Bai Fei said: "It is precisely because this is the hinterland of the plains that we have to besiege and defend. If it was a hard fight, the Japanese armored forces would move more quickly and attack more fiercely on the flat terrain, and even if we could win, it would be a terrible victory, and I don't know how many brothers would have to be sacrificed. Besides, I promised Brother Qingquan that he would get the Japanese tanks in its entirety, and if I fought hard, I was not sure that the Japanese tanks would be captured alive. ”

Qiu Qingquan was listening, and said busily: "Zhenyu, the big thing is important, and the elimination of the Japanese army is the first priority, you don't have to take my words to heart." ”

Bai Fei said: "That's not good, I said I would do it." Listen to me, as long as we find a way to compress the Japanese army near Lanfeng County, and then send troops to dig wide trenches around Lanfeng City, and lay wooden planks and other things on the trenches for camouflage, and the load can be overbearing, but if the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles come, those iron guys are very heavy, not to mention a few tons and more than ten tons, and walking on them will inevitably crush the camouflage and fall into the trenches. In this way, we can not only restrain the use of the Japanese armored forces, but also capture many tanks alive and strengthen our own strength. ”

Bai Fei told his plan, and the eyes of everyone present suddenly lit up.

Xue Yue happily clapped his hands and praised: "Well, good, good!" That's a good idea! ”

Bai Fei added: "Now that the 16th Division of the Japanese Army has arrived from Dangshan, since everyone agrees to this method, then the action must be swift, and the trench must be dug well at night tonight, otherwise Kenji Dohihara is likely to retreat east in advance once he senses our intentions." ”

Xue Yue suddenly stood up and drank: "Order!" ”

With a "bang", all the officers present stood up.

Xue Yue said with a serious face: "From now on: Song Xilian led the 87th Division to attack from the north of Lanfeng City; Wang Yaowu led the 51st Division to attack from the south; Long Muhan led the 88th Division, Li Liangrong led the 46th Division, and Ling Zhaoyao led the 8th Division to cooperate with each other to attack from the east; Gui Yongqing led the 24th and 45th divisions to attack from the west. Be sure to compress the Lanfeng Japanese army into Lanfeng City! At the same time, the telegram ordered Li Hansoul to lead his troops to support Lan Feng! ”

Xue Yue paused for a moment and said viciously: "This operation can only succeed, not fail!" If there is anyone who blames each other and is afraid of the battle, even if I, Xue Yue, fight for this old life, I will shoot him in advance! ”

The tiger boy was powerful, and it was really extraordinary, and the generals were silent, and after a while, they said in unison: "Yes!" ”

At the command of the generals, they immediately led their troops into action, and soon the battle began.

Since the Japanese army had already shrunk the battle line to the periphery of Lanfeng, the siege plan was progressing relatively smoothly. Two hours later, with the fire support of Wang Weiguo and Li Shuyang's two battalions, the South Road had captured Ximaoguzhai and Fengyi; The 30,000 troops on the east road also captured Hongmiao Town and are attacking the area around the archway village in the west; Due to the backing of the Yellow River on the north road, the Japanese army only had a small garrison here, and it was soon attacked under the city wall by the 87th Division led by Song Xilian.

The two divisions led by Gui Yongqing on the West Road were also conscientious this time, and as soon as they started fighting, they rushed up and rushed to Erlizhai, Dongwangzhuang and other places. Further forward from here, he had already entered the range of the Japanese artillery, and Gui Yongqing stopped.

However, the Japanese army did not sit still, or perhaps they had guessed the intention of the squadron, and after it was dark, the Japanese army suddenly rushed out of the west gate of Lanfeng City, trying to jump out of the encirclement.

Gui Yongqing was ordering his men to dig a trench at that time, but was caught off guard by the sudden attack of the Japanese army, and the defense line almost collapsed.

Fortunately, Bai Fei was always not at ease with him, and ordered Xu Changsheng to lead the 3rd battalion and the artillery battalion to follow them all the time, at this time, seeing that the situation was urgent, Xu Changsheng immediately ordered artillery fire support, and after several rounds of salvo fire from 20 107 rocket launchers, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and had to retract back to Lanfeng.

If the western defense line is really broken through by the Japanese army this time, maybe Xue Yue, the tiger boy, will really shoot Gui Yongqing. It's a big deal, Gui Yongqing broke out in a cold sweat in fright, and took Xu Changsheng's hand and couldn't stop saying thank you.

Bai Fei shook his head with a wry smile after hearing the news at Cui Zhuang's headquarters.

Xue Yue scolded beside him: "This Gui Yong Halal is a waste snack, if someone hadn't protected him, I would have taken him when he lost Lan Feng!" ”

Bai Fei persuaded: "Chief Xue, don't sulk, fortunately, there is no danger, now the Japanese army has probably guessed our intentions, or order all departments to be vigilant and dig trenches as soon as possible." ”

Xue Yue nodded and said, "I have already ordered someone to cut down trees and collect the door panels of nearby villages. Zhenyu, your method is good, if the trench is dug deep enough, once the Japanese tank falls in, it will definitely not be able to climb, this method is still very effective against tanks, it is worth promoting. ”

Bai Fei waved his hand and said, "I have no opinion on the promotion, if Chief Xue wants to, he can do it himself." In fact, I also borrowed from the method in a book. ”

Xue Yue asked, "I don't know what it is, I'll read it when I have time." ”

"Oh, this, let me think about it..."Bai Fei pretended to be thinking, and after a while, he said: "I'm sorry Chief Xue, it's been too long, I really can't remember the name at this time." ”

Of course, Bai Fei couldn't say that this was a book he had read in later generations to cross the anti-Japanese war, so he found an excuse to shirk the past.

Xue Yue waved his hand disappreciatively, then he stood up and walked two steps, and said: "Zhenyu, now it seems that it is already a sure thing that the 14th Division of Kenji Dohihara will be trapped in Lanfeng, but what are we going to do next, will we stay so trapped until we starve them to death?" ”

Xue Yue paused and sighed, "Actually, if we have enough time, it would be a good idea to starve them to death. It's just that now the 16th Division of the Japanese Army has been attacking westward along the Longhai Railway, if we can't eliminate the Japanese army in Lanfeng as soon as possible, once other Japanese troops come to help, we are likely to lose all our efforts. ”

Bai Fei said: "Chief Xue, let me ask you a question, what is the goal of this Lanfeng Campaign?" ”

"Target?" Xue Yue was a little incomprehensible.

Bai Fei said: "I may not have made it clear, I mean, we are fighting the Japanese here in Lanfeng, just to eliminate the 14th Division?" Or do you want to defend on the spot against the westward advance of the Japanese army? If it is defense, where is the boundary? ”

Xue Yue said: "The order of the commission is to destroy the 14th division of the Japanese army, but the defense task is also self-evident. Therefore, the boundary question you asked, the more forward, the better, and at least you should keep the Lanfeng line. Of course, it would be great if they could capture Heze and other places and move the front forward. ”

Bai Fei said: "I'm not sure that the battle line will move forward, but if it is just to block the reinforcements of the Japanese army, I can come up with some ideas." ”

When Xue Yue heard this, he hurriedly said: "Zhenyu, come and listen, oh, by the way, do you want to use a trench to block the reinforcements of the Japanese army?" ”