Before the door could be closed, Tangshan Leopard had already put his hand against the door, and said with a glare: "What are you afraid of? No one robbed you, we bought it with money." The man couldn't close the door when he saw it, and he cried when he spoke: "Master Jun, there is really no carriage to sell in the shop!" Wang Haitao didn't talk nonsense, took out a letter from his body, and said: "Friend, we really need a carriage to transport the wounded, this is the ocean, the price is easy to say, and I will take it if it's not enough." ”

When the man saw that Wang Haitao really took out the ocean, he said with some hesitation: "Master Jun, there are only two carriages in the small shop, and the small family is counting on them to live, if the military master takes it away, the small family will only have to ask for food." Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Friend, don't worry, our people in the 90th Army will never take a single grass or tree from the people in vain." ”

With that, the man opened the door with suspicion. After Wang Haitao entered the house, he wanted to buy the two carriages and the two horses, but the man refused to sell them, and in the end Wang Haitao could only rent his two carriages to go to Sihui County, and negotiated the fare of two yuan. Two oceans are nothing to Wang Haitao, and Wang Haitao gave this person two oceans on the spot.

The problem was solved, Wang Haitao was relaxed, and returned to the hotel, where the soldiers were ready to set off at any time. After waiting for the people in the car shop to bring the two carriages and the seriously wounded got into the carriages, Wang Haitao led the troops along the small road to Sihui County. As soon as Wang Haitao and the others left Fanhu Town, the Japanese pursuers arrived, and the town suddenly jumped up and became chaotic.

When the Japanese army figured out where Wang Haitao and them were going, another hour passed, and the Japanese troops of the two brigades continued to pursue as a whole while reporting to their superiors by telegram. In an hour's time, Wang Haitao had already led his troops out for seven or eight kilometers. The reconnaissance company opened the way in front of the road at the same time, and their specially trained reconnaissance skills could ensure the safety of the troops behind to the greatest extent.

The 30-kilometer road was expected to take about four hours, but halfway through, the sky became dark. As soon as it gets dark, the trail becomes even more difficult to walk, and the speed of the team slows down. Until nine o'clock in the evening, the troops were still ten kilometers away from the county seat of Sihui. Wang Haitao saw that the soldiers were a little tired, and ordered to rest for half an hour.

Just when Wang Haitao finished resting and was about to continue advancing, the soldiers who went out to reconnoiter quickly came to report that a large number of Japanese troops had been found outside Sihui County, and several roads passing through Sihui County had interception positions set up by the Japanese army, and even this small road was not missed. Three kilometers ahead, there was a Japanese outpost with nearly 100 people. The report of the reconnaissance team made the soldiers' eyes turn to Wang Haitao.

Wang Haitao's brain also turned rapidly, as long as he passed through Sihui County, and after meeting with the left-behind soldiers in the station, he could take out the car and go all the way to Wuzhou, and he would successfully complete the trip to Guangzhou. But how can a team of so many people pass through the county seat of Sihui without alarming the Japanese army? This is already a hilly area, and if there are no wounded, they can go around the hills, and with more than a dozen seriously wounded, there is no carriage, and it will be difficult to walk.

But it is not a good way to break through, the more than 100 Japanese soldiers in front are nothing, but as long as the guns are fired, a large number of Japanese troops in the vicinity are bound to rush over, and they only have more than 300 soldiers, once they fall into the encirclement of the Japanese army, the casualties will be large. These fighters are all selected elites, and if they lose a Wang Haitao, they will feel distressed for a long time, not to mention that there will be heavy losses.

No matter how Wang Haitao thinks about it, it is not a good way to break through, so it is better to detour safely. When Wang Haitao was thinking, the soldiers were quietly waiting for Wang Haitao's decision, no matter what decision Wang Haitao made, even if they let them go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, out of confidence in Wang Haitao, the soldiers would not hesitate to rush forward.

Finally, Wang Haitao made a decision. He first thanked the owner of the carriage shop, and then gave the owner five pieces of ocean, and asked the owner to return to Fanhu Town. Then let the soldiers make a dozen stretchers, carry the seriously wounded soldiers, and begin to bypass the county seat of Sihui from the hills. The hills here are not large, the trees are not too dense, and the team groped their way through the darkness, and with the moonlight, it was not too difficult to walk.

However, they had to avoid the Japanese checkpoints and carry the seriously wounded, so not only did they have to travel a much longer distance, but they also couldn't get up to speed. The team walked for almost three hours, and according to the distance it walked, it should have reached the vicinity of Sihui County, when the soldiers of the reconnaissance company who were exploring the road in front reported again that they had found a Japanese search party. Now Wang Haitao became nervous again.

The appearance of the Japanese search team shows that the Japanese army has known that their team has come to the vicinity of Sihui County, and it is not important how the Japanese army knows their whereabouts, but whether they can avoid the search of the Japanese army and pass through Sihui County safely. After Wang Haitao learned that the Japanese search team was only a small force of 20 or 30 people, he asked the soldiers to strengthen their vigilance on the one hand, and on the other hand, asked the team to speed up, and strive to pass through Sihui County as soon as possible.

Wang Haitao wanted to lead the troops through Sihui County quickly, but it backfired, and after walking for another hour, he was about to pass through Sihui County, when a burst of gunfire suddenly came from the front. At night, in the silence of the mountains, the sudden sound of gunfire was enough to be heard far away. Wang Haitao and his soldiers were ready for battle as soon as possible, and the commander of the reconnaissance company led several combat groups and rushed to the front.

