The preparatory battalion left the military headquarters of the 27th Army and embarked on the main road, which is said to be a big road, but in fact, it is a relatively smooth and wide dirt road, and the troops will inevitably produce a lot of dust when they walk on the road, but fortunately, the dirt road is very wide and well maintained, so that the tanks and armored vehicles of the assault column can drive over, so the assault column chose this marching route.

The marching column of the preparatory battalion was headed by the first company, and the first company sent some people to search in the front, and the rest of the personnel marched normally in the rear, marching with guns on their backs.

Zhang Wei and a company walked together, the military headquarters of the 27th Army was in a deserted village, there was no population on the side of the road, the road was very quiet, and both sides of the road were deserted villages and vegetation, Zhang Wei just taught a ruffian, and after getting on the road, he talked and laughed with Qiu Wei for a while, such a stupid person, the two of them haven't seen each other for a long time, as for the ruffian, he was beaten by their officer, and the ruffian was stabbed by Zhang Wei on his hand, and he was beaten by his own commander with a fat beating, and the beaten rolled while begging for mercy, that scene, What a miserable word, those ruffians didn't dare to breathe when they were frightened.

The friendly officer almost shot the ruffian, and the bullets were all loaded, and according to the rules, this thing was enough to be shot on the charge of making trouble for the commander, and in addition to this, he was guilty of making trouble and making a commotion at the same time. A sergeant went to make things difficult for a major battalion commander, and in the end Zhang Wei interceded, although this soldier ruffian was stupid and hateful, but he would not be shot.

In the words of Zhang Wei and the friendly officer: "Save a bullet and give it to the little devil"

The final result of the treatment was that the sergeant became a private from the end to the end, and was sent away to carry the ammunition box, and this stupid soldier ruffian can be regarded as picking up a life.

On the wide road, the march of the whole battalion was smooth, the rear guard was the third company, and the heavy equipment of the assault column commanded by Qiu Maniac marched and followed up a mile behind the preparatory battalion.

Their marching formation was much larger than that of the infantry of the preparatory battalion, with horse-drawn anti-aircraft guns, chariots, armored vehicles, and columns of cars.

A large amount of heavy equipment followed the troops, and the engines of cars and tanks made a loud noise, causing dust to fly on the roads, and the cars were loaded with ammunition, food, oil, and the wounded of the entire assault column. Among them were wounded soldiers from the preparation battalion.

The preparation battalion suffered more than half of the casualties in the battle of eastern Henan, and the wounded soldiers were sent to the friendly army hospital nearby, Qiu Maniac took all these wounded soldiers when he left, and pulled them away by car, this kind of wounded soldiers who have fought are the most precious, a soldier who has experienced a big war and has not died, is definitely a valuable wealth in the army, the wounded soldiers are injured lightly and severely, and the cars transporting the wounded soldiers have set up a canopy, so as to give the wounded soldiers a better rest environment as much as possible.

The most troublesome thing is still those tanks, the tanks are very expensive, the failure rate is not low, the tanks are carefully driving, and they have to be prepared for maintenance, the tank may break down after a period of time, the T26 given by the Soviets is okay, it is more leathery, the most difficult to use is the Italian-made tank, the body is small, but it is not easy to serve, the engine is always stalled, and it will break down if it enters a little sand.

These Italian vehicles have a high failure rate, weak firepower, and thin armor, and the most troublesome thing for the armored soldiers of the assault column is these Italian light tanks, the only advantage is the flexibility and concealment during combat.

"The formation behind this is really big enough." Qiu Wei looked at the smoke and dust behind the preparatory camp and sighed.

"That's for sure, they're all big guys." Zhang Wei is looking at the indomitable road ahead.

"There's not a lot of people in this place, and we haven't met anyone after walking for so long." Zhang Wei raised the binoculars, except for the company of soldiers who opened the road in front, it could be said that there was no one at all.

"Qiu Wei, give an order to the second and third companies behind, pay attention to controlling the distance from the main force of the column, keep in touch, and prevent the distance from being too far!"

"Yes!"

The route of the entire assault column is to march south of Lanfeng, directly to Xinyang, now is the period of war, the place where they set off is an abandoned village, that place after years of war, it is already sparsely populated, so the march is more convenient, there is no trouble and obstacles, at the beginning of the road, there is no encounter with people at all, but as the march continues, slowly, people began to appear.

It is a time of war, behind every major battle, not only a large number of army movements and massive casualties, but also the transfer of thousands of ruins and refugees, civilians, when the preparatory battalion marched for a distance, pedestrians began to appear on the road, and as the troops advanced, more and more.

In the crowd, there were people fleeing with their families, as well as students in school uniforms, carrying huge bookcases, walking forward step by step.

All kinds of transportation, donkey carts, horse-drawn carts, and even trolleys, are difficult to travel on the road, and some cars, some of which are loaded with a large number of boxes of goods, and the goods are stacked high beyond the height of the carriages, and some cars are occupied by people, and the cars are driving in the middle of the road, and on both sides are crowds and various animal forces.

There are also many people who rush to rush on the main road, rushing to walk in front of the car, all kinds of noise and the sound of cars and animal power are intertwined, and the dead can be seen on both sides of the road, which is really a tragic scene.

"The road ahead is not easy to walk, and it is getting more and more chaotic." Qiu Wei said.

"It's good to be able to walk, I'm afraid that the people and cars in front of me will block the road, and it will be broken, and I won't even have to go when the time comes." Zhang Wei looked at the people in front of him who were advancing at the speed of "turtle climbing", and couldn't help but worry.

"Let the search soldiers in front of you speed up and report the situation!" Zhang Wei sent a herald forward, and sent someone to inform the main force of the column behind of the road conditions, and advised them to slow down appropriately to avoid congestion.

A large number of people in Wuyang and Wuyang in front of them feel upset no matter how they look at it, and walking behind these people, no matter how they hurry, the speed of the march will be greatly reduced.

The herald went over to look for it and called back the searcher in front, and the searcher panted and reported the situation ahead to Zhang Wei.

The convoy is stuffed with people, people are crowded, cars are crowded, all blocked, and some can't walk, just sit down in place, about to block the main road, the cars and people on the main road, not yet on both sides of the road people fast, the main road on the dry people and cars, is no longer the speed of the turtle climbing, but almost a state of stagnation a little bit of rubbing forward.

The last thing Zhang Wei wanted to see was that the main road was almost blocked, which also meant that the heavy equipment of the assault column would have no way out.