The gray sky was filled with dark clouds, and the open fields were sparse and bleak. Black old storks fell in groups on the corpses beside the road and tore at the flesh with their sharp rafters. They chattered in large pieces and made sharp neighing sounds from time to time.
Two Japanese cavalrymen wearing raincoats appeared on horseback at the end of the road, breaking the tranquility here. The old birds flew up in fright and landed on the bare tree trunks, sizing up the two uninvited guests.
The Japanese cavalry were very vigilant one after another, and carefully rode their horses to the corpses lying on the roadside. The corpses were covered with large and small craters. They were killed by aerial bombs, and some corpses were covered with bullet holes.
There was a hole bleeding with black blood, and he should have died from the aviation machine gun bullets.
The two Japanese cavalrymen ignored these dead Chinese soldiers. They had seen many corpses along the way. Instead, they focused their attention on the muddy road. A line of fresh and messy footprints was extending from here to the northwest and submerged into the muddy road.
the end of.
The two Japanese cavalrymen looked at each other and felt the excitement in each other's eyes. They pursued all the way from Suzhou City to here, and finally discovered the traces of the Chinese troops that caused a rout in Suzhou City.
The National Army brothers led by Yang Ling spent the whole night in Suzhou City. Not only did they take down the 18th Regiment's headquarters, causing heavy losses to the senior management of the 18th Regiment, they also blew up a lot of weapons and supplies.
To the Japanese troops who were in full swing, this was tantamount to a slap in the face, making them angry and threatening to retaliate.
An infantry brigade led by Major Higashi Shotaro himself came after them, intending to destroy Yang Ling and his troops in order to avenge the humiliation of Suzhou City.
Two Japanese cavalrymen rode up the gentle slope beside the road. A Japanese soldier took out a telescope from his raincoat and looked northwest. In the camera lens, a gray team was rushing forward.
"They're right over there!" The Japanese cavalry couldn't suppress the excitement in their hearts and shouted excitedly.
Soon they were riding back the way they came, reporting the latest findings to the main force.
After receiving the report, Major Shotaro Azuma's gloomy eyes flashed with a fierce look, and he finally caught up with you, damn China people!
In order to completely annihilate the Chinese army led by Yang Ling, Major Higashi Shotaro immediately made arrangements.
"The cavalry squadron sets out immediately, bites the Chinese and holds them back." Major Shotaro Higashi ordered the cavalry squadron leader.
The captain of the cavalry squadron was temporarily deployed to cooperate with the pursuit. He immediately nodded heavily, hurriedly got on his horse, led the cavalry to chase forward, and quickly disappeared from sight.
"The first squadron outflanked to the left, and the second squadron attacked to the right to prevent the Chinese from breaking through from the right."
"The third squadron, the fourth squadron, the machine gun squadron and the artillery squadron will follow me and attack from the front -"
"Hai!" The Japanese officers immediately took action after receiving the order. The entire team was divided into three, like a bloody mouth, and swept towards Yang Ling and the others from behind.
Jiao Chaoming and several brothers on horseback were far behind the retreating team. Yang Ling asked them to be responsible for detecting the enemy's situation in the rear.
A few people rode their horses and walked slowly. Out of boredom, they quickly brought the topic to women.
"Squad leader, do you have a woman?" A soldier with his hat tilted smiled and approached Jiao Chaoming, the cavalry squad leader, and asked.
Jiao Chaoming tilted his head and asked with a smile: "What? Do you miss your wife?"
The soldier scratched his head in embarrassment: "My mother asked me to marry her in the next village. We are not going to fight. I haven't bothered to marry her yet. I plan to marry her when I get back from the war."
"It turns out to be a cucumber egg——" Several other brothers burst into laughter.
"You are the cucumbers..." the brother who was laughed at defended inarticulately, causing another burst of laughter.
Someone patted the brother on the shoulder and kindly reminded him: "Brother Niu, don't worry about your marriage. This battle will be over when the devil knows when. When you go back, your sweetheart will probably be a baby."
It’s all there.”
Hearing this, the brother named Niu Er suddenly became a little angry. Although he argued that the girl from the next village would definitely wait for him, he retreated in his heart. What if she got married?
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When Jiao Chaoming saw these people making noises, he comforted Niu Er: "Brother Niu Er, don't listen to their nonsense. They are just jealous of you. Follow our battalion commander and fight the Japanese. When the time comes, you will have done something good, and you will ride back on your big horse to get married."
, so majestic.”
"Yes, I want to fight the Japanese and make meritorious deeds!" Niu Er nodded seriously.
When the other brothers saw Niu Er being coaxed into passing by Jiao Chaoming in a few words, they secretly cursed in their hearts that they were idiots. They were all veterans and would not believe Jiao Chaoming's nonsense.
No matter where Niu Er was giggling, the veterans began to talk among themselves with great interest.
"You guys think that these women from the south are so nimble. They can even squeeze out water. They are much prettier than the ones in our village. When I win the battle in the future, I will also find someone to talk about a woman from the south."
"Just because you have bullet holes all over your body, if you like others, they may not like you. Don't dream about it."
"What's wrong with the bullet holes all over my body? You don't know what this is called honor."
While the brothers were joking with each other, monitor Jiao Chaoming, who was watching the fun, suddenly stopped his horse and turned his head to look back, but saw nothing.
Jiao Chaoming didn't say anything. He turned over and dismounted with a serious look on his face. He immediately lay down and felt it with his face to the ground.
Soon Jiao Chaoming got up with a solemn expression: "We are in trouble, I'm afraid the Japanese cavalry are catching up."
After hearing this, everyone stopped joking and looked serious: "Monitor, I didn't hear anything? Did you hear it wrong?"
Jiao Chaoming waved his hand: "Absolutely not wrong."
"Niu Er, hurry up and catch up and report the situation. We'll stay here to observe the situation." Jiao Chaoming immediately ordered Niu Er.
"Then you should also be careful."
"Stop dawdling, go quickly." Jiao Chaoming's tone was a little urgent.
"Drive!" Niu Er clamped the horse's belly with both legs, and immediately raised his whip to urge the seated military horse, and jumped out in the direction of Yang Ling and others. Jiao Chaoming and others immediately rushed out in the opposite direction to investigate.
enemy situation.
Yang Ling and the others were rushing northwest along the road, and Niu Er quickly caught up with them.
"Batalion Commander! Battalion Commander, there are Japanese cavalry chasing after you!" Niu Er shouted at the top of his lungs from a distance, and some commotion suddenly broke out among the people who were moving forward.