Inexplicably, he lost two squads, which made Yoshio Hata, who was not rich in troops, feel more and more stretched. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info due to the lack of materials and supplies, the entire detachment has become the end of the crossbow after advancing to the west side of Yuelu Mountain, and has lost the ability to continue to advance. All the troops can do now is to hide in the jungle with the help of the terrain and wait for the follow-up troops to come to support.

What makes Yoshio Harata even more troublesome is, which team should be arranged to go out to reconnoiter now? Reconnaissance is no better than anything else, and without professional training, ordinary infantry units are simply not up to the task. The two squads that disappeared were the two most elite scout squads in the entire detachment. Now he doesn't have a decent reconnaissance team in his hands to explore the way. In other words, the Hakuda detachment has temporarily become blind and deaf!

Faced with this situation, Rao is the bold and reckless Yoshio Harata can only order the troops to stop advancing, shrink their defenses, and wait for reinforcements. Yuelu Mountain is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops, and if they run into the encirclement of the Chinese army headlong, the end is estimated to be no better than the rat that falls into the cat's nest.

If the Japanese army still maintained the marching column, Situ Rui's troops could take advantage of the terrain and fight an ambush on the Japanese army's marching route. But Yoshio Haura's contraction defense made him scratch his head. There are more than 1,000 devils, and the combat effectiveness of getting together should not be underestimated. If the other party is determined to shrink his defense, it is really not easy to gnaw it down for a while. Moreover, the intensity of the Japanese army's firepower is also a factor that cannot be ignored, and the troops are desperately attacking, and the casualties are not easy to say.

Situ Rui understands that in the eyes of Jiang Shan, the soldiers of the Falcon Special Operations Brigade are all baby bumps, and they are all very expensive. If the casualties are too great, even if the battle is won, Jiang Shan may not give himself a good look. Besides, his own army of more than 3,000 people, in the face of more than 1,000 devils still fighting with the other party, Situ Rui himself felt faceless.

Looking at the Botian detachment huddled like a hedgehog, Situ Rui scratched his head in sorrow. If the Japanese reinforcements get the news and come up with reinforcements desperately, let alone eat the Potian detachment, the headquarters of the Ninth Theater Commander hidden in the hinterland of Yuelu Mountain will also fall into many crises. Expecting those ragtag armies with rifles that could not be manned to resist the attacks of the Japanese elite, Situ Rui did not have this confidence.

Wanting to swallow the Hada detachment in one bite now seems unlikely. Seeing that the raiding and harassment operations that the falcons are best at have a tendency to develop towards attacking fortified operations, Xue Yue's move completely threw the Botian detachment into the fire pit.

Xue Yue, who was like an old fox hiding in the hinterland of Yuelu Mountain, slapped the table fiercely and said to Chief of Staff Wu Yizhi: "Order the confidential room to send a report to the 78th Army of the 20th Army, saying that signs of Japanese activities have been found near the headquarters of the commander of the theater, and order them to return to the headquarters of the commander immediately!" ”

Wu Yizhi was taken aback by Xue Yue's words, and hurriedly said, "Brother Boling, this move must not be!" The Japanese are now worried that they will not be able to find the location of our theater commander's headquarters, and at this time, the report will be very easily detected by the Japanese army's electronic side vehicles, and our position will be exposed at that time. The Botian detachment is now less than twenty miles away from us, and if they break through the resistance of the 3rd Regiment of the 6th Brigade, then our 9th Theater Commander's Headquarters will be in danger, and our 9th Theater will be in danger! ”

Xue Yue smiled: "This telegram of mine was sent to the Japanese army, there is no bait, how can a big fish take the bait?" As for the Hatada detachment, I was afraid that they wouldn't come. As long as they no longer put on a posture of an iron bucket formation, the three regiments of the Sixth Brigade will be able to clean them up! ”

Wu Yizhi's frowning brows still did not stretch: "That being said, the 20th Army sticks to the Xinqiang River, and the 78th Army is deployed along the line of Jinjing and Laodao River, which are all important positions that affect the whole body. If they withdraw and the Japanese take advantage of this opportunity to attack, we will lose the last barrier. ”

Xue Yue thought for a moment and said, "From here to the headquarters of the Twentieth Army and the Seventy-eighth Army, it will take three hours to get to the headquarters of the Twentieth Army and the Seventy-eighth Army. In this way, the telegram was delayed for three hours, and now let the signal corpsmen take my handwritten letter and rush to the headquarters of the two armies as quickly as possible. Three hours later, after the 20th Army and the 78th Army received the telegram, they immediately withdrew from their defensive positions and made a feint in the direction of the theater headquarters! At the same time, I ordered the 1st Special Operations Regiment in Jiangshan to be broken into pieces, and to keep a close eye on the 6th, 101st, and 106th Divisions of the Japanese Army, as long as they sent troops to reinforce the Potian Detachment, the 20th Army and the 78th Army immediately returned to the division and entered the original defensive line. Stop the invading Japanese army! I don't believe it, I, Xue Yue, have such a good head here, and he Okamura Ningji will turn a blind eye? ”

Xue Yue's words startled the entire headquarters, Wu Yizhi and Shang Zhen looked at each other for a long time, Shang Zhen opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he shook his head with a wry smile and gave up dejectedly. Jiang Shan and Situ Rui didn't say anything if they were light or heavy, big or small, and they didn't say anything if they used the Ninth Theater Commander's Department as bait, but now it's good, even Xue Yue himself was infected, and he didn't seem to realize the danger of being a bait at all. What's more, in the eyes of Okamura Ninji, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, this bait is too tempting, even if he knows that it is a bait, according to his always aggressive and adventurous character, I am afraid that he will rush up and bite it desperately.

