The engineer platoon safely passed the cordon of the first brigade of the 21st Wing, and the platoon commander He Jinhai breathed a sigh of relief, and when he set off from the position of the teaching brigade, he made a circle, and carefully crossed the Japanese cordon.
After the engineer platoon was far away from the first brigade, it shrank slightly and continued to move forward, according to the task given to He Jinhai by Zhang Wei, the distance that the engineer platoon had to drive was not close, after all, only by going farther away could the situation be discovered earlier.
In the field, the soldiers of the engineer platoon all stood up to relieve the fatigue when crossing the Japanese cordon, and when they crossed the cordon, they bent over and carried blasting canisters and equipment, not to mention the armed belts on their bodies, and they were bound to move after leaving the dangerous area.
He Jinhai did not urge the soldiers to strengthen their vigilance, except for a few vanguard soldiers who were at the forefront and were responsible for the early warning of the march, the rest of the soldiers were in a relaxed state of marching with guns.
The whole platoon is moving along the road, there is no need for a map, the road is the best guide.
That's good to fight on the side of the road.
Regardless of the offensive and defensive sides, as long as they look at the road and march to attack and retreat, there will be no problems, let alone get lost, walking on the side of the road, as long as there are obvious signs, it is a person who can go to the designated target.
"Platoon commander, where to put a sentry" The sergeant platoon of the engineer platoon was carrying a Zhongzheng rifle in one hand and said to He Jinhai that the meaning of sentry means that the whole platoon stops advancing and reconnoiters covertly.
"Walk a little longer, stay away, there are a lot of devils in this group, be more careful."
After He Jinhai crossed the Japanese cordon, he still attached great importance to this task, the farther he entered, the earlier the warning, which was related to the next battle situation of the entire second-line position, Zhang Wei before leaving, informed He Jinhai of the situation of the second batch of reinforcements of the Japanese army, a large number of infantry, equipped with artillery and automobiles, for such a strong combat force, for He Jinhai, the commander who led the team, how dare not pay attention to it, the veterans of the engineer platoon do not know these situations, and the soldiers listened to the words of the officer, When He Jinhai didn't give an order, the veterans were quite comfortable marching.
The engineer platoon walked another eight or nine miles in the field by searching and advancing, and He Jinhai and the platoon estimated that the distance from the second-line position was about 15 or 6 miles, which was converted into kilometers, and it probably looked like nearly nine kilometers.
He Jinhai ordered the whole platoon to stop advancing, take a short rest, he raised the telescope, observe the surrounding terrain, the distance of nine kilometers, not close, the surrounding area is still dominated by wild land.
He Jinhai looked at it for a long time, called for Paifu, and pointed to a field in front of him, where there was more vegetation.
"That's it, go over there and put down the guards, all spread out on the side of the road, and the vanguard is there."
"Yes" The engineer platoon should be on guard here, as a lurking area, the veterans of the three squads quickly entered a tense combat state, trotted up, looking for their own concealment positions, concealment should be dispersed, the concealment method of the engineer platoon is also according to the group as a unit, a group of three, concealed in one place, arranged in turn.
Most of these engineer platoons are veterans of the special service company of the former New 22nd Division, and many of them are veterans who enlisted in the army before the war, and served in the former army armored corps with Chief Du, and participated in the attack of the armored corps in the Battle of Songhu.
A small number of them were brought by Zhang Wei from Xuzhou, and their service time was not as good as that of those veterans of the armored corps, but they were not bad, they were all top-notch.
Most of the soldiers in this platoon had the lowest rank of first class, most of them sergeants and sergeants, and none of the lowest privates.
The speed at which the veterans of the engineer platoon changed from marching to combat state was very fast, and the neatness and experience of the veterans were quickly reflected in the process of conversion.
A platoon of people opened a distance of more than 200 meters, from beginning to end, leaning on the field next to the Nanbin Highway to hide.
The vegetation in the field, combined with the concealment on the bodies of the soldiers of the engineer platoon, could not be distinguished from a distance without looking closely, and the soldiers of the light machine gun group immediately took out their sapper shovels after entering the concealed area, and built simple light machine gun fortifications on the spot.
A whole platoon of men began their mission, staring at the Nanbin Highway, with Zhongzheng rifles, Czech light machine guns, flower machine guns and twenty rounds in their hands, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the Nanbin Highway with no end in sight on the flanks.
The vanguard on the march is also the head of the platoon when lurking, and has become the forefront of the whole engineer platoon, and the vanguard has the red flag of the engineer operation in his hand, and they are in the front, if they find an emergency movement, they will wave the conspicuous red flag to notify the comrades in the rear, which is a characteristic of the engineer unit.
He Jinhai lurked in the wilderness, and for the sake of safety, the area where the engineer platoon was hidden was more than 100 meters away from the Nanbin Highway, which was to prevent it from being too close and easy to be exposed, and there was no inconvenience in the observation of the engineer platoon.
"Tell the brothers, eat some dry food now, slowly, put two mouthfuls and quickly stare at the road, and don't sleep," He Jinhai said in a low voice.
The people of the engineer platoon had just settled down, and He Jinhai planned to let the soldiers have some food to fill their stomachs, although they did not move, but after a long time, the physical strength and energy consumed were not much less than that of mobile marching, and they were easy to get tired and sleepy without goods in their stomachs.
He Jinhai saw that there was no movement on the road, and while it was safe now, he hurriedly asked the soldiers to eat something to prepare for the future marking.
"Understood, platoon commander" The sergeant platoon is attached to He Jinhai's side, it is still the old rule, each squad is a three-person combat group as a unit to lurk and march, He Jinhai is next to his platoon personnel, the sergeant platoon is attached to a corporal herald, and the three of them lurk together.
There were no Japanese troops on the road, and the sergeant platoon attached itself and boldly ran backwards, taking turns to inform the soldiers of the lurking engineer platoon, and the platoon attached to the speed of the attack position during the training to inform them, and it only took a minute to complete the notification and return to the lurking position.
Taking out the dry food prepared by the cooking class, the soldiers of the engineer platoon swallowed it heavily, just this small amount of water to replenish energy, now it is latent, the water can not drink too much, eating is just to have enough energy when it is latent, to ensure the spirit, or to survive is not an exaggeration.
"Platoon leader, let's have some food."
The herald handed He Jinhai a piece of dry food.
He Jinhai held a telescope and kept observing, staring at the road.
"Okay."
He Jinhai took the dry food and stuffed it into his mouth indiscriminately, but the telescope in his hand was not put down, and his eyes were still staring at the road in the distance Read the URL: