"Guanxian?" , Suzuki came to the map and looked at it, his eyes narrowed.

Suzuki's smile became more and more, and he turned back to the adjutant and said: "Order the garrison troops in Linqing and Liaocheng, let them block the main road, and not let this part of the Eighth Route Army of the Independent Division converge with the Eighth Route Army in Shandong, and my Suzuki Division will sweep the past as quickly as possible." ”

"Order the troops in Gunzhou to compress the Eighth Route Army in Shandong, and I will cut them off and eliminate them separately."

"Hi"

Suzuki's movements were fast, and the departure and change of guards of the Japanese army and the puppet army made Division Commander Chen, who had received the information, understand that Li Ping's troops were exposed.

"Send a telegram to Li Ping and tell him to be careful, the encirclement and suppression of the devils will come soon."

When Li Ping received the telegram, he immediately asked the political commissar and the chief of staff to come over, and the three of them immediately arranged for the troops to hide, and then came to a small deserted village and walked into a room, in which the staff officers who came and went had already cleaned up the room.

Li Ping found a wooden plank, squatted down and picked up the map, pointed to the map and said: "Division Commander Chen's report, the Japanese army has discovered that our unit has arrived in Shandong, and is currently dropping its forces and turning its head to deal with us. ”

"We are now here in Guanxian County, in the heavily armed area of the devils, although there are 20,000 troops, and the ammunition is enough to fight two or three major battles, but we have two weaknesses."

"First, we are not familiar with the situation here, there is no base, and we don't have many options when the devils come to encircle and suppress."

"Second, because we came from afar, there are basically no heavy weapons such as cannons, so if we want to fight against the devils, we will suffer a lot."

The political commissar and the chief of staff nodded, in order to advance covertly, the heavy weapons of the troops were left with the division commander, and they were not familiar with the place, and the biggest test came.

"I think it's better for us to avoid the devil's edge, and only when we are familiar with or even open up some base areas can we fight the devil."

The political commissar's suggestion made Li Ping and the chief of staff shake their heads slightly, and the chief of staff said: "20,000 troops are not easy to hide, if we don't know it, we will be more passive, now we can only fight quickly, disrupt the deployment of the devils, and then look for opportunities." ”

Li Ping nodded suddenly, and then said: "The devils in Shandong know our traces, which means that Tada Jun also knows. ”

"Look at our current position, the front is the devil in Shandong, and the rear is the defense area of the devil in Hebei, and Tada Jun's troops in Hebei are controlled by Commander Xu, so we are temporarily safe behind us."

"I mean, the troops will attack quickly and take down the area around Guanxian, and we will establish a base here, and we will have two advantages in doing so."

"First, the troops don't have to crash into the encirclement of the devils, as long as they deal with the devils who come over to encircle and suppress, which is much safer."

"Second, the request given to us by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is to establish a base area across the two provinces, which is just the right place, as long as we survive this difficult period and gain a foothold here, the future will be of great benefit to us."

After Li Ping finished analyzing, the three of them thought for a while and decided, Li Ping asked the political commissar to stay where he was, and let the troops start to attack.

The sudden appearance of 20,000 troops caught the surrounding devil stronghold artillery towers off guard, and in the face of the menacing Eighth Route Army, these devils were constantly eliminated, and the puppet army was captured.

Li Ping's movements were fast, and after eliminating the devils around Guanxian County, the troops surrounded the county seat.

When the county town's telegram for help was sent, Suzuki suddenly became refreshed, and it was good to have a move, so that his troops could have a specific direction.

"Yo Xi, order the troops of Linqing to support the county seat, the purpose is not to destroy them, but to drag down the Eighth Route Army, and my Suzuki Division will be there soon."

Suzuki still did not know how many troops there were in this part of the independent division, and what he could now be sure of was that their combat effectiveness was not weak.

As long as the troops contain the Eighth Route Army, Suzuki will be sure to slowly eliminate them after the siege.

On the other hand, Li Ping didn't know Suzuki's plans, but he knew in his heart that the time difference was very important to the troops now.

Looking at the devils who were still resisting in the county, Li Ping walked back and forth and thought about it.

"Go, let the reconnaissance team probe the movements of the devils, and find out as much as possible the strength of the devils who have passed."

"Also, send a telegram to Senior Commander Chen, I want to borrow their intelligence network."

Li Ping felt that he should change his plans, and he slowed down the offensive of his troops and began to wait for news.

Half an hour later, in combination with the various information of the reconnaissance unit and the underground party comrades, Li Ping opened the map and began to think.

"Two troops, their speed is too fast, they can definitely get here in three hours, we have to speed up the pace of attack."

The chief of staff suggested that Li Ping didn't speak, he looked at the devil's two-way line of action, and slowly smiled.

"Order, leave two regiments to attack Guanxian, the other troops are divided into two parts, I want to besiege the city and send reinforcements."

Li Ping's order made the people around him sluggish, and the chief of staff said: "In this way, we are easily entangled by the troops of the Suzuki Division, but they will come over quickly." ”

Everyone nodded suddenly, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the troops, Li Ping raised his head and said: "According to the route and time of the march, the Suzuki division will contact us at least until the evening, this time is enough, the Japanese troops who came to support them on both sides are a brigade, not to mention that you don't have the ability to solve them in a short time." ”

Li Ping's tone made everyone embarrassed, they were now a little panicked in the face of the situation without a base, and now that Li Ping said it, everyone's spirit suddenly became focused.

"Brigadier, don't worry! We are sure that we didn't solve these two devils in two hours. ”

"Not bad"

“……”

The morale of the commanders who had regained their composure was high, Li Ping smiled and nodded, and said: "The troops are attacking in two directions, I will delay time here to help you have a chance to hide." ”

"Yes"

Watching the troops continue to move away, Li Ping watched as the troops ordered by the county seat of Guanxian County to behave as if they were short of ammunition and unable to attack.

The devils and puppet soldiers in the county breathed a sigh of relief, and a telegram came directly to Suzuki's hands.

"Huh, strange?" , Suzuki read the telegram, the first thought in his mind was the lack of ammunition for the Eighth Route Army, and then he shook his head again.

From what he knew about the Independent Division, the commander of this unit was extremely cunning, and he wondered if there was some kind of conspiracy.

"Go, send a telegram to ask, how is the strength of the Eighth Route Army attacking the county seat? Are there any signs of weakening? ”

Half an hour later, Suzuki couldn't figure out the situation when he touched his head, and the telegram said that the Eighth Route Army was using refueling tactics and could not calculate the troops, so Suzuki had no choice.

"Yaga, send a telegram to the troops who supported the past, and tell them to be careful."

Suzuki thought about it and still felt that he had to be careful, these troops must hold out until the arrival of their own division, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to encircle and suppress them.