Seeing that the chief of staff looked hesitant, as if he was worried about something, the squadron leader took another telegram and continued: "The aviation report that they found traces of the activities of the Eighth Route Army forty kilometers southeast of the assembly area, and launched an attack, and the pilot saw the Eighth Route Army fleeing in the bombing area. ”

"More than 40 kilometers southeast of the assembly area, there is a stronghold at the location where the reconnaissance unit of the Eighth Route Army can be seen."

"They are very vigilant, and when our people kill them, they will have already slipped away without a trace."

After all the telegrams in succession were finished, the squadron leader plucked up the courage to express his judgment: "Sir, judging from the enemy reports sent by the air force and several surrounding county towns, the remaining troops of the Eighth Route Army are hiding in the mountains forty kilometers southeast of the assembly area. ”

"What do they seem to be waiting for?"

The gloom on the chief of staff's face disappeared, and he replied without thinking: "They are waiting for us to have a problem, and then they will defeat us with a fatal blow." ”

"I see!" The squadron leader immediately figured out what the chief of staff was worried about just now.

"Sir, you're worried that the target of these Eighth Route Army is a staging area!"

"The main forces are outside, if these Eighth Route Army really plan to attack the assembly area, at least eighty percent sure that they can take it."

The chief of staff didn't expect a small squadron leader to see what he was thinking, and replied with a look of approval: "I'm really worried about this problem." ”

After a moment of conversation, he continued: "But now I'm not worried. ”

"These Eighth Route Armies are still 40 kilometers away, and even if they start marching after dark, they will not arrive at the assembly area until two or three o'clock in the morning."

"This long time is enough for us to react, return to the reinforcement assembly area in advance, wait there for the rabbits, and wait for the Eighth Route Army to throw itself into the net."

"Immediately give orders to all the strongholds on the southeast defense line of the assembly area, and let them send out all the reconnaissance troops and intelligence personnel, and closely monitor all roads, paths, and mountain roads leading to the assembly area."

"As long as the Eighth Route Army marches to the assembly area, report it immediately."

"Send a telegram to the two captains: The troops continue to pursue the Eighth Route Army, but be ready to retreat to the assembly area at any time."

"When you receive an order to retreat, no matter what you are doing at the time, you must retreat as soon as possible, otherwise military law will do it."

The garrison regiment was jointly commanded, and news from the battlefield was continuously delivered here by radio and reconnaissance troops.

Head Zhou took a piece of information, and after reading it for less than half a minute, his face bloomed with joy, and he shouted excitedly: "Head Li, the little devil has taken the bait." ”

"The 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment sent people back to report that the Japanese puppet army had been following behind them and had not shown the slightest sign of retreating to the assembly area."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Liang, the commander of the communications platoon, rushed in: "Regiment commander, the commander of the guard company Sun reported that they were bombed by devils three hours ago and lost an infantry squad."

"The Japanese puppet army in the surrounding strongholds were all under martial law an hour ago, and a large number of reconnaissance troops and agents were sent to block the mountain, and there were people watching both the road and the path."

"Head Zhou, the devil has indeed been fooled!" Li Hao was also excited.

After taking the telegram handed over by Zhou Liang and reading it again, he analyzed it very seriously.

"Sun Jiawu's report shows that the devils still think that we are hiding in the mountains, and only then do they block the mountains. As soon as we make a move, they will soon know and be prepared to deal with us in advance. ”

"Pass my order: After the troops finish eating at six o'clock tonight, they will go out on time at seven o'clock, rush to the outside of the assembly area at ten o'clock, rest for an hour, and launch an attack at eleven o'clock, so as to end the battle within two hours and take the assembly area."

After thinking for a few seconds, he looked at Commander Zhou and continued to order: "You give an order to the three battalion commanders of the Independent Regiment, if the Japanese puppet army chasing them begins to retreat, the troops will immediately counterattack, and use the guerrilla warfare and movement warfare that we are good at to slow down their marching speed and kill and injure their living forces." ”

At ten o'clock in the evening, the chief of staff of the devil, who had been fighting for a day, decided to withdraw his troops.

