In the days that followed, the convoy continued to advance with a daily mileage of 168 kilometers per day, finally reaching the destination of the first stage after crossing two major provinces.

In this former dynastic capital, they split up after a short rest. From here, the three automobile battalions of the large army continued southward, while Huang He and Maklov's separate automobile company continued eastward.

The two groups of people have different tasks, and after saying goodbye, they start a new stage of their journey with each other's blessings.

After a long journey of several days, the independent automobile company finally reached the neighboring province.

Since most of the cities in this province were occupied by the enemy, they were extra careful as they traveled. Even though there weren't many fighters in the team, they still had to send out a section to scout the road they were about to cross.

The plateau is the main terrain of this province and is a typical mountainous plateau with extensive loess cover. Moreover, there are many river valleys here, the landform is complex and diverse, there are many large mountains, and the terrain is dangerous.

In such an environment, once the enemy discovers his whereabouts and encounters an ambush, the consequences are unimaginable.

The Yellow River did not try to take the initiative to contact the troops at all levels of the Eighth Route Army, but after many years of being away from his homeland and not being familiar with the place, there was still no progress after a few days.

The only good news was that before entering the province, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army had already telegraphed the base area and informed them that the independent automobile company would arrive in the near future.

If they're lucky, they should be able to complete the mission unharmed. But things didn't go in a good direction, their goal was so big that it was difficult to keep an eye on the covert as they went.

There are countless bandits and traitors throughout the province.

The bandits are okay to say, most of them are waste who bully the soft and fear the hard, and even if they are discovered, there is nothing they can do. Even bandits of a certain size saw such a large convoy, and they had to weigh in their hearts whether they could eat this batch of goods.

But traitors are more troublesome, although there will be no danger in the first place after they are discovered. But in order to get promoted and make a fortune, these dogs who sell their ancestors for glory will contact their masters as soon as possible. If you get bitten by the Japanese, that's a big problem.

Huang He knows one thing very well, that is, the independent automobile company and even their army are not as strong as they imagined.

First of all, their apparent purge had only just ended, and the generals and a large number of junior officers either went to the Lubyanka Hotel or were assigned to dig potatoes in Siberia.

Even if the troops have carried out transport missions many times, their combat experience is still not enough, and they lost the last war with Xiaori.

The separate car company did not carry any heavy weapons, and in the event of a battle it was only two 82-mm mortars that could be used as support fire, and the use of mortars was limited by the terrain.

The gifts prepared by Huang He to the base area were just ordinary rifles, after all, what the troops needed now was a large amount of money. In the event of an accident, these weapons will not do much at all.

Although they were extremely careful, on the third day of entering the province, their whereabouts were discovered by a group of idle traitors.

These dog traitors divided their troops as soon as possible, two people went to contact the devil closest to here, and the remaining three people continued to follow the transport team from a distance.

The Japanese, having received the information, immediately dispatched a squadron of troops to prepare for an ambush.

I have to say that the devil tactics of this era are very vicious, and the ambush war is not as simple as in later film and television dramas, it is impossible for everyone to find a place to go there and finish it.

Choosing a suitable ambush area is not an easy task.

In order not to startle the snake, it is impossible for the devils to lure the snake. The whole convoy was too late to avoid them, how could they take the bait.

Their staff officers analyzed the route of the convoy according to the existing known conditions, and more than 200 devils marched to the section of the canyon through which the convoy had to pass and set up an ambush according to the orders of their superiors.

The canyon still has a bit of greenery in early autumn, which is good news for ambushers, after all, bare is not easy to hide.

It seems that luck is also on the side of the devil, and the capacity of this canyon section is enough for the convoy to march in normal formation.

However, it was difficult for the fighters of the convoy to immediately form a battle formation when attacked, which extended the time required to change from a marching state to a combat state.

Moreover, the environment of this ambush area is very convenient for the devils to hide, advance and retreat, deploy and give full play to their firepower advantages. If it can be used reasonably, it can greatly reduce the difficulty of destroying the enemy of the devils.

These cunning enemies guessed that the convoy must have arranged scouts, so they only arranged a few hidden observation posts and guard groups on the sortie positions.

The main forces were placed in standby positions behind the side of the sortie position, which were connected by a concealed passage.

Doing so reduces the risk of exposure, requiring only the large force to sneak into the sortie position and prepare to attack after the opponent's reconnaissance means have been exhausted.

Ambush tactics have changed from the era of cold weapons to the era of hot weapons with low technical conditions, and its core has always been to plug the head and cut off the tail and storm the two wings.

The heavy firepower of the devils is used to divide the enemy formation, so that this convoy cannot take care of each other.

In addition, the mountain road is already very narrow, once it is divided into several sections, after the attack, most people can only hear the wails of their comrades, morale collapses, and the combat effectiveness naturally collapses quickly.

Moreover, the Japanese staff officer in charge of this ambush was obviously a steady old devil, and he did not have an advantage over us because of his superiority in numbers, and this group of enemies of unknown power made him extremely jealous.

Under the arrangement of this old devil, they formed a pocket-shaped ambush circle. On the premise of not affecting the combat effectiveness of the flanking detachment, the tail attack detachment, and the blocking detachment, he even prepared a reserve team.

This reserve of more than a dozen people is always ready to support the battle of the combat detachment in front or to deal with unexpected situations. The only thing that displeased him was that the terrain on the left side of the canyon was steep, making it difficult for ordinary soldiers to climb it.

In the hidden standby position, a captain squadron leader looked at the watch on his wrist and said to the devils beside him: "That group of unknown enemies should arrive in half an hour, everyone is ready for battle!" ”

He beckoned to the correspondent not far away and said, "Is there any new news?" ”

Hearing the words of his squadron leader, the devil trotted forward and said, "Report to the captain, not yet!" ”

As the two men spoke, Makarov's convoy was approaching the gorge.

As a veteran, his hunch told him that there was probably something wrong with the canyon ahead. So he ordered his troops to stop advancing and wait in hiding, and sent twice as many scouts as before.

Seeing that the convoy suddenly stopped, Huang He, who had little combat experience, walked up to Makarov's side and asked: "Is something wrong?" How to stop. “

"Nothing is happening for the time being, but the canyon ahead is very suitable for ambushes, and it is too dangerous to rush in."

Although the time was short, the devils did not lay mines. But they did their best to deal with the plants, the dirt, the ground along the road.

An hour later, all the people in charge of the reconnaissance returned. After careful inspection, they judged that the canyon was not dangerous.

At this time, the devils were already preparing for the attack position, and just as the first car entered the canyon, more than two hundred pairs of malicious eyes stared at them.

The devils aim at these trucks with their weapons and wait for the commander's orders!