Outside Xiniu Village in the south of Qixia Town, Qingniu Mountain.

On the position of the second company of the special service battalion, when He Yunfu saw that the time on his watch pointed to 7 o'clock, and there was a faint thunderous sound from the north, he knew that the battle had begun!

Coming out of the anti-artillery hole where he slept last night, He Yunfu immediately called his platoon leader Yang Dabao.

"Company commander, are you looking for me?"

"Not bad.

Didn't our reconnaissance soldiers yesterday say that on the side of Zhengtai Road, about 3 kilometers east of us, there is a little devil turret, and there are more than a dozen little devils in it?

Now you take your people and pull out this turret for me!"

The roads and railways in front of the turret were all blown up, lest any little devils come to our east. ”

"Company commander, we have a platoon, if we don't have heavy firepower, I'm afraid it will be difficult, and there is at least one heavy machine gun in the turret of the little devil!"

When Yang Dabao heard that he had a task, he was immediately very excited, but then his face was embarrassed.

Yang Yuanshan has been preaching in the special service camp that the lives of the soldiers must not be sacrificed rashly, so these platoon commanders have some of this awareness.

"You should take a Type 92 infantry gun, and the battle will be quick and decisive, no more than 4 hours at most, and you must return.

If the little devils in Qixia Town ask for help in time, if the reinforcements from Qubei County come by train, they may be able to arrive in front of us in less than 5 hours.

If your platoon doesn't return in time, it will affect our whole overall situation, understand? ”

He Yunfu confessed.

"Understood!"

When Yang Dabao heard that there was an infantry cannon, he immediately relieved his heart, and he didn't worry about anything that would not take place for 4 hours or 4 hours.

Soon went with his own people.

At this time, even the instructor Xu Shaobai came over to him and asked:

"Lao He, now that we're about to go to war, why do you still let Platoon Commander Yang take people to fight the artillery tower?"

He Yunfu still respects Xu Shaobai very much, after all, when he was still a platoon commander, he was an instructor.

If it weren't for the instructor of the airborne battalion from the superiors, the other party should have been promoted.

He quickly explained:

"Instructor Xu, now that Deputy Battalion Commander Han has started fighting, it will not affect the overall situation if we pull out the turrets along the highway now.

And the most important thing is that although we have won Heyuan County before, and the roads and railways from Heyuan County to here have also been blown up by us in several places, there is a case that there are little devils coming from the direction of Heyuan County.

When the time comes, we will be passive.

You can also see that our current positions are all facing southwest, and it would be bad if the little devils attacked from our backs. ”

Hearing him say this, Xu Shaobai understood that the guy in front of him didn't trust Wei Dayong's out-of-character guy to block the enemy in the direction of Heyuan County thoroughly, so he simply made his own first move and made thorough preparations.

Thinking of Wei Dayong's character of rushing up as soon as he saw the little devil, Xu Shaobai understood that his worries were justified, and immediately nodded:

"I see, Lao He is very thoughtful."

He finally understood why He Yunfu was directly promoted to the commander of the second company by Yang Yuanshan not long after he arrived at the special agent battalion.

The service is indeed leakless!

In addition to arranging for Yang Dabao to take people to fight the artillery tower, He Yunfu also sent a few scouts to reconnoiter in the direction of Qubei County in the west, so as not to be careless and be found ambushed by the little devils, which would affect the effect of the ambush.

……

Diagonally opposite the Second Company, at the position of Huangling Village, Li Dahe was looking north with a telescope, trying to see the battle situation in the north clearly.

His location was farther away from Qixia Town, and it was even less likely to hear the sound of gunfire, and at this moment, he was very anxious.

Wang Quanfa, the deputy company commander who had only one hand left next to him, looked at the binoculars for a while, and when he saw Li Dahe's anxious expression, he immediately suggested:

"Company commander, the soldiers who reconnoitred before reported that there is a little devil turret in the direction of Zhaojiagou, should we simply send someone to pull it out for him?

Idle is idle anyway.

