In order to avoid leaking the news too early, Hu Biao, who left Fenning City, still left the reserve company of the task force behind. The mission of this company was simple, that is, to completely blockade the ruined city of Fenning and hunt down the Japanese troops who had escaped from the city.

Considering that at this moment, the city of Fenning was covered with smoke from the explosion of special bombs, Hu Biao also strictly ordered the officers and soldiers of the reserve company not to enter the city to search for them. Stay outside the city, only hunt and kill the little devils who try to go out of the city to report the news, and delay the transfer time for the main force a little.

Earlier, several reconnaissance teams had been dispatched to lurk in the towns closest to Fenning City. As a result, when the battle was over, the little devils in these towns did not move at all. This shows that the Japanese army around the loss of Fenning City did not know about it.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army did not know about it, Hu Biao immediately commanded the troops to move quickly and jumped out of the encirclement that the Japanese army might have laid out. Only in this way can the transfer of the main forces be truly ensured and those prisoners of war can be properly accommodated.

A telegram was sent to Xu Sandao, who was in charge of blocking the attack, and asked him to continue to carry out the task of blocking the enemy, blow up the roads and bridges from Fenning to Hunan Province, delay the speed of the main Japanese army's retreat to northern Jiangxi, and buy more time for the Ninth Theater to pursue.

At the same time, Hu Biao did not forget to send a secret telegram to the Ninth War Zone, informing him of the news of the capture of Fenning City. At this time, the Ninth War Zone, after a day and night of fierce fighting, finally captured Yueyang City, which was occupied by the Japanese army.

The reinforcements sent back by the Japanese army also failed to reach the rescue area as scheduled. Even along the way, these reinforcements were ambushed to varying degrees, causing the Japanese reinforcements to suffer a lot of losses, but they still failed to hold Yueyang City.

Receiving the good news from the front-line troops, Xue Yue, as the acting commander, was very happy and said: "Okay! Good fight! Yue Yang recovered, the front line of northern Hunan returned to our hands, and the troops deployed by the little devils in the surrounding areas are afraid that they will be unlucky! ”

"General, although Yue Yang has been recovered this time, the losses of the combat troops are not small!"

Facing the staff officer's somewhat bitter expression, Xue Yue was silent for a while and said, "This sacrifice is worth it!" All combat units on the front line were ordered to immediately pursue the Japanese army. Tell the commanders on the front line that you must be careful of the Japanese ambush!

In order to prevent the Japanese army from capturing Yue Yang again, the troops involved in the attack still could not take it lightly and immediately built fortifications to firmly control Yue Yang in our hands. In addition, transfer two more divisions of troops over! ”

Earlier, in response to the continuous offensive of the Japanese army, Xue Yue had a lot of reserve troops in his hands. Now that the Japanese army has fully retreated, Xue Yue naturally will not let the little devil retreat easily. These reserve troops were also successively transferred to the front line to participate in the war.

Just as Xue Yue was looking at the map and thinking about how to annihilate some of the retreating little devils, the confidential officer rushed into the headquarters with a happy face and said, "General, General Flying Fox sent a secret message!" Good news, Fenning City was destroyed by General Flying Fox! ”

"What? Telegram to me! ”

Xue Yue, who heard this, was also shocked and then overjoyed, he knew very well that the strategic significance of Fenning City was very important. As long as the Japanese army controls this city, it can be attacked and retreated, and the Ninth Theater will not dare to pursue it too tightly.

Secondly, after the capture of Fenning City by the Japanese army, it has been used by the Japanese army as a logistics supply transit station, and a large number of troops are stationed to defend it. If he could think of a way, I was afraid that Xue Yue would have already wanted to send troops to attack Fenning and cut off the retreat of the Japanese army.

Looking at the secret message sent by Hu Biao, Xue Yue said in disbelief: "It's really unbelievable, how did he do it?" It was still on Linxiang's side earlier, but now it appeared in Fenning, and in a one-night battle, it captured the heavily guarded Fenning City! ”

"General, the situation is not very clear at the moment! It's just that General Flying Fox told in the telegram that the little devils around Fenning should not know the news of the loss of Fenning City. And the main force of the Japanese army seems to be showing signs of retreating towards Fenning. ”

The staff officer, who was standing beside him, quickly told the story of what he had detected. Looking at the map, Xue Yue shook his head and said, "Difficult!" Although I would love to press the whole army and try to annihilate the main force of the little devils, it is extremely risky.

The most important thing is that at the moment, our center of gravity is in the territory of Yueyang, and there are many Japanese troops left behind in Fenning. The only thing that can be done is to bite the little devils who retreat to Fenning and annihilate as many little devils as possible. ”

"Alas! What a pity! General, did you say that it is possible for General Flying Fox to lead his troops and hold on to Fenning for a while. In this case, when we finish solving the little devils near Yue Yang, we will join the main force of the little devils who are preparing to retreat? ”

Facing the suggestion of his subordinates, Xue Yue smiled bitterly: "Do you take a closer look at the telegram?" General Flying Fox had already stated in the telegram that his troops were already on their way to transfer. If the retreat is not timely, his troops are in danger of being counter-surrounded by the Japanese army.

Judging from this man's fighting style, he is the kind of person who takes advantage and leaves, and never puts himself and his troops in danger. If I'm not mistaken, he shouldn't have many troops in his hands, and if he confronts the Japanese army head-on, I'm afraid it will be easy to suffer! ”

As Xue Yue expressed his judgment, the other subordinates didn't have much to say. In the final analysis, as Xue Yue said earlier, he, the acting commander of the Ninth War Zone, had no right to give Hu Biao any combat orders at all.

