April 1st 8 a.m.!

April Fool's Day, a famous Western funny festival.

Major Takuno Moriki stood on the highest mountain on the west side of Shicheng County, holding a telescope to look at the distant mountains, his face turned gloomy.

As the captain of the first squadron of the 14th Division's Baggage Regiment, he was the number one figure in this huge transportation team with 181 trucks without the corps leader.

Logically speaking, this large-scale transportation that uses all trucks in the entire wing is escorted by two infantry squadrons and is protected by friendly forces along the way. The main force of the Chinese army is also retreating step by step under the threat of the imperial army. It is almost impossible for any Chinese to pose any threat to them.

But this time, it is very different from the past.

The Chinese just half a month ago blew the 108th Division on this traffic line. They proved with facts that they had the ability to attack their own convoy.

Therefore, since Handan, he has been worried and cautious. Not to mention taking the opportunity to take a nap in the car during the day, even at a gate like Shecheng, which has imperial infantry garrison, he dared to fall asleep at one or two o'clock in the morning.

There was no problem during the more than 100 kilometers of road. I saw that I could go directly to Changzhi through Licheng today. As long as I walked through this 60-kilometer highway safely, I could basically ensure safety.

To this end, he sent a telegram to Colonel Akita, the captain of the 117th Infantry Regiment of the Licheng Army last night, hoping that he would send troops to search along the highways around Licheng to ensure his safety.

Then, on this Western April Fool's Day morning, he received a call from Colonel Akita, four kilometers in front and behind Licheng, and after searching by cavalry, he was basically safe.

This is simply a joke on April Fools' Day. His convoy is about to pass through 60 kilometers. If you check for 8 kilometers, is there a bird for it?

Moreover, if you think about it, you all know that even if the Chinese want to attack, they will never choose to be around Licheng, where there is a fully organized infantry regiment stationed.

I really wanted to scold Baga a few times, but Takuno Moriki finally swallowed the scolding back into his stomach.

It’s not because the other party was a colonel and he was a minor, but the 14th Division was in the first place. Half a month ago, the 108th Division hoped that their 14th Division’s baggage corps were transported to the Licheng front line by truck. Didn’t their division headquarters express their refusal?

Now, people have symbolically searched for eight kilometers in view of the fact that the Front Army Command ordered help to guard, but they didn't want to completely break up, otherwise they wouldn't even reply to the telegram!

However, the telegram that was sent to the search at 8 o'clock in the morning was really too perfunctory. Anyway, he would never believe that the 117th Infantry Regiment would send people into the mountains in the dark.

The 108th Division is not trustworthy, but it still has to go the way it should be. The division urgently needs this batch of baggage and the military pay carried with the van to pay to the imperial officers and soldiers! It’s impossible to say that because he felt scared, he let more than 20,000 troops wait on the front line to starve!

The Henan Province in China is really poor. I have never seen any rice in dozens of villages, so I can hardly provide supplies to the division.

"Please give us the reconnaissance within our ability! Tell them that when we pass through Dongyang Pass, we will give us some materials to express our gratitude!" Takuno Moriki looked at the calm forest in front of him, and tried his best to maintain peace and order his subordinates.

Dongyang Pass is the most important pass between Shecheng and Licheng. Currently, there is a garrison of the army. If it can successfully arrive at Dongyang Pass at noon, it will be not far from Licheng, so the danger will naturally be much smaller.

Takuno Moriki, a veteran who has been in the logistics corps for more than ten years, is still quite strategic.

So, before the huge convoy set off, at least fifty Japanese troops left from Dongyang Pass and searched along the highway towards Shicheng.

This timid and cautious Japanese major probably didn't know that his cautious move almost saved his life and the entire convoy.

For the 683rd Brigade and the Four-Tour Regiment, the reserved battlefield is nearly a hundred miles away from their base, so they must set off for the battlefield two days in advance.