If this turret is not pulled out, the reinforcements from Shou County can still get some support from the turret. ”

Li Dahe immediately smiled when he heard this, and nodded hurriedly:

"Good! It's a good idea.

There are so many of us waiting here, and we won't be able to catch the little devils in a short time, so it's not bad to pull out a turret.

Lao Wang, you stay here and watch the position, and I will personally lead a platoon to pull out this turret. ”

Seeing that he turned around and was about to leave, Wang Quanfa hurriedly stopped:

"Company commander, you should stay here and command, I'll take someone there!"

"No, no, no, I'm so upset waiting here, I'll go!"

Li Dahe dodged Wang Quanfa's obstruction and ran away as soon as he slipped away.

After a while, Wang Quanfa couldn't help but shake his head when he saw him leaving the position with a platoon of soldiers pushing a Type 92 infantry gun.

Thinking that the command of the entire Huangling Village position now fell on him, a disabled person, Wang Quanfa felt a little numb.

However, when he remembered the scene when he was in the field hospital and took twenty wounded soldiers to block the Yamazaki brigade, he felt a little prideful.

At the beginning, he was outnumbered, and he didn't have heavy weapons, didn't he stop the Yamazaki brigade for 20 minutes?

Now that he is relying on the trenches, there are more than 300 soldiers, and there are so many artillery, even if the little devil comes to a brigade, he is confident that he will block it for at least 24 hours!

……

In the direction of Killing the Tiger's Mouth, Wei Dayong led the soldiers of the guard company not to dig trenches, but went all the way to the east, laying mines and setting traps on the already damaged and potholed roads.

A company set up mines and traps on a section of nearly fifty or sixty miles, Wei Dayong gave up, smiled and led the soldiers back to kill the tiger, and waited for the little devil's reinforcements to be disgraced by these mines and traps, and then bumped into his hands.

……

Just when all companies of the special battalion were looking forward to the reinforcements of the little devils, Qubei County.

The 41st Wing of the 237th Division of the Little Devils, the captain of the 1st Brigade, Shimokawa Naiya Nakasa, received a telegram from Captain Hiroki Sakai, and his brows immediately furrowed into the word "Sichuan".

What is the purpose of a brigade attacking Qixia Town on Tuba Road, making such a big move?

What is the strategic position of Qixia Town that is worthy of their dispatch?

He immediately took the telegram to his colleague, Kensuke Terada, the captain of the second brigade, and asked:

"Terada-kun, what do you think?"

Shimokawa Nariya and Terada Kensuke's first and second brigades were stationed in Qubei County together, and because Shimokawa Nariya had a higher rank, the military affairs of the entire Qubei Prefecture were dominated by Shimokawa Nariya.

At this moment, listening to his question, Kensuke Terada hurriedly replied:

"Shimokawa-kun, I don't know the purpose of the Tubalu attack on Qixia Town.

But I think we must not give up Qixia Town easily!

Otherwise, the fact that our army is insufficient will be exposed and a chain reaction will be triggered!

At that time, all strongholds and towns may be attacked by the Dirt Eight Roads. ”

"Terada-kun is right, now the Tuba Road is destroying our communication lines everywhere, but except for the fact that the county seat of Heyuan was breached ten days ago, no other important targets have been attacked, presumably the Tuba Road is also afraid of our strength.

If we show even the slightest weakness now, they may pounce on us like hungry wolves and bite us, and then the law and order situation we face will deteriorate even more. ”

Generally speaking, the captains of the little devils are generally mostly Shaosa, and those who can mix with Zhongsa are the best, such as the previous Yamazaki Brigade Yamazaki Jihei.

Now Shimokawa Nariya is also a Nakasa, and he still has two brushes for judging the situation, so he immediately nodded in agreement with Kensuke Terada's opinion.

After some discussion, he immediately called the commander of the 237th Wing of the garrison Xinkou, Nara Masayan, and reported the incident in Qixia Town.

