"How do you know that the horse thief has the upper hand?" Zhang Chi asked curiously.

"Listen to the gunshot!" Zhang Qinghu replied.

Zhang Chi listened carefully to the gunshots and nodded.

However, Staff Liang still said in confusion: "The gunshot... nothing wrong! Can you hear that the horse thief has the upper hand?"

"Staff Officer Liang!" Zhang Qingyu explained: "Horse thieves ride on horses, and they prefer to use short equipment!"

"Oh!" After Zhang Qinghou said this, Staff Liang understood... It is not convenient to use long equipment when riding on a horse, so the 38th cover in the gunshot should be the robbed side, while the box cannon and the gunshots made by Hanyang are more likely to be the horse thief side.

The box cannon and the gunshots made by Hanyang have obviously exceeded the 38th cover, so it makes sense to speculate that horse thieves have the upper hand.

"How is it?" Zhang Chi said on a whim: "Let's go and see if we guessed right..."

"Teacher!" Zhang Qingyu hurriedly replied: "These two armed forces are unknown, and it is unlikely that they are our army. In addition, it is at night again... it is better for us to ignore these idiots!"

What Zhang Qingyu said is of course reasonable. In the Expeditionary Force, the 38th-large militias were equipped with newly formed militias, and they were all trained in the area south of Shenyang. It was impossible for them to appear here, so it is obvious that neither side was armed by the Expeditionary Force.

If it was during the day, it would be understandable that the Expeditionary Force would drive the horse thieves away for the Heavenly Road, but it was night now, and Zhang Chi's convoy was still the command center of the New First Division... If there was a mistake in the dark, it would be a heavy loss to the New First Division and even the entire Expeditionary Force.

Therefore, the rational choice is to just like Zhang Qinghu said, regardless of the other person's business, and wait until they finish the fight before passing.

But Zhang Chi shook his head and said, "Master thieves usually have contacts with the Japanese, and they are specializing in harming the people, and they don't keep any one!"

"Yes!" Chief Liang also nodded: "On this way, it can also establish an image among the people of the puppet Manchukuo State, and on the other hand, it can also establish authority among the horse thieves!"

"Yes!" Zhang Qinghu responded and immediately gave a few orders loudly.

He had previously suggested not to intervene in this battle for the safety of Zhang Chi and the division commanders, but it did not mean that he was afraid of fighting... In fact, he had more than 200 guards in his company, all of whom were elite soldiers and powerful generals. In addition, he was equipped with more than 20 semi-tracked armored vehicles and two "Stuart" tanks. Even if he encountered regular Japanese troops, it was no problem, let alone scattered soldiers such as horse thieves.

But having said that, Zhang Qinghu still carefully formulated a combat plan.

From the map and the guide, he learned that there was a plain in front of him... The guide was actually the Northeastern soldiers who were familiar with the terrain in the army. In order to better fight, Zhang Qinghou transferred several from the 53rd Army.

Then Zhang Qinghou ordered five armored vehicles on the left and right wings to cover the concealed encirclement... The so-called concealed encirclement means to sneak slowly without turning on the lights, so that it will not be exposed at least because the motivation is too loud.

The main force covered Zhang Chi and the command center approaching the enemy from the front... This mainly ensured the safety of Zhang Chi and the command center. More than ten armored vehicles and two "Stuarts" were placed on the front. No horse thief had great skills, but he was afraid that he would not be able to pose any threat to the command center.

Then, as the gunfire became closer, each unit also reported that it had been in place. Zhang Chi ordered: "On the light!"

With a "ten" sound, the headlights of all armored vehicles and tanks lit up at the same time, especially with one or two searchlights in each direction, which instantly illuminated the dozens of two teams in the middle who were killing in the darkness.

At this time, Zhang Chi saw clearly that it was indeed a robbery incident as Zhang Qinghou said... Dozens of horse thieves were riding horses and carrying box cannons, and Hanyang were wandering around five carriages. The five carriages in the middle were obviously robbed, but their strength should not be underestimated. They surrounded the five carriages in a circle and fought to the death with the cover of the carriage. This made the horse thieves have the upper hand, but they had no choice but to do anything to them for a while. This can be seen from the few corpses outside the carriage.

At this time, Zhang Chi's convoy appeared and turned on the lights instantly, which surprised both sides of the battle. Some of the thieves habitually turned their guns in the direction of the light...

But how could the soldiers allow them to act rudely? They knocked these horse thieves to the ground with just a few shots... Under the light, I could see the enemy but the enemy could not see me. It would only take a few minutes to defeat a few enemies.

"We are the Chinese Expeditionary Force!" Zhang Qinghou held the horn and shouted at the group of people: "Everyone put down their guns, otherwise they will be killed without any consequences!"

Of course, the Expeditionary Force has this energy. You should know that they have dozens of semi-tracked armored vehicles in their hands, each with 12.7mm machine guns, mortars and howitzers. There are also two "Stuart" tanks. They temporarily stopped behind because they were worried that the motor sounded too loudly, and then they "rumbled" and caught up with them at full speed.

Such equipment and firepower can easily sieve everyone in the middle in just a few seconds.

But the problem is...

Under the light, the horse thieves cannot see these, and they cannot show their power. So the horse thief leader whistled, and the horse thieves turned their horses to flee to the north without lights... This is the usual practice of horse thieves. If they can beat them, they can fight. If they can't beat them, they can escape with the horses under their crotch. Because large areas in Northeast China are very suitable for horses to run, so many times they really can't do anything to them.

However, this time they were wrong, and it was a big mistake.

Before the horse thieves could run a few steps, Zhang Chi ordered: "Beat!"

In an instant, the bullets poured towards the fleeing horse thieves, and from time to time, several shells exploded in the group of horse thieves. The bullets and the screams of the shells passing by, the neighing sounds of the horses, and the sound of the bullets entering the flesh instantly intertwined into one piece. In just a few seconds, the fifty horse thieves, even the people with horses, were knocked to the ground.

After a while, the gunshot stopped. Under the light of the searchlight, the thieves who were still arrogant had turned into a bunch of broken limbs and broken arms. Only a few who were not dead were left on the ground, and sometimes a few injured horses neighed and struggled to stand up, but soon fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth, but only air was out but not in.

The people who were standing in the carriage were stunned by the scene. They were also veterans of guns, but they had never seen such terrifying firepower since they came out of their womb.
Chapter completed!