The next morning, Luo Yue led the entire army from Weihaiwei and advanced towards Qingdao.

There are no special official roads from Weihaiwei to Qingdao. This is mainly because before Germany rented Qingdao, Qingdao was just a small fishing village and not a developed area. Naturally, it would not be built here. However, there are still some paths that can be connected. Although these paths are narrower and more rugged than the official roads, it is not difficult for the army. The three warrior cars accompanying the army were designed for off-road, so it is no problem.

Luo Yue distributed one of the warrior cars to the control team of the unmanned helicopter to take a ride. When the unmanned helicopter was not in use, it was parked on the top of the warrior car. The other two warrior cars were used to carry the supplies of the army, allowing soldiers to march lightly.

The maximum load capacity of a warrior car is 1.75 tons. If it is a towing truck, it can drag a weight of 2.5 tons. Two warrior cars can carry more than 3 tons of supplies. For an army of 450 people, an average of 70-80 kilograms of supplies can be allocated to each person. This carrying capacity is quite considerable. Generally speaking, the items that a soldier can carry are 20-25 kilograms.

Luo Yue used the Warriors as a truck instead of used as a reconnaissance maneuver, mainly because the Warriors themselves carry limited fuel, and his own troops also have unmanned helicopters and a cavalry platoon, so the reconnaissance force is sufficient, so there is no need to use the Warriors.

As the vanguard of the entire army and for the first time to conduct long-distance combat, Luo Yue certainly did not dare to be careless. During the march, he had to release drones every five hours, each flight for about half an hour. The reconnaissance force had an area of ​​20-30 kilometers. Once an abnormal situation was found that it was difficult to judge, he would send a cavalry squad to reconnaissance. When camping at night, he would also leave enough night watch soldiers and patrol squads at night, and expand the defense area to 5 kilometers away.

After marching for five days in a row, the troops walked for about 260 miles and arrived at Changzhiji, northwest of Jimo County. However, there was no situation along the way. However, it was less than 60 kilometers away from Qingdao area at this time, so Luo Yue did not dare to be careless.

Just around 11 o'clock that night, the WB-5 unmanned helicopter took off to reconnaissance. This time, through the night vision camera on the helicopter, it was found that a small group of suspicious people were moving about 10 kilometers southwest of the camp, with the number of people ranging from 10-12.

This immediately aroused Luo Yue's alertness, so he immediately ordered Chen Tao to lead a platoon to attack, and under the guidance of the drone, approach the group of suspicious people, find out their identities, and if it is the German army, it will be annihilated on the spot. Of course, it is best to catch one or two survivors. Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei are both time travel soldiers, and they are equipped with night vision goggles, which is naturally a great advantage in fighting at night. A platoon of 40 people is completely enough to deal with this suspicious group.

So the two led the troops to set off. Half an hour later, there was only a burst of gunfire coming from the southwest direction. However, the gunfire lasted not long, and only lasted for a few minutes. The gunfire ended. 20 minutes later, Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei led the team back to the camp to report to Luo Yue. The group of people discovered by the drone was indeed the German army.

It turned out that when the two led the team to approach, the German army was camping. They originally planned to surround the German squad and strive to wipe out the entire battle, but on the one hand, it was night combat, and only Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei had night vision equipment, so the other soldiers could only operate in the dark; on the other hand, the new recruits had insufficient experience and qualities, and the siege was not formed, which alarmed the German army. So the two sides immediately launched a fierce firefight. However, because both sides fired in the dark and could not shoot accurately, they could only shoot blindly, and there were basically no casualties between each other.

But Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei were equipped with night vision equipment, which was basically a plug-in. Therefore, when the two joined the battle, the situation immediately tilted. The two shot continuously and hit six or seven German soldiers in a row. When the other German soldiers saw that the situation was not good, they immediately retreated and fled the battlefield in the dark.

Because it was dark, Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei did not pursue it. They just came to the German army's camp to find out the results and searched the dead German soldiers, but only found some personal belongings of the soldiers, without any useful things. However, they could also be estimated to be a German army team responsible for reconnaissance and patrol missions. After all, this place is close to Qingdao, so it is reasonable for the German army to patrol and reconnaissance here. So Chen Tao and Ban Xiaowei ordered the personal belongings and the German soldiers to be buried on the spot, and marked them, but took away all the weapons and ammunition.

After returning to the camp, the two reported the battle process and results to Luo Yue. After listening to the reports of the two, Luo Yue was relieved. Although he did not capture the prisoners, he killed six German soldiers, and there were no casualties on his own, which was considered a small victory. So Luo Yue asked them to rest and continue to set out tomorrow.

