Knowing that the Japanese troops around the city of Haozhou sat back and watched the recovery of Maozhou and ignored it, Hu Biao decided to continue the attack. Although taking the initiative to attack would increase the pressure of the attack, for the Japanese troops stationed in the cities, the task force was still hidden in the shadows.

Moreover, the Japanese army's performance of sitting idly by made Hu Biao see clearly that the Japanese army in the surrounding cities lacked confidence. If the little devil has enough troops, he is afraid that the moment he learns that the city of Maozhou has been recovered, he will send a large army to encircle and suppress it.

Through the foundation of the relationship laid earlier, Hu Biao also brought in a lot of reinforcements. With the help of these reinforcements, Hu Biao believes that a few more battles should make the surrounding little devils anxious, and even ask the rear for more support.

The more little devils are eliminated, the more reinforcements the Japanese army must draw from other places. At present, the area where Hu Biao and his entourage are active is relatively close to northern Jiangsu and other places, and it is very likely that the Japanese army will send troops from northern Jiangsu to reinforce it.

In this way, it undoubtedly laid a solid foundation for Hu Biao to advance into northern Jiangsu. Through continuous harassment and sneak attacks, let the little devils really understand what it means to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, and let the Japanese army know what the end of greed is like!

When Hu Biao led the task force to arrive in the territory of Vortex City and began to order the task force to carry out pre-war reconnaissance, the intelligence officer in Suzhou soon heard that the Japanese army had sent a reinforcement of more than 1,000 men and was preparing to rush to the north of the vortex for reinforcements.

After receiving the telegram from the intelligence station, Hu Biao said with a smile: "It seems that the little devil still can't sit still, and decided to send troops from Suzhou." Half a brigade of little devils, as well as more than 500 puppet soldiers, is really a lot of troops.

A report was sent to the reconnaissance detachment, and elite personnel were dispatched to the highway to monitor and track the entire process of this Japanese reinforcement force. It will take at least two days for the little devil's support army to come to the north of the vortex, and it should be too late to make some preparations! ”

"Detachment leader, with only our little troops, it's not easy to annihilate this group of little devils, right?"

"You forgot, on the north side of the vortex, in addition to the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army, there are also the two main regiments of the Gui Army! Since it's cooperation, you can't just look at it and reap the benefits in vain, right? If you can't fight the main attack, you can cooperate with the head office, right? ”

After listening to Hu Biao's plan, Qin Tianyou and the others also felt that with so many troops cooperating, as long as the plan was properly planned, they should be able to completely annihilate this Japanese puppet army brigade that came from Suzhou. There is even a chance to lead out the little devils in the north of the vortex.

Personally leading the team to conduct pre-war reconnaissance, Hu Biao quickly found a suitable place for ambush, which was also a certain distance from Vortex City. Even if the defenders of the city go out of the city to reinforce, they will not be able to reach the ambush area in a short time.

Looking at the surrounding terrain, Hu Biao quickly said: "Old Qin, you will lead people and start digging trench fortifications." This time, one of the main regiments of the Gui Army was asked to cooperate with us in the ambush, and the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army was tasked with blocking the attack. ”

"Understood!"

"Get moving! Rest during the day, dig fortifications at night, and pay attention to sending out guard posts. As soon as someone appeared, the excavation was stopped. Before the ambush starts, we must not let the little devils know that we are setting up an ambush here. ”

"Yes, detachment leader!"

Leaving the matter of arranging the ambush position to Qin Tianyou, Hu Biao asked Zhao Chengwu, the commander of the Gui Army, who had been resting for a day, to find him. Knowing that Hu Biao was going to see him in private, Zhao Chengwu was somewhat surprised.

With only a small number of guards, Zhao Chengwu soon saw Hu Biao and his party who had been waiting for a long time in a valley not far from Vorbei City. Looking at Hu Biao, who was obviously younger than himself, Zhao Chengwu still took the initiative to walk up.

In view of Zhao Chengwu's military rank of major general, Hu Biao also saluted face: "General Zhao, hard work!" I take the liberty to ask you to come over and talk about it, and I hope you will forgive me! How about the rest of these two days? ”

"General Hu, you are really too polite! I have heard your name for a long time, and I have to see it today, it should be Zhao's honor. This time, in the name of Chief Bai, I will cooperate with General Hu's headquarters to fight, and I hope that General Hu will take care of it! ”

"You're welcome! The conditions are simple, let's go to the tent and talk while drinking! ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey your orders, General Hu, please lead the way!"

After some politeness, Hu Biao led Zhao Chengwu into a small tent set up in the valley. As for the guards brought by Zhao Chengwu and the guards around Hu Biao, they all stayed near the tent and were not allowed to approach the tent at will.

After three rounds of drinking, Hu Biao also said directly: "General Zhao, this time I specially invited your army to come over to help, and I also plan to take advantage of the lack of troops of the little devils to recover the two counties of Vortex City and Mengcheng that were occupied by the little devils earlier.

I thought that the little devils would send troops to recapture the city of Maozhou that we had recovered, but I didn't think that the little devils in the two closest counties would not move. I only learned the news before, and it turned out that the little devil had transferred a large group of Japanese puppet troops from Suzhou.

In view of this situation, I plan to ambush the little devils who come to help outside the city of Vortex North. First annihilate this group of little devils who came to help, and then find a way to cut off the road between Vortex City and Mengcheng, and completely trap the little devils in Vortex City.

