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Northeast Henan, due to the frequent diversion of the Yellow River in history, looks like an endless plain, but in fact the sand area is very large.

The Horse Cheek River is one of the nine major rivers dredged by Dayu when he controlled the water, and the water went straight into the sea. Because the upper is wide and the lower is narrow, the shape is like a horse's cheek, and it is named the Horse Cheek River.

After the Qin Dynasty, the ancient Mache River was annihilated due to the diversion of the Yellow River and the seizure of the Mache River, the current Mache River was excavated after the Tang Dynasty, the source is in Puyang Nanguan, connected with the Jindi River that originates from Xinxiang, flows northeast through Qingfeng, Nanle into Hebei, enters Shandong in Shen County, and flows to the sea in Wudi County in the northern part of Lubei, which mainly plays the role of flood distribution and transshipment by sea. By the late Ming Dynasty, due to the canal cutting off the Maji River, coupled with social unrest, the river was dredged and abandoned, and the Maji River was blocked. By 1933, the Shandong Provincial Department of Construction had re-dredged the Maji River, making it the main flood diversion channel in the area west of the canal, but there was no more shipping upstream.

At this time, the Maji River, because it is an artificial river, the river is about 4 zhang wide, but the weather is too dry, and it is the source area here, and the water volume is small.

During the Republic of China, the construction of highways basically relied on the official roads in the past, that is, the original official roads were widened. In order to save the cost of road construction, the construction of bridges should be minimized.

The highway from Nanle and Qingfeng to Puyang is on the west side of the Mache River. Because there is also a Zhulong River on the east side of the Mache River, which is a major tributary of the upper reaches of the Mache River, and is also the flood channel of the Yellow River, which flows into the Mache River in Qingfeng County. Between the two rivers, it is not suitable for road access, because it is necessary to build a bridge over the river.

At nine o'clock in the evening of June 2o, the main force of the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army left Puyang City, advanced about 1o kilometers to the north, and began to set up an ambush in the area of Hucun.

This is the beautiful downtown area of Puyang in later generations.

After the three platoons of the reconnaissance battalion reported on the situation, the march route of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade was very clear, and the main force of the 11th, 12th, and 14th Independent Infantry Brigades, as well as the brigade and regimental artillery, engineers, and baggage brigades, marched from north to south along the road. The 13th Independent Infantry Brigade and the Brigade Cavalry, which were originally deployed on the road between Wei County and Daimyo, moved south from Wei Town through Neihuang and detoured to Puyang City to cover the right flank of the main force.

This is also the marching pattern stipulated in the Japanese army's drill code, with the main force all the way and the flanks covering the whole way. In the event of an enemy situation, they can support each other.

What Xiao Siming wants to attack is the main marching column of the Japanese army's independent mixed fourth brigade!

The Japanese army's three infantry brigades, one brigade of 81o people, plus the brigade artillery team, engineer team, baggage team, more than 3ooo people, must have the front guard, the main force in the middle, and the rear guard, and the march ranks must be very long.

On the great plains, there is no shelter, and the troops cannot be ambushed on both sides like an ambush in the mountains, otherwise, it will be equivalent to cannibalism.

Xiao Siming deployed the three main regiments of the eastward advance detachment on the west side of the road, and the heavy machine gun battalion, the engineer battalion, the antiaircraft artillery battalion of the artillery regiment, and the antiaircraft machine gun battalion were all organized into the three regiments, ensuring that the firepower was dense and ferocious, and the enemy troops were brought down at the first opportunity.

The field artillery, mountain artillery, and infantry artillery of the artillery regiment set up positions behind the main ambush positions to ensure that the artillery fire could cover the entire area

The cavalry battalion was on guard on the western side of the battlefield to block reinforcements from the Japanese right flank.

The field hospital was set up in Hucun, and the guard battalion was mixed with an artillery company of the artillery regiment, which was responsible for garrisoning Hucun and undertaking the task of eliminating the Japanese army's top soldiers and blocking the head.

The tanks, armored vehicles, and 15o vehicles of the armored battalion were all lined up 500 meters on the west side of the road, and the light and heavy machine guns of various units were mounted on the front of the vehicles.

Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui set up the command post in the position of the Second Regiment in the middle of the ambush position, so as to facilitate the observation of the battlefield.

Upon arrival on the battlefield, the troops began to work in an intense and orderly manner.

The observers of the artillery regiment were busy on the road and in the fields on the west bank of the Maji River on the east side of the road, standardizing the shelling area, measuring various data for accurate artillery fire.

The infantry regiments and battalions were busy building improvised positions, camouflaged with branches, grass, and sorghum straw.

The communications battalion was busy pulling out telephone lines and connecting the command posts with the troops.

When the Tibetan Mountain Temple received the enemy, Xiao Siming was bare-handed, and the entire wounded squad was bare-handed. Now it is different, the company has won successive battles, and the capture is so great that it is unimaginable that the advance detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army is not short of weapons, ammunition, or equipment, and there is no shortage of telephones and wires in the communications company, which is enough to ensure the needs of the troops for combat communication and liaison.

Xiao Siming, Wang Lushui, and Hu Qingyun respectively went to the ambush positions of the three regiments to inspect them, and saw that the soldiers had woven camouflage nets with grass, sorghum seedlings, and absinthe, covering tanks, armored vehicles, automobiles, and artillery, and they were all integrated with the undulating small sand and autumn overgrown with wild plants on one side of the position.

