It was already the early morning of May 19 when Commander Luo received this order! By that time, Yang Mingzhi had already given the order for the guerrilla brigade to evacuate, and all preparations for evacuation had been made! Therefore, the Soviet army took the lead in preparing for war, and they prepared more than ten hours earlier than the Luo army!

With these ten hours, the Soviet army is ready for battle!

In the afternoon, Balzen set up a temporary battalion headquarters at the edge of the forest, leaving only the battalion platoon, and the rest of the infantry platoon scattered to reconnoitre.

Tokov's four infantry platoons were divided into four groups and formed a search surface two kilometers wide, heading north along the churches of the forests and plains.

There were two platoons marching in the wilderness, and the half-meter-high green weeds severely delayed their speed and also provided good protection. These scouts, who had woven camouflage nets out of hemp rope for their steel helmets, were now also covered with weeds.

From a distance, the scouts were submerged in the weeds, and only a careful gaze could make out the tracks.

As they broke away from the battalion headquarters and headed north, Tokov became more and more nervous.

"Everyone is on alert, we may have a sudden encounter with the enemy!"

This warning can be described as a one-size-fits-all warning, and the fighters have long been tired of hearing it. Needless to say, the grassroots soldiers will not let their guard down because of this.

But the grass was so tall that they could not quickly find anything in the grass pit in the distance.

Suddenly, a sudden gunshot rang out, completely ending Tokov's search!

Everyone suddenly squatted down, and Tokov shouted nervously: "Who is it?" Did anyone go off the rails? ”

As soon as the live sound fell, two more gunshots rang out. This time Tokov didn't say anything more, he saw with his own eyes three men coming out of the grass pit, wearing obviously German steel helmets, and they were running wildly to the northeast.

The scouts immediately opened fire, and the accurate bullets easily knocked down the three men, and then the soldiers swarmed up and controlled the "German soldiers", only to find that the enemy had all lost their breath.

These three "German soldiers" were extraordinary, they did wear steel helmets that were characteristic of the German army, and the clothes on their bodies were not gray uniforms of the German army, but khaki yellow. Therefore, the scouts who rushed over immediately made a judgment - these people were Romanian troops.

Tokov himself hurried to the soldiers, who were examining the dead bodies: "Who are these people?" ”

"It must be Romanian!" One soldier replied.

"Romanians? They wore German steel helmets! What else did you find? ”

After some fumbling by the scouts, they found an atlas, a compass and a pen from the corpse, as well as a good military telescope. In the same way, the enemy was armed with submachine guns, and Tokov quickly understood that these submachine guns were by no means equipped by the Germans! In terms of shape, it is very similar to the German MP38.

Tokov raised his head vigilantly to look around, and he immediately decided: "Brothers, take all the usable things from the corpses, and we will secretly observe from a distance to see if there are any enemies coming!" ”

These dead were quickly determined to be Romanian soldiers, not only because of their unique clothing and weaponry of the German army, but also because of the soldiers' identification documents, which were clearly marked with Latin letters, and there was no need to speculate on their identities!

Tokov's company withdrew to the forest and immediately ordered the company's telegraph operator to send an urgent telegram to the battalion headquarters.

At the same time, the gunshots were heard far away, faintly heard by Balzen. He couldn't help but worry, and in a few minutes he received a telegram from Tokov.

Tokov parsed the captured atlas in a very short time, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the enemy seemed to have marked their location, those pencil arrows, and hand-drawn circles, and they even marked the time! What is it? They simply sketched out the complete route of travel! Tokov was also amazed to see a circle marked with the number "5.19". What does that mean? Isn't this the exact location of Luo Jun?

He immediately informed Balzen of this information.

"They are the scouts of the Luo Army? So the enemy hasn't entered the forest yet! Balzen froze and relied on Tokov's description to mark the approximate location of the Luo army on his map. At the same time, Tokov was ordered to continue to observe, not to open fire, and to remain hidden.

The guide accompanying the army gave a different opinion: "Comrade battalion commander, the enemy has been in the end of our guerrilla brigade!" So our army can fire at it and declare our presence. In this way, the Luo army will mistakenly think that it is the guerrilla brigade that is firing at it! ”

Balzen thought about it, and it made a lot of sense. He really wanted to practice his skills with Luo Jun, and after some consideration, he revised the order, that is, to authorize Tokov to take the initiative to fire at the exposed enemy.

The order passed, and Tokov rejoiced. He and his soldiers are eager to fight, eager to kill the enemy and get medals, which is simply an important reason for these soldiers to live!

The infantry company immediately gathered its ranks, and one by one the grass was inserted into the crevices of the clothes, making each soldier look like a green grass regiment. They hid under the uncle at the junction of the forest and plains, and the muzzles of the black holes were pointed to the east, just waiting for the enemy to appear.

At the same time, the scouts who searched south also brought back information about the "outpost", which was indeed a post, but strangely empty. The scouts went straight into the reconnaissance, and they didn't even find a single figure, but they found the radio and folders, and they also saw rutted marks on the ground. They also found German flags on wooden walls, picked locked tables, and found some personal belongings.

The scouts took the useful things, especially the papers, and headed north.

A series of reconnaissance intelligence made Balzen more and more nervous, it was not a peaceful afternoon at all, and the crisis was gradually approaching in this comfortable and warm south!

As soon as he received Tokov's reconnaissance information, he sent a telegram to the Slavzich side.

According to Balzen's description of the dead enemy, Yang Mingzhi asked Miroshniko and received a very definite answer: "They must be scouts of the Luo army!" These Luo soldiers had their own uniforms, but they were all wearing German steel helmets. These scouts must be in front of their great forces, and the main body of the enemy must be in the wilderness! ”

It was just afternoon, and the Soviet soldiers who had completed their deployment were enjoying their lunch break in their new camp. Yang Mingzhi also squinted slightly for a while, after receiving Balzen's urgent telegram, he had to act immediately.

At the first sight of the enemy, he immediately ordered the battalion commanders to come to the headquarters for a meeting.

Without further ado, Yang Mingzhi announced the appearance of the enemy and ordered all units to immediately reorganize their armaments.

He also made this decision: "I will make Balzen take the initiative to attack the invading Romanian army and lure it to the right path of attacking Slavdzich." The Luo army is mobilizing, they will never attack rashly, and their general attack is likely to be tomorrow morning. We must also consider the foolish possibility of the enemy attacking us with all our might, so that we will be engaged in a massive battle with them in the evening! ”

The battle situation has changed too fast, the majority of soldiers have not had a good rest and recuperation in the past few days, Yang Mingzhi was very helpless, so he had to order the soldiers to stop their lunch break and be fully prepared for the upcoming battle!

However, his military meeting had just finished and was about to send an order to Balzen to "actively induce", when Balzen took the lead and sent the message that the reconnaissance battalion and the enemy were exchanging fire.

This information is very explicit, he is communicating in plain language, and the value of communication is not what Balzen said, but the background, full of gunshots!