It's dawn.

Baishiling, Yang Yuanshan's temporary headquarters.

Han Yang brought him a bowl of hot mush.

"Battalion commander, it's time for breakfast."

Yang Yuanshan took it and took a look, but he looked disgusted, this thing looked too much like what his family fed pigs when he was a child, so he couldn't raise his appetite.

"What the hell is this?

Can't you just give me a bowl of hot water and let me eat dry food? ”

"Haha, this is our dough cake boiled in hot water!

The soldiers slept in the trenches all night, and it was difficult to digest the dry flour cakes, so I asked the cooks to put the noodles in a pot and cook them, so that although the taste was a little worse, it would warm the stomach. ”

Han Yang smiled and explained.

After following Yang Yuanshan for so long, he has found that Yang Yuanshan is not only extra hygienic, but also a little picky when it comes to eating.

If he wants to eat some meat if he has nothing to do, he won't be able to eat food that doesn't look good.

"Okay."

Yang Yuanshan was helpless.

Now on the battlefield, you can't ask for so much.

In addition, he was also hungry, so he immediately took the big bowl and snorted and snorted, and it took a few minutes to eliminate the bowl of batter.

The texture and taste are hard to describe!

……

After eating, as soon as he wiped his mouth, Yang Yuanshan asked:

"Is there any news from the Scout? Did Yuci's little devil get out of town? ”

"Not yet, I don't think it's that fast.

Didn't they just start last night, Shou County's telegram for help was sent, and it is estimated that the little devil will have at least one night to react. ”

Yang Yuanshan nodded, and then said:

"I guess the little devil will be out of the city this morning, and then at noon or afternoon, to our location, you have to let the soldiers hide.

In particular, the artillery company must mark the shooting units in advance, and fire the artillery as soon as the little devils arrive at the designated position, and first destroy the little devils' artillery.

Once the little devils are out of artillery, we can use the firepower advantage to bully them.

Do you understand? ”

"Understood! Battalion commander, don't worry.

Yesterday I had already seen Ding Yong and his men counting the shooting elements. ”

Han Yang nodded.

At present, Wang Gensheng, the company commander of the first artillery company, has not recovered from his injuries, and now it is Ding Yongkuan, the deputy company commander, who is in charge of the affairs of the first artillery company.

"Good!"

……

At noon, the position was still quiet.

Yang Yuanshan also sent Wang Xikui's sharpshooter squad out, and each went to find a sniper position, preparing to snipe the officers, gunners, and machine gunners of the little devils.

At this time, a correspondent suddenly came galloping on a bicycle to report:

"Battalion commander, the little devil reinforcements in the direction of Shuiquan have come out, and it is expected that they will be able to reach Huaishugou in another hour."

"Good. How many people are there? Are there heavy weapons? ”

Yang Yuanshan asked eagerly.

He now has a reserve of a guard company in his hand, and if there are more reinforcements from the direction of Shuiquan, then he will send a guard company to Huaishugou to support.

In He Yunfu's hands, there are 700 people in two infantry companies and 350 people in an artillery company, and it is still a little difficult to deal with a little devil with more than one brigade.

In particular, the fourth company is still a newly formed company, although the main cadres are also drawn from other companies, Yang Yuanshan still does not trust their combat effectiveness.

"Six or seven hundred little devils and two devils in a regiment.

Heavy weapons, only some heavy machine guns, no artillery! ”

"Okay, it seems that this piece of fat can be eaten steadily."

Yang Yuanshan was overjoyed when he heard this.

I know in my heart that I am afraid that the little devil is now in the direction of Shuiquan, and his troops are indeed extremely empty, so he can't even send a full brigade.

He immediately said to the correspondent:

"Quickly report back to He Yunfu and let them swallow this little devil directly in one bite, no mercy!"

"Yes!"

Sending this correspondent away, Yang Yuanshan called another correspondent:

"Go to Shou County to inform Commander Kong, they can break the city, and the little devil's reinforcements have been dispatched."

The battle plan he had discussed with Kong Jie was to let the new second regiment fight slowly and eliminate the living force of the little devil as much as possible, but not to break through Shou County, so that the little devil's reinforcements would come.

Now that the reinforcements of Shuiquan have come out of the hole, it is possible to let the new second regiment close the net.

He pondered that Yuci's reinforcements must have come out, but the news has not yet come, with the strength of the new second regiment, it is estimated that it will take a few hours to start breaking the city with all its strength now, and it will definitely be enough for Yuci's little devil to advance to this position.

"Yes!"

The correspondent immediately agreed, and then set off on his bicycle.

