Chapter 93 Meeting

"It's okay... It's okay, we won!"

After crossing the Datong River, Zhou Lusheng, who was lying by the river, relaxed his nerves for the first time, pulled out a cigarette that had been reluctant to smoke from the dry cigarette box. He looked at the soldiers who were taking a bath in the river by the river, slapped each other, and dredged in the water, and sometimes exposed their buttocks. They were using this kind of The way is to wash away the dirt on the battlefield so that you can return home cleanly.

At this time, the correspondent of the staff appeared, and Zhou Lusheng saw him far away. He held his back on his back against the kettle with one hand, and trotted through the rice field. From the pace of his trot, Zhou Lusheng immediately understood that it was a new order.

The correspondent of the division's staff jumped over from the rice fields.

"Little Jiangxi, what's the matter?"

"Report, Chief of Staff, please come over."

He showed his white teeth and wiped his sweaty forehead with his military cap.

"Who are you invited? Invite me?"

I'm just a small battalion commander. How can the chief of staff come to invite me?

"Yes, sir, please, and Feng Company of the regimental cavalry company said that you would arrive at the division headquarters in 15 minutes."

"What's the matter, don't you know?"

With the canvas belt fastened, Zhou Lusheng asked Xiao Jiangxi puzzledly.

"God knows."

Xiao Jiangxi shrugged his shoulders, and he was sweating all the way.

"Because, you know... all the messengers have been sent out. I guess it's a matter of retreating..."

"Impossible. The order to retreat is issued by the General Staff. Go in batches and synchronize with the withdrawal of the Northeast Japanese army. There is no decision-making power in the division!"

Although I don't know what it is, Zhou Lusheng still categorically overturned Xiao Jiangxi's speculation that North Korea's withdrawal and the withdrawal of the northeast are carried out simultaneously, and no one can take advantage of anyone. Just like now, the first batch of wounded people to withdraw to Jiangbei. I believe that in the northeast, the wounded of the Japanese army have also begun to retreat.

"Then I don't know, sir. Hurry up!"

When Zhou Lusheng arrived at the division headquarters, Chief of Staff Zhao Yizhi was not there. He was in the 186th Regiment. There are only some staff officers in the staff of the division headquarters, and no one knows why he is allowed to come here. Ma Fu, the commander of the division cavalry company, who was not tall but quite solid, was tidying up the saddle in the yard while taking out some barley from his pocket to feed the horse, panting and swearing.

"The dog said... withdraw the troops, withdraw them all motherly!"

Not everyone agrees to withdraw, but as soldiers, do they have any other choice but obedience? Obviously, there is no choice.

Walking to Ma Fu's side, Zhou Lusheng nagging as usual.

"It's true. We said that we would never retreat. We can't accept it, and the soldiers can't accept it. No matter how enlightened it is..."

A staff officer next to him laughed.

"What can't be accepted... I saw half of the people. After hearing the news of the truce, they were all happy. They were all happy, counting how much retirement they could get, um... Yes, the war was over, and the 1.83 million imperial guards finally completed the sacred mission... ...”

Listening to the words of the trainee staff officer, Ma Fufu sighed deeply.

"Maybe, but it's their business to get rid of armor and return to the field. Anyway, I'm going to stay in the army!"

No one answered. Everyone understands that if the war is really over, there may be many people who will return to the field. In the northeast, isn't your majesty ready for everyone? At that time... At this time, there was an intermittent rumble on the horizon, and more than a dozen planes slowly passed by, all of which flew north.

"These guys send four boxes of 18,000 bullets at a time. It's really difficult for them during this period!"

The trainee staff officer waved his hand in the air.

"16..."

In the past few days, in order to replenish ammunition for the troops in Jiangnan, the military headquarters has taken a lot of effort. In addition to using rafts to cross in the night, it also used planes to transport ammunition to them like ants moving.

At this time, a lieutenant colonel came in from outside the courtyard, and he went straight to the three people who were talking.

"Good, sir!"

