The walkie-talkie of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army was configured to the battalion level. Therefore, in addition to Qin Zhongxiao's regimental headquarters, the first battalion, the second battalion, the third battalion, and the special service company are all equipped with walkie-talkies. At this time, the top soldiers of the first battalion began to use walkie-talkies to inform their regiment commander that the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army had been discovered. These soldiers had participated in the battle to lure the puppet Mongolian army before, so they recognized the identity of this cavalry from their uniforms.

Knowing that the number of enemy troops was small, only twenty or thirty horsemen, Qin Zhongxiao breathed a sigh of relief. But soon, Chief of Staff Zhang Hong sensitively pointed out that this was undoubtedly an enemy army emerging from Fengdian, and the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army might only be the front team, and the main force of the Japanese army would most likely follow behind. He asked Qin Zhongxiao to immediately turn around and return to the mountain pass at the northern foot of the Great Elm Mountain.

"Is this necessary, do you think the situation will be so serious that we have to go back?!" The colonel of the Central Army asked rhetorically. Judging from the map and terrain, the position of the top soldiers of the first battalion of the 391st Regiment is only less than ten miles away from the Xilu mountain pass where the last lure ambushed the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army. At this point, the place turned around and turned back, and the previous march on the main road became useless. Of course, this is what Qin Zhongxiao will never be willing to.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Zhongxiao asked the chief of staff to immediately notify the second battalion, which is the queen of the palace, to organize a defense in the direction of the Junling on the spot, and wait for orders. He continued to talk to the top soldiers, asking them to further ascertain the situation of the enemy in front of him, and asked the experienced commander of the first battalion to personally go forward and observe, and then quickly report to him.

The commander of the first battalion, who received the order, hurried to the temporary position where the top soldiers were, and he saw that the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army had been scattered, except for the dead and wounded, the rest either ran on foot or mounted their horses and galloped, and there was no effective resistance from them within a mile ahead. Looking into the depths through the binoculars, the fleeing puppet Mongolian cavalry ran farther and farther, and there was no follow-up cavalry coming forward or responding.

The commander of the first battalion brought several wounded soldiers captured by the puppet Mongolian army for interrogation, and learned that what came out of Fengdian was a cavalry battalion of the puppet Mongolian army, and there were no Japanese troops to follow. He immediately asked the signal corps to report to the regimental headquarters, indicating that there was only a small group of enemy cavalry ahead, which had been routed, and asked whether to continue the search and advance.

The colonel of the Central Army, who received the report, did not take this lightly, but his determination to continue on the main road was firm. He ordered the commander of the first battalion to pursue forward at full speed, reach the mountain pass at the western foot as soon as possible and occupy it, and if he encountered the main force of the puppet Mongolian army, he would make every effort to repel it.

Although Chief of Staff Zhang Hong was worried, he did not express any objections. Of course, he knew very well that even if the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army was a battalion, it would definitely not be the opponent of the first battalion of the 391st Regiment in terms of number and combat effectiveness. What he was really worried about was that the Otsuka United, who were sitting in Fengdian, would hear the wind and come one after another. Qin Zhongxiao was also a little apprehensive about this, but said with a smile, if the Japanese come out, Lao Tzu will transfer Krupp and Makqin up and beat his mother!

Finally, Zhang Hong also gritted his teeth and said, let the first battalion pounce with all their might, as long as they occupy the Xilu mountain pass and cover the machine gun company and heavy equipment to enter the Great Elm Mountain, it will be the men and horses of the Otsuka Wing who will come out, and we can also resist for a while, and then all of them will turn into the mountain. When he said this, he couldn't help but glance at Qin Zhongxiao, and secretly prayed that these words would not irritate this Tuanzao Lord again.

In fact, in Qin Zhongxiao's heart, although he hoped to have a head-to-head showdown with the Japanese army's Otsuka United, but now was not the most suitable time - his men and horses had not rested for a day and a night so far, digging and carrying munitions and a long march, and several meals were also cold and dry food. This state of affairs is not compatible with the Japanese army who are waiting for work in the county. So he thinks that if he doesn't fight against the people of Otsuka United this time, it may not be a bad thing.

With this almost apprehensive mood, Qin Zhongxiao commanded his brigade and set off again.

Kosuke Otsuka, the commander of the Japanese army in Fengdian County, did not immediately mobilize his infantry brigade to prepare for war after sending away the cavalry of the Mongolian army. At present, he still does not know the origin of the civilian armed forces that shelled Junling County, and he is not sure whether this mysterious armed force will really attack here along the road from Junling to Fengdian. Until Du Dongqiang, the commander of the cavalry of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army, hurriedly used walkie-talkies to contact, claiming that the front team of the cavalry encountered an armed force wearing the colors of the common people, and the firepower was extremely fierce, and there were even light machine guns to help; The front team of the Mongolian Xinjiang army has been defeated, and he is commanding the rear team to defend in situ. It is hoped that the Wing Commander will quickly send reinforcements from the Imperial Army.

