It is eighty miles round trip from Ping'an County to Wanjia Town.
What Li Yunlong said was a round trip in one day. In fact, it was a bit exaggerated. It is impossible for normal people to come back and forth in one day.
Unless you're traveling by car.
Or ride a horse.
Walking will be exhausting.
Depart in the afternoon.
Traveled all night.
In order to save physical strength, soldiers adopt a general marching speed.
Anyway, Ping'an County is already guarded by Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, as well as the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment. Even if it is besieged by Japanese invaders, we are not afraid.
What's more, Zhang Dabiao has already led a commando to harass the Kasahara unit of the Japanese invaders. It is estimated that the Japanese invaders will not be safe for three days.
Therefore, we have plenty of time to fight Wanjia Town. If nothing unexpected happens...
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
Suddenly, gunshots were heard from ahead.
Immediately, Zhang Chu heard the sound of horse hoofbeats. No need to ask, he must have encountered Japanese cavalry.
The person leading the reconnaissance in front was Sun Desheng. I don’t know how the battle is going.
"quick!"
"Prepare for battle!"
Che and Cannon waved their hands hurriedly. The soldiers had already dispersed.
The muzzles of all kinds of black holes were raised. As long as the Japanese cavalry appeared, they would immediately deal a devastating blow to the opponent.
Before departure, the third battalion had all been equipped with Garand semi-automatic rifles. Each gun was equipped with 120 rounds of ammunition. When it really started fighting, the firepower was still very brutal. Not to mention there were light machine guns and mortars.
"Zhang Chu!"
"arrive!"
"Let's go to the front and have a look!"
"good!"
Zhang Chu crouched and followed behind Che Cannon.
Behind him were a dozen of the most elite veterans of the Third Battalion. Half of them used bar light machine guns.
In order to match the Garand semi-automatic rifle, the original Czech light machine gun was temporarily replaced and replaced with a bar light machine gun. This light machine gun was temporarily installed with a homemade bipod.
It was made by the blacksmiths in Ping'an County themselves. It's very rough, but very strong.
Putting the bar automatic rifle up, it is a disguised Czech light machine gun. Anyway, it has a 20-round magazine.
The other half of the veterans are equipped with Springfield m1903 sniper rifles.
They are all sharpshooters within the third battalion.
Behind the veteran was Xiong Dingshan's combat platoon.
Because the Third Platoon of the Ninth Company was the first to come into contact with Zhang Chu and the first to change their uniforms, they had the "privilege" to follow Zhang Chu.
On the one hand, it is to protect Zheng Chu’s safety.
On the one hand, it is to prove Zheng Chu's identity and prevent other troops from poaching.
Li Yunlong was very defensive.
When we got to the front, we discovered that they were not Japanese cavalry.
They are cavalry, yes. But they are wearing civilian clothes. They look like a group of bandits. They don't seem to be bandits.
"do you know it?"
Zhang Chu asked Xiong Dingshan quietly.
He doesn't feel like a bandit. He doesn't look as unorganized as a bandit.
"do not know."
Xiong Dingshan shook his head.
The others also shook their heads. No one recognized him.
"I know."
Suddenly someone said.
But it was Ho Tung Lam, a guerrilla from Maofeng Mountain.
The two of them also followed because they were going back to Maofeng Mountain and happened to be passing through Wanjia Town, so they followed along.
"Which mountain bandit are they from?"
"They are not bandits. They are from the 357th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army."
"Chen Feng?"
Zhang Chu remembered.
Someone mentioned this 357th Regiment before.
The leader is called Chen Feng. He is stationed in the Taiping Town area. It is not far away. It is not surprising to appear here.
The question is, how come there are cavalry?
The 357th Regiment of the Jinsui Army actually has cavalry? It’s really rare.
Not even Chu Yunfei.
Chu Yunfei had an artillery battalion, but no cavalry.
When Qian Bojun rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, it was Li Yunlong who came to rescue him with his cavalry company.
The result is--
The weapons and equipment of a battalion have not been returned until 2022...
"Yes! It's Chen Feng's 357th Regiment."
"How many cavalry do they have?"
"Not many. About seventy or eighty people! They are all in Chen Feng's security company."
"oh……"
Zhang Chu nodded thoughtfully.
It's strange. Why did Chen Feng's cavalry start a fight with Sun Desheng?
Didn’t you say before that water from a well does not interfere with water from a river?
It's a pity that I can't ride a horse. Otherwise, I would have rushed up to ask what happened.
What does it mean when your mother-in-law's Jinsui Army is fighting with our Eighth Route Army? Is it going to start a movie? Then I won't be polite.
Clean up the puppet cavalry camp in Wanjia Town. Turn around and clean up a regiment of your Jinsui Army. We just happened to capture a large number of weapons and equipment.
