In summer, the nights are short, the day dawns relatively early, and by about four o'clock in the morning, there is already a hint of morning light in the east, and the darkness has gradually subsided, and the sky is gradually brightening.

Liu Hong led the soldiers to drive for a while, and at this time they were gathering in a clearing on the side of the road to rest, Liu Hong, Zhang Dejiang, Wu Feng, Zhao Lei and others gathered under a big tree, and were discussing the march route around the map.

Liu Hong looked at the map and frowned and said: "In order to deal with our Eighth Route Army, the little devil built a large number of stronghold turrets, which were like nails stuck in the North China Plain, which greatly restricted the development of our Eighth Route Army. However, this time we are not trying to pull out these nails, but to break through as soon as possible, so these strongholds and turrets can bypass as much as possible, and if they can't get around, they can only be defeated. ”

Zhang Dejiang nodded and said: "Although there are many devils' strongholds and turrets, but the strongholds are only small forces of devils, which basically pose no threat to our large army, we can try to bypass these strongholds, forgive these little devils and don't dare to come out to find trouble with us, if they really dare to come out, the main force can completely destroy them, and it won't waste much time." ”

Liu Hong nodded and said, "So this stronghold in front, we can completely bypass from the north, so that although we have to walk a few more miles, we can avoid unnecessary trouble." ”

Several other people nodded their heads to express no opinion, Liu Hong said with a serious face: "Then it's decided, let the brothers rest for half an hour, hurry up and eat something, and then set off immediately, I know that the soldiers are very tired now, but for the safety of the main force, we must overcome all difficulties, clear all obstacles on the way forward as soon as possible, and open a way for the main force to break through." ”

Zhang Dejiang is also a cheerful person, and said with a smile at the moment: "Lao Liu, now is a special period, and the soldiers also understand, not to mention that the soldiers of our vanguard are all elite soldiers, and this difficulty can be completely overcome." ”

Half an hour later, the vanguard set off again under the leadership of Liu Hong, and the troops had just walked out not far when a burst of gunfire suddenly sounded in front, and Liu Hong immediately stopped and shouted loudly with a serious face: "Stop advancing." ”

The soldiers raised their heads and looked into the distance, only to see a cloud of dust raised in the distance, Liu Hong's face changed slightly, and he said with a worried face: "It's the devil's cavalry!" ”

"The devil's cavalry will hunt down our men again! It appears to be someone from the reconnaissance company of the Independent Regiment. Zhang Dejiang looked into the distance and said anxiously: "Let's hurry over!" ”

After the Longquangu Bridge was laid, the Independent Regiment sent a reconnaissance company to set off first and go to the front to explore the road, so it was ahead of the vanguard.

At this time, Liu Hong also saw a group of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were fighting and retreating, the number of people was about 20 people, and one or two hundred meters behind them, the devil cavalry of the brigade was galloping forward, the devil cavalry raised their horse pistols and continued to shoot, and from time to time the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were shot and fell to the ground, and the situation was extremely critical.

Liu Hong frowned and shouted loudly: "Can't go over, the devil's cavalry is about more than 200 people, this is the strength of a cavalry brigade, we only have more than 100 people, and they are all infantry, if you rush up so rashly, you will be defeated immediately by the devil's cavalry, you should know that once the cavalry breaks into the front, our infantry can only become a live target for the devil cavalry, just like the soldiers of the reconnaissance company in front, become the target of the devil cavalry slaughter." ”

"So what are we going to do? Can't you turn around and run away? Zhang Dejiang asked with wide eyes.

"Run! Now that it's only about a kilometer away, do you think you'll be able to outrun these four-legged brutes? Liu Hong said and turned around to observe the surrounding environment, and suddenly found that a few hundred meters away from the south was a small river, and the embankment was more than three meters above the ground, forming a soil slope.

Liu Hong couldn't help but light up in his eyes, raised his hand and pointed to the river embankment in the distance, and shouted loudly: "Everyone obeyed the order, all retreated to the river embankment, relied on the cavalry on the river bank to resist the devils, and fought with the little devils of the dog day." Saying that, he took the lead in running in the direction of the river embankment, and the other soldiers were not stupid, and immediately understood Liu Hong's intentions, and one by one spread their legs and rushed towards the direction of the river embankment.

If it is on flat ground, the devil's cavalry can rely on its rapid maneuverability, a roundabout outflanking, two-sided attack can defeat the vanguard in one fell swoop, and at that time, their infantry can only become the object of the devil's cavalry slaughter, when the devil knife chops the horse and tramples, it is estimated that it will not take a few minutes to wipe out the vanguard in one fell swoop. However, as long as you successfully run up the embankment, you can fight against the water and line up. Although the three-meter-high slope of the river embankment could not stop the cavalry of the devils at all, it could avoid the danger of being attacked by the devils on both sides. However, the premise is that they must rush to the river embankment before the devil cavalry can chase them, otherwise they will still be easily overwhelmed by the devil cavalry.

At this time, the devil's cavalry also found the vanguard, the commander of this devil's cavalry is Nishimura Shaosa, at this time is wielding a saber with his cavalry unscrupulously chasing and killing the soldiers of the reconnaissance company, this little devil was resting in a woods, and suddenly found that there were about fifty soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in the distance coming to this side, Nishimura Shaozo was overjoyed, and immediately gathered troops to launch an attack, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company were caught off guard, and were suddenly overwhelmed by the devil cavalry, just scattered and fled.

As everyone knows, an infantry brigade of the devils has a total of 1,100 people, but the establishment of a cavalry brigade is much smaller; a cavalry brigade has two cavalry squadrons and a machine gun squadron, a cavalry squadron has only more than 120 cavalrymen, and the strength of a cavalry brigade is about 300 people.

Nishimura Shaoza found the vanguard in the distance, and couldn't help but light up in his eyes, and excitedly brandished his saber and shouted: "Warriors of the empire, continue to charge for me, and kill all those Tubalu gangs." ”

"Your Excellency Shaozuo! This is the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army, I'm afraid their main force will arrive soon, let's not take risks! After all, the latest task we received was only to reconnoiter and monitor the movements of the main force of the Eighth Route Army. A devil officer next to him hurriedly persuaded loudly.

"Baga Ya Road!" Nishimura Shaoza shouted angrily: "You are not worthy of being a cavalryman, you are simply a big coward!" There are only a few hundred people on the Eighth Route in front, and with the combat effectiveness of our cavalry brigade, it won't take more than a few minutes to destroy them, even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army arrives! These dirt roads are all infantry, can they still catch up with our cavalry? Keep going on the offensive for me! Kill and give~! ”