Mizukawa, the squad leader of the Japanese army, rode on the back of a donkey in the process of escaping and looked back and found the pursuers, while on the side of the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, the company commander Xia Lianshan saw the back of the group of people running hurriedly with a telescope on horseback, and he expected that the other party was the group of people who had just escaped from the village, so he ordered to speed up the pursuit.

However, after he had lowered his binoculars and continued to gallop, Lieutenant Mizukawa and the others ran towards the mound that had appeared in the spur, and soon disappeared behind the mound to lay an ambush and set up a gun. When the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army chased for a while, they suddenly found that there was no escapee in front of them, and the first few horses were only about 20 zhang away from the mound. Just when the cavalry was puzzled by the disappearance of the goal, Xia Lianshan's eyes suddenly fell on the mound, he hurriedly reined in the reins of the horse, and ordered everyone to stop, but almost at the same time, a gun rang out behind the mound!

Although only one shot was fired, it was enough to alert these cavalrymen, and Xia Lianshan hurriedly ordered everyone to retreat backwards, striving to get out of the range of the ambush party first. The quick-reacting cavalry reined in their horses and began to fire back in the direction of the mound with one hand.

The shot was fired by one of the six Japanese soldiers who were lying in ambush behind the mound; This person also came from the gendarmerie of Hirai Teraichi, and he had no combat experience, and his grasp of firearms and shooting skills was basically still in the theoretical stage. The Hagiwara Brigade station, which provided the officers and men of the arrest squad, was equipped with a uniform Southern Type 14 pistol, which was also the standard equipment of the Japanese Army and even the Navy, and its firing range was only about 50 meters. Therefore, to use such a pistol in an ambush, it is necessary to place the offender within 50 meters of the fire before firing. The squad leader, Mizukawa, and the other two soldiers from the combat unit were of course well versed in this, and they all waited with bated breath for the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army to approach further. However, Lieutenant Mizukawa ignored the other three companions who did not have much actual combat experience. As a result, under the nervousness, one of the guys rashly pulled the trigger, and before the bullet hit the position of the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, he plunged headlong into the loess of the wasteland.

As the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army began to return fire, several other Japanese soldiers behind the mound also fired their pistols impatiently. It's just that the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, which has retreated backwards at this moment, is even more out of the range of the Southern Fourteenth. On the contrary, the bullets fired from the pony pistols in their hands were more than enough to hit the Japanese soldiers behind the mound. Despite holding a gun in one hand and not aiming, a small rain of bullets pounced, some passing over the heads of the Japanese soldiers, others hitting the mound, making the dry, hard mound pop.

Xia Lianshan ordered all the horses to dismount, and two people dragged the horses to the bottom of a few willow trees behind. The rest dispersed as they approached, aiming and returning fire at the enemy who was holding them back.

Mizukawa originally wanted to use this inconspicuous mound to catch the pursuers off guard, but everything came to naught under the reckless fire. Cautiously, he poked out half of his head to observe, and shouted to his men to stop the needless shooting: the Southern Type 14* could only hold eight bullets, and he had to conserve ammunition. This ambush was originally a dangerous move, and once it missed, there was no way out. Fortunately, through the observation just now, it can be confirmed that the number of cavalry of the Chinese army that has caught up is not very large. The squad leader of the Japanese army secretly prayed that the pursuers of the Shina Army had better not have a follow-up force, while his own side of the Hirai Nakasa could mobilize men and horses to rush to the rescue as soon as possible.

The cavalry company commander of the Eighth Route Army glanced at the ambush position opposite, and the faces of the ambushers in the telescope were clearly visible, Xia Lianshan could not confirm whether the other party was a Japanese or a traitor for a while, but the six people were undoubtedly holding pistols. Xia Lianshan is very familiar with the thin barrel of the pistol: it is the * used by the Japanese army. It seems that this is a group of Japanese puppet spies disguised as Chinese civilians, and they are equipped with pistols in order to hide people's eyes.

"Company commander, let's outflank the past on both sides!"

An impatient cavalryman suggested to Xia Lianshan. But the latter frowned, and said nothing—there was an open and flat moor before him, and there was nothing to hide except for the mound that was more than half a man high; Although the range of the opponent's pistol is short, as long as its own cavalry approaches, it will inevitably be exposed to the muzzle of the gun.

"Stay where you are, aim and hit me hard!"

The commander of the cavalry company gave the order, he did not want to risk the lives of his soldiers, and at the moment, their position was completely out of the range of the enemy's pistols, and the pony pistol (Japanese 38-style cavalry rifle) could easily hit it.

Faced with intensive fire, Mizukawa quickly understood the other party's intentions, and he hurriedly asked his subordinates to quickly and completely hide their bodies behind the mound, and he and another soldier with combat experience took turns to probe and guard, as long as the enemy did not touch it, they could use this natural barrier to form a confrontation and wait for reinforcements.

Sure enough, it was the pursuers who were the first to waver.

After fighting for a long time, the mound that was the enemy's position had been shot by bullets and puffed up puffs of smoke and dust, but it didn't seem to be able to cause damage to the cunning enemy itself, which made Xia Lianshan angry and anxious. As the battle progressed, the cavalry company commander began to worry about the team left in the village of Ewhapo, after all, he had brought out nearly half of the cavalry to chase after him, and it was difficult to predict whether Ewhapo would still face the threat of other enemy forces.

Xia Lianshan calculated the direction he was in, obviously not far from the Tongpu railway line, during this time the gunfire was loud, once the Japanese mobile reinforcements heard the wind, maybe half an hour to arrive. I can't fall in love anymore, although I'm very unwilling!

