In Lixin County, Qiao Anbang has returned to Lixin under the escort of the 2nd Division Guard Battalion, and the bodies of the fallen soldiers of Qiao An's family and the guard company have also been transported.

Located in the headquarters of the Second Division in a private house compound in the center of the county, Qiao Anbang sat at the conference table, recalling the scene of the attack just now, and still has palpitations, if it wasn't for the jeep bump, I am afraid that he would have died on the spot.

Qiao Anbang still can't figure out how that devil knew his march route and then set up an ambush on his own path.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the division headquarters, Qiao Anbang looked up, and saw Wang Gensheng and Jiang Jun striding in together, and the two in front of them stood up and saluted: "Junzao, are you okay?" ”

Qiao Anbang waved his hand and said, "I'm fine." ”

"It's okay, Jiang Jun and I are really worried, so we came with the guard regiment." Seeing that Qiao Anbang was unscathed, Wang Gensheng and Jiang Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmm." Qiao Anbang nodded, and then asked, "Has the special operations battalion left?" ”

"Let's go, the special operations battalion is faster than us, they have already contacted the second division commander Cao, and they are currently pursuing in the direction of the devil's escape." Wang Gensheng replied.

"Oh, where is the devil now?" Qiao Anbang continued to ask.

"The specific lowly position is not clear, in short, the devil is fleeing westward, Commander Cao has ordered the second and third regiments stationed in Taihe to send troops to intercept it, I believe there will be news soon." Wang Gensheng nodded again and replied.

"Send electricity to the second division and the special operations battalion, and let them catch up with this group of devils for me no matter what, and completely destroy them!" Qiao Anbang said hatefully.

"Yes!" Everyone present stepped forward to respond.

…………………… Twenty miles south of Ruji Town, on the north bank of the Ci River, Chuan Guangzuo led his special combat team to hurry here, but found that a large number of [***] had gathered on the south bank of the Ci River, and it turned out that the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Division received a telegram from the division commander Cao 2 and rushed to the area of the Ci River to deploy defense.

There was an interception in front and a chasing army in the rear, and Sichuan Guangzuo did not dare to fight, so he immediately led his troops to continue to move in a hurry in the northwest direction.

The troops of the 2nd Division on the south bank of the Ci River hurriedly began to cross the river in pursuit.

…………………… Pheasant and Jinan fifty miles Zhangguanzhuang, here is less than ten kilometers away from Ruji Town.

After receiving the order, the special operations battalion immediately set out and marched in a military truck for dozens of minutes under the leadership of Liang Yiyu, and finally arrived at Zhangguanzhuang.

In the open space at the head of the village, Liang Yilu held a map in his hand, and the adjutant Lao Diao held a flashlight to help him illuminate it, Liang Yiyu pointed to the map and said: "Now there is the pursuit force of Commander Cao in the east and the reinforcements of the second division in the south, so this devil can only retreat to the west." ”

"To the west? Yingza, do they want to retreat into Henan? "Since Lao Diao joined the special operations battalion, he has already changed the title of the big boss, and he has been promoted to the deputy commander of the special operations battalion, and he is the second person in the special operations battalion after Liang Yiyu, so naturally he can no longer use the title of bandit.

"Hmmm! The defense of the [***] troops at the junction of Henan and Anhui is weak, if the devils really enter Henan, it will be like a dragon entering the sea, and it will be difficult to catch their tails like looking for a needle in a haystack. Liang Yilu said thoughtfully.

"What shall we do then?" Lao Diao asked anxiously.

"Send a green forest sticker, please help us pay close attention to the movements of the devil in the green forest along the border of Henan and Anhui, and there will be a thank you after the matter is completed!" Liang Yiyu said: "In addition, send a telegram to the military seat and report to him that our department is about to enter Henan to pursue Yuekou." ”

"Yes!" Lao Diao immediately responded, and immediately turned around and left.

……………………………………………… Lixin County, the headquarters of the Second Division.

Wu Wen, chief of staff of the Second Division, hurriedly walked into the division headquarters with a telegram in his hand, and saluted Qiao Anbang with a straight face: "Military seat, the special operations battalion is calling." ”

"Huh?" Qiao Anbang stretched out his hand to take the telegram, read it hurriedly, and immediately said: "Call back to the special operations battalion, as long as you can annihilate this group of devils, you can chase me to Nanjing!" In addition, warn the garrisons in various parts of Henan that those who dare to obstruct the special operations battalion from pursuing the enemy are the enemies of our Tiger Ben Army! ”

"Yes!" Wu Wen answered, and immediately turned around and left.