Three hours later, Okamura Ninji was discussing tea with Chief of Staff Seishiro Itagaki in the headquarters when the adjutant suddenly came in and reported: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, our army's radio direction finding vehicle has just overheard a telegram from the headquarters of the commander of the Ninth Theater of Operations of the China Army. According to the decipherment, the Potian detachment of the 106th Division of the Imperial Army had advanced to a position less than ten kilometers from the headquarters of the Chinese Army. The enemy commander is ordering troops to return to defend his headquarters. ”

Okamura Ninji and Itagaki Seishiro were stunned at the same time, then stood up, walked quickly to the battle map, and asked, "Where is the Hata Advance Team now?" ”

The adjutant hesitated for a moment, and reported in a low voice: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, for the sake of the concealment of the operation, all the advance teams sent by the 106th Division have maintained radio silence. So, for the time being, we can't know the exact location of the Hatada detachment. However, based on the speed of their march and the time of departure, if they were not in the wrong direction, their present position was indeed very close to the headquarters of the Chinese people. ”

"Rubbish! Has it been discovered, and the radio is still silent, is it useful? Seishiro Itagaki scolded angrily when he heard this.

Okamura Ninji didn't speak, and after pondering for a while, he asked, "Which troops did Xue Yue order to come back?" ”

The adjutant looked at the telegram in his hand and replied, "They are the Yang Hanyu Department of the Twentieth Army stationed at the Xinqiang River, and the Xia Shouxun Department of the Seventy-eighth Army stationed on the front line of Jinjing and Laodao River. ”

Okamura Ninji and Itagaki Seishiro stared at the battle map for a long time, and a hint of suspicion flashed in their eyes. Itagaki Seishiro asked in a low voice: "The strength of the Shina Army in the area of the Xinqiang River and the Laodao River is already empty, and now these two armies are transferred back. Could this be Xue Yue's conspiracy? ”

Okamura Ninji ordered the adjutant: "Immediately order the Army Air Force to dispatch reconnaissance planes, and be sure to reconnoiter the movements of the 20th and 78th armies of the Shina Army!" ”

Half an hour later, the adjutant reported to Okamura Ninji and Itagaki Seishiro: "According to the telegram sent back by the reconnaissance plane, the 20th Army and the 78th Army of the China Army have withdrawn from their existing defensive positions and are returning to Yuelu Mountain at full speed!" ”

Okamura Ningji's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he said to Itagaki Seishiro with a little excitement: "Itagaki-kun, it seems that the Hatada detachment has indeed advanced to Xue Yue's lair!" ”

Itagaki Seishiro also looked happy, and said: "As long as the Hatada detachment can bite the other party, wait for the follow-up troops of our imperial army to reinforce it." At that time, he Xue Yue may not be able to fly even if he has wings! Congratulations, Your Excellency, for capturing or killing the commander of the Shina Theater of Operations for the first time in the operational history of the Imperial Japanese Army. He has made such an immortal contribution to His Majesty the Emperor, and His Excellency the Commander's majesty and strategy are truly admirable. ”

Okamura Ninji, who slapped this sycophant, was also a little fluttery. However, he quickly calmed down and ordered: "Order, the 106th Division stationed in Gao'an, the 33rd Division stationed in Tongcheng, and the 6th Division stationed in Xintang River immediately attack and advance in the direction of Yuelu Mountain!" The Nara Detachment and the Uemura Detachment of the Sixth Division immediately captured Yingtian and opened up a way for our army to advance! This battle is related to the military prestige of our 11th Army, the success or failure of this battle, and the prosperity of the empire's national fortunes! For this reason, I sincerely ask you to cooperate and fight hard for our Great Japanese Empire! On the day of triumph, Gangcun will personally pick up the wind and wash the dust for the soldiers! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! ”

Itagaki Seishiro excitedly shouted a few slogans as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and then asked cautiously: "Your Excellency Commander, after our army is opened, it is bound to be overwhelming and invincible, but what about our back road?" If the Chinese take advantage of this weakness and attack the rear of our army, the situation will be very critical. ”

Okamura Ningji's face sank, and a trace of bloodthirsty light flashed seriously, and he said in a cruel voice: "Order the troops, carry out scorched earth operations, and no chickens and dogs will be left wherever they go!" ”