These "provocateurs" could safely leave this place of right and wrong, but the Maxin machine gun was not so lucky.

First of all, the four French Newburg-28 fighters that had been hovering at high altitude were the first to swoop down suddenly, they did not pay attention to the four soldiers who ran for their lives, but used the metal bullets of their 20 mm guns to pry over the firing position, and after the four planes strafed, Maxine, who was more wronged than Dou E, had been knocked down from the bracket to the ground and lost the ability to shoot in the air.

However, the planes of the Fourth Route Army did not seem to be able to get rid of their hatred, and the twelve biplanes swooped down fiercely one after another, and a series of bombs fell on the firing positions one after another, and the thick smoke and dust that blew up completely covered the entire mound. After the smoke cleared, the big mound had long been unrecognizable, and the Maxine and the bracket had disappeared without a trace, and had definitely been blown back to a state of parts.

Wang Shouwu, who was stunned, took his eyes off the position of the firing position where Fang was still there for a long time, and said to Pang Bingxun with a gloomy face: "Shizao, fortunately they didn't bomb that wood, there are at least a thousand people hidden there now, otherwise our losses would be too great!" ”

Pang Bingxun inserted a handful of cold sweat on his forehead, looked at the plane in the sky and said with palpitations: "This is Song Zhewu's mercy to our subordinates!" Don't you see that? ”

Wang Shouwu looked at the plane still hovering in the air, nodded in agreement and said: "The division is high, looking at their posture, their purpose is not to kill or injure our army, their purpose is to warn and stop us, don't continue to pursue their blocking troops......"

Twenty minutes later, the planes flew away to the north with their toes high, but only 10 minutes later, another group of planes of the same number came, and this time the planes were still circling and diving at low altitudes in batches, monitoring Pang Bingxun's troops, and not attacking ground targets. After circling for the same half hour, they swaggered away again.

After more than half an hour, there were no more planes coming, Pang Bingxun, with the support of the guards, dragged the remnants out of the bushes, held the telescope to observe the opposite side for a while, and said to Wang Shouwu: "You are right, Song Zhewu sent these planes to cover the retreat of his blocking troops, we have been delayed for so long, the regiment on the opposite side must have already withdrawn, order the troops to gather, count the losses, and continue to march towards Jincheng." ”

Wang Shouwu did not immediately arrange personnel to give orders, but looked at the north and said with emotion: "It is said that Song Zhewu is rich, and the salary of the Fourth Route Army is twice as high as that of the Central Army. ”

Seeing that Pang Bingxun didn't make a sound, Wang Shouwu ordered a staff officer to arrange personnel to pass the order, and then waved his hand to signal the people around him and Pang Bingxun to retreat, and then whispered to Pang Bingxun: "Division, this Fourth Route Army has strong firepower, let's just talk about this regiment on the other side, their machine guns and mortars are almost more than one of our divisions, and we can't please go if we chase them down, should we stop chasing them?" ”

"Even if Zhang Papi caught up and asked, we said that the troops were bombed, the losses were too great, and they needed to rest, even if he complained to Mr. Feng, Mr. Feng shouldn't say much."

Pang Bingxun shook his head and said confidently: "Give up your life, you are too worried." After these two hours, Song Zhewu's regiment had already run away, and at this time, I am afraid that they were about to meet their main force in Jincheng. Song Zhewu is not a fool, they will not stay in Jincheng for long, as soon as this regiment arrives, they will immediately withdraw in the direction of Changzhi, no matter how we chase them, it will be difficult to catch up with them again. ”

Pang Bingxun smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "It's not a big deal if Zhang Papi complains to Mr. Feng, Mr. Feng must have a lot of things to worry about at this time, and he won't have the leisure to take care of my boss Pang again." ”

Pang Bingxun paused for a while, thought about it and said: "But we still have to chase, we can't stay here, it's better to make some supplements when we arrive in Jincheng as early as possible, and then we go to Changzhi, otherwise the other troops will come again, then there will be more monks and less meat, and we won't get much." However, you can rest assured that from here to Jincheng, you will probably not encounter the Fourth Route Army again. ”

Pang Bingxun suddenly asked Wang Shouwu without warning: "Give up your life, how about you say we defect to Song Zhewu?" ”

Pang Bingxun's abrupt words frightened Wang Shouwu, just now Pang Bingxun also said that Zhang Xueliang and Song Zhewu are not reliable, why do they want to vote for Song Zhewu again after such a while?

