Gu Chengyong, a Japanese army lieutenant general who was promoted to the supreme commander of the front, did not feel any joy at the moment, looking at the chaotic mobilization of troops around him, the pair of worried eyes under the gold-rimmed glasses couldn't help jumping.

"The attack is really too fast, didn't Chief Xiangyue say it at the beginning? It will take the PLA five days to break through our defensive positions, and it will take three days at the earliest. But now there are less than two hours, and we urgently mobilize our troops, and there is simply not enough time! Gu Chengyong's side, a senior staff officer complained quietly.

"General, we originally wanted to wait for work and annihilate the invading People's Liberation Army. But now," Gu Chengyong's chief of staff looked at the messy army blankly, with a wry smile on his face.

"Okay, no matter what, just follow Commander Xiangyue's orders and drive the PLA out!" Gu Chengyong straightened his waist and said coldly: "We have 150,000 troops, which is more than the troops of the People's Liberation Army as a whole. We have 400 new tanks, which are more fierce than the PLA's wolf tanks. We have a thousand artillery pieces, and that number alone will scare the people of China! ”

Gu Chengyong said slowly: "We have so many people and weapons, what qualifications do we have to complain?" Didn't the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire die on the battlefield to serve His Majesty the Emperor? ”

Gu Chengyong's words made the surrounding devils stop talking, and only the sound of a large number of troops moving was left in the air, and the entire Shijiazhuang was surrounded by dust.

"Report" An officer suddenly rushed in the distance, and Gu Chengyong and the others all turned their heads, and the corners of their eyes jumped involuntarily. At this point, they didn't know what worse news there was.

"Report to the commander, the Air Force sent a telegram saying that tens of thousands of PLA forward troops were blown up by them and turned around and fled, and regrouped to the border area!" The officer who reported the message was out of breath.

"Ran away?" Gu Chengyong's eyes widened, and he thought he was having auditory hallucinations, and asked again: "Are you sure that the Air Force telegram said so?" ”

The devil of the report nodded vigorously: "That's what I said, the Air Force telegram said that they dispatched 100 bombers and 150 fighters to bomb the PLA exposed on the ground in turn, damaging a large number of strategic materials of the enemy. The PLA was defeated by repeated air strikes, so it retreated. ”

Wow

Hearing this exciting news, a group of Gu Chengyong's subordinates suddenly shouted.

"The People's Liberation Army, the People's Liberation Army, hahahaha is still a group of people in the end, under the threat of our aerial bombs, they don't have the courage to move forward at all!"

"The Chinese people, the cowardly Chinese people, I knew that this would be the end. The Air Force alone has dealt with them, and the humble Shina people are not even qualified to let our army do it! ”

"No matter how strong the People's Liberation Army is, it is still afraid of death. Where is it like our fearless Imperial Japanese Army, full of yearning for death, and there is no fear of any fear at all! ”

A group of devils shouted excitedly, and Gu Chengyong was surrounded by his subordinates in the middle, and he hadn't recovered from the shock for a while. It wasn't until a minute later that he was completely convinced that he was not experiencing auditory hallucinations and that the PLA had really retreated.

Before he could hit the other party, he retreated, and if Gu Chengyong said that he was unhappy at this moment, the ghost would believe it. His mouth was almost smiling, and his previous fear of defeat was swept away.

"Immediately ordered the whole army to advance at full speed, and while the PLA was retreating, it struck a severe blow to their rear army and drove them out of Hebei completely. At the same time, send a telegram to Commander Kazuki informing him of our actions and asking him for further instructions! Gu Chengyong issued a series of orders like a cannonball.

The 150,000 Japanese troops surrounding Shijiazhuang successively received Gu Chengyong's orders, and they marched towards the border area one after another. Gu Chengyong personally sat in charge of the Chinese army and commanded the troops to quickly pursue the retreating PLA in a mobile manner.

In the capital, the headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army, Kiyoshi Kazuki had already received a telegram from the Air Force, and at this moment he had received a telegram from the headquarters of Gu Chengyong from the front line. There was a moment of joy on his face, and a look of worry for the other.

"Just quit? They took great pains and only took two hours to break through my defensive positions. Isn't it to catch me off guard? Is it reasonable to just retreat? Kiyoji Kazuki muttered in a low voice, his brows furrowed.

"Your Excellency, Commander, perhaps you sent planes to reinforce you too late. The PLA is advancing too fast to expect that we will bomb their ranks with planes. So when the losses were serious for a while, a temporary retreat was chosen, right? When the chief of staff heard Kiyoji Kazuki's muttering, he immediately whispered beside him.

At this moment, the rest of the people standing in the command headquarters also nodded one after another, this was the only reason they could think of why the PLA would retreat. There is only one possibility, and it is very likely.

Xiangyue Qingji pondered for a moment and nodded slowly: "So far, there is probably only one reason to explain it." ”

He turned his head sharply and commanded loudly: "Send a telegram to the Air Force and ask them to send a round of planes to bomb it." Then he sent a telegram to Gu Chengyong, asking him to lead the army to quickly catch up with the retreating PLA. Let him take a good look at whether the other party is really retreating, or if there is some ambush! ”

"Hay!" The chief of staff and the others immediately replied loudly, and the command headquarters was suddenly filled with murderous aura.

