At noon, 3.5 kilometers southwest of Miaozi Mountain, Huangbaoling.

The rumbling sound of artillery in the direction of Miaozi Mountain had been sounding for more than 10 minutes, and two officers and men of different uniforms stood on the protruding rocks on the mountainside of Huangbaoling, observed through binoculars the constantly rolling gunpowder smoke and the igniting mountain fires in the direction of Miaozi Mountain, and turned around from time to time to loudly report the situation to the more than 100 officers and men sitting in the gentle part of the mountain pass.

More than 100 officers and men who were sitting on the ground and eating were divided into two distinct camps, and the one wearing the khaki Sichuan Army uniform and the big cap was the reconnaissance company directly under the Yang Sen Regiment, and the number of officers and men in this part was more than 120 people, and the food guys in each hand were all foreign iron bowls of the Sichuan Army's standard.

While eating, the officers and men looked curiously at the 14-man squad that had formed a circle on the opposite side, and were amazed and envious by the squad's clothing, shoes, hats, and special daggers, military pistols, oval grenades, Mauser long rifles with 10-round magazines, and two light machine guns with strange but powerful shapes.

On the other side, 14 officers and men wearing rare four-color camouflage uniforms and camouflage cloth steel helmets were also eating, but the food guys in their hands were much shabby, the rice bowls were bamboo tubes cut down casually, and the chopsticks were two bamboo branches that were easily brought in their hands, but the flat military kettle taken out of their waists was rare.

Although the two parts of the officers and men were only two days together, more than 100 officers and men of the reconnaissance company of the Yang Sen Department were surprised to find that this reconnaissance team directly under the Frontier Army Headquarters was not only strangely equipped and acted quickly, but also had superhuman combat and powerful marksmanship. But each of them ate with relish, and no one spoke during the meal, and it was so quiet that everyone felt uncomfortable, and it was also very incredible.

Fan Shusheng, commander of Yang Sen's reconnaissance company, is Yang Sen's cousin, who just returned from graduating from the first phase of the Baoding Military Academy in March, and he was a classmate of Liu Wenhui, Lin Yungen, Tang Ying, and He Guanglie, who returned to the Sichuan Border Army to follow the old instructor Xiao Yimin, and had also learned about the construction of the Sichuan Border Army from Liu Wenhui and others, who had been in correspondence with Xiao Yimin for a long time, so he knew more about the border army, but he had never heard of when the border army had such an elite reconnaissance team and where it got such advanced weapons and equipment.

After getting along with each other, Fan Shusheng and Peng Zisong, the leader of the reconnaissance team, were already familiar with each other, but in the ambush operation in the morning, the performance of Peng Zisong's two sniper teams and two machine gun teams was too shocking, until now Fan Shusheng still remembers the tragic situation when the enemy battalion commander and several company commanders were shot in the head, until now Fan Shusheng still feels that although the two machine guns with great power and countless killings are shocking, they are not as amazing as Peng Zisong's astonishing marksmanship of knocking off the enemy battalion commander Tian Linggai 200 meters away with one shot.

The sound of artillery in the direction of Miaozi Mountain finally stopped, the raging mountain fire was spreading, and the thick smoke rolled up to the sky was as high as 100 zhang, and it could be seen vividly from ten kilometers away.

The camouflage-uniformed soldier standing on the rocky mountainside jumped off the boulder, ran to Peng Ziyue, who was checking the firearm, and half-knelt down to report in a low voice.

Peng Ziyue nodded, pointing to the winding path and a long jagged mountain ridge to the north, and the reported soldier nodded and stood up, giving a series of brief orders to the dozen brothers.

More than a dozen brothers immediately began to prepare for battle, and two machine-gun teams took out four seventy-round drums from their knapsacks and began to examine the interface and reload in detail.

Peng Ziyue walked up to the oncoming Fan Shusheng, humbly told him the attack plan, and then walked to the hidden mountain beam together, overlooking the road more than three hundred meters below and discussed in a low voice.

