Through the telescope, not far from the river, there was almost a battalion of Japanese and puppet troops stationed.
It is very strange that with so many Japanese and puppet troops, no one was sent westward to search!
If something goes wrong, there must be something wrong!
Two companies of Gao Yidao's troops were ambushed in the dry reeds on the river bank before dawn. A company of more than a hundred cavalrymen in the division hid in a village about three miles behind.
The Ninth Company appeared in the southeast of the Japanese position. More than 300 figures marched in a large field in the sunshine. In the morning sun, they held their guns and walked forward in the ground where the mud crust was crushed. After the team passed by, a wave of waves rose up. Puffy dust and fog.
The Japanese observation post reported that a team appeared in the west, with a number of more than 300 people... It must be eight people, and the distance is less than three miles.
No one on the Japs position was nervous, but more excited. They had fought against Tubal Road countless times over the past few years, with almost no defeat.
The Japanese lieutenant smiled grimly and asked his men to ring up the test phone and go to Huaxian City: "Report immediately to the headquarters and say that a small group of Eighth Route Army was found more than 20 miles east of Qixian County. It is estimated that the size is a battalion!"
News was received before dawn that the Eighth Route Army was actually attacking the city with artillery. It was obvious that it was definitely not the group of Eighth Route Army that appeared in the west.
The puppet soldiers hid in a shallow ditch and stared nervously, never thinking about digging trenches and foxholes!
In the battle between the imperial army and Tubal Road, is there still a need to dig trenches? They will launch an attack on them in a while. The puppet troops trained by Japanese instructors are much stronger than Tubal Road, and they will be defeated in a short while!
One by one, under the newly rising sun, they were preparing for battle carelessly, and many of them were just lying in the ditch and looking at the sky.
The lieutenant suddenly felt that something was wrong. There seemed to be a burst of dust in the distance to the west. He quickly climbed into the car and raised his binoculars to observe. The grin disappeared from his face and turned into a frown, as if there were cavalry!
There were cavalry on the Eighth Route Army. They knew about it in advance, but they showed up without any warning. The Eighth Route Army attacked the county town and wanted to run away?
"Machine gun ready!" the lieutenant stood on the roof of the car and shouted the order!
A mile away, the Eighth Route Army suddenly stopped moving forward, as if they were digging a ditch.
The puppet battalion commander Wang quickly ran under the car where the Japanese Lieutenant was standing, raised his head and asked: "Taijun, they must have discovered us and are digging trenches. What should we do now?"
"Wait!" the lieutenant smiled enigmatically.
Wang Peng followed Hu Yi, who was sweating profusely while digging a ditch with his engineering shovel, and asked casually: "The Japanese are so far away, are you sure they will attack?"
Hu Yi raised his head, looked at the Japanese car in the distance to the east against the sunlight, and thought for a moment: "As long as they don't run away now, they won't be able to run away later!"
"What's the meaning?"
"The cavalry are facing forward now, and they will flank and harass them later. The Japanese can't find an opponent, and they have no chance to escape. Where do you think their anger will be directed?"
Makes sense.
Luo Fugui only cares about whether the hole is dug deep enough: "Dig deeper, or your grandma digs wider, and it will be difficult for me to turn around."
When the members of the newly reorganized security group saw the Japanese in front, their feet were trembling: "Platoon Commander Luo, do you think they will come?"
The bear was stunned for a moment, a little lost, and murmured: "Gao Yida is in the north, and he will probably attack along the river. The cavalry has agreed to feign attack from both wings. Grandma, has our place become the main attack direction again?"
Gao Yidao held up his binoculars and looked through the grass as he watched Hu Yi and Wang Peng dig fortifications directly on the ground. He was a little confused. Was he going to fight a positional battle with the Japanese? You'd be damned if you could beat a kid!
An old soldier from the Ninth Company ran over and hurriedly reported the situation to him: "Gao, our company commander wants you to touch the Japanese side now!"
