Jiang Weiguo hesitated for a while, not knowing how to decide. The deputy company commander's plan seemed to be exactly what he wanted, in fact, many years ago, his mentor had said that small-scale armored combat was somewhat similar to cavalry tactics, and that bypassing the enemy's strong defenses in the direction of fuel was perhaps the best strategy. Since this tactic was still only the experience of German exercises at that time, and it had not been tested in actual combat, the instructor did not dare to say it very deadly. But the later wars showed that the war was indeed as Yue Fei said: the magic of use is in the heart.

"Pavilion Chief, who taught you this? In a special training class? ”

“…… I figured it out myself. ”

"It seems that it is no accident that you were able to snatch a plane from an enemy airfield, and you do have a perception that ordinary people do not have."

"Company commander, you've won the prize."

"It's not just understanding, just now I forgave in front of Stilwell, and I really showed a sophisticated side, such a city is not like what you should have at your age."

Chu Aiyun chuckled in his heart, and said in his heart that he didn't see something, right?

"Alright, aside, draw the route you think is feasible. If possible, find your plan to execute. ”

Chu Aiyun began to draw the envisioned route on the map, and he knew the deployment of the Japanese army in Hedong and the location of the two pontoon bridges, so he tried to avoid the real and the virtual. At the same time, the troops were refueling and the bungalows began to cook in advance.

Jiang Weiguo and Chu Aiyun were discussing the plan for the last time, when there was a bang in the distance, and the two straightened up together and looked there. Watch a soldier run over.

"It seems to be in the direction of the British ammunition depot, maybe it's ended."

Jiang Weiguo waved his hand and let the sentry leave. At this time, you can see the direction of the loud noise, and a mushroom cloud rises.

"Company commander, this area is at the forefront, and enemy espionage activities are rampant."

"yes, you can't prevent it."

"I don't know if this telephone line of the company is newly pulled, or if it is a ready-made one left by the British before."

"Does it matter?"

"I'm worried that the communication is not secure."

He had seen how Lin Xiuxuan acted every time, and he was naturally the most afraid of communication.

"So what to do......"

"We can't tell the Shi headquarters about the revision of the route through the telephone line."

"You can send someone to drive there."

"It's best not to send someone there either. Uncle Shi has a big temper, so it's better to cut it first and then play. Anyway, there will be more to be seen by aerial reconnaissance at that time. ”

"Well, that makes sense. That's it. ”

There are naturally advantages to having a company commander like Jiang Weiguo, as long as you say that he moves, he doesn't have to pay too much attention to the pressure from Stilwell or Luo Zhuoying, even if he is only a captain, but he can act on his own to a considerable extent. Chu Aiyun expected that if he told Stilwell about the idea of changing his plan, he would definitely obstruct it, this one would not work, that one would not be professional. He had read some of Stilwell's biographies and knew his conducting style and way of dealing with the world.

At the same time, Qin Xiaosu overheard Liang Libin's spy communication in Qiannan and reported the following information:

1. The equipment of the newly arrived Chinese army is consistent with the previous notice. In total, it consisted of 13 combat vehicles. The unit number was confirmed as the reconnaissance company of the independent armored regiment of the 5th Army of the National Army.

2 The unit's field unit had been cooking in advance, and the chimney of the unit had been smoking for up to four hours, and the British transport unit had sent several crates of whiskey, in reference to previous Chinese military operations, which may have been prepared for a pre-war meal, which was usually a precursor to the initiation of an operation.

3. Approaching reconnaissance personnel found that the vehicle was undergoing final overhaul and refueling, the radio station conducted a call test, and an air defense identification mark was arranged above the tank, with black diagonal stripes on a white background. Judging that if it acts, the time may be around dawn tomorrow, and there may be a British Air Force coordination.

4 The name of the commander of the unit has not yet been ascertained, but riding boots have been seen.

5. It was confirmed that a US convoy had visited in the afternoon, but the identity of the leader of the US unit could not be confirmed, and the US military uniform did not have a clear rank mark. But I am sure that there are older people.

6 The Italian Type 33 tank, the main force of the Chinese army, had a small distance and did not have the ability to wade through water, so it was unlikely that it would detour or cross the river from a far-reaching area, and it was very likely that it would extend the railway to the south for limited firepower testing.

7 Second Lieutenant Nakamura was martyred during the afternoon operation because the fuse failed and detonated early.

Lin Xiuxuan looked at this thing, and he was beating the drum in his heart. The Japanese are so sophisticated in their forward intelligence, so they will definitely be prepared. To some extent, Cheng Dayang's loss of a nuclear bomb is still a remedy, but if a member is sacrificed, it is irreparable. He had no other way than to continue to send information about the deployment of the Japanese army in possible directions, but to secretly pray in his heart that Chu Aiyun would be as clever as before.

A crescent moon was still high in the sky, and the reconnaissance company began to have a meal, only Chu Aiyun and a driver did not participate, and they drove the chariot to explore the area. Most of the members of the company were also not informed of the change in their course of action, because both Chu and Chiang began to worry about the eyes and ears of the Japanese here, and only planned to redeploy at the last minute by a few platoon commanders.

After the moon set over the distant mountains, three Type 221 wheeled vehicles quietly drove to the agreed river. Jiang Weiguo leaned out from the machine gun tower and used a flashlight to send two short and one long signals to the opposite bank, and the opposite side quickly replied with the same signal, it seems that Chu Aiyun has passed, and there is no problem with the position.

