"Could it be the self-defense forces of Hao County, bluffing, making us make a wrong judgment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 "If our side mobilizes our forces, the main enemy force that is hiding will pounce on us and fight the enemy who is holding the town. ”

"It's possible." Cang Yongjia nodded in agreement: "And if our army sends reinforcements at night, it is likely to be ambushed by the enemy halfway." The safe way is to let them stay on the back and make a decision tomorrow after dawn according to the situation. ”

"But in case ......," Muya said worriedly, "our flanks and rear roads will be cut off, and the attack will be a lone attack." ”

In constant hesitation and conjecture, more than an hour passed, at about ten o'clock in the night, Guo Zhenru sent a telegram again, this time the tone became anxious, the telegram said that the enemy launched a series of interspersed fierce attacks, and used artillery to bombard, the troops suffered heavy casualties, the remnants of the army were less than 400, retreated to the Dragon King Temple, the situation was quite critical.

Mu Gu was a little breathless, looked at Kuranaga and said, "Their situation is getting more and more difficult, do you want to send some troops to reinforce them immediately?" ”

Cang Yongjia was a little shaken, frowning, and his face gradually showed a decisive expression, "The enemy of Eighteen Mile Town obviously intends to hold on and wait for reinforcements, and we will send reinforcements while reorganizing the attack on the town. He pointed and analyzed: "Punch a wedge and cause them to shake the whole line and seize this advantageous offensive position." In addition, the troops sent to the aid should be fierce and fast, and the noble and fine should not be too expensive, and they should be limited to one squadron of the imperial army. ”

"Let my department take on this task!" Muya volunteered to come forward to receive the order.

The vast twilight shrouded Xu's shop, the last wisps of smoke slowly dissipated in the evening breeze, and under the low-hanging sky that became psychedelic and deep, the warriors began to assemble in formation, ready to engage in full-scale battle.

A gas lamp hung up in the classroom of Kichijo Elementary Hall, and the bright light of the snow shone on the map spread out on the table. Yang Tianfeng and several staff officers were discussing at the table.

Exciting news came one after another: the troops led by Chief of Staff Liang Moqing had succeeded in the surprise attack on the puppet army, and the remnants of the enemy had retreated to the Longwang Temple and were about to be annihilated; The resistance of a brigade of Chiang's detachment at the town of Shibali also achieved success, killing and wounding a large number of the enemy...... The news brought excitement to everyone, and swept away the slightly nervous and dreary air before.

Yang Tianfeng did not hide the relaxation on his face, and even a little proud, and said: "It seems that our plan is being implemented smoothly step by step. Devil, this is the virtue now, the style of play is monotonous, and it is easy to break. I think it is possible to create another illusion, and the enemy hesitates for a minute, and then comes a minute closer to destruction. ”

Lin Cunxiao glanced at the map for a while and said with a smile: "What the commander said is very right. We can make some more arrangements to make the enemy confused, let the chief of staff suspend the attack on the enemy in the Dragon King Temple, and let the troops in the town retreat, so that the enemy can fall in as much as possible. ”

"Keep the enemy of the Dragon King Temple, besiege but not attack, so that the enemy has the illusion of salvation." Yang Tianfeng nodded thoughtfully, "On the way to the enemy's reinforcements, block in sections, deploy defenses in villages and villages, set up ambushes at all levels, constantly consume their vital strength, and finally gather and annihilate them." Use the town of Eighteen Mile to contain the enemy as much as possible, and try to make the enemy's big lump unable to act as a whole, well, a good idea, just do it. ”

"In addition-" Yang Tianfeng pondered for a moment and said, "Night is the best time for us to annihilate the enemy, contact the latent post, and inform the enemy headquarters and the location of the artillery position. If you can take advantage of the night to attack with artillery fire, that is the best result. ”

"Report." A staff officer came up with a telegram.

"Under the mobilization of the Commissioner's Office, the county governments, and the basic political power of each village, the joint defense team, totaling more than 3,000 people, is marching towards the starry night of the county, and will cooperate with the troops in military operations......" Lin Cunxiao read slowly, his face flushed slightly with excitement.

"The Japanese devils propose a total war, let's let them see what a real general war is." Yang Tianfeng said with emotion: "Resist Japan to save the country, fight to protect the family, people are of the same mind, and their hearts are the same." This is the power of the masses-" Saying that, Yang Tianfeng stood up and said excitedly: "This is our overall battle, let the devil be inexplicable, and be afraid of it!" ”

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The sparse morning star blinked its eyes, the distant villages and houses were floating and sinking in the mist, and in the faint moonlight, a force of five or six hundred men was rapidly inserting in several columns, and the ranks were full of heavy breathing.

Song Qingpu looked up at the night sky, and the troops had been running for half the night, already showing fatigue. However, he was relieved that the troops had moved away from the front line of Eighteen Mile Town and were approaching the Mugu squadron that reinforced the Dragon King Temple.

The situation on the battlefield changed rapidly, although it temporarily occupied the initiative by hiding the main force, bluffing, and inducing the enemy to divide his forces. However, the enemy's main force was still relatively strong, and there was artillery, and Yang Tianfeng did not think that he could easily win in the field.

