Chapter 602 Actions behind enemy lines

On the 19th day of the first lunar month, southern Sichuan ushered in its second spring rain, but this spring rain is obviously more comfortable than the previous one. The weather in early spring gradually warms up, and the bright sunshine that has been away for a long time brings spring in the true sense.

On the outskirts of Zizhong County, located north of Neijiang, there is a sparse but very desolate forest. The western official road connecting Chongqing to Chengdu just passes here. However, the official road has been disrepair for a long time and the road is rugged and difficult to walk. Passing business travelers prefer to choose the Chengdu-Chongqing railway line under construction. It is better to climb the terrain along the platform where the stones have been laid out than climbing the mountain. Now only local people familiar with the terrain will continue to take this shortcut official road.

Just after noon, behind the forest in the northeast, there was a group of soldiers wearing khaki uniforms scattered and squatted on the ground and busy. Each of these soldiers was holding an engineer shovel in his hand, digging small holes on the ground, and then stuffing pineapple-shaped mines into it.

More than a dozen soldiers were lying on the hillside near the official road, paying close attention to the movements on the south side of the official road.

A few minutes later, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the west of the official road, and soon several cavalrymen rushed towards this side, trampling on the flying dust. The people hiding on the mountainside waited for a while, and after confirming the identity of these cavalrymen, one of them quickly stood up and waved. The cavalry slowed down and climbed up the mountainside along the grass.

When the two people met, the cavalry led by the leader jumped off the horse skillfully, and then he could tell from his unkempt and dirt uniform that he was a company commander. An officer on the side of the mountain came forward, and the cavalry company commander simply saluted the man.

"Okay, we are on the battlefield now, and you didn't salute me, but you helped me. How about it, what's going on in the county?" From the officer's epaulette, it can be seen that he had the rank of major, and there was also a mottled and old Whampoa Officer Club badge on the collar. He was Shang Zhen, who had just been transferred from the teaching regiment to the 14th Cavalry as the battalion commander of the horse infantry battalion.

The cavalry company commander standing in front of Shang Zhen was also an old man in the first regiment, Zhang Zhizhong, who graduated from the third phase of Huangpu. Although after several wars, Zhang Zhizhong was still a young man, so he always had an instinct to work diligently and follow the rules. After hearing the battalion commander's words, he felt a little embarrassed on his face, and then reported: "I just personally confirmed that the advance teams of the Third Regiment of the Third Regiment of the Central Third Division and the Fourth Regiment have entered the county town. I believe the large army will arrive soon."

The advance team here naturally refers to the follow-up troops of the Central Third Division from Chongqing to Ziyang. Three days ago, Wu Fengling ordered the departure from Chongqing and all arrived in Ziyang within five days. This order was learned by the newly established Chongqing Intelligence Station of the Secret Service, including the march schedule and route, and was soon sent to the headquarters of the 14th Cavalry Regiment.

Wu Fengling had to rush to Ziyang in the shortest time, so he had to give up the unfinished but relatively flat Chengdu-Chongqing railway line in the east and choose to follow this dilapidated old official road.

This time, the Glorious Cavalry Regiment used its maneuver advantage and spared Luzhou and Neijiang without knowing it. It was to use their best combat methods to carry out a series of attacks and interceptions behind enemy lines.

Yesterday morning, the Second Regiment of the Third Central Division had passed through here successfully. The Cavalry Regiment had a good opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Not to mention that it could wipe out the regiment at least, it could at least defeat the regiment and never find the North again. However, Lin Wenlong calmed down and decided to take a long line to catch big fish. He didn't want one regiment, but wanted two regiments followed and most of the baggage troops, as well as Wu Fengling's own division headquarters.

Shang Zhen nodded slowly and said intently: "It seems that our work here needs to be accelerated. You should go to the North Regiment Headquarters and report on our situation. At most ten minutes, I will take people to the West Camp to stand by. Then everything will be implemented according to the original plan."

