Let's say that after Bai Fei took the special combat team to hide in the mountains, for several days, everyone rested during the day and went out at night, and if they had the opportunity, they would do the devils, and if they didn't have the chance, they would lead the devil's nose and turn around, although the 106th Brigade of the 136th Division went to pursue it was miserable, but the Japanese army was not vegetarian, and they quickly locked the hiding location of Bai Fei and others according to the intelligence and movement trajectory in the past few days, so they immediately transferred troops into the mountains to chase and suppress.

However, due to the deep mountains and forests in the middle of Wuwei and the Lujiang River, although the 106th Division has more than 10,000 people, it is only a drop in the bucket when it is sprinkled into the mountains, and it is impossible to do a detailed search at all.

Due to the constant news of the damage to the troops, the commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, had no choice but to order his subordinates to temporarily withdraw from the forest area and seek tactical guidance from the commander of the 11th Army, Okamura Ninji.

However, because of Bai Fei's report, the news of the destruction of the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Japanese Army was spread. In the past few days, Okamura has been constantly criticized and criticized by his superiors and the Japanese army base camp, and some people have even taken the opportunity to give full play to it, saying that his talent is not enough to serve as the commander of the first army, and that he made a mistake in making a decision to promote him by skipping the ranks. Thinking that he was the commander of an army, he was trained like a grandson every day, and he kept hearing these gossips about him, Okamura Ninji didn't mention how angry he was.

Therefore, after receiving the news of Junrokuro Matsuura's request for help, Okamura Ninji didn't say a word, first scolded him fiercely, and then immediately dispatched the 114th Division to cooperate with the 106th Division to participate in the pursuit. Even so, Okamura Ninji still felt unsafe, he now not only hated Matsuura Junrokuro's incompetence, but also gritted his teeth with hatred for the initiator Bai Fei, hoping that this time he could solve this trouble once and for all. So he forwarded the telegram to the commander of the Central China Front, Shunroku Hatata, hoping that he would send the Second Army to assist.

After receiving the telegram from Shunroku Hatahata, Minoru Higashikurenomiya, commander of the Second Army of the Japanese Army, immediately dispatched the 13th and 16th divisions near Hefei to the north and south to the Lujiang area to participate in the round-up of Bai Fei and others. Minoru Higashikunomiya sneered: "This Bai Fei, the head of the regiment directly under the military police of China who doesn't know the height of the sky, dares to say that he is not ashamed to threaten to come to Hefei to capture me alive, I want to see how he will deal with it this time!" ”

All of a sudden, more than 60,000 people from the four divisions entered the mountainous area south of the Lujiang River to round up Bai Fei.

After Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Wuhan, got the news, he hurriedly called Chen Cheng to discuss and asked him to find a way to rescue Bai Fei.

However, at present, the 5th and 10th brigades of the Japanese army are stationed in the areas of Yongcheng, Mengcheng, and Lisin; The 101st Division is storming the buried hills; Except for the Sakai Detachment, which was attracted to the Dabie Mountains in order to pursue the 2nd Battalion of the 6th Division, most of the troops were deployed in Tongcheng, Shucheng and the areas west of it. It can be said that the two sides have basically formed a confrontation situation around Taihang Mountain. Only the 13th and 16th Divisions, which were originally stationed in Lu'an, Shouxian and other places, were transferred out of pursuit of Bai Fei.

Chen Cheng was forced by Chiang Kai-shek to have no choice, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "The place where Zhenyu is trapped is behind the enemy, if we want to send troops to help, it will not work if we send less, and it will not be able to break through the blockade line of the Japanese army if we send more." In my opinion, the only way to turn the passive into the active, send troops eastward, attack Lu'an and other places, hoping to play a role in encircling Wei and saving Zhao. ”

Chiang Kai-shek sighed: "So far, that's the only way, you can arrange this matter as soon as possible." ”

Chen Cheng immediately conveyed the situation to Bai Chongxi of the Fifth War Zone, and after Bai Chongxi learned of the situation, he telegraphed Song Xilian and ordered him to go east to Dabie Mountain with the 71st Army under his command and proceed according to the plan. Song Xilian was still in Huangchuan County when he received the order, he had several friendships with Bai Fei, and received Bai Fei's help many times, and now he knew that the situation was urgent, so he immediately traveled to Lu'an and other places.

However, at this time, Bai Fei was already in the mountains in the south of Lujiang County and was inseparable from the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army.