Thirty minutes passed, Cao Kun's vanguard reconnaissance team appeared in the field of vision, the two ambush soldiers who were crawling on the mountain beam of more than 100 meters began to get nervous, seeing that more than 20 reconnaissance soldiers from the enemy's three squads had already ridden their horses through the ambush range below, and still did not see the two commanders give the strike order, more than 100 officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company couldn't help but get anxious, while their commander Fan Shusheng crouched beside Peng Zisong and talked and laughed in a low voice.

"Zisong, how about I go to your reconnaissance unit to study for a while after the war?"

Peng Zisong still held the telescope steadily to observe the eastern turn of the road under the mountain: "The little brother really doesn't know, the little brother can't control this matter." ”

"Then can I intercede with Liu Wenhui's boys?" Fan Shusheng asked.

Peng Zisong put away the binoculars, thought about it and told Fan Shusheng truthfully: "Liu Wenhui and the other four eldest brothers are no longer in the staff office of the headquarters, and before the younger brother came out, they followed a battalion of the teaching regiment to the front line of Xikang to fight the arrow furnace, I am afraid that they will not be able to come back within three or two years." ”

Fan Shusheng was taken aback: "They were actually sent to quell the rebellion?" ”

"Yes, our army stipulates that military academy graduates must go to the grassroots units for more than two years to train, and only after two years can they be officially promoted to lieutenant, and those who have no military merits can only start as a second lieutenant and be promoted every four years." Peng Zisong explained in a low voice.

Fan Shusheng was stunned, touched the major collar badge on his collar, and then looked at Peng Zisong's body, and found that he didn't have any rank mark except for a black panther armband with a yellow background, so he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Zisong, what rank are you?" ”

"Ensign." Peng Zisong replied.

"You just graduated from the Sichuan Military Academy, right? You don't look like you've just graduated, if you haven't been in the army for four years? ”

Fan Shusheng was still guessing at this time, and he didn't seem to care about the situation of the enemy army at all, showing excellent psychological endurance.

Peng Zisong, who didn't talk much and was not good at communicating, couldn't help laughing, he glanced at the distant intersection where the enemy army had not yet appeared, put down the binoculars, and replied in a low voice: "The junior brother has been in the military for six years, and he has been awarded two first-class merits and four third-class merits, so he has survived to the second lieutenant." ”

Fan Shusheng was taken aback: "Two first-class merits, four third-class merits? OMG! I heard that your border army's evaluation is very harsh, but I didn't expect it to be so strict, how did you do it...... That's right! Is it because you are good at marksmanship and kill people so many times that you have made so many achievements? ”

Peng Zisong smiled: "I really let you say it right, don't say it, I've already violated discipline." ”

Fan Shusheng saw Peng Zisong crawl to the front right, whispered in the machine gunner's ear, thought about it and rolled on the spot, turned to the sniper observer on the left, and pulled the observer to his side:

"Brother, I want to ask, how many people has your captain killed? Who did they kill...... Ah! Don't look at it, he can't hear it, just tell me quietly. ”

"Our captain only kills officers above the company commander, from the Sichuan-Yunnan Battle to the present, he has killed twenty-one people, including the enemy battalion commander in the morning."

After speaking, the observer immediately retracted and continued to observe the enemy situation at the bottom of the mountain, as if he was very afraid that his actions would be discovered by the captain.

Fan Shusheng opened his mouth wide and looked at Peng Zisong not far away, Peng Zisong suddenly raised his hand and made a gesture, Fan Shusheng was agitated, and immediately climbed to the edge of the mountain beam to look down, only to see hundreds of enemy cavalry take the lead in entering the east intersection, and the long infantry team soon appeared in the field of vision.

Fan Shusheng hurriedly took out his pistol, and suddenly found that the pistol could not hit the enemy 300 meters away from the mountain, so he immediately crawled backwards in a hurry, grabbed a soldier's rifle and bullet bag, quickly climbed to the original position to load and aim, and observed for more than three minutes, Fan Shusheng's crosshair caught an officer of the enemy army riding on a horse.

(To be continued)