After a full fifteen minutes, Aoto Jitaro walked out of the communication office on the side of the division headquarters, walked quickly to Genguchi Yixin's side and said: "Division commander, the reconnaissance plane has called to report, the night is dark, he risked his death to fly low and reconnoitre, and found no signs of enemy ground activities. ”。

"Tell the reconnaissance aircraft to continue reconnaissance and maintain aerial reconnaissance of Tuocheng. Besides, didn't they carry aviation machine guns and some bombs, smash them down and see what happens. Yuankou said in a condensed voice, his tone quite dissatisfied.

"Yes, division commander!"

Jitaro Aoto waved his hand and asked one of the devil staff officers who sent troops to deal with it.

Yuankou continued to look at the map, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, and the direction of the city was unknown, which made the old devil feel very puzzled.

Pointing to the map, Genguchi said to the chief of staff of the division, Aoto Jitaro: "Aoteng-kun, do you think the main force of the enemy's cavalry is still expanding the city?" ”。

"It's hard to say! Division Commander! ”

Aoto Jitaro said in a condensed voice: "There is no sign of a large force of enemy cavalry moving south and attacking Bozhou in the direction of Bozhou. According to the calculation of time, Bozhou should have been attacked by this cavalry army sent south by Li Yunlong at this time. However, the Bozhou defenders called back, and there was no sign of a large attack by the enemy's cavalry. Moreover, the defenders of Bozhou have sent people out of the periphery of the city for reconnaissance, and there is no sign of a large number of enemy cavalry coming to Bozhou. Maybe the enemy cavalry is not moving south, or maybe the enemy cavalry is still expanding the city! ”。

After the bombers dropped the bombs, the reconnaissance planes flew low to reconnoitre, only to see the common people coming out to extinguish the fires, and there was no sign that the enemy cavalry was disturbed by the bombs! In this way, it may be that the enemy cavalry is no longer in Tuocheng! So, where will they be? Genguchi looked at the map intently, his brow furrowed.

Aoto Jitaro and several devil staff officers of the surrounding divisions and regiments all looked at each other, and the plain terrain in eastern Henan was conducive to the enemy's cavalry galloping vertically and horizontally.

If the other party wants to evacuate the city at night, the speed will be very fast.

And the weather is very bad now, and it's already night, and it's midnight in another hour or two. For the devil reconnaissance plane, the difficulty of reconnaissance is almost catastrophic, and it is impossible to detect the activities of enemy troops on the ground.

After all, the reconnaissance aircraft at this time had almost zero effect on night reconnaissance. It's still okay during the day, but at night, forget it, you can't count on it.

However, Aoto Jitaro still said: "It can't be that the other party already knows the situation of the Bozhou defenders, right?" ”。

"Possibly!"

Yuankou did not despise the Eighth Route Army, especially the recent guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in Jin Province, Hebei Province, and Ludi. It's not that he hasn't fought with the Eighth Route Army, so he naturally knows that the Eighth Route Army is difficult to fight.

The other party's intelligence is much more awesome than that of the National Army, so naturally he doesn't dare to be careless!

Perhaps, the other party already knows the situation of the defenders in Bozhou, as well as the situation of the devils in Bengbu and other places going north to reinforce them.

In this way, the powerful enemy cavalry would not attack Bozhou in the south, but would withdraw from Tuocheng and attack in other directions.

"Evacuating from Tuocheng, you can advance to the northeast direction of the Guide attack. After the other party evacuates from Tuocheng, he can cross the river to the west and attack the Taikang area, or go south and attack Luyi. There are too many targets, enough for the opponent to attack flexibly and flexibly! And most of our imperial army is infantry, and even if there are some trucks and motorcycles, there are not many mechanized pursuits. Yuankou pointed to the map and said in a condensed voice, his eyes helpless.

Jitaro Aoto looked at the map and had to admit that Genguchi had analyzed it well.

"Division commander, it is estimated that these places have received our warnings and have strengthened their vigilance!" What else can Jitaro Aoto say? I can only say with a wry smile!

Genguchi frowned and pondered, being beaten so passively was not his character of Genguchi.

It's just that at present, most of the main forces of the 35th Division are released along the main towns on both sides of the Longhai Line, and it is very important for the devils to protect the supply line of the Longhai Line.

What's more, now the Longhai line is one of the several supply lines for the devils to transport supplies to the hundreds of thousands of devils who attacked Zhongtiao Mountain, and the northern section of Tongpu Road is temporarily unusable, leaving only Zhengtai Road and Longhai Line.

If something happens to the Longhai Line, then as the source of the protection of the eastern section of the Longhai Line, Yixin will inevitably be punished by the superiors, and it is guaranteed that even the post of division commander will be gone.

Thinking of this consequence, he learned that a large force of cavalry appeared on the Longhai Line, and Yuankou was determined to transfer the main force of the 35th Division to the Longhai Line as soon as possible, so as to prevent it from being wantonly destroyed by the opponent's cavalry and cutting off the supply line of the devils.

There are gains and losses, the Longhai line is temporarily preserved, then Li Yunlong commands the cavalry to crisscross the cities in the eastern Henan Plain, and the devil troops in each city can only defend the city.

After all, the opponent's cavalry is more than 15,000, and the cavalry with super mobility under field conditions, plus the enemy's dismounting, is a formidable infantry unit. This is enough to fight against at least one brigade without any problems.

You must know that Li Yunlong's troops have completely annihilated several Japanese divisions and regiments, and the closest record is the annihilation of the 77th Brigade and the 31st Brigade, two elite units of devils.

Therefore, the 35th Division, which is not fully staffed, is now in a situation where it is divided into troops to strictly defend the cities along the Longhai Line, and Yuankou can only hope that the reinforced cavalry brigades will arrive to recover.

"There's no way to deal with it now, we're at a disadvantage at night. The opponent has strong mobility, and he is running around without any target, so it will be difficult for us to fight! Yaga! Damn it! Genguchi gritted his teeth.

Aoto Jitaro said: "Now we can only order the defenders of the cities under our control to strictly defend the city, and they must not attack in the field!" ”。

"As long as two cavalry brigades to reinforce us arrive, when the time comes, Li Yunlong's southbound cavalry army will sooner or later be unable to get out of our main battlefield!"

Genguchi said helplessly: "I hope so! ”。

"Give strict orders to all the defenders of the city and the Imperial Alliance army that we can control, and if we find this enemy cavalry attacking, we must defend to the end and wait for help."

Aoto Jitaro paused and said, "Yes, Your Excellency the Division Commander." ”。

Subsequently, Jitaro Aoto sent someone to give an order immediately.

At this time, Li Yunlong had already commanded the troops to withdraw from Tuocheng.

Although an hour before the retreat, Japanese bombers attacked Tuocheng. However, under the command of Li Yunlong, everyone was safe and sound, and was not discovered by the enemy's reconnaissance planes, so they evacuated Tuocheng and marched to the south of the vortex river and south to Luyi.

It has to be said that with the support of war horses, the speed of the rapid march of the people is much faster than the speed of the rapid march with the foot board.

What's more, it's already spring at this time, and grass and trees are everywhere. And most of the war horses are suitable for fighting in the pass.

Soon, when Yuankou was struggling to guess Li Yunlong's next target, Li Yunlong commanded the main cavalry force to kill outside Luyi City.

It's just that when he launched a surprise attack, he was stubbornly blocked by the defending enemy, which surprised Li Yunlong! Li Yunlong also noticed the attack, and there don't seem to be many devil defenders in Luyi!