In the blink of an eye, it was October, and the devils began to launch a fierce attack in the area north of Shijiazhuang. The national army was powerless to resist, and depending on the situation, these areas would soon fall.

As soon as the cannon sounded, the flow of people fleeing south along the Pinghan Line was greater, and Yu Laogen's business was getting better and better. However, when the devil comes to kill, the deal will come to an end. Zheng Weiguo specially instructed Yu Laogen to speed up the transportation and sent an additional platoon of troops to help him. In addition to military supplies, civilian materials such as cloth and grain can be used to bring back all the goods, so as not to cheapen the devils.

In view of the imminent invasion of devils, Zheng Weiguo had to speed up the training process and increase a lot of combat training. Of course, the training content cannot be reduced, only the training intensity can be increased. Every day, except for one platoon on duty, who stayed in the city, the rest of the people gathered outside the east gate every day for training.

However, not long after the intensive training was carried out, bad news came. The vanguard of the devils had already occupied the neighboring Tongping County, and Yu Laogen and the others were forced to retreat. Because the devils advanced extremely fast along the Pinghan Railway, they almost couldn't come back.

There were twenty carts in total, loaded with guns, cloth and other supplies. This is the last batch, and there is no place to buy it in the future. If you want it, you can only rob it with the devil.

As soon as Yu Laogen saw Zheng Weiguo, he said excitedly: "Thanks to Brother Wu, otherwise we would have been blocked in Tongping City by devils." ”

This Wu brother's name is Wu Quanfu, and he is the bodyguard who escorted the county magistrate before. As soon as he went, there was no news, and everyone thought he wouldn't come back. Unexpectedly, this time not only saved Yu Laogen and them, but also brought seven or eight brothers from the army over.

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "Brother Wu, you are really a believer!" ”

Wu Quanfu said: "It's just a devil, Wu is willing to be driven by Captain Zheng." ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Zheng Mou combines national hatred and family hatred, and he still has a breath and a war of resistance. Brother Wu, if you have a good ability, let's go to the regiment headquarters guard platoon first to be a deputy platoon commander! The platoon commander is your good brother Zhang Changgui, you have lived and died together, just to help him. ”

Wu Quanfu hurriedly said: "Thank you for the cultivation of the group, but these brothers brought by your subordinates?" ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "When you first started, you don't understand the situation yet, and you must have a competent person in your hands." So the seven brothers were placed in the guard platoon first. However, the soldiers of the guard platoon have to participate in the examination and evaluation, and those who have no ability will be eliminated to the ordinary company. ”

Wu Quanfu was overjoyed and said, "Commander, don't worry, the brothers will never embarrass you!" ”

The devils on the Pinghan Line have regarded Tongping County as a military station, and a large group of people and horses have gone south along the railway from here from time to time. Tongping County is too close to Ping'an County, and devils may invade Ping'an County at any time.

It is in this context that the reconnaissance platoon was created, which could provide early warning and screen action for the security mission. The platoon commander is temporarily served by Li Sanniu (Sanchuzi). The reconnaissance platoon has three squads, each equipped with two horses. Every day, a squad is stationed near the border of Tongping County, and once the devils are discovered, they can be informed immediately. Each squad rotates every three days, and the other two squads receive specialized reconnaissance and communications training in the county seat.

The devils probably can't take care of Ping'an County now, but their approach makes Zheng Weiguo feel uneasy, especially when he sees the low military quality of the commanders and fighters. From Zheng Weiguo's point of view, this security regiment is a complete rabble from top to bottom, and its military quality is even inferior to the recruits who were trained by the People's Liberation Army for three months in later generations. In order to give himself more confidence, he had to increase his training again. This made the already unbearable soldiers cry bitterly, and many of them were so tired that they fell ill.

