The sun was shining, the humidity was steaming, and under the Nanshan Mountain, which was more than ten miles southeast of Lu'an City, Liao Heiniu and his brothers from the second battalion were trudging the muddy road, sweating profusely, and the ammunition box on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.

A battalion of more than 400 people braved the sun and carried 3,000 rounds of poison gas bombs on a muddy road, which was by no means an easy task!

Liao Hei Niu paused, wiped his sweat, looked up at the end of the road, and scolded angrily, "Turtle son's, is there still a long way to go?" This box is too fucking heavy...... Brothers, put the box down, rest for a while, and lie down tired, you really can't get it back. ”

As he spoke, he carefully put down the big wooden box on his shoulder, "Dog, it's a hundred and ten pounds!" ”

When the brothers heard this, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and they stopped one after another and took the box off their shoulders.

An officer hurriedly reminded, "Tap, tap, this thing can't be touched!" ”

Ma Yue gently put down the big wooden box on his shoulder, and couldn't help but scold: "Turtle son, Lao Tzu has robbed a bunch of uncles and come back, and they have to be carefully served, it's really unlucky!" ”

Liao Heiniu glared at him, "You turtle knows a ball, this is a good thing!" ”

Ma Yue smiled and did not say anything.

Ji Kui had an angry look on his face, "The ball is a good thing, but you can't use it if you grab it!" It's better to move a few boxes of shells, Lao Tzu runs all the way, blowing up those little devils who catch up all the way, how refreshing! ”

"That's it," the brothers chimed in, "carrying these things, I'm too tired to use them!" ”

Wang Sanmin shook his head with a solemn expression, "You don't know how powerful this thing is, when I was in Shanghai, Lao Tzu saw those brothers who were poisoned, that is a miserable one!" We snatched these gas bombs back, although they can't be used, but the little devils can't use them, which is a good thing! ”

"That's right," Liao Heiniu nodded again and again, "Sanmin is right!" It's just that these things are too heavy to move! ”

Wang Sanmin smiled, "Battalion commander, the old men are lucky, there are so many small boxes, if they are all big boxes, then it is difficult to move!" ”

Everyone nodded one after another, and most of the poison gas bombs snatched this time were portable "little red cylinders" packed in small boxes.

These poison gas bombs were originally to be equipped with the Sixth Division, the vanguard of the Sixth Attack on Wuhan, so most of them were portable "little red cylinders."

Originally, there were three main types of poison gas bombs used by the Japanese to equip the army: throwing poison gas bombs, launching poison gas cylinders, and artillery gas bombs.

The smallest is to throw gas bombs, which are slightly larger than regular grenades and are thrown by manpower; Slightly larger is the gas canister, which resembles a 50-millimeter grenade, and slightly longer, which is fired by a grenadier; The larger one is the artillery gas shell, which is slightly longer than the seventy-five-mm field artillery projectile and requires a field artillery launch. The "little red canister" is a type of poison gas bomb, which is light and easy to carry, and because of this, the 66th Regiment can easily move them back and free up manpower to ambush the pursuers.

On the stone platform, the big trucks of the little devils are speeding forward, and each truck has a crooked machine gun on the front, and the machine gunner hides behind the tarpaulin of the cabin.

The first acted as a trailblazer, distancing itself from the convoy behind it.

Numata Nakasa was in the bed of a truck of Lieutenant General, silent all the way, at this time, his heart suddenly jumped, he stood up suddenly, strode to the front of the car, pulled away the machine gunner, picked up the rain cloth and looked outside, when he saw the two low stone mountains in front of him, his face suddenly changed, and he quickly raised the binoculars.

"Nakasa," Takeda Shaosa hurriedly followed, his face full of doubts, "What's wrong?" ”

Numata Nakasa held the binoculars and looked carefully, "Here, the terrain is ...... Not good, there is an ambush...... Stop it! ”

Through the binoculars, he clearly saw several shining steel helmets on the low hilltop, and the blue sky and white sun helmet emblems on them shone in the sun.

At this time, on the hill on the left, Captain Lan was also holding a telescope, staring closely at the speeding convoy, but saw that the little devil's big truck suddenly stopped and did not move.

