I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 181 Cavalry Reconnaissance Showdown

After listening, Zhou Weiguo nodded and said, "It's fine if you have military rations. I don't know what county magistrate Wang and Captain Lin are planning to merge the security team with our independent brigade?"

"This matter is no small matter, please come back first, Chief Zhou, and I will discuss it with Captain Lin and the others. Is it possible?" Wang Youcai said.

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll go back first." Zhou Weiguo stood up and said goodbye, and walked outside with Xu Hu.

Wang Youcai, Lin Bao and others quickly got up and walked to the gate of the county government.

"County magistrate Wang stay here." Zhou Weiguo signaled with his hand clasped, and immediately took Xu Hu and others, walking in the direction they came and went.

After walking not far, Xu Hu, who was following behind him, looked back and saw that Wang Youcai, Lin Bao and others had all entered.

He couldn't help but said to Zhou Weiguo: "Head, these people don't seem to be willing to accept our reorganization."

Zhou Weiguo smiled and said: "After all, the security team and the police are armed forces that have been cultivated through hard work.

Merge directly into our independent brigade, don't let others discuss and discuss, weigh the pros and cons. "

"Also, I told you, don't call me the head of the regiment in the future, just call me the deputy captain. Qingfeng is no longer the head of the regiment. If you call me that, it will not affect well."

"Yes, Vice Captain Zhou." Xu Hu half-jokingly stood upright and said.

……

Zhou Weiguo returned to the temporary station of the Independence Brigade and told Xu Qingfeng the reactions of Wang Youcai and Lin Bao.

After Xu Qingfeng finished listening, he said very firmly: "They will definitely agree, just wait."

Zhou Weiguo also nodded and said, "I think so too."

Chen Qifeng, who was standing next to the two, was a little puzzled and said, "Captain, how can you be sure that they will agree to merge into our independent brigade?"

"The reason is simple, they need us." Xu Qingfeng said: "If we leave Lujiang, we can continue to move in other directions.

However, without the protection of our force in Lujiang, once the devils invade, they will be powerless to stop them.

So, they have no choice. "

Zhou Weiguo nodded in sympathy and said, "That's right, I guess County Magistrate Wang and the others should ask for Lin Bao to take up a position in our independent brigade."

"It doesn't matter, what I want is the [-] people in their security team to supplement our strength.

In any case, they, the security forces and gendarmerie police, are better than the peasant recruits who have never touched a gun and always hold a hoe. "

Xu Qingfeng waved his hand indifferently and said, "Just wait patiently."

Sure enough, less than two hours later, the guard sentry outside suddenly ran in in a hurry.

Xiang Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo, who were about to leave the city to check the terrain, saluted: "Reporting Commander, Deputy Commander, County Magistrate Wang and Captain Lin are here."

"Please come in." Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo looked at each other and waved.

"Yes!" The guard saluted, then turned around and ran outside.

Not long after, Wang Youcai and Lin Bao came hand in hand.

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Zhou." After the two met, they immediately cupped their hands and saluted.

Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo stepped forward together, saluted and said, "County Magistrate Wang, Captain Lin, what are you thinking about?"

Wang Youcai immediately said: "Mr. Xu, after discussing with Captain Lin, we agreed that all the armed forces in this county will join your ministry. Please, Mr. Xu and Mr. Zhou will accept it."

Xu Qingfeng immediately expressed his opinion: "So, Xu and Wei Guoxiong, welcome with both hands, and please rest assured that County Chief Wang and Captain Lin, we will definitely do our best to defend Lujiang County."

Wang Youcai nodded with a smile, and said, "There is one more thing, I need to trouble Commander Xu and Zhou."

"Please tell me." Xu Qingfeng said bluntly.

"Captain Lin is the county's security chief and police chief, please settle him properly." Wang Youcai looked at Lin Bao and said cheekily.

Xu Qingfeng said: "This matter is simple. From now on, Captain Lin will be one of the deputy captains of my independent brigade, and will command the armed forces of the whole city together with Brother Wei Guo and me."

"That's great." Wang Youcai and Lin Bao couldn't help but smile when they heard the words.

Lin Bao even saluted Xu Qingfeng and the two of them: "The humble Lin Bao must follow the lead of the two officers."

"Yeah." Xu Qingfeng accepted it calmly, and said to the two: "By the way, County Magistrate Wang and Captain Lin, you guys are here just in time. Brother Wei Guo and I are planning to go out of the city to take a look at the surrounding terrain, in case of emergencies .