When the three of them stood up and saluted, Zhao Yizhi just nodded. His mood was obviously not very good.

"Come in."

After saying a word, Zhao Yizhi didn't say anything and went straight into the room. His clothes are neat and indifferent. As usual, all the buttons, including Fengji buckles, are buttoned. There is a piece of paper cigarette between his fingertips, and the paper cigarette smokes from time to time. Then he didn't even look up at the two people he wanted to see.

Standing in front of the Chief of Staff, both Ma Fu was silent. And those staff officers, who seemed to be idle, almost subconsciously hoped that the chief of staff would be busy when they were present. Everyone had something busy there and might have finished, or they were looking for something on the map.

After a long silence, Zhao Yizhi looked up at the short and strong lieutenant in front of him. He should be the horse of the cavalry company, and the other one looked a little... Um, the beautiful one was Zhou Lusheng, the commander of the first battalion.

"Hocated Chief of Staff!"

Seeing the chief of staff looking at himself, the two raised their hands again and saluted before putting them down until the report was over.

Zhao Yizhi, who was originally sitting, stood up at this time, and Zhou Lusheng and Zhao Fufu, who were unknown, also stood up.

"Have you received the order?"

Zhao Yizhi's voice seemed a little harsh. As he spoke, he threw his cigarette butts on the ground, stepped on them with his feet, and then walked to the map of the wall.

"Look here."

As he spoke, Zhao Yizhi pointed to the map. A thick red line on the map ran through the map from left to south, from north to south.

"Sir, is this the retreat route...?"

Looking at the route, Ma Fufu said the number one. But when he was about to finish speaking, he realized that this was by no means a marching route.

Zhao Yizhi then took out another piece of paper cigarette. After he opened the paper cigarette, he took a deep breath and cast his eyes after spitting out the smoke.

"Do you understand?"

No one said anything, just looking at that line, who can understand how much?

"From tomorrow to the day after tomorrow, we will withdraw a regiment. The first trip is 38 kilometers. After gathering in Shaolitai, we will march forward with a column, of course, with patrols and guards. This is the arrangement for the withdrawal of troops.

The Chief of Staff's words are very refined, and every word is very clear. When he speaks, his eyes are always staring.

"The first battalion will stay on the spot and retreat with cover. Do you understand now?"

"Yes, sir!"

When Zhou Lusheng answered, Zhao Yizhi spit out a short and strong smoke, and then he squinted and looked at him.

"Bracks commander, how many horses are there in your battalion?"

Zhou Lusheng thought about this matter by flattening his military uniform, which did not seem to be a complicated task.

"There are 427 people who can fight, and if the wounded are included - a total of 445 people."

"Where's the equipment?"

"Two Type 02 Maxim heavy machine guns, nine light machine guns, and nine 60 mortars."

"Where are the shells?"

"About 50 pieces."

"Where are the bullets?"

"The average heavy machine gun has 250 bullets, the light machine gun has 130 bullets, and the rifle has about 25 bullets. Sir, I hope to get at least one base supplement!"

Zhou Lusheng said unhurriedly that this task did not seem to be complicated. The other side and I have reached an agreement. The troops here are withdrawing across the river step by step. Even if they are responsible for covering the main force retreat, there should be no battle.

How should I convey this order to the soldiers? They are even ready to go home... Well, anyway, they will go back a few days later.

"Well, I'll give you five cardinals..."

Zhao Yizhi generously gave him more ammunition.

"Ah... it's... it's sir."

In the face of sudden generosity, Zhou Lusheng was scared. If it is a base, this is a normal task, but five bases, which is even more ammunition than they carried when they entered the court. What does sufficient ammunition mean? It means that an unimaginable battle can break out at any time.

Will there still be a war here? He said to me? Then why are you still retreating? Countless questions emerged in Zhou Lusheng's mind, but he understood that if the officer did not explain, what he needed to do was obey the order.

"As for..."

Zhao Yizhi meditated for a while and turned his head to look at Zhao Fufu beside him.

