Having made up his mind to break out, every minute he stayed on the battlefield became more dangerous. Han Baihang asked He Li and others to quickly gather his soldiers. He found an old mountain man hiding from the bullets behind a rock.
If you want to successfully break out of the encirclement, you cannot do without the help of a guide who is familiar with the terrain.
Han Baihang handed a bag of oceans to the old mountain people. This was the military pay issued when setting out. It was worth twenty dollars. He said: "Old man, when the troops are about to break out, please continue to lead the way. You can take the money first.
After the troops successfully break through, I will reward you heavily!"
Unexpectedly, the old mountain man refused to take it alive. He had already seen that Han Baihang's small army was facing a desperate situation, so he naturally refused to accompany him to take risks and get involved in danger. He said with a mournful face: "Boss, the old man's leg is sprained.
I can’t lead you any further.”
Han Baihang lowered his head and saw that the old mountain man was holding his ankle and crying out for pain. However, his acting was too exaggerated. He couldn't help but laughed angrily. He said patiently, "It doesn't matter, I can let the soldiers carry you."
"No, no." The old mountain man showed a trace of panic on his face and shook his head repeatedly.
Han Baihang's patience was completely gone. He sneered, put his hand on the gun at his waist, and threatened: "Old man, don't forget that it was you who led us. If the Anhui army finds out, not only will your life be at risk,
It’s hard to guarantee, and your family will be hurt. And if my soldiers know that you are unwilling to cooperate and lead the way, I can’t guarantee how they will treat you."
The old mountain man's body trembled. Looking at Han Baihang, who had been so friendly along the way, but now looked evil-faced, he had no choice but to agree sullenly. How could he twist his arms past his thighs?
After a while, the three stall leaders came back and reported: "Every brother has been notified and is just waiting for your order."
Han Baihang looked back at the direction of the team headquarters. There was already the sound of rumbling gunfire. It seemed that the Anhui army had been in contact with the main force of the Selected Front Team. The guilt in his heart flashed away, and he cheered up again.
He gave the order with murderous intent: "Zhou Qing, follow the guide personally and protect him at every step. If anything goes wrong, come and see him!"
Zhou Qing glanced at the old mountain man, puffed out his chest, and said loudly: "Don't worry, platoon leader, I will risk my life to protect you!"
Han Baihang nodded, grabbed a flower trap from a soldier, inserted a few magazines into his belt, and shouted: "Brothers, life or death depends on this. All of you, bayonets on, charge me!"
The Anhui army never expected that Han Baihang would dare to charge under the inferior force. They saw countless figures jumping out of the mountain in the dark night. Han Baihang took the lead, followed closely by soldiers holding flower traps, and they climbed halfway up the hillside.
The Anhui army fired fiercely, and more than a dozen flower traps formed a blazing fire net. The dense rain of bullets poured out in a few seconds. The Anhui army fell down like cutting leeks before it could be guarded, and rolled on the hillside.
As soon as they fell to the ground, the other Anhui troops were stunned by the ferocious firepower of five rows. They felt the glare of the gunfire and bullets, making it difficult to resist, and they could only dodge and escape.
Han Baihang succeeded with one blow and quickly led his troops forward to tear open the encirclement of the Anhui army. Under the cover of the night and the terrain, before the Anhui army could recover and intercept, he ran away with oil on his feet.
News that a small unit of the Zhili Army broke out reached the ears of Qi Haowen, the deputy commander of the 15th Army Division, who was commanding the operation. The staff officers all suggested sending troops to pursue and suppress the encirclement. However, when he heard that there were only about 20 Zhili Army members who escaped from the encirclement,
He didn't take it seriously and said: "With this small number of troops, there is no need to mobilize troops. Just send a company to chase them."
After several minutes of waiting for this order to be passed down, Han Baihang led a group of remaining soldiers to run desperately. When he heard the sound of gunfire behind him gradually disappearing, he felt that the pursuers would not catch up in a short time, so he ordered the soldiers to stop advancing.
, rest in place for a few minutes.
The soldiers were sitting on the ground panting in confusion, but Han Baihang had no time to rest. He first ordered the commander of a shed to lead a few people to monitor the way to prevent the pursuers from killing them. He then went to inspect a circle of troops and passed by the company.
