In Yanzhou City, not long after the battle ended, everyone took a temporary rest in the city.

In the headquarters of the Japanese army in the city, Li Yunlong convened a meeting of all the commanders and fighters. Although Yanzhou had been captured at this time, the heavy Japanese troops pressed down from the north had been chasing, and the danger of their own side still existed, so they could not be careless.

"The regiment commander has basically cut off the remnants of the Japanese army in Yanzhou City. attacked Yanzhou, killed more than 200 people in the city, captured more than 300 long and short guns, and three mortars. The Japanese troops left behind in Yanzhou City are too small, and they are not enough for the big guys to fight! Everyone sat down for less than a while, and the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Dabiao, smiled and smiled at Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Yanzhou has been an important city in Shandong since ancient times, and its status is still very important. The walls are strong, but they are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Fortunately, there are not many Japanese troops left in the city, otherwise it would be really difficult for us to conquer Yanzhou. ”。

After a pause, Li Yunlong continued: "Although Yanzhou has been conquered, our consistent strategy is not to stick to one place after eating the living forces of the Japanese army. Otherwise, it is easy to encounter the heavy attack of the 12th Army of the Japanese Army in Shandong! We still have to give full play to our current cavalry mobility advantage, rush to the guerrillas, fight if we can, try to drag the infantry units of the little devils, look for fighters, and eat them! ”。

"Regiment commander, judging from the map, we take Yanzhou, we can go south along the railway line, attack Tengxian, Guanqiao, Lincheng, Hanzhuang all the way, and then enter the north of Xuzhou! This effect is enough to make a difference! Commander, how's it going? The commander of the independent battalion pointed to the military map spread out in front of everyone, and suggested in a condensed voice.

Xuzhou is a transportation hub for several railways, and its strategic location is very important. Although Xuzhou has a flat terrain and has been a place of four wars since ancient times, Xuzhou has survived as an ancient city to this day, with strong city walls, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you can lead your troops to suppress the northern flank of Xuzhou, it will be enough to shake the main army of the Japanese army in the neighboring provinces, and the effect will be very huge.

It's just that Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion on the side, shook his head and said: "From Yanzhou to the south, it will take at least an hour to attack all the way to the vicinity of Xuzhou. Along the railway, there are Tengxian, Guanqiao, Lincheng, and Hanzhuang cities where the enemy troops are stationed in the city for defense. As soon as we attack Tengxian in the latest south, the enemy forces in Guanqiao and other cities south of it will know about our southward movement. When the time comes, we will be in a trap! This road is too dangerous, Old Zhou! ”。

At this time, everyone was talking, but Li Yunlong stopped everyone's discussion and said in a condensed voice: "Lao Zhou and Da Biao, your statements are all reasonable. But Lao Zhou, I think the plan of the next troops to attack Xuzhou in the south will not work! ”。

"Captain, what do you mean?"

Zhou Hua said out loud, a little puzzled.

I saw Li Yunlong pointing to the watch on his wrist, and said a little helplessly: "It's already more than 6:30 in the morning, and in about half an hour, the sky will be completely bright." At that time, Iida Sadagu, the commander of the 12th Army of the Japanese Army in Jinan City, was bound to order the Japanese air force at Jinan Airport to take off fighters and conduct aerial reconnaissance. Our more than 2,000 cavalry marched all the way south and attacked along the railway line, once discovered by the opposing fighters. Low-altitude strafing, enough for us to drink a pot. ”。

"Commander, what should we do then? Is it turning into Nishan, Mengshan and other mountainous areas? ”

Zhang Dabiao is worthy of being the first main general under Li Yunlong's command, and he also served as a staff officer of the new regiment headquarters, and soon realized Li Yunlong's thoughts, so he said.

Li Yunlong bowed his head and said: "Yes, there is still about half an hour before the sky is completely bright." In order to avoid the danger of enemy aircraft, we may have to take refuge in the mountains. Try to avoid being bombed by the little devil's fighters, after all, the air is dangerous, we only have light and heavy machine guns in the cavalry team at this time, and there are no anti-aircraft heavy machine guns, which is difficult to deal with Japanese fighters, especially high-altitude bombers! ”。

Just without waiting for everyone to discuss Li Yunlong's suggestion, at this time, when everyone was discussing the military situation, the signal soldier on call on one side hurriedly walked up to Li Yunlong, stood up and saluted: "Report that the regiment commander intercepted the radio of the 12th Army headquarters of the Japanese army in Jinan City, and the radio content and translation were translated. Commander, this is a telegram! ”。

After receiving the translated telegram handed by the signal soldier and looking at it, Li Yunlong's face changed greatly, and he ordered the signal soldier in a condensed voice: "Continue to monitor, you must intercept all the radios of the Japanese army in Jinan City at any time, and report the situation at any time!" ”。

"Yes, Captain!" The signal corps departed.

At this time, everyone's faces changed greatly after seeing Li Yunlong receiving the telegram from the signal soldier, especially Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, hurriedly said: "Regiment commander, what's wrong?" ”。

At this time, Li Yunlong had already finished reading the telegram, and immediately handed it to Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion closest to him.

After Zhang Dabiao finished reading it, he immediately passed it on. In less than a minute, everyone had already finished reading the telegram with radio content sent by the military headquarters of the 12th Army of the Japanese Army in Jinan, which had been translated by the signal corps.

"Judging from the top-secret radio sent from the headquarters of the Japanese 12th Army that intercepted it, Iida Sadagu has ordered Yanzhou, Ningyang, and Surabaya, to reinforce a Japanese wing from the south of Jinan City. There are also Japanese garrison troops in Guanqiao, Tengxian and other places going north to encircle us here, a small place here! Judging from the content of the telegram, Iida Sada did not know that we had captured Yanzhou at this time, but soon Iida Sada would know! What a blessing in the midst of misfortune! ”

Li Yunlong frowned, but he still breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Hua, the commander of the independent battalion, said loudly: "Regiment commander, the plan we discussed before to go south to Tengxian, Guanqiao and other places to enter Xuzhou along the railway line is estimated to be impossible to complete!" What to do? ”。

Li Yunlong didn't respond immediately, but after finishing speaking, his eyes were fixed on the military map in front of him. At this time, the enemy forces on the east side and south had already begun to advance north and west in accordance with Iida Sadagu's orders. Fortunately, Yanzhou has been conquered by their own side with lightning speed, and Iida Sadagu's large-scale encirclement was torn open by the time difference between his own side.

It's just that if Yanzhou doesn't contact the Japanese troops in various places for a long time, sooner or later Iida Sadagu will realize that he has already attacked Yanzhou. After all, there were not many Japanese troops in Yanzhou, and it was impossible to block the attack of more than 2,000 iron cavalry.

What's more, Iida Sadagu estimated that he also knew that more than 2,000 soldiers from his own side were the original infantry after dismounting, and there was no problem in attacking the city.

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong's eyes stared at the map for a moment, thinking about countermeasures.

"Brothers, the situation is urgent, and it is impossible to complete the plan to continue to march south into Xuzhou. I have decided that the troops will go north to Dong'e, cross the frozen Yellow River, and continue to the north to attack Liaocheng! Li Yunlong slammed his fist on the map and shouted in a condensed tone.