Chief of Staff Zhang Hong led the team that set off in advance, and it didn't take long to hear the roar of the Krupp Mountain Cannon behind him, Zhang Hong knew that it was his regimental lord who was directing the bombardment of Junling City, and he said to the people around him without worry: "These cannons hit it, I'm afraid that even the devils in Taiyuan will be shocked." The chief of staff of the 391st Regiment did not expect that his words would come true.

After thinking about it, Chief of Staff Zhang, who was always at ease, finally ordered a platoon commander to lead the whole platoon, stay where he was, and wait for Qin Zhongxiao, who would arrive later; As a result, it didn't take long for the platoon commander to wait for the mountain artillery carried by the colonel of the Central Army and a few mules and horses, as well as the two platoons guarding the artillery, and they hurried up in a hurry.

The two teams, one after the other, crossed the road from Junling to Fengdian in turn, and went straight to the northern foot of the Great Elm Mountain. In the hidden mountain pass at the foot of the mountain, they joined the second battalion, which had been waiting here for a long time. Zhang Hong breathed a sigh of relief as he had successfully waited for the group to reach the Lord of the group, and he planned to let the team rest for a while, so he hid in the mountain pass and returned to the station along the mountain road from which he came.

However, at this moment, Qin Zhongxiao suddenly changed his hexagram. Looking at the mountain pass that he walked out of, the colonel of the Central Army frowned, and he said to Zhang Hong, you and I both know that the road when we came was bumpy, and it is easy to walk empty-handed, but now, we are carrying such heavy equipment, with cannons and heavy machine guns, shells and bullet boxes; Regardless of whether it is carried by mules and horses or by manpower, it is undoubtedly much more dangerous and arduous to walk such a mountain road.

Zhang Hong looked at Qin Zhongxiao with some puzzlement, and didn't say anything for a while, before he replied for a long time:

"Tuanza, you mean, we're going to bury the equipment again?"

Qin Zhongxiao couldn't help laughing, punched his chief of staff in disbelief, and said, "How did you think of going up here?" My dignified 391st Regiment of the Central Army, is it the land lord who specializes in digging mud pits? I mean, instead of taking this mountain road, let's take the road from Junling to Fengdian! ”

Yes!? This time it was the turn of the chief of staff to be incredulous, his eyes were round, and he stared at Qin Zhongxiao and retorted: "Take the road from Junling to Fengdian, isn't that a bright march?" Aren't you afraid of meeting devils?! ”

The colonel's face sank suddenly, and he was very upset by the last words of the chief of staff: "Why should I be afraid of meeting devils?" Do the soldiers of the national army exist because they are afraid of devils? You chief of staff should be careful when you speak! ”

Choked by Qin Zhongxiao like this, Zhang Hong was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Tuanzao, I didn't mean that." I want to say, we carry so much baggage, if we encounter devils on the main road, will it be inconvenient to fight? ”

"Baggage? Do you call it baggage when we carry these things in our hands? You see, they're heavy, but they're not heavy—that's Krupp and Maxin! If you really encounter devils, are these heavy weapons burning sticks? That's it, let's take the avenue! ”

Zhang Hong saw that Qin Zhongxiao was going to move seriously, so he simply let go out in a hurry, grabbed the other party's arm and said, "Tuanzao, please think twice!" In front of the road is Toyden, where the heavy troops of the Otsuka Wing are stationed. We are digging pits and firing artillery in Junling, and the devils have radio contact, maybe they have already notified Fengdian to be on guard, and we are now going head-on, isn't it intentional to seek war? ”

The colonel of the Central Army pondered for a moment, ordered the first battalion commander and the second battalion commander to be called, and began to analyze several subordinates: According to the information we had before, it was impossible to rush the devils from the direction of Junling, we dug outside its city for half the night, and the sky opened artillery bombardment of the city wall again, but the devils in the city did not even dare to shoot back, which is enough to prove that they have no attack power, so they can only retreat in the city and defend it. The devils of Junling can't get out, and in the direction north of Junling, there will be no devils because we dug up a few cannons and heavy machine guns and rushed out to chase us!

As for Fengdian, that's right, Fengdian's Otsuka Wing has been replenished, and now it is almost an infantry brigade with a full complement, as well as the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army. As the chief of staff just said, the Japanese army in Junling may have notified Fengdian by radio. However, the devils in Fengdian City may not have expected that we would take this avenue, let alone know that those of us in civilian clothes would be the Central Army. So, take a risk and follow this avenue for an easy and quick return to your station.

The chief of staff, the two battalion commanders of the first and second battalions, and the commander of the machine gun company were all impressed by Qin Zhongxiao's analysis. So, they decided to make a quick return along the avenue to save time and effort. Qin Zhongxiao arranged as follows: the first battalion was placed in front of the rapid march, the second battalion was responsible for breaking the rear, and in the middle was the machine gun company and the excavated munitions.