However, the troops were too large. In order to keep them confidential, they could only try to march at night. During the day, they entered the mountains and forests in units of battalions and companies, and advanced in a dispersed manner with the help of dense forests.

The marching speed was actually extremely slow, and it was not considered a near-the-scenes battlefield until 10 pm on the 31st.

After the last battle of Shentouling, Brigade Commander Cheng, as the commander-in-chief of the front line, knew that such a large convoy would definitely be more cautious than before, and it was inevitable to send vanguard cavalry to observe the way.

Therefore, whether it is the Four Regiment responsible for blocking the enemy involved in the city or the Third Regiment under the 683rd Brigade, which is responsible for attacking the convoy, they are prohibited from entering the battlefield in advance to avoid being discovered by the Japanese army.

Only a few reconnaissance squads were sent along the route to watch the highway and would enter the position only when the Japanese army arrived.

Almost all the main forces are lurking a mile away from the highway. No matter how cautious the Japanese are, they will never find them in such a layout.

Then, an accident happened.

Wang Xiaoqiang, who had been promoted to the commander of the 772nd Regiment, suddenly received a report from the reconnaissance squad, and a team of Japanese troops with a population of up to 200 were coming to Majiayu where they were.

Majiayu is only 2 kilometers away from Dongyang Pass. The reason why the 772nd Regiment is so close to Dongyang Pass is because of the extremely unique terrain of Majiayu.

It is not like the road along the road that is mostly cliffs, but consists of three continuous hills. Perhaps the terrain is not so steep, but it is a good place to block.

Three hills with an altitude of more than 400 meters are like a font shape, completely locking the winding roads. Anyone, car, and horse who want to pass through this road will be hit by fire from one side of the three peaks.

Of course, these three mountains are not big, and the total length of the road through them is no more than 600 meters. It is probably okay if an infantry brigade ambushed. When the Japanese army had enough troops, the battlefield would be too small and not enough to accommodate them.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! This is not used to ambush the Japanese baggage corps, but to brigade commander Cheng used it to block the Japanese reinforcements from Licheng.

On the two hills that were split by the highway, two infantry battalions and two machine gun companies will be stationed, becoming iron gates to block Japanese reinforcements. The Japanese will not kill all the Chinese soldiers on the two hills, so they will not take a step forward.

Even if they were strong enough to kill both infantry battalions on these two mountains, there was an infantry battalion located on the hill behind the two mountains. The battlefield close to the highway alone will be used as the main force of the Japanese army in Licheng, and three infantry battalions were prepared on both flanks to prevent the Japanese army from attacking the roundabout attacks.

A total of two infantry regiments were deployed in the entire blocking battlefield, with a total of more than 4,400 troops. In Wang Xiaoqiang's original words: Even if an infantry regiment comes, I will guarantee to block the enemy for 6 hours.

Wang Xiaoqiang is not bragging with his eyes open. The current 772nd Regiment has 6 Type 82 mortars, 200 shells, 12 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 4 civilian 20 heavy machine guns, and 2,000 Japanese heavy machine guns each.

In addition, the five full-day armed infantry companies also have 20 grenade launchers, each grenade launcher is equipped with 30 rounds, Japanese light machine guns, each machine gun is equipped with 800 rounds, each infantry is equipped with 100 rounds, and Japanese grenades are equipped with 6.

Moreover, in order to fight this battle, the 921st Division headquarters took out most of the reserves and distributed 50 bullets and 4 grenades to each of the officers and soldiers built in Hanyang.

In the original words of the two division leaders: Don’t be afraid of being exhausted. As long as there is a Japanese transport brigade, they will return it sooner or later, and maybe there will be more.

In the battle between Jindong, it not only improved the enthusiasm of ordinary officers and soldiers, but also seemed to have opened a new door to the world for several big bosses.

It turns out that ‘robbery’ is such a good thing?

This is all the firepower that Wang Xiaoqiang dared not think about in the past, but now it is all in his hands. If he hadn't been concerned about the Japanese army's possible mountain cannons, he might have dared to make bold statements: Let me not beat him up.

