Standing on the bed of the truck, the commander of the Japanese wing, Shigehei Saijo, clearly saw the escape of the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army from the village of Ewhapo.

The water of the Qinglong River was only diverted to the northeast of Ewhapo, forming a bay in that area; To the south of the village, the field is still flat. After the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army left the village, they rushed up to the field and galloped south.

As for the truck convoy with two infantry squads ordered by Captain Saijo, it set off after the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army had fled; The trucking team made a detour from the west outside the village of Ewhapo, and their task was to quickly intersperse five kilometers to the south, and then turn around to intercept the Eighth Route Army fleeing all the way south.

Now, the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army is one step south, which means that the interspersed truck fleet is likely to miss the cavalry - but that doesn't matter, as long as it can encircle and annihilate the large force of the Eighth Route Army's infantry.

Just as he was thinking about it, the infantry of the Eighth Route Army in Ewha Pool really began to abandon their last position and retreated towards the outside of the village. Saijo's face showed a mocking look: this gang of Eight Roads has no new tricks to do, and they probably don't know that more than a hundred Imperial Army soldiers plus two 92-step cannons will soon appear in front of them fleeing like heavenly soldiers and generals!

The Japanese wing commander gave the order to pursue only later. At this moment, the Japanese soldiers, who had already captured most of the village of Ewhapo, were an infantry squadron. Shigehei Saijo told them to rest for a while, rather than rushing out of the village to chase them immediately - he wanted to give enough time for the interspersed truck fleet and give his men who had been chasing him all night a breathing room.

What follows may be the final duel, and the Eighth Route Army, which is blocked from retreating head-on, may fight to the death; The previous battle situation showed that this group of hundreds of people of the Eighth Route Army was well-equipped and had good combat effectiveness, and was assisted by cavalry, and was likely to be the main force of the Xu Brigade detachment entrenched at the foot of Guanmen Mountain. Compared with them, the Eighth Road, which is still guarding in Xiping Village, is more like a second-line army that is still fighting in a trapped beast.

When the infantry squadron and artillery squadron that had finished their nap resumed the pursuit, Wing Captain Saijo also took the last squad around him and a few trucks to go around Ewhaura and began to follow. About forty minutes later, a dense and intense exchange of fire was heard directly ahead, and soon Shigehei Saijo received a report from the walkie-talkie: two infantry squads in trucks were holding back a large group of fleeing Eighth Route Army infantry on a hastily constructed rudimentary position.

At the same time, the pursuers who had driven out from Ewhapo also began to accelerate from behind, flanking the eight-way group. The battle is already in full swing.

The captain of the Japanese army, who was holding the walkie-talkie microphone, couldn't help but laugh at the night sky, and immediately ordered the front and rear troops to attack hard, and they were all successful in this battle!

Wang Shuanglong, commander of the first battalion of the Guanmenshan Detachment of the Xu Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, did not expect that a large number of Japanese troops would suddenly appear on his preset retreat route.

The 1st Battalion, which was heavily blocked in the dark, could not judge the number of Japanese troops blocking their way, but Wang Shuanglong felt that something was wrong with the shells of infantry artillery coming from that direction. At this moment, he wondered why the cavalry company, which had withdrawn before the first battalion, had not given a warning? Of course, the battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army would not have expected that the Japanese army in front of him was actually quickly interspersed with the help of mechanized troop transportation. Just before they arrived, Xia Lianshan's cavalry company had already roared past and rushed to the defense area of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army.

"Third Company Commander, do your best to stabilize my position!"

In a critical situation, Wang Shuanglong could only order the third company, which was the first to make contact with this enemy force, to quickly make tactical support, and must not let the enemy troops on the opposite side easily squeeze over.

He knew very well in his heart that the original pursuers would soon follow from the direction of Ewhapo—this should have been a game set up by the Japanese in advance, although he could not understand how the Japanese army that intercepted him came out.

Sure enough, before the third company could completely stabilize the situation, the Japanese army behind them pounced. The tactics of fighting and retreating in the middle of the night were used, and it had to come to an abrupt end, and now the entire first battalion had to face a two-sided attack by the Japanese!

Wang Shuanglong forced himself to calm down, tried to calmly recall the battle process after the evening, and tried to find out how the Japanese army laid out this situation—it should be said that the first battalion and the cavalry company were fighting and withdrawing at the same time, and preparing to drag the Japanese into the defense area of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army, the Japanese could not have gained insight into it; This fundamentally negates the inference that the Japanese army had laid an ambush here from the beginning.

Then, it could only be that as the battle progressed and the Eighth Route Army resisted all the way to the south, the Japanese temporarily made the decision to send troops to wedge the retreat of the Eighth Route Army. As for the source of the ambush, it cannot be ruled out that they were urgently sent from the towns along the Tongpu Railway. After all, they possess advanced battlefield telecommunications equipment and powerful mobile troop transport capabilities.

After clearing this joint, the mood of the battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army was a little lighter, what he was most worried about just now was that he had fallen for the trick and led the team into the ambush circle of the superior forces that the Japanese army had already arranged; Thinking about it now, the Japanese could never have predicted in advance that a main battalion of the Xu Brigade Detachment and a cavalry company would break away from the base area of Xiping Village in Guanmen Mountain and make great strides towards the defense area of the friendly Jin army.

