As soon as he heard Ma Fawu's words, Wang Shouwu stood up anxiously and said, "Brigade Commander Ma, you are confused! What soldiers are sent, hurry up and call the troops back. ”

Ma Fa didn't understand at the time of May 1st, not to mention that this bus was in Henan under the control of their Northwest Army, even in other places, it was not just someone who could say that it was robbed, this Fourth Route Army was Yan Xishan's troops, but it went to the territory of their Northwest Army to spread wilderness, which was worth it. He didn't expect that Wang Shouwu, who was usually kind, would say that he was confused, and looked at Wang Shouwu in a daze.

Pang Bingxun was so anxious that he stomped his foot and said sharply: "Gengyu, what are you still doing in a daze?" Why don't you go and bring the troops back, you are going to ruin the lives of our nearly 10,000 brothers! ”

Ma Fawu, who was originally angry, didn't expect Pang Bingxun and Wang Shouwu to be angry with him, although he was still a little unclear, but he knew that he must have done something wrong, although he didn't know what was wrong. Ma Fawu turned around and left, twenty miles away, but it would be there in a while, if he didn't recover the troops earlier, the regiment commander under him would have a hot temper, in case the two sides exchanged fire, looking at Pang Bingxun's angry appearance, he would not stop if he didn't scold him.

Pang Bingxun chased to the door and shouted a little angrily: "Tell the first regiment commander that you are absolutely not allowed to clash with the Fourth Route Army, otherwise his regiment commander will not do it!" ”

Pang Bingxun watched Ma Fawu ride out on horseback in the courtyard, and then frowned and turned around and asked Wang Shouwu: "Sacrifice yourself, what do you say the Fourth Route Army is going to do?" ”

Wang Shouwu thought for a while and said, "Division Commander, have you forgotten the telegram from Gongxian?" ”

"You're saying the Fourth Route Army hijacked the car to save these four people?" Pang Bingxun said hesitantly.

Wang Shouwu nodded and said, "Eighty percent of the time, otherwise I really can't think of the purpose of their carjacking." ”

Pang Bingxun thought for a while, shook his head and said: "We also received the telegram in the morning, these people are just ordinary technicians, although they are from Nanjing, but they are only subordinate to the Nanjing Ordnance Industry, there is just a small yamen with little power, even if they ask the Nanjing Ordnance Industry for help, they will never be so fast, but the Nanjing Ordnance Industry has no power to order the Fourth Route Army, the old Jiang's red man?" ”

Wang Shouwu thought for a while, frowned and nodded: "What the division commander said is also true, that is, they asked the Nanjing Ordnance Workers for help, and if the Nanjing Ordnance Workers wanted the Fourth Route Army to rescue them, they must turn to the Nanjing Military and Political Department, where Lu Zhonglin is now acting as the minister of Mr. Feng. Even if they bypass Lu Zhonglin, judging from the time, the telegram will be sent to the Fourth Route Army at the earliest, right? But they began to evacuate the people in the city at noon......"

Speaking of this, Wang Shouwu suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Yes, it must be so." ”

Wang Shouwu, who figured out the reason, finally put his mind at ease, looked at Pang Bingxun and said with a smile: "Division commander, I understand, the Fourth Route Army must have known about these four people in the morning, and they decided to carjack in the morning and save them before we caught them in advance." Therefore, they evacuated their people from the city in advance for fear that if there was a conflict with us and we would hurt their people in the city. From this point of view, the Fourth Route Army does not want to take the initiative to clash with us, as long as we do not interfere with them to save people, they will not take the initiative to do anything with us. ”

Then he said with some puzzlement: "It's just that they got the news too quickly?" ”

After listening to Wang Shouwu's words, Pang Bingxun's frowning brows gradually relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Okay! Sacrificing oneself is worthy of being my chief of staff, and that must be the case. And it is certain that this Fourth Route Army does not want to clash with us. That's enough, I don't want the brethren to be bombarded with their horrific shells. As for how they knew, I didn't bother with that. ”

Pang Bingxun, who was relieved, personally made tea for Wang Shouwu and himself, leaned on the recliner and discussed with Wang Shouwu about the withdrawal of troops to Gongxian County tomorrow.

Pang Bingxun is fifty years old this year, and his body is a little blessed, especially in the eleventh year of the Republic of China and the Feng army in the fierce battle of Nangangwa in Changxindian, Hebei, after being blown up and crippled a leg, Pang Bingxun will feel tired when he stands for a long time, so every place he goes, a recliner is a must.

About half an hour later, Ma Fawu returned to the division headquarters, grabbed his military hat after entering the house, wiped the sweat on his face with his hands, and drank the tea poured on the table without asking who brought it. Although Pang Bingxun governs the army very strictly, as long as his subordinates do not violate military orders, Pang Bingxun is not very careful, and he is a rare kind and loving general in the Northwest Army, and his subordinates are not very particular in front of him. Because of this, his subordinates also support Pang Bingxun very much, which is also the reason why Pang Bingxun's troops have been scattered several times, but as long as Pang Bingxun is there, the scattered troops will soon return to his side.

