However, just when Liu Tianshu was thinking about how to form an independent regiment, the detachment suddenly sent a telegram, saying that news came from the military headquarters that the 166th Devil Division was ready to send troops to besiege the fourth detachment, and asked Liu Tianshu to be prepared, once the devils besieged the fourth detachment, immediately launched an attack to the east of Hefei, tried to contain the enemy's forces, and reduced the pressure on the fourth detachment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The area of activity of the fourth detachment was in the northwest direction of Hefei, although the fourth detachment was strong, but if the Japanese troops in Anqing went north and concentrated their forces together with the Japanese troops in Huainan, the pressure on the fourth detachment would be too great.

Looking at the instructions sent by the detachment, Liu Tianshu, Guo Sizhong and Deputy Regiment Commander Liu sat at the regiment headquarters in Wangjiadian.

"Lao Guo, Lao Liu, what do you two think about the order from the detachment?" Liu Tianshu took a puff of cigarette, looked at the two and said.

Although the strength of the 16th Regiment has increased greatly, with the continuous expansion of the base area, the strength in the hand is still stretched, after all, the west has to guard against the 138th Wing in Hefei, and the south is bordered by Guo Zhenlongbu of the Central Army, so it seems that the problem is not big for the time being, but the three battalions cannot be easily used, because Banqiaoji is the gateway to the south of the base area, once the three battalions are withdrawn, even if the Central Army does not make trouble, it is difficult to ensure that the enemy in Linshan County and Chao County will not move, as for the four battalions of Kang Shuidong, they must be responsible for the first line between Majiaji and Longyan, Ensure that the connection between Zhang Baling's 1st battalion and the base area is not severed, and it is inconvenient to use it for a while.

All that remained was the newly formed independent battalion.

Of course, if the enemy in Hefei was to be contained, the best way was to let the 2nd Battalion of Sanguba attack west through the Wild Boar Ridge or north towards the enemy's defense area.

"Tianshu, the detachment's instructions are that once the devils concentrate their forces to besiege the fourth detachment, we will immediately attack the enemy east of Hefei and try to contain the enemy. In my opinion, the second battalion is stationed at Wild Boar Ridge and Sanguba, which is the closest to the enemy, and if something really happens, I suggest that the second battalion be used. Guo Sizhong looked at the map and thought for a long time, looked at the two and said.

"Lao Liu, what is your opinion?" Liu Tianshu looked back at Deputy Head Liu.

"I agree with the political commissar's suggestion, the second battalion is the most suitable candidate." Deputy Regiment Commander Liu also felt that the second battalion was the most suitable for this task.

As for the independent battalion, there are only three infantry companies below, one of which is Gao Weiheng's troops, one is formed by the fighters of the district squadron, and the other company, half of which is the Imperial Association Army that has been educated and reformed after surrendering, and half is composed of soldiers drawn from the second battalion.

It can be said that the combat effectiveness of the independent battalion was not very strong, and although intensive training was carried out during this period in accordance with the training program of the 16th Regiment, after all, it was a newly formed unit.

What is even more serious is that there are a large number of imperial allies who have defected to sincerity.

The battalion commander of the independent battalion was Qin Yonghe, the original staff officer of the regiment headquarters, and the deputy battalion commander was Gao Weiheng, the commander of the first company.

Gao Weiheng's original subordinates, because they considered that they were only troops who had only joined the New Fourth Army after all, and in order to avoid arousing the resistance of these officers and soldiers, they did not dismantle them for the time being.

However, the two squad leaders under Gao Weiheng were promoted to the second company of the independent battalion as platoon commanders.

The current independent battalion is deployed in the Maowan area to defend the north of the base area.

"Well, it seems that at present, we can only prepare the second battalion, political commissar, I have thought about it for a while now, the four main battalions of our sixteenth regiment are scattered and used, which is not convenient for the troops to carry out major combat missions, it seems that we should consider forming an independent regiment at an appropriate time, so that we can concentrate at least two or three battalions." Liu Tianshu said thoughtfully.

Next, the regimental headquarters gave Xie Pingcai an order to his second battalion to prepare and immediately carry out the task of containing the enemy as soon as the situation changed.

Of course, the order of the regimental headquarters only made the second battalion combat-ready, and did not specify what kind of tasks would be performed.

Zhou Aiguo's reconnaissance company, in addition to sending a reconnaissance team to carry out regular reconnaissance missions during this period, most of its soldiers were taken by Zhou Aiguo to the Wild Boar Ridge, and they were trained intensively according to the training materials specially compiled by Regiment Commander Liu for the reconnaissance company, especially latent and cold weapon hunting, melee combat, and so on.

Even the mines that Kang Shuidong fired in Majiaji were mostly handed over to the reconnaissance company.

Of course, the reconnaissance company also conducted special training in the areas of mine detection and demining and the use of explosives.

It can be said that Zhou Aiguo's reconnaissance company not only has experts in laying mines and clearing mines, but also has experts in using explosives, snipers in long-distance sniping, and experts in disguised reconnaissance.

Even small-scale raids, they are also very skillful.

As for actual combat training, it has never been interrupted, but because of the fear of provoking the surrounding enemy too much, much of the reconnaissance company's actual combat training was actually placed 50 kilometers away.

On several occasions, the combat groups of the reconnaissance company even touched a county town east of Hefei and blew up a small warehouse of the devils.

As for touching the sentry posts, ambushing small units of devils, etc., it is even more commonplace.

