After the combat meeting, the instructor's units began to move rapidly that night, went to the designated place to hide and wait, and waited for the 10th Division to come and send him to death.

It was only more than 50 miles from Binxian to Huimin, and Hu Laohu led the cavalry traveling army to arrive in two hours. At this time, the organs of the Jilu Border Administration have been transferred with the troops, and Huimin County has also implemented a strong wall to clear the wilderness, and the residents in the county have been evacuated and transferred, and only the county brigade is still sticking to the county seat, ready to wait for the devils to come and fight before withdrawing.

Seeing the arrival of the cavalry brigade, the cadres and soldiers of the county brigade cheered, thinking that the cavalry brigade was here to defend the county seat of Huimin, and they were all smiling.

Hu Laohu had already received accurate information by the time he came, and the Third Brigade and the Second Brigade of the Devil Cavalry had already entered Qingyun on the afternoon of the 11th. But there are two highways from Qingyun to Huimin, one is Qingyun to Huimin via Yangxin, and the other is from Qingyun to Huimin via Wudi and Yangxin. Of course, there is also a highway in Qingyun that goes directly to Binxian County through Wudi. Therefore, what will happen to the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, which has the strongest mobility of the devils, needs further investigation.

When Liu Yimin gave Hu Laohu's order, he asked Hu Laohu to choose the ambush location next to the highway at the junction of Huimin and Yangxin, considering that Huimin was the location of the Hebei-Lu Border Military Region and the administrative office, and the Seventh Brigade of the Devil's Reading Force was stationed in Huimin at that time. The devil will definitely think that the Eighth Route Army wants to guard the people no matter what, and it is impossible to give up the people without firing a shot. It is very likely that the devil will prepare for a heavy siege of Huimin, and then divide his troops to cooperate with the 10th Division to attack Binxian after taking Huimin. It was precisely based on this consideration that Liu Yimin asked the cavalry brigade to go north overnight, ambushed in advance, and prepared to clean up the third brigade of the Devil's Rush Vanguard Cavalry on the North Road.

Considering that the county brigade was all infantry and could not play much role in the battle to eliminate the third brigade of the devil cavalry, and the practical significance of holding on to the county seat of Huimin was not great, and it could only cause unnecessary sacrifices, Hu Laohu asked the county brigade to leave two comrades who were familiar with the terrain to lead the way for the cavalry brigade, and the troops were quickly transferred.

Hu Laohu thought about it, and felt that the Third Brigade of the Devil Cavalry was likely to rely on its strong mobility to penetrate Huimin from Qingyun through Yangxin, opening the way for the large army to seize Huimin. Therefore, the troops were ordered to continue their advance and set up an ambush between Ogiso and Toshin.

After arriving at Dongxin Village, Hu Laohu observed the terrain with his eyes. In fact, the terrain is not very beautiful, and only villages can be used as a defensive fulcrum in the large plains.

After Hu Laohu looked at the terrain, he decided to eliminate the Third Brigade of the Devil Cavalry here. Because there are two major roads in Dongxin intersecting, and the main roads have been dug into trenches by the common people, a little camouflage can conceal the troops and build a crossfire position. And since the main road was dug into a trench, the little devil cavalry would never dare to gallop in the trenches where mines were often laid, and they must have marched in the fields. The vast field between the two moats is the graveyard of the little devils.

After making up his mind, Hu Laohu ordered a regiment and a battalion to immediately go out 20 miles to hide and take on the task of luring the enemy. Ordered the troops to reduce the western slope of the trench destroyed by the civilians to facilitate the charge, and then ordered the troops to rest in concealment.

After receiving the order, Zhu Quanle, commander of the 1st Cavalry Battalion, and Zheng Yao, instructor, led the 1st Battalion to Liu Village, Dikou, in the west of Yangxin County, which is the intersection of the highway from Qingyun to Huimin and Leling to Huimin.

Zhu Quanle and Zheng Yao have a lot of experience in luring the enemy, and last time in Langfang, they killed the cavalry wing of the first division with one battalion. However, the Devil Cavalry Wing of the Infantry Division had only two or three cavalry squadrons, and its main task was search and reconnaissance. It is a professional cavalry unit, under the jurisdiction of two cavalry wings and a cavalry artillery wing, each cavalry wing has four cavalry squadrons, a machine gun squadron, an artillery squadron, plus baggage, engineer troops, the whole brigade has a total of 5,600 soldiers, equipped with 5,668 military horses, 3,705 infantry guns, 12 heavy machine guns, 36 field artillery and other weapons and equipment, is a standard rapid attack force.

After arriving at Liu Village at the embankment, Zhu Quanle sent scouts and contacted the militia to help them reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and then planted mines and explosives packs on the main road, and ambushed the three cavalry companies in sections, preparing to block and cover alternately. He led the fire support company to follow the company's action, preparing to give the devil a greeting.

After the troops were deployed, Zhu Quanle ordered to rest in concealment, restore the horse's foot strength, and prepare to fight. He and Zheng Yao also spread out two bundles of wheat straw and lay on them to rest.

Zheng Yao couldn't sleep, lying down and counting the stars in the sky, one, two, three, four, and kept counting, counting Zhu Quanle was upset, so he asked Zheng Yao what was going on, did he miss the girl.

