The New Ninth Regiment was making pre-battle preparations, and in the right rear of the New Ninth Regiment and the puppet army troops trailing, Kentaro Miyake was staring at the map, studying the current situation.

He accepted the order of Mineki Daisa, as the commander of the encirclement and annihilation of the Eighth Route Army, but two of the squadrons of his brigade had other garrison tasks and could not be rebuilt, and he only had half a brigade available.

In his opinion, the two regiments of security forces are far inferior to his two squadrons on the frontal battlefield, but these security forces are not the same.

Sometimes they are still very useful, just take this encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route as an example, they are more useful than their own two squadrons.

After all, what is needed for a large-scale siege war is a large number of people, and only a large number of people can form an encirclement.

In terms of the number of commanders, he is equivalent to the captain of the wing, the captain of the Great Zuo, which is the ultimate dream of many imperial army commanders.

As for the generals, I'm sorry, in the hierarchical imperial army, only those high-achieving students who graduated from Lu University are more qualified to be promoted to generals.

And if you want to become a general, the premise is naturally to do an excellent job in the position of Dazuo, so most of the position of Dazuo is occupied by these people, and there are very few promotions left for ordinary officers.

So for an officer like Kentaro Miyake, the wing captain is still very far away from him, and it's not bad to feel what it's like to be a wing captain now.

He also read the previous battle report and knew that this group of eight roads was not a rabble, so at the beginning of the operation, he was fully prepared, even if he had enough troops now, he was very careful, and he would never be as careless as Yoshida Masanobu.

And in his opinion, with so much effort and so many soldiers, he couldn't completely annihilate the opponent, and the battle would lose its meaning.

Therefore, when formulating the battle plan, he completely followed the basic tactics of the imperial army, advanced in three directions, and combed north like a grate.

After discovering the traces of the Eighth Road, he did not close the circle, after all, they formed a semi-encircled formation, and rash action was easy for the Eighth Road to escape in panic.

Therefore, he adopted the tactics of three-sided oppression, so that the Eighth Route could only break away from the north, and the imperial army in the north could not cooperate with his own actions because he wanted to seal the base area of the Eighth Route Army and cooperate with the strategy of the Northern Front Army.

However, if they drove this group of eight roads to their vicinity, it would not be a problem for them to dispatch one or two squadrons to cooperate with their actions in a short period of time, and their encirclement would be complete by then.

Now he blocked the other three sides, put pressure on the Eight Routes, and forced them to flee north, and he couldn't exert too much pressure to prevent the Eight Roads from directly breaking the net under the heavy teeth, and his plan would be completely bankrupt.

This degree must be grasped well, too loose will make the opponent detect the abnormality, too tight will be desperate, and the gang of security forces to carry out this plan is very suitable.

He only ordered them to follow the Eight Roads, don't let the opponent escape, the Eight Roads' defense of this group of security forces is much lower than that of the Imperial Army, so don't deliberately explain anything, as long as they perform in their true colors, they can achieve the effect they require very well.

His plan is progressing in an orderly manner, and Kentaro Miyake is very satisfied with the progress so far......

After the troops were ready, Zhang Yunfei directly ordered the troops to be deployed, and the reconnaissance members of the fifth company had already set off in advance and touched back to the garrison of the puppet army when they were resting.

At present, the new Ninth Regiment has not gone too deep into the Heishiling Mountains, and the puppet army behind them, as long as they keep the Eighth Route not completely out of their sight, it is still difficult for the Eighth Route to get rid of them.

Some people will think, isn't it possible to run on the eighth road, why don't you rely on speed to get rid of your opponent? In fact, it's really not like that, if he could run away, Zhang Yunfei would still be here with a calf, and he would have slipped away.

In fact, the eight roads are really not as fast as imagined, and the people of this era rely on two legs for transportation, and they have all been trained, and no one is slow.

And the Eighth Route Army can't keep up with nutrition, in fact, it is in a weak position in terms of physical strength, and compared with the speed of the puppet army, it really doesn't have any advantage, and the marching speed of the Eighth Route Army often relies on willpower.

So why can't Zhang Yunfei's New Ninth Regiment run at such a speed, is it because of willpower? That's not it, it's that the conditions don't allow it.

When tactical maneuvering, in order to be in a hurry, some people with poor physical strength can run slowly behind if they fall behind, and those with good physical strength can go first.

That way is not suitable for the current situation, and the soldiers who have fallen behind are not equivalent to giving them to the puppet army? If he dares to do this, he must be court-martialed.

This is also the reason why the running team result of the army is only the last place, and the actual combat is like this.

You can only count the fastest batch when chasing the enemy, and you can only count the slowest if you are chased.

Therefore, it is really not so easy for a large army to get rid of the enemy's pursuit, unless it is the kind of rout that does not care, and how many can escape is another matter.

Although the large army of the puppet army behind him has not yet entered the mountain, the vanguard of its tracking still maintains a close distance from Zhang Yunfei's troops.

A company of its vanguard was located exactly at the location of the mountain pass, and not long after the new ninth regiment marched towards the mountain pass, it arrived at the temporary camp of the vanguard of the puppet army.

At this time, several scouts who had been sent out before also returned from the path, they were all from mountain people, and they could cross cliffs and cliffs, let alone climb mountains and mountains, so this kind of reconnaissance mission was just right for them.

Seeing Zhang Yunfei, he made a detailed report on the situation they had detected, and the main force of this puppet army was camped not far from the mountain pass at this time.

The main force of the puppet army is stationed at the foot of the mountain less than three miles away from the mountain pass, and the vigilance of this puppet army is very high, they are closely guarded inside and outside the station, and the scouts dare not get too close, coupled with the time limit, they can't reconnoiter too detailed.

After listening to the scout's report, Zhang Yunfei held a telescope and looked at the mountain pass, looking at this highly vigilant vanguard of the puppet army, these guys were holding this place just to prevent their sudden attack.

Zhang Yunfei turned to Tie Dan beside him and said: "Tie Dan, Comrade Jin Gui, you two companies and a firepower platoon, go down from the ridge path on the left, bypass this vanguard force, you don't care about the other puppet army, the target is the regimental headquarters of the puppet army, after defeating this regiment headquarters, you will rush to the south all the way to me, you must tear a hole in this puppet army, don't feel sorry for the ammunition, when you encounter the enemy's resistance, give me concentrated firepower." ”

After listening to Zhang Yunfei's order, Tie Dan and Wu Jingui left silently with the troops, and after they left, Zhang Yunfei looked at the puppet army camp in the mountain pass, thinking about how to quickly solve the puppet army of this company.

Iron Egg can take a detour to climb the mountain trail and avoid the puppet army company in this mountain pass, but it will be difficult for their large army to cross it all.

They are considered the elite of the whole group, and it takes a lot of time to run through the trail.

And the whole group relies on climbing over the mountains to pass, which will take longer, and this is a sneak attack, not a mountain climb.

Although the puppet army is resting, they will not pay attention to their side in a short time, after all, they have been running for a day, and the Eighth Road is also a person, and they will be tired and need to rest, and they will not worry about the Eighth Road running for a while.

But when they recover their strength, they will also pay attention to the movements of their own side, their own time is not enough, and although they do not have any belongings, they still have bottles and cans, and it is more time-consuming and unrealistic to climb mountains and mountains by taking small paths.

From the point of view of operational efficiency, it is more cost-effective to fight from the mountain pass.