The Japanese wing commander couldn't believe his ears. Ever since the heavy machine guns on the positions of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side were fired, he had been roaring hysterically, mechanically repeating "attack attack" in his mouth; Even so, he was still mentally prepared for the defeat of the four infantry squads that were carrying out the attack—this was not the first time tonight—but the heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route Army were silent after a burst of rage, and his men not only did not retreat, but gradually moved away from him. Kosuke Otsuka's heart pounded: Did the attack succeed?! Prick up your ears and listen, and the sound of the existing firefight seemed to be getting farther and farther away. Finally, some subordinates ran back to report: Dazuo, the Chinese army has fled! Their blocking positions have already been occupied by our troops!

The captain of the Japanese army couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh wildly, after all, the people of China were not beaten with iron, and the rain of bullets from the four Type 92 heavy machine guns tore their flesh and blood defense line to pieces.

"Don't be careless, send a team forward to search and reconnoitre, and the rest of the troops will immediately occupy the position and defend in place!"

The victory was not easy to come by, and Kosuke Otsuka became quite cautious. He asked a combat staff officer beside him to turn on the flashlight, took out the gold pocket watch and looked at it carefully: there should still be time.

"The cavalry of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army immediately gathered and mounted their horses, and struck diagonally in the direction of the Tongpu Railway, and if they encountered enemy attacks and harassment along the way, they must not be entangled with them, and they will break through with all their might!"

At this time, Kosuke Otsuka, who gave the order, no longer had any confidence in the cavalry of the Mongolian Army, and the reason why he still let them take the lead on horses was entirely because the main force of the Shina Army that had withdrawn from the direction of the Tongpu Railway at any time was in front of him. The intention of the Japanese wing commander was that once the Mongolian Xinjiang army collided head-on with the main force of the Chinese army, even if it was only a brief exchange of fire, he would quickly give early warning to the truck convoy behind, so as not to be caught off guard by an encounter with the Chinese army as soon as the imperial army came up.

"Dazuo, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has been making a very stubborn resistance, but now it suddenly abandoned its position and fled, will there be any deception in it?" The question was asked by a squadron leader, who was also one of the two squadron leaders around Kosuke Otsuka tonight.

"There's no need to worry about this," Wing Commander Dazuo's thick right hand waved silently in the night sky: "The Eighth Route Army was obviously defeated by our 92 heavy machine, if I had taken the heavy machine gun team on the road from the beginning, I'm afraid it would have broken through from here a long time ago!" ”

However, after this reminder, Kosuke Otsuka personally rushed to the newly occupied Eighth Route Army blocking position and carefully inspected it. While secretly marveling at how his opponent could endure for so long behind such rudimentary fortifications and bunkers, he ordered the immediate demolition of the widening passage, which was no less than twenty meters wide, to ensure the smooth passage of trucks through it.

At this moment, the infantry squad in charge of the forward search sent back a communications corpsman, informing them that there was no sign of the China Army ahead, and that the squad was forming a skirmish line in the forward section to stand on guard, waiting for instructions. Wing Commander Dazuo was completely relieved and ordered the cavalry of the Mongolian Army to set off immediately, and the truck team was launched at the same time:

"Telegraph to the Wencheng Brigade Headquarters that our unit has successfully broken through the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army, and has now set off to the direction of the railway line in Lingshi County, requesting the latest movement of the main force of the fleeing Chinese army."

"Dazuo," an operational staff officer beside Otsuka reminded, "Do you want to leave a small number of troops in the Eighth Route Army's position here to monitor their movements?" After all, they only fled and were not completely wiped out, judging from the situation of the battle just now, the strength of this Eighth Route Army should be more than 100 people, and we need to guard against the safety of the rear flank. ”

Wing Commander Dazuo showed some hesitation - the staff officer's reminder was not unreasonable, not to mention that this was not far from the Eighth Route Army's defense area in Hekou Village, and it was not even ruled out that this Eighth Route was from Hekou Village.

