In order to prevent the Japanese army from carrying out air raids at any time, the 51st Army stationed in Lu'an did not dare to concentrate too much in the city. During the day, the troops were basically scattered. The purpose of this is also very simple, that is, to avoid being served by little devils.

On the other hand, the little devils stationed outside the city, even if they had fewer troops than the 51st Army, still blocked the passage in and out of Lu'an. If it weren't for the tight war in the rear, I am afraid that the little devil would have launched an offensive against Lu'an long ago.

During the day, the garrison troops in the city basically did not come out much, and most of them stayed in the fortified positions that had been built. In contrast, the little devils during the day became much more active, and began to deploy troops to reinforce the blocking fortifications that had been damaged by the attack last night.

The task force that had arrived in Lu'an was not idle during the day. A large number of reconnaissance teams were all dispatched by Hu Biao. These reconnaissance squads have only one mission to go out, and that is to sneak attack the reconnaissance units of the little devils.

With the logistical supply of Japanese divisions and regiments, problems have arisen from time to time recently. In order to raise more daily necessities, the Japanese army, which was temporarily unable to attack Lu'an City, could only turn their attention to the surrounding villages and towns and grab food from the unarmed people.

Faced with this situation, although Yu Xuezhong was also very anxious, he was still powerless. What can be done is to persuade the people to flee their homes, and it is better to avoid the plunder of the little devils. As for sending troops to rescue, Yu Xuezhong asked himself if he couldn't do it.

Even before the Japanese army was preparing to attack Lu'an, Yu Xuezhong had already adopted the tactics of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness. After several confrontations with the little devils, Yu Xuezhong knew very well that the Japanese army was very good at supplying on the spot and reducing its dependence on logistics supplies.

As usual, the Japanese detachment, which was ordered to collect supplies, did not expect that it would be attacked in broad daylight. During this period of time, the sweep and clean-up in the countryside has made many little devils like this task of raising supplies.

Looking at the ambush team that had changed into the weapons and uniforms of the national army, many little devils who went out to carry out sweeping missions were also surprised: "Baga! Are these Chinese troops crazy? How dare they ambush us outside the city? ”

In the eyes of these little devils on a mission, they don't bother the garrison of the city, and the defenders should already be happy. Now they went to the countryside to sweep and collect supplies, but they were ambushed by the troops stationed in the city, which was indeed beyond their expectations.

The little devil officer who led the command of the team was annoyed and said decisively: "Pursuit!" Kill these damn guys! ”

What made the little devil officers even more mad was that even though they had more troops than the enemy they were harassing, after a pursuit, the enemy who attacked them seemed to have no losses, but they kept losing their men in the pursuit.

Sensing this situation, a squad leader soon said: "Squadron leader, you can't chase anymore!" The marksmanship of these Chinese troops was so accurate that we suffered heavy casualties during the pursuit. Keep chasing, the troops will be gone! ”

Although annoyed, the Japanese squadron leader also knew that the squad leader had not said anything wrong. When the Japanese stopped pursuing, the attacking troops who had fled before turned around and pursued them, continuing to consume the strength of the Japanese squadron.

In desperation, in order to avoid being completely annihilated by the Japanese squadron, they could only choose to fight and retreat, and fled to a guard supply point where troops were stationed to seek refuge. This obviously somewhat abnormal situation was also quickly reported to the Japanese division and regimental headquarters.

After receiving the information from the alert troops, the division commander Ogizhou Libing was also puzzled and said: "Na! The defenders of China also dared to go out of the city to attack our troops during the day, how dare they come? There must be a conspiracy in this! ”

"General, according to the reports of the troops we withdrew to the cordon point, the Chinese army that attacked them was significantly smaller in number than the troops we had raised supplies. But when we were fighting, our troops were losing frequently, and there was obviously something wrong with that! ”

"What do you mean? These Chinese troops who attacked us outside the city were not the Chinese army stationed in the city? ”

"Quite possibly! According to the report of our forward reconnaissance unit, they did not find any signs of a large number of Chinese troops leaving the city. Although the Chinese army carried out a sneak attack on us last night, they had basically fled back to their defense area before dawn.

Although the weapons and equipment of these attack troops that suddenly appeared were similar to those of the defenders in the city, their combat effectiveness was obviously several times stronger. With so many troops coming out of the city, it is certainly impossible to hide from the eyes of our reconnaissance troops. ”

Even though the Japanese division suspended the offensive on Lu'an, in order to prevent the sneak attack of the defending troops, the Japanese army also sent many reconnaissance troops to pay close attention to the movements of the defenders in the city. If the troops in the city attacked, the Japanese army would also receive the news in advance.

Last night, it was attacked by the defenders in the city, also because the Japanese army's alert troops somewhat relaxed their vigilance. The Japanese troops, who had re-strengthened their vigilance and reconnaissance, thought to themselves that they had already monitored the 51st Army, and that the troop movement would certainly not be able to escape their surveillance.

After such an analysis, it is very likely that this group of scattered but elite harassment troops did not come from the 51st Army. Coming to this conclusion, Ogizhou Libing slapped the table tightly in his heart and said, "It's not good! It's the army in Shucheng! They're coming! ”

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of the commanders who stayed in the combat command room were also nervous. Even though the special high school has not yet found out more useful information. But these commanders are also full of curiosity and worry about the mysterious troops in Shucheng.

