Captain Shihe, who was responsible for covering the forward of the transport convoy of the second echelon regiment, heard that he had suddenly launched a fire attack on the transport convoy on both sides of the mountain, and immediately issued an order to the two armored vehicles that were ready to respond to emergencies at any time, and ordered to bombard the positions of the troops with artillery fire.

He also issued an order to all squadrons, ordering them to seize the advantageous terrain and carry out heavy weapons and fierce strikes against the anti-Japanese forces that were sneaking up, so as to cover the Japanese army's charge and eliminate the anti-Japanese forces of the Eighth Route Army.

The deputy commander of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, who was counterattacked by the powerful firepower of the Japanese army, found that the enemy's counterattack had turned into an attack, and seeing that the goal of sneaking attack on the enemy had been achieved, in order to reduce casualties, he ordered the troops to withdraw from the battle immediately and move quickly.

The battle of the sneak attack on the Japanese transport convoy ended quickly, and the captain of the Yamashita echelon and the captain of the Shihe Brigade counted the casualties and losses caused by the sneak attack, and all the transport vehicles were intact, and only about 30 Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded.

The cunning Captain Ishikawa analyzed these three sneak attacks and believed that the anti-Japanese forces in the three sneak attacks did not have the main goal of destroying transport vehicles, but were only disturbing sneak attacks.

And it is also a touch of collapse, there is no sign of love at all, it can be said that it is a run after the fight, this kind of sneak attack makes Captain Shihe very puzzled.

He said to the head of the Yamashita Ladder who was standing aside to listen to the report: "Yamashita-kun, do you think that the three sneak attacks on the transport convoy are very worthy of scrutiny?" ”

Yamashita is a commander who has been in charge of logistics support tasks, and he does not have a deep understanding of the sudden battle, listening to Captain Shihe ask, although there is nothing strange in his heart, he still pretends to be deep and says:

"Shi Hejun, the second sneak attack on my transport convoy by the anti-Japanese forces has aroused my suspicions, and this suspicion has never been driven away, I would like to hear what Shi Hejun has in his opinion, you might as well say it and the two of us will share it."

"No, no, no, I can't tell, but this kind of sneak attack can easily be considered harassment, and it does not constitute an organized ambush against my transport convoy, especially since the enemy who sneaks up does not use heavy weapons at all, not even their grenades, which makes it difficult for me to understand."

Inspired by Yamashita Nakasa, he immediately said with deep meaning: "Shihe-kun, I feel the same way as you, if the anti-Japanese forces have a targeted and organized ambush and sneak attack, their main goal is to destroy our transport vehicles and take the opportunity to loot important materials.

But only one of their three ambushes was a sneak attack to intercept supplies, and the two sneak attacks before and after seemed to be just harassment, but why would they do such a stupid thing under the difficult conditions of continuous rain? ”

The cunning captain of the Shihe Brigade was reminded by the sinister Yamashita Nakasa, not only nervously: "Yamashita-kun, I think that the future of our large transport fleet is dangerous, and we must not be stranded in the middle, and we must reach Jicheng as soon as possible to be safe." ”

"Shihejun, I think so too, immediately order all squadrons of the transport convoy to speed up the march, do not stop halfway without an order, and in the event of a sneak attack by anti-Japanese armed forces, we must take care of each other and repel the enemy with the most fierce firepower and continue to advance."

After a short period of adjustment, the Japanese transport convoy was opened, and two armored vehicles in the front and rear opened the road, broke off, and accelerated on the rain-potted road to Jicheng and Quwo.

2. 300 large trucks were driving on the muddy and potholed roads, and the potholes and puddles were crushed deeper and deeper, and it became more difficult for the convoys that followed up, and the front and rear teams slowly distanced themselves.

The entire transport fleet is traveling at different speeds because of the deteriorating road conditions.

The head of the Yamashita ladder found that the convoy behind was falling farther and farther away, and Yamashita Nakasa, who had been continuously frightened, was afraid that he would be attacked by the anti-Japanese forces again, so he immediately ordered the convoy to stop and wait.