It is necessary to defeat the enemy, but also to maintain strength, so that it can sweep through the occupied area. This is both a challenge and an opportunity, if this enemy is eliminated, in Haoxian, Luyi, and even Tuocheng, the enemy will no longer be able to piece together mobile forces to compete with the three columns in the short term.

Sticking to each stronghold can only be broken by the three verticals one by one, and the best choice is to shrink the whole line and defend the county. In the meantime, the entire vast countryside will be owned by the three verticals. Thinking of this, Song Qingpu felt his blood boiling, and nervousness and excitement surged into his heart at the same time. and the troops led by the chief of staff flanked back and forth, annihilating the Kitani squadron. As a soldier, it is at this time that he has fought bloody battles and made meritorious contributions.

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The night shrouded the eighteen-mile town that began to fight fiercely again, and Cang Yongjia reorganized his men and began to attack again.

In the field outside the eighteen-mile town, several figures were shaking, high and low, sneaking back under the cover of the terrain and trees and weeds.

With a rhythmic tapping, a patch of grass and dirt was lifted open, revealing a hole that was disguised underneath.

"This seems to be the headquarters of the devils, here is the artillery position, here is the camp ......"

Under the flashlight, several scouts point at the map.

"Why is it still so?" The surveyor of the artillery battalion asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Didn't you try not to get close?" The scout argued: "I had to use a telescope to observe from a distance. There are people coming in and out, and the lights are very bright, nine times out of ten. ”

The surveyor rolled his eyes, hesitated for a moment, but still marked the target on the map, and then carefully calculated.

The preparations were sufficient, to the point that the artillery surveyed the terrain and distance around the town of Shibali, set up several reference points, and demarcated several general areas, which were marked as the first district, the second district, the third district, the fourth district, and so on.

These areas, of course, are not arbitrarily divided, but the staff officers and artillerymen consider from the point of view of military specialties, where the enemy will probably place his troops, where his artillery will be, and where his headquarters will be located.

In this way, the actual location of the enemy can be marked on the map through long-distance reconnaissance, and the error can be minimized.

In the middle of the night, the surveyor calculated a bunch of professional data, motioned to the telegraph operator to put on headphones, and with the sound of tick-tick, the radio waves transmitted the information to a distant place. Then, with the radio on his back and, under the protection of several scouts, the operator left the shelter and headed for the hidden observation point that had been set up nearby.

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“…… Relying on the favorable terrain, our army has repeatedly repelled the enemy's onslaught, but the enemy is constantly surrounding from all directions, and we hope to rush to help......"

Kurayong Kaichi crumpled the telegram into a ball, frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "How is the town's offensive going?" ”

"The progress is quite smooth, our army is attacking with troops in many directions, the enemy has limited strength, retreating step by step, and is gradually being compressed by our army." The devil counselor replied.

Cang Yong fell into deep thought, the puppet army of the Dragon King Temple repelled the enemy's fierce attack, and the attack on this side suddenly went smoothly, is there any conspiracy here, he was already undecided, and every small change was enough to make him think wildly.

If it is said that the enemy's main force is rushing to attack the puppet army, then can they intersperse from a distance without leaving a trace of spiders? You know, that's more than 1,000 horses, and it's quite a long distance, just running on your feet, and still being able to fight vigorously, this is really difficult.

If the main force of the enemy that was originally judged to be not in Eighteen Mile Town was not at all, but was hidden somewhere, secretly lurking and waiting for an opportunity, then what was stationed in the town was nothing more than a decoy. The more he thought about it, the more difficult it was to understand the mystery, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and Kuronaga suddenly realized that an inexplicable danger was getting closer and closer, and his original determination began to waver, and his back actually felt cold.

Squadron Leader Fujisawa walked in fully armed and saluted, "Your Excellency, the attacking force has been assembled and is waiting for Your Excellency's orders." ”

Kuranaga Kaichi stared at Fujisawa, silent, his eyes full of deep worry. Fujisawa was stunned, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Fujisawa-kun, do you feel it, the current situation seems to be very bad, and we seem to be on the verge of danger." Without waiting for Fujisawa to speak, Kuronaga raised his hand violently and walked in a circle, "That feeling is like falling into a quagmire, sinking deeper and deeper, and finally unable to extricate yourself." ”

Fujisawa couldn't get used to what Kuranaga said for a while, and asked hesitantly, "Will the situation become so serious all of a sudden?" Your Excellency, you ......"

Dissatisfied with Fujisawa's sluggishness, Kuronaga interrupted him and explained, "Our previous actions were based on the judgment that the main force of the enemy was stationed in the town of Eighteen Li or the county seat of Haoxian, but what if we misjudged it from the beginning? Even if it is a surprise attack, is it only the vassal forces of the three columns that can defeat a regiment of the Imperial Cooperative Army, or the self-defense army of Haoxian? If the enemy's forces are unexpectedly strong, and the town of Eighteen Mile is only a small number of troops, then what we are doing now is not taking a big risk? Well? (To be continued.) )