After listening to Zhang Xiaozhun's words, Yang Jiejian said: "I don't think it's as good as this, draw people who have been soldiers from the Vietnamese Corps to form an army, as far as I know, there were about 20,000 colonial troops in Vietnam at the beginning, and these 20,000 people were also incorporated into the Vietnamese Corps, these people have more or less some military training, these people are organized into two divisions, because there are too many people, and they are infantry, the speed of the march will be greatly behind the German cavalry, I will build yì to collect all the carriages and horses in Kiev, Then 20,000 people were transported to the town of Berezan by horse-drawn carriage day and night, and 3,000 men of the Gurkha Corps could be brought with them! ”

Wu Peifu felt that this was feasible, and immediately said: "I think it's okay, corps commander, you and Chief of Staff Yang stay in Kyiv, and I will take 20,000 Vietnamese soldiers and 3,000 Gurkha soldiers to ambush the three cavalry divisions of the German army, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun looked at Wu Peifu and hesitated: "General Wu, you are also a corps-level commander, but you are a bit overkill to command this kind of ambush battle?" Why don't you change someone else? ”

Wu Peifu hurriedly said: "No, no, no, this is definitely not overkill, to be honest, I really don't feel at ease when this matter is handed over to others, and you and Chief of Staff Yang can't leave here, so I can only go, Commander, just let me go?" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun weighed it, and finally agreed, "Okay, in that case, you will lead the team to carry out this task, and prepare immediately, I can only give you one day to prepare, collect horses, carriages, and transfer troops must be completed within one day!" ”

"Understood!" Wu Peifu immediately agreed.

Wu Peifu transferred some men from the staff headquarters and a regiment from the guard division, and assigned this guard regiment to immediately go outside to collect horses and carriages. Then some officers from the Vietnamese Corps were sent to a meeting, which lasted for a short time. The main content was to transfer all the soldiers who had served under the French in the past, and he did not disrupt the organization and reorganize. Instead, he ordered to form a battalion according to the former formation under the French, and then to organize these small formations into two divisions, plus the 3,000 men of the Gurkha Corps, a total of 23,000 men, and a battalion of the selected guard regiment was divided into his headquarters guard force, and the rest of the guard regiment was used as a military police unit and a supervisory team, responsible for supervising the 20,000 Vietnamese soldiers.

At eight o'clock in the evening of the same day, Wu Peifu was quite generous in order to motivate morale, and he gathered all the officers and soldiers in an open space. Then let the guards bring a few huge boxes, open these boxes, the boxes are neatly stacked with Chinese dollar bills, the Vietnamese soldiers looked at the banknotes in those boxes and secretly swallowed their saliva, the Gurkha soldiers are better.

Wu Peifu made a speech in public, talked about the general situation, and then said that the money was distributed to 23,000 people, and half of it would be sent down first, as long as the task was successfully completed. After sending the other half, the soldier can explain to his squad leader, and if he wants to send the money home, he can transfer the money to the squad leader. The squad leaders registered and collected the money from each other, and the special post office set up by each division sent it to the soldiers' families, a move that was supported by all Vietnamese soldiers.

After a night of counting and arrangement, the final preparations were finally completed at about 6 o'clock in the morning of the next day. Wu Peifu gave the order, and 20,000 Vietnamese soldiers and 3,000 Gurkha soldiers climbed into the 4,000 carriages prepared for them. Of them, 3,000 wagons were loaded with people, and 1,000 wagons were loaded with grain, grass and ammunition, and at 6:15 a.m., a huge convoy of wagons set out, dragging out a long queue of more than ten miles on the dirt road.

On August 9, 20,000 Vietnamese soldiers and 3,000 Gurkha soldiers led by Wu Peifu finally arrived at the town of Berezan on the banks of the Dnieper River after a day and a night of forced march.

The huge carriage convoy stopped at the entrance of the small town of Berezan, and the officers ordered the soldiers to jump out of the carriage and line up, and Wu Peifu stood on the carriage and looked at the town in front of him. At this time, a colonel couldn't run up and saluted: "General, the corps headquarters has called, and the intelligence shows that the three German cavalry divisions are forty miles across the river, and it is not clear when they will attack Kanivo on the other side of the river."

Wu Peifu thought for a moment and said: "Order, send a team of people in to discuss with the people in the town, let them not panic, how to live in peacetime, how to live now, just let them hide at home after the Germans come, after this battle is over, in addition to weapons and ammunition, the captured German war horses and other valuable things will belong to the people in this town, and they will distribute them by themselves!" In addition, let the soldiers rest immediately, and at the same time send people to control the Russian soldiers at the bridgehead, don't let them leak the news, I don't want the Germans to find the slightest clue! ”

"Yes, General!"

