Headquarters of the Tachibana detachment. [No pop-up novel network]

Yoshio Tachibana was frowning at the map in thought.

Tachibana Keio is considering a question, after solving the remnants of the provisional 79th Division, whether the Tachibana detachment needs to take advantage of the situation to go north to Dongtai and Yancheng, and then go straight to Lianyungang from Yancheng.

When Shanshanyuan was the land minister, Tachibana Yoshio was the head of the combat section, so he was very clear about Shanshanyuan's battle plan for advancing north and south and meeting in Xuzhou, and Tachibana Yoshio really planned to go north to Lianyungang, and then directly attack Xuzhou from Lianyungang along the Longhai Line to the west.

In this way, the Tachibana detachment could form a three-sided attack with the main forces of the North China Front and the Central China Front.

However, there must be a premise for this, that is, the remnants of the provisional 79th Division must be solved first, and Tachibana Yoshio was thinking about it, when there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, it was Chief of Staff Ogasawara.

Ogasawara Goro strode into the war room and reported to Tachibana Yoshio: "Detachment leader, the aviation scouts have found the remaining remnants of the provisional 79th Division ten miles southwest of Hai'an Town, however, they have changed the direction of their march, and it seems that they are preparing to bypass Hai'an Town from the west and go north, do they need to send troops to intercept it?" ”

Tachibana Keio said indifferently: "Don't be in a hurry first, just let the aviation scouts monitor them first." ”

Ogasawara Goro said worriedly: "Detachment leader, except for the large forest around Qixing Lake near Hai'an Town, there is an unsheltered open area all around, as long as there is aviation, no matter where the remnants of the provisional 79th Division go, there will be nothing to hide, but ......"

Tachibana Yoshio said, "But what? ”

Ogasawara said: "Detachment leader, if the army goes far, it will not be easy to chase after it. ”

"They can't go far." Tachibana Keio waved his hand and said lightly, "Before noon, the main force of the detachment will be able to deal with the Shina Army trapped in the Qixinghu Marsh, and then it will not be too late to turn back and deal with the remaining remnants, Ogasawara-san, but in half a day, how far can the Shina Army go?" ”

This was Tachibana Yoshio's plan, to concentrate all his efforts on dealing with the Chinese* army trapped in the Shichixinghu swamp first, because he was sure that the commander of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division, that is, the dangerous Chinese special forces mentioned by Okahara Toshishi, was in the Qixinghu swamp, and as long as this person was killed, the remaining Chinese* army would no longer have to worry about it.

After a pause, Tachibana Keio said again: "However, since Ogasawara-san is worried, then first send a cavalry squadron to entangle the remnants of the provisional 79th Division, and the sweeping operation in the swamps of Qixinghu Lake, there is not much more cavalry squadron, but there is not much less of them than a cavalry squadron, let them entangle the remnants of the provisional 79th Division first." ”

"Hello." Goro Ogasawara paused heavily, turned around and walked into the communication room.

At this time, a communications staff officer hurriedly came out of the communications office and almost collided with Ogasawara Gorou, who was furious and immediately slapped the communications staff officer.

The communications staff officer was slapped in the face, and quickly put his feet up and straightened up, and said hello repeatedly.

Ogasawara Goro snorted, and then asked, "What's the situation?" ”

The communications staff officer paused again and said, "Chief of Staff, the 1st Infantry Brigade reports that they have just eliminated a small unit of the China Army in the depths of the Qixing Lake swamp. ”

"Nani?" Ogasawara suddenly perked up when he heard this.

Good news so soon? Looks like it's going well.

Yoshio Tachibana also heard it, but Yoshio Tachibana thought of another possibility, and immediately came over and asked, "How many people are there in this small army of the wiped out Shina Army?" ”

The communications staff officer said: "There are more than fifty people, about one platoon. ”

"More than fifty?" Tachibana Keio's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he said angrily, "Yaga, it's broken, the branch army is divided, and most of this small army is left behind." ”

After Goro Ogasawara heard this, he also reacted immediately.

Ogasawara Goro said in a deep voice: "Detachment leader, with the interception of this small army, the other hundred or so remnants of the army will have more time to go further, and even have a chance to eliminate their tracks, and the pursuing force of the imperial army will probably have to spend a lot of effort to find them from the vast jungle and destroy them." ”

Tachibana Keio frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Order, the infantry brigades responsible for blocking the periphery immediately shrink the encirclement centripetally, and the 1st infantry brigade responsible for the pursuit immediately divide their troops and carry out a dragnet sweep in small teams, as well as the cavalry team, don't pay attention to the enemy outside, immediately enter the Seven Star Lake swamp and assist the infantry in the sweep." ”

Ogasawara Goro didn't stop Tachibana Yoshio from sending cavalry into the Shichixinghu swamp this time, but he was worried about another thing now, and said at the moment: "Detachment leader, according to the information from the Battle of Wuxi, the Battle of Baoxing, and the Battle of Nantong, the remnants of the 79th Division are very good at small-scale ambush warfare, is it too dangerous to sweep in small teams?" In case the army sacrifices the inverted triangle ambush formation again, a small team is afraid that it will be ......"