Xiao Jiang took the lead and ordered the driver to enter the water and drive towards the opposite bank. This tank has a certain depth of wading, and if you don't take into account firepower or armor, this is the best reconnaissance vehicle for the Chinese army. Although wheeled vehicles limit mobility in some areas, the lighter engine sound makes it more difficult to detect.

The blue sky and white sun sign on the car has been obscured, and Chu Aiyun even prepared a small Japanese flag for each car, of course, he was not ready to use it until the last minute.

After the vehicle came ashore, a final overhaul was carried out, after which the various groups began to cut down the plants, camouflaging the vehicle. Everything was ready to stop, the vehicle stopped where it was, waiting for the dawn, and now it was pitch black, and they couldn't move.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, the American side heard a call on the radio that according to the agreement, the three platoons should start their operations by attacking them head-on, but they would not go 1 to 2 kilometers deeper, as Stilwell requested, but only use machine guns to strafe the Japanese-occupied villages at a longer distance to attract the enemy to counterattack, which could effectively cover the operation on this side.

5 a.m. There were gunshots on the other side, but the Japanese did not counterattack, but waited patiently, perhaps their plan was to wait for those tanks without infantry cover to go deeper, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.

"Company commander, visibility is okay, I'm taking the lead in the front, and you guys follow me."

"Roger."

A few lights flashed ahead, which was the signal for the deputy company commander to start moving.

The chariot started, Chu Aiyun quickly found the road 150 meters on the left, he did not go onto the road, but kept parallel to the road. The most likely thing to come ahead is the 33rd Field Road Brigade directly under Iida, which, unlike ordinary engineers, is a unit that specializes in opening roads and taking over railways, and is not responsible for tasks such as blasting, so it has no combat strength.

"Company commander, there are 2 Japanese motorcycles on the road. I shouldn't have seen us. ”

"Don't bother."

"Understood."

Jiang Weiguo turned his binoculars and could see two sidecars speeding past on the road, and judging from the white markings on the sidecars, they were mail trucks from the 15th Field Post Office of the Japanese Army, apparently coming to and from the military station to receive letters.

On a small high slope a kilometer away, a guy wearing a Japanese combat cap, but wearing a jacket and tie, was pointing fingers, and next to him were several guys who were also not wearing military uniforms, carrying chisels, benchmarks, and theodolites, waiting for the assignment of work. They came here to conduct surveying and mapping in preparation for the next stage of going deep into the Shan Plateau.

A guy was looking for a benchmark in the theodolite when he saw an armored car coming towards him, and one of the guys in the car was also looking at him with a telescope. He waved excitedly at the armored car.

"Captain Shiratori, look, it must be the guys from the 23rd Automatic Vehicle Transport Team who have returned from delivering supplies to the Independence Army."

The mustachioed white bird, who was noticeably older and more vigilant than the others, took the telescope and looked there.

"Team 23? I didn't hear they had combat vehicles. ”

Chu Aiyun put down the binoculars and pulled the bolt of the MG34 machine gun hard. He knew that these field surveyors might have radio stations (although it was unlikely that the Japanese Army would be poor) or have telephone lines, so they had to be eliminated in order to prevent early exposure for reconnaissance purposes.

He stomped the floor underneath and motioned for the driver to slow downshift. Wait for the vehicle behind to catch up.

"Company commander, there are people on the top of the 227 hill at the height of the terrain, about a squad in the front, I don't see a machine gun, I go around the back, observe the enemy's retreat and other forces, you deploy, attack from the front."

"Understood."

These four cars actually have radios, and for Chu Aiyun, the radio is more useful than having a cannon.

Seeing the Japanese on the hill waving to him, Chu Aiyun also waved to them, since the enemy didn't recognize it, then let them be confused for a while.

He quickly drove over the side of the hill, which was not too high, and saw more Japanese infantry behind the hill, apparently pushing the road-building troops deep into the vicinity of the theater of operations, where the enemy could not have made any defensive preparations, but still no machine guns were in sight. The 221 tank has a sharp shape and a large bomb avoidance slope, but the side cannot block the attack of the 92 heavy aircraft.

"Zhou Youfu, ready to fight." The deputy company commander shouted, and the driver below hurriedly pulled down the window guard plate in front of his head, and now there was only a gap left on the steel plate in front of him.

The Japanese engineers on the hill noticed that something was wrong, and the Japanese army logo could not be found on the car.

"Captain Shiratori, three more are coming ahead?"

"I always feel like something is wrong? Could it be that it is not my own person? ”

On the front, Jiang Weiguo's troops had already arrived within 200 meters, and when they saw that the Japanese on the hill were beginning to be confused, they obviously saw that they were famous, but they didn't care, it was almost there.

3 machine guns fired together. Shooting at the Japanese on the mountain, although many of them did not wear military uniforms, and judging from their clumsy reactions, they had no military training, but since they belonged to the engineering units under the jurisdiction of the 15th Army, they also belonged to the soldiers. The combat troops sitting in the back mountain mill heard the gunfire and immediately got up to look for weapons. They didn't know what to do, they only heard gunshots coming from behind, and once again mistook Chu Aiyun, who was going around to the back, for their own.