Of course, he would not be stupid enough to report that the enemy had a division, after all, the headquarters of the First Army had severely reprimanded them before, and they must not lie about the military situation like Saburo Nakasa, Hirosue.

Instead, it was reported that the main force of the Tuba Road of a brigade was attacking Qixia Town, asking for a solution.

After consulting with his chief of staff, Nara Masayama immediately ordered Shimokawa Nariya to personally lead a full-fledged brigade, plus an artillery squadron, to Qixia Town by ironclad train, and be sure to wipe out the Tsuchihachi Road of this brigade.

In Nara Masayan's view, such a force, let alone a brigade fighting the Eighth Road, is a division, and it also has a chance to win!

Hearing this order, Shimokawa Nariya frowned, and hurriedly asked:

"Your Excellency, my First Brigade originally had two squadrons scattered in other places, and now there are less than 700 troops that can still be maneuvered, how can I assemble a full brigade?"

"First from Terada-kun's second brigade, I will send a report to His Excellency General Shinozuka later, requesting General Shinozuka to send a brigade from Jinyang City to Qubei County to make up for the emptiness of your troops after you leave the city."

Nara replied uncompromisingly.

"Hey! Humble duty understood.

However, in this Qubei County, there is only one additional artillery squadron in total, and after taking it away, the defense of this county will be extremely empty. ”

Shimokawa Nariya reminded.

"Yo Xi, Shimokawa-kun, your mission is to rescue Qixia Town in time and annihilate those pesky dirt eight roads.

Do you understand? ”

was taught by Shimokawa Nariya, a Nakasa, and Nara Masayan has begun to be unhappy with this Osa.

Shimokawa Chengya also heard that His Excellency the Wing Captain was unhappy, so he didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only nod his head:

"Hey! Humble duty understands! ”

"Yo Xi, Shimokawa-kun, you must be careful, bring the radio, and contact me at any time!

Recently, the Tuba Road in the northwest of Jin Province has been extremely active, maybe the target of this group of Tuba Road is not just Qixia Town! ”

Nara Masayan struck again.

"Hey! Humble duty understands! ”

Shimokawa replied respectfully.

was reminded by his boss like this, and his heart was also awe-inspiring.

Soon, he prepared a full brigade plus an artillery squadron, more than 1,200 people, boarded an ironclad train from the Qubei County Railway Station, and headed east.

……

After Nara Masayan arranged for Shimokawa Seiya to support Qixia Town, he looked at the map for a long time before asking Yuhei Moriguchi, chief of staff of the 237th Wing:

"Moriguchi-kun, Shou County is also very close to Qixia Town, should we report to the division headquarters and let the division headquarters coordinate the troops of the 37th Division stationed in Shou County to also send a support army to support Qixia Town?"

Yuhei Moriguchi nodded and said:

"Your Excellency, when we move a brigade, we should indeed report to His Excellency the Division Commander.

As for whether to send troops from Shou County to support, it is not necessary to make it an important target of our report. ”

"Yo Xi, this is reasonable!"

Nara Masayan understands what he means, the transfer of troops across divisions and regiments is easy to disgust, he is a wing commander, not worthy!

It's better to leave it to your superiors to consider.

Subsequently, Nara Masayan immediately called the division headquarters in Jinyang City to report the matter.

The commander of the 41st Division, Tanabe Shengwu, heard that a brigade of the Eighth Route was attacking Qixia Town, and instinctively felt that it was unusual, and when he heard that Nara Masayan had sent a brigade to the rescue, he immediately nodded in appreciation, and then arranged:

"Yo Sai, Nara-kun, I appreciate your cautious response.

I would ask His Excellency Commander Shinozuka to send an air reconnaissance plane to reconnoiter the reality of the Dohachi Road.

In addition, on the Shou County side, I will ask Hirata Jun of the 37th Division to arrange for a support army from Shou County to go north to check the situation. ”

The baby has pneumonia, and he will be hospitalized for a week, and he will be in the hospital with the code word between the beds, and the state is not very good, please forgive me.

(End of chapter)