When Xiao Siming returned to Puyang County, it was already the evening of June 19. Vertex. Fastest updates

From Puyang to Fengqiu, there are still 128 kilometers of highways in the future, and if it is the automobile and cavalry battalion of the advance detachment, it will naturally be able to arrive in a few hours. But for the front team that delivered the captured supplies, it was much slower.

In this case, because the eastward advance detachment destroyed the Shijiazhuang airfield, and the North China Front Provisional Aviation Regiment was transferred to the command of the Central China Dispatch Army, the number of Japanese planes in North China was greatly reduced, and it was no longer possible to dispatch clusters to carry out uninterrupted reconnaissance, search and bombing, as Xiao Siming did when he captured Dezhou. Otherwise, I am afraid that I may not be able to reach Puyang by the 20th.

There is another factor in this, that is, the baggage battalion and the three infantry battalions of the eastward advance detachment went out to meet the orders and unloaded the ammunition carried by the fastest automobile team on the way, and the rubber trucks and pack horses of the baggage battalion and the infantry of the three battalions were transported back, so that the cars returned to pick up the daily necessities such as grain, cotton, oil and other daily necessities transported by the front team, and pulled the soldiers on foot to save time.

When the front team returned to Chenqiao, Xiao Siming spoke to the villagers, and gathered the pseudo-district chief and several security chiefs of Chenqiao to take pictures, telling them how to deal with the little devils when they encountered them.

This method is very simple, Xiao Siming told the villagers and the pseudo-district chiefs and pseudo-security chiefs that they should unify the caliber, not to say that they were transferring materials to the Eighth Route Army, but to transfer them to the Japanese army. Because that unit drove the iron turtle and car of the imperial army, wore the uniform of the imperial army, carried a 38 big cover, spoke in Japanese, and had an interpreter, where could the common people tell whether they were the Eighth Route Army or the Imperial Army?

This statement is consistent with the intelligence that Xiao Siming's department is good at camouflaging the Japanese army in the Japanese army, which can fool the Japanese army and protect these fellow villagers who participated in the branch.

Chen Qiao's pseudo-district chief and pseudo-security chief are all a group of shameless goods, and if they can have a reasonable explanation and method to trick the Japanese army, they naturally have to learn it and memorize it in their minds!

Not to mention those fellow villagers, Xiao Siming told them that when they encountered the Japanese army, they insisted that it was the imperial army that fought the imperial army, and the victorious imperial army ordered the district chief and the security chief to take the regiments to capture the husband and carry the materials, and they were forced to carry the materials by the district chief and the security chief!

The pseudo-district chief, the pseudo-security chief, including the villagers in front of the branch, no one knew that Xiao Siming was the commander of the eastward advance detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, on the contrary, they all thought that he was so young, he should be a platoon commander or company commander of the Eighth Route Army, but Xiao Siming's move is indeed a high move, a very clever trick, it will definitely work against the little devil, and people have to obey!

The villagers of the front team happily returned to Chenqiao.

Marching all the way, Yan Rou, who was riding on the jade lion horse of the night, was the most relaxed person in the entire transportation team.

Although Xiao Siming had already unmistakably rejected Yan Rou's love, this girl was dead-eyed, and her heart was still tied to Xiao Siming. Chase him, chase him, and follow him to fight in the north and south. That thought, even a fool can see it!

Riding Xiao Siming's war horse and letting Xiao Siming lead the horse for her, Yan Rou's fatigue had already disappeared without a trace, and her spirit slowly recovered, and a pair of beautiful eyes along the way never left Xiao Siming's back, as if Xiao Siming was leading the horse to marry her groom, so that the beautiful Yan Rou couldn't help but feel like a midsummer night's serenade, flowing silently.

It's a pity that Xiao Siming is the commander of the eastward advance detachment, and Yan Rou is now also a cadre of the Eighth Route Army, even if Yan Rou wants to and wants to throw herself into Xiao Siming's arms, she can't do it.

The commander of the army, with the majesty of the commander of the army!

Marching with so many soldiers and so many former villagers, Yan Rou, who was tender and tactful, could only ride on the jade lion horse of the night, and the green silk was green with the bumps of the horse, and she didn't dare and couldn't have any too intimate communication with Xiao Siming.

Xiao Siming, who returned to Puyang City, saw Wang Lushui's sad face, and his chin seemed to be thin and sharp, so he smiled and asked What's wrong, what's new?

From last night to now, Wang Lu's eyes haven't closed, and he is about to die of sorrow, looking forward to Xiao Siming like looking forward to Ganlin!

Without the slightest tremble, Wang Lushui directly put a stack of telegrams in front of Xiao Siming's face!

Running all the way, Wang Lushui didn't even ask Xiao Siming if he had eaten or was thirsty, so he put a stack of telegrams in front of him, explaining that the situation was not good!

If it weren't for the reluctance to capture the heavy equipment, with Wang Lushui's ability, he would definitely not be so worried. They are all old Red Army, they are old in war, no matter how many little devils there are, they are not afraid, there are always gaps to drill, and they just run away if they can't fight. The problem is that the current eastward advance detachment has so many tanks, armored vehicles, automobiles, and rubber vehicles, and can no longer move covertly like the guerrilla warfare during the Red Army period.

Xiao Siming was not in a hurry at all, saying that he was tired and hungry all the way, so he had to fill his stomach first, and then he said, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, what can he do if he doesn't eat enough?

Wang Lushui then remembered to call someone to cook for him and Xiao Siming!

So much rice and white flour have been seized, and the cooking squads of all troops have begun to urgently make dry food, and this food must be very good!

