The westbound line was long.

After the incident of Qian Xiongfei, those gentry and rich people no longer dare to drive on the bridge, although the road will still be blocked from time to time, but after timely guidance, no large-scale blockage has been formed.

After the Japanese planes blew up all the bridges on the road to the west, after many tests, they finally found that the air defense units of the new 2nd Division could not take care of all aspects, so they quickly deployed fighters to bomb the migrating crowds in turn.

The Japanese pilots were very cunning, often using one or two fighters to carry out raiding operations, and when they encountered anti-aircraft fire on the ground, they would run away, and if they did not bite like mosquitoes, they dropped two or three bombs in succession, and then fled at high speed.

This kind of "flea tactic" that is about to leave is a headache for the new Second Division, and the losses gradually increase.

Wu Ming pondered hard countermeasures, and after the most retreat, he ordered the scouts to spread to a place five or six kilometers north of the highway, and once they found the traces of Japanese fighters, they immediately notified the troops along the way, and the officers and men quickly set up light and heavy machine guns, and then used the millimeter Erly antiaircraft guns scattered throughout the marching ranks to serve as the main force of air defense, forming a powerful anti-aircraft firepower.

At first, the Japanese fighters were not aware of the danger, and when they circled in mid-air a few times, thinking that there was no danger and then dived to drop bombs, guns rang out on the ground.

The Japanese fighters did not have time to turn and pull up, and turned into a fireball in the air.

After the Japanese fighters were beaten down four times in succession, the commander of the Japanese air force finally realized that the situation was not right, adjusted his tactics in time, and changed to high-altitude bombing, but the threat to the relocated troops was much smaller.

The commander of the 27th Wing, Hirata Kinichi Nakasa, led his troops to retreat to the east bank of Xixi, and happened to meet the brigade commander Major General Sugiura Yasuo, who had crossed the river.

Sugiura Yasuo was shocked and angry, he was very worried that the rout of the 27th Wing would affect his future, and immediately asked Hirata to sort out the remnants, and then transfer a brigade from the 26th Wing, and a squadron of the 7th Engineer Brigade attached to the brigade to form the main force of pursuit.

Last night, Hirata was so defeated that he thought that he had a great chance of being ordered to be disemboweled, and when he heard that there was an opportunity to make meritorious service for his crimes, he was overjoyed, and regardless of the injuries on his body, he immediately straightened out the army, and then chased west like a mad dog again.

When passing through Jingshan Village, Pingtian did not choose to enter the village, but set fire to it, burning the entire village with the gasoline he carried.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Xu Jiadai at the foot of thatched mountain.

Hirata, who was riding on horseback, shouted at the left and right, asking the troops to speed up the march. Hirata used highly inflammatory language to encourage the Japanese army:

“…… There are countless beautiful girls in front of you, and there are countless treasures of gold and silver, and you may wish to think that this is something that you will not be able to enjoy in your hometown of Hokkaido in your lifetime, and if you don't hurry up, the opportunity will slip away......

"Warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, His Majesty the Emperor has sent a telegram asking if we have defeated the new Second Division? Did you capture that Wu Ming, who is called the devil? The goal is ahead, as long as you speed up the march and stick to the opponent, create opportunities for the main force of the division and regiment, glory and wealth are at your fingertips"

Hirata's simple slogans, spiritual and material encouragement, incited the little devils, blushed one by one, and answered with practical actions.

The Japanese Hirata Wing up and down, with all their strength, rushed towards the west like an arrow shooting a string......

In the woods more than 200 meters near the highway, Lu Kuiyuan held a telescope to observe the Japanese troops marching at high speed.

"Niang Xipi"

Putting down the binoculars, Lu Kuiyuan scolded and said to Lei Peng, the commander of the second company of the spy next to him: "That devil Zhongzuo is talking bad about us."

Lei Peng nodded: "In this case, we have to treat him well, so that he will never have a chance to scold his mother again."