Zhang Zhizhong estimated it in his heart, and then said, "I understand. In fact, there is still plenty of time. The advance team of the Third Central Division has just entered the city and is looking for a restaurant to eat. It seems that the large army behind it still needs a meal."

Shang Zhen smiled and said, "We haven't had a meal yet. We'll have a meal after the meal. You go first."

Zhang Zhizhong was about to raise his hand to salute, but thought of the previous words, he quickly put down his hand again, turned around and returned to the official road and continued to go north.

Shang Zhen ordered his subordinates to speed up the action, and the last twenty landmines were quickly placed. Then he led the engineers to run down the hillside quickly, crossed the official road, and then climbed up the hillside to the west, and met the infantry battalion behind the hillside. His infantry battalion had already set up ambush points here, and hundreds of war horses were tied in the woods five hundred meters away from the rear, and four mortars were lined up and stopped a little in front of the woods.

At this moment, he patrolled the hillside and conducted the final inspection, arranged both the heavy machine gun and the light machine gun in the most appropriate position, and told the brothers to cheer up and be ready to do a big fight at any time.

There is a not-high pass north of the official road. Lin Wenlong's two cavalry battalions were ambushing on both sides of the official road. The soldiers carried carbines behind them, and the bullets were not allowed to be loaded. The battle later was not available. Although it was approaching noon, these cavalrymen were sitting upright on the grass, carefully checking their sabers.

Lin Wenlong was sitting on a stone outside the command post of the regiment headquarters. He held a whetstone and repeatedly polished his sword to ensure that it would be more effective when chopping.

At this time, Zhang Zhizhong came to the regiment headquarters and reported on the situation of the infantry battalion.

Lin Wenlong just nodded slowly and didn't say much.

The title of Glorious Cavalry Regiment will only be truly recognized in later battles, because this is the first time the cavalry regiment has adopted cold weapons to fight. All the actions before this were almost done by infantry riding horses, and they have nothing to do with the cavalry. Speaking of nervousness, even the regiment commander could not escape.

About half an hour later, Shang Zhen's scouts found movement in the direction of the county town. It was a pathfinder cavalry of the Beiyang Army. He knew that the Third Central Division was finally going to pass here, and immediately passed the news to the regiment headquarters.

The cavalry regiment was tense, and a battle was slowly beginning.

There were only more than 30 cavalrymen in the road exploration. These Beiyang soldiers sat on horseback, talking and laughing, but they didn't look like they were marching at all, but more like a trip.

The ambushing cavalry regiment was motionless and patiently waited for the pathfinder to walk over. These small characters were not worth mentioning at all.

Following the road-exploring cavalry, about a few hundred meters away, the headquarters of the Fourth Regiment of the Central Third Division was walking towards this side in a mighty manner. The leaders were about 300 cavalry, and behind them were a large group of infantry, with some baggage troops, heavy machine guns, cannons and military rations in the middle.

If you use a telescope to look further back at this time, you can see that the third regiment of the Central Third Division is almost close to the Fourth Regiment, and behind it are all kinds of baggage troops.

The nearly 3,000 troops lined up a long marching line along the official road. Wu Fengling was quite capable, or was eager to ensure that the order to arrive in Ziyang in five days was implemented. He did not let the troops fall behind along the way from Chongqing. Shang Zhen quietly poked his head out from behind the hillside and looked down on the official road below. The cavalry of the Beiyang Army was under his nose. He did not rush to take action. According to the plan, he had to wait until the Beiyang Army continued to move forward until he reached the pass 800 meters away, so that he could only swallow the enemy troops of the two regiments in one breath.

The Beiyang Army had never expected that it had entered an ambush circle. Not to mention that it was far away from the battlefield, the Second Regiment had walked in front and encountered no accidents before, so naturally no one would have thought that an accident would happen next!

In a blink of an eye, the Beiyang cavalry in the front approached the pass. An officer looked up at the hillside on both sides of the road and suddenly found a figure on the hillside. However, he did not take it seriously, but just thought that the common people nearby passed by. But not long after, he found that the figure was a little strange, as if he was riding on a horse, holding something in his hand.
Chapter completed!