Sixty miles southwest of Xinzhou City, Dulong Mountain.

At this time, the cavalry regiment of the Reading Army was stationed near Dulong Mountain and Grass Mountain, and the cavalry regiment originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that the army was reinforcing Datong, and Jingle and other county towns were empty, and took the opportunity to recover Jingle and other places.

Unexpectedly, the army did not send troops to reinforce Datong at all, and the cavalry regiment's attack was frustrated. Zhang Mingyu ordered the cavalry regiment to move to the vicinity of Dulong Mountain to stand by.

Ma Liqun, as usual, sent cavalry sentry scouts to investigate the situation of the army, and Liu Hu, the cavalry squad leader, was ordered to rush to the Xinzhou area with three soldiers to investigate.

The four of them rode their horses and galloped towards Xinzhou, about half an hour, the four of them rushed to a forest near Qi Village through the path, Liu Hu left a soldier to watch the war horse, and then led the other two soldiers out of the woods to the side of the road on the outskirts of Qi Village.

One of the soldiers asked, "Squad leader, what information can we find out here?" ”

"What do you kid know, this highway is the only way for the devils in Xinzhou City to get out of the city, and the little devils will only start from this road if they have any movement." Liu Hu replied.

"The squad leader, what if the devil sets off from the railway?" Another soldier said, "Then we won't wait in vain, or let's go to the railroad and blow up a few rails for him to make some trouble for the dog." ”

"We don't have to take care of the railway, naturally there are guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army to block the little devils, according to the intelligence of the past two days, a large number of devils have been driven from Taiyuan and other places, and these devils must have to make a big move when they enter Xinzhou. The head of the regiment naturally has his reason for letting us come here. Let's honestly look at this. Liu Hu turned over as he spoke, and then said to the two: "You two stare at it, Lao Tzu will squint for a while." After saying that, he covered his face with a military hat and then fell asleep.

The two warriors hid themselves with leaves and dead grass, and then lay on their stomachs and stared at the road.

Just when the two of them were a little tired, suddenly some black spots appeared at the end of the road, and a soldier whispered: "Ergou, have you seen it, there is movement!" ”

"See!" The warrior named Ergou said, "It's Bian Sanwa." As they spoke, the devil's spearhead troops, three vehicles, and Bian Sandou had already driven in, less than five or six hundred meters away from them.

The devil light machine guns on the three buckets began to conduct fire reconnaissance on both sides, and the devil machine gunners aimed at Liu Hu, where they were, and there was a burst of short shots.

Ergou and another soldier hurriedly lowered their heads, and the bullet whistled over their heads, and a bullet directly knocked the military hat on Liu Hu's head like an eye.

Liu Hu turned over when he heard the gunshot, then lay on the ground and asked, "Ergou, what's the matter?" ”

"Squad leader, the spearhead of the little devils, they are conducting fire reconnaissance." After speaking, the second dog pointed to the highway.

Liu Hu quickly took out the binoculars from his waist, and he saw that the three side three-wheelers were constantly firing at both sides of the road at this time, and then a few birds flew out occasionally, and there was no movement.

Seeing that Bian Sanlun was about to come near them, Liu Hu pulled the two of them to retreat behind the dirt slope, lying in the grass and listening to the sound of the motorcycle engine rumbling past them.

After a few side three-wheeled rumbling past, Liu Hu and the three of them showed their heads again, listening to the sound of "da-da-da" from time to time, and a soldier said: "Squad leader, why don't we give him a shuttle?" Look at some dogs and say rampant. With that, he moved the submachine gun in his hand.

"Don't worry, these devils are just sharp soldiers who are not worth our fight, they are rats with big heads of wood in the back, let's see what the little devil is doing first, and I won't have a chance to do what he raised in the future." Liu Hu just finished speaking.

Ergou said in a low voice: "Squad leader, truck!" Little Devil Truck! As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of Xinzhou.

When Liu Hu heard this, he turned his head and saw an armored car in front of him driving the road, and the trucks behind him formed a long steel queue, slowly moving on the road.

Liu Hu said: "This must have come out of Xinzhou City, grandma's little devil is a truck and an armored car, and the pomp is really big!" ”

After passing by about 50 trucks, Liu Hu was taken aback when he saw about 20 army tanks with dog skin plasters rumbling towards them after the trucks. After the tanks were large groups of infantry.

And the infantry was followed by a large group of cavalry. Liu Hu and the others silently recorded that there were at least 20 times before and after the devil convoy like just now.

Judging from the fact that there are 30 crew members in a truck, the devils on the nearly 1,000 trucks alone are at least as many as two B-class divisions, plus the infantry and cavalry, they are definitely a full-fledged first-class division.