Lei Peng had a little pimple in his heart during this time, after his brother Lei Biao took away the spies, he performed well in the battles of Nanxun and Wuxing, especially after the temporary third division moved westward, the second company of the spies decisively went south, broke into pieces, blocked the second, seventh and eighteenth divisions of the Japanese army, and made meritorious achievements, which made Lei Peng envious to death.

About a hundred meters behind the two of them, halfway up the thatched mountain, the carefully camouflaged Type 92 infantry cannon revealed the pitch-black barrel. Colonel Chen Li, deputy commander of the artillery regiment, made a gesture to the officers and men of the 1st Infantry Artillery Battalion, and the soldiers quickly removed the covering from the cannon and began to load the shells.

The first regiment that attacked last night is currently resting at Jiangjia'an, west of Xianlin Town, and the second regiment is blocked in Xianlin, where the second company of the guard battalion and the second company of the fourth company of the special agents are ambushed), plus two regiments of the Maoliangwu militia regiment, and the artillery unit led by Chen Li.

Chen Li shouted at the gunners: "Give Lao Tzu a good fight, this is the first time that our infantry artillery battalion has participated in the battle since its establishment, if you can't fight accurately, go back and Lao Tzu will clean you up."

The New 2nd Division formed three infantry artillery battalions using the Japanese infantry guns captured in the Battle of Pinghu, as well as artillery carefully selected from the rout.

An infantry artillery battalion consisted of a battalion headquarters of thirty men, an observation platoon, an ammunition company of ninety-eight men, and three artillery batteries of one hundred men, each equipped with six Type 92 infantry guns.

The total weight of the Type 92 infantry gun was only more than 200 kilograms, and the requirements for transportation were very low, and in the absence of vehicles, untrained animal or manpower could be towed forward. Coupled with the fact that it can be dismantled and transported, the requirements for road conditions in the war zone are almost reduced to a minimum.

Everything was ready, and the gunners turned around and waited for Chen Li's most rear-end order.

Chen Li pointed to the Japanese commander who was riding on a tall horse, and shouted to the gunners: "It's all good for Lao Tzu, the first round of artillery bombardment mainly hit that devil Zhongzuo According to the battle report, this person escaped in Jingshan Village last night, but he didn't expect that the death of thousands of people still can't stop him, so this time he will be completely finished." Whoever hits, Lao Tzu will ask for merit for him and send him to study at Maoliangwu Military Academy...... Listen up? ”

No one answered, all the people present were old gunners, and after this period of strict and meticulous training, the Type 92 infantry guns could not be more familiar.

"Shooting"

With Chen Li's order, the eighteen infantry cannons roared in unison.

"Bang bang—"

"Boom-"

In the endless explosion sound, clusters of crimson fireballs scrambled to rise in the ranks of the Japanese troops, and the sharp shrapnel and tyrannical shock waves caused the Japanese troops to suffer heavy losses in this wave of intensive artillery bombardment.

In the incessant screams, more than 100 of the devil soldiers around Wing Commander Hirata Nakasa were blown up into the air at that moment, and before they could land, they were cut apart by shrapnel screaming in the air, and hundreds of liters of blood fell from the air like a torrential rain carrying pieces of flesh and internal organs.

The devil soldiers, who were not at the center of the explosion, threw themselves on the ground, dodging the shrapnel that was fired in the air, and the rain of blood falling from the sky made these Japanese soldiers who were accustomed to bloody scenes howl in horror.

The Japanese marching procession turned on their backs for a while, and the dense shells stunned the Japanese troops at once, and they never expected that there were Chinese artillery on the hill beside the road.

Captain Hirata was very lucky, as soon as he heard the howling of the cannonballs flying, he immediately rolled over and rolled under the belly of the horse. By the time the serial explosions around him passed, the healthy horse, which had been neighing just now, had been beaten into a sieve and baptized by shrapnel from head to toe.