Of the 110 bicycles, Yang Yuanshan gave Wei Dayong 100, and the remaining 10 are now used as an important means of transportation, which is a sharp weapon for the soldiers of the communication squad to communicate back and forth.

……

Sure enough, less than half an hour after the correspondent left, a scout from the west reported:

"Battalion commander, Yuci's little devil has dispatched a brigade, carrying two mountain guns and two Type 92 infantry guns, and is rushing to this side.

It's fast, and it's expected to be here in less than 2 hours. ”

"Good! It's another brigade, and it seems that our special service battalion is going to annihilate the 5th complete little devil brigade.

Hahaha, the absolute nemesis of the brigade! ”

Yang Yuanshan, hey, hey, straight.

……

Speaking of Huaishugou, He Yunfu couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he learned that more than 1,700 people had come out together with the little devil and the second devil.

hurriedly called the three company commanders under his command, Li Dahe, Wang Quanfa, and Gao Yuanzhi, to discuss.

In the end, it was agreed that the artillery would fire first, cut off the head and tail, and strike at the waist.

Gao Yuanzhi's second artillery company is equipped with 4 Type 92 infantry guns, 3 Type 97 90mm light mortars, and 5 Type 97 81mm curved infantry guns.

Just after they were fully prepared, a large army of little devils also appeared in front of them.

The commander of the little devil is the captain of the 225th Wing's reorganized first brigade, Shizuji Mitani, who is riding on a horse at the moment, looking at the terrain in front of him with a telescope, and can't help but feel a little weak.

Hurriedly waved his hand, signaled the whole army to stop, and then pointed to the ravine in front of him, and asked Jiang Tiangui, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the Third Group of the Locust Association Army next to him:

"Jiang Sang, what is the position ahead, why is the terrain so dangerous, it seems that there is an ambush?"

Jiang Tiangui is a native of this Jindi, and he has been coming to Shuiquan for another year or two, and he is very familiar with geography, so he hurriedly replied:

"Sangu Taijun, this place is called Huaishugou. You see the hillside over there, overgrown with locust trees, hence the name.

There can be no ambush here! ”

"Yo Si. Why? ”

Shizuji Mitani was puzzled.

"Mitani Taijun, look at the southern slopes of this mountain are full of locust trees, if the enemy is ambushed here, there is no ideal shooting range at all.

If the enemy is ambushed on the northern slope, we simply retreat into the locust grove on the southern slope, and the enemy will have nothing to do with us.

I don't think it's possible for Dirt Eight Road to be so stupid and ambush us here, right? ”

"Yo Xi, Jiang Sang's words are reasonable."

Shizuji Mitani nodded repeatedly.

Then with a wave of his hand, he ordered:

"Hurry up, keep going, within 3 hours, we must rush to Shou County!"

……

In the trench on the hillside, He Yunfu almost jumped out of his heart when he saw the little devil commander ordering the team to stop with a telescope.

I thought my ambush had been discovered by the enemy.

Unexpectedly, the other party just pointed fingers for a few minutes, and then ordered the team to continue walking.

Relieved, he immediately whispered an order in the trenches:

"Don't move, don't make a sound, wait for the artillery to fire first!"

……

After a while, the little devil's team walked to the middle of the locust tree ditch.

A half-man-high stone sits in the middle of the road.

In the team of little devils, a few people hurriedly ran out, ready to push the stone to the side of the road, so as not to block the way of His Excellency the Captain.

However, as soon as they moved the stones, they heard a loud "boom" and a mine exploded.

"Yaga! Mine! ”

The little devils shouted in horror.

A terrible howl ensued, and the men were all injured by the fragments of the mines and the debris from the explosion, and they fell to the ground in a terrible way.

And their nightmare was not over, with the sound of this mine exploding, suddenly there was a sound of "boom" in the sky.

"Nani?

Shelling –

Get down! ”

The little devils shouted in terror, and then fell to the ground trembling like frightened rabbits.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

……

A series of explosions rang out, blowing their queue to pieces and chaos.

They are not elite soldiers who have been trained for a long time, they are just temporary signs of ronins and expatriates, and now in the face of artillery bombardment, they can't avoid artillery in an orderly manner according to the requirements of previous training.

In the middle and rear of the team, the captain Shizuji Mitani heard the sound of the cannon, and immediately became angry, and threw a whip on Jiang Tiangui's face, scolding angrily:

"Yaga! You bastard!

Didn't you say there was no ambush?

What is it? ”

Jiang Tiangui was beaten, his face twitched with pain, his face fell to the ground, and he was so angry that he wanted to shoot the old devil in front of him.

But he still lacked courage, and while jumping off his horse, he replied:

"Too ...... Taijun, I'm ...... I don't know!