In the direction of the front line, Gu Chengyong, who had already led his troops to leave Shijiazhuang for thirty kilometers, received a telegram from Kazuki Kiyoji. After reading it, he kept nodding his head, with admiration in his eyes.

"Commander Xiangyue is worthy of being a famous general of our empire, and the People's Liberation Army can't hide his god-like eyes even if he is clever." Gu Chengyong smiled and showed the telegram to several of his cronies.

"Sir, Chief Xiangyue's order, is it for us to catch up and fight?" One of his subordinates asked, puzzled.

"No, not all!" A faint smile appeared on the corner of Gu Chengyong's mouth: "I understand what Chief Xiangyue meant, he is asking us to test whether the PLA is really retreating." So, it is enough to send the strength of two divisions! ”

"Immediately let the 79 Mixed Brigade and the 139 Mixed Division pursue at full speed, no matter what way they use, within five hours I must catch up with the PLA. No matter what the PLA is doing, fight when you meet, don't hesitate! Gu Chengyong coldly ordered.

The two troops rushed out of the large force, and more than 30,000 people divided into two torrents, and under the transportation of a large number of motor vehicles, mules and horses, they quickly marched towards the border area.

Gu Chengyong ordered the large army to continue to follow, but the speed slowed down a little. If there is really an ambush of the People's Liberation Army ahead, at least it will not put the entire army in trouble. He can also calmly command a large army to rescue the trapped vanguard troops, and the air force will also help when the time comes.

Three hours later, Gu Chengyong's main force passed through the area where the First Army had been bombed. I saw that the mountains were full of equipment abandoned by the PLA, and a large amount of military supplies seemed to be discarded at will because the PLA fled in a hurry, and even he saw a whole vehicle of ammunition being thrown on the side of the road.

On the path, the bombed military vehicles, the dead mules and horses, and the wreckage of artillery The losses of the PLA can be described as really heavy, Gu Chengyong finally believed that what the Air Force said was true, they really beat the PLA badly.

Gu Chengyong let out a contemptuous smile from his nostrils: "Hasn't the People's Liberation Army always been very capable?" How did you get beaten like this today? I really regret that I wasn't there at the time, otherwise I could have witnessed their embarrassment when they were defeated! ”

"Sir, you see that the People's Liberation Army has discarded so many things, it must have fled lightly. Even the artillery has been blown up a lot, it shouldn't look like there is an ambush, right? One of the subordinates asked.

Gu Chengyong thought for a moment, nodded, but immediately said, "Immediately telegraph everything that happened here to Commander Xiangyue and ask him to decide." Only Commander Xiangyue has the last say! ”

Soon, Kiyoji Kazuki received a telegram from Gu Chengyong. He read it three times before he put the telegram down with a deep groan.

Kazuki Kiyoji is not so easy to deceive, he knows very well that there is a saying in the Chinese art of war that soldiers do not tire of deception. And he has also read classical Chinese military books, although now the PLA has discarded a large amount of supplies, but it cannot be ruled out that they are really confused about themselves.

"Send a telegram, let Gu Chengyong not be careless. To continue to launch a tentative offensive, we must confirm that the PLA is indeed invincible and retreating, and only then can we launch an all-out attack. Kazuki Kiyoji coldly ordered.

At this moment, in the area less than 20 kilometers away from Gu Chengyong's troops, Gao Dong ordered Hu Xinghan to let the First Army arrange defensive positions along the line and make a counteroffensive back.

He had long known that a large army of devils was chasing after his ass, and the plan to lure the enemy had been successful. If they continue to retreat, they will really retreat to the border.

But the trap set by Gao Dong in the border area has not been completely completed, so before that, he still has to perform a scene in front of the devil to make the devil convinced of his retreat.

"What about the Second Army? Did you keep up? Gao Dong watched the soldiers digging trenches along the hills and immediately asked.

"It's already coming up, and it's only a few kilometers away from me. Do you need them to do anything? Hu Xinghan asked.

"Of course I do!" A faint smile appeared on the corner of Gao Dong's mouth: "Let the Second Army leap past us and continue to advance." Let them always be ready, and start fighting immediately when they encounter the devil's army. When you feel about the same, you pretend to be defeated and retreat, creating an illusion for the devil! Here we continue to dig trenches and wait for the little devils to arrive! ”

"Why aren't we the main attackers?" Hu Xinghan was a little unhappy: "It's good to leave this kind of thing to Huang Youde, he likes to fight positional warfare!" ”

Gao Dong laughed and said: "The First Army is the team of our old independent army, can you and I still not understand?" As soon as the fight starts, it's endless.,If you beat all the devils away.,My plan will be a fart! ”

"Let Huang Youde go, he is very measured, and he is accurate in soft and hard!" Gao Dong smiled: "He will attract all the devils!" ”