The war horse completed the last mission, successfully blocked most of the shrapnel for Hirata Nakasa, and saw that it was no longer possible.

Hirata didn't care about his distressed mount, his left arm was hit by a piece of shrapnel, and he struggled to roll to the drainage canal next to the road, picking up a telescope and looking around.

"Quick, the Shina army is hiding in the hills to the south and destroy them" Hirata Nakasa gave a loud order to the herald who took the initiative to come closer, and two medical soldiers rushed up and bandaged Hirata's wounds.

Chen Li couldn't believe his eyes a little, this devil commander was really fatal, the surrounding devil soldiers were all killed, and even his mount was killed, but this person still survived tenaciously and organized a counterattack.

Chen Li raised his foot and kicked the butt of an artilleryman next to him, and scolded: "Let you hit it accurately, you hit it like this?" It's a shame, now listen to my orders, the first gun is specifically staring at that commander to shoot the other guns and fire freely"

As Chen Li's roar came, eighteen infantry cannons rang out again.

A cannonball exploded directly on Hirata's body, and this time, Hirata could no longer escape. In a burst of gunsmoke, Hirata, who was being bandaged by the medics, was blown to pieces, and the two medics also turned into blood gourds and fell to the ground, and the blood quickly stained the earth red.

"Yu Dehao"

Chen Li waved his fist happily and shouted an order to the artillerymen: "Quick, finish the shells for Lao Tzu, and make the little devils scream that they should not be called every day, and these bastards dare to come to invade China, and they are impatient?" ”

The Japanese troops who rushed towards the hill to the south bowed their bodies and walked less than 100 meters when a burst of thunder and explosions sounded from under their feet, and the flying shrapnel and violent explosions blew up all the Japanese soldiers dead and wounded.

The explosion of the mine was an order, and from the woods at the foot of the thatched mountain, tongues of scarlet and orange flames of varying lengths were spewed.

Makqin heavy machine guns and Czech light machine guns, hidden in various parts of the forest, poured a storm of bullets into the Japanese formation. The dense bullets kicked up clouds of blood mist in the formation of the Japanese army, and one after another Japanese officers and soldiers fell to the ground screaming miserably. The powerful firepower suppressed the devil breathlessly.

In pursuit of the new 2nd Division, the Hirata Wing was not equipped with heavy weapons, and continued to suffer after the defeat suffered last night.

The Hirata Wing was covered by a barrage, and it was already exhausted from a long march and battle, but at this time, it was so badly hit that the morale could no longer be maintained, especially the death of the wing commander, which made the Japanese army feel deep despair and finally collapsed.

In less than an hour, the Japanese army was already crushed, but the chasing shells continued to explode around them, taking the lives of a large number of devils.

At the end of the battle, in order to avoid being attacked by Japanese fighters, the artillerymen quickly dismantled the infantry guns, sent them down the mountain, loaded them on pack horses, and marched from the path to Lin'an.

Chen Li asked his men to go deep into the woods to take the car out, arched his hand to Lu Kuiyuan, and said politely: "Battalion Commander Lu, you guys slowly clean up the battlefield!" Our artillery left first, turn back, you guys hurry up and catch up, the division can't do without you for a while."

"This person is just different from people, your artillery fights a blockade, and there are horses. Our spy company is also blocking the attack, and we have to run to hurry, which is really infuriating."

Lu Kuiyuan muttered, looking depressed

Chen Li turned over and turned to Lu Kuiyuan and scolded with a smile: "Usually your spies don't even have any good things?" If our artillerymen had run to catch up with the large forces, they might have died. You're still going to talk cool here."

For a long time, the spy company has been Wu Ming's heart, and he is usually a baby, although the training is hard, but the weapons and equipment are far better than the average. Running to catch up with a large army is a difficult thing for artillerymen, but for the officers and men of the special service company, it is nothing.

"Alright, let's go"

Chen Li said hello to Lu Kuiyuan and flicked his horsewhip. The horse neighed and galloped away westward.