The preparatory battalion moved forward, and the outline of Xinyang City finally appeared in Zhang Wei's eyes, the city wall and the periphery of the warning points, the guard troops were all available, and the situation outside Xinyang City was not optimistic, and the refugees who fled continued to pour in, and there were scattered soldiers inside, almost all in and out.

Machine guns were erected near the city gates and on the city walls, and clips were set up to look heavily guarded.

While the assault column was waiting outside, there was a commotion of considerable scale outside the city gates, and even shots were fired, and all the troops were retreating, and there were many deserters and stragglers who were separated by the chaos.

Some of these people walked alone, some in groups of three or five, fled with the ranks of the people, these soldiers all had guns in their hands, outside the city gate was a crowded place, the rout tried to rob the property, but the result was shot, people were already fleeing, as soon as they heard the gunshot, they blew up the nest at that time.

Fortunately, the defenders of the city gate pressed in time and did not cause greater harm.

"It's here!"

Zhang Wei looked at the outline of the city not far away and said, the last part of the march was not strenuous, relatively speaking, it was relatively easy, Zhang Wei carried the captured flower machine gun, and said in a deep voice.

The Japanese army's flower machine has fierce firepower, and it is very useful at close range, and Zhang Wei was deeply impressed by the battle just now, and the five flower machine guns are comparable to two light machine guns at close range, and they can beat people up without raising their heads.

This batch of flower machine guns is an imitation of the MP18i model, and a total of five were captured in the battle, and Zhang Wei simply picked one to use.

Zhang Wei used to use two guns before, a German original shell gun, and a captured Japanese army Horse brand gun, needless to say, it was a first-class good gun.

The barge gun is an original German factory and is well-made, but the volume is too large, the recoil is not small, and there are many inconveniences when using it.

Zhang Wei tried the gun on the road, and Zhang Wei felt that this flower machine was very handy, and it was quick to get started, unlike a rifle that requires strict training to play well.

The flower mechanism learns to load, switch the safety, and this gun can be played, even if it is a person who has no foundation in the use of firearms at all, after training for half a day, he can completely pull it up and fight.

When encountering people at close range, they will be beaten, and they will rain bullets, which is quite good.

So Zhang Wei's personal weapon had an extra gun, and the flower mechanism was carried by the herald who was always with him.

"The whole battalion stops advancing, I will go to see the column leader, let the column leader negotiate, Qiu Wei will take care of the troops, be careful of plainclothes!"

"Yes"

Zhang Wei handed over the troops to Qiu Wei, turned around and went to the main force of the assault column at the rear of the preparation battalion, and now that he has arrived at his destination, the next communication and liaison must be done by Qiu Maniac.

After reaching the periphery of Xinyang, the preparatory battalion stopped marching, and the main force of the column also stopped, and the column had many heavy equipment, which would definitely not be able to enter the city, and must be stationed in the field.

Qiu Maniac's column headquarters was set up on the car, radio and communication equipment, and the personnel were all stationed in the rear compartment of the car, with the carriage tarpaulin as a cover, and temporary steel plates were erected on the railings on both sides of the carriage to protect the vehicle, and the tank and armored vehicle units were behind the column headquarters.

When Zhang Wei rushed over, Qiu Maniac was communicating in the back compartment, and Zhang Wei waited for ten minutes before finishing the matter.

"Report to the captain of the column, there is Xinyang ahead, what should we do next?" As soon as the madman Qiu finished reading the telegram, he first called Zhang Wei into the carriage, which was covered by a green military tarpaulin, which was much cooler than the outside.

"It's hard work, it's almost the same as the coordination of friendly forces, the whole column is marching to the west side of Xinyang, and stationed on the spot!"

"Garrison? Is there a troop to pick up? Zhang Wei asked.

Madman Qiu nodded and said, "Yes, the troops of the Seventeenth Army Corps, the people of the First Army have withdrawn and are stationed on the periphery of Xinyang for training, so we are going to cooperate with them." ”

"Understood." It seems that Madman Qiu has settled the matter.

"Column leader, our assault column has just withdrawn, and now we have to cooperate with them, what is the situation in the battle?" Zhang Wei now made clear the new order, the whole column will be assigned to the 17th Army Corps, but he does not know the next combat trends and the current battle situation.

"The Japanese army broke through from the front line of Shangqiu, and the besieged 14th Division was supported, and launched a counterattack on our army's Henan East Corps, and now all the armies have begun to retreat, and there has been a melee with the Japanese army, the Japanese army has attacked Lanfeng and southern Henan at the same time, Xinyang will also be attacked sooner or later, we have a lot of heavy equipment, Shangfeng told us to withdraw to Xinyang, rest, and then assigned to the 17th Army Corps to defend."

"The Japanese army is about to break through to Xinyang?" Zhang Wei asked in surprise.

"No, you don't have to worry about this, our rest time is not short, with the current speed of the Japanese army's advance and the number of heavy equipment, it's still early, and our blocking troops along the way are not dry, and the road is not easy to walk, not a month, can't get by."

The Japanese troops attacking from Shangqiu carried a lot of automobiles, chariots and armored vehicles, and the assault column was close to Xinyang, so they arrived in advance and hurriedly.

The Japanese army was impossible, it was far away, the size of the troops was large, the artillery equipment was many, and the Chinese army was blocked, and the road conditions and terrain in Henan were also a problem for their large army march, so Qiu Maniac was very confident to give Zhang Wei relief.

Hearing what the madman Qiu said, Zhang Wei was a lot relieved, since he had a month's time, the troops could still get a good rest and recuperate, waiting for another battle.

"By the way, Zhang Wei, you encountered the Japanese army in civilian clothes before?"

Zhang Wei had previously sent a herald to report the matter of the Japanese army's plainclothes to Qiu Maniac, but he did not elaborate.

"Yes, the Japanese plainclothes soldiers were shooting people, and when I heard the gunshots, I immediately led people up and knocked them out."

"Sir, these Japanese soldiers use our army's weapons, disguised as ordinary people, and their combat quality is extremely high, and they switch between attack and defense quickly.

"I think the Japanese army must have sent many such raiding troops, infiltrated our defense line, and even mixed into the rear of our army to sneak attack and create chaos!"

Madman Qiu said with a solemn face: "Well, this matter cannot be taken lightly, the organizational strength of our army is not good, the retreat is often a chaos, the troops compete with each other, the organization is disorderly, if the Japanese army takes the opportunity to make chaos, it will inevitably cause more chaos and even defeat of our army." ”

"Zhang Wei, you go back immediately, the First Army has sent people to meet us, the whole column is advancing to the periphery of Xinyang, and the friendly army is converged, it is estimated that at this time, their people should have arrived, the situation of the Japanese army in plain clothes, I will go to report to Shangfeng again, you now immediately go to guide the whole column to contact the people of the First Army, and follow them to the designated position!"

Qiu Qingquan ordered with a serious face.

"Yes!"

In fact, this method of play has been used many times by the Japanese army, and during the retreat phase of the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army sent a lot of plainclothes followers to harass.

In the Battle of Nanjing, the first shot of the teaching corps was fired in an engagement with the Japanese army disguised as the national army.

The Japanese army disguised themselves as national troops, mixed with the retreating 87th Division stragglers, and when passing through the defense area of the teaching corps, they engaged in a fierce battle with an infantry battalion of the teaching corps, and the teaching corps paid a lot of losses before repulsing it.

The Japanese army, in the retreat stage of the Warring States Army in Lanfeng, repeated its old trick again, using this tactic of infiltrating and harassing small forces to cooperate with its grand strategic attack, so as to deal a greater blow to the Chinese army.