The Japanese heralds who were in charge of the front and rear liaison followed up on three-wheeled motorcycles and reported that the transport convoy of the first echelon regiment had caught up with the tail team of the second echelon regiment, because the road conditions were getting worse and worse, and the vehicles of the squadrons and squads of the first echelon regiment had not all kept up.

To Yamashita's horror, the convoy that fell behind did not form a formation, with most of five or six trucks coming together, and as few as single or two trucks moving forward together.

What's more, dozens of trucks are crowded together, if the road conditions are complicated, the car in front suddenly brakes in distress, and the front and rear vehicles collide when the brakes can't be stopped, and the speed of the entire convoy will be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, there have been no collisions and breakdowns of vehicles yet.

What the head of the ladder at the bottom of the mountain is most afraid of is that the transport convoy is left behind in the course of the journey, and once it is attacked by the fierce fire of the anti-Japanese forces, the entire transport convoy will cause the destruction of the car and the death of people, and even the materials on board will be tragically lost.

He ordered the heralds to immediately go back and forth to convey the order, and each vehicle should keep a safe distance of 15 meters, and the front and rear vehicles should not be too close, nor too far away from more than 30 meters, otherwise military law will deal with it.

The Japanese driver who received the order was afraid of being held accountable, and even more afraid of being dealt with by military law, so he quickly adjusted the speed of the car, and according to the order issued by Yamashita Nakasa, he kept quickly adjusting the distance between the front and rear cars, and soon followed.

The head of the ladder at the bottom of the mountain could not have imagined that his seemingly serious driving discipline would send this large transport convoy into the battlefield where the collective was slaughtered by fire.

The reconnaissance planes of the Japanese troops in the air mainly focused their reconnaissance on the front line of Wangzhai Town and Dongwuling, and reported the results of the reconnaissance to the ground.

At this time, Lei Yunfeng led the 14th Battalion of the 54th Regiment, and after a small amount of food supplementation, the soldiers' bodies recovered somewhat, and with the captured combat weapons, they moved quickly towards Dongwuling with great interest.

Lei Yunfeng did not lead his troops through the 10th Division of Dongwuling to set up an ambush position, but detoured back to the village of Dongwuling and joined up with the 13th and 15th battalions of the 54th Regiment.

When the soldiers of the two battalions of the 54th Regiment saw the 13th Battalion coming to Dongwuling with the captured weapons, ammunition and military supplies, they complained with envy, complaining that their new regiment commander Lei Yunfeng favored one over the other.

Hou Sheng saw that Lei Yunfeng was back, and quickly came to report with officers above the battalion level.

"Boss, where did you get so many weapons, ammunition and military supplies with the 14th Battalion, our regiment has a different division of labor, can't you ask the 14th Battalion to eat alone, at least take out some of it and distribute some to our two battalions, right?"

"Battalion Commander Zhu, you said that the division of labor is different, let me ask you, what kind of work did your 15th Battalion do to show off when you came to Dongwuling three or four days in advance?"

"Boss, our 15th Battalion was ordered to come to Dongwuling, regardless of the hardships, immediately divided troops to mobilize the masses in the vicinity of Xiwuling and Wangzhai Town, and after propaganda and solid ideological work, the 15th Battalion recruited nearly 80 new recruits, what do you say?"

Fang Shichao, who was standing on the side, grabbed Zhu Zhensheng and shouted: "Ah Sheng, you kid has recruited so many recruits at once, you can't eat alone, why do you have to distribute half of the recruits of our 14th battalion to supplement ......." ”

"Hahaha, that's no problem, but I have one condition, that is, a three-eight big cover in exchange for a new soldier, so I will also suffer."

Fang Shichao grabbed Zhu Zhensheng and said jokingly: "Ah Sheng, you are robbing, do you know how dangerous these weapons and ammunition captured by our 14th battalion are?" ”

(End of chapter)