Liu Hu was taken aback when he realized this, and scolded: "The little devil who said the dog is going to attack Shuozhou, we have to report to the regiment commander quickly and ask him to report to the military seat." ”

In fact, Liu Hu didn't know that a heavy artillery brigade of the Yue Army had already marched along the railway towards Shuozhou. The three of them waited for all the troops to pass, and then quietly returned to the woods to fight the warrior, then turned on their horses and walked away.

The headquarters of the Dulongshan Cavalry Regiment.

"What do you say? Two first-class divisions with a large number of tanks and artillery? Ma Liqun exclaimed.

"Yes! The little devils dispatched at least 800 trucks this time, as well as a large number of cavalry, infantry and tanks. Liu Hu replied.

"Grandma is a bear, the little devil wants to attack Shuozhou." Ma Liqun said loudly: "The communication soldier immediately sent a telegram to the military seat and said that the little devil had gathered heavy troops to attack in the direction of our Shuozhou, and asked the military seat to respond in time, and also asked the military seat for the next combat mission of our cavalry regiment." ”

A communications soldier quickly finished taking notes on a notepad, and then snapped and said, "Yes!" ”

In fact, the cavalry regiment only detected the newly expanded 6th and 9th Divisions, and the cunning Ishihara Waner temporarily changed the marching route of the 114th and 18th Divisions, and asked them to attack by railway in the direction of Shuozhou Datong.

In order to completely wipe out the Reading Force at one time, the base camp of the Yue Army mobilized nearly 300 tanks and armored vehicles to strengthen the divisions and regiments participating in the battle, and what Liu Hu saw was part of it.

The infantry of the three divisions has also been greatly strengthened, with nearly 30,000 logistics personnel in each division and regiment, and although the strength of the troops dispatched this time is about the same as last time, the firepower has been greatly strengthened. And there are also heavy artillery brigades and air force flying regiments.

Huairen County Reading Army Military Department.

Zhang Mingyu sat in the command headquarters with a coat, reviewing the list of various materials, Zhang Mingyu was tired during this time, the chief of staff Liu Cheng was not there, and he was responsible for all the big and small logistics of the reading army.

If you don't personally understand Zhang Mingyu, you really don't know the difficulties of logistics work, and Reading Lijun now has to deal with a large number of refugees who have migrated out of Datong City, and it is a headache for the refugees to eat every day.

A rush of footsteps sounded, Zhang Mingyu looked up and saw that Fang Jun, the captain of the communications team of the military headquarters, walked in with a heavy face with a telegram in his hand.

Seeing Zhang Mingyu, Fang Jun immediately stood upright, and then took the telegram in his hand and said: "Military seat, the cavalry regiment sent a telegram saying that the army had gathered heavy troops from Xinzhou and was attacking Ningwu and other places. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Mingyu suddenly stood up, took the message from Fang Jun's hand, and read it for himself. Then he frowned and said: "The little devil is really good at picking the time, he actually gathered two first-class divisions and a large number of tanks." ”

"Immediately summon the officers of the first and third divisions and above to come to the meeting!" Zhang Mingyu put the message in his hand on the desk, and said to the other party.

"Yes!" Fang Jun agreed. He immediately took the order and left.

Tongpu railway branch line Xinzhou to Datong section, a hill called mustard seed mountain.

A group of soldiers in gray military uniforms are hurrying forward under the leadership of an officer. The person at the head is Liu Dehua, who fought devils with Zhang Mingyu in Shanxi. Now Liu Dehua is already the captain of the Tongpu Anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment.

The more than 300 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army behind him were the first detachment of the Tongpu detachment, and at this time he was about to sabotage the Devil's Railway with the first detachment.

Liu Dehua kept waving to the soldiers behind him and said, "Comrades, keep up!" ”

As the group was walking, two soldiers from a sharp squad responsible for exploring the road in front of them hurriedly ran over. When he saw Liu Dehua, he immediately reported: "Captain, it's not good, the devil has strengthened the defense of the railway!" ”

"What's going on? Take your time. Liu Dehua said.

"We were ordered to reconnoiter under the leadership of the squad leader, but we found that in addition to the puppet army in the past, there were a large number of devil cavalry on both sides of the railway, and they seemed to be protecting something." One of the fighters replied.

"Devil cavalry? Where's your class leader? Liu Dehua asked.

"The squad leader is with cow eggs, and they are not far ahead." The fighter replied.

Liu Dehua ordered in a low voice to the back: "Captain I, you lead the first detachment to hide on the spot!" I'll go to the front and take a look! ”

"Yes!" A tall, dark-skinned man stepped forward.

