Thankfully, although the Devil Marines are fully mechanized marches, they also have a fatal shortcoming, that is, there is no fuel supplement, if they can't beat the base camp of the Dragon's Tooth Column, then their mechanized corps equipment will become a pile of scrap metal.

Moreover, subject to the requirements of the mechanized corps for road conditions, if they wanted to maintain a high-speed marching speed, they could only march along the road built by the Longya Column, and the Hutuo River Bridge was an inevitable and necessary way.

Therefore, if the devil wants to capture Pingshan County, the only way to break through the Hutuo River Bridge is to break through the Hutuo River Bridge first, that is to say, there must be a battle with the garrison of the Dragon's Tooth Column!

At the helm of this elite Japanese marine corps was a Japanese major general named Kawayasu Wenzo, who was leading tens of thousands of Japanese marines along the highway in an armored car, accompanied by several staff adjutants.

In the armored car, Chuan An Wensan suddenly opened his slightly closed eyes and asked his chief of staff: "Takeshita-kun, how long will it take for us to reach Pingshan County." ”

"General Huiyu, there are probably less than a hundred miles, and the Hutuo River should be not far ahead, as long as the Hutuo River Bridge is passed, Pingshan County is in front of you." Staff Officer Takeshita replied.

"Oh, is there any movement from the defenders of Zhengding and Shimen?" Chuan An Wensan asked.

"No, according to the mobile scouts we have sent out, there is no sign of the Chinese garrisons in these two places leaving the city." Staff Officer Takeshita replied again.

Chuan An frowned when he heard this, and said suspiciously: "No, the importance of Pingshan County for the Dragon Tooth Column is self-evident, and now that our army is approaching, how can they be indifferent?" Should we stop us from moving forward at any cost? ”

Chief of Staff Takeshita said: "Maybe the Chinese army has seen the invincible combat power of the imperial army, and has been frightened and does not dare to go out of the city to face the battle, right?" ”

Although Chuan An Wensan hoped that this was the reason, after all, the combat power of the mechanized troops led by him was indeed extremely powerful, but reason told him that in just three years, from scratch, he was able to defeat the two major fronts of North China and Central China all over the place, and the dragon tooth column suffered heavy losses.

How can he be so easily frightened? ”

Just when Chuan An Wensan was a little uneasy, the armored car that was moving forward suddenly braked and stopped, and the sudden brakes made Chuan An Wensan and them all can't help but slam forward, almost hitting their heads on the seats and protective armor in front of them.

"Yaga, what's going on?" Chuan An was not in a good mood when he heard this, and immediately shouted angrily.

The devil driver in front of him said resignedly: "Sir, there is a young man who stopped us. ”

At this time, Chief of Staff Takeshita hurriedly opened the door of the armored car, only to see a Shaozuo officer outside jumping down from a side three-wheeled motorcycle, saluting him and Chuan An Wensan: "Two commanders, the Hutuo River Bridge in front has discovered the defense of the Zhina Army, and our spearhead group has carried out a tentative attack, but the firepower of the defenders is extremely strong, far from the resistance we encountered before. ”

"Nani? Hutuo River Bridge? Instead of being surprised, Chuan An felt relieved, because he felt that his troops had advanced all the way to the present, and it was too smooth and unimpeded, and it was a little unreal. In particular, the garrisons in Shimen and Zhengding did not go out of the city to block their own side at any cost.

It is even more necessary to wonder if the Zhina army has set some trap for itself in the front, and now it is okay, so it sees, and every question is revealed with the regular army of the Dragon's Tooth Column stationed on the Hutuo River Bridge.

The doubts in his heart were solved, and Chuan An Wensan immediately waved his hand and said: "Command the troops, go at full speed, rush to the Hutuo River Bridge, let us meet this regular army of China, and see if they are really as powerful as the legend!" ”

On both sides of the Hutuo River Bridge, with the support of local people and migrant workers in the logistics office, Ma Liuhou and Lin Mancang led the base garrison regiment to urgently build a night battle fortification here.

Ma Liuhou and Lin Mancang were leading a reconnaissance platoon of soldiers to patrol at the forefront of the trenches at this time.

"Regimental Commander, Deputy Regimental Commander." Several battalion and company commanders stood up to salute and say hello.

Ma Liuhou took the lead in saluting one by one, came to a foxhole, raised his binoculars and looked at the position that had just been engaged.

Just now, one of the vanguard troops of the devil, about a squadron or so, suddenly appeared and exchanged fire with the alert troops of the garrison regiment, and after a fierce battle between the two sides for about a few minutes, there were some casualties on each other, and they did not wait for Ma Liuhou and others to send reinforcements to attack.

The devil voluntarily stopped the attack and retreated back.

The battle is over for the time being, but it also announces the arrival of the devil.

Ma Liuhou also Lin Mancang couldn't sit still in the headquarters because of this, and took a platoon of soldiers to patrol the position along the trench.

While observing, Ma Liuhou turned back to Lin Mancang and said: "Old Lin, the little devil is menacing this time, it was just a small fight just now, and then it will be a tough battle!" Your battalion is at the front, so you have to be mentally prepared. ”

Lin Mancang, deputy regiment commander and commander of the first battalion, immediately assured with great ambition: "Regiment commander, please rest assured, this defensive battle of the Hutuo River Bridge is related to the life and death of our base camp, and the officers and men of the first battalion and even the whole regiment will do their best, regard death as home, fight the Japanese invaders to the end, and swear to live and die with the position!" ”

"Are the brethren right?" Lin Mancang raised his arms and shouted to the soldiers behind him.

Hundreds or even thousands of dragon tooth soldiers immediately shouted in unison: "Swear to live and die with the position!" Defend the Arsenal to the death! ”

The huge roar gathered, shook the heavens and the earth, and reverberated in the sky for a long time, greatly boosting the morale of all the officers and men of the garrison regiment.

"Send a telegram to the commander and report the situation on our side, the commander said that we must keep abreast of the battle situation in the base area." Ma Liuhou commanded Lin Mancang.

Lin Mancang turned around and instructed a soldier to do it, and said to Ma Liuhou: "Regiment commander, it's not safe here, you better go back to the regiment headquarters." ”

Ma Liuhou put away his binoculars, nodded his head and said, "It's okay, I'll go back." ”

However, before he could go far, a soldier in charge of the guard suddenly fired a shot into the sky.

The sound of gunfire was a warning, Ma Liuhou and others quickly entered the combat state, lying in the trench and raised the telescope again to look outside the position, and sure enough, they saw that the smoke and dust on the road were spreading.

"It's the little devils coming, everyone, get ready to fight, give them some color and see!" Ma Liuhou pulled out his pistol and shouted loudly.