After a fierce battle, there were only 22 people left in the fifth platoon, and 7 of them suffered varying degrees of minor injuries. He, the platoon leader, was about to become a shed leader, and there were not many bullets left. What was especially serious was that he only had
After receiving rations for the second half of the day, the morale of the soldiers was very low, and there were sighs and sighs everywhere.
Han Baihang had no other choice but to rely on his sharp tongue to encourage the soldiers. Fortunately, after a series of war tests, he had gained a lot of prestige among the soldiers and was able to stabilize the morale of the soldiers, but he knew in his heart
, if things go on like this, the troops will definitely disperse. Only victory can inspire the soldiers.
Returning from the soldiers, Han Baihang found the old mountain man. Zhou Qing was standing by with a flower trap slung across his body. The old mountain man's face was sallow and he looked very tired. He was old after all. He was frightened along the way and ran away.
The physical exertion was very great during the journey. My chest was rising and falling violently while I was panting. It was difficult to catch my breath.
"Come on, old man, eat something to fill your stomach, so you can go on your way later."
Han Baihang couldn't bear it, so he took out his rations and gave them to the old mountain man, and gave him water to drink. After the old mountain man had eaten, his face looked better, and he gasped: "I'm old, I can't run anymore."
Already."
Han Baihang sighed, Ci was not in charge of the troops. For the sake of the twenty-odd lives of the fifth platoon, he could not care less about the feelings of the old mountain people.
"Pa bang..."
Gunshots suddenly rang out in the silent mountain forest. The soldiers suddenly sat up in shock. Han Baihang turned around suddenly, only to see Zhou Baocai, the commander of the shed, shooting back and running towards this side, shouting: "Platoon commander, the enemy is chasing us."
coming."
"Ready to fight!"
Han Baihang hurriedly pulled out his pistol, issued combat readiness orders to the soldiers, and said urgently to the old mountain man: "Old man, how far is it from the Yongding River?"
"There are still three miles to go!" the old mountain man said after hesitation.
Han Baihang was thinking rapidly in his mind. The pursuers were approaching. If he continued to retreat, the three-mile journey would be over in an instant. He might not be able to get rid of the enemy when he reached the river. Moreover, the situation on the river was not clear. If the river was shallow and slow, he would be able to escape.
It's fine for the troops to cross the river, but if the river is too fast and difficult to cross, the troops will face a last-ditch situation. The fifth platoon's current situation does not have the strength to fight hard. At that time, other than surrendering, the only way is to be annihilated. He
This situation must be avoided.
"Don't panic, everyone, first look for favorable terrain to block the enemy." Han Baihang calmly gave the order. Without knowing the situation at night, he could only judge the number of enemies from the enemy's shouts and gunshots. As the two armies exchanged fire, he listened carefully.
After a minute, he gradually figured out in his mind that the enemy's strength did not seem to be very large, otherwise they would have been crushed and beaten. It was a pity that he had discarded the water-cooled Maxim heavy machine gun on the way to break through, otherwise there would be heavy enemies at this time.
With the machine gun close by, you can definitely fight a beautiful counterattack.
"Platoon commander, the enemy is outflanking my flanks." Someone exclaimed.
"Everyone take turns to cover and retreat!"
Han Baihang's expression tightened. There were very few frontal breakthroughs between the two armies. Most of the time, they were outflanked from both wings. Now the fifth row of troops was weak. Even if they divided their forces, they could not contain the enemy's actions. They could only outflank the enemy.
I broke away from the firefight in front of the situation, moved the camera back, and continued to look for fighters.
The five platoons fought and retreated. The bullets exchanged between the two sides flew through the mountains and forests, hitting the trees and rocks with sharp crackling sounds. It looked like there was a lot of movement, but the shooting accuracy of both sides was very low. There were only a few shots fired along the way.
One soldier was wounded in the arm, but none of the others lost a hair.
However, the troops retreated to a valley. Han Baihang used the moonlight to observe the surrounding terrain. After seeing the surrounding terrain clearly, he couldn't help but said with joy: "This place is suitable for our army to ambush."
I saw that this valley was sandwiched between two mountains, with steep and difficult-to-climb rocks on both sides. The valley followed the mountains, narrowed inward and suddenly made a sharp bend, forming a blind spot that was conducive to an ambush.
It also makes the valley a dangerous pass. As long as machine gun fire is deployed at this bend, the intersection can be easily blocked. Once the enemy troops enter this bend, they will fall into the fire net of the ambush troops.