Sure enough, after the meal was served, Xiao Siming saw that white rice, canned beef, canned caviar, pork stewed vermicelli tofu, and a bowl of Huai rice tea to relieve the heat.

Wang Lushui, Hu Qingyun, and Zheng Xiuchuan didn't eat, and they happened to eat with Xiao Siming.

While eating, Hu Qingyun said that the situation was not good, and the Japanese army had increased its troops. The scouts who stayed in Texas all sent telegrams that a Japanese unit numbered the 21st Division had appeared in Dezhou, and this unit should be a newly formed division of the Japanese army, which had just been deployed in Texas as soon as it entered the battlefield in North China. In this way, the 5th Division, the 16th Division, the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the little devils will all have their hands free and can pursue and besiege us without any scruples.

When the eastward advance detachment withdrew from Dezhou and Shijiazhuang, Xiao Siming ordered Wang Quanyou to leave scouts in the two places to monitor the Japanese army, carrying portable secret radio stations like those of the Japanese intelligence agencies captured in Dezhou, so that they could contact the main force of the detachment at any time.

Xiao Siming didn't say anything, just buried his head in the tiger and ate with his head down!

Wang Lushui interjected: "What's even worse is that the Japanese puppet army in Heze has begun to march to the Yellow River, and my Sulu-Henan detachment has already engaged in fire with the Japanese puppet army. It was judged that the Japanese army wanted to block the ferry on the other side of the Yellow River and block the passage of our eastward advance. The plan of the engineer battalion to erect a pontoon bridge at the Guantai ferry port can no longer be implemented! ”

Xiao Siming let out an "oh", put down his rice bowl, raised his head, and asked in surprise: "The little devil moves so fast?" ”

Wang Lushui said "um", and then said: "Lao Peng and Lao Wu of the Sulu-Yu detachment reported that it was not only the Japanese puppet army in Heze that sent out to the Yellow River, but also found that the Japanese army on the Longhai Road was frequently mobilized, and according to reliable information, the Japanese army that captured Kaifeng was mixed into the third brigade and the fourth brigade, and they were all moving towards the Huxi area, and it seemed that they were here to reinforce the Japanese army in the Huxi area and block the eastward passage of our army!" ”

Xiao Siming was no longer in the mood to joke and eat, so he finished pulling the white rice and vegetable steak in two bites, stood up, picked up the Huai rice tea, drank it in one gulp, turned around and went to read the telegram.

Xiao Siming first read the telegram sent back by the investigators who stayed in Texas. Sure enough, the newly formed 21st Division of the Japanese army had arrived in North China and joined the North China battlefield.

Xiao Siming, who is familiar with military history, knows that after the 21st Division was formed in April, it was not transported to Qingdao until August, and it landed from Qingdao and transported to Xuzhou by car to take over the defense of the 114th Division stationed in Xuzhou, and the 114th Division was transferred to Jinan to garrison. The Japanese army originally stationed in Lianyungang was independently mixed into the Fifth Brigade, which was also transferred to Qingdao in August, and has been stationed in the Qingdao area since then until defeat and surrender.

The 21st Division appeared in advance, and the 110th Division, which was formed by the Japanese army on June 16 and was originally deployed on the Pinghan Road, is estimated to be transported to North China immediately.

In the history of the 110th Division, it was only transported to Tianjin Tanggu after July 15 to land, but now due to Xiao Siming's sideways appearance, the Japanese army in North China is empty, and even the 21st Division has been driven to North China in advance, and it is directly deployed in Dezhou, and the 110th Division will definitely appear in advance!

This 110th Division, historically the old opponent of the Eighth Route Army in North China, often swept not only to central and southern Hebei, but also to Pingxi, Pingbei, and eastern Hebei, with a lot of blood debts!

Although Xiao Siming was full of pride and didn't see the little devil in his eyes, he knew that it was not wrong to despise the Japanese army strategically, but it was a big mistake to despise the Japanese army tactically, and he had to attach great importance to it. Otherwise, you will have to suffer a big loss!

Don't underestimate this 21st Division, it is a unit composed of fanatical Japanese young soldiers, and its combat effectiveness is very strong, much more powerful than the ad hoc division!

It is precisely because of this additional 21st Division that the independent mixed Fourth Brigade deployed along the Zhanghe River and the independent mixed Third Brigade deployed in Linqing and Liaocheng have a strong backing behind them and can receive support at any time.

As long as Terauchi Shouichi is willing, the main force of the 21st Division can move south along the canal, and together with the independent mixed third and fourth brigades, form a heavy army group, and block the passage for Xiao Siming's troops to retreat to southern Hebei and Luxi.

After reading the telegram sent back by the scouts who stayed in Dezhou, Xiao Siming then read the telegram sent by Xu Xiangqian, Xiao Hua, Peng Mingming, and Wu Zongyu of the Suluyu detachment to inform the enemy situation.

Xu Xiangqian's telegram said that the Japanese Army's Fifth and 16th Divisions had already begun to stop their attacks on the hinterland of the southern Hebei base area last night, gathered up their troops, and withdrew to the Pinghan Line early this morning.

Xu Xiangqian reminded Xiao Siming that the Japanese army should be going south along the Pinghan Road to northern Henan.

Xiao Hua's telegram said that after the Japanese Fifth Division and the 16th Division withdrew from the Jilu border area, the two cavalry divisions of the puppet Mongolian army and the puppet Jidong Security Force, together with the Japanese army's Third Railway Wing stationed in Cangzhou and the puppet army Liu Peichen's unit, still carried out a sweep of the Jilu border base area and began to build strongholds in the base area, apparently trying to compete with us for control of the Jilu border. (To be continued.) )