Chapter Eighty-Nine: A Game of Cat and Mouse

In the temporary headquarters, Wang Lung looked at the military map in his hand and asked: "Immediately turn on the radio, send a report to the political commissar and them, report our location, and ask about the battle situation of the regiment at the same time!" ”

Soon Long Yi took these telegrams to Wang Long's side and said: "Report to the division commander, I just got in touch with the political commissar, our people exchanged fire with the Japanese army in Luliang this morning, but the battle was not fierce, and there were casualties on both sides. According to www.biquge.info the news from the front, the Japanese army at the front of Luliang has reached more than 6,000 people, and the number is still increasing. ”

"The Japanese army in the direction of Datong has about two wings, with a total strength of more than 6,000 people, and today our intelligence officers also found a fast-moving Japanese army north of Yulin, with a strength of about 1,500 people, with chariots and artillery, is killing Shenmu County and Fugu County, it seems that they are preparing to attack us secretly, and then encircle and kill our army with the Japanese army in Luliang."

Wang Lung thought for a while and said: "God really help me, counting these Japanese soldiers, then there will definitely not be many defenders in Yulin City, and one or two thousand people will reach the sky." The little devil wants to sneak attack us, so I'll use two counties to change cities with them. ”

"Immediately send a telegram to the 1st and 2nd Recruit Regiments, and tell them to immediately attack the Japanese troops on the opposite side and let them burn the fire. But tell them that the fire can burn, but watch out for casualties! In addition, let the 1st Regiment cooperate with the 2nd Regiment to ambush the Japanese troops in the direction of Datong, remember, don't take the initiative to attack, just block it for me, and tell Li Min that they can use guerrilla tactics, one thing, that is, you can't let go of an enemy, and you must save your own casualties. ”

"Yes!"

"Now I took away the cavalry regiment and the special regiment and bayonets, we have a total of about 5,000 people, and let the transport team hide, don't let the devils find out, now there are three regiments left, order the three regiments to standby, now we are not sure if the devils have a backhand, if there are three regiments to support immediately."

"Yes"

After receiving Wang Lung's order, the 1st Regiment of Recruits and the 2nd Regiment of Recruits, who were discussing tomorrow's battle, were dumbfounded, and they were going to attack at such a late hour, isn't it a joke! Besides, the troops have been fighting all day today, and although the battle is not very fierce, the soldiers are also tired, how to fight.

But the military order is like a mountain, you can not understand it, but it must be carried out, the two also know that Wang Lung is the same thing, and they also know that Wang Lung loves the soldiers very much, but this time such an order is issued, which means that it is an urgent moment, so they have to give such an order, and the two did not hesitate and immediately started to act.

Soon the new regiment of the 88th Division at the front was mobilized, and then attacked the Japanese again.

Different from the daytime battle, the soldiers of the new regiment were obviously much more brave at night, and under the cover of artillery fire, they launched an attack on the position of the devils for the third time in a row, causing great casualties and pressure to the Japanese army.

In fact, it is easy to understand that the current 88th Division is much stronger than the devil in night battles, and Wang Lung is afraid of the bombing of the devil's plane, so he asks the soldiers to train more at night, so in comparison, the Japanese army is much worse in this regard, and it is really not suitable for the night attack of the soldiers of the 88th Division.

This battle was a real positional battle with the Japanese army since Wang Long's army was formed, and to be honest, it was not fought well. The casualties of the new regiment were not small, but even so, they still caused a lot of pressure on the Japanese army.

At one o'clock in the morning of the 10th, a telegram came from the Bayonet Brigade saying that they had infiltrated Yulin City. At the same time, after figuring out the enemy's strength, there is now a complete infantry brigade and a gendarmerie of more than 300 people in Yulin City, and there is also a puppet infantry regiment that has just been formed for less than ten days, with a number of about 800 people.

After receiving the report from the bayonet brigade, Wang Lung immediately called the two regiment commanders and Xuan Yi, and then said: "I have figured out the strength of the Japanese army in the city, an infantry brigade plus a military police, and a puppet army infantry regiment, and counting the guards of the 10th Division Headquarters, the total strength will not exceed 2,300 people." ”

Xuan Yi was overjoyed when he heard this: "Grandma's, there are only more than 2,000 people, it seems that we have won this battle!" ”

"Don't rejoice too early, although we have more than 5,000 people now, we don't have an advantage as the attacking side. And there are also soldiers of devils stationed in other towns in Yulin, and these add up to an infantry brigade, and you said that Terauchi Shouichi will look at it and ignore it? If we can't solve the battle in two hours, then all the work we have done is lost. ”

"Commander, what do you say, we will all listen to you!" Xuan Yi said loudly.

Wang Lung immediately said: "Pass my order: the cavalry regiment immediately goes to a devil's railway station in the northeast of Yulin, which is a key place for the devils to transport supplies from the northeast to the south, and a squadron of devils is stationed, and your task is to besiege there." But remember, do not wear new military uniforms, change into civilian clothes and disguise yourself as partisans. ”

"Don't worry, division commander, I promise to complete the task in half an hour!" The commander of the cavalry regiment said loudly.

"Slow, this is the second point I want to advise, your task is to fight without breaking, to hurt the devils in the stronghold, but not to annihilate them all, to ask them to ask for help from the Japanese troops in the city, to transfer them all out of the city."

"Division commander, are you planning to surround the point and send reinforcements?"

"It's true that the siege is true, but if you don't have a chance to help, it's up to you. If you have the chance, you can fight, and if the Japanese are well defended, don't take that risk. Once the Japanese reinforcements arrive, don't get entangled, take advantage of the speed advantage of the cavalry to quickly continue to advance to the east, which is also an important stronghold of the Japanese army, in short, your task today is to constantly harass the strongholds around the Japanese army, the railway station, and attract all the Japanese troops in the city. ”

"Yes!"

Then, Wang Lung continued: "The rest of the troops are all divided into two routes, the special regiment and the guard battalion together, and I must move to the south gate of Yulin City before three o'clock in the morning, and there will be people from the bayonet brigade to meet you at that time." As soon as they saw the signal flare in the city, they immediately attacked the city, and immediately pounced on the important strongholds such as the station, barracks, and arsenal heavily guarded by the devils. ”

"The guard battalion and bayonets are under my command, and the special regiment is under the command of Genichi, and after the battle starts, launch an attack and quickly seize control of the city gates. Then attack all the way to the city, and flank the devils in the city with bayonets, remember, we don't have time to contain the prisoners in this battle, so you know what to do for yourselves! ”

"Yes!"

In Yulin City, Yoshio Shinozuka, who didn't know that the danger was already nearby, was drinking with the chief of staff, and he also called a few geisha from China, and they didn't know that this was the last time they drank in their lives.