Although everyone was hungry, they also knew that the battle order was inviolable, but even in the middle of the march, everyone seemed weak.

Along the destroyed highway, in fact, it is chasing the devil's ass, heading towards Luodian, this way I saw a lot of blood stains and corpses, from time to time there will be ** soldiers cleaning the battlefield on the road, just approaching Luodian, I heard the sound of guns inside and outside the town more and more loud, as if it was right in front of you.

Xiao Linghu hurriedly ordered the troops to stop, and sent Yizhimei to the front to check the situation, and after a while, Yizhimei ran back and told Xiao Linghu: "The devil is besieging Luodian in front, our people are besieged on three sides, and they are retreating from the south!" ”

Xiao Linghu was stunned, and the Japanese also adopted the same tactics as them, encircling three and missing one, just to facilitate the capture of this town that had become a ruin as soon as possible.

"Are we still fighting?" Lin Jinghan came to Xiao Linghu's face.

Xiao Linghu hesitated, according to the order of the regiment commander, it was for their battalion to rush to Luodian to reinforce it, but at this time, the ** in the town could no longer withstand the three-sided siege of the devils, and was withdrawing, to put it bluntly, it was to abandon Luodian, and their battalion would go in again, which would undoubtedly be sending them to death.

"Xiao Yang!" Xiao Linghu shouted.

Yang Gensheng hurriedly ran over from behind.

"You should rush to Heqiao immediately now, report the situation here to the regiment commander, and say that our battalion has reached the periphery of Luodian, but Luodian has been abandoned, and we are waiting for his order here."

Yang Gensheng agreed and ran away quickly.

He is a person here, and he is very familiar with this place, even if he plugs in the path, he can go a lot faster than others.

Meng Fanwei said unhappily: "Since Luodian has been abandoned, what are we still doing here?" We should go back to Panjia Village. ”

"Yes!" At this time, Tian Dahai also came over and rarely helped Meng Fanwei.

Xiao Linghu shook his head and said meaningfully: "Xiao Meng, you should also know that our ** war, we have always fought more vigorously than the tiger, but if we fight against the war, we will be weaker than the sheep, and we will only run away." At this time, as long as the devils chase from behind, they will have to catch a lot of them. ”

"Do you still want to take our battalion to block the attack?" Meng Fanwei asked.

Xiao Linghu said: "If we really have to cover the retreat of our friendly troops, then there is no way to do it, we must obey the military orders from above." ”

Meng Fanwei said unhappily: "As far as your consciousness is high, you don't treat your brothers as human beings." ”

Xiao Linghu was stunned, knowing that he had resentment in his heart, he thought about it, and didn't bother to argue with him anymore.

At this time, Sha Wenhua took Zhang Shun to Xiao Linghu's face, looked at Luodian Town with fires and explosions in the distance, and said to Xiao Linghu: "Company commander, when we came over just now, we saw the devil's mortar position, which is over there!" As he spoke, he pointed to a high slope to the northeast, a fork of the Lianqi River, but the embankment was much taller than elsewhere.

When Xiao Linghu came over with a battalion just now, Sha Wenhua and Zhang Shun were not in their team, they passed through the cotton fields and came diagonally, taking a lot less than them.

As he was talking, he saw a "rumbling" sound coming from the embankment, as if it was thunder, and the eardrums of the people who shook followed it buzzed, which was the roar of the devil's mortar.

I saw a lot of firelight flickering, and in this evening, like a ghost, it rushed straight to Luodian Town, which was three hundred meters away, and the formation seemed to be a galloping of thousands of horses. With experience, Xiao Linghu guessed that these devils had at least seven or eight mortars.

The power of the mortar is naturally not as good as the devil's mountain artillery, but in the south of the Yangtze River, the land of the water network, especially after the rain, the road is muddy and difficult to walk, even if the devil has a mule to pull the cannon, it is very difficult to walk, so the really easy to use is this kind of mortar, which is very convenient for dismantling, and can be disassembled at any time to take away with the infantry.

This group of devils may have been anxious to show their combat ability, and after the rapid march, the tanks and other heavy weapons were left behind, and all the mortars carried by the various units were gathered together, and the power of the fire was comparable to that of heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100 millimeters.

Seeing that every shell falling on the ruins of Luodian will raise a puff of smoke, I don't know how many ** dead souls will be added under that cannonball.

"Let's go and see!" Xiao Linghu took the opportunity to go to the tunnel, and at the same time ordered the soldiers of the whole battalion to rest in concealment, and also to prevent being discovered by devils.

Fortunately, it was already dark at this time, and the light was not as good as during the day, but it was not until it was completely dark, and it was not until after seven o'clock in the evening.

Under the leadership of Sha Wenhua and Zhang Shun, Xiao Linghu and Yizhi Mei quickly crossed a cotton field and came to the embankment of the Chahe River, where a group of devil artillerymen could be seen from a distance busy firing mortars, and the cannon rumbled, one after another, without the intention of stopping for a moment.

The position of this mortar was 300 meters away from Luodian, and 300 meters away from the place where they had just come, hidden in the river embankment, and they cut down all the reeds in the river embankment, forming an open flat land, and there was a tall river embankment to block it, which was indeed a natural artillery position. The shells flew over the embankment and rushed straight to Luodian in front, and could not withstand the slightest counterattack from the direction of Luodian.

Xiao Linghu counted carefully, there were as many as nine of these mortars.

"It's weird, these devil artillerymen are so fucking bold!" Yizhimei muttered in a low voice.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but ask, "What did you find again?" ”

Yizhimei glanced back at him rarely, a little surprised that this kid didn't contradict him today, but he still explained: "Didn't you see it? They only have artillery, and they don't even have infantry to protect them on the side, do you say they are bold? ”

Zhang Shun was stunned and did not answer.

Xiao Linghu said: "These devils have always been like this, and in their eyes, we Chinese are vulnerable. ”

Sha Wenhua pointed to a forest near the artillery position in the distance and said, "There are a few devils over there, there may be their troops." ”

Xiao Linghu looked at his fingers, there were only a few willow trees with crooked necks in the woods, forming a shade, looking like a piece from a distance, under the shade of those trees, there were indeed more than a dozen devil soldiers, sitting lazily on the ground, holding guns in their hands, leaning against the trees, as if they were sleeping.

It was just a small detachment.

The devils only use a small detachment to protect their nine mortars, which is not arrogant, but really confident.