"Damn!" Captain Lan frowned, "The little devil of the dog day is as fine as a monkey!" ”

"What to do?" Staff Officer Zhang was also stunned, and put down the binoculars in disappointment, "It's a pity that Lao Tzu's field artillery is gone......"

In the first battle of Hefei, the only two field guns of the 41st Division were reimbursed, and at this time, there was nothing to do about the convoy three or four miles away!

Captain Lan put down the binoculars and gritted his teeth, "Don't move yet, I'll be with the little devils, see who is more anxious!" ”

If the little devils weren't in a hurry, they wouldn't be driving so many big trucks!

On the hill on the right, Captain Hu also put down the binoculars and smashed his fist on the stone wall in front of him angrily, "Damn, it's exposed, which dog raises his head so high?" You think it's a military parade! ”

Everyone shrank their heads one after another, and the head of the regiment was notoriously short-tempered!

"What to do?" Li Tuan looked at Head Hu with a hesitant face, "Do you want to ...... Right? ”

Head Hu glanced at him and frowned, "Wait, the blue monkey has a lot of ideas, they don't move, and we are not in a hurry to move!" ”

In the car, Takeda Shaozo put down the binoculars and locked his eyebrows, "Nakasa...... Withdraw, right? ”

"Withdraw?" Numata Nakasa was stunned, quickly shook his head, and withdrew like this...... How did the division commander explain there?

Takeda Shaozo was a little anxious, "The matter of the Hatada brigade...... The people of China have always been cowardly, and they are not sure enough, they dare not ambush! ”

Numata Nakasa also frowned, "This ......"

The encounter of the Hatada brigade really made him feel cold, they were originally chasing the enemy, but in only half a day, less than 500 people came back from a brigade, and Hakuda Shaozo was also seriously injured...... Thinking of this, Numata Nakasa sighed weakly, "This is this...... We're more like a farce! ”

Takeda Shaozo was silent, this is indeed a farce...... An arrogant Chinese army robbed the arsenal of the 13th Division, so His Excellency, the proud division commander, made such an unwise decision for the sake of so-called face...... However, farce is much stronger than tragedy!

"Withdraw!" Numata Nakasa waved his hand weakly and gave the order. Obviously, he also knows that farce is always much stronger than tragedy.

At this time, the head of the left-wing Mao is hesitating, the pocket array has been set up, but the little devil is just at the mouth of the bag, what if he doesn't drill into it? Do you want to stretch your pockets a little longer?

As hesitant as he was the commander of the horse regiment on the right flank.

Chen Tuanfu was a little anxious, "Commander, it's just a little bit close, and my department will take a detour forward......

Commander Ma waved his hand, his face full of hesitation, "If we go any further, our department will be at risk of standing alone...... No! ”

"Alas!" Chen Tuanfu sighed helplessly, "In case ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the devil's cars retreating one after another.

"Dog's going to run!" Chen Tuan was taken aback, his face full of anxiety, "Regiment leader, give the order to pursue!" ”

"Chase?" Captain Ma smiled helplessly, "The little devil is driving the car, how can you chase it?" ”

Chen Tuan was stunned and speechless!

There are several other regiment commanders as helplessly as them, and without long-range weapons, it is impossible to catch up...... The little devil's truck withdrew some distance, quickly turned around, and disappeared from everyone's view.

Unlike Numata Nakasa, who happily chose to retreat, Sugiura Daisa ordered the main force to rest in place and sent a small force to the north, which he did not do for the purpose of pursuit...... He was a cautious man, and he didn't dare to make any more moves, but he wanted to get some results, so that he could go back and explain to the division commander.

The scorching sun shone on his body, but Captain Kumino felt a little cold, and he was the only one left in the Kumamoto brigade, how should he explain when he went back?

He was in a panic, and when he looked up, he saw Sugiura Daisa looking at him with a smile.

Captain Toshino suddenly moved in his heart, and leaned over to Numata Daisa's side with a shy face, "Your Excellency, after you go back...... Please also ...... Please also ......"

Sugiura Osa smiled brightly, "The main force of the enemy army set up an ambush, and the Kumamoto brigade encountered...... Tens of thousands of Chinese troops ambushed ......"

