The scorching sun shone on the earth, almost drying the entire land of Shandong.

Ordinary people also hid in the shade of trees, chatting about interesting things in the village while enjoying the shade, in fact, it is nothing, it is nothing more than which family has an unfilial son, which family's daughter-in-law stole a man or something. At such a time, in addition to those whose lives are too difficult, how many people are willing to continue to work?

However, at this time, there is really a group of people who are working tirelessly on the march of the Lieyue―――――― although they are not willing to do so...

"Bastards, damn pigs, give me something faster..."

On the road, more than a dozen soldiers in khaki military uniforms were whipping nearly 200 ordinary people in tattered clothes, including men in the prime of life, relatively strong village women, and even old people with neat bones.

At this moment, these people are using their hands and feet to push two-wheeled carts full of various supplies on the potholed dirt road...

These people are the people of Huangxian who were evacuated by the National Defense Forces to Jinan, Weifang and other places after the expeditionary force was dispatched, but finally slipped back to Huangxian County.

After the expeditionary force landed at Longkou, because the troops were already insufficient, they directly began to collect supplies such as strong men and food in the local area. However, long before the landing of the Japanese army, the Wehrmacht had already evacuated almost all the people and supplies from several coastal counties where the Japanese army might land. So in the end, in Huang County and the villages and towns around Huang County, less than 3,000 ordinary people were found.

These 3,000 people, after digging up the old, weak, sick and disabled, only about 1,000 people can be used in the end, including strong women and old people with neat bodies and bones.

These people were unlucky enough to become strong men who transported the baggage to the front line for the army, while the rest of the people did what they could in Longkou.

Fortunately, after the army landed, except for killing more than a dozen Longkou people on the first day, he didn't do anything too much in the remaining days―――――― which is probably related to his root surname.

In the eyes of the Chinese, they are weak, weak objects that can be bullied. This is also the reason why on the first day, after being teased by the Wehrmacht Air Force, he took out his anger on ordinary people. However, the next day, at dawn, the expeditionary fleet was actually severely damaged in front of them, and that scene left an indelible deep impression on the expeditionary force that was in Longkou at that time.

In addition, in the following days, the offensive of the Yue army in Laiyang was not smooth, and it can even be said that it suffered heavy losses, and many times the Yue army was even pressed and beaten by the national defense army. Naturally, such a development can no longer make the army regard the Wehrmacht as weak, and it can be regarded as "slightly" better when dealing with ordinary people too much.

Otherwise, according to the tradition of the army, among the 3,000 people in Huang County, there are many women who can "use them for other purposes"...

Now, if the army does so, it will need to worry about retaliation by the Wehrmacht. After all, in the past few battles, quite a few Chinese troops have fallen into the hands of the Wehrmacht. And who knows if your future self will also fall into their hands?

Seriously, among the three periods of Meiji, Taisho and Showa, Taisho should be the mildest and most enlightened period―――――― although it is only relative.

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"Alas, I knew that this would be the case, it would have been good if we stayed in Weifang, where there were still people with political axes to provide food and shelter, why bother to come back and suffer the sins of these little devils..."

With that, a sturdy man pushing a cart with both hands glanced at a group of wagons in front of him with a hateful gaze...

On the Laiyang front, there were almost 40,000 Japanese troops fighting there, and the daily consumption of 40,000 Japanese troops was also an astronomical amount. With such a large number, it is naturally impossible for the Chinese people to bear it only by less than 1,000 people, not to mention that there is already a baggage wing in the army?

There are almost 2 to 3,000 people in a baggage wing, and when the baggage troops of the two divisions and regiments are combined, the number is almost five or six times that of China's "strong men."

Of course, as the so-called mosquitoes are small and meaty, so these thousand "strong men" were finally requisitioned. And of course, there is a difference or something.

For example, the sturdy men in front of them are sitting in the carriage, and they can only use their own hands and feet to push the cart―――――― dirty work is reserved for the "lowly" people, otherwise what are they being requisitioned for? Could it be that they are here to ask them to be uncles?

They don't have enough food and clothing every day, they are forced to do dirty work and tiring work, and they are often beaten and abused.

Although they don't know how to speak――――――, the front line often transports some injured soldiers back, and some of them even transport them personally, so naturally they can understand that these Oriental devils are definitely not good in front of the national defense forces in Laiyang.

