Looking at the plan in front of him, Liu Hua read it carefully: "The first battalion of the second regiment, the first battalion of the new second regiment is under the unified command of Gao Yuan, the commander of the second regiment, and sets up a blocking position in Majiawa to block the reinforcements sent from the direction of Licheng and Dongyang Pass. The three regiments and one battalion, the new three regiments and one battalion, under the unified command of Wang Nanhu, the commander of the three regiments, set up a blocking position in Chunshuling to block the reinforcements sent from the direction of Shexian County, and each of the two blocking positions sent a mountain artillery company to assist in the defense, and all the remaining troops, a total of eight battalions, were under the unified command of the commander of the headquarters, and an ambush position was set up in Xiangtangpu to ambush the devil's convoy

"Okay, that's it, also, let the special operations brigade leave a certain number of troops along the way to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and all the remaining troops will be established immediately, and the cavalry battalion and the two companies of baggage will be used as the reserve of the whole army." After reading the battle plan, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction, because this battle plan has a good grasp of the distribution of troops, especially the mixed forces, and almost every soldier has entered his own force

Soon, this supplemented battle plan was distributed to cadres at and above the battalion level. Since it was only 14 days now, and the devil's convoy would pass through Xiangtangpu the morning after tomorrow at the earliest, the soldiers had plenty of time to set up their positions, distribute ammunition, and prepare for the battle.

After the battle order was issued, Liu Hua quietly approached Xiangtangpu with a platoon of guards, and since it was now close to night, the busy highway gradually became quieter. Liu Hua held the binoculars and observed carefully, but it was really like the reconnaissance of the special brigade, Xiangtangpu was indeed a natural ambush battlefield. The entire road is winding and winding at the foot of the mountains, and it is conceivable that you can only see a hundred meters in front and behind at most. As for the longer distances, it is not visible, and the flying insects are conducive to the interspersed division of troops.

On the morning of the next day, the General Staff Office handed over to Liu Hua a detailed troop deployment for the ambush war, and the troops, firearms, and heavy weapons were marked in detail one by one. It is clear that the General Staff has put a lot of effort into this campaign. Since mountain artillery was not suitable for ambush warfare, the General Staff Office transferred 24 mortars from the four regiments of the whole army and arranged them in a centralized manner. As the latest weapon of the Reading Brigade, the Thunderbolt is arranged separately for several kilometers along the way, and a Thunderbolt is arranged every 500 meters, because everyone believes that if a cannonball goes down, all the devils within 100 years before and after will definitely go back to see the emperor.

Thinking of the power of the thunder, Liu Hua suddenly thought of the attention of detonating the explosive package. As soon as he said this, everyone applauded, and in this way, nearly 50 rounds of thundering shells were brought out of the artillery battalion amid the shouting and scolding of Chen Guangrong, the commander of the artillery battalion. With the help of experienced sappers, 50 explosive packs were buried on the hillsides on both sides of the road. Due to the large number of telephone lines seized by the troops some time ago, these buried explosive packs were used by street telephone lines and electric detonation devices converted from telephones, and even if they did not have them, at least one grenadier was specially arranged for him.

Seeing such an ambush position, every officer of the staff office looked at each other, and everyone knew the power of the explosive bag. If you detonate 50 explosive packs along the way at once, you can imagine what will become of the devils, and how many devils will be left who can resist. Thinking of this, everyone knew why the commander had the courage to attack the elite more than 2,000 people of the army with a force of less than 5,000 people in his hands, surrounded by heavy troops of the locals.

With plenty of time, the troops arranged the entire position very completely. Beauty. From the road, it is completely impossible to see that there are almost three regiments hiding here.

And just after the Eighth Route Army finished arranging its position, the captain of the army, Moriki Nakasa, was sitting confidently in the tent of the temporary camp. Enjoy a sumptuous dinner that only officers can enjoy, and drink special sake. After a day's march, although he was tired, Moriki was excited. Because he was lucky to be transferred to the rear to transport supplies, he didn't have to go to the front line to brave the rain of bullets and bullets, although he thought so, he didn't have the dignity of an imperial samurai, but Moriki Nakasa, who was born as a professor, still hated fighting on the front line. What's more, in the rear not only had ample supplies of supplies, but now he commanded far more than a brigade.

What's more, there are almost no front-line enemies in the rear. The enemies encountered are some untrained bandit guerrillas, and for these enemies, you only need to pay a small price to get a great deal of merit, after all, merit is something that every samurai wants. Thinking of these easy-to-get completions, the bandit guerrillas who were scurrying around with their own size. Moriki Nakasa was excited.