"Huh?" Captain Tomino was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood, and nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, the Kumamoto brigade was ambushed by tens of thousands of enemy troops, and all of them were ...... Annihilation ......"

Sugiura Osa patted him on the shoulder, and his smile became even brighter, "Tomano-kun is desperately fighting his way out of the encirclement and coming to report the news, so that our department will not fall into the trap by mistake...... So, for the sake of the big picture! ”

Captain Tomino breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Your Excellency Osa, for the sake of the safety of the Sugiura Wing, had to order a retreat......"

Sugiura Osa nodded with satisfaction, looked back at Staff Officer Matsui Nakasa, and remained silent, "Matsui-kun, what do you think...... How do you advance or retreat at this point? ”

Matsui Shaosa naturally heard their conversation clearly, how dare he hesitate, "For the safety of the Sugiura United, we should evacuate quickly." ”

Actually, Matsui Nakasa is secretly rejoicing at this time! If it weren't for the sudden arrival of Captain Kumino and the fact that he led a squadron to pursue him north, then he would not necessarily end up better than Captain Kawashima! After all, an infantry squadron can have much more firepower than a cavalry squadron!

Sugiura Osa nodded with satisfaction, "Withdraw!" ”

"Hey!" The officials secretly breathed a sigh of relief, they didn't want to fall into the enemy's trap like the robes of the Kumamoto brigade!

Sugiura turned his horse's head, looked up at the sky, and muttered, "This is a farce...... With such terrain, what can the cavalry wing catch up? ”

Liu Pangang, Li Siwei led the team to re-set up an ambush here, and not long after, Lu Quanyou came to meet with the third company.

Li Siwei hurriedly greeted him, "What's the matter?" ”

Lu Quanyou naturally knew his worries, and quickly shook his head, "There are only more than twenty minor injuries...... The little devil didn't expect that we would turn around and ambush at all, and there was a brother from the 199th Division to help, but it was just ...... Their casualties were not small. ”

Li Siwei was stunned and sighed, "Their equipment is too poor, want to come...... I didn't catch the training either. ”

Lu Quanyou sighed, and suddenly hesitated, "Commander, I'm ...... He gave them all the weapons and horses that had been captured. ”

"Done right!" Li Siwei patted him on the shoulder, "The gas mask has been brought back, right?" ”

"Brought back," Lu Quanyou nodded hurriedly, "One hundred and eighty, a devil officer ran away...... However, he also ate a few guns. ”

Li Siwei smiled, "It's just a fish that slipped through the net, it's better to let him go back and vent his anger to the little devil!" ”

"Regiment leader," Sun Dali also came back, and Lao Yuan was shouting, and ran over with an excited face, "There are a total of one hundred and eighty little devils, and none of them have run away!" ”

Li Siwei was overjoyed, "Turtle's, well done!" ”

Sun Dali only brought one platoon of brothers, and it was not easy to wipe out more than 100 little devils...... It is not easy to annihilate a squadron!

Sun Dali arrived in front of him and waved his hand again and again, "It's all up to friendly forces to help, what are they called...... New fourth army! If he hadn't met them, Lao Tzu would have taken the little devil for a few laps! ”

Li Siwei nodded, "How are the brothers?" ”

"Okay!" Sun Dali smiled, "Only two boys were grazed by bullets." ”

Li Siwei breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good!" ”

Sun Dali's smile froze and he sighed, "That is, the casualties of the friendly forces are a little large...... Alas, their weapons are too bad. ”

Li Siwei was stunned for a moment, "You also gave them all the weapons you seized?" ”

Sun Dali smiled, "Commander, there is no shortage of those broken guns, right?" ”

Li Siwei laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "Yes, Lao Tzu is not short of those broken guns, and the friendly troops should repay them if they have helped!" ”

The 1st Company, the 3rd Company, and the other platoon of the Special Service Company carried by Huang Hua came all the way back.

It turned out that the first company and the third company ambushed a squad of little devils respectively, and then converged together, at this time, Huang Hua and his brothers introduced a squadron of little devils into the ambush circle, and the ambush battle was only halfway through, and a team calling itself the anti-Japanese coalition army suddenly came out, they had just ambushed a squad of little devils nearby, and they heard gunshots on the way to transfer, so they rushed over......