"Your task is..."

His hand drew a line on the map, and then stared at Zhao Fu.

"Meet the friendly forces here!"

Between the mountains in the south of Pyongyang, Zhao Fuyu, who was riding a horse, had already ridden his Don horse. Like the Russian cavalry, the Chinese cavalry also rode the Don horse. Even in order to show the "friendship" between China and Russia, the Russian Empire also gave China 3,000 heps and 400 stallions a month ago, and The Chinese ambassador to Russia bought nearly 30,000 war horses in and around Russia. Perhaps it is precisely because China's excellent war horses are far inferior to other countries that the army unswervingly promotes the "carization" of the army. The price of a good war horse is equivalent to a car, but the war horse is a fragile product. Therefore, the Chinese cavalry company is often the only "mobile force" of the infantry division.

Although Zhao Fu's son is not tall, he is strong with a tiger's back, a bear's waist, a round face and thick arms, and he looks brute forceful. At this moment, he rode on a black Don horse and issued a simple battle order to the brothers of the cavalry company:

"Check the equipment! Tighten your belt! The horse knife comes out of its sheath! Load the bullets! Get on the horse!"

After a chirping and friction sound, the soldiers flew on the horse and sat on the horse's back. In any guard unit, the cavalry company, like the search battalion, is the elite battle reserve of the infantry division. Since the beginning of the war, they have not participated in several battles. The soldiers are in the barracks in the stable circle, listening to the sound of gunfire from the front line, which has long polished the hearts of these cavalry with horse head armbands on their shoulders and arms. Dreaming of galloping in the land of North Korea and breathing the air of North Korea on the war horse!

The military action to be carried out by the cavalry company today is the responsibility and glory of the soldiers. In addition, every cavalry hopes to do something practical in this war. After all, until the withdrawal of the army, they are just spectators.

most of the soldiers recognized the company commander's pre-war mobilization at noon. They believed that this expedition was not to go deep alone, but to make peace with the friendly army, and then lead the friendly army to withdraw from the position. All this is to give full play to the characteristics of the cavalry's rapid mobility. Although there may not be fierce fighting, at least it will let them get " When the "Battle Memorial Medal", you won't be ashamed because you are a visitor!

As for why only a small number of cavalry were sent to carry out this injury? The answer is that it is a secret operation to lead friendly troops into the square position, so it must be carried out secretly. If everything is carried out according to the predicted action plan, there will be an important turning point on the Korean Peninsula.

Before leaving, Zhao Fu received a strict order: "If you encounter the Japanese army, you can't avoid it. Be sure to completely anniperform the enemy!"

Liu Kunpeng led Zhou Shaoling, Shaoju Brothers and the translator sent by the company commander. He wore the uniform of the Guards, rode his own war horse, and took the lead in front of the cavalry company. The task of the four of them was to guard the guard along the way as the top soldiers of the whole company. After passing through a valley, they shot a safety signal bomb into the sky.

"Keep the formation of the whole company and start closely!"

Seeing the safety signal, Zhao Fufu raised his right hand with a whip and issued a marching order.

The cavalry company is about 120 people. Each of them has a trail gun on their shoulders, or a submachine gun on their shoulders, and a Russian-style Chasik military saber on their waist. Except for the sound of horses' hoofs in the march, no one in the cavalry made a sound during the march, which seemed extremely solemn and powerful.

Although the Japanese army never appeared in the place where the cavalry company attacked, and it was dark, the soldiers of the whole company were a hundred times more vigilant and drove their horses slowly, and no trace of the enemy was found along the way. When they arrived near Shaolipu, the sky was already slightly bright, and the cavalry companies that marched overnight immediately concentrated behind the forest near the valley. At the same time, they sent two fast horses to spy on the deployment of the blockade trenches near Wujiafen.

Liu Kunpeng and others walked at the head of the cavalry company. During the march, their lips were always closed, their eyes were slightly narrowed, their heads were slightly lowered, and their bodies fluctuated rhythmically with the horse's progress. If it hadn't been for the hands clenched the reins of the horse, they would have thought he had fallen asleep on the saddle.