It's just that just when the corner of the sturdy man's mouth just showed a hint of a smile, a soldier on the side saw it, and naturally threw a whip over.

“………”

Feeling the burning pain in his back, the sturdy man endured his anger and continued to push the cart.

But at this moment, there was a sudden tremor on the ground, like a galloping horse...

"It's the cavalry of the Chinese people, quick, get ready for battle!!"

In recent times, the baggage of the Benben has been no stranger to the cavalry of the Wehrmacht.

Although in modern times, the role of cavalry is no longer as great as it used to be. Especially in trench warfare, using cavalry to storm the opponent's position is simply a suicidal act. However, if it is to attack the enemy's logistics line, then with the strongest mobile surname of cavalry in this era, it is very promising.

Specifically, you can refer to the attack of the Russian Cossack cavalry on the German logistics line on the Eastern Front during the European War.

Of course, the Wehrmacht was not as large as the Cossacks, but it was not as large as the German army on the Eastern Front. Therefore, the initial attack of the National Defense Cavalry in battalions caused heavy damage to the logistics line of the army.

However, after a while, Akiyama Yoshiko adjusted, not only increasing the size of the transport force, but also allocating many of the most feared weapons of the cavalry―――――― heavy machine guns.

And Cai's response was also very simple, that is, the cavalry units that attacked and harassed the logistics line of the army were strengthened from the battalion level to the regimental level. So the shock that the sturdy man felt just now, there is no galloping of thousands of horses, but galloping of thousands of horses is absolutely no problem...

"Hurry, hurry, keep up, this time I can't let these devils run away!!"

Zhang Peirong took the lead in rushing to the front, whipping the war horse under his crotch with a horsewhip, and shouting loudly to his subordinates beside him.

In recent days, the fighting in Shandong has entered a white-hot state, and 35,000 people have fallen in Laiyang almost every day, including Chinese and himself. At this time, the reinforcements from Yanjing, Nanjing, Qingdao, Jinan, and other places had already approached or arrived, and the three divisions of the Chinese army also boarded the transport ships one by one after the mobilization was completed.

At this point, both Cai Ye and Akiyama Yoshiko were looking for an opportunity to win, in order to defeat the enemy forces in front of them after the reinforcements arrived.

So far, Kamio Mitsutomi and Akiyama Yoshiko have not found any flaws in the Wehrmacht, but in Cai Yi's view, if they can cause chaos to the logistics line of the army, then the army in front of them will be chaotic without a fight, and the flaws will be exposed by themselves without looking for anything.

Besides, the current war is still going on on your own land, familiar with the road, just find a few local people as guides, and do things with half the effort―――――― no way, in the era when there is no aerial photography and no satellite correction, the map is really not for people to see...

At this time, after seeing the incoming cavalry regiment, the baggage soldiers and the soldiers in charge of escorting also relied on carriages and carts for defense. More than a dozen Hatch Kes heavy machine guns, which had been transferred by Akiyama Yoshiko, also spat out fiery snakes and swept towards the cavalry regiment attacking from the flank.

“………”

Under the fire of the Hatch Kaiss machine guns, more than 30 soldiers and horses soon fell to the ground, but the remaining cavalry continued to charge towards the baggage convoy.

In the process of charging, the cavalry on horseback also picked up their carbines and grenade launchers, and shot at the soldiers hiding behind the car―――――― as for the grenades, forget it, it is hard to say whether the enemy will blow up or not if that thing is thrown out, but he will definitely be blown up.

Although it is not as "crazy" as the later generations, it is still fighting after falling into a predicament, and very few people will choose to surrender, and many will even hold bundles of grenades and die with the enemy when they are in a desperate situation, which is really a headache for the soldiers of the Wehrmacht.

Fortunately, although these soldiers who are in charge of transportation work also look fierce, their kung fu is far worse than their companions―――――― otherwise it would be impossible to run to be a baggage soldier.

In addition, it is said that this army has always been known for its "poor" equipment among the great powers, and some of the main infantry wings are like this, not to mention the baggage wings.

Therefore, although the army responsible for transporting supplies resisted stubbornly, after half an hour, nearly 1,000 soldiers were wiped out.

As for the prisoners or something, Zhang Peirong may not want to accept them, and people may not want to surrender, since this is the case, it is better to do it cleanly, anyway, they did not massacre prisoners of war or anything.