Duan Shuanghu is more familiar with Zheng Weiguo these days, so he often puts forward some opinions. He had some opinions about this kind of ultra-high-intensity training, and he found Zheng Weiguo and said: "Tuanzuo, I feel that training alone may not be able to train a strong army. Combat effectiveness is always fought, not trained! ”

Zheng Weiguo's mood was a little heavy, nodded, and said: "What you said makes sense, but we can't find a suitable opponent now, so we can't go directly to Tongping to fight the devil, right?" ”

Duan Shuanghu hurriedly said: "How can there be no practice?" There are bandits on the Taihang Mountain in the west of Ping'an County, and the security brigades of several subordinate districts do not listen to the order, so they can just come and kill chickens to show the monkeys! ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled bitterly: "Hehe, it's not a secret, I've been looking for news about bandits these days, but it's a pity that the news of bandits is better than ours." As for the security regiments in the districts, they cannot be moved at the moment, so as not to deepen the contradictions. ”

Since there are no soft persimmons to pinch, you just need to practice first. Zhuzi, who had always been afraid of heaven and earth, now saw the training ground, his legs and stomach trembled, and he screamed sadly and said, "Hey! If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that before I can wait for the little devil, I will be tired to death first! ”

Zheng Weiguo had excellent hearing, and said angrily: "Zhuzi, what are you muttering? After the training, you can practice for an additional hour. ”

The pillar wanted to cry without tears, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Big brother, I was wrong, please spare me once!" ”

Zheng Weiguo snorted and said, "Military law is ruthless!" If you are verbose, you will practice for two more hours. ”

The pillar shuddered and hurriedly closed his mouth tightly.

Just when the pillar was in pain, the three slippers rushed to the outside of the training ground on horseback. He shouted on his horse: "Tuanza! There is an emergency military situation! ”

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly asked him to come over to report, and he also took a few steps forward. The reconnaissance platoon commander personally came to report, something must have happened!

Sanzi and his horse were tired and sweating. He said with a panting breath: "Tuanzao, a small team of devils is coming to our county." ”

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly asked: "From which direction and how many people are there?" ”

Sanluozi panted loudly and said, "It's from the direction of Tongping County, along the official road, and the number of people is about a squad. ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Is there only one team, or is there more than one team? ”

Sanyuzi was a little flustered when he heard this, and said: "Don't dare to get too close, even if there is more than one team, there will not be much more, and it will only look like fifty or sixty people." ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded with satisfaction, and asked again: "Are they riding horses or walking, do they have any heavy weapons?" ”

"It's all on foot, and there are a few machine guns. ”

Zheng Weiguo asked again: "How many are they?" Light machine gun or heavy machine gun? ”

Sanluozi hurriedly said: "There will be no more than three, all of them are crooked light machine guns." ”

Zheng Weiguo asked again: "A squad should have grenadiers, but you didn't see them?" ”

Sanyuzi thought for a moment and replied affirmatively: "Yes!" About three. Well, at least not more than that. ”

Zheng Weiguo asked again: "Where have they been now?" ”

Sanluozi said: "I didn't stop all the way, if they walked, they shouldn't have crossed Chenjiagou, and if we go now, we should be able to block them at the pass of Panjiaao." Night owls and tigers are still monitoring the vicinity, and they will definitely report if there is a new situation. ”

Zheng Weiguo touched his chin and groaned when he heard this. If he had waited another three months, he would have led the team to rush forward. But now that the training has only been more than half a month, I am really not sure that I will win against a squad of Japanese troops. In the end, he still decided to send troops, not for anything else, just to let the people in Ping'an County know that they were really anti-Japanese. In the past, he was very uninterested in fighting political battles, believing that everything should be based on military affairs, but now he has to fight a political war.

Yu Laogen led the second and third companies of infantry to stay in the county seat, while the guard platoon, reconnaissance platoon, health team and first company quickly assembled and prepared for battle. Zheng Weiguo made a brief pre-war mobilization, many of whom were new recruits, most of whom had never seen blood, and he hoped to boost morale and make them forget their fears for a while. To Zheng Weiguo's surprise, the soldiers were very excited when they heard that they had suspended their training and went to fight devils first. Uh, is training more terrible than fighting?