When he thought of the Eighth Route Army in Kawaguchi Village and the Kanmen Mountain Pass, Kosuke Otsuka couldn't help but be angry; However, tonight's priority is to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese army that is harassing Dong Po Lu, and the old accounts of Hekou Village can only be left aside for later settlement.

Nearly twenty trucks were starting up, and the roar made the empty wasteland tremble slightly. Before boarding the driver's building of a truck, Wing Commander Dazuo finally made up his mind: not a single soldier would be left here to ensure that the troops of the front branch army were sufficient. Later, he sent a telegram to Nomura Shaozo in Fengdian County, and sent one or two infantry squads out of the city to search and alert here, while monitoring the Eighth Route Army in the area of Hekou Village, and preparing to meet the main force that was on the march.

When he thought of the Eighth Route Army in Kawaguchi Village and the Kanmen Mountain Pass, Kosuke Otsuka couldn't help but be angry; However, tonight's priority is to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese army that is harassing Dong Po Lu, and the old accounts of Hekou Village can only be left aside for later settlement.

Nearly twenty trucks were starting up, and the roar made the empty wasteland tremble slightly. Before boarding the driver's building of a truck, Wing Commander Dazuo finally made up his mind: not a single soldier would be left here to ensure that the troops of the front branch army were sufficient. He sent a telegram to Nomura Shaozuo in Fengdian County, and sent one or two infantry squads out of the city to search and alert here, while monitoring Hekou Village and driving quiet, while preparing to meet the main force that was on the march.

The cunning Japanese wing commander had already judged in his heart that the Zhina Army that attacked the Tongpu railway line and Lingshi County was the 391st Regiment of the Central Army - not long ago, it was the 391st Regiment of the Central Army that ran to the Junling City along the railway line and captured a batch of heavy weapons, including mountain artillery; The battle that took place tonight on the Nam Dong Pu railway line has confirmed the use of large-caliber heavy artillery by the Chinese army; With this alone, the tail of the Chinese army was exposed.

Since it was the main force of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army that jumped to the railway line near Lingshi County, their old nest in Da Yushu Mountain should be close to emptiness, and it is impossible that there are still enough troops to threaten the safety of Fengdian County, which is close at hand, so it is completely safe and bold to continue to draw troops from the county garrison and supplement them to the sequence of tonight's battle. Otsuka Kosuke has always regarded the existence of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army as a problem for the elbow and armpit of Fengdian County, but because the regiment is hidden in the vast mountains, it is not easy to take the initiative to attack it, but there is a good opportunity to gather and annihilate the unit in the plains and wilderness, and he can't let them go!

When Kosuke Otsuka's truck team was reactivated and the Japanese soldiers jumped into the truck compartment one after another, only two or three miles away, the commanders and fighters of the 7th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Xu Brigade of the Eighth Route Army also reorganized their formation, and the company commander Wei Xin was urgently assigning a new combat plan.

At this moment, the position of the 7th Company was only about a mile away from Hekou Village, and because the commander of the 6th Company had just participated in the blocking operation with a platoon of troops, there was actually no deployment of troops of the Eighth Route Army in Hekou Village. Wei Xin, the commander of the 7th Company, did not pay attention to the small village behind him at all, but the instructor had just counted the wounded and proposed to send a squad to escort all the light and serious wounded into Hekou Village immediately, and at the same time establish a defensive line on the periphery of the village. Wei Xin agreed without thinking about it, and his current focus was entirely on how to continue to attack the Japanese puppet army from the side.

In a sense, the act of evacuating the blocking position that has just occurred has violated the mission entrusted to the 7th Company by the Joint Operations Command. Wei Xin was forced to issue the order to retreat for the sake of preserving and maintaining the company's combat capability, and now he must adopt new tactics to continue to intercept and delay the footsteps of the Japanese puppet army in the pounce on the Tongpu railway line. The fact that the Japanese who had captured their positions did not take long to pursue them and then stopped on their own initiative proves the real motives of the enemy forces who did not want to fight, but were eager to continue the march.