Suddenly I saw two groups of people separated angrily.
The opponent retreated to the northwest. Sun Desheng also turned back.
"Sun Desheng, what's going on?" Che Dapao said with a straight face.
Sun Desheng fumed, "They misunderstood. They thought we were going to occupy their territory."
"What territory?"
"Liuhe Town!"
"Bullshit!"
Che Dapao cursed.
To go to Wanjia Town, you have to pass through Liuhe Town.
But, we are just passing by. Who wants to take your territory? We will only take the kid’s territory! I miss you!
We can even capture Ping'an County, but we want a town from you?
Thinking too much!
"Did you explain it clearly?"
"explained."
"Did anyone get hurt?"
"No. They were all fired into the sky."
"Okay! Keep going!"
Che Cannon waved his hand.
The large army continued to march towards Wanjia Town.
Zhang Chu nodded thoughtfully. It turned out to be a false alarm.
It seems that the 357th Regiment is not stupid enough to go against the Eighth Route Army. It is just that its calculations are smarter.
Occupying several towns and raising a regiment is definitely not enough.
There are probably other ways...
"Company Commander Sun, what are the cavalry of the 357th Regiment doing here?"
"He's selling cigarettes!"
"ah?"
"They brought more than a dozen boxes of large cigarettes. They happened to be passing by here. They were afraid that we would intercept them."
"I see."
Zhang Chu completely understood.
This was the state of living in the cracks at that time.
It is impossible to feed so many people simply relying on a small piece of land.
There is no stable financial source at all.
what to do?
Selling tobacco!
Selling tobacco is extremely profitable.
And it’s easy to sell. As long as you have the goods in hand, you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell them.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as you have tobacco in your hands, even the Japanese are willing to do business with you. The Japanese are also selling tobacco behind the scenes to line their own pockets.
In particular, the various Japanese spy agencies do not have much funding. Where does the money come from? It is not the right way. Either they are ruthlessly robbing Chinese people, or they are selling cigarettes secretly. The top Japanese invaders also know it. But one
With one eye open and one eye closed, because the Japanese invaders did not have enough military spending, they could only let the people below make their own money.
"Is Jiupan Mountain..."
"They also sell tobacco. They just don't sell much."
Sun Desheng answered affirmatively.
Zhang Chu nodded.
Let’s talk about why Sun Chihai didn’t want to join the Eighth Route Army.
I used to think that I couldn't accept the strict discipline and hard life of the Eighth Route Army. Now it seems that I can't pass the test of selling cigarettes.
The Eighth Route Army certainly does not allow the sale of cigarettes! This is a red line.
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
Suddenly there was another gunshot.
This time, it was Sanbapo's voice.
Japanese!
Everyone immediately became alert.
"I gonna go see!"
Sun Desheng immediately turned his horse and rushed forward.
Zhang Chu gritted his teeth, came to the side of an empty war horse, and tried to get on the horse.
result……
It worked.
He had never ridden a horse before, but he managed to get on a horse successfully.
The war horse was quite docile. It didn't bark or make a fuss, nor did it flick its hooves. It cooperated very well. However, Zhang Chu himself was a little panicked. Not nervous, but panicked.
Countless thoughts passed through my mind.
What should I do if my war horse loses control and runs wildly with me?
In case, the war horse raises its front hooves and its back is upright...
In case, the war horse kneels directly...
"Huh? Officer Zhang, can you still ride a horse?" Che Dapao was surprised.
Others were also very surprised.
None of them knew Zhang Chu could ride a horse.
Especially Xiong Dingshan, Xiao Liuzi, Lao Ge and others were even more surprised.
Zhang Chu can actually ride a horse?
Why have I never heard of it?
"I, I, won't..." Zhang Chu stuttered in response.
He didn't dare to raise his voice too high for fear of alarming the war horse. If it suddenly lost control and rushed forward, he would be doomed.
If there is a saddle, it may be able to support it for a while. The problem is no.
These horses were brought by Sun Desheng to carry supplies, so they were not equipped with saddles.
As we all know, without a saddle or stirrups, it is not a formal cavalry at all. It cannot fully display its personal abilities.
what to do?
Come down quickly!
How to get up, how to get down...
However……
"Ta-ta-ta..."
"Ta-ta-ta..."
Just then, the rapid sound of horse hooves came.
Immediately, a small group of Japanese cavalry appeared.
Zhang Chu:......
Suddenly I didn't want to dismount.
If he falls down in embarrassment, wouldn’t it make the Japanese laugh?
Simply straighten your back, look straight, and show no weakness. At the same time, you take out a bar light machine gun and be ready to fire at any time.
bring it on!
If you are not afraid of death, just charge forward!
Our army is waiting for you!
result……
A strange scene occurred.
A Japanese cavalryman rode out and shouted in blunt Chinese: