In order to be able to destroy the main force of the Japanese army, Li Hong did not care about his personal honor and disgrace, and the purpose of all these traitorous acts he made was just to let the enemy fall for it.

That night, the troops of the Third Army, having received an order to fight, made a detour from a hidden mountain road, and rushed to the area around Guanma Road to assemble in the starry night.

The 212 Brigade, the 103rd Division, the 113th Division, the marching routes of these combat units are very secretive, and they are marching at night, and the special scouts of the devils cannot detect the marching routes of the Chinese army at all.

The combat units of the Third Army built fortifications overnight to deploy their defenses in accordance with the passes and the dangerous and favorable terrain.

The next morning, an infantry brigade of the Japanese army marched to a distance of five kilometers from the town of Beigu.

The Japanese troops that arrived in Beigu Town were the 101st Infantry Brigade of the 73rd Division, and the brigade commander was Kurosawahara Taro.

When he was not far from the town of Beigu, Kurosawa Harataro did not dare to march rashly, and he asked all his troops to stop and stand by.

On this journey, Kurosawahara Taro was very careful, and he had scouts reconnoiter every possible place to hide ambushes.

If Li Hong asked the troops of the Third Army to set up an ambush on the way through Beigu Town, the cunning devils would definitely not be easy to fall into the trap, so Li Hong decided to go out of Beigu Town and ambush the devil troops again.

Kurosawa Harataro walked to a small raised hill on the side of the road, raised his telescope and looked at the distance of several kilometers.

Beigu Town gradually enlarged in the telescope's line of sight, the city gate was wide open, there were no officers and soldiers guarding it, and a row of conspicuous sun flags was planted outside the city.

Kurosawahara Taro continued to move the telescope to observe, and saw several people standing in the corridor of the city wall, one was Li Hong, and Shunji Ikeda, as well as other officers.

Shunji Ikeda took a few steps forward, picked up a sun flag in both hands, and waved the flagpole vigorously, as if he were sending a signal to the Japanese troops outside the city.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Kurosawahara Taro was overjoyed and relaxed his vigilance a little, it seems that Li Hong, who was guarding Beigu Town, was really bought by the Imperial Japanese Army.

"Yo Xi!"

Kurosawa Harataro raised the corners of his mouth to show a smug smile, and then, with a wave of his hand, he ordered the vanguard to march to Beigu Town.

"Vanguard, Forward !!"

More than 1,000 devils were in the vanguard, carrying weapons and running forward to the army.

Kurosawa Harataro was more cunning, and for the sake of prudence, he just asked the vanguard to go to Beigu Town to explore the way first.

The vanguard of the devils was unimpeded all the way, without any obstruction and resistance from the soldiers of the security regiment.

Subsequently, Kurosawahara Taro rode into the town with the rest of the troops.

"Welcome to the Imperial Japanese Army, Welcome to the Imperial Japanese Army!!"

Shunji Ikeda stood at the top of the castle, waving the sun flag and shouting excitedly.

Kurosawahara Taro, who was sitting on horseback, recognized Shunji Ikeda standing at the head of the castle, and immediately raised his hand to salute him.

Shunji Ikeda has the rank of Osa, while Kurosawahara Taro has the rank of major general.

There are clear rules for the rank and rank of the Japanese army, and it is indeed a rare thing for a major general to take the initiative to pay tribute to a big general.

However, when it comes to Shunji Ikeda's role, it is not easy.

Shunji Ikeda graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy and is known as one of the most threatening spy chiefs to China.

In the entire Chinese battlefield, Shunji Ikeda's status in the Japanese spy community and the intelligence contributions he made were second only to those of the old devil Tohi.

Therefore, it is understandable that Kurosawahara Taro saluted Shunji Ikeda as a sign of respect.

Shunji Ikeda descends from the castle tower and welcomes the devil troops into the town.

Kurosawahara Taro got off his horse and strode over to Shunji Ikeda.

"Ikeda-kun, it's been a great job."

Ikeda Jun pointed to Li Hong next to him and introduced Kurosawa Harataro: "Kurosawa-kun, this is Li Hong, the former head of the security regiment, and our Imperial Japanese Army can enter the city smoothly thanks to the help of Commander Li. ”

"Commander Li is indeed a good friend of our Great Japan, and on behalf of the whole brigade, I thank you for your help." Kurosawahara Taro spoke in Japanese, and then bowed respectfully to Li Hong.

Li Hong pretended not to understand Japanese, and just made a gesture of invitation to the other party.

Just as Kurosawahara Taro entered the city with a group of devil officers, suddenly, a second lieutenant of the security regiment rushed up with more than a dozen soldiers with weapons to assassinate the devil officers.

"Smack, smack, smack!"

A few gunshots fell, and a group of devil officers hurriedly looked for a hiding place to hide.

"Yaga!"

Kurosawa Hara Taro scolded angrily, and the other devil officers and soldiers took out their weapons one after another.

"Mr. Ikeda, misunderstanding, everything is a misunderstanding, I didn't restrain my subordinates, please don't make a big move." Li Hong immediately ordered the troops to seize the weapons of these troublemakers and soldiers.

These troublesome officers and soldiers almost ruined Li Hong's plan to encircle and annihilate, and if this group of officers and soldiers really killed one or two devil officers, the little devils might be held suspicious.

"Tuanza, you can't let the little devil go through the town, if you do this, our security team will become traitors!"

"Yes, Tuanza, our security team can't be traitors!" The officers and men repeatedly persuaded Li Hong.

"Law enforcement team, tie up all these troublemakers to Lao Tzu, the officials will beat 30 officers, and the soldiers will beat 20 military sticks, and drag Lao Tzu down to beat!"

Li Hong strictly ordered the law enforcement team to kidnap the people, and then punished the troublemakers in front of the Japanese officers.

Kurosawahara Taro saw Li Hong punishing his officers and soldiers, and nodded with satisfaction, finally dispelling his concerns.

"The whole army is advancing quickly, passing through Beigu Town!"

Kurosawa's brigade did not delay in the town, and all the soldiers and horses passed through the Beigu town defense area at the fastest speed.

Shunji Ikeda, the head of the secret service, was familiar with the local terrain and served as a marching guide for the little devils.

Shunji Ikeda left Beigu Town, leaving behind a number of secret intelligence officers, and the security team was under the surveillance of the agents, and whenever something happened, these agents would send a telegram to inform Ikeda Shunji.

As soon as the Kurosawa Brigade left, Li Hong ordered the secret capture of Gan Weigou and the traitors who were lurking in the town.

After cleaning up the traitor spies in the town, the signal soldiers of the security regiment informed the firepower and number of the devil brigade in advance to the ambush troops in the area of Guanma Road.

The little devils were still in the dark at this time, and they didn't expect Li Hong to play tricks with them, and the devil's troops went straight along the mountain road of Guanma Road.

Li Hong stood on the hill behind the town, using a telescope to observe the Japanese troops who were moving forward on the mountain road for a while.

When all the devils entered the front line of Guanma Road, he immediately ordered the troops to block the little devils' retreat.

If the devil troops are blocked in front and back, it will really be a dead end, and even if there are devil reinforcements coming, they can't save the Kurosawa United.

(End of chapter)