The pseudo-officer surnamed Pang quickly nodded and bowed and said: "Yes, there is a place called Wazikou not far ahead. It used to be a small village, a low-lying land. It was washed away by flash floods in the early years. Now it has become a vast area. It’s a ruined wasteland, but it’s no problem to take shelter from the wind. When we entered the customs in the past, we would stop our horses there to rest.”
"Xingxi! Pang Sang, lead the way quickly. After the imperial army rests, they will directly attack Lengkou Pass. After the victory, I will personally ask for credit for you."
"Thank you, Taijun. Thank you, Taijun. I will lead the way now."
Seeing the figure of the pseudo-officer named Pang happily running away, Mishanxiashu suppressed his contempt and disgust for this coward who betrayed his country and nation. He turned around and ordered the messengers around him to send troops to the adjourned 4th Squadron. Use flags to get them closer to the center as quickly as possible.
It has to be said that the Japanese army is indeed well-trained. Even though they knew that there was no main force of the Chinese army in front, the marching column of the Mishan advance team still strictly abided by the regulations of the infantry drill. At the front was a small team of leading detectives. Road, 200 meters behind is the main force of the 1st Squadron, then the 2nd Squadron, Group Headquarters, Machine Gun Squadron, Mountain Artillery Team, Transport Squadron, 3rd Squadron, and finally the 4th Squadron.
The entire team stretches for nearly 2 kilometers. The advantage of this is that when the enemy blocks or ambushes, the troops can spread out in any direction within 2 kilometers to seize the commanding heights on both wings. The heavy machine gun squadron and the heavy machine gun squadron located in the middle and rear of the team. The mountain artillery team can complete fire support preparations within 5 minutes.
The Japanese army in a squadron at the rear was responsible for ensuring that the rear route of the brigade was clear. At the same time, they also divided their troops according to the battlefield situation to carry out roundabout outflanking, attacking the enemy's weak areas from the flanks, and creating conditions for the entire army's counterattack.
However, these seemingly simple and easy-to-understand reasonable tactics require long-term and rigorous training to truly meet the tactical requirements. They also require officers and non-commissioned officers at all levels to have high tactical literacy and command capabilities. The most important thing is the individual strength of the soldiers. Soldier quality and execution ability.
The Japanese army during this period was an army that could achieve the ultimate in these aspects. It was no less impressive than the German army that was invincible throughout Europe in the early days of World War II.
This is also the fundamental reason why after the outbreak of the Pacific War, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops were able to sweep across the entire Southeast Asia, and hundreds of thousands of American and British troops were defeated and fled.
The shortcomings of the Japanese army are actually the large gap with the United States, Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union and other countries in terms of mechanization, artillery and tanks. However, facing the weaker Chinese army, it has an all-round crushing advantage. .
Therefore, during the entire Anti-Japanese War, it was very difficult for the Chinese army to ambush and annihilate a fully formed brigade of the Japanese army on the march.
If there are too many troops setting up an ambush, they will be easily discovered in advance. If there are too few people setting up an ambush, not only will the ambush fail, but they will easily be bitten by the Japanese army from the front and sideways, leading to counter-surrounding.
At this time, Mi Shanxiashu was standing on a high ground by the roadside, looking at his powerful men, feeling a little complacent. Especially when I think of the Battle of Jehol that I just experienced. Under the devastating offensive of my beast brigade, wherever I went, the enemy troops all fled and there was no one under my command. I don’t know how many honors and achievements there will be in the future. Go pick it yourself.
Just when Mishanxiashu was full of confidence and fighting spirit for the future, he didn't know that a team of hunters specializing in hunting wild beasts was quietly waiting for the arrival of the wild beast group not far ahead.
This hunter team is of course Zhou Wen's mercenary group, which is now the advance detachment of the Model Brigade.
It turned out that as early as the night of February 27, Zhou Wen led the detachment to set off before the main force of the model brigade. Along the way, the commander personally came forward to negotiate with the Peking Branch of the Military Commission. In addition, Marshal Zhang of the Peking Branch was completely unaware of the rapid collapse of the situation in Jehol. Contrary to expectations, all his main forces are now outside the pass. There is no time to retreat to the pass in a short period of time. Moreover, the retreat of the remnants of the Northeastern Army in Rehe is in danger of being blocked outside the Great Wall.
Therefore, any unit that can arrive at the Great Wall defense line in advance is tantamount to a life-saving straw for him. Of course, he gives the green light to the advance detachment to go north.
Therefore, the advance detachment took two military trains and arrived at Luanxian Station on the Beining Line in the afternoon of March 1st. At Zhou Wen's request and the order of the Peking Branch, Luanxian Station has been put under martial law by the county's security team in advance, and no one is allowed to enter.
Two hours later, with snowflakes flying in the dusk sky, more than a thousand people from the advance detachment boarded thirty-eight trucks unloaded from the train, with all tires tied with anti-skid chains, and drove towards Jianchang Camp.
Arriving one kilometer away from Jianchang Camp in the middle of the night, Zhou Wen ordered all the advance detachment to get off the car, and the car returned to Luanxian Station under the escort of the transportation team, waiting for the arrival of the model brigade.
After sorting out the equipment and combat supplies, the advance detachment of more than a thousand people marched on foot carrying weapons and equipment.
This now reflects the effect of the mercenary group's weapons, equipment and long-term training.
All Schneider mountain guns and mortars have been disassembled into parts that can be carried by human beings. Marching more than ten kilometers on mountain roads is not difficult for these soldiers. In addition, all officers and soldiers carry their own weapons and equipment, plus artillery shells or explosives. That is Zhou Wen is no exception.
The team still arrived at the trailhead leading to the outside of the pass where Xiaoshui's uncle Wan Tiangui once took Zhou Wen through before dawn as scheduled.
Zhou Wen's purpose was to hide the news of the advance detachment's arrival at Lengkou from everyone, including his own people.
The Japanese have always attached great importance to intelligence collection. In the Battle of Jehol, which involved hundreds of thousands of people, the Japanese would definitely send countless intelligence personnel to the Chinese defense lines to collect information on the mobilization of the Chinese troops in the rear.
No one knows now how many Japanese spies will be investigating the situation of passing troops in Lulong, Qian'an and other counties along the way from Luan County to Jianchang Camp.
Zhou Wen, on the other hand, led the advance detachment and set off in the dark, circumnavigating the towns along the way without stopping.
He just planned to keep the advance detachment out of the border without anyone noticing, not only to hide it from the Japanese army, but also to keep it secret from his own people. At present, only Marshal and Zhao Changshu know that he is about to leave the border to fight. Even Marshal Zhang of the Peking branch is kept in the dark.
Zhou Wen can basically be sure that there are Japanese intelligence personnel in Marshal Zhang's headquarters. Otherwise, every Japanese attack in the Battle of Jehol would not have been so smooth. The Japanese army must be well aware of Marshal Zhang's defensive deployment.
Therefore, Zhou Wen had to hide his secrets and cross the sea to prevent the Japanese troops who came to attack Lengkou Pass from being alert at all.
And Zhou Wen, who saw the familiar path in the dark night, was already sure that he had a first move in the upcoming battle against the Great Wall.
And this is also the first time since the September 18th Incident that the Chinese army has taken the upper hand in a confrontation with the Japanese army.