Now only the guard platoon has horses, and the rest of the fighters do not have a means of transportation. Zheng Weiguo decided to let the soldiers go in a big car, firstly, to ensure that they still had physical strength on the battlefield, and secondly, to save time so as to seize the advantageous terrain. Now the security regiment has newly formed a baggage platoon composed of large convoys, and the mobility and transportation capabilities of the troops have been greatly enhanced. However, the number of carts is still less, but fortunately, the soldiers of the guard platoon can ride horses, so there is no need to squeeze the carts with the brother troops.

Zheng Weiguo has already thought about it, not to fight hard with the devil, but to fight a blocking battle with the favorable terrain to buy time for the villagers to transfer. For this reason, he also specially brought an extra 38 big cover, so that he could use the devil to practice marksmanship. Although he is not a professional sniper, his marksmanship is still very good. And these days, in order to adapt to the gun type, he has practiced more than 400 rounds of ammunition, as long as the devil dares to come, he will definitely give them a good look.

After Zheng Weiguo led his troops to the expedition, Yu Laogen, the deputy head of the regiment, and they quickly became busy. Although they did not have to go to war, they had to guard the county seat, protect the baggage, and evacuate the masses, which were more cumbersome to do than fighting. The inhabitants of the city were not willing to walk, and most of them locked the gate and put it on top with a stick, thinking that the devil would not rush in. Some even mocked the soldiers of the Security Corps.

Some questioned their fighting power, saying, "Just how many of you can beat the Japanese?" ”

Others disagreed, saying, "What is there to run? Who has the world, but we ordinary people? ”

Some people even think that the Republic of China has run out, and it is inevitable to change the dynasty, and it is better for everyone to comply with the mandate of heaven, and they almost didn't kill Li Dazhuang who stayed behind.

Of course, Zheng Weiguo only learned about these circumstances later. They are now almost at Panjia'ao. There was a mountain pass in front of Panjiaao, and he planned to set up an ambush there.

At this time, two more cavalrymen ran over on the official road in front, and when they got closer, they were the night owl and the tiger who were in charge of reconnaissance.

The night owl was a little overjoyed when he saw Zheng Weiguo coming with a large group of guns, and said, "Tuanzao, you can come!" The devil is killing people and setting fire to Chenjiagou! Let's go and save those folks! ”

Zheng Weiguo thought that the devils came to the security group, but what he didn't arrive was just a group of devils who went to the countryside to do evil. He hesitated, because there was not much terrain in the dangerous area of Panjiaao, and if he went further, he could only fight with the devil. But the devil is now harming the people, and the security team cannot sit idly by. That's how it is to fight a political war, and you can't care so much about casualties or anything. Zheng Weiguo nodded, led the brothers to quickly rush towards Chenjiagou, and checked the number and equipment of the devils with the night owls on the way.

As soon as I arrived near Chenjiagou, I met many panicked villagers. They all escaped from the village by luck, and when they saw that a large soldier came to the rescue, they all ran over and knelt down in front of Zheng Weiguo, crying: "Sir, save our village!" As he spoke, he knocked on the right side heavily, and some even knocked on his forehead with blood.

Zheng Weiguo saw that the village in front of him was emitting flames and smoke, and he could even faintly hear the screams of the villagers and the wild laughter of the devils. He said in a deep voice: "Our anti-Japanese security regiment is specially here to fight little devils, do any of you dare to lead the way?" ”

It is a matter of life and death for their loved ones, and the usually cowardly villagers have plucked up the courage to express their willingness to lead the "army" into the village. Zheng Weiguo asked the baggage platoon to guard the carts and horses, and asked the reconnaissance platoon to arrange a squad to continue to guard the perimeter, and then led the remaining brothers to quickly move closer to the village.