Liu Dehua said to the soldier: "Lead the way, let's go and see!" ”

"Yes!" The soldier stepped forward, and immediately turned around and led Liu Dehua and them quietly wiped away towards a forest in front of them.

After Liu Dehua left, the tall man waved his hand and said, "Comrades hide on the spot!" When more than 300 warriors heard the order, they immediately dispersed and took refuge in the dead grass and woods by the roadside.

Liu Dehua took a few soldiers and the reconnaissance squad leader to turn, and Liu Dehua asked, "Is there any movement of the little devil?" ”

"Not yet," the squad leader pointed to the devil cavalry on both sides of the railway line and said, "But looking at this posture, the little devil must have important people or important arms and other materials to pass through." ”

Liu Dehua took the telescope and carefully observed the devils on both sides of the railway line, and said while watching: "Is there any big move by his grandmother's little devil making such a big move?" ”

Suddenly, the squad leader's voice sounded: "Captain, look, train!" ”

Liu Dehua looked at it as he said, only to see the locomotive "roaring" with white smoke and rumbling forward.

At the same time as the train arrived, a large number of devil trucks appeared along the railway road, and behind the armored vehicles there were tank cars, and then there were devil infantry.

Liu Dehua didn't have time to arrive to be surprised, he found that after the locomotive rumbled by, there were all flatbed cars behind him, and although the behemoth on the flatbed was covered by a canvas, he could still see that under the canvas was definitely a super-large caliber heavy artillery.

Seeing these battles of devils, Liu Dehua immediately dispelled the little devils who were still thinking about how to knock down the dogs just now, but the facts showed that these devils were not something that his small team could shake at all.

The squad leader next to him was also a little shocked, and he asked, "Captain, there are so many little devils, could it be that they are going to fight Yan'an?" ”

Liu Dehua thought for a while and said: "No, the little devil doesn't need to use so many troops if he wants to attack Yan'an, Yan'an is blocked by mountains, and the mechanization of the little devil can't play an advantage at all." ”

"Then what are they going to do when they gather so many troops, you see there are so many Iron Kings!" The squad leader said.

"From here to the west, Datong, read the army!" Liu Dehua suddenly realized: "It turns out that the little devil wants to fight the Reading Army!" ”

"Datong? Isn't that the territory of the [***] Reading Army? The squad leader said.

"That's right, they're just going to fight the reading force, otherwise the devils of the dog will definitely not have to be so excited!" Liu Dehua said.

"So what are we going to do? Is it withdrawn? The squad leader said: "Anyway, they are going to fight the white dogs, and we have nothing to do." The squad leader's parents died at the hands of the Kuomintang because they covered the Red Army, and he hated the Kuomintang so much that he traveled thousands of miles from the northwest of Jiangxi to join the Eighth Route Army.

"It's so lively, how can Lao Tzu not join in the fun! As I said, Zhang Mingyu is different from other [***], and the reading force he leads is a team that is truly patriotic and resistant. Now is the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, [***] said that our Eighth Route Army must unite all forces that can be united to defend the country! Liu Dehua said.

"What do you mean?" The squad leader asked.

"Let's go back and gather the troops first!" After Liu Dehua finished speaking, he turned around and walked back to the original road.

After the round of a detachment, Liu Dehua immediately convened a meeting of several backbones, Liu Dehua first said: "This large-scale operation of the Yue Army, want to eliminate the Reading Army in one fell swoop, as a friendly army, we should do our part to help them, so I decided that a squad leader will take a squad to Datong to quickly rush to Datong to inform the action of the Reading Army." Let them prepare early. ”

As soon as Liu Dehua finished speaking, the big captain was suddenly unhappy, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Captain, the devil is fighting the Kuomintang, why should we report to them." ”

Although several backbones did not speak, they clearly agreed with the big man's statement.

Liu Dehua said impatiently: "Zhu Dashan, I don't want to explain so much to you now, if the Reading Force is wiped out by the devils, it will also be our Chinese national defense strength that will be lost, and once the devils solve the Reading Army, they will be able to free up their hands to carry out a sweep of our Eighth Route Army's base areas." At that time, it will be our Eighth Route Army that will suffer heavy losses! So we're helping ourselves as well.

Now that the national crisis is at hand, we should abandon our personal grievances, and unite with the enemy at gunpoint. ”

Zhu Dashan was speechless by Liu Dehua's words, but he was silent.

Liu Dehua said: "First squad leader, you must send the intelligence to the reading force in time, remember that this is the task given to you by the organization, and you must complete the task!" ”

"Yes! Rest assured, the captain is guaranteed to complete the task! The first squad leader said with a bang. He immediately left with a dozen soldiers.

(To be continued)