Zheng Yaosuo sat up, took out a pack of cigarettes, gave one to Zhu Quanle, lit one himself, and said slowly: "Old Zhu, the division commander said that this third cavalry brigade has a cavalry artillery wing, and I calculated that its cavalry artillery wing has at least 2,000 people. In this case, tomorrow we must fight quickly and leave as soon as we get wet, and we can't give the little devils a chance to start fire. Otherwise, the devil's cannon alone will make us unable to eat and walk around. ”

Zhu Quanle smiled when he heard it: "I said Lao Zheng, didn't you listen to the division commander, this cavalry artillery wing is actually an artillery wing that strengthens the firepower of the Devil's Northern Front troops." Under normal circumstances, it will be directly under the direct command of Okamura Ninji, and it is impossible to walk with the two cavalry wings of the devil. It doesn't matter if it's a peer, its speed can't keep up with two cavalry wings. When we had finished our mission to lure the enemy, we went around and ran to them, but those guys didn't have rifles or sabers, so we found them and taught them to become headless without firing a shot. ”

Zheng Yao said: "I'm thinking, our instructor has few casualties in the war, but the consumption of ammunition is too great, the arsenal in Shaanxi has been bombed, and our arsenal equipment is too late to load, so we can only reload ammunition for the time being." It would be nice to be able to get the devil's arsenal, and everything else is easy to say, this cannonball is too precious. ”

Zhu Quanle pondered for a long time, and then he realized that the instructor was thinking about a big matter, and began to worry about the division commander, so he smiled and said: "Okay, old man, you don't have to worry about the division commander, there are many shells, one can be reloaded, the second one has captured so many in Qingdao, and bought so many, and the third Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade has also captured a lot at the Guantai Ferry." I wondered, we have more shells. Besides, when the sweep of the devils is repelled and the arsenal can produce normally, it will be no problem to meet our needs. However, you're right, go back and report to the brigade commander, just go and attack Cangzhou, there must be a big arsenal of devils there, and there are many good things! ”

As soon as Zheng Yao heard about the attack on Cangzhou, he suddenly became energetic, took two puffs hard, threw away the cigarette butt, and said, "Your idea makes sense. What do you think, the little devil is now heavily encircling and suppressing Jilubian and Jizhong, Cangzhou Railway Station is an important supply base, and the arms supplies of the southbound troops of the Kwantung Army are all there. If we wipe out the 10th Division, I estimate that the little devils will be red-eyed immediately, and I am afraid that they will no longer be able to care about encircling and suppressing central and southern Hebei, and they will mobilize all their forces to pursue the main force of our army, and maybe they will flock to central and southern Lu to find our main force for a decisive battle. At that time, the devils on the Hebei and Lu borders will have fewer troops, and even the main force of the defenders in Cangzhou will be transferred. If we stay here, won't we have a chance? ”

Zhu Quanle thought about it and thought about it, so he was also energetic, and looked at Zheng Yao: "Instructor, I can't see it, you still have the ability to be a staff officer." Okay, anyway, I think it's okay. After the battle, we hurriedly suggested to the regiment commander and brigade commander that they report to the division commander and ask the division commander to take an idea. ”

The more the two of them talked, the more energetic they became, and they simply crossed the ground apart.

These two small battalion-level cadres could not have imagined that the seemingly boundless whimsy of the two of them really attracted Liu Yimin's attention later, and really played a role in breaking the encirclement and suppression of Shandong by the Yue Army.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the scouts reported that the vanguard of the 3rd Brigade of the Devil Cavalry, a squadron, in battle formation, was galloping towards Liu Village at the embankment.

Zhu Quanle immediately ordered to prepare for battle, and the machine guns, rifles, grenadiers, and 60 mortars on the position of the 1st Cavalry Battalion were all pointed in the direction where the devils came.

The 3rd Cavalry Brigade was originally stationed in Jiamusi, but this time it was ordered to go south with the 1st, 2nd, and 7th Divisions of the Kwantung Army and join the North China Battlefield. These devil cavalry are invincible in the Northeast, and they often crusade, and they do the work of slaughtering villages and destroying doors. When I arrived at the battlefield in North China, I was still a little afraid of destroying so many instructors of the army, but since entering the Jilu border, I have not encountered decent resistance. The arrogance of the devil cavalry came up again, thinking that the Eighth Route Army must be scared and fled, so they had to catch up quickly, and it was too late to go, and they might not even be able to see the shadow of the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, after receiving the order of Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji to act quickly and rush to Huimin, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade took the lead in setting off.

The Third Cavalry Brigade is one of the four cavalry brigades and regiments of the Chinese Army in China, and it can be regarded as a veteran unit with strong combat effectiveness. As soon as this little devil is dispatched, there is a search in front of him, and there is protection on both wings, and he looks decent.

The squadron of devil cavalry, which was responsible for search and reconnaissance, came up. Zhu Quanle suddenly found that the devil cavalry actually carried a steel helmet on his back, and felt that these little devils were really crazy, and he didn't know how to write dead words. It was also thought of activating explosive packs and mines. After thinking about it, there were too few people coming from the little devils, and now it was a bit of a waste to detonate, so I ordered that explosives and mines were not allowed to be set up, and the devils were cleaned up with guns.

Seeing that the devil was already within the firing range, Zhu Quanle waved his hand, shouted "hit", and ordered the light and heavy machine guns to start firing.

(To be continued)