I wonder if you two can come together and help us lead the way. "

Lin Bao immediately nodded in agreement and said: "No problem, if you have anything else to do, just ask Mr. Xu."

Wang Youcai also nodded with a smile, "This is what we should do."

"Other things, there are other things, that is, the preparation of military rations and the recruitment of recruits. I also invite County Magistrate Wang and Captain Lin to take care of you."

Xu Qingfeng said.

"Mr. Xu, don't worry about this. I'll start raising food and pay later, and send people to the villages and towns below to recruit new soldiers." Wang Youcai nodded in response.

At that moment, the four of them rode out of the city hand in hand, and under the escort of more than a dozen guards including Chen Qifeng and Xu Hu, they began to scout the terrain outside Lujiang County.

After several hours of rest, Lei Xiong and Wang Changgui followed Xu Qingfeng's previous instructions.

With more than 50 reconnaissance platoon officers and soldiers, they rode out of the city and went to the area where the bandits were left behind to search and suppress.

Not long after leaving the city, they met Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and others who were scouting the terrain.

Lei Xiong and Wang Changgui glanced at each other, immediately rode forward in unison, and saluted Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and the others: "Report to Captain, Deputy Captain, the reconnaissance platoon is about to dispatch, please give instructions."

Xu Qingfeng looked at them, and said: "In addition to searching and suppressing those deserters, you have another important mission to dispatch this time.

That is, we must pay attention to guard against devils.

Especially the enemy's reconnaissance scouts, we must take strict precautions. Once found, we must kill them and do our best to protect our whereabouts from being discovered. "

"Yes!" Lei Xiong and Wang Changgui agreed in unison, saluted Xu Qingfeng again, then turned around and urged their horses back to the team, leading dozens of scout cavalry, roaring away.

After watching the reconnaissance company leave, Xu Qingfeng withdrew his gaze, pointed to the high ground in front of him and asked Wang Youcai: "County Magistrate Wang, what is the name of this high ground? Does it have a name?"

Wang Youcai looked in the direction he pointed and quickly replied: "Yes, this is called Sanlipo, which is a highland extending from the mountains on the east and west sides.

Because it is about three miles away from Lujiang County, it is called Sanlipo. "

"Oh." Xu Qingfeng nodded and said to Zhou Weiguo: "The terrain here is difficult, and it guards the road leading from south to north to the Lujiang River.

If there is an enemy attack, Sanlipo will be an important blocking position for us outside the city. "

Zhou Weiguo looked around, nodded and said, "That's right, this Sanlipo is not far from the county seat, and there are mountains and forests on both sides, so it is indeed a natural field stop."

"However, the most important thing is the strength of the troops." Xu Qingfeng turned his head, and said to Wang Youcai and Lin Bao, "Including the security team and the police, we only have less than two Type B battalions.

If the Japanese invaders attack on a large scale, it will be difficult to defend.

Therefore, the matter of recruiting recruits must be carried out as soon as possible, and I am afraid that there is not much time left for us. "

According to historical trends, the Japanese army should not launch a large-scale attack on the western Anhui region before the Battle of Xuzhou ends.

Historically, it was also an important anti-Japanese base of the 3rd theater in Jiangbei.

However, if the ghost knows that he is doing such a random killing in Hexian County, will he invite the ghosts in advance?

That's why Xu Qingfeng was so eager to recruit new soldiers.

Only if you have enough guns in your hands, can you resist the encirclement and suppression attacks of the Japanese army that may come at any time.

……

It is located in a village about [-] kilometers southeast of Lujiang River.

More than a dozen bandit soldiers who escaped from the independent brigade were looting the village.

Some people in the village rose up to resist and were shot dead by them on the spot, and the whole village was in chaos.

The rest of the people did not dare to resist, and were driven out of their homes by the bandits, and gathered under a big locust tree in the village.

The bandits left two people to guard them, while the rest were busy going from house to house searching for money, food, chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry.

A bandit caught two chickens and couldn't help laughing proudly: "It's still fun to be a bandit. The boss really can't figure out what kind of army and what day to fight against with those people?"

"That's right, our brother became a bandit, drinking in a big bowl and eating a big piece of meat, what a pleasure!" Another bandit also laughed wildly.

"Hurry up and snatch away the valuable and edible ones, and then take those good-looking girls away, let's have a good time."