He gave the order to retreat.

Lieutenant Mizumura crouched in place, witnessing the whole process of the other party's retreat, and with a burst of ecstasy in his heart, he whispered to his companions who were still lying behind the mound: "The Chinese army, withdraw.

Suddenly, the Japanese soldiers of the capture team poked their heads out to watch and talked excitedly.

Xia Lianshan, who was unwilling to fall short, turned back and noticed this scene as he walked, and when he was the last to come under the willow trees and turned on his horse, he ordered the cavalry to return in the direction from which he came, and he quickly turned behind the thick trunk of an old elm tree with the reins of his horse, and then raised the pony pistol in his hand and aimed in the direction of the mound.

A guy who leaned out the most in the upper half of his body was immediately locked by him, and the cavalry company commander clamped his horse tightly between his legs to make him stand as firm as possible, and the crosshair aimed at the target, holding his breath and pulling the trigger.

"Bang!"

The pony pistol's bullet flew about 100 meters, accurately piercing the target's neck, and with a burst of blood, the member of the Japanese capture team snorted and fell back behind the mound. Xia Lianshan, who succeeded, made persistent efforts, pulled the bolt of the gun with a bang, and raised the gun to aim again, but it was such a momentary delay, and there was no target in his field of vision - the Japanese officers and soldiers who had been shot coldly retracted back to cover in an instant.

After a long time, the cavalry company commander sighed, put away his gun and urged the war horse under his crotch.

After the ten cavalrymen rang out at that shot, Qiqilema stopped and looked back at the company commander who had come over on horseback. Above their heads, a mountain eagle was speeding by, letting out a long, sharp cry that echoed in the blue sky.

After receiving an urgent report from the first arrest team of Hirai Temple, Major General Hagiwara, who was sitting at the headquarters of the Wencheng Brigade, turned pale: The Chinese army, and the Chinese army!

The aftermath of the sneak attack of the Zhina Army that just appeared between Junling and Fengdian has not subsided, and the original Eighth Route Army strongholds Hekou and Xiping have revived, and now, a ghost place called Lihuapu has emerged again! He shouted in a low voice for the operational staff officer of the brigade headquarters to find the location of Ewhapo on the map, but the latter timidly told him that it was not indicated.

Baga!

The brigade commander of the Japanese army was furious: there was no doubt that this Ewhapo village was too small to be included in the military map. However, even such a small village, which could not be smaller, even had the appearance of the Shina army by magic! How many armies are there in this area?

The head of the secret service who arrived in a hurry clarified the clue for Hagiwara Akira, and Kojima Masao's plainclothes team had carefully surveyed a large area south of Bunjo and east of Tongpu Road, and at this moment, he used his memory and Hirai Terera's report to mark the approximate location of Ewhapo on the brigade commander's map.

"Still haven't run out of the fifty miles radius of Songjiagou?" Hagiwara looked at the map suspiciously, muttering to himself.

The head of the secret service who bowed to the side knew the heart of the brigade commander and major general, but he really couldn't find a way to comfort the other party - indeed, around the Songjiagou comfort women's secret camp in Xiaoyushu Mountain, there seem to be more and more activities of the Zhina Army recently, you can say that it is just a coincidence, but in the face of the "Wind Plan" classified by Tianzihao, all accidents have to be faced as inevitable.

"Hirai Nakasa's men, have all of them been safely withdrawn?" Hagiwara suddenly looked up from the map and asked, biting the word "all" hard.

"Don't worry, General, the cavalry of the Shina Army retreated on their own initiative after chasing a certain distance," Kojima Masao replied cautiously, "All of Hirai Terai's men were safely withdrawn, and none of them were captured alive by the Shina Army, but one of the members of the capture team was shot and killed, and the body was also brought back." ”

The room fell silent, and Hagiwara refocused his gaze on the map, silent. After a while, it was the head of the secret service who took the lead in opening his mouth, and he asked the brigade commander, Major General, whether he would immediately release the infantry squadron in the barracks in the southern suburbs of Wencheng and search and attack in the direction of Ewhapo?

But Hagiwara decisively vetoed it.

The brigade commander of the Japanese army had already made up his mind that since the capture team had not exposed the flaws of its true intentions, it was necessary to make a big deal into a small matter in this matter, and it was absolutely impossible to arouse the suspicion of the Chinese army: let them think that what they had encountered was just an ordinary trick. And at this time, if you send heavy troops to kill back, it is obviously not in line with this strategy.

"Kojima-kun, you immediately send your right-hand men to reconnoiter the size and motives of the Shina army in Ewhapo as soon as possible. Hirai Nakasa's people say it may be the Eighth Route Army, but I don't trust their judgment very much, I need to get your professional information! ”

"Hey!" Kojima replied, "I'll send someone to do it." However, General, today's accident has given us a warning, most of Hirai Nakasa's arrest team is from the military police, and there are very few officers and men with combat experience. The facts show that the capture team is not only faced with unarmed Chinese people and weak women, but also must always consider the accident of encountering the armed forces of the Chinese army. ”

Hagiwara nodded approvingly: "Very good, Kojima-kun, your thinking is very much in line with the temperament of an imperial soldier!" Previously, we only considered the conditions of understanding Chinese and looking similar to the people of China, and ignored the combat qualities of the members of the capture team. I will ask Chief of Staff Kawamoto to start immediately, select a group of officers and soldiers who are good at close combat, and add them to the capture team. In addition, when they travel, they must also consider the concealment of some long guns or even light machine guns, in order to deal with emergencies like today! ”