a deep voice.

"It's about four or five hours longer."

The cavalry squadron leader replied truthfully.

"Baga Ya Road! Four or five hours?

Did you know that in two hours at most, the sky will be completely dark?

The division commander has an order, we must go to the South Huaihua area today and completely annihilate the enemy troops entrenched there! Shame on the twentieth division!

If the detour is delayed for four or five hours, and it is already midnight when we arrive in the South Huaihua area, how can we annihilate the enemy army? What do you want me to take to report to His Excellency the division commander?"

When Morimoto Ichiro heard this, he was immediately furious, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Listen to my order, pass through Langshan, and you lead a cavalry squad to reconnoiter and advance in front, just in case."

"Haya!"

The commander of the cavalry squadron had no choice but to give the leader's order.

Turning the horse's head and carrying about 5 or 60 cavalry, he continued along the official road.

Soon they entered Lang Mountain, and just in case, the cavalry squadron leader and his subordinates would order them to fire a few shots at the mountains, forests and grasses on both sides of the road every time they walked a distance.

Although Langshan is dozens of miles long from east to west, it is only four or five miles wide from north to south.

Therefore, although the speed of the devil cavalry squad was not fast, after ten minutes, it still passed through Langshan and entered the territory of Nanhuaihua, and the sound of gunfire naturally spread.

As soon as they heard the gunshots, the soldiers of the ambush force of the Tiger Ben Regiment, who were still far ahead, all cheered up and clenched the steel guns in their hands with all their attention, looking like they were facing a great enemy.

Yang Chen, the head of the Tiger Ben Regiment, was as dexterous as an ape, climbed a towering tree behind the ambush position, climbed high and looked into the distance, only to find that the devils who came were only dozens of cavalry.

Immediately understood the devil's intentions, pressed the talking button on the walkie-talkie, and said to Li Da, Rong Hao and others: "Pass the order, everyone must not act rashly, it's just a small group of devils' cavalry, they are engaged in fire reconnaissance!"

Let the brethren keep their heads down and avoid the lottery! No one is allowed to move without my order, and anyone who violates the order will be dealt with by military law. ”

The order was quickly conveyed, and the soldiers all subconsciously shrank into their bunkers to avoid the attack of the devil's reconnaissance fire.

The cavalry squadron leader and his subordinates fired from time to time along the way, and when they encountered suspicious places, they even turned over and dismounted to observe, until they all passed through this section of the official road of Langshan, and no enemy ambush was found.

Out of the Lang Pass, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the small hilly area a few hundred meters ahead, it did not attract their attention and suspicion at all.

Unless the enemy is stupid, how can he set up an ambush in that place?

The previous devil chasers and the Central Army had fought here, and passed through here, so the road and the snow on both sides had already been destroyed.

However, the traces of the ambush of the tiger group were well covered.

When Morimoto Ichiro heard the news, he immediately ordered the main force of more than 3,000 infantry and nearly 1,000 cavalry that had been stopped to continue to advance.

The team of more than 4,000 people stretched for four or five miles in a row, like a long snake, from the north end into the Langshan Mountain, and then from the south end of the mountain pass, approaching the ambush position of the Tiger Ben Regiment.

Yang Chen held the binoculars, climbed high and looked into the distance, monitoring the movements of the devils in front of him.

When he saw that the vanguard of the devils had already entered his ambush position, he did not rush to give the order to open fire.

Because firing at this time, it is likely to frighten the devil back, and it is difficult to maximize its heavy damage.

However, Yang Chen's decision raised the hearts of the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment who were ambushed in the forward positions on both sides of the highway to their throats.

Among them, the soldiers of the Tiger Regiment, which is closest to the road, are not even 3 or 40 meters, and they can almost see the facial features and facial expressions of the devils, and clearly hear the "click" sound of the devils' feet trampling on the ground and silt, as well as the scolding of the devil officers urging their subordinates to speed up.

Just when the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment were in full formation, holding their breath and waiting for the order to fire.

A devil and devil cavalry lieutenant suddenly turned over and dismounted, led the horse away from the marching team, tied the war horse to a small tree on the side of the road, turned around and galloped towards the left side of the road.

A recruit, to be precise, a recruit of the supplementary regiment who had just joined the Tiger Ben Regiment in Xinkou could not bear the tension and excitement in his heart, so he raised his gun and opened fire.

Fortunately, the veteran of the Tiger Ben Regiment next to him was quick and fast, and hurriedly pressed the advanced strengthened version of the Bayi bar he had just raised, stopped him, and scolded in a suppressed voice: "What are you doing? Dare to disobey military orders and shoot without authorization? Want to be court-martialed? ”

"But platoon commander, that devil cavalry is already coming! Will we be exposed? The recruit whispered anxiously, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.

The veteran looked at the devil cavalry who were still walking towards them, and said in a calm voice: "Don't worry, hold steady, the more this time, the more you can't panic!"

The little devil hasn't found us yet, or he would have fired at us a long time ago!

You must not drop the chain at this time, the exposure is small, and it destroys the big plan of the group, that is the big!"

Yang Chen watched and listened to all directions, and this devil cavalry was targeted by him as soon as he turned over and dismounted.

At the same time, he had already taken out his lucky +9 Barrett anti-materiel sniper rifle, and aimed at the second lieutenant of the devil cavalry who was walking towards the side of the road for some reason on the big tree 3 or 400 meters away.

If it was really time to be inevitably exposed, Yang Chen would decisively shoot and snipe him, thus kicking off this ambush battle.

However, as a last resort, Yang Chen still didn't want to fire now.

Because at this time, the army of devils did not completely enter their own ambush circle, and if they opened fire rashly, they might not be able to maximize the damage.

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