It was a gloomy day, as if an autumn rain was about to come, Tojo Iwa looked at this day, he was in a terrible mood, he had been staying here for several days, and after Yukio Kasawara took over the command, it seemed that he had forgotten him, and he couldn't pull down to ask for the next order.

Tojo Rock took a glass of wine and drank it down, he didn't understand why everything was so good, why just because of Lin Junxiong, the situation in the Northeast had changed and become beyond his control.

Feng Zhanmei looked at the map and said to Wang Lianfang and Zhang Rubi: "Lianfang and Rubi, how are they prepared?" ”

Wang Lianfang said excitedly: "Commander Feng, originally Tojo Iwa led the team to reach our layout area one day further, but it suddenly stopped, causing us to spend another two more days on the layout, everything is in order, just wait for the commander to give an order." ”

"Commander, my side is also ready, and the ships that will be withdrawn from the tributaries of the Songhua River after the third turn are also ready, Commander, you can rest assured." Zhang Rubi also replied happily.

Feng Zhanmei took out the battle situation of the five columns she had just received, "The five columns launched a multi-directional formation to eliminate a multi-division of the Japanese army, and the previous commander-in-chief took the first column and the second column to also beautifully eliminate the elite 62nd division of the Japanese army, and then it is the turn of our six-column Shuanglong Ghost Formation to show its might, you two immediately go back to prepare, and launch the Shuanglong Ghost Formation on time at 5 o'clock in the afternoon!" ”

Tojo Iwa shook the wine bottle and threw it out, "Yaga, come here, bring the wine!" ”

No one came in for a long time, and Tojo Iwa had long forgotten the order he had personally given not to disturb anyone, until he shouted a few more times before an officer walked in with some fear.

Before Tojo Iwa had time to reprimand, another Japanese officer hurriedly ran in and reported: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, thousands of New First Army have been found in the left rear, which is breaking through our army's defense line and advancing in the direction of Changchun. ”

Could it be that this group of new first army is going to attack their rear, several divisions of Kasawara Yukio in Changchun are about to set off, if they do not stop it, this group of new army ambush caused a lot of sacrifice to Kasawara Yukio, and his situation in the Kwantung Army may be worse, although Tojo Iwa is very dissatisfied with Kasawara Yukio, but at this time he does not dare to be confused, he immediately ordered the small division to go to pursue the thousands of new army.

After the order was given, Tojo Iwa scolded the officer who was the first to be called in, told him to go and get some wine, and by the way, he went to find a few flower girls nearby to accompany him.

Half an hour passed, Tojo Iwa was waiting impatiently, and was about to call someone, when a Japanese officer ran in: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, Kuroiwa-kun was attacked when he went out, and a large number of new troops were rushing from the right front. ”

A large number of new armies? Could it be that the new 1st Army in the left rear was just a façade? Tojo Iwa stood up and almost stumbled and fell, "Order the Yamaguchi Division to go and block it, and if the other side is not large in number, you can search and pursue it vigilantly." ”

After Wang Lianfang led the 111th Division to break through the Japanese defense line in the left rear, he marched two kilometers in the direction of Changchun before stopping, and only when the Japanese army of about a division pursued him, he ordered the troops to turn left and march to the left front of the Japanese army.

In order to ensure the safety of the pursuit, Xiao Xingdong, the division commander of the Xiao Xing Division, was marching close to the route that had just been pursued, and Xiao Xing decided that if this group of new troops, as long as they did not march in the direction of Changchun, no matter what tricks they played, they would not be dispatched, so as not to fall into the ambush trap.

To Xiao Xing's surprise, this group of new troops did not seem to have the intention of seducing them, but kept a distance from them, he ordered the soldiers to move forward ten meters, and the new army retreated ten meters, and when he ordered the troops to retreat ten meters, the new first army advanced another ten meters.

The two sides kept their distance like this, and Xiao Xing saw that it was still less than two kilometers away from the base camp, and he ordered the troops to launch all their firepower, so that the huge movement on this side was known to Tojoiwa, and then sent troops to copy the rear road of the new 1st army.

Tojo Iwa was supported by his subordinates, and was pursuing the New First Army from the right front to harass the large army, and he was still a little puzzled, but when the reconnaissance unit learned that the new First Army was only more than 5,000 people, he sent a reconnaissance team to open the way in front and personally led the large army to pursue.

To Tojo Iwa's frustration, when he chased five kilometers to the right rear of the original large army station, he found that the new 1st army had turned around and marched to the right front, so that it seemed that he wanted to stop with them and contact the troops of Koyuki Togashi, but he learned that he had reached the left front of the original large army station.

The Tojo fire was so big that the cunning New First Army did not stop at all, making the superior artillery fire of the Japanese army even more useless, so he ordered Koyuki Tocho to continue the cautious pursuit, and find a way to send a blocking force to block it, and then use the advantage of artillery fire to annihilate this New First Army in one fell swoop.

When he was about to arrive near the base camp, he was overjoyed to see that the new army showed no sign of retreat, but he suddenly received an order from Tojo Iwa, and he became a little inexplicably irritable, and immediately ordered a wing to come forward and bite the new first army on the opposite side, and then concentrate artillery bombardment.