Tachibana Yoshio waved his hand and said with a cruel smile: "I hope that the Shina Army will do this." ”

"Nani?" Ogasawara Goro was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then suddenly realized, "Detachment leader, are you trying to use these infantry squads as bait to lure out the Shina army?" ”

Tachibana Yoshio smiled sly and didn't say anything.

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"Rest in place." Xu Rui turned around and said in a deep voice.

As soon as Xu Rui's words fell, the more than 50 remnants behind him sat on the ground one after another, and then opened their mouths wide, wheezing like dogs in June.

Xu Rui didn't have time to rest, and turned back with the 38 big cover on his back.

Xu Rui couldn't let Wang Changfu and the remnants of the 2nd platoon die in vain, so he had to cover up the traces they left along the way before the little devil's pursuers caught up.

Covering up traces is not only a technical task, but also a delicate job, which requires a lot of effort.

However, this is difficult for Xu Rui, Xu Rui has systematically learned camouflage before crossing.

After carefully eliminating the traces, Xu Rui was still not at ease, and then used a killer stream, this time he no longer let the more than 50 remnants of the 1st platoon march on the ground, but collected all the ropes carried by the remnants, and set up a rope bridge between the two adjacent trees, so that the remnants of the soldiers did not touch the ground and slid directly from the rope bridge.

During the sliding, Xu Rui also repeatedly told the remnants of the soldiers to be careful not to break the branches.

After sliding for a distance with the rope bridge, Xu Rui led more than 50 remnants of the first platoon to lurk in a hidden depression, quietly waiting for the night to come.

It didn't take long for about a dozen devils in a class to walk by very close to them.

After another half an hour or so, another group of cavalry, about twenty horsemen, also passed not far away.

After about half an hour, another group of devils, about a small team, passed by the neighborhood again, this time the devils carried out fire waiting while walking, and said fire reconnaissance, in fact, it was to use machine guns to aimlessly sweep S around, to see if the blind cat could catch the dead mouse.

Not to mention, there was really a remnant soldier who was hit in the neck by a stray bullet and hung the lottery.

The remnant soldier endured the pain and didn't dare to move, because as soon as he moved, the camouflaged branches on his body would also move, so it must be exposed, the wounded remnant didn't dare to move, Xu Rui and the remnants lurking around him didn't dare to bandage his wounds, and after the little devil passed, Xu Rui dared to come over to inspect the injuries on the remnant soldier, but found that the remnant had already been angry for a long time, and the blood on his body was about to dry up.

Time passed slowly in an anxious wait.

In this process, teams of devils walked by, but because Xu Rui's camouflage skills were clever enough, the devils did not find the remnants of the independent battalion close at hand.

Xu Rui has reason to believe that as long as there are no accidents, he and the remnants of the 1st platoon will definitely be able to hide until dark, and as long as it gets dark, he will have full confidence to lead the remnants of more than 50 to break out of the encirclement.

Unfortunately, however, surprises always come unexpectedly.

Just after noon, at least more than four hours before dark, Xu Rui, who was releasing his whole body perception, suddenly stood up with hairs all over his body.

Dog barking! Xu Rui heard the barking of dogs!

Damn, the little devil actually brought a wolfdog!

The nose of a wolfdog is not an ordinary spirit, and ordinary camouflage techniques can easily fool human eyes, but it cannot fool the nose of a wolfdog at all.

If it was in normal times, Xu Rui had the means to deal with wolf dogs.

The wolf dog's biggest reliance is its sense of smell, as long as its sense of smell is disturbed, the wolf dog will become blind, the simplest and most effective way is pepper, only a pepper-coated R cake, Xu Rui can make the little devil's wolf dog become a decoration, but now, where can Xu Rui find pepper?

As time passed, the wolfdog's barking got closer and closer, and it seemed to have discovered something.

I can't wait any longer, I must kill the wolf dog of the little devil, otherwise not a single one of the more than fifty remnants here will want to live.

Yes, Xu Rui was confident that he would escape alive, but it was impossible for the more than fifty remnants of the soldiers here to escape, they were just ordinary people after all, not super soldiers like him.

"You stay here, don't move, I'll be away for a while!" Xu Rui confessed and stood up.

The few remnants closest to Xu Rui looked up when they heard the sound, and saw that Xu Rui's figure was as agile as an ape, swishing up along a big tree, up to the top of the big tree, bending up with a branch and then flicking up, the grown body rose up like a big bird, and then stretched out his limbs violently in the wind.

At this time, a scene that stunned the remnants appeared.

I don't know when, Xu Rui has tied the hem of the tweed coat on his body to his knees, he stretched out his limbs, and the tweed coat on his body also stretched out, and then with the blowing of the tweed coat, Xu Rui really glided down from the top of the treetops like a big bird.