Kosuke Otsuka couldn't help but let out a strange laugh: It's really here! I really ate the gall of a leopard! What kind of civilian armed force is this? It may be them who bombarded Junling County in the morning, and it has only been a few hours, and they actually want to come to attack Fengdian County again. He ordered his subordinates to contact Du Dongqiang's cavalry of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army to find out as soon as possible how many civilian forces had arrived and whether they were carrying other heavy weapons such as mountain artillery and heavy machine guns in addition to light machine guns. The commander of the Japanese army refused to believe that a small group of civilian armed forces dared to launch a strong attack on Fengdian County. He ordered Nomura Shaosa, who had just succeeded as the captain of the First Brigade, to assemble a squadron of infantry to get into the car and go to the North City Gate to stand by and be ready to attack at any time.

Considering that the attackers might be carrying mountain artillery, Otsuka ordered the artillery squad directly under the 1st Brigade to dispatch one of the two 92 infantry guns to prepare for battle with the infantry squadron. According to the report of the garrison force of Junling County in the morning, the number of civilian armed forces outside Junling City was about a few hundred. If it was the same weapon that encountered the cavalry battalion of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army on the road outside Fengdian City at this time, then it should be more than enough to dispatch an infantry squadron of the Imperial Army to deal with it. In addition, the wing commander was more concerned about strictly guarding against the direction of Big Elm Mountain in the east of the city, and beware of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army taking the opportunity to attack, in his opinion, that was the real threat.

At the same time, Du Dongqiang, the commander of the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army, urgently established a defensive line about six or seven miles behind where his front team encountered the enemy. The cavalrymen all dismounted, divided into three rows, and deployed horizontally on the road; The first row is all lying down, after five meters the second row is half-kneeling, and after another five meters is the third row standing. In the first row there were also two light machine guns with crooked handles carried by the cavalry.

Du Dongqiang himself, with the horses of the guards and cavalry, hid behind the three lines of defense. The commander of the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian army was very dissatisfied with the reply of the Japanese commander just now, and he felt that until this moment the Japanese still had no intention of actively coming to help, but instead put his cavalry on the open road to meet the enemy in a hurry. According to the report of the former team that had just been beaten and disarmed, although the attackers were all dressed in civilian clothing, their marksmanship was extremely accurate, and they reacted quickly, and the light machine guns quickly joined the battle group. This means that this group of people is not an ordinary scattered civilian armed force.

What kind of person will it be? Du Dongqiang muttered in his heart. However, his question was quickly answered, and a large group of people at the far end of the road rushed up, which should be the enemy who had just raided the front line of the cavalry! After discovering the three lines of defense of the Mongolian army, they stopped, as if they were thinking about how to deal with it.

Du Dongqiang's heart suddenly became nervous, and he could see clearly in the telescope that this was indeed a group of young people dressed as ordinary people. However, when he carefully scanned the other party with a telescope, he suddenly realized that these young people in miscellaneous clothes were all wearing rifles in their hands! The Czech machine gun that had just terrified the cavalry front was among them. Du Dongqiang suddenly realized: This should not be a civilian army, but a regular army dressed in the uniform of the people!

Perhaps to test his hypothesis, at that moment, the group on the opposite side charged, and they ran faster than before, and those who were at the front were already firing as they ran, including the Czech machine gun. Seeing this scene, the people of the cavalry battalion of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army also fired back, and this encounter started instantly. However, Du Dongqiang was horrified to see that at the beginning of the battle, the opponent's rifles and machine guns showed more accurate shooting, and the three lines of defense under his command, the first row was lying down better, and the people in the second and third rows were knocked down a lot in a short period of time. Du Dongqiang ordered the communication soldiers to copy the starter phone and frantically call Fengdian.

The commander of the Japanese army in Fengdian County immediately received an urgent report from the Mongolian Xinjiang Army. Du Dongqiang insisted that the offenders were not civilian armed forces at all, but standard regular troops. This can't help but make Otsuka Kosuke suspicious: In addition to the 391st Regiment of the Central Army in the Great Elm Mountain, there is only a unit of the Eighth Route Army Forest Division in the direction south of Fengdian. So what is the name of the so-called regular army that is fighting with the Mongolian Xinjiang army at this moment? Where did it come from!?

It is no wonder that the garrison of Junling reported that this group skillfully bombarded the city wall there with mountain artillery, and it turned out to be a regular branch of the army in disguise. Kosuke Otsuka stared nervously at the map in the headquarters, his mind was spinning, according to the previous information, there was no large-scale Shina army on the Junling front line at all. The commander of the Japanese wing, who was puzzled, decided to immediately let out the infantry of that squadron and touch the opponent. After contact, determine what kind of army they are.

He asked the group leader Nomura Shaoza to personally lead the infantry squadron, as well as a 92 infantry gun of the artillery squad to immediately leave the city and move closer to the rear of the Mongolian army:

"Shao Zuo, don't rush the infantry into battle, first shoot the position with infantry guns and mortars! This group of people is not good, remember not to attack recklessly! ”