Fighting in a foreign country and performing reconnaissance missions will be extremely difficult, especially without a guide. Ordinarily, the Chinese Far East Expeditionary Force helped the Soviet Russians fight, and the Soviet Russians should be enthusiastic and proactive in providing all kinds of help. However, because Zhang Zizhong was very interested in The Soviet Russians were extremely distrustful, and as a result, people below them, such as Guan Xinxiang, not only failed to get Soviet guides for this operation, but even the maps were modified goods modified by the expeditionary force staff. Before Xinxiang and the others set out, the deputy chief of staff in charge of assigning tasks had already vaccinated them against the difficulty and made them mentally prepared. However, now, after just walking through a forest with difficulty, Guan Xinxiang still felt lingering fear. , the sound of gunfire was still ringing out behind them, which showed that the Japanese and the Germans were still fighting happily. Behind them, the road that was forcibly crushed was covered with various fallen trees on both sides. This also confirmed that their journey was not easy. What made Guan Xinxiang and his men feel numb was that they had left the base camp for less than four hours at this time. Because it is filled with numerous woods of varying sizes, the difficulty of passage can be imagined. Of course, because this area does not receive abundant rainfall, there is no such concept as a swamp, which gives both warring parties the appearance of woods. To provide cover for sneak attack opportunities, this is why Zhang Zizhong needs to strengthen his reconnaissance.
"Finally we're out, let's take a five-minute rest." Guan Xinxiang looked back at the way he came and took out the compass to check the direction. Guan Xinxiang said that in order to reduce the burden on vehicles and to help the troops clear the way, this section of woods is open to non-drivers. They came here on foot. It was the time when the autumn tiger was raging, and everyone was soaked with sweat. As soon as Guan Xinxiang finished speaking, except for him and his deputy Jia Yongliang, everyone else either collapsed on their seats or collapsed. Sitting on the ground, they all took the time to rest, "Map." Guan Xinxiang said to Jia Yongliang, and then asked Tu Song, the driver of a mandrill next to him: "Please tell me the mileage."
Jia Yongliang took out the map. Tu Song looked at the odometer in front of him and said: "One hundred and thirty-two."
"It took us four hours to walk one hundred and thirty-two. This is not good. Let's look and see if we went the wrong way. There should be a road here on the map." Guan Xinxiang said and leaned over to look at Jia Yongliang. The map held in the hand,
Jia Yongliang: "The direction must be good. It may be a little off on the road. Why don't you let Zhang Xuyun and the others look to the left and right."
Guan Xinxiang looked up and around, shook his head and said: "The road conditions are not good, let's forget it. If we get lost, it will take more time to find us. I think we will divide into three groups and keep a distance of five kilometers from each other and move forward together." .”
According to the intelligence provided by the Soviets, the German Second Armored Army was at least thirty hours away from Sabi at this time. Therefore, from Zhang Zizhong to Guan Xinxiang, they all set the reconnaissance scope southwest of Sabi. The area is five hundred kilometers away, and two more detachments are added to the second detachment to conduct warning and reconnaissance of the left and right areas. In Zhang Zizhong's view, he has already shown enough caution. It is precisely because of this guiding ideology. , so Guan Xinxiang’s reconnaissance plan for his detachment was to first rush to the reconnaissance point 500 kilometers away as quickly as possible, and then slowly advance. What he ignored here was that this was also what Zhang Zizhong ignored. That is, the German Second Armored Group will not march step by step like in a play. They may also send out a more mobile reconnaissance force before the main force.
The real situation is that at this time, about two hundred kilometers due south from the second detachment, a search force of the German Second Armored Army was heading towards the southernmost end of the road Guan Xinxiang and the others were looking for with the cooperation of Soviet guides. Come,
Five hours later, that is, around seven o'clock in the evening, after finally finding the road and starting the road march for three hours, Guan Xinxiang released the cordon and began to organize others to have dinner. The dinner was of course fast food, and the main meal was Instant noodles are served with a piece of lunch meat and a pickled cucumber. The appearance of Ouyang Yun really changed a lot of things, including military rations. Take instant noodles for example. In that time and space, instant noodles were not invented by the Japanese until 1958. Momofuku Ando truly invented the modern form and carried out industrial operations. Now, due to the needs of the military, Ouyang Yun not only tinkered with it early, but also in the Bingjun Special Zone, the instant noodle industry has become quite mature and has entered the private market. It has become a common commodity. As for luncheon meat, it first appeared in U.S. military camps, but now it has become a must-have food for Chinese soldiers when they march and fight.
The boiling water was boiled quickly. After marching for more than nine hours, it was a luxury to be able to eat a helmet of steaming instant noodles. While everyone else was happily eating, Guan Xinxiang hugged himself. He put his helmet on his face, put it into his mouth with a fork, looked at the map and said to Jia Yongliang: "We have to get to the target location before dawn tomorrow. Damn it, I didn't expect this road to be so difficult to walk."
"We are almost at the end of the road now. We don't know what the road conditions will be like. If it remains the same as before, we may not be able to reach our target location tomorrow morning." Jia Yongliang said,
"Maybe we can find a local to lead the way." Guan Xinxiang said and looked up. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, he glanced around, but could not find any trace of human habitation.
"It's hard to find. The Soviet Union is so big. No one lives in such a good place. It's really unreasonable." Jia Yongliang was sighing when footsteps were heard not far away. He and Guan Xinxiang raised their heads at the same time. I saw a student soldier running towards me huffing and puffing, and shouted from a distance: "There's something going on."
Guan Xinxiang immediately picked up the plastic bag in the helmet and threw it into the pit next to it. He knocked the helmet on his head and strode forward to greet him: "Zhang Xiaoxiao, what did you find?"
Zhang Xiaoxiao was running out of breath. He took a breath with his mouth wide open and shouted: "Germans, we found the Germans six kilometers ahead. There are at least four tanks, at least nine armored vehicles, and several more. A machine gun assault vehicle and a radio surveillance vehicle."
"The Germans came so quickly." Jia Yongliang was shocked,
Guan Xinxiang looked very calm and said: "It should be the German reconnaissance force." Then he called to his men: "Brothers, prepare to fight."
"Hit." Jia Yongliang asked,
"Of course, even if it is the main force of the Germans, we have to fight for a while. If it is really the main force of the Germans, we can also delay it for a while."
"Do you want to report it?"
"Let's wait and see. If it is just the German reconnaissance force, we will continue to remain silent. If it is the German main force," Guan Xinxiang took a deep breath at this point, then exhaled and said loudly: "Then we will fight. "