A group of soldiers quickly entered the town under the leadership of an officer, and the Russians in this town did not agree to cooperate with the army, but after the officer said that all the captured goods belonged to the people of this town, except for weapons and ammunition, the Russians in the town immediately agreed, saying that they would cooperate well.

A squad of Russian soldiers guarding the bridgehead on this side of the town was charged, and the news of the arrival of Wu Peifu's army did not reach the ears of the Russian troops in Kanifu on the other side.

After obtaining the consent of the residents of the town, Wu Peifu immediately ordered someone to draw out the military topographic map of the town and its surroundings, the process only took more than an hour, and after more than an hour, Wu Peifu's headquarters in the north of the town five miles hung up the military topographic map of the town and its surroundings, the town is not large, a main road in the north, south, east and west divides the whole town into four squares, the town administrative center is at the intersection of the two main roads, this house is three stories high, made of solid and solid rock.

Wu Peifu studied the map for half an hour and immediately ordered, "The 1st Regiment of the 1st Vietnamese Division is ambushed in the homes of residents in the northeast and northwest of the town, and the 2nd Regiment is ambushed in the homes of residents in the southwest and southeast. The 3rd Regiment was ambushed in the southwest of the town to prevent the enemy from going to Poltava, the 2nd Division and the 1st Regiment were ambushed in the northwest direction to block the enemy's road to Kiev, the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Division was responsible for ambushing the south of the town, once all the Russian troops had crossed the river, the bridgehead was immediately sealed to prevent them from retreating to the west bank of the river, and the 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Division was ready to support around the headquarters as a reserve! ”

"Yes, General!"

This time, in order to deal with the three German cavalry divisions, Wu Peifu brought a large number of heavy machine guns, and the guard troops he brought also had a large number of mortars, and the Gurkha Corps was equipped with a large number of light machine guns.

At 12:15 p.m., gunfire rang out in the direction of Kanifu on the other side of the town, and the gunfire was sparse and soon disappeared, Wu Peifu knew that the German cavalry had already controlled Kanifu, and the defenders of Kanifu only had one company, how could a company resist the attack of three cavalry divisions without any defense? It is normal for Canivo to be attacked by the Germans.

Soon, a small group of cavalry quickly crossed the Canifu Bridge into the town of Berezin, there was no Tsarist Russian army guarding on the other side of the bridge, which made the German cavalry squad leader Jacis a little puzzled, but he didn't think much about it, let the cavalry team enter the town as fast as possible, and went in the direction of the town, the residents of the town saw the German cavalry coming, they were frightened and panicked, and fled home one by one to close the door.

Jacquis led the cavalry team to the administrative center of the town, and rushed in to control the mayor of the Russian town and several clerks inside, and smashed the radio station inside to prevent the mayor from reporting to the Russians, after doing this, Jacques sent the cavalry out to reconnoiter the situation around the town and the town, and they also knocked on the door of the residents of the town to inquire about the news, with the cooperation of the residents of the town, Jaques's cavalry team got the situation they wanted, this town is very safe!

Jacques sent someone back to the large German cavalry force on the other side to report that the German army was coming in the direction of the town through the Guò Kanifu Bridge, and that 18,000 cavalry was not a small number, although it did not gallop, but even if such a number of cavalry did not gallop on horseback, when they entered the town, the residents of the town were too frightened to come out.

Markus, the commander of the 133rd Cavalry Division of the German Army, walked at the front of the troops on horseback, he looked at the houses on both sides of the street, and said to the commander of the 158th Cavalry Division beside him: "Ferrander, how do I feel that we are being watched by countless people? It's creepy, it's very bad! ”

Ferrand smiled: "Marcus, your nerves are too sensitive, is it because you haven't had a good rest these days?" You see, the division commander Herman and his troops all walked out of the town and went in the direction of Kyiv, and nothing happened! ”

"I hope I'm too sensitive!" Marcus sighed and pulled his horse to speed forward.

Just as the two of them were riding out of the town, they heard gunshots coming from the bridgehead to the west of the town, and Marcus was startled and hurriedly shouted, "What's the matter?" What's next? ”

No one could answer his question, and within a few seconds, the sound of gunfire quickly swept through the town's main roads, the thudding of rifles, the roar of machine guns, and the screams of death filled the town and its surroundings.

The 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Vietnamese Division, which was ambushed to the south of the town, attacked first, and was discovered by the German rear when they cut off the retreat of the German cavalry, and the two sides immediately began to exchange fire, and the battle soon spread to the entire town, and even the German cavalry division that had already left the town was attacked by an ambush in the dense forest on both sides of the road woods. (To be continued......)