During this period, Nobuyuki Matsushita, who was defending Hefei, constantly received reports from his subordinates that the strongholds in the defense area were often attacked by unknown people, especially those small units that went to the countryside to collect grain, and they were often killed unknowingly.

The intelligence officers under him tried all kinds of methods, but they couldn't find out who did it.

Nobuyuki Matsushita also suspected that Liu Tianshu's people were making trouble, but if Liu Tianshu's people were sabotage, it stands to reason that they should be next to several strongholds in Liu Tianshu's base area, but these strongholds have not been attacked at all in the past two months, and even the transport vehicles that went to these bases to deliver supplies have been safe and sound recently.

After he asked the military police captain stationed in Hefei to show the location of his subordinates' attacks on the map, he accidentally discovered that these attack locations seemed to be related to Yang Tengzhai's division of the Fifth War Zone, 100 kilometers west of Hefei.

Could it be that Yang Tengzhai's people are making trouble for the imperial army? Nobuyuki Matsushita thought about it, then shook his head.

Yang Tengzhai's person Matsushita Nobuyuki has studied it specially, and he still has some ability to fight, but to say that his people can play so many gods without knowing it, Matsushita Nobuyuki feels impossible.

After thinking for a long time and having no clue, Nobuyuki Matsushita had to ask the gendarmerie to send a plainclothes detective team to increase the investigation of suspicious people in the defense area.

Seeing that the reconnaissance company was gradually polished into a sharp knife, Liu Tianshu was very happy.

Just when Liu Tianshu was pondering whether to send troops to the north to carry out activities, the detachment sent a telegram saying that the main force of the 130 Brigade of the Japanese Army had gone north, and the brigade commander, Major General Tadashi Miura, was personally commanding and preparing to besiege the fourth detachment operating in the northwest of Hefei, and asked the 16 th Regiment to immediately make preparations to contain the enemy.

Knowing that the main force of the Japanese 130 Brigade suddenly went north, Liu Tianshu couldn't help but feel nervous, you must know that the main force of the Japanese 130 Brigade suddenly went north, this is tens of thousands of devils, besides, according to the situation, the weapons and equipment of the 166th Division have been strengthened not long ago, that is, the 138th Wing of Matsushita Nobuyuki has also obtained 4 Type 41 mountain guns.

It can be said that the strength of the 138th Wing has been greatly enhanced after receiving these artillery fires, and if Matsushita Shinyuki had these mountain cannons in his hands last time, he would be afraid that he would suffer the loss of the boss.

If he had sent the second battalion to take the initiative to stimulate the Japanese army at this time, perhaps the embarrassed and angry Miura Tadaji would give up attacking the fourth detachment and instead press on his own base.

Liu Tianshu stared at the map, constantly deducing the various situations that would occur in his mind. Guo Sizhong saw that Liu Tianshu was silent, and couldn't help but look at him and said, "Tianshu, what are you thinking." ”

"Commissar, you say, if we order the second battalion to launch an attack on the Baisha stronghold in accordance with the instructions of the detachment, how will Matsushita Nobuyuki in Hefei react? What will be the reaction of Tadaji Miura, who led the main force of the 130 Brigade to the north? Liu Tianshu heard the sound and looked at Guo Sizhong.

"Are you worried that the 130th Brigade of the Japanese Army will turn around and rush towards our base in anger?" Guo Sizhong immediately understood what Liu Tianshu was worried about.

"I think it's very possible, you know, the area where the fourth detachment is active is next to the troops of the fifth theater, and the terrain in western Anhui is complicated, which is not suitable for the operation of a large army of devils." Liu Tianshu thought for a while and continued, "Political commissar, I think so, the second battalion will not attack the enemy in Baisha for the time being, and order the third and fourth battalions to prepare for battle, and at the same time increase the intelligence collection in Hefei, and the reconnaissance company will send two combat teams to infiltrate the enemy to carry out enemy reconnaissance missions. Before the main forces of the 130 Brigade did not launch an offensive against the fourth detachment, it was not appropriate for us to take the lead. ”

Deputy Regiment Commander Liu heard Liu Tianshu's words on the side, and said with some hesitation: "Regiment commander, political commissar, but the order of the detachment is for us to launch an attack on the enemy east of Hefei as soon as possible, to contain the enemy's forces, and to reduce the pressure on the fourth detachment. ”

"In this way, I immediately draft a telegram to report our concerns to Commander Luo, but I do not think we should act for the time being until the detachment has clearly ordered us to act immediately." Liu Tianshu thought about it and felt that Deputy Head Liu's worries were not unreasonable.

After Liu Tianshu reported the telegram he had personally drafted to the detachment, he immediately issued an order to all units of the 16 th Regiment to prepare for war, and each battalion began to prepare ammunition and grain and grass.

On the third day of Tadaji Miura's arrival in Hefei, the 130th Wing of the 133rd Brigade of the Japanese Army, under the command of Wing Commander Saburo Ishitani, suddenly launched an attack on the 4th Detachment of the New Fourth Army.

At the beginning of the battle, the 133rd Wing concentrated its forces to fight and rush, and the fourth detachment saw that the enemy was fierce, so it had to get out of the way to avoid the enemy's edge.

Liu Tianshu saw that the 133rd Wing really launched an attack to the west, and got into a group with the fourth detachment, and after receiving instructions from the detachment, he had to order the second battalion to launch an attack on the Japanese Baisha stronghold located west of Wild Boar Ridge. (To be continued.) )