Wang Xiaoqiang may not know that the leader Li Da, who was portrayed by him in future TV series, likes to say this.

Perhaps it is because his juniors like to brag, or perhaps it is because he has not yet fully evolved to the point of letting himself go, so he is still cautious now.

Although he really hoped to enter the battlefield as soon as possible to dig trenches to block the surging enemy, in order not to be exposed, he ordered the entire army to hide at the foot of the mountain hundreds of meters away from the battlefield. The entire army's helmets were covered with branches and lying in the wet forest.

Wang Xiaoqiang, who did not blindly act bravely, avoided the tragedy of the whole army running away.

The Japanese army was so cautious that they actually sent troops from Dongyang Pass and marched towards Majiayu.

"Captain, should we transfer immediately to avoid being discovered by the Japanese army?" Battalion Commander Xiao Ding suggested anxiously.

It is not difficult for two fully armed infantry regiments to kill the 200 Japanese troops, but once they fight here, the battle to ambush the Japanese baggage corps will inevitably fail. It would be a complete failure for the 921st Division, which used nearly 5 infantry regiments to participate in the battle.

"Let me think about it!" Wang Xiaoqiang's face was unprecedentedly serious.

There were two ways before him, either killing the Japanese army that accidentally broke in, or evacuating the entire army immediately.

However, the evacuation of thousands of people is quite a bit of noise, and the mud that has been stepped on by thousands of feet is known to anyone with a discerning eye.

No matter what choice he made, it seemed that it would inevitably be exposed, which eventually led to the failure of this combat plan planned by the division headquarters, brigade headquarters and the four teams in the past week.

This may be one of the most difficult choices that Wang Xiaoqiang has encountered in the past decade.

After nearly suffocating for a minute, Wang Xiaoqiang, who was frowning and thinking, suddenly lit up his eyes: "No, the Japanese troops stationed in Dongyang Pass are just an infantry squadron. Even if they don't even go out in full swing, there shouldn't be more than 200 people. There must be something strange!

Let the reconnaissance squad take the telescope and show me clearly. The entire army must not move rashly. Without my orders, even if the Japanese gun fell on their heads, they would not make any sound!"

Within a dozen minutes, the soldiers who went to the reconnaissance came to report again: "I have seen the report clearly. It's not more than 200 Japanese, but dozens of Japanese, who forced more than 100 ordinary people to go here."

"That's it. This wave of Japanese devils probably issued a military order and had to go out to reconnaissance, but they were afraid of death and had to drive away our people as a shield. With their courage, it would be good to look in the grass on the roadside, and they dared to go deep into the mountains three hundred meters?" Wang Xiaoqiang slapped. "Order the reconnaissance squad to continue monitoring, but keep a sufficient distance and don't let them discover it. The entire army continues to hide!"

Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang made an extremely wise judgment.

After the war, he made a quick decision for him. The 921 Division gave him a big red flower, which was commended by the entire division, but it did not make Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang's mouth smile open.

I, I am definitely the leader of the main team! I’m not afraid of being late, that’s all I’m talking about!

His prediction was very accurate. This group of Japanese soldiers who came out of Dongyang Pass were even more timid than he thought. Not only did he drive away the people in the mountains as shields, he didn't even enter the grass on the roadside, but let the people go into the mountains to observe for them.

That's not funny! Not to mention that the people who were so scared that their faces were pale could not see the Chinese army hundreds of meters away. If they saw it, could they report to the Japanese army immediately: "Taijun, what are the eight major lands there?"

What, is it a bonus or something?

The result of this was of course the power of the previous battle. After the war, the 108th Division dragged the body with a truck for one day. It set up firewood in the valleys near Shecheng and Licheng and poured gasoline to burn the body for four days. The thick smoke from the burning corpse almost blocked the entire valley. The smell of smoke even the wolf green dog in charge of the warning was disgusted and arched his nose in the grass.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Unfortunately, two infantry squadrons stationed in Dongyang Pass participated in this corpse burning work, witnessing the scene where hundreds of colleagues were burned in the flames with grim faces like ghosts in hell. The impact on them was unimaginable.