If this army really came to Lu'an, then the troops they needed to deal with would naturally be the main force of the remaining divisions. The Ogisu Libing, who did not know the size of this unit, was indeed very worried about the safety of the rest of the division.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, if that mysterious force in Shucheng really appears, then we really need to strengthen our vigilance. In order to ensure the safety of the division, I feel that it is necessary to strengthen air defense reconnaissance and find out this unit as soon as possible. ”

"Agreed! Such a large army entered Lu'an, and it was not easy to hide it. According to the reconnaissance telegram sent by the army aviation earlier, Shucheng has now been occupied by the Chinese army. This unit must have come over last night! ”

The Japanese army, which also had a lot of battles with the anti-Japanese forces, knew very well that in order to prevent the air raids of the Japanese army, most of the anti-Japanese troops liked to march at night. And last night, the alert troops they deployed on the periphery were frequently attacked, probably to clear the obstacles to the march.

Realizing this possibility, Ogizhou Libing also quickly said: "Immediately send a report to the army aviation and ask it to send additional reconnaissance planes to carry out aerial reconnaissance in Lu'an." All alert units were ordered to pay close attention to the enemy situation around the station.

If this force has really infiltrated Lu'an, then they must want to sneak up on us. The troops on the front line were ordered to start building fortifications as soon as possible. From the side of the division, a wing was drawn and sent to the forward positions. ”

As the saying goes, the unknown is the scariest thing. In the face of this mysterious force that encircled and annihilated nearly half of the division, Ogishu Libing said that he was not worried at all, but it was unlikely that he was afraid. Now that you know it, you must take some precautions.

The result was obvious, as the Ogizhou troops increased their troops to the perimeter alert troops, Xu Sandao and others, who were in charge of reconnaissance, also quickly confirmed the location of the Japanese division. The location of the Japanese division headquarters was confirmed, and Xu Sandao also quickly reported it.

Hu Biao, who was waiting for news in the mountains, saw the telegram sent by the reconnaissance detachment, spread out the map of Lu'an spread on the ground, and said with a smile: "The little devil is really arrogant!" actually set up the headquarters in a small town less than thirty miles away from Lu'an! ”

"Detachment leader, judging from the information sent back by the reconnaissance detachment, the little devils have deployed a lot of alert troops on the periphery. If you want to attack the Japanese division and regiment station, I am afraid that it will not be easy. What's more, there is a road outside the town, and the little devils can retreat at any time! ”

"Retreat! If they had retreated yesterday, I might not have been able to do anything about them. It's a pity, judging from the fact that the little devil sent troops to the periphery and started to build fortifications, the little devil should know that we are coming and are strengthening the defensive vigilance!

Since the little devil has taken precautions, then we don't have to hide it. Inform the troops that they are ready to fight tonight and make a good fuss. Send a telegram to the 51st Army, and let them be ready to support at any time. ”

"Yes, detachment leader!"

If someone else hears this, they will probably feel incredible. The 51st Army stationed in Lu'an had two main divisions under its command, while Hu Biao had less than 2,000 troops in his hands.

Even if he cooperates in the battle, it should be Hu Biao who cooperates with the 51st Army. But when he got to Hu Biao, he let the 51st Army cooperate. What seems to be a somewhat absurd situation seems to the officers and soldiers of the task force, but it has become very commonplace.

In the earlier battle in Shucheng, the 26th Group Army, which had reaped a lot of benefits, except for sending a guard regiment to cooperate in the operation, the rest of the troops basically stayed in Huoshan, and they did not dare to attack at will, for fear of confronting the little devils head-on.

This time, when they came to Lu'an City, the 51st Army stationed in Lu'an adopted a conservative defensive strategy. With only a few defensive alert troops, the little devils made the 51st Army dare not go out of the city at will, so they could only stick to their defensive positions.

It was precisely knowing these circumstances that Hu Biao took over the task of the main attack. And he believes that Yu Xuezhong should be more willing to cooperate than letting the 51st Army fight the main attack. In that case, the risk would be less for the 51st Army.

With the issuance of Hu Biao's combat order, Xu Sandao and others, who were in charge of pre-war reconnaissance, also began to become busy. The combat detachment led by Qin Tianyou had already rushed to the highway where the Japanese army might retreat in advance to set up an ambush.

The rest of the combat units are also ready for combat accordingly. As far as Hu Biao is concerned, among the troops that can be commanded, it is the task force that really fights the main force. Prisoner of war camps, more often than not, can only beat side drums.

Officers and men recruited from the 26th Group Army were assigned to the prisoner of war camps as backbone cadres according to their different positions. In addition, after some selection, Hu Biao also formed a reserve company, with Lei Xiong as the commander.

Although this reserve company is inferior in combat effectiveness to two combat companies. But in Hu Biao's view, the combat effectiveness of this reserve company should be stronger than that of the prisoner of war company. Against a squadron of little devils, it's still not a big problem to think about it.

Knowing that Hu Biao was ready to do it tonight, Yu Xuezhong, who was stationed in Lu'an City, was really a little surprised. Although he felt a little embarrassed to cooperate in the battle, he still wanted to see how powerful the so-called task force was!