"As long as it's not a pocket array!" Wang Shuanglong muttered to himself. At this time, the first company that served as the broken rear had also begun to fight hard to block the Japanese army who were chasing and killing; The sound of machine gun fire suddenly reminded the battalion commander that a machine gun must be transferred to the third company immediately - because in the process of fighting and retreating tonight, he did not consider that there would be enemy troops on the retreat route, Wang Shuanglong had previously ordered that all three Czech light machine guns in the battalion should be handed over to the first company for use after being interrupted.

The current countermeasure was to first let the 1st and 3rd companies withstand the enemy's pressure from both directions, and at the same time to see which direction the Japanese army would be easier to break through. He called the commander of the second company: "Immediately send a squad of sharp soldiers to search and advance in the direction of the Qinglong River to find out whether that area is safe!" ”

At this time, the line of fire was only in the north and south directions, and the Qinglong River was located in the east, and if it was confirmed that there was no enemy in that area, the team could immediately move closer to the riverbank.

Of course, there is also Xia Lianshan's cavalry company to look forward to - where are they running at this moment? Hopefully, the sudden sound of gunfire here will lead them to kill a horse pistol!

The cavalry company, which was expected by the commander of the first battalion, was now entering the preset right flank position in accordance with the unified military order of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army: the cavalry waded through the Qinglong River and ambushed on the east bank of the river, waiting for the arrival of the first battalion led by Wang Shuanglong. At the same time, several cavalrymen had already returned in the direction they had just come, to inform Wang Shuanglong of the formation made by the friendly forces, and to prepare to lead them directly into the right flank position.

Xia Lianshan, the commander of the cavalry company, began to arrange his position with excitement and joy. He was proud and relieved by the resolute plan made by his hometown troops, and this may be the best time for people to change their impression of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army's greed for life and fear of death and escape. An entire regiment of infantry, plus a mortar battery, was enough to deal a heavy blow to the arrogant Japanese who were about to pursue them.

Counting his own cavalry company and the first battalion of Dalong joining the battle, if this battle goes well, the possibility of encircling and annihilating the Japanese army cannot even be ruled out! In that case, it can be called a great victory, and it is not known that it even alarmed the entire World War II zone!

With wanton imagination in his head, Xia Lianshan did not relax his deployment at all. He planned to leave the right flank position closest to and connected to the central position to the first battalion of Dalong, and once they were in place, he would lead the cavalry company up against the east bank of the Qinglong River; In this way, after the battle began, he could lead the cavalry to attack from a position close to the rear of the Japanese flank, which was more unexpected and more lethal.

Unexpectedly, two accidents occurred one after another, which completely disrupted the wishful thinking of the commander of the cavalry company of the Eighth Route Army.

First of all, there was a sudden and intense exchange of fire from the north, and to listen to its sound, it should be five or six miles away. It is worth noting that the exchange of fire continued, but did not move in the direction of this place.

Xia Lianshan's heart sank: Could it be that the first battalion was bitten by the Japanese army, and it was difficult to continue fighting and retreating?! Shocked into a cold sweat, he immediately sent two more cavalrymen to rush forward in the direction of the firefight to find out what was going on - if Dalong and they were really bitten, he could only immediately lead the cavalry company to the rescue, saying that he would bring the first battalion here, which was not only related to the life and death of the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion, but also determined the success or failure of the grand battle plan led by the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army!

However, at this critical moment, there was a sudden commotion behind his position, and two sporadic gunshots rang out suddenly, which frightened Xia Lianshan almost out of his body.

When he rushed over in person, he found that his subordinates had captured two men dressed in civilian uniforms, both holding standard military rifles. The two had just sneakily touched up from behind the position, but they were discovered by the cavalry, and after some fighting, the two were captured.

"Company commander, these two guys are not good people, maybe they are traitor spies sent by the Japanese!" The cavalry who had captured the opponent had already tied them up with ropes.

However, something even more unexpected happened next, before Xia Lianshan personally interrogated the identities of the two captured guys, not far from the river bank in what was suspected to be a small forest, a woman's call in a low voice sounded: "Is it the cavalry company of the Eighth Route Army?" May I ask if your Chief Xia is not there? I am Liu Wumei from Black Rock Cliff Cottage! Please don't shoot, we're coming! ”

For a while, the commander of the cavalry company of the Eighth Route Army even suspected that his ears had heard it wrong-Liu Wumei of the Black Stone Cliff Cottage?! The big boss of the Guanmen Mountain Gang?! How did she come here at this juncture!

Just a few days ago, Xia Lianshan was also ordered to ransom the captured bandits at Heishi Cliff and go to the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army to mediate. It's just that it was in vain, and then the detachment leader Wu Zijian ordered not to interfere in this matter again. Unexpectedly, this female bandit leader actually went down the mountain at this time and broke into the defense area of the 12th Brigade.

What does she want to do? Robbing captured bandits by force?!