Hebei in October is already filled with a solemn atmosphere. The trees on the roadside have faded and their lush branches and leaves have become withered and sparse. The roads that have been in disrepair for a long time are full of potholes. Occasionally, strong winds will blow up the air.
The dust on the ground turned the sky into darkness, and the whole world became particularly desolate.
A long line of armored troops was marching thunderously on the road.
Li Changan's voice sounded in the earphones of many tank drivers, "Speed up and get to the chestnut forest in front of us as soon as possible to take cover and wait for the arrival of refueling trucks and supply trucks."
"clear!"
In the battle that lasted less than half an hour, the armored battalion defeated the entire First Battalion. A standard 1,100-man brigade was beaten down to less than 300 people and fled back.
This shows the ferocious attack power of the armored forces, but behind the ferocious attack power is the massive consumption of materials.
In the battle just now, the armored battalion carried very little fuel and could run for another thirty to forty kilometers at most. It seemed that whether it could return to Qianqiu Bridge was still unknown.
The consumption of ammunition was not small, especially the machine gun bullets were almost all used up. Therefore, after defeating the Japanese army, Li Changan immediately ordered a retreat and contacted the regiment headquarters to request emergency supplies.
After receiving Li Changan's telegram, Gao Hongming immediately ordered him to rush to a place called Chestnut Forest to hide and receive supplies there.
After driving for more than ten minutes, a report from the forward reconnaissance company came through Li Changan's earphones: "Batalion Commander... there is a chestnut forest ahead!"
"Okay... everyone pay attention, enter the chestnut forest immediately, park the tank after entering, turn off the engine immediately, and no sound is allowed."
Less than five minutes after the armored battalion entered the chestnut forest, a low roar sounded in the sky. Li Changan, who got off the tank and hid in the grass, saw a reconnaissance plane passing by.
"so close!"
Li Changan turned to look at the company commander not far away, and both of them noticed a layer of cold sweat on the other's forehead.
The reconnaissance plane is not scary. What is scary is that once it is discovered, it will definitely attract a large number of Japanese aircraft before long. The consequences will be disastrous for the armored forces located in the plains.
After the reconnaissance plane overhead flew over, the first company commander suddenly thought of something, "No, I have to quickly notify the oil truck ahead to avoid the Japanese reconnaissance plane. If it sees it, it will be in trouble."
Gao Hongming, who was checking the situation in the trenches, saw the communications staff hurriedly arrived: "Regiment leader, Li Changan sent a telegram. While they were waiting for the fuel truck in Chestnut Forest, they discovered that the Japanese reconnaissance plane was flying towards our point. Let us prepare early.
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"What preparations can be made?" Gao Hongming shook his head and looked back at the soldiers who were actively digging and attacking. "There is no way to avoid such a large fortification. Just watch the Japanese reconnaissance planes if you want."
But we can’t let it go in vain. You should immediately notify the air defense battalion and ask them to take cover. Aren’t the little Japs coming to visit? We have to give it a surprise.”
As soon as Gao Hongming deployed the air defense battalion, there was a roar in the sky and a reconnaissance plane flew over from the east.
In the sky, a Baishi Command reconnaissance aircraft quickly approached Qianqiu Bridge.
The pilot, Second Lieutenant Akihisa Harada, who was concentrating on flying the plane, turned to the observer behind him and said loudly: "Nakayama-kun, below is the Qianqiu Bridge. There is one of our strongholds there. According to the intelligence, the stronghold should have been lost. I will lower the altitude. You
Pay attention and observe.”
"clear."
After saying that, the Centennial reconnaissance aircraft rolled over and quickly lowered its altitude until it was more than two hundred meters above the ground, and then just passed the Qianqiu Bridge.
"Amaterasu, what do I see?"
Just after flying over the Qianqiu Bridge, the two of them almost exclaimed at the same time. They saw hundreds of meters away from the river, countless densely packed people were digging trenches vigorously, and the outlines of the trenches had begun to appear.
"Quick... report to the base immediately, we found out that the Chinese people are... bad..."
As soon as the pilot finished speaking, he saw tongues of flame suddenly coming out of the ground and heading towards him. The pilot had no time to avoid it when he heard several shells exploding nearby, followed by a burst of crackling sounds, and the plane started violently.
There was a shock, followed by thick smoke, and in less than three seconds the plane began to plummet.
"No, our plane has been hit, please parachute quickly."
After Harada Akihisa finished speaking, he opened the canopy and jumped, and soon a white parachute appeared in the sky.
Harada Akihisa, who had just opened his parachute, had not had time to take a breath when he heard a violent explosion on the ground, followed by a burst of thick smoke and fire.
He looked back around and saw that he was alone in the sky. With a bitter feeling in his heart, he knew that his observer had failed to jump out of the plane.
More than 300 meters was already considered a low-altitude parachute jump. Soon Harada Akihisa landed leisurely on the ground. However, when he just landed, he found that there was already a circle of soldiers more than 200 meters away, looking at dozens of black guns.
At the muzzle of the gun, Harada Akihisa reluctantly took out his pistol and fired several shots. However, at this distance, it would be a dream to hit an enemy hundreds of meters away with a pistol.
Soon, a magazine was finished, and when Harada Akihisa was about to change the bullet, a bullet accurately hit his arm, and Harada Akihisa fell to the ground obediently.
Not long after, Harada Akihisa was brought to Gao Hongming.
Looking at the officer in front of him who was wearing a German military uniform and wearing the rank of German colonel on his shoulders, Harada Akihisa had a look of uncertainty in his eyes. If the man opposite him was not an Asian with yellow skin and dark eyes like him, he would have been
I thought I had fallen into the German army's position.
But something even more surprising happened. The colonel asked in Japanese with a Tokyo accent: "Not bad, he is actually a second lieutenant... Tell me... In order to avoid putting your name, unit number and
Tell me everything."
"Pooh……"
Harada Akihisa was somewhat tough. Although he was a little surprised as to why the Chinese colonel in front of him could speak Japanese, it did not prevent him from spitting at him.
Seeing the spit on the shoe, Gao Hongming was happy, "Okay... are all the little devils so tough?"
Dabao on the side came up with an idea and said: "Master, why waste time on this kid? Send him to Uehara Yoji and let him train him for a few days. He will naturally become honest."
"That's true." Gao Hongming waved his hand and asked the guards to escort the prisoner away.