It turned out that whether it was the 106th and 114th divisions of the Japanese army, or the 13th and 16th divisions, they had all suffered a big loss in the frontal battlefield. Therefore, in this encirclement and suppression, none of the division commanders of various divisions and regiments dared to underestimate Bai Fei, and they all worked up their spirits, and they also gave orders to their subordinates, fighting steadily and steadily for the battalion step by step, and encircling them from the outside to the inside on all sides.

In this way, Bai Fei's pressure really increased, although he successively sent special combat teams to fight with the Japanese army in the mountains several times, using the terrain and firepower advantage to make the devils suffer thousands of casualties, but as the encirclement became smaller and smaller, Bai Fei couldn't help but become more and more anxious.

Although he couldn't say that he was fully prepared for this operation, he didn't expect that the Japanese army would send so many people to search the mountains for him.

Bai Fei even scolded himself in his heart. Li Hu saw that he was a little anxious, and said: "Tuanzao, it's a big deal to fight with the devil, our brothers are not afraid of death." ”

Bai Fei smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying in his heart that this kid would not comfort people, and was about to say a few words to him, when he suddenly remembered something, so he asked, "What time is it today?" ”

Li Hu was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "July 1st, what's wrong with the group?" ”

Bai Fei said: "Go and ask immediately, is there any news from the brothers on guard in the north?" ”

"Yes!" Li Hu turned around and ran away, and after a while, he ran back and said: "Tuanzao, I really asked you, a few minutes ago, the news came back from the north, and the two divisions of the Japanese Second Army suddenly stopped, I don't know what the hell they were doing." ”

Bai Fei said thoughtfully: "It seems that something in the north still happened. ”

Li Hu was puzzled: "North? Tuanza, do you mean the 71st Army? Aren't they still on the way, it is estimated that it will take the afternoon to reach the outskirts of Lu'an. ”

"Don't ask, tell the brothers, this time we are embattled, we must cheer up, a large number of mines and explosives are planted, and it will be difficult for the Japanese army to move an inch. Once the 71st Army attacks Lu'an and other places, as long as the Japanese army comes back to help, we must immediately seize the opportunity to escape from the encirclement. ””

Bai Fei did not explain, in fact, what he said about the north was referring to a military conflict that occurred on the Sino-Soviet border at the end of June 38 between Japan and the Soviet Union around the two highlands of Zhanggu Peak and Shacao Peak.

Zhang Gufeng and Shacaofeng have been China's territory since ancient times, but this place was actually controlled by Manchukuo established by the Japanese at that time, and the Soviet Union suddenly occupied the above areas at the end of June 38, the Japanese army in order to safeguard their interests, ready to use force against the Soviet Union, the two sides gathered tens of thousands of troops here, hundreds of artillery, hundreds of tanks, hundreds of aircraft, and they were about to fight, and finally the Japanese were instigated, thinking that there was no chance of winning the war with the Soviet Union, and the strategy of China was the most important thing. In the end, the battle between the two sides was not successful, and the above places became the spoils of the Soviet Union.

It is said that after the incident occurred at that time, the Japanese military attached great importance to it, and even prepared to mobilize the Second Army, which was originally planned to attack Wuhan, to go north, which is also the reason why the Japanese 11th Army fought along the Yangtze River for more than a month during the Wuhan Campaign in history, and the Japanese Second Army in Hefei and other places has not moved at all.

Bai Fei came from later generations, so he naturally knew more about these incidents, and he knew that the 13th and 16th divisions that were now besieging him must have been affected by this incident, so he paused the pace of advancement. However, he did not pin his fate on this, he knew that there must still be heated discussions within the Japanese army base camp now, and during this period, the 13th and 16th divisions would definitely continue to encircle and suppress him.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the brothers on guard in the north to hear that the 13th and 16th divisions of the Japanese army had begun to move again. Bai Fei secretly cursed, personally led a team of people to Lei Gongling and other places to block the Japanese army, although the Japanese army could not enter the mountain with heavy weapons, but it relied on a large number of people, launched the tactics of the sea of people, but also overwhelmed, in addition to the Japanese army continued to send people to intercept in a roundabout way, Bai Fei had to take people to fight and retreat, the two sides fought from afternoon to evening, although Bai Fei paid great attention to the safety of the soldiers, but so continuous fighting, the special combat team finally began to combat attrition.