There was not much time, and the soldiers of the two reconnaissance companies rushed back to report to Wang Haitao that the reconnaissance detachment had encountered a search party of the Japanese army, which numbered about 30 Japanese troops, and the two sides were now exchanging fire. Because it was dark and the line of sight was not good, although the reconnaissance detachment had the upper hand, it was difficult to quickly eliminate the Japanese search team.

Wang Haitao was a little anxious when he heard this, the enemy situation here was unknown, and if his team was bitten by Little Japan, it would not be so easy to get rid of it, so Wang Haitao immediately rushed forward with his troops. After walking forward for about a kilometer, the sound of gunfire became more intense, Wang Haitao listened carefully, and the sound of the Japanese-style 38 rifle and the crooked-handled sub-machine gun had been suppressed by the sound of the submachine gun and the 56-type light machine gun, but it was still ringing.

Approaching the front line, Wang Haitao left a platoon to protect the wounded, and then took the rest of the soldiers to touch it. When he went to the front line and saw the light of the muzzle of the gun, Wang Haitao understood that the Japanese troops were concentrated on a small dirt slope, and the soldiers of the reconnaissance company were divided into several combat groups and were attacking this small dirt slope from several directions. With a large number of automatic weapons, the Japanese army was completely suppressed, but the Japanese army still desperately resisted with two light machine guns and several grenadiers.

This battle must end as soon as possible, otherwise as soon as the Japanese reinforcements come up, things will be really difficult to say. Wang Haitao immediately took out ten more mortars and a few shells from the storage ring and handed them to the soldiers of the guard company behind, asking them to cover this small dirt slope with artillery fire and quickly take down this group of Japanese soldiers. The soldiers around him took the mortar, skillfully set it up, and after aiming, dozens of shells were fired out at once.

With the cover of mortar shells, the small dirt slope held by the Japanese army soon fell silent. The fighters of the reconnaissance company rushed forward with all their might. Five minutes later, a soldier came to report that more than 30 Japanese soldiers had been completely annihilated, but a damaged radio station was found in the Japanese equipment, and it is likely that this group of Japanese soldiers had reported the situation. Wang Haitao ordered to move immediately, so the more than 300 soldiers followed Wang Haitao to the west.

After all, the target must have been exposed, Wang Haitao and they encountered the Japanese army that was chasing and intercepting many times along the way, under the leadership of Wang Haitao, the team could dodge, and if they couldn't dodge, they rushed over with their strong strength. In this way, when it was almost dawn, Wang Haitao led the team to a town called Fenghuang Town, fifteen kilometers west of Sihui County.

Next to this Phoenix Town is the highway leading to Guangxi, and when he arrived here, Wang Haitao breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the very tired soldiers, Wang Haitao could only order all to rest. At the same time, several reconnaissance teams were sent to conduct reconnaissance in several directions at the same time. After resting for an hour, the soldiers ate some dry food and regained some energy, Wang Haitao prepared to take the troops to the highway, then took out the car and returned all the way to Wuzhou.

Suddenly, several soldiers hurriedly ran over and reported to Wang Haitao that a large number of Japanese troops had been found in several directions. It turned out that after the Japanese patrol encountered Wang Haitao and them, they immediately made a report to the above with a radio, and after reporting layer by layer to the division commander of the 104th Division, Toshio Miyake, Miyake Toshio sensitively realized that this Chinese army was constantly moving westward all the way, and it was very likely that it wanted to escape to the mountainous areas in the direction of Guangxi or in the northwest.

Reports of firefights between the two sides continued to come from the ensuing quarters, which confirmed Toshio Miyake's thoughts. The secret of the theft of the arms depot was related to it, and he promised Commander Kojo Michiro, so Toshio Miyake did everything to catch the leader of this unit of the Shina people. Toshio Miyake immediately ordered all the troops near Shihui County to concentrate on Shihui County, and be sure to surround this branch of the Chinese army.

The Japanese army surrounded from several directions, and Wang Haitao knew that a tough battle was inevitable, so he immediately made a decision to ask the guard company to quickly occupy Fenghuang Town, and arrange defensive positions, and then ordered the entire reconnaissance company to concentrate on Fenghuang Town. After giving the order, Wang Haitao took out the radio again and called the 211th Division in Wuzhou, asking the 211st Division to march to Fenghuang Town to pick him up.

It didn't take much to occupy Phoenix Town, and after learning that Phoenix Town was about to go to war, the people in the town fled from the town one after another, and soon only two companies of soldiers led by Wang Haitao were left in the town. After counting the number of people, the continuous fighting last night caused Wang Haitao's men to lose more than 30 soldiers, and now the number of light and serious wounded has reached more than 40, and only 315 people can participate in the battle.

This is a battle of life and death, Wang Haitao and they must withstand the attack of the Japanese army and hold on until the arrival of the 211th Division. Under normal circumstances, it would take a day and a night for the 211th Division to rush from Wuzhou, and only more than 300 troops would have to hold on for a day and night under the frantic attack of the Japanese army, and the difficulty can be imagined, and Phoenix Town is not a very good place to hold, although the town also has a wall, but the wall is not strong at all.