While the bandits were shooting, Oshima Hirano was taking more than 60 cavalry scouts under his command to scout along a dirt road.

The more than 100 cavalry under him were divided into three groups by him, and reconnaissance was carried out to the west, north and northwest of He County.

He personally led more than 60 people, and he was in charge of the northwest direction where the independent brigade disappeared.

Before reconnaissance here, the cavalry under Oshima Hirano's command had already discovered the traces left by the independent brigade when they withdrew.

More than 60 devils were marching when they suddenly heard gunshots coming from the right front.

Oshima Hirano was startled when he heard the sound, he immediately reined in his horse and stopped, and a lieutenant and adjutant who was riding behind him said as if facing a formidable enemy: "Sir, be careful."

Oshima Hirano snorted coldly and said: "The gunshots are at least one or two kilometers away from us, why are you nervous?"

The second lieutenant adjutant lowered his head in shame, but Oshima Hirano ordered to the subordinates in front: "Warrant Officer Kameda, take someone with you immediately to see what's going on. The others will follow me."

"Hay!" The devil's warrant officer named Guitian responded, and immediately led more than a dozen leading cavalry, urging their horses to follow the sound of gunfire.

Oshima Hirano followed up with the remaining 50 or so main Japanese troops.

When they were less than 300 meters away from the village, Warrant Officer Kameda rode up to greet them, stood at attention and saluted Oshima Hirano, "Sir, there seems to be Chinese armed activities in the village ahead."

"How many people are there? Is it a regular army?" Oshima Hirano asked solemnly.

"Not many, it should be around the same class." Warrant Officer Kameda shook his head and said, "Look at the attire, it should be a bandit."

"Bandits?" Oshima Hirano narrowed his eyes when he heard the words, and he immediately thought of the battle at Feiyunling.

My heart moved: "Could it be the Chinese army who ambushed us?"

After finishing speaking, he immediately ordered several lieutenants and sergeants around: "Immediately circle around the village in front and attack at the same time, make sure not to let any one go.

But be careful not to kill all of them, it is best to capture a few people alive. "

"Hay!" Several Japanese military officers took orders in unison, and immediately split up and led others into action.

In the village, more than a dozen bandits had finished looting and returned to the big locust tree. They were forcibly arresting a few young female villagers, wanting to vent their animal desires.

At this moment, there was a deafening sound of horse hoofbeats. Several bandits guarding the perimeter looked around and saw a group of Japanese cavalry in khaki military uniforms, riding tall horses, waving bright sabers, roaring towards them. rushed.

"No, there are devils!" A bandit deserter was hit by a whistling bullet before he could finish his sentence, and fell down in response.

The other bandits were horrified when they saw this, and hurriedly turned around to try to escape, but it was too late.

Dozens of Japanese cavalry swarmed in from other directions of the village one after another.

Some ghost soldiers with light machine guns even shot at them with their guns.

A few bandits fell in response, while the remaining devil cavalry rushed forward brandishing sabers.

The remaining four bandits were scared out of their wits when they saw this, completely forgot to continue running away, and just froze in place in a daze.

However, this group of ghost cavalrymen who rushed over with their sabers did not attack them. They just chopped them down with the back of their swords, jumped off their horses, and captured them alive.

"Taijun, spare your life, spare your life!" Several bandits kowtowed like pounding garlic, and knelt down to beg for mercy.

At this time, Oshima Hirano came on horseback with several accompanying adjutants and guards.

A Japanese military translator, who had been prepared long ago, urged the horse forward, and asked in blunt Chinese, "Which part are you from?"

The leader of the deserters looked up and quickly told the truth: "Taijun, we are bandits from Feiyunling.

Because the cottage was breached by the national army and had nowhere to go, they fled here. "

The Japanese translator immediately turned around and reported to Oshima Hirano.

After hearing this, Oshima Hirano asked in Japanese: "Which army was the national army that attacked your mountain stronghold? Do you know?"

Where are they now? "

The Japanese translator quickly asked the deserter leader repeatedly in blunt Chinese.

The leader of the deserters shook his head first and said: "The little people don't know their numbers, but we, the masters, know."

"Where are your masters?" The Japanese translator immediately asked.

"The masters ran away with them." The leader of the deserters said.

"Which direction did you run?" the Japanese translator asked again.

"Go to the north." The deserter leader pointed to the north tremblingly and said.

(End of this chapter)