In the blink of an eye, it was afternoon before the Japanese began to cross the river slowly.

The soldiers in the lead walked unhurriedly, about a platoon of soldiers walked in the front, and the large army, although crossing the river, remained unmoved.

"Prepare to shoot." A regiment commander said a little anxiously when he saw that the Japanese soldiers were about to arrive at the forward position.

"No shots are allowed, the enemy's large forces have not yet crossed the river." Pan Xingguang looked at the commander on the other side of the river, and felt anxious.

He remembered Jiang Xianyun's words, if the situation was not good, he would retreat quickly, but at this time, he couldn't retreat no matter what, otherwise he Pan Xingguang would not be able to stay in the military world, and let a platoon scare away the general, this reputation he can't afford to bear.

"Shoot." The Japanese soldier said this, and the Japanese soldier lay on the ground and fired at the reeds, and the bullet flew over the soldier's head.

Many soldiers were shot directly in the head, and their heads looked like broken watermelons.

"If only the weather were dry, I would have to take this reed swing myself." Jun Cao said triumphantly.

"Honda-kun, don't say so much useless, let's tell the big army to continue marching forward, it's not too early." A Shao Zuo said.

"Suzuki-kun, you guys who graduated from military academies have poor combat experience, and you still have to study hard. Shoot again. Honda shouted as he pulled out his command knife.

"Shoot!"

"Smack. Syllable. Syllable. "Sanba Dagai began to shoot, and this time there were still many soldiers who were shot, and the soldiers bit on the artemisia grass and didn't say a word.

"Sir, they've spotted us, should we fight back?" An officer whispered in Pan Xingguang's ear.

Pan Xingguang pulled down the steel helmet, in fact, this is just a psychological effect, the 38 big cover is enough to penetrate his steel helmet, "Don't, the enemy will probably use machine guns to strafe in a while, this is just their pathfinder Cao, everyone be careful with me, don't expose it." ”

After Pan Xingguang finished speaking, he really remembered the sound of the machine gun, and the reeds and grass brushed down.

"Okay, Honda-kun, are you seniors so timid?" Shao Zuo said suspiciously.

"Yaga. I am the commander of this force, do not speak. Honda said to the top soldier next to him, "Grenadiers, fire." ”

"Bang!" The power of the grenadier canister was so great that all the soldiers who were hit were blown up in a blur of flesh and blood.

"Sir, they've spotted us, let's shoot back." The operational staff also suggested.

Pan Xingguang's head was covered with sweat, but he still insisted, "No one needs to shoot without my order." ”

At this time, Honda Juncao took out a red flag and shook it a few times, and after Sasaki received the information, he turned to Lieutenant General Watanabe who was looking at the reeds in a daze.

"General, the front is safe, we can cross the river."

"Could it be that my old friend lied to me, that it is impossible, so that you will give me an order, order the artillery to set up their positions, set up the yuan, and be ready to shoot at the reeds at any time. At the same time, the engineer regiment was ordered to prepare the materials for the pontoon bridge and prepare for the erection of the pontoon bridge. Watanabe ordered.

"General, isn't there a fuss?" Sasaki said dissatisfied.

"Baga, on the opposite side is the Chinese Twin Stars. I don't want to die in China, you'd better give me honest orders. When Watanabe had finished speaking, he ordered the army to march.

At this time, Watanabe crossed the river under the escort of everyone, and Pan Xingguang settled down.

The 20,000 troops on the opposite side began to cross the river, and the Japanese crossed the river very quickly, basically running forward, and the 20,000 troops crossed half of it without a stick of incense.

Moreover, the vanguard consciously marched towards the reeds, and the soldiers began to build positions.

Pan Xingguang saw that it was almost there, and said to the liaison officer beside him, "Order the demolition team to detonate." ”

As soon as Pan Xingguang's order was finished, the demolition team detonated the explosives, and the entire bridge was suddenly blown off, covering the sky with fire for half a day, and countless soldiers fell into the river.

"Ahh Everywhere there was the howl of Japanese soldiers.

"Baga, damn the Chinese are too cunning." Sasaki ran to Watanabe's side with a dirty face, fortunately Watanabe didn't have anything to do, but he was in a hurry to cross the river just now, and his clothes were a little messy, but Watanabe's expression looked very interested.

"General, we have been ambushed, and we should now request reinforcements from the Fifth Division." Sasaki said anxiously.

"Nonsense, we just encountered the enemy, how can it be considered an ambush, I don't need the assistance of the 5th Division, order the machine guns to seize the commanding heights and conduct suppressive fire on the opposite side."

"Yes!" Sasaki hurriedly went to announce the order, while Watanabe looked at the ambush soldiers who appeared in the reed swing with interest, "Shina is really not as weak as Yo believes, but bullying pigs, why don't you have the interest in bullying people." ”

"Report, sir, the resistance on the other side is tough, and the sappers on the other side are building pontoon bridges, what should we do." The chief of staff said to Pan Xingguang.

Pan Xingguang's face was also a little anxious, he didn't expect that the Japanese could still organize strong resistance with only 10,000 men and an ambush.

The machine guns on both sides fired wildly, and the soldiers fell every moment, and the grenadiers on the opposite side were very accurate, and several machine gun points had fallen.