But what made him depressed was that the wing had not yet rushed up, the new first army on the opposite side withdrew to the left rear again, and the wing that was pressing up was nearly a kilometer away from the large army, Wang Lianfang ordered an all-out attack, and the pressing wing suffered heavy losses, and when Xiao Xingdong led the large army to follow, the new first army was already one or two kilometers away.

Xiaoxing Dongchang pursued all the way, and the new army in front of him was two kilometers away, one kilometer away, and two kilometers away, but he was not in a hurry to get rid of them, and the artillery could only continue to follow helplessly, waiting for the opportunity to show its might.

Tojo Rock's life was not easy, the new army in front of him was always far and near, and as long as the pursuing troops he led were a little careless, there would always be an attack on the side, and when they chased out, they lost the trace of the other party, and unconsciously deviated from the original station by nearly 500 meters during the pursuit, and he didn't feel it.

Tojo Iwa watched the sky gradually darken, a little anxious, although this group of new army did not seem to be in a hurry to escape, and also gave him a chance to eliminate, but as long as it was night, he had no certainty of victory, and he had to find a way to stop the new army that had fled in front, and then surround it, even if it could not be completely eliminated at night, it could also be wiped out by artillery fire, and then annihilated in one fell swoop until dawn tomorrow.

After thinking about it for a long time, Tojo finally thought of a solution, he ordered the troops to divide into two groups, one with an artillery brigade and heavy weapons, move 200 meters laterally in the same place to deploy defenses, and when the new 1st Army fled along the original route again, immediately block the attack; The other team went into battle lightly and continued to chase fiercely.

When he discussed his combat ideas with several officers, one of the officers withstood Tojo Iwa's fierce gaze and expressed his worries, given the cunning of the new 1st Army in previous battles, the troops were scattered, and whether they would concentrate their superior forces to fight back.

Tojo Iwa first sent back the news from the reconnaissance team that there was no large number of troops assembled three kilometers from the left and right sides of the original station, and told everyone again, and then said very proudly: "Isn't the cunning Shina people often suspicious of the army?" This time, we also taught them a lesson, and in the course of our pursuit, we can create some momentum to make them think that we are still chasing with a large force. ”

"In addition, even if we are divided in two, one force still has more than 8,000 men, and if they dare to stop and attack, the pursuing force can bite them to the death, and the other force will outflank them from the outside and form an encirclement. Do you still have any doubts? ”

None of the officers dared to squeak anymore, and Tojo Iwa nodded with satisfaction, "Then it's decided, Kuroyan-kun, you lead people to continue the pursuit, you can use some branches or something to make a noise along the way, or you can order the grenadier troops to occasionally throw grenadiers, be sure to chase them to the breaking position, I will be here with heavy weapons and artillery, we must surround them before dark." ”

When he received the order, he was about to ask Tojo Iwa to stop the pursuit before dark, so as not to fall into the trap of the New First Army. Can the new army be fooled so easily? If the encirclement could not be formed in time, this new army would have been able to escape in the night.

He didn't want to do these useless work, it was better to let the troops go to the original station to defend, wait for the next day to make plans, when he telegraphed his doubts and thoughts to Tojoiwa, he was greeted by Tojoiwa, who scolded him and ordered him to resolutely carry out the order.

Koyo knew in his heart that Tojo Iwa could no longer bear the shame of encountering the new army but could not eliminate it, and in the face of the current predicament, he needed a victory to prove himself too much to win back the trust of the top brass of the Kwantung Army Command. As the descendant of Tojo Iwa's troops, the division of the head of the small line naturally wanted to maintain his majesty, and the head of the small line immediately made arrangements according to the orders of the east Iwa.

Zhang Rubi looked at the clumsy camouflage of the Japanese army behind him, and couldn't help but want to laugh, in this rather humid climate, those branches not only could not contain any dust, but became an obstacle to the Japanese army's progress, increasing the fatigue of the Japanese army. And the explosion of shells from grenadiers, which could not be farther, was more like a comical performance by the Japanese army, and he ordered the troops to continue to advance according to the original plan.

The situation of the 111th Division led by Wang Lianfang was similar to that of Zhang Rubi, but Wang Lianfang decided to take a different approach, planning to make the Japanese army draw a tiger instead of an anti-dog, first find a suitable time to meet the attack, and then advance to a predetermined position to crush the Japanese army's attempt to destroy his own troops.

Feng Zhanmei was full of ambition, everything was going according to the predetermined assumption, the 111th Division and the 112th Division were like two giant dragons stationed around the two divisions led by Tojo Iwa, running continuously for nearly three hours, and also playing devils for nearly three hours, and now the Japanese troops on both sides have lost patience and are splitting into two, blocking and pursuing at the same time. But how could his six-column deployment be so long that the devil could get his wish.

He smiled at the political commissar beside him and said, "The first stage of the Shuanglong Opera Ghost Formation is hot enough, and it's time to hit next." Immediately after the two divisions were ordered to reach their positions, the signal was given, and the two artillery regiments immediately launched an artillery bombardment. ”