Seeing Ma Fawu's demeanor, Pang Bingxun knew that there was no accident, and said with a smile: "Gengyu, sit down and have another drink." ”

Wang Shouwu asked Ma Fawu: "Brigade Commander Ma, tell me about the situation, what's going on?" ”

Ma Fawu picked up the second cup of water that had just been poured and said, "When I caught up with the group, that kid Liu Monkey was already ...... with the battalion of the Fourth Route Army" Before he finished speaking, Ma Fawu drank the second cup of tea with a grunt.

Ma Fawu's words startled Pang Bingxun and Wang Shouwu, Pang Bingxun was excited, stood up suddenly on the Taishi's chair, and asked anxiously: "What's wrong with the Fourth Route Army, you should say it quickly!" ”

Ma Fawu saw that Pang Bingxun had misunderstood, wiped his mouth and said: "Fortunately, the division commander reminded me in time, when I caught up with the regiment, Liu Monkey had already ordered the troops to confront the battalion of the Fourth Route Army. ”

Ma Fawu said with envy: "This Fourth Route Army is really rich, and the battalion is full of German submachine guns. ”

Wang Shouwu urged a little anxiously: "Brigade Commander Ma, what did you do with that battalion?" ”

Ma Fawu was surprised and said, "How is it?" Didn't you ask me to bring the troops back? I let them go. ”

Wang Shouwu breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked again: "What are they doing when they hijack the car?" ”

Ma Fawu said disapprerovingly: "They took four young men with them, and they did not rob any property. ”

Pang Bingxun and Wang Shouwu glanced at each other, but they didn't say anything, Pang Bingxun leaned back on his recliner again, squinting his eyes and thinking about something?

Ma Fawu put down the teacup and said to Wang Shouwu: "The division commander and the chief of staff are still wise, thanks to your timely reminder, when I came back with a regiment, I met thousands of men and horses of the Fourth Route Army on the road, it seems that I went to meet the battalion, although I did not carry mountain artillery, but the weapons of others!" There are not only hundreds of light and heavy machine guns, but also dozens of mortars of various calibers. ”

After being silent for a long time, Wang Shouwu stood up and said, "Division commander, I'll arrange for the troops to evacuate tomorrow morning." ”

Pang Bingxun shook his head and said: "It's not tomorrow morning, inform the troops to prepare to go to Gongxian overnight, and at the latest tomorrow morning, Sun Liangcheng's vanguard will arrive in Zhengzhou, and on the grounds that they have already vacated the barracks, his vanguard will leave overnight as soon as we arrive." ”――

At about 4 o'clock in the morning of the next day, an old-fashioned steam locomotive, with its snow-bright headlights, panting, dragged dozens of carriages from east to west, and did not stop when passing Zhanghu Bridge, but continued to run to Zhengzhou.

On a ridged roof of a small village two miles away from the railroad east of Zhanghu Bridge, Sun Lizheng, the commander of the Third Regiment, and his chief of staff watched the lights of the locomotive fading away in the darkness.

"If the intelligence is accurate, now only Sun Liangcheng's military train" has not passed." The chief of staff looked into the distance and said.

In the dark, Sun Li nodded, did not make a sound, and came down the ladder from the house with the guidance of the guard's flashlight. This courtyard where they were located was the headquarters of the three regiments.

The sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and soon came to the front of the hospital, and in the sound of a password, a messenger from the first battalion ran in and saw Sun Li report loudly: "Report to the regiment commander, Deputy Regiment Commander Wang, please ask whether to start the action now." ”

Sun Li's plan was that the deputy commander of the third regiment would lead the first and second battalions to ambush the munitions train, with the first battalion in the north and the second battalion in the east, to flank and surround the train; The chief of staff led the 3rd Battalion, the 4th Battalion and the Artillery Battalion to occupy Zhanghu Bridge after Sun Liangcheng's large army had passed, and block Sun Liangcheng's possible reinforcements.

Sun Li looked at his watch and said to the communicator of the first battalion: "Tell Deputy Regiment Commander Wang to start the operation as planned immediately, it is now 4:10 in the morning, and at 4:40 a.m., all the ambush troops must enter the position and prepare for the ambush." ”

The messenger repeated the order aloud and turned to leave. Sun Li said to the chief of staff: "Chief of staff, you should organize the troops to occupy Zhanghu Bridge immediately, step up the construction of blocking positions, and block the Northwest Army that may come to help from the direction of Zhengzhou." ”

Sun Li was delicate and didn't say much, and the commanders of several regiments had repeatedly deduced this plan many times, so the chief of staff just nodded, and didn't say much, and took the guards to organize the troops to occupy Zhanghu Bridge.

This is a plain area, and the railway is flanked by farmland, and if it is daytime, you can see far away from the train, but fortunately it is night, so the ambush troops of the three regiments are lying in wait in the ditches and villages a mile away from the railway line. After receiving the order to act, the troops of the 12 battalions immediately gathered their whole teams in a deliberately suppressed password and rushed to the designated area in separate groups.

(To be continued)