Wang Shouwu asked inquiringly: "Master, according to what you just said, Song Zhewu is only one prince, but we voted for him, but he is still under the hands of the princes, is it unstable?" Moreover, although Song Zhewu is very good to the generals who defected to him, and they have all given him heavy use, but Song Zhewu has rules for recruiting troops, and foreign troops must be broken up and reorganized, if we vote for him, it will be difficult to pull the troops away. ”

Pang Bingxun was silent for a while, looked at the troops that were being assembled at the foot of the mountain, and said with some emotion: "Sacrifice yourself, I am already over half a hundred years old, and you are already past the age of confusion, and then you are throwing around like before, and you have to worry about the food and salary of the troops all day long. ”

"As for the troops to be broken up and reorganized, it is not impossible, the reason why the Central Army continues to annex our miscellaneous armies that have surrendered to the past is that we generals are not at ease, and they are afraid that one day we will pull the troops away, and it is completely normal for Song Zhewu to do this."

It's just that Chairman Jiang doesn't say anything, and he always only does it and doesn't say it. Song Zhewu is a villain first and then a gentleman, and he does things above board, which is very bad for my old man. If Song Zhewu treats us sincerely, the brothers will be satisfied, and even if we don't break up and reorganize, it will be impossible for us to pull away the troops. ”

Pang Bingxun looked at Wang Shouwu and continued: "Song Zhewu reused Tao Rong and Li Sichi of the Gui family, it's okay to say, after all, these two people were important figures in the Gui family back then, although I haven't seen them, but they can mix under Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi to get the position of chief of staff of the army and the commander of the main division, there must be some means, even my old Pang dare not underestimate them." ”

"But Li Wentian and Zhao Fengwu, you and I both know their details, these two are also a small brigade commander in the Northwest Army, and they can do everything on the march and fight, at least you will be no worse than Li Wentian if you sacrifice your brother, if Zhao Fengwu can be the commander of the army with Song Zhewu, Ma Fawu, and Liu Shirong and Chen Chunrong are also completely fine."

"This also shows that Song Zhewu's Fourth Route Army is very short of generals who can fight well, our 14th Division has not fought hard battles and vicious battles in the past few years, not to mention that our officers are very experienced, even the soldiers are mostly veterans, and it is very likely that they will be mixed with squad leaders and platoon commanders. If this is the case, then it doesn't matter if my old Pang can follow Song Zhewu with peace of mind. ”

Wang Shouwu actually had an idea about defecting to Song Zhewu, but because of Song Zhewu's rules for the integration of troops, he never dared to mention it to Pang Bingxun, because he was afraid that Pang Bingxun would be reluctant to hand over the troops.

You must know that at this time, whoever has troops in his hands will have a position of power, and all factions will compete for it. And without the troops, these people are nothing, the emperor of the soil will definitely not be able to do it, and if he does it well, he can only work for others, and if he can't do it, he will have to go home and pick up the child. Now that Pang Bingxun agrees, what else does he have to say.

Wang Shouwu, who was very surprised by Pang Bingxun's sudden change, felt that it was better to be cautious before he fully figured out Pang Bingxun's true thoughts.

Wang Shouwu asked cautiously: "According to the meaning of the master's seat, do you want to send someone to contact Song Zhewu now?" Otherwise, when Zhang Papi catches up, it will always be a little troublesome for us to vote for Song Zhewu, even if there is Xu Yongchang's Jin Suijun here. ”

"Not busy!" Pang Bingxun said with a solemn expression.

"If this step is taken, it will be difficult to turn back, follow first, we will get as close to Song Zhewu's troops as possible, and once we decide, it will be convenient to act. When the time comes, I would like to ask you to go over and talk to Song Zhewu in person, and probe his tone first, and if it is feasible, it will not be too late for us to make a decision. ”

"As for Zhang Peeling?"

Pang Bingxun said with a gloomy face: "When the time comes, if he dares to interfere with my old Pang's affairs, I will settle the new accounts and old accounts with him." Xu Cichen is easy to handle there, I have the righteousness of colleagues with him in the old chief Sun Yue, he is generous, he will not embarrass us at this time......"

The Zhengtai Railway Administration controlled by the French, because the principal and interest of the loan for the construction of the Zhengtai Railway are about to be paid off, so the French have no intention of increasing the number of locomotives.

Although most of the Jin Sui army led by Zhang Yinwu from Jingpu Road to Zhengtai Road had arrived in Shijiazhuang, only more than 10,000 people arrived in Jingcheng in one day and one night because of the capacity of Zhengtai Road.

But in this way, early the next morning, more than a dozen planes of the Fourth Route Army flew in from the west, and these planes did not bomb Jingcheng and the Jin Sui army gathered around the Shijiazhuang railway station, but specially bombed several railway bridges on Zhengtai Road.

Because the Jin Sui Army was not prepared and did not deploy air defense units near these bridges, these planes of the Fourth Route Army could confidently and boldly carry out bombing at low altitudes, which was of great help to the young pilots of the Fourth Route Army Air Force Corps to improve the accuracy of the bombing, and after only three rounds of bombing, several bridges from Shijiazhuang to Jingcheng were blown up, and the Zhengtai Railway was completely paralyzed.

(To be continued)