Since this time it escorted nearly a month's operational supplies to the front line, the North China General Headquarters attached special importance to it, and then deleted the request to escort the troops to the annihilation in a timely manner, and also to ensure the safety of this batch of ammunition. So in order to prevent the ammunition from being detonated in the event of an attack, the logistics office covered the ammunition of each vehicle with a thick quilt and splashed it with water. In this cold winter, the quilts that were splashed with water quickly turned into thick ice cubes, and Moriki believed that there was protection from these frozen quilts. Bullets and shrapnel hit it useless, unless it was a cannonball directly on it, but who among the bandits along the way would have a cannon? The answer is no.

So today, when he encountered a group of bandits (local guerrillas) who took the opportunity to rob, Moriki was not worried about the ammunition on the car at all, even if the bullets flew wildly on the car. He decisively ordered a squadron of soldiers to go with artillery to exterminate this group of bandits, and the record was very impressive, and after a dozen shells fell, this group of bandits disappeared completely. It also mixed up a lot of bandits' equipment to receive military merits

Moriki was extremely happy when he thought of the powerful firepower and sufficient supplies he had. I slept with peace of mind, looking forward to meeting some enemies tomorrow and increasing my achievements.

The next day, March 16, the weather was fine, and the rising sun drove away the chill of the night in the trenches. Everyone moved their frozen hands and feet. Soon, the steaming breakfast prepared by the cooking squad of each battalion was delivered to the position, and the soldiers ate breakfast with confidence, replenished their strength, and after eating, continued to lie down in the trenches to rest and recuperate.

And the devil's convoy also slowly drove out of the temporary station with the rising sun, exactly 200 cars. Except for the first two cars loaded with full of devil soldiers, as the vanguard of the convoy, the rest of the cars were all loaded with ammunition. Just in case, each car is kept at a distance of almost 15 meters from each other in strict accordance with the regulations. And every two cars were sandwiched between a squad of military troops. Mountain artillery, mortars, heavy machine guns, all carried by dismounted horses, followed behind the car. It took nearly half an hour from the time the car left to the time it all drove out of the camp.

Morita sat in the passenger seat of a car, leisurely enjoying the scenery outside the window, not worried about the safety of the convoy at all, knowing that he had more than 2,000 troops, and that the troops of that person dared to move him.

However, the road was calm and calm, and after nearly 2 hours of marching, there were no accidents. Suddenly, the car that Moriki was sitting in stopped on the side of the road. "Nani?" Moriki opened his eyes and looked at the driver suspiciously. Following the driver's gaze, Moriki saw a signal soldier standing outside the car.

"Yaga, what's the matter?" Moriki asked the signal soldier in front of him dissatisfied.

"Your Excellency, the lead Maori team reports that the terrain ahead is dangerous, do you want to pause the convoy and wait for the Maori team to complete the reconnaissance before marching." Seeing Mori Mu, whose face was full of unpleasantness, the signal soldier replied nervously.

"Yaga, Maori's stupidity, we say that there are so many samurai in this imperial army, are you still afraid of the ambush of the Shina soldiers, I very much hope that the Shina people can ambush my convoy. In this way, I can command the elite Imperial Army to destroy them. Tell the Maori lieutenant to get out of the way quickly, and we must get to the next county tonight. Otherwise, I'll be sleeping in the wild again tonight. After listening to the report of the signal soldier, although he was annoyed by Mori's timidity, after all, Mori was thinking about the supplies of the imperial army, so he waved his hand and asked the signal soldier to convey the order.

"Hi" The signal soldier saw Nakasa waving his hand to convey the order himself, and his nervous heart suddenly relaxed, and he ran to the front of the team.

After catching up with the vanguard team and telling the original words of Nakasa, the second lieutenant Maori was also ashamed of the timidity just now, as a samurai of the empire, he was afraid of the ambush of the timid Shina soldiers, which was simply ridiculous, and soon, the stopped team continued to advance.

And the mountain pass where the second lieutenant Maori just stayed is the mountain pass of the ambush position ~ Xiangtangpu, and on the hill next to the road, there are three mortars of two companies of the second regiment and a mortar platoon, ready to close the door and fight the dogs at any time to block the enemy's retreat.

Liu Hua has been standing at the headquarters staring at the devil convoy in the distance, and when he saw the devil convoy stopped at the mountain pass, Liu Hua's heart was raised, and he was sweating profusely, afraid that the army would find out about his ambush plan. However, it didn't take long for Liu Hua's heart to relax, because Yue Jun's convoy began to move again, and 200 cars slowly drove into Xiangtangpu under the guidance of the first two cars.

200 cars, plus their own length, 15 meters between the cars, the entire convoy stretches for nearly 4 kilometers, fortunately, the road along the Xiangtangpu line is long enough, it can fit the entire convoy of the army. On the entire 4-kilometer-long front, Liu Hua has less than 4,000 troops in his hands, and it is impossible to completely encircle the 4,000-meter defense line.

(To be continued)