In fact, if there were really prisoners, Zhang Peirong would have a headache, and after finishing a vote, he would burn the supplies of the army. If they were to bring a bunch of prisoners, it would be a real matter of inconvenience, after all, they were now behind enemy lines, and it would be a headache to be caught up by Yu himself.

However, I am really afraid of something, although there are no more captives in this book, but in the end, there are still a lot of Chinese prisoners left―――――― of course, it seems a little inappropriate to call them prisoners, but it is almost a little bit.

After destroying a thousand troops, Zhang Peirong listened to his subordinates report on the losses.

During the entire raid, the cavalry regiment lost more than 200 men and wounded more than 100 people, which is already a remarkable number in a cavalry regiment with only more than 1,100 men.

However, there is no way to send it, and on the way to the raid, if it is only shot by the soldier's Type 38 rifle in a non-critical position, it will be forgotten. After all, we all know that the 38-type rifle is a well-known "mercy" gun, although it is accurate, but one shot and one eye, as long as it is not critical, it will not be life-threatening.

But the Hatch Chase machine gun that the army is equipped with...

Also, if you are accidentally knocked off the horse by the army, even if you still have half a life when you fall, you will almost run out of gas after a while―――――― the cavalry behind will not stop because you are a comrade-in-arms, not to mention that you may not be able to stop...

Of course, there are some who are lucky, but in these years, bad luck still accounts for the vast majority.

"There were more than 400 casualties in a raid, alas..."

Looking at those injured subordinates, Zhang Peirong sighed.

A cavalry regiment of only more than 1,100 men suddenly suffered nearly a third of the casualties, which was really a heavy loss, but fortunately, there were enough men left to form two cavalry battalions. Otherwise, it's just this battle, I'm afraid they will have to withdraw to the rear to replenish and rest.

"Go, Lao Zhao, take your people and burn all the supplies of the army..."

"Yes!"

After listening to Zhang Peirong's order, the battalion commander called almost a company of people to set fire to all the food, ammunition and other materials transported by the army, and then quickly hid far away to ―――――― the food, and those ammunition were not a joke after they were ignited.

In a short time, the scene was already a fire, and in the firelight there were explosions...

According to this scenario, as long as Yue Jun's eyes are not blind, he will definitely be able to see. In fact, they didn't need to see that the movement half an hour ago was so big, if the Yue army didn't even react at all, I'm afraid they would have been pushed down Longkou Bay by the Wehrmacht.

And looking at the materials that were burning or even exploding, many cavalrymen sat on horseback with their hips straight, but their hearts were very distressed.

Although the current Wehrmacht is much stronger than the beggars in later generations, it is only a recent thing to get rich after all, and these soldiers are still very distressed to see so many materials being burned in front of them.

It's just that they also know that they are barely "alone" now, and they have just lost a lot of comrades-in-arms. These comrades-in-arms, not to mention the wounded, those who have been sacrificed will also be brought back for cremation after they are recovered, in this case, they really can't bring these materials back to Laiyang.

Just when the soldiers were still distressed about the supplies, Zhang Peirong was having a headache about the things in front of him.

Zhang Peirong used to be a member of the Beiyang Army, and he also took the lead many times in the Second Revolution and even the later Hubei Campaign. Zhang Peirong has also done three or four times to deal with the army like today.

However, to be honest, Zhang Peirong would rather have another raid like that just now, rather than face these people in front of him.

"Sir, sir, take us away..."

"Yes, sir, when those devils come back, they will never let us go when they see the way they are now..."

"Sir, you can do it..."

In the past, these people also regarded the local garrison Qiu Ba as evil ghosts, but after they landed, they did not know what the real evil spirits were. Although he said that he only killed some people who resisted a little in the first day, it made no difference to them in the next few days.

So at this moment, when I saw the Wehrmacht in front of me, these people were almost like seeing their relatives.

And Zhang Peirong and the cavalry around him, looking at the remnants of the people in front of them, felt both pitiful and angry―――――― to put it in a literary way, that is, they were angry and saddened their misfortune.

The officers and soldiers present were aware of the evacuation order issued by the political axe, and even many of them were still participants, after all, if the local political axe was to evacuate alone, they might not be evacuated until the end of the European war. However, what Zhang Peirong didn't expect was that after the evacuation, some people would sneak back home, and finally become sheep in the wolf's mouth...