The deputy company commander informed the number of remaining combat personnel, which was only a little over 100 people, and the casualties caused by the previous positional battle were close to one-third of the total strength of the company, but fortunately, the three platoons and the company headquarters were all there. Wei Xin resolutely ordered the whole company to be handed over to a platoon, which he personally led to immediately sneak out in the direction of the blocking position just now, pay attention to the enemy's movements along the way, and once the enemy troops were found to be on the march, they immediately bombed the Japanese trucks intensively to paralyze their convoys.

At the same time, the deputy company commander and the instructor led two platoons and three lines to follow up the charge left and right, shooting at the enemy's marching ranks, not only to hold the enemy troops to the death, but also to maintain a certain distance to avoid being killed or injured by counterattacks.

The communications troops sent by the 7th Company to the main battlefield of the Tongpu railway line to report the enemy's situation have not yet returned, and Wei Xin has no way of knowing the battle situation there. In this case, you can only grit your teeth to support it.

Let's go!

The commander of the 7th company roared in a low voice, and led the first platoon, which everyone carried four or five* guns, and ran out along the original path that had just retreated. He still carried the Czech light machine gun supported by the commander of the 6th Company, while the rest of the commanders and fighters carried the rifle on their backs and held one in each hand*. Everyone was silently reciting in their hearts the words that the company commander had just confessed: Aim at the truck team's car lights and drop bombs, and that part is close to the cab and the gasoline tank!

However, this team that shot out like an arrow in the dark night was not the imaginary Japanese truck head-on - the sound of horses' hooves from far and near made everyone instantly realize that the cavalry regiment of the puppet Mongolian army was the first to come up again!

This accident, which is not unexpected, still disrupted Wei Xin's original deployment: grandma's, the Japanese are really determined to let this gang of traitor cavalry serve as cannon fodder, obviously they have car wheels, but they still want to let the puppet Mongolian cavalry run ahead!

A row of soldiers who had already squatted or crouched on the wasteland had already unscrewed the lid of the first or even the second *, holding the fire lead and preparing to attack, and the appearance of the cavalry of the brigade made them all lose their base all of a sudden, and several soldiers around Wei Xin anxiously whispered: Company commander, do you want to fight?!

A few thoughts flashed through the mind of the commander of the 7th company, colliding fiercely between whether to fight or not to fight, and how to fight, and just when he hesitated, saying that it was too late and that was too fast, the cavalry team of the puppet Mongolian army had already run, and in the blink of an eye, the front team swept in front of Wei Xin. The 7th row, which was only a few feet away, even had the smell of smoke and dust rising from the horses' hooves in its nose.

The fighter plane was fleeting, and the commander of the 7th company actually felt anxious for a while, but at this moment, he gritted his teeth and made another bold decision tonight: let this cavalry pass!

Obviously, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army is really very low, and through the first few rounds of positional exchanges, the 7th Company has caused a certain amount of casualties to them, and at present, the threat posed by this traitor cavalry to the friendly forces fighting on the Pu railway line should be limited, and letting them go over is really the best of the best strategies. The 7th Company must now concentrate all its forces to attack the Japanese reinforcements, as long as the elite Japanese reinforcements are not allowed to rush over, it is the greatest support for the friendly forces on the front line! In addition, the smooth passage of the puppet Mongolian cavalry can also paralyze the Japanese troops following behind to a considerable extent, making them relax their vigilance, so as to maximize the effect of the surprise attack.

Without receiving the order of the company commander, the well-trained soldiers of the 7th Company held their breath and silently watched the brigade of cavalry gallop past in front of them. A few minutes later, a string of swaying car headlights appeared in the distance, accompanied by the sound of rumbling motors.

The Japanese army's truck fleet is up!