Recently, my people have been in contact with the puppet army in Vortex City. If nothing else, when we eliminate these little devils who came to reinforce us, the puppet army that cooperates with the little devils stationed in Vortex City will cooperate with us to take Vortex City together.

Taking advantage of the lack of troops of the little devils, let's take down Vortex City and Mengcheng first, and then see if there is a chance, and then get some more places. If this plan can succeed, we can also contain more little devils so that they cannot divide their troops on the battlefield in Wuhan! ”

Regarding Hu Biao's battle plan and ideas, Zhao Chengwu also said directly: "How many puppet troops are there in a large group of Japanese puppet troops? If there are too many little devils, we want to wipe them all out, but I'm afraid it's a bit tricky! ”

"It doesn't matter! This Japanese puppet army brigade, the Japanese army is basically the same as the puppet army. All you need to do is send a main regiment to participate in the ambush battle. The remaining main regiment acts as a reserve to participate in the battle at any time.

From what I've learned, this little devil didn't carry much heavy weaponry. Although there were several infantry guns, as soon as the ambush began, the infantry guns they carried could not fight at all. The artillery in my hand will also give artillery support! ”

With Hu Biao's words, Zhao Chengwu didn't say anything more. Two main regiments, ambushing a Japanese puppet army brigade of more than 1,000 people, sounds perfectly fine. But if it really started, I believe that many anti-Japanese war troops know that this battle is not easy to fight.

Even if the ambush side has a lot of advantages, once the little devil builds the corresponding fortifications and begins to organize an effective counterattack, the ambush side will often be defeated. Not to mention that they can't get any benefits, they have to pay their own troops.

In addition, there are garrisons of little devils in the surrounding two counties, once the stalemate is fought, Zhao Chengwu is also worried that the ambush will not succeed, but let the little devils make dumplings. Now that he learned that there was a regiment that could serve as a reserve, he himself was much more relieved!

After negotiating the corresponding combat mission with Zhao Chengwu, he accompanied him to have a good drink and gave him some gifts to bring back. Hu Biao explained to the combat team members he led and asked him to bring one of Zhao Chengwu's main regiments to the ambush site to assemble.

It didn't take long for Zheng Jingwu to send a telegram to report: "Detachment leader, I just received news that a regiment sent by the Eighth Route Army has arrived in the territory of Vortex City. The scout team asks if they need to be contacted! ”

"Forget it! They should go to the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army later, and send a telegram to the Peng detachment of the guerrilla detachment first. If we want to fight this ambush well, we need to make a good plan! ”

"Understood!"

Originally, in Hu Biao's plan, this independent regiment, which was ordered to rush to cooperate with the operation, should have taken at least a day to arrive. Arriving ahead of schedule now undoubtedly gave Hu Biao more confidence and made him more confident in completing the battle plan he had formulated.

After receiving the telegram from Hu Biao, Peng Yufeng, who had returned to the detachment's base area, was also very surprised: "Mr. Hu is very well-informed!" As soon as the independent regiment arrived in the north of the vortex, he received the news. Their intelligence capabilities are not simple! ”

"Detachment leader, how do we reply?"

"It's okay! I just sighed! This time, we should cooperate, and people will take the initiative to come over, which can be regarded as giving us face. Inform the troops to stay vigilant during this time and not to clash with the troops of the national army! ”

"Detachment leader, if we really let the troops of the national army recover Vortex City, will we be in trouble?"

"It doesn't matter! According to the instructions of the superiors, the independent regiment that came this time will cooperate with us in fighting behind enemy lines on the front line of Vortex City. As long as the national army does not continue to send reinforcements, our strength around Vortex City should not be weaker than them! ”

After talking to Hu Biao in detail a few times earlier, Peng Yufeng also understood why Hu Biao let the national army take over these recovered county seats. In the final analysis, this is also a question of considering the name of the righteousness. In any case, the national army is the main force of the anti-Japanese war.

The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, although they were also part of the Anti-Japanese War Army, still nominally needed to obey the dispatch of the Nationalist Government. really took over these recovered county towns, but I was afraid that Peng Yufeng would also face the dual threats and pressure of the national army and the Japanese army.

Now that the Nationalist Army is being pushed to the front, it is undoubtedly an extremely wise choice for the New Fourth Army to expand its base areas and troops in the countryside. If we really want to engage in friction, I believe that the national troops stationed in various counties should also consider the consequences caused by this.

really gave up the recovered county town to the little devils, and I believe that the domestic people who are concerned about the Anti-Japanese War will not easily let go of the party that provoked the incident. Now there is Hu Biao as the middleman, and both parties get benefits, which is undoubtedly beneficial to everyone!

As soon as the Independent Regiment arrived at the guerrilla detachment's station, Hu Biao soon arrived near the village where the guerrilla detachment's base was located. Knowing that Hu Biao came to the meeting in person, Peng Yufeng and Sun Weimin, the head of the independent regiment, did not say a word to bring people there.

For security and confidentiality reasons, both men brought only a few guards. As for the subordinates worried about the safety of the two, both said that they didn't need to worry too much. In the final analysis, they all know that it is not easy for too many people to know about the cooperation with Hu Biao.

It stands to reason that they have all received instructions from their superiors and should take the initiative to visit Hu Biao. Now that Hu Biao has taken the initiative to come over, he has already given them face. Bringing a large group of people to meet in the past seems to be somewhat distrustful, which is not conducive to follow-up cooperation!