"Why are you talking? Are you asking for a beating? You bastard dare to give me an order? Hey, who does he think he is? Go back and tell him that I am not free now!" Gao Yida has a black line on one end, and a soldier from the Ninth Company can do it Dare you glare at him and blow your beard?
"Hey, my words have reached you, it's up to you whether you want to touch me or not!" After the soldier finished speaking, he turned around, jumped on his bicycle, and ran away...
Gao Yidao was left messy in the sun.
After a while, he turned to look at the subordinates who were staring at him: "Whatever you are looking at is hidden. Let's just watch their excitement."
"Company Commander, the cavalry are on the move, should we press forward?" A platoon commander who knew the company commander's temper quickly asked.
"You can? Then take your platoon!" Gao Yidao looked unhappy.
"Yes!" The platoon leader received the order excitedly, and led more than a hundred of his men, along the reeds by the river, slowly toward the Japanese!
This movement was discovered by the Japanese lieutenant standing on the roof of the car: It turned out that the Eighth Route Army was still hiding people by the river!
Hehe, it’s useless no matter how much you hide! Give up your sneak attacks and play positional warfare with the imperial army? Are you tired of living a good life?
The lieutenant believed that since there were signs of escape on the Eighth Route, blocking it first would not be considered an unauthorized action!
"The 1st Company of the Imperial Association Army, prepare immediately and attack Tuba Road in three minutes! The 2nd Company defends the river and beware of a sneak attack from the 8th Road!"
After asking the translator to issue the order to the puppet troops, the lieutenant waved his hand and shouted to his subordinates: "Warriors, a small team immediately follows the Imperial Alliance Army and annihilates Tubal Road in the open field!"
Then jumped out of the car: "Mortar, prepare now!"
Battalion Commander Wang of the puppet army roared with a broken voice and a trembling voice: "Brothers, the opportunity to make a fortune has come, give it to me!"
So, after the sound of footsteps, chaotic figures hurriedly came out of the ditch. The puppet soldiers whose military uniforms were covered with dust did not panic after crawling out. They first patted the dust off their bodies, straightened their hats, and used The rough hands with thick calluses pulled off the rifle, pulled the bolt, and loaded the bullet.
The machine gunner held a Czech-style handle, hunched over, and began to attack lazily to the west.
The Japanese instructor, as the supervisor, was so angry that he jumped up and down. The Eighth Route Army was still five or six hundred meters away, and you just bent down. Did you feed the dog with your backbone?
Suddenly, a puppet soldier stepped on the hard surface of the ground. Maybe there was a rabbit hole underground. One of them grabbed his leg and fell down immediately. When he was nervous, he quickly put his finger into the trigger hole and subconsciously pulled the trigger.
Then, a crisp gunshot suddenly sounded among the crowd.
More than 100 people who didn't know why immediately lay down on the ground.
The bullet hit the ground in front of the guy, sending up a cloud of dust.
Immediately, the platoon leader beside him kicked the man who had committed the fire, "You are a coward, you are so nervous right now, the 8th Route is still a mile away, are you going to hit Mr. Rabbit?"
Those lying on the ground immediately burst into laughter.
"Hehe... I accidentally stepped into a rabbit hole!" The puppet soldier who fell down laughed and climbed up. For a moment, the tension before the battle was gone.
The Japanese second lieutenant at the back had his bayonet pointed out. He really wanted to step forward and stab this guy to death. He immediately shouted in unskilled words: "Ba Ge, open the way quickly!"
So the team slowly got up from the ground and continued to move forward slowly and lazily.
The puppet company commander who was leading the team from behind quickly stepped forward, gave the puppet soldier who had misfired a big mouth, and whispered: "Hurry up, don't make the imperial army unhappy!"
More than a hundred people were lazily walking, and the yellow mass was slowly gathering about a mile to the west, where fortifications were still being built.
No one expected that what was originally a fierce battle would start on the edge of the encirclement that the Japanese had not yet had time to form.