Qiao Anbang pondered for a while, then waved his hand and stopped him, "Wait." ”

"Throne, what other instructions?" Wu Wen stopped and turned around and asked.

"You immediately send a telegram to Cao Er and Li Yifeng, and let them each lead the main forces of the first and second divisions to advance to Henan immediately, and occupy the counties on the border of Henan and Anhui under the pretext of pursuing devils!" Qiao Anbang said with an awe-inspiring expression. He knew that this was a very rare opportunity, the Tiger Ben Army could completely carry the devil's tail to expand its sphere of influence to Henan, at this time, the [***] troops in Henan were empty, especially near the Henan-Anhui border, the base of the Tiger Ben Army, many county towns and important market towns were almost a blank in strength, and now whoever occupies it is whose territory.

Although Qiao Anbang was very sad, he was not confused, how could he let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

"Yes!" Wu Wen stepped forward again, and then took the order.

……………… Bo County, the headquarters of the first division of the Huben Army.

Sun Hai, chief of staff of the First Division, walked out of the communications division with a telegram in his hand and said to Li Yifeng, who was having dinner: "Division, military seat is in an emergency. ”

"Huh?" When Li Yifeng heard this, he immediately put down the big white mask and mutton soup in his hand, and said, "What did the military seat say?" ”

"The military seat said in the telegram that they should advance to Luyi, Dancheng and other counties in the name of pursuing the devils, and take the opportunity to occupy the above-mentioned areas." Sun Hai replied to the message.

"Chasing devils?" Li Yifeng didn't know the news of Qiao Anbang's attack, although not long ago Qiao Anbang had ordered a telegram to all divisions asking them to strengthen their defenses, but the order only reached Li Jupeng's third division, Chu Jingming's fourth division, and Cao Er's second division.

"Yes, that's what the military seat said in the message." Sun Hai nodded and replied.

"That's good." Li Yifeng said with a grim expression: "Since the military seat has been ordered, we can't be idle, and order the troops to gather immediately and advance to Luyi first." ”

"Yes!" Sun Hai hurriedly bowed his head in response, and immediately turned around and took the order.

…………………… Taihe County, the headquarters of the Second Division and the Third Regiment.

Cao Er and a regiment had already pursued to Taihe half an hour earlier, because the pursuit to the west was the border of Henan, so he ordered the troops to stop the pursuit.

"Shizuo, I heard that the special operations battalion is about to catch up to the head of the realm, why did we stop?" Liu Quansheng, the head of the third regiment, asked puzzled. "If we go any further, it will be beyond the sphere of influence of our Tiger Army, and we can't act without the instructions of the military seat, which involves the political level." Cao Er said indifferently: "Besides, there is a special combat battalion to attack, it should be no problem." ”

Cao Er's words fell, and Sun Bingyuan, the head of the first regiment, strode over, holding a piece of telegraphic paper in his hand, and saluted Cao Er and reported: "Division, military seat orders us to immediately advance to the head of the realm to chase down that group of devils." ”

"What? Towards the head of the world? Cao Er was taken aback when he heard this, and when he saw Sun Bingyuan nodding seriously, he immediately said excitedly: "Pass my order, and all regiments will set off immediately and advance towards the head of the realm." ”

"Yes!" Sun Bingyuan and Liu Quansheng stepped forward at the same time, and immediately turned to leave.

…………………… On a country road leading to the head of the boundary in Taihe, Liang Yilu led the special operations battalion to advance rapidly, and Chuan Guangzuo was very cunning, he knew that the Tiger Ben Army was a mechanized army, so he picked a country road to walk, and in order to pursue them, Liang Yiyu's special operations battalion had been forced to abandon the car and pursue on foot.

Fortunately, the members of the special operations battalion are all veterans, and with the high-intensity training in the past few months, long journeys are commonplace for them.

During the whole march of the special operations battalion, Lao Diao, who was in charge of leading the team to open the road, stopped, and he found that the footprints they had been chasing disappeared here, and after a confident reconnaissance, Lao Diao found that the footprints had turned to the wheat field next to him.

There was a clear trace of human walking in the green wheat field, and many straws had been touched.

At this time, Liang Yilu led someone to follow, and immediately asked, "Old Diao, what's the matter?" ”

"Camp, the devil ran along the wheat field." Lao Diao pointed to the wheat field road that had been waded through.