Today, I was ordered to go on an expedition to complete a seemingly ordinary task, but Liu Kunpeng had a different feeling in his mind. According to Liu Kunpeng's previous words.

"Being a soldier is like drinking cold water. What do you think? If you have food, you can eat and drink. If you sleep, you can fart. The two armies meet and wield a knife and kill people on the battlefield. Live!"

But now, although he is riding on a horse, what he is thinking about is this task. This task is full of bitterness. At this time in his heart, he looked behind him.

The brothers are all riding on horses and shaking, calming down and have nothing to worry about. In the team, there is a quiet guy who doesn't look like a soldier at all. That guy was brought by the company commander from the division. He said what kind of translation he was. When he went abroad to fight, there was always a lack of translation. However, in North Korea, it seems that there is no need for translation. You can meet at least dozens of North Koreans who can speak Chinese when entering a village and every store. Those North Korea's old official words are more clever than his own.

But why do you have to send a special translation? There are ancient monsters in this mission, just like the military uniform in the package. It is Lao Maozi's military uniform. Why do you have to prepare Lao Maozi's military uniform? Even if the brothers in the company change into Lao Maozi's military uniform, it doesn't look like Lao Maozi.

The cavalry company rested behind the valley forest and waited for the news of the army. Only then did they open their eyes and asked Zhou Shaoling alertly.

"Where have you been?"

"It's almost close to Wu Shuli, monitor."

When answering, Zhou Shaoling rode his horse and drove side by side with the monitor, while Liu Kunpeng looked at the mountain forest in the distance and couldn't help muttering in his heart. There seemed to be something wrong in the forest.

Liu Kunpeng called Zhou Shaoling and other brothers to get close and said.

"This place is strange. If you get angry for a while, I'll stand it. You two, protect Officer Chen all the way to send a letter to Lianli. Now it's scattered and ready to respond at any time..."

Just as he was talking, Liu Kunpeng saw a light flashing from the edge of the forest in front of him. As soon as he took the gun off his back, the interpreter who had been following the three of them took a few steps forward and took a flashlight to signal forward.

"Is it a friendly army?"

"Ban Chief Liu, don't worry, it's a friendly army!"

In the morning, two horses rushed out of the woods, and the translator also rode over.

In the woods, a soldier in a guard uniform rode on a black horse, looking at the front with bright eyes and looking at the people over there.

"Is it them?"

When he muttered in his heart, Mannerheim frowned again, and then looked at the subordinates of the 52nd Cavalry Regiment behind him. The officers and soldiers of the 52nd Cavalry Regiment were all from the Finnish Dominion like him. The reason why they accepted this mission was because of their excellent performance in the Battle of Fengtian, although now Finland A riot of reading broke out inside, but this time it did not affect Mannerheim's desire to continue to be loyal to the Tsar. The 52nd Regiment is still fighting as bravely as in the past, for Russia and also for Finland.

After connecting with Major Ivan, Chen Mukang followed him to the woods. When the three of them reached the edge of the woods, a Russian colonel in a guard uniform rode out of the woods.

"Hello, Mr. Colonel!"

Mannaheim is just a nod symbol of the surname. To a certain extent, although I admire these Chinese people for not being able to fight back, on the other hand, he still hopes to maintain his European arrogance, especially he is still a noble!

"According to the instructions of our country, we will lead you into the region, but..."

The other party's arrogance was in Chen Mukang's eyes. He just sneered in his heart, but there was still a smile on his face. After all, he wanted to send these Russians to cause trouble to me.

"Mr. Colonel, since we will be a teacher! I think you can change your military uniform now!"

After giving an order to the chief of staff in Finnish, Mannerheim muttered in his heart that these Chinese people were really extremely cunning. They reached an agreement with him on one hand, but sold him on the other hand. Be careful when dealing with them in the future, so as not to be sold by them and counting votes for them that day. !

(to be continued)