What's more, the Ninth War Zone was able to turn the corner this time, thanks to Hu Biao for stabbing the little devil in the back. If this were not the case, if the Ninth Theater wanted to turn the situation around, it would only be possible to fight fiercely with the Japanese army for a period of time.

Taking the secret telegram sent by Hu Biao and looking at it carefully, Xue Yue immediately said: "The main force of the two divisions is drawn from the front line and interspersed with the Hunan and Jiangxi borders. The task of these two divisions is very simple, that is, to bite the little devil for me, so that the little devil cannot retreat calmly.

In the telegram, General Feihu also informed him that he had a force deployed on the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, which would destroy the roads and bridges along the way and slow down the Japanese retreat. If we can get there in time, we should be able to bite off a piece of fat from the little devil! ”

"Yes, General!"

If it was possible, Xue Yue and the generals of the Ninth War Zone naturally hoped to annihilate the Japanese army that came to attack this time. But this assumption seems somewhat unrealistic. The reason is simple, as long as it is daylight, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army will be doubled.

The little devil who has air supremacy can constantly bomb the pursuing troops in the Ninth War Zone through air raids and air reinforcements. In this case, it is almost impossible for the Ninth War Zone to annihilate all the little devils who come to attack!

As for what the Ninth War Zone plans to do, Hu Biao naturally won't pay too much attention. As the sky brightened, Hu Biao and his entourage had already left the territory of Fenning and rested in a mountain on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi. Radio stations were set up, and telegrams were sent one after another.

According to the telegram sent by the reserve company of the task force, it was confirmed that a group of imps were hidden in the city. After daybreak, these little devils also tried to go out of the city and contact the surrounding garrisons, but they were all killed by the officers and soldiers of the reserve company.

The defenders of the towns closest to Fenning also found no sign of sending troops to reinforce Fenning. Seeing these telegrams, Hu Biao thought for a while and said: "Order the reserve company to besiege the Japanese army and disperse and evacuate at noon!" ”

"Yes, wolfhead!"

After issuing the combat order, Hu Biao summoned several battalion commanders and said: "According to our previous operational deployment, we will directly enter Tongluo County after leaving Fenning. In this place, the little devil has not deployed many troops, so he will deal with it tonight.

Before attacking the causeway, I will send a telegram to the Ninth War Zone. Wanjae City, which is closest to Tongluo, is still under the control of the national army. When the time comes, when we leave, we will let the troops of the 9th Theater take over and rescue the prisoners of war.

When the troops entered the territory of Wanzai, the assault battalions entered Hunan Province in batches and continued to advance southwest along the border between the two provinces. Along the way, if you encounter the little devil's resistance, then give the little devil a lesson, I also want to see if the little devil dares to fight with us! ”

Judging from the current battlefield situation, the Japanese army has abandoned its plan to continue attacking Star City, and has decided to end the first attempt to attack Star City. In this case, the Japanese army must also withdraw the main force as soon as possible to avoid being pursued and encircled by the Ninth Theater.

If the Japanese army wanted to block Hu Biao's troops in Hunan Province, it would inevitably need to gather a large number of main forces. Whether or not Hu Biao's troops can be stopped is another matter, the Ninth Theater will certainly not miss this opportunity, and it is bound to gather heavy troops to carry out counter-encirclement.

This also means that the Japanese army will either bet on the Ninth War Zone to sit on the wall and watch, or can only watch Hu Biao leave. What's more, on the way that Hu Biao planned to enter Gui Province through Hunan Province, the number of troops stationed by the little devils was not large.

After deploying the combat mission, Hu Biao also began to rest. For Hu Biao, although he really wanted to meet Xue Yue, he felt that now was not the time. If Xue Yue had a heart, he might know what Hu Biao wanted to do next.

When the Japanese army had assembled its troops, it was preparing to withdraw to the territory of northern Jiangxi as planned. The Japanese troops at the front command unexpectedly found that they could not contact Fenning City. After sending out a reconnaissance plane, it was soon discovered that the city of Fenning, which had been used as a transit point, had been reduced to ruins.

Although the pilot on the reconnaissance plane could see that there were still remnants of the defenders in the ruins, the pilot already knew that the defenders of Fenning City were afraid that there were not many left. But who could destroy Fenning City overnight?

With the reconnaissance plane transmitting back the reconnaissance information, and cooperating with the information of the ground reinforcements, Okamura Ningji, who was deploying the main force to retreat and block the mission, said with a solemn expression: "How is this possible with a siege force with heavy artillery?" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander! What to do? If we don't find out this force, I'm afraid that we will have to be on guard against the possibility of a sneak attack at any time! ”

"Is there any news from the land airline?"

"Nope! In fact, the reinforcements we sent to Fenning were also attacked by unidentified troops. Those people are very skilled in marksmanship, and they are very cunning, they don't get too entangled with us at all, and they often run away after the fight! ”

"Yaga! It's tricky! But I always feel like I've seen this situation there! ”

Just as Okamura Ningji was thinking, one of the staff officers said: "General, the battlefield of northern Anhui in the Battle of Wuhan!" ”

"Yo Breath! Exactly! But how did this army come here? ”

Thinking of the battle report I read earlier, there was a mysterious force in the previous battle of Wuhan, which set off a round of counteroffensive and recovery in northern Anhui. This kind of combat method is so similar to the loss of Linxiang and Fenning at this moment!