Let's find a way quickly, there are artillery on the Eighth Road, it must be the main force, let's run! ”

At this time, the heavy machine guns of the soldiers of the special service battalion also rang out.

"Aggressive ......"

The woodpecker-like sound made the little devils on the mountain road cry and cry for their mothers, and the screams were loud.

In addition to heavy machine guns, there were also Czech light machine guns, 38 large covers, grenadiers, etc., which were fired at full power, and the bullets swept towards the valley as if they did not need money.

Shizuji Mitani didn't dare to sit on the horse any longer, and one of them dismounted, lay on the ground and shouted:

"Telegraph man, hurry up, send a message to Your Excellency the Wing Commander!

Say that we were ambushed by the main forces of at least one regiment of the Tuba Road in Huaishugou, and the enemy has more than a dozen artillery pieces, ask for tactical guidance! ”

After ordering the telegraph operator, he shouted again:

"The whole army is quick and drip, shoot back!

Heavy machine guns, find the high ground, counterattack! ”

Although the little devil was flustered, when he heard his shouting, he reluctantly aimed his gun at the hillside.

Several heavy machine guns also began to find a place to set up and fired.

However, their army composed of ronins and expatriates naturally did not have good marksmanship, and although they were barely starting to release their guns now, it was a joke to the soldiers of the special service battalion hiding in the trenches.

There is no threat at all.

At this time, Shizuji Mitani shouted at Jiang Tiangui again:

"Jiang Sang, the one who ordered you, rush up the hill for me and break down the dirt road!"

As soon as Jiang Tiangui heard this, he wanted to scold his mother, and said in his heart: You shit, don't you see this hillside so steep? How to climb?

Obviously run away quickly!

He fell back on his stomach and shouted:

"Mitani Taijun, the artillery fire on Tuba Road is too fierce, and the 60mm mortars in my regiment can't hit Tuba Road!

Let's quickly retreat to the locust forest on the southern slope, as long as we enter the forest, the dirt road will not be able to help us! ”

Shizuji Mitani was furious when he heard this, and scolded:

"Yaga! Jiang Sang, do you dare not listen to orders? ”

At this time, Jiang Tiangui was already more than ten meters away from him, and he was not afraid of him, so he continued to reply:

"Taijun, it's not that you don't obey orders, you can't die in vain!"

When he had said this, he suddenly jumped up and ran toward the southern hillside, shouting as he ran:

"Brothers of the first regiment, run, into the woods!"

The First Regiment of the Third Group of the Locust Association Army was reorganized from the local security regiment with him Jiang Tiangui, so he naturally listened to his orders.

As soon as they heard his shout, the thousands of people in the whole group immediately threw down their burdens and ran away, running much faster than rabbits.

Jiang Tiangui was mixed in the crowd and was safe all of a sudden.

Seeing that this group of locust allies didn't listen to the order and ran away, Shizuji Mitani was so angry that his eyes widened, and he scolded angrily:

"Yaga! Bastard! You're all going to die, you're going to die! ”

If it weren't for the incessant sound of shells exploding, shrapnel flying everywhere, and bullets raining down like a torrent of bullets around him now, he would have to order his men to break through these guys!

It is unreasonable to dare to run in front of him!

If you want to run, you have to wait for him, the captain, to run first!

At this time, a squadron leader next to him crawled over and asked loudly:

"Your Excellency, what should we do?

The firepower of the earth eight roads is too fierce, and relying on the trenches, the locust warriors can't effectively counterattack!

If you continue, you can only break the jade! ”

Shizuji Mitani looked up and observed the situation on the battlefield, and immediately saw that one of the heavy machine guns of his brigade was blown up into the sky by an enemy shell, and the stumps of the machine gunners flew with severed arms, and blood was spilled everywhere.

Seeing this situation, his heart trembled, and he said in his heart: Everyone knows that my subordinates are all formed by ronins and expatriates, and they have no combat effectiveness.

Thinking of this, he immediately shouted:

"Heavy machine gun cover, others, turn in immediately, go into the woods over there, drip!"

Hearing this order, the little devil soldiers present were suddenly pardoned and were very surprised.

When the locust alliance ran just now, they wanted to run along!

However, it was still due to strict military discipline that he did not act.

Now that you have the order of Your Excellency the Captain, what are you waiting for?

Turn around and run!

The battlefield is so terrible that they just want to go back and apply for retirement right away – if they are allowed!

I'm just a ronin!

Fighting and fighting are not the same thing as playing with life on the battlefield!

But the heavy machine gunners and ammunition men wanted to cry, this captain's order was to let them die!

They couldn't wait to turn their guns around immediately, and suddenly swooped out this son of bitch Captain Mitani, which was too inappropriate!

……

(End of chapter)