On the Qilu Plain, the loess is long, nearly 100,000 Chinese and Japanese armies fought on this land, and the 23rd Regiment moved from the area of Dagushan to the first line of the low stone bridge, clearing along the way, searching for the remnants of the enemy, or flat roads along the way.

Or a ruined village. Zhang Wei took the independent company, walked in the front, searched all the way, and did not see anyone at all, occasionally some corpses appeared, there were Japanese troops and national troops, and now Lunan, the Japanese, have the upper hand.

The 23rd Regiment also felt this way, and in the end, the first battalion that coordinated the advance actually ran to the front of the independent company, Zhang Wei didn't want to say anything about it, since they were so "heroic," then Zhang Wei would fulfill them.

Li Village, a dilapidated Zhuangzi, can only prove that it was once inhabited by trampled grass and traces of fire in the houses. In the village, more than 60 Japanese troops, to be precise, were waiting nervously in the village, waiting for the order of the squadron leader Captain Takeda, they were the second team of the 11th Infantry Wing, the whole squadron was first besieged by the 52nd Army, and then attacked by the new 75th Army, the whole squadron fought continuously, breaking through the heavy resistance, however, the whole squadron only had 60 people left.

"Your Excellency Squadron Leader, the Chinese army has been spotted ahead, and the number is no less than one infantry battalion!" Takeda was stunned by the squad leader's report, an infantry battalion! "Prepare to fight, hide here, sooner or later you will be discovered, in the past, there were examples of an infantry squadron of the Imperial Army fighting a regiment of that army, this time, let's fight once and defeat the infantry battalion of the Chinese army!"

"The first squad, scattered behind the houses and earthen walls in front, built the first line of defense, concentrated all the light machine guns, and waited until the Chinese troops entered the firing distance, and immediately opened fire and raided, and the rest of the people, with me, responded to the rear of the first line of defense, concentrated all the grenadiers and light machine guns, and strived to kill and injure the Chinese troops with strong firepower in a short time, so as to achieve their goal."

"Yes!" Takeda sighed, he had no choice but to gamble now, gambling on the shortcomings of the Chinese army, and gambling on his surprise.

On the main road, the 1st Battalion of the Search Advance increased its pace, and the safety and security of the road did reduce their vigilance. Gradually, the people who started the first began to be careless, and some even began to talk to each other, as if this was a completely safe area.

In Li Village, a small team, and the only complete squad of the Takeda squadron, entered the predetermined position, and in the windows of the two houses, two light machine guns pierced the window paper that had long been broken, and the machine gunners climbed onto the earthen bed, and the bed was equipped with prefabricated sandbags prepared in advance as cover. Behind the earthen wall outside, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers relied on it to set up a grenadier firing position and a rifle firing position behind the wall, and used the machine guns in the room and the grenadier canisters and rifle platoon guns behind the earthen wall to shoot, forming a set of simple firepower system. At this time, the officers and men of the first battalion were completely unaware. On the wide frontal road, the soldiers of the first battalion marched for thousands of meters, and the comfortable environment around them lowered their vigilance and combat common sense again and again. A platoon of soldiers walking in front, looking at the surrounding scenery and village houses, they would not think that danger was present now, and in the houses of Li Village, two crooked handles and four grenadiers had been aimed at their marching columns, and the marching formation of a battalion had begun to march with combat readiness as the main guard, and slowly, gradually shifted to the brigade march.

"Aim, listen to my orders and fire! "The squad leader has been given the right to open fire by Captain Takeda, and now he is waiting for the center of the Chinese army, and when he fires at the center, it is to cut off the waist, and it is also the easiest place to cause a rout."

The soldiers of the first battalion were still advancing, and for the villages on the side, the soldiers who were at the forefront did not search, such as "empty villages."

"They have searched a lot on the road, Zhang Wei is in the distance, vaguely saw the village, he is very vigilant to take the gun, the same is true of the soldiers around them, the last time they broke through from Nanjing, they suffered this kind of loss.

"Company commander, will there be ghosts in the village ahead?" Hao Zhong asked, Zhang Wei didn't know, and it was impossible to know.

"I don't know, get ready, the uncles who walked in front didn't seem to plan to go in to check." Zhang Wei's vigilance is getting higher and higher, every village, every possible place, there is a possibility of the existence of Japanese troops, and the battalion in front of him walked over so casually. "Spread out! , reduce the speed, be on alert, and suppress the main force of the regiment behind! ”

Zhang Wei picked up his rifle, and the officers and soldiers of the independent company also dispersed in squads when they heard Zhang Wei's order, ready for battle, Dong Erli was at the back of the team, slowing down the march of the mortar squad, and behind him, there were other troops of the 23rd regiment, and the vigilance of the independent company also reminded them, and the two battalions and regimental headquarters in the rear entered a state of readiness for battle. The squad leader looked out the window at the battalion, the first half of the company had already walked over, and now under his gun was the head of another company and the end of the previous company, the Chinese army had made the same old mistake again, and there was a certain vigilance on the surface, but it was still carelessly skipped over this kind of village.

Squadron Leader Takeda also saw all this, and the plan in his mind was already half successful, defeating the defenders of this battalion, and the picture seemed to have unfolded before his eyes.

"Sir, there's someone in the back!" Takeda raised his binoculars and looked towards the end of the line, there were indeed follow-up troops, that is, this was not a battalion! Not one battalion, maybe two infantry battalions, or maybe an infantry regiment! The strength of the Chinese army turned out to be so large.

"Steady, what are you panicking, remember, you are an Imperial soldier!" Takeda shouted in a low voice to the heralds beside him, he still carried out the original plan, hit the center of the front, and defeated an infantry battalion, according to the previous combat experience, the regimental level of the Chinese army is very likely to be defeated.

"Tell the leader of the first squad to carry out the original plan, attack the enemy in front of the middle of the team, and cause as much chaos as possible!"

The squad leader in the room was originally a little flustered, but now that he had received the order, he had no other ideas, and stared intently at the first battalion in front.

"The troops dispersed, slowly pushed forward, passed the word to Dong Erli, and pushed the infantry cannon forward!" Zhang Wei passed on the words, the independent company has now launched a battle formation of two platoons, across the main road, the combat groups on both wings have already left the road, slowly advancing on the path close to the village, the first battalion in front, Zhang Wei has no time to manage now, and he can't take care of it, and it is still unknown whether there are Japanese troops in it.

"Prepare to fire!" In the house of Li Village, the squad leader sneered and gave the order to the machine gunners beside him to prepare to shoot.