However, encountering the German army means that his whereabouts have been exposed, so Luo Yue did not dare to be careless and decided to shorten the drone's dispatch to three hours a day. He also adjusted the distance between two of them on the left and right sides of the brigade to protect the brigade's flanks.

The next morning, the troops continued to set off. At noon that day, the troops advanced about 20 kilometers. At this time, they had entered the Laoshan area. The drone first discovered that there was a position composed of German troops in the Hualoufeng area, with a population of about 150-200.

In the old time and space, Laoshan area was considered an outer suburb of Qingdao City, less than 40 kilometers away from the center of Qingdao. Hualou Peak is located in the northwest of Laoshan, on the south bank of Laoshan Reservoir. It is one of the 12 famous scenic spots in Laoshan. Although it is not the highest peak of Laoshan, it is located on the necessary road to Qingdao. Of course, there is no Laoshan Reservoir yet, only the Baisha River. Therefore, it is also a very reasonable arrangement for Germany to set up a frontier position here. It can be seen from the fact that the Germans did not intend to block the crossings here, but only delay and involve the crossings' speed.

Since he discovered the frontier positions of the German army, Luo Yue immediately ordered the troops to stop on the spot. At the same time, he issued a report to the Army Command through the radio station and asked the command to allow him to attack the German positions. Because his troops were more than twice that of the German army, and if anyone was reconnaissance in the air, Luo Yue also had full confidence to defeat this German army and capture the German positions.

Not long after, Luo Yue received a reply from the command center, agreeing to Luo Yue attack the German positions, but asked Luo Yue to pay attention to the reinforcements of the German army in other directions. Bi Jing was very close to Qingdao. Although the German army had not arranged many troops in frontier positions, they might have arranged other troops elsewhere, but the German army's position was not captured, but instead they were attacked by the German army. If the German army had other arrangements, Luo Yue was asked to garrison on the spot and wait for the large troops behind to arrive for support.

After receiving the reply from the command center, Luo Yue immediately set up the arrangement. The Laoshan area was very vast, and of course not only had one road. Although the German position was located at Hualou Peak, it was impossible to defend all roads passing through Laoshan. Therefore, Luo Yue decided to send a company of troops to circumvent the German army from behind the German position.

However, there are two pre-capture conditions to implement this tactic. One is that there are indeed no other German troops nearby; the other is that they need to find someone to lead the way and detour behind the positions of the German army. Although the traveler has a map of the Laoshan area, the Laoshan map, which is almost 120 years later, only has a reference effect for now and cannot be used as a basis. It is necessary to have a guide in the local area. Of course, it is not impossible to find a road with a drone bundle, but drones cannot completely replace manpower after all, and some hidden roads are impossible to find.

Of course, although Laoshan is a mountainous area, there are still many residents. Therefore, it is not difficult to find a guide, but how to convince them to lead the way for the time traveling army. Although time travelers have the advantage of knowing it later, they are not really omnipotent, nor are they really turtle-like. As long as they shine, the residents in the mountains will lead the way with convincing hearts.

Moreover, from the geographical perspective, the surrounding area is very closed. I guess I don’t know much about external things, so I may not know anything about overseas Chinese. It may not be easy to find a guide.

So Luo Yue decided to take a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, he sent drones to conduct long-term reconnaissance to find any other German troops nearby, and also hoped to find a way to detour the way behind the positions of the Democratic Army; on the other hand, he sent the second company commander Chen Deye to take a few soldiers to find a guide. Because Company Commander Chen is from Shandong, he can speak standard Shandong dialect and use the friendship between his hometown, which is also a way to win the trust of local residents. At the same time, Luo Yue also reminded Chen Deye to be kind and not forced, and it is best to find hunters and medicine collectors. In addition, Chen Deye brought some food as a reward.

Other troops set up positions on the spot, guard and guard, etc. to prevent the German army from attacking. Don’t just think about fighting the German army, but instead they were caught off guard by the German army.

More than two hours later, the drone scanned the surrounding area of ​​the twenty-li Square Garden in detail, and it can be basically confirmed that the German army had no other troops nearby, and at least there were no more than a hundred troops. After all, drones are not omnipotent. If a small army of more than a dozen people hides in a dense forest or cave, it is impossible to discover the drone.

In addition, I did find several small roads that were around the back of the German army, but they were intermittent and the longest interruption was only about 3 kilometers, which is very reasonable. After all, this is the road in this era. If more people walk, it becomes a road. If no one walks for a long time, the road will be interrupted.
Chapter completed!