You must know that the annual funds of the Military Intelligence Bureau are enough to support a division (if a division is counted in military salaries, at least three or four million per year), and this is still a regular fund, and special funds are not included in it, for example, some time ago, the people of the Military Intelligence Agency contacted a comrade named Lenin who was far away in Germany, and provided this comrade named Lenin with 100,000 pounds, which is equivalent to more than one million silver dollars...

This money is a special fund.

The people of the Military Intelligence Agency were also shocked when they found out that there were at least 3,000 ordinary people in Huang County, including the surrounding areas of Huang County. However, the military intelligence bureau at that time only thought that the work of the local political axe and the garrison was not good, and many people were left behind.

It was only after a little investigation that the personnel of the Military Intelligence Bureau discovered that all the 3,000 people had slipped back after being evacuated to Weifang.

After learning the truth of the matter, all the people in the MIA also wilted.

It's no wonder that no matter what the people in the MIA think, it is impossible to imagine that someone would sneak back on their own initiative...

It's just that at this point, the people in the Military Intelligence Bureau have no choice but to report the matter to Cai Yi. Cai Ye also had a great headache after learning about this incident, after all, he couldn't go to Yue himself to rob people, right?

In the end, I had to inform the troops below, telling them that there were still almost 3,000 of their own people on the side of the army, and let them pay a little attention to it when they started―――――― and that's it, if they really took care of the front and the back, the battle would not have to be fought, not to mention that he himself might not be able to do anything to these people.

Afterwards, the people of the Military Intelligence Bureau also found out that the army requisitioned these people as strong men and helped the army to be responsible for transporting the materials that landed in Longkou Bay.

This was not unexpected by Cai Yi, after all, ordinary people only have such a role. If he had learned some ancient tactics and driven the common people to rush to the Wehrmacht position, the British would have turned against him even if he was a member of the Entente, because the British had always been hypocritical, not to mention that there was a United States on the side that had always hated the Wehrmacht.

Although he knew that he had requisitioned the people as strong men to transport supplies, Cai Ye couldn't think much about it, just like what was said above, if everything was estimated, there would be no need to fight this battle.

Therefore, when he ordered the attack on the logistics line of the Yue Army, Cai Ye did not give more instructions except for asking the cavalry troops in charge of the attack to pay a little attention. After all, too many instructions are tantamount to harming these cavalrymen.

So right now, Zhang Peirong is facing a dilemma of how to deal with it...

At this time, although the people in front of him were killed and injured a lot because of the clash just now, they still had the appearance of more than 100 people, and it was not a simple matter to bring them all back to Laiyang.

Just looking at their pitiful appearance, Zhang Peirong couldn't leave them alone.

If you really want to leave them behind, when the Yue army arrives, looking at the corpses of the Yue army everywhere, maybe they will really open the killing ring, so Zhang Peirong had no choice but to say.

"In this way, I still left a lot of pack horses for pulling carts, and you will use pack horses to slowly detour the injured people to Weifang, and we will attract the attention of the Yue army for you and buy you a little more time..."

This is also the only thing Zhang Peirong can do, do you really want him to take these people back to Laiyang? When the army arrived, it was really self-defeating.

Although the method proposed by Zhang Peirong is also a good way, these people always feel that it is safer to follow the big soldiers in front of them, but no matter how they pray, Zhang Peirong and the others should not be, and in the end, they are really annoyed and ride directly on horseback, leaving them with a sentence of "We will attract attention for you..." and ran away.

There was no way, these people had no choice but to carry the injured people to pack horses, and then drive the horses in the direction of Weifang―――――― if they used the carriage, they would leave a wheel print, which Zhang Peirong gave them when they left.

Not long after Zhang Peirong's troops and the people left, a group of cavalry riding Dongyang horses had already arrived at the scene. Looking at the scene of the flames and the dead bodies at the scene, the captain of the cavalry wing who led the team to arrive turned blue.

More than 1,000 heavy soldiers were definitely a big loss for the army.

If he went back like this, Kamio Mitsutomi would definitely not let him go, so after gritting his teeth, he led his subordinates in the direction with the most horseshoe prints, as for the other way?

Although there are some horseshoe prints, this is the difference between a large fish and a small fish.

And later, after learning that a baggage team had been wiped out, Akiyama Yoshiko sighed for a while, and all he could do was to send a joint emergency telegram to Tokyo with Mitsutomi Kamio, asking for reinforcements to arrive early...

The rest of my mind is all on the enemy in front of me...

(To be continued)