In the end, Niu Gu fixed his eyes on the place of Guandian, which was the closest town to Mingguang by the Japanese army, and a squadron of Japanese troops was stationed.

It is 25 kilometers from Chihe to Guandian, and it takes at least six hours to walk, while mule and horse transportation is a little slower, takes a little more time, and with unpredictable delays on the road, it takes at least seven hours or more.

After such a long journey, under normal circumstances, the devil's mule and horse transport team will not finish it at night, one is tired, not only people are tired, but even mules and horses are tired.

Second, if there is a delay on the way, it will be daylight, and the small artillery or heavy machine guns of the Chinese army on the other side of the river will attack the convoy, which is very unsafe.

Therefore, the devil's transport team chose a place called dawn in the middle of the Chihe River to the pipe store, as a small transfer station for materials in these two places.

From dawn to Guandian 12 kilometers, the normal journey is three or four hours, so that the free time in advance is enough, and it will definitely be completed in one night.

If the journey goes well, the mule and horse transport team can also return to dawn that night, rest for a day, and resume the transportation the next night.

There is another reason why Niu Gu chose to do it in the shop, that is, this is the closest place to the 51st Military Defense Area guarding the south bank of the Huai River.

Niu Gu and they can wear the uniforms of the 51st Army and rob the devil's transport team in the name of the 51st Army, without letting the devil know that it was a good deed done by the Jiangbei Squadron of their loyal salvation army.

Besides, Lao Shan and a few veterans of the Northeast Army have already contacted the liaison office of the 51st Army, and they are still very hot.

With Lao Dan's relationship with them, when the time comes, if the Jiangbei squadron is in danger, the troops of the 51st Army close to this side will not be killed and not rescued, as long as the regular army can come to the rescue, their guerrillas will be very safe.

Now the last problem left to solve is how to get the devil transport team to travel to the predetermined ambush location according to their own wishes or time.

In the end, Niu Gu, Lao Dan Qi Yongqing and others agreed on a relatively stable plan and a preparatory plan, that is, a plan to make up for the failure of the first plan.

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Winter night, the winter night in the north of the Yangtze River, came very early, just after dinner, the sky was dark into a ball of ink, the temperature dropped quickly, some mules and horses, couldn't help but fight loudly.

As usual, a mule and horse squad under the baggage wing of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army had already made preparations before dinner, and all the ammunition and materials that were to be transported to the store tonight were loaded onto the cart.

Those supplies that need mules, horses and camels are also packed and stopped, and can only be put on the back of mules and horses when they set off after dinner. The mules and horses are also feasting on bean cake and forage.

After dinner, under the orders of the leader of the mule and horse transport squad, these devils began to work, and after resting for a day, they were full of energy and good physical strength, and they were easy to work.

Although the baggage unit is not very well received and valued in various countries, and it is also the most difficult branch of the military to be promoted, most of the baggage majors in military academies and universities are recruited every year under the quota and need to be adjusted to fill the quota.

A military unit like the Japanese army naturally looks down on the baggage troops, and some people with low ability, no background and connections, and even those who have lost battles on the front line may be sent to the baggage troops.

Therefore, the people in the baggage unit are miscellaneous, and many officers wilt all day long, have no way to make meritorious contributions, and have no hope of promotion, so they can only live a mixed life.

But there are some people who like to stay in the baggage troops, mainly some soldiers, who do not want to go to the battlefield to die, and staying in the baggage troops is at least much safer than the troops on the front line.

Another point, in the baggage troops, in addition to safety, although a little tired, but the usual treatment is good, what food, drink, clothing, can give priority to themselves, similar to the cooking class, you have to feed yourself first.

As long as it is not smooth (taking) too ruthlessly, it is generally not tracked down so much, and even if it is traced, it is said that the road has fallen or disappeared.

War years are not like peacetime, there is chaos everywhere, and it is normal for the baggage team to be attacked halfway, or in a hurry, drop something, the mule and horse car breaks down, and it cannot be transported at once, and the goods are not in order, which is very normal.

Anyway, these baggage officers have no hope of promotion, and they won't be so responsible, besides, this baggage team is doing dirty work and tiring work, saying that people are in a hurry, come to a foreign grinder, and it is useless to make you an official so anxious that it is useless to go to heaven.

Therefore, each line has its own unspoken rules, and the same is true for the baggage team.

After dinner, the devil transport mule and horse team that set off from dawn to the shop was actually the same, dozens of guards opened the way in front, and a few were left behind, and they went on the road together.

At night, even if it was very dark, they did not dare to light the road with a lantern or anything, but lit a wind lantern covered with cloth at the front, and then turned on a lamp every other way.

In this way, a long procession could follow the front, and when it came to the road near the riverbank, some of the lights had to be blown out, so that in case the other side saw a long line of lights, they would shoot and fire at them.

But in most cases, even if the other side can't see the lights clearly, they will shoot at the faint light and shoot a few cold shots.

Of course, the devils in the trenches here will also shoot back, and the two sides will crackle for a while, and the transport mule and horse team will take the opportunity to quickly slip away.

A little gunshot, naturally, can't alarm the mules and horses, these mules and horses, have seen a lot of this gunshot, as long as it is not the sound of terrible shells around the area, a little gunshot, they are used to it.

In fact, this section of the road is very safe, because it is very far away by the Mingguang River, it has to be several miles away, and ordinary bullets can hardly hit this side.

It's just that this light is too dazzling in the dark night, even if it is a wind lantern wrapped in white cloth, and the Chinese army on the other side of the Mingguang River will naturally fire a few cold shots when they see such a dazzling light.

Anyway, if you are idle at night, you will be idle, and if you hit a devil, you will earn it. Of course, in the middle of the night, this phenomenon is rare, and in the middle of the night everyone will be noisy to rest, and the sentinels themselves want to be quiet, so that they can focus on the surrounding situation.

This time, the devil's transport team went quite smoothly, and the other side was also very cooperative, there was no shooting, and it is estimated that the other side is also commonplace, and I don't want to play this boring game anymore.

The devil walked for nearly two hours in one breath, and was about to arrive at the shopkeeper, came to the three-forked river in front, crossed the bridge at Liuzhuang, and walked for half an hour, and then arrived at the shopkeeper immediately.

If it goes so well, it is estimated that the goods will be unloaded and rushed back immediately, and you can sleep well before the day, and the next day, you can use it to play cards and chat.