They decided to march to a mountain pass near the road at the western foot of the Great Elm Mountain, and from the pass into the mountains and return; That mountain pass is only a few miles away from the northern city of Fengdian, and it is the old place where the 391st Regiment lured the enemy to ambush the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army last time.

Du Dongqiang, the commander of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army, was woken up by the Japanese master in the middle of the night to prepare for war. Finally, at dawn, the order of Captain Otsuka's co-captain was finally given, and he had to lead a battalion of cavalry out of the north gate and out in the direction of Junling. Otsuka's task for him is to search for thirty miles, and if there is no abnormality, he will return to his life on the spot.

After getting out of the city gate, the cavalry commander scolded and shouted, while scolding Otsuka Kosuke for being unkind, and muttering that he didn't know who had the audacity to bombard Junling County. However, the commander of his cavalry battalion reminded on the side that although the other party is a civilian armed force, since it dares to fight with such an open fire, then it is best not to underestimate the enemy, and it is best not to run into them.

At present, Du Dongqiang's cavalry regiment has been reduced to two battalions, and due to heavy losses in the previous series of operations, each battalion now has less than 200 horsemen left, and it has not been replenished like the Otsuka Wing. Therefore, Du Dongqiang is very careful about his family background. Knowing that there was an unknown armed bombardment of Junling City in the early morning, and then it was possible to invade the direction of Fengdian, Du Dongqiang drew a soul in his mind. He thought, the Japanese are clearly using their own cavalry as cannon fodder for the lead again! Although it is possible that there are civilian armed forces in front, in any case, they have cannons in their hands, and when the cavalry encounters cannons, they will become live targets! Thinking of this, Du Dongqiang instructed his battalion commander: send out sharp soldiers, slow down, and slow down.

The wishful thinking of the commander of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army was to slow down the overall marching speed; The unidentified armed men who bombarded the tomb of the monarch could never march along the road in broad daylight. The slower your side moves, the less likely you are to encounter the other person. He ordered his soldiers to go forward at most twenty miles instead of the thirty li indicated by Kosuke Otsuka, and then stood by for half an hour. It is estimated that in this way, the unidentified armed group would have disappeared without a trace.

But he was wrong.

The first to encounter the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army was the sharp soldiers sent by the first battalion of the 391st Regiment. It turned out later that if Du Dongqiang's men and horses had gone forward for thirty miles quickly and then returned to Fengdian, they would really not have been bumped into head-on by the 391st Regiment, because at that time, Qin Zhongxiao's team was still on the way to this direction, and there was still a long distance from the puppet Mongolian army. However, the cavalry men had gone about twenty miles and stopped where they were, and even dismounted, loosened their horses, and left them to graze on the dry grass and dry branches by the roadside. According to the plan, as long as the main force of the battalion led by Regiment Commander Du in the back arrived, they would turn back together and return to the court.

However, this group of puppet Mongolian troops was not the main force of their battalion, but the top platoon of the first battalion of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army.

This less than 100-mile-long highway from Junling to Fengdian, after entering the western foothills of the Great Elm Mountain, began to become less straight with the winding trend of the Great Elm Mountain; The area where the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army dismounted and rested happened to be close to a bend. The top soldiers of the 391st Regiment turned out from the other end of the curve, and when they saw the cavalry head-on, there was only a dozen zhang between them.

The combat quality of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army far surpassed that of the puppet Mongolian army, and the five or six soldiers at the front suddenly found this group of cavalry in military uniforms, and immediately scattered and lay down, all the rifles in their hands pointed at each other; And until this moment, the lazy puppet Mongolian cavalry did not realize the imminent danger of great danger, and one guy even shouted at the opponent wearing the color of the common people: "What are you doing? Where did you get the pistol in your hand?! ”

When the words fell, a companion finally recalled the briefing before the departure, so he was alarmed and hurriedly shouted: "Copy the gun, it's the enemy!" ”

The sharp soldiers of the 391st Regiment on the opposite side did not dare to decide to fire at the first time because of the incident, but then found that the cavalry began to take weapons and ran towards the military horses one after another, understanding that there was no way to retreat, they exchanged glances with each other, and several shots were officially fired almost at the same time, and under the sound of gunfire, several puppet Mongolian cavalry fell on the dirt road in response, and the rest were in chaos.

This spearhead of the 1st Battalion of the 391st Regiment was a platoon and was ordered to form an echelon to advance. At this time, the people behind heard the gunshots, immediately turned the corner to cover up, and quickly formed a formation after seeing the battle situation clearly, and one of them even began to strafe with a Czech light machine gun.

The top soldiers of the puppet Mongolian army were caught off guard, and their firepower and archery skills were inferior to their opponents, but after the Czechs joined in, they basically showed the appearance of fleeing.

Hearing the sound of gunshots like bursting beans, Qin Zhongxiao, who was walking in the center of the team, couldn't help but be taken aback, and while he urgently ordered the people of the machine gun company to gather their equipment and move closer to the foot of the big elm mountain on the side of the road, he began to call the top soldiers with a walkie-talkie.

Grandma's, did you really let the chief of staff talk about it?!