Pan Xingguang was a little anxious and said, "Order the mortar company to design the machine gun position opposite." ”

After saying that, the mortars opened fire quickly, these artillery were all elite artillerymen from Sichuan, and a few shells knocked out the machine gun point on the opposite side.

Watanabe smiled, "Hmph, the commander on the opposite side is definitely not Jiang Xianyunjun, who ordered the artillery to shoot." ”

"Boom! Rumble! "More than a dozen mortars were fired at the field artillery on the opposite side, and instantly turned into smoke and dust, and there was nothing left.

"Damn, sir, we fought with them, those dozen mortars are our treasures." The chief of staff red-eyed and said angrily.

"Nonsense, order a unit, select the elite, form a blocking squad, leave a machine gun platoon to block the enemy, and the others retreat to Lijiapo." Pan Xingguang also wanted to fight, but he didn't want his soldiers to die here, and the field artillery on the opposite side was really terrifying to him. It seems that they had expected that the Chinese army would ambush them, so they had been prepared for a long time.

"Retreat!" When the horn of retreat sounded, the 40,000-strong army retreated alternately, which stunned Lieutenant General Watanabe.

"Baga, the opposite side turned out to be the main force of Dabie Mountain, I looked down on Jiang Xianyun, let the top soldiers stick to me, say nothing and can't let them go, and contact Wang Jingwei to tell them that we have found their main force and let them assist us in the battle." After Watanabe gave the order, he began to follow the troops.

Pan Xingguang retreated behind the team, which caused the troops to not be very flustered, but Pan Xingguang remembered Jiang Xianyun's words, he thought that the commander must have a twist in his heart, so he retreated at the beginning, so all the useless things were thrown away, to the kettle, the marching pot.

Watanabe pursued and was happy in his heart, it seemed that the commander on the opposite side had panicked, or that the troops on the opposite side were vulnerable.

Chased all the way to Lijiapo, despite Jiang Xianyun's great efforts, he still lost more than 5,000 people, while Watanabe's division suffered almost no damage except for the more than 2,000 people who suffered from the ambush at the beginning.

Seeing that Pan Xingguang's troops were so mixed, he knew that the road must be very unsmooth, Jiang Xianyun sent a telegram to Pan Xingguang, asking him to retreat to Gaodian Mountain, and rebuild his composure, he would lead his troops to attack Honda's flank.

Pan Xingguang, who knew what Jiang Xianyun meant, said secretly, it turned out that the commander-in-chief was also capable of this, but at this time, he had no choice but to run to Gaodian Mountain in a panic with the troops.

With the cooperation of these villagers, Pan Xingguang soon set up a position, and Watanabe was very wise not to pursue, he was waiting for the follow-up troops to pursue.

At this time, the small detachment of the ambush baggage troops prepared by Jiang Xianyun in advance had very poor results, except for the beginning of the explosion of weapons, there were no results at other times.

"Commander-in-chief, should we sneak up on them once at night?" Li Mo sent a telegram to Jiang Xianyun.

But Jiang Xianyun refused, at this time, the sneak attack was not a very good choice, he chose to attack tomorrow.

However, it did not mean that Jiang Xianyun did nothing, he ordered Pan Xingguang to send a dozen machine gunners at night to hide in the shadows and harass Watanabe's position.

And Watanabe really faced the enemy, organized for most of the night, and found that the troops of Dabie Mountain had no intention of attacking, which made Watanabe very angry.

Watanabe vowed to kill Jiang Xianyun himself.

Until dawn, Watanabe, with the support of artillery, frantically carried out shelling. At this time, Jiang Xianyun's strategy of attacking from the flank also began.

Forty thousand soldiers of Dabie Mountain, under the cover of dozens of artillery pieces, launched an attack on the troops of the Watanabe Division.

"Hah! Ha! I said that the Huaxia Twin could not be so useless, and ordered the artillery to shoot at me, and I wanted to show them the power of the Great Japanese Empire. Watanabe said excitedly.

"General, we are now under attack from the enemy on both sides, should we retreat first, and then wait for the support of the Fifth Division." Sasaki asked.

"No, by the time that guy comes, the enemy will have already run out, follow my order to give me an all-out attack on the troops attacking from the flank, and the soldiers will telegraph to Wang Jingwei, if his troops don't support us again, just wait for the wrath of the Japanese Empire." Watanabe said excitedly with a grim face.

At this time, Sun Yuanliang, who had been ordered by Jiang Xianyun, launched a feint attack on Jiang Xianyun's troops from the rear, and the cannon body rumbled, and it seemed that the formation was very strong.

Jiang Xianyun led his troops and began to retreat in a panic.

"General, we should chase that unit." When Sasaki watched both forces begin to retreat, he didn't know which one to chase.

"Report to the commander of the division, Wang Jingwei sent a telegram that they had just attacked the headquarters of our branch division Jiang Xianyun from the flank, and they had already begun to flee, and he hoped that we could cooperate in eliminating this army." The correspondent said excitedly.

"Yo Xi, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Dabie Mountain Corps is too poor, although Jiang Xianyunjun has a good strategy, but he does not have a strong force to support him, how can he be my opponent, order the troops to pursue and attack our troops."

Hearing this, the 7th Division moved and began a frantic pursuit.