After listening to the report, Li Siwei couldn't help laughing, "The little devils have always thought that they are chasing a lone army, where did they think that there will be so many anti-Japanese teams in the land of western Anhui!" Hehe, as long as everyone works together, the little devils can't get any bargain! ”

"Yes, yes," everyone nodded again and again, "as long as everyone works together, there will be no fear of how many little devils come!" ”

"Okay, Lao Tzu can withdraw with peace of mind," Li Siwei was in a good mood, "There are so many friendly troops here, and the little devil has suffered a loss again, I'm afraid I won't dare to act rashly!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Head Wu, "Brother, don't say goodbye." ”

Head Wu was stunned, "Head Li, are you leaving?" ”

Li Siwei nodded and sighed, "Those gas bombs are not trivial, if you don't see them with your own eyes, I don't feel at ease!" ”

Liao Heiniu has always been arrogant, if he really leaks the gas bomb, it will cause big trouble.

Head Wu was a little disappointed, "Lao Tzu still wants to cooperate with you!" Get some more little devil weapons, and you will have the confidence to fight later. ”

Li Siwei smiled, "The Anti-Japanese War has a long way to go, and there will definitely be a chance in the future!" ”

Head Wu shook his head and sighed, "I hope I don't have this opportunity, if I can defeat the little devil in Wuhan, then it would be good!" ”

Li Siwei was stunned, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's difficult! is still the same sentence, the Anti-Japanese War has a long way to go, and it is good for brothers to persevere! ”

Head Wu nodded and smiled, "Don't worry!" Lao Tzu Hunan people have a saying, little devils want to occupy China, unless Hunan people die! If the little devil doesn't retreat, Lao Tzu won't put down the gun! ”

"Well said!" Li Siwei patted Captain Wu on the shoulder, "Let's go!" ”

Li Siwei beckoned his brothers to hurry west, and Regiment Commander Wu looked at their backs and sighed leisurely, "If every friendly army is like them, why would Lao Tzu end up like this!" ”

The officials bowed their heads silently, yes!

The headquarters of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Ogisu put down the telegram from Numata Nakasa, his face was gloomy, and at this moment, the attendant officer arrived at the door, "Report, Captain Sugiura is back." ”

Lieutenant General Ogisu was shocked, "Let him in!" ”

Sugiura Osa hurriedly came and saluted Lieutenant General Ogisu.

Lieutenant General Ogisu waved his hand and looked at Sugiura Daisa with blazing eyes, "Speak!" ”

Sugiura Daisa glanced at Lieutenant General Ogisu, who had a gloomy face, and said cautiously: "On the way to pursue, the Kumamoto brigade was ambushed by tens of thousands of troops, and the entire army has been wiped out...... Captain Tomino was dismissed only by himself, and when he got the news, he decided to ...... for the sake of prudence."

"Yaga!" Lieutenant General Ogisu could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and scolded with a split head, "Tens of thousands of enemy troops, where are the tens of thousands of enemy troops?" There are only tens of thousands of enemy troops in the entire western Anhui region, are they all ambushing the Kumamoto brigade? So, tell me, where did those enemy troops that Numata-kun encountered come from? ”

Sugiura Daisa didn't move, just hung his head and didn't say a word!

Seeing Lieutenant General Ogisu's gaffe, Major General Miyamoto called softly, "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General." ”

Lieutenant General Ogisu glanced at him and waved his hand at Sugiura Daisa.

Sugiura Osa hurriedly saluted and withdrew.

Looking at the back of Sugiura Daisa, Lieutenant General Ogisu sat down in his chair weakly, his face full of bitterness, "I...... This is staged ...... A farce? ”

Major General Miyamoto bowed his head silently.

At the beginning, he didn't agree with the pursuit plan, but he didn't persuade the stubborn Lieutenant General Ogisu, but at this time, when he saw Lieutenant General Ogisu's face of remorse, he didn't have half a bit of happiness in his heart, but was a little sad...... Your Excellency Lieutenant General...... It's really old! But this is really a farce, what a farce!