can be made the commander-in-chief of the Manchurian Army, and Dashanyan's strategic vision is definitely beyond that of ordinary people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Six hours before the agreed seven hours of Dashanyan, the chief of staff walked into the headquarters with admiration on his face and reported.

"Commander-in-chief, good news, in the territory of Liaodong, except for some garrison troops, there is almost no main force. The cavalry units had found a way to retreat away from the county town and important towns. ”

"From this road, as long as there are no accidents, we can travel in five days at most."

"Just take this road and retreat, order the troops, carry ten days of dry food, and retreat immediately!" Dashan Yan no longer hesitated, and ordered very decisively.

Of course, in order to buy as much time as possible for himself to transfer the retreat, Dashan Yan did not forget to leave a thousand cavalry troops behind when retreating, and continued to blask and hold the camp until dawn.

The speed of the cavalry is fast, and even if it is delayed here for several hours, it can quickly catch up.

In this way, there is at least thirty kilometers of distance between Dashanyan and the Liaodong Army that reacted. As long as he grasps the opportunity, and the Liaodong Army does not line up cavalry to pursue, then he and the more than 20,000 main forces around him can safely withdraw to Lushun.

It wasn't until dawn that the devil cavalry withdrew from the garrison one after another, and the Liaodong Army that blocked them suddenly found that the Japanese army confronting them had disappeared, except for the smoke and dust raised by the cavalry all the way, there was no trace at all.

Gao Jun, the commander of the 11th Division, was shocked and immediately made two decisions.

While sending a telegram to Li Zhilong to report the situation, he dispersed all the troops and found the Japanese troops who suddenly disappeared.

There are more than 20,000 Japanese troops, and no matter how powerful they are, they cannot disappear out of thin air.

As long as they do retreat, they will definitely be able to find some traces of their retreat.

After a night's rest, Li Zhilong didn't have time to eat breakfast, and Chief of Staff Yuan Lei hurriedly walked in.

"Commander, there's a problem with the Eleventh Division!"

"Could it be that the devil has broken through the defense line of the 11th Division?" Li Zhilong was stunned for a moment, and then immediately asked rhetorically.

"No, it doesn't matter if the defense line breaks through, anyway, we have prepared a pocket formation for the devil here. Even if they break through the defense line of the 11th Division, they will not be able to escape the encirclement and suppression of our main forces. ”

Chief of Staff Yuan Lei hurriedly shook his head and replied: "No, the urgent telegram just sent by Division Commander Gao Jungao, the devil they blocked has disappeared." More than 20,000 devils disappeared without a trace overnight. Now that Division Commander Gao has sent a large number of troops to reconnoiter the movements of the devils, there should be news back in a while. ”

"Gone!" Li Zhilong, who was frowning, asked rhetorically with an incredulous expression.

Seeing Yuan Lei nodding in affirmation, Li Zhilong immediately walked to the map and stared at the map motionless.

After ten minutes, Li Zhilong's shocked and solemn face finally changed slightly.

"Well, Dashanyan is worthy of being the commander-in-chief of the Manchurian Army. As soon as we caught them off guard, he followed us off guard, and it seems that I still underestimated Dashanyan's ability. ”

Yuan Lei hurriedly asked: "Commander, do you know the movements of the devil?" ”

Li Zhilong nodded affirmatively: "If my expectations are good, Dashan Rock should have passed to the hinterland of our Liaodong. I looked at the map, except for the hinterland of Liaodong, no matter which direction the devils broke through, it was impossible for them to escape the eyes of our reconnaissance troops. ”

"Dashanyan is crazy, and now he is still attacking the hinterland of the Liaodong Army, isn't that looking for death?" Chief of Staff Yuan Lei asked rhetorically with a look of disbelief.

Li Zhilong explained: "You are wrong, Dashanyan will not only not die if he does this, but he will be able to return to Lushun safely." ”

"Don't forget, now in the hinterland of Liaodong, except for a few garrison regiments, there is not even the main force of a regiment. As long as Dashanyan enters the hinterland of Liaodong, then they will be fish into the sea, and they can withdraw from Liaodong wherever they want. ”

Under Li Zhilong's explanation, Chief of Staff Yuan Lei finally understood.

Shocked, he immediately asked: "That army commander, we watched more than 20,000 devils return to Lushun." ”

"Of course not!" When he said this, Li Zhilong's words contained a trace of murderous aura.

"This time the devils attacked us, whether it was the tens of thousands of soldiers who were looking for death, or the people who died under the devil's butcher's knife, the culprits were almost all the devils around Dashanyan. I can let other devils live, and I will definitely not let them go of more than 20,000 devils, otherwise I will be sorry for those soldiers who died in battle! ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhilong shifted his gaze to the map in front of him again, and looked at it for nearly two minutes before analyzing: "The devils who enter the hinterland of Liaodong, even if no one intercepts them, it will take several days to get out of Liaodong, which gives us a chance to hunt them down." ”

"Order the cavalry division to attack immediately, according to the retreat route of the devils who stood up by the commander of the eleventh division, immediately pursue, and the eleventh division will follow behind, meet the cavalry division, don't be killed by the devils."

Yuan Lei immediately raised his worries: "Commander, there are still more than 20,000 devils, will there be too few more than 3,000 cavalry in the cavalry division!" ”

Li Zhilong shook his head and affirmed: "As long as there is no accident, Dashanyan will definitely not have the courage to stop in the hinterland of Liaodong and fight a decisive battle with the cavalry division now." Therefore, the task of the cavalry division along the way is to continuously eliminate the troops behind the devil's palace, and then send the devil's retreat route to the command in a steady stream. ”

Yuan Lei replied with a sudden realization: "I understand, army commander, you want to deduce the retreat route of the devils, and then take the main force to ambush them on the road that the devils must pass!" ”

"No, if we can think of that, Dashan Yan must be able to think of it too. Don't forget, the more than 20,000 devils who disappeared didn't bring anything with them except dry food, weapons and ammunition. This means that Dashanyan can choose any path that people can take to retreat, and we can't figure out which path they will choose to retreat next. Therefore, we can just think about the idea of fighting devils and ambushes. ”

"So so many of our main forces stay here?" Although he agreed with Li Zhilong's analysis, Yuan Lei couldn't help but ask.

"Hit here!" Li Zhilong pointed to a point on the map, and said firmly.

Looking at the position of Li Zhilong's finger, Yuan Lei once again showed a shocked expression on his face.

He was stunned for a full minute before he asked with a face full of incredulity: "Commander, you are not mistaken, this is the devil's lair in Liaodong!" ”

"What's wrong with the old nest, this time I will gather the main force to fight his old nest and pull out the last stronghold of the Japanese army in the three eastern provinces. Without the nest, I see that Dashan Rock can still go

Where to retreat. Li Zhilong replied with a firm expression.

As the chief of staff, Yuan Lei had to admit that now is indeed the best opportunity to attack Lushun. However, the Liaodong Army was not prepared for this at all, so to speak, this idea was completely put forward by the army commander on a whim. Just act rashly, not to mention whether it can succeed or not, and whether the commander will agree to it is a question. (To be continued.) )