It's not that he doesn't want to fight, it's that the troops are too tired, and fighting at night is more beneficial to the Eighth Route Army.

Let the troops continue to fight, and it will definitely be themselves who suffer in the end.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses, the chief of staff decisively called off the troops.

"The troops camped on the spot to rest, and all the reconnaissance troops were sent out, keeping an eye on the Eighth Route Army we were going to fight, and don't let them slip away."

"We're tired, they're definitely tired, they need to rest, we have to figure out what they're camped in, we'll kill them as soon as it's dawn, and try to end the battle tomorrow."

"Send a telegram to the two captains, let them rest too, and try to avoid night battles with the Eighth Route Army."

"Contact the Imperial troops southeast of the assembly area and ask them if there is any situation over there."

"If the Eighth Route Army is really waiting for an opportunity, it will definitely march from their defense area to the assembly area and raid there."

"If there is no movement in the defense zone, it proves that I have thought too much."

More than ten minutes later, the squadron leader, who was part-time deputy, ran over.

"Sir, the two captains call back: resolutely carry out the order."

"The imperial army in the southeast of the assembly area also telegraphed back, and there was no sign of the Eighth Route Army passing through the defense area, and it was very quiet."

"Am I really overthinking?" The chief of staff wrinkled his brows and muttered to himself.

After thinking about it for a few minutes, he shook his head and replied, "I don't want to." ”

"No matter what their conspiracy is, as long as they kill the three Eighth Route Army in front of us, even if there is a conspiracy, we are not afraid."

"Order the troops to seize the time to rest, and we will attack as soon as it is dawn."

Outside the assembly site of the Japanese puppet army, Li Hao had been watching with a telescope for almost ten minutes.

When he first arrived, his brows were furrowed and his face was serious.

Looking at it, the tightly knit brows relaxed, and the serious expression became relaxed.

Perhaps it was because the assembly was in the occupied area, there were too many Japanese puppet troops stationed, and it was a temporary camp, so it was impossible to be attacked. The defense system of the entire assembly area is not perfect at all, it is full of loopholes, and it is not even as good as the temporary camp of the Japanese puppet army on the battlefield where they rest at night.

A barbed wire fence formed a circle around the perimeter of the camp as the camp boundary.

The barbed wire fence opened four entrances and exits at the front and back, left and right, and two machine-gun positions were built with sandbags combined with trenches at each opening, in which six devils, three machine gunners, three riflemen, and one heavy machine gun or light machine gun were stationed.

Between the entrances and exits, several machine-gun positions were piled up with sandbags, and a light machine-gun group was stationed at each of them.

Patrols between machine-gun positions were carried out by patrols.

There were eight patrols of six, walking back and forth along the barbed wire, rifles in their hands, looking very vigilant.

If you look closely, you will find that many machine gunners and patrol devils are already in a half-asleep state because they are too tired.

Inside the assembly area, there were tents everywhere.

There are several open spaces in the middle, and in one of the open spaces are eight mountain cannons, lined up in a row, all covered with cannon coats, but the general shape of the mountain cannons is still revealed, and it can be seen clearly.

Next to it were carts and mules and horses full of cannonballs, and at a glance there were at least ten of them.

A fence was enclosed in the open space a little farther away, and more than two hundred war horses surrounded it, leisurely eating forage.

Two rows of more than twenty tents were erected next to the fence, and the owners of these horses must have lived in them.

As long as the devils in the tent are killed, those war horses will lose their combat effectiveness and obediently wait to be captured by themselves.

Baggage, weapons and ammunition were parked in another open space, and carts full of supplies were neatly parked on the ground one after another.

The mules and horses are kept together for easy management......

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