"Huh?" Liang Yilu followed Lao Diao's hope, strode up and walked about a few hundred meters along the traces of being trodden by, and after a moment of silence, Liang Yilu suddenly woke up and said: "Continue to chase forward, this is the devil's trick, they didn't run along the wheat field at all, these wheat have grown so tall, unless the devil's commander is a pig's brain, otherwise he may not know how difficult the dense wheat straw will bring to the march, and the traces left in the wheat field are very obvious." ”

"What the camp says makes sense." Lao Diao nodded in admiration, and then turned around and shouted, "Brothers, keep chasing!" ”

........................ "Your Excellency Dazuo, further forward is the head of the realm, shall we stop at the head of the realm?" On the path, the captain of the Koizumi detachment followed Kawa Kusa out of breath and asked.

"No, we still have pursuers behind us." Chuan Guangzuo said coldly.

"What? And the pursuers? Haven't the pursuers already been dumped by us? Captain Koizumi subconsciously looked towards the way he came and asked in surprise.

"It is we who underestimated the Chinese people, and the Chinese army that pursued us was definitely not an ordinary unit, or their commander was very good, and he was able to continuously see through the blindfolds we had set up. Kawahiro said thoughtfully as he walked.

"So what do we do?" Captain Koizumi asked.

"Go ahead, find a suitable place to eat this pursuer, I'll test how good they are." The corners of Chuan Guangzuo's mouth flashed with a sneer.

"Hay!" The captain of the Koizumi detachment suddenly bowed his head in response, and immediately turned his head to wave his hand to the special combat team members who were whistling past him, and shouted: "Speed up, hurry up!" ”

…………………… In the county town of Lisin, Qiao Anbang left Lixin under the escort of the guard regiment, took the bodies of Qiao Anjia and the dead soldiers of the guard company and began to return to Pheasant and Ji.

Qiao An's family was killed, this matter must not be hidden, he must return to Pheasant and Ji as soon as possible, thinking about how to tell Qiao Anguo and his father Qiao Siyuan the bad news.

As soon as he thought that Qiao Siyuan was going to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person, Qiao Anbang's heart ached, and he didn't dare to imagine what Qiao Siyuan would do after learning the bad news.

Among the three brothers, the original Qiao Anbang was not doing his job properly and was idle all day long, the eldest brother Qiao Anguo joined the army again, and only the second Qiao Anjia accompanied Qiao Siyuan, it can be said that Qiao Anjia is the old man's favorite son.

Although Qiao Anbang's surname changed greatly later, which gave Qiao Siyuan a lot of surprises, his affection for Qiao Anbang's family in his bones did not weaken in the slightest.

On the highway, Qiao Anbang's armored car was speeding along the highway, and after this attack, Wang Gensheng and others no longer dared to let Qiao Anbang ride in jeeps and military trucks.

Instead, an armored car was transferred, and if Qiao Anbang was riding in an armored car during the attack in the afternoon, maybe Qiao Anbang's family would not have died, and the guard company would not have suffered such heavy casualties.

Qiao Anbang had secretly decided that after this time, he would equip the guard regiment with a permanent armored unit to be responsible for his own security.

In the carriage, Qiao Anbang's face was solemn and he didn't say a word, and Liang Jiahan, who was sitting next to him, saw this and persuaded softly: "Junzao, don't be too uncomfortable, the deceased is gone, you should be strong, because you are Qiao Anbang, you are the founder of the Tiger Army, nothing can defeat you, even if the sky falls, you have to use your shoulders to push it back!" ”

"Huh?!" Qiao Anbang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and turned his head to see Liang Jiahan looking at him with a smile on his face. Obviously, Qiao Anbang was a little impressed that Liang Jiahan could say such a thing.

"Well, don't worry, I will." Facing Liang Jiahan's soft gaze, Qiao Anbang nodded solemnly.

…………………………………………………… In the middle of the night, Kawa Hirosa led his special combat team around the head of the realm and was still advancing westward, although all the devils were already tired and panting like oxen, but Kawa Hirosa had no desire to let them rest at all.

About a few miles behind them, Liang Yilu was urging the troops to speed up their march: "Brothers, speed up, for the sake of Minister Qiao and for the comrades who died under the devil's gun, we must speed up and rush forward to destroy them!" Avenge the sacrifices of your comrades! ”

At the urging of Liang Yiyu, the soldiers of the special operations battalion, who were already tired, began to speed up.

In the dark night, the two special forces competed with each other like ghosts, and Chuan Kusa knew that once he stopped, he would face a decisive battle, and even several times the encirclement of his own squadron, so he must continue to run westward, make sure to keep enough distance from the main pursuit force of [***], and secondly, to consume as much physical strength and sharpness as possible of the Chinese pursuit force behind him.

(To be continued)