If no one wants to become like that, and if you are not afraid, you will see a ghost.

Therefore, the infantry team, who had received the squadron commander's order, came up with this move. Since they were going to go out of seclusion and reconnaissance, they had to find amulets first.

As for the reconnaissance effect, it depends on what they say. If they say there is no, there will be no. Whether your 14th Division believes in it or not, even if it really exists, it is the Chinese who hide too deeply and we haven't seen it.

In this way, at 10 a.m., Takuno Morimu, who paid ten pieces of sake and ten cigarettes, 500 cans and ten kilograms of milk candies, received good news from Dongyang Pass, 'It is safe 5 kilometers from Dongyang Pass to Shecheng!'

Takuno Moriki's heart finally stabilized. He calculated that the most dangerous section of road between Shecheng and Licheng was between Shecheng and Dongyang Pass. If Dongyang Pass could detect the safety of roads at least five kilometers, it means that even if the Chinese wanted to attack, they would be within a range less than 20 kilometers from Shecheng.

This distance does not take two hours to reach an infantry corps stationed in the city, and for the Chinese, this risk is undoubtedly a tiger's teeth extraction. As long as the brain is normal, it will not do this.

"Set out!" Major Takuno, who was much more at ease, issued a marching order.

He did not say goodbye to the brigade commander of Major General Gu Teng Changdao, the highest commander in the city. He had already visited him on his own initiative last night. After some "local specialties" were presented, the brigade commander of the major general was kind to him like a relative who had been away for a long time.

He was almost without tears flashing with tears. His words were kind and he promised with confidence. After he led his troops to Shecheng, he sent a cavalry squadron to conduct careful reconnaissance along the way. He did not find any Chinese army. He also solemnly asked Master Morimu to bring his greetings to the commander of the Tufeiyuan Division on his behalf, saying that he had not seen each other for more than ten years after Lu Da left that year, and he missed him very much!

Regardless of whether the Major General's brigade commander is smooth and likes to say beautiful words, Takuno Moriki still believes at least eight points in his words. After all, the reputation of the commander of the Doi-Fei-Yuen Division is in the Imperial Army.

Otherwise, the brigade commander would personally lead an infantry corps to guard this small broken city? That would be the face of the commander of the Tu Feiyuan Division!

It can be said that the only thing that could make Tribute Morigi happy this morning was the heartwarming boss of the 109th Division, which gave him a stable sense of security.

Afterwards, the poor Grandpa Morigi was still too young.

Not to mention that the ancient vine Changhard did not attend the Army University at the same time as the Tu Feiyuan. Just say that what he said was to send a cavalry squadron to search along the way, the total distance was no more than 10 kilometers, and it was basically just a quick walk and ride a horse around.

It’s not that the 108th Division is a slap, and the 109th Division is such an irresponsible person. Instead, this is not a matter of the 109th Division. It’s not a good thing to be transferred to Shecheng to help the idiots in the 108th Division wipe their butts, and they also have to help the 14th Division do coolies. What are you thinking?

Just because you are a permanent division, we are a special division? If you have the ability, you will send someone to protect your own baggage convoy! You will ask us, the miscellaneous army, to be your guards!

Do you think the Chinese army has many factions, and you don’t like me, and I don’t like you. What’s the only one in the Japanese army?

Obviously, not!

If you want to work hard, you must have military orders, and the other is to look at the connections of the commanders of each division.

The spy leader who has worked in the intelligence department for a long time is a magnificent person! Unfortunately, all his friends are top-level figures in the army. He is not taken seriously by the countrymen like the second-line divisions like 108 and 109.

Sometimes, it is precisely some inconspicuous little people who change the battlefield.
Chapter completed!