Due to the high firepower, the units made simple fortifications on the ambush positions, which could cover the carefully camouflaged troops.

After the inspection, Xiao Siming, Wang Lushui, and Hu Qingyun returned to the command post behind Xiao Shaqiu, and reported to Wang Quanyou again to inquire about the movements of the Japanese army.

After Wang Quanyou called back to confirm that the Japanese army was continuing to march, Wang Lushui, Xiao Siming, and Hu Qingyun checked their watches, and saw that it was already half past 12 o'clock in the night, and the little devil should come up, so he ordered all troops to pay attention to concealment, and they were not allowed to open fire without an order.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!

At one o'clock in the evening, the northern sky showed light reflected by the flickering headlights.

The 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army is here!

This independent mixed Fourth Brigade may have too few tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles, which should be extraordinarily precious, and did not use tanks and armored vehicles as search teams, but used three motorcycles as search teams, and drove towards the location of the ambush position of the Eighth Route Army with their headlights on.

Continuous battles, continuous marches, the recruits who were assigned to the army during Leling's training, now have a certain amount of combat experience, crawling in the foxhole covered with grass and leaves without saying a word, farting has to be clamped, but the eyes are round, and the eyes are driving the devil's motorcycle from far and near, from the north side of the road, and then pass in front of his eyes, towards Hu Village.

When Xiao Siming received the enemy at the Tibetan Mountain Temple, Chen Desheng accompanied him to the Tibetan Mountain Temple to clean up the pilots and cooking soldiers left behind by the devils. Later, Chen Desheng has been serving as a guard squad leader, guard platoon leader, guard company commander, and guard battalion commander in Xiao Siming's department.

Tonight, Xiao Siming ordered the guard battalion to command the artillery company and take up the task of destroying the Japanese army's top soldiers and blocking the head because the guard battalion participated in the fighter meeting for a long time, which was not conducive to the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the troops.

This is the cruel Anti-Japanese War era, Xiao Siming doesn't want ceremonial soldiers and goods, he wants to temper his guard battalion into a first-class main battalion!

Isn't it interesting that the artillery company under the command of the guard battalion is waiting to destroy a few Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, but the little devil only comes with a few motorcycles?

It seems that in this ambush battle, the fighters of the artillery company are going to run in vain!

When the motorcycle of the devil soldier ran to the head of Hucun Village, the ghost soldier on the motorcycle saw that the village was quiet, and there was no difference between it and other villages passing by, so he didn't care, and fired a round with a machine gun, and then went directly into the village.

Who knows, less than 30 meters into the village, where the headlights shine, there is a wooden rafter on the first main road!

The devil rider on the first motorcycle hurriedly braked with a "squeak", and the second and third motorcycles followed suit.

Just when the devil soldiers were about to jump off the motorcycles and move away from the wooden rafters on the road, the soldiers of the guard battalion hidden on both sides of the road opened fire, and even the machine guns were useless.

Chen Desheng, the commander of the guard battalion, led the soldiers to rush out with the Wang Ba box in his left hand and the shell gun in his right hand, for fear that the little devil would not die completely, and asked the soldiers to make up for the little devil one by one with bayonets, so he waved his hand and ordered a squad of soldiers to get on the little devil's motorcycle, turn on the headlights, and drive in the direction of Puyang County.

The lights of the motorcycle flickered in the night sky, and the main force of the devil behind could be seen from miles away!

Chen Desheng, who is also born as a red ghost, has experienced a hundred battles, and it is definitely a piece of cake to deal with the devil soldiers of just three motorcycles, and he can trick the little devil to death!

After the devil's sharp soldiers, about half an hour later, the main marching column of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army independently mixed came up!

At the forefront was the avant-garde squadron of the Japanese army.

Five devil infantrymen, armed with rifles, walked about 5oo meters in front of the vanguard squadron.

It may be that there was no attack or resistance along the way, and the five devil infantry spearheads walked very fast and maintained the degree of rapid marching!

Coming out of the Wei River, when he walked here, the little devil should be very tired. However, looking at the posture of the five top soldiers of the Japanese army, the physical strength of the little devil is good, and there is no sign of fatigue at all, as if there is hot soup and snow-white rice dumplings waiting for them in Puyang County in front of them!

In fact, in the minds of the little devils, there are indeed hot soup, rice dumplings, pork, and chicken waiting for them in Puyang City, and even flower girls waiting for the Comfort Army!

There is no way, the personnel of the Eighth Route Army who stayed in Puyang City to guard the telephone and the post office receiver told the little devils on the phone and telegram, so they couldn't believe it!

About 3oo meters behind the avant-garde squadron were the other two infantry squadrons of the 11th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, as well as the artillery squadron, the machine gun squadron, and the transport squadron. The infantry column of three routes, followed by rubber-tyred carts with heavy baggage, and infantry guns pulled by pack horses, and heavy machine guns were placed on rubber-tyred carts.

Behind the 11th Independent Infantry Brigade is the artillery team of the 4th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, with pack horses pulling artillery wagons, and a gun is connected to each artillery cart, a total of four mountain guns and eight field guns, squeaky Niu Niu walking on the main road.