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In the following days, the team kept moving forward with a daily mileage of 168 kilometers day and night, and finally reached the destination of the first stage after crossing two major provinces.

In this former dynasty capital, they split into two groups after a short rest. The three automobile battalions of the main force went all the way south from here, while the independent automobile companies of Huanghe and Marklov continued to advance eastward.

The two groups of people had different tasks. After saying goodbye, they started a new stage of the journey with each other's blessings.

After several days of long journey, the independent car company finally reached the neighboring province.

Since most of the cities in the province were occupied by the enemy, they were traveling with extreme caution. Even though there are not many warriors in the team, they still need to send some of them to scout the road they are about to pass.

The plateau is the main terrain of this province and is a typical mountainous plateau widely covered by loess. Moreover, there are many river valleys here, the landform is complex and diverse, there are many mountains, and the terrain is difficult.

When traveling in this environment, once the enemy discovers their whereabouts and is ambushed, the consequences will be disastrous.

Huang He also tried to contact all levels of the Eighth Route Army, but he had been away from his homeland for many years and was unfamiliar with the place. After a few days, there was still no progress.

The only good news is that before entering this province, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army had contacted the base area by telegram and informed that the independent automobile company would arrive in the near future.

With enough luck, they should be able to complete the mission without incident. But things did not develop in a good direction. Their target was too big, and it was difficult to keep an eye on concealment during the march.

There are countless bandits and traitors throughout the province.

Fortunately, most of the bandits are bullies who are afraid of the strong. Even if they are discovered, there is nothing they can do. Even if bandits of a certain size see such a large convoy, they have to weigh in their minds whether they can eat this batch of goods.

But traitors are more troublesome. Although they won't be in any danger immediately after being discovered by them. But these bastards who sell their ancestors for glory will contact their masters as soon as possible in order to get promoted and make money. If bitten by the Japanese, it would be a big problem.

Huang He knows one thing very well, that is, the current combat effectiveness of the independent automobile company and even their army is not as strong as imagined.

First of all, their apparent purge had just ended, and the generals and a large number of junior officers either went to the Lubyanka Hotel or were assigned to dig potatoes in Siberia.

Even though they are troops who have performed transportation missions many times, their combat experience is still not enough, and they lost the last war with Xiaozhi.

This independent automobile company does not carry any heavy weapons. In the event of a battle, it only has two 82mm mortars that can be used as supporting firepower, and the effectiveness of the mortars is also limited by the terrain.

The gifts Huanghe prepared for the base area were just ordinary rifles. After all, what the troops needed now was large quantities and sufficient supplies. If an accident occurs, these weapons will be of little use.

Although they were extremely careful, on the third day after entering the province, their whereabouts were discovered by a group of idle traitors.

These traitors immediately divided their forces. Two of them went to contact the nearest Japanese, and the remaining three continued to follow the transport team at a distance.

After receiving the intelligence, the Japanese immediately dispatched a squadron of troops to prepare for an ambush.

I have to say that the enemy tactics in this era were very vicious. Ambushes were not as simple as in later movies and TV dramas. It was impossible for everyone to just find a place to lie down and be done with it.

Choosing a suitable ambush area is actually not an easy task.

In order not to alert the enemy, it would be impossible for the Japanese to ambush him. The whole convoy was hiding from them before it was too late, how could they take the bait.

Their staff officers analyzed the route of the transport team based on the existing known conditions. According to the orders of their superiors, more than 200 Japanese soldiers marched quickly to the canyon section where the transport team must pass to set up an ambush.

There is still some greenery in the canyon in early autumn, which is good news for an ambush party. After all, it is difficult to hide in the bare area.

It seems that luck is also on the side of the Japanese. The capacity of this canyon section is enough for the transport team to march in a normal formation.

However, it is difficult for the soldiers of the transport team to immediately form a combat formation when attacked, which prolongs the time required to change from a marching state to a combat state.

Moreover, the environment of this ambush area is very convenient for the Japanese to hide, advance and retreat, deploy and exert their firepower advantage. If it can be used rationally, it can greatly reduce the difficulty of the enemy's annihilation.

These cunning enemies guessed that the transport team must have arranged reconnaissance personnel, so they only deployed a few hidden observation posts and warning groups on the attack position.

The main force is arranged in the standby position located behind the attack position, which is connected by a hidden passage.

This can reduce the risk of exposure. It only requires that after the opponent's reconnaissance methods are used up, the large force can sneak to the attack position and prepare to launch an attack.

The core of ambush tactics from the cold weapon era to the hot weapon era where technical conditions are not very high has always been to block the head and tail and attack both wings.

The heavy firepower of the Japanese is used to divide the enemy's formation so that the head and tail of the transport team cannot see each other.

In addition, the mountain road is already very narrow. Once it is divided into several sections, after being attacked, most people can only hear the wails of their comrades, their morale collapses, and their combat effectiveness naturally collapses quickly.

Moreover, the Japanese staff officer in charge of this ambush was obviously a steady old devil. He did not have an advantage over me just because of the superior numbers. He was extremely afraid of this group of enemies with unknown power.

Under the old devil's arrangement, they formed a pocket-shaped ambush circle. On the premise of not affecting the combat effectiveness of the flanking unit, tail attacking unit and blocking unit, he was steady and even prepared a reserve team.

This reserve team of more than a dozen people is always ready to support the battle of the front combat unit or deal with unexpected situations. The only thing that dissatisfied him was that the terrain on the left side of the canyon was steep and difficult for ordinary soldiers to go up.

In the hidden standby position, a lieutenant squadron leader looked at the watch on his wrist and said to the Japanese beside him: "That group of unknown enemies should arrive in half an hour. Everyone is ready to fight!"

He waved to the correspondent not far away and said, "Is there any new news?"

After hearing the words of his squadron leader, the Japanese trotted forward and said: "I haven't reported to the squadron leader yet!"

While the two were talking, Makarov's transport team was approaching the canyon.

As a veteran, his hunch told him that there might be problems in the canyon ahead. So he ordered the troops to temporarily stop advancing and wait in hiding, and sent twice as many reconnaissance personnel as before.

Seeing that the transport team suddenly stopped, Huang He, who had little combat experience, walked up to Makarov and asked, "What happened? Why did it stop?"

"Nothing has happened yet, but the canyon ahead is suitable for an ambush. It would be too dangerous to enter rashly."

Although time was short, the Japanese did not lay any landmines. But they tried their best to deal with the plants, soil, and ground along the road.

An hour later, everyone in charge of the investigation came back. After careful inspection, they determined that the canyon was not dangerous.

At this time, the Japs were already preparing for the attack. Just as the lead vehicle entered the canyon, more than two hundred pairs of malicious eyes stared at them.

The Japs aimed their weapons at these trucks, waiting for orders from their superiors!