Regarding cleaning up the 'rats' in and out of the city, He Zhengdao did not pay much attention. The troops who had already rested during the day www.biquge.info the Pen, Qu, and Pavilion drove out of the barracks one after another after the arrest operation began, heading towards their destination Huaibin.

Compared with when it first arrived, the new 67th Army could only walk on two legs. Today's new 67th Army, after capturing a large number of Japanese transport vehicles, the main regiment of a reconnaissance brigade that set off ahead of schedule left ahead of schedule in a car.

The rest of the 1st and 2nd Divisions also marched lightly. As for the large quantities of supplies that had to be carried before, after the return of the car brigade, there would naturally be cars to help transport supplies and supplies.

Although the goal of the automobile transport unit is large, for He Zhengdao, this time the new 67th Army is mainly engaged in blocking battles. What they have to do at this moment is to deploy their troops on the Huaibin front line in advance.

Just so that the reconnaissance brigade could rush to the battlefield in advance and start to attack the Japanese 3rd Division, buying time for the troops to build fortifications. Naturally, the sooner this reconnaissance regiment passed, the better, and it was undoubtedly easier to transport it by car.

What's more, launching defensive operations in Huaibin undoubtedly has a home field advantage for He Zhengdao. The Huaibin Garrison Brigade, which cooperated with them in the previous battle, will also cooperate with He Zhengdao in defensive operations this time.

It's just that, considering their combat effectiveness, He Zhengdao's order to them this time was to transfer the people in Huaibin. As for the matter of blocking the Japanese army, He Zhengdao still hopes to hand over the responsibility to his own troops.

In addition to transporting reconnaissance troops to the front line in advance, He Zhengdao also dispatched 18 heavy artillery units captured earlier to transport them by car. The deployment of this heavy artillery regiment naturally could not be easily known to the Japanese army.

Otherwise, before the battle has even begun, the little devil's plane may have destroyed his heavy artillery position. On the other hand, in the case of the mountain artillery unit, He Zhengdao plans to start the transportation tomorrow, and arrange it in the light and in the dark.

In this way, when defending the operation, He Zhengdao's hidden troops and firepower can also give the Japanese army an unexpected result. And the extra heavy artillery, He Zhengdao is also deployed in various defensive points.

This time, He Zhengdao was in charge of the defensive operations in the Xinyang area, and except for the garrison of the Central Army, the rest of the main combat forces left Xinyang. This also means that for a period of time in the future, Xinyang will be decided by He Zhengdao.

A garrison brigade drawn from the headquarters is now also on its way to Xinyang. Liu Shaoqi, who had just been appointed secretary of the Central China Bureau, naturally came with this unit. For this reason, He Zhengdao also deliberately asked the guard division to send a battalion to accompany him.

In addition to receiving the order to join the garrison brigade commander of the new 67th Army, he knew that there was a big man in the unit this time. Many marching troops do not know that there is a central chief in the army.

The guard battalion will also become the guard force of the Central China Bureau in the future. When Liu Shaoqi arrives in Xinyang, Xiao Jinguang, who stayed behind, will also represent the new 67th Army to greet the old chief.

However, the future Central China Bureau will be located in Xinyang County. It was also the place where the three provinces met, and there, in addition to forming a guerrilla brigade, He Zhengdao also secretly stationed troops of a main regiment.

It can be said that as soon as Liu Shaoqi arrives, the Central China Bureau will be able to officially start working. It's just for the sake of secrecy, and the people who know about these things at the moment are all called senior commanders of the Eighth Route Army, and they all know how important this matter is.

In the rear, He Zhengdao handed over all the affairs to Xiao Jinguang and Luo Nonghuan. As for the affairs on the front line, it is still the same as the previous time, and He Zhengdao and Luo Ruiqing are in charge. Only this time, it was He Zhengdao who set off ahead of schedule.

With the electronic warfare detachment and the saber special combat team, He Zhengdao left in a car with the first unit to fight. It was followed by a heavy artillery unit guarded by a reconnaissance battalion.

As for He Zhengdao's operational command on the front line, the main battalion deployed in Huaibin earlier has been prepared for him. As long as He Zhengdao arrives, it means that the battle to block the Japanese 3rd Division may start at any time.

At this moment, the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, which was also resting in Fuyang, received the information from the rear, and the division commander Fujita Jin said with a little surprise: "Na! It turned out to be the troops of the Eighth Route Army who fought against us? ”

'Yes, General! According to the information sent by the special high school, the unit we need to deal with this time is the independent column of the Eighth Route Army that attacked the 10th Division in Huaibin. This force is also regarded as a big problem for us.

In addition to this force, the 77th Army of the National Government will also join the battle. This means that after we enter the territory of Henan, we may fight these two forces at any time. This time, we need to be cautious! ’

If there was still a Japanese army before, don't take the Eighth Route Army seriously. Then the previous crushing defeat of the Second Army, two divisions were almost completely annihilated, and one division was heavily damaged. Such a heavy price is already very telling.

According to the information they received one after another, the defeat of these three divisions was related to the new 67th Army. It can be said that looking at the troops they have fought so far, the independent column seems to have become their nemesis.

With the addition of the 16th Division, the troops that have now been completely annihilated by the independent column are close to four divisions. With such a strong combat effectiveness, it would be really foolish to say that the Japanese army still did not believe that the independent column was different.

Listening to the report of the chief of staff, Fujita Jin thought for a while and said, "Is this unit still combative?" ”

According to the information he had received before, this independent column of the Eighth Route Army. In the previous battle, more than half of them have been lost. Although there are still nearly 30,000 combat troops, their strength and combat effectiveness have undoubtedly shrunk greatly.

If this is a fully formed combat force, perhaps Fujita will feel the need to be cautious. But an army that has been almost crippled has to deal with a complete division of him, I'm afraid it's not so easy!

But the chief of staff still shook his head and said: "General, the troops of the Eighth Route Army are a little different from the National Revolutionary Army we fought before. Their troops fought very bravely and fought very strongly. Even if they have losses in the past, they need to be careful.

According to the information we received earlier, they only had two main divisions involved in the battle last time. Although both of these main divisions suffered heavy casualties, they also had one main division that was fully established.

In addition to this, in the previous battle, they had a very special combat brigade. The troops of that brigade, according to the information we have received, are very combat-ready. So, we need to be careful with this force as well.

Judging by the strength of both sides, once we enter Henan, we will start a battle with them. In terms of troops, we are still in a weak position. To this end, if it is not necessary, we try to find weak points to carry out surprise attacks.

If we go head-to-head with them, I'm afraid our casualties won't be too small. Before going to war, General Hosorokujun also gave an explanation, hoping that we could try to avoid major casualties. ”

Such words made Fujita a little dissatisfied. It's just that he also knows that there are not many troops dispatched to Central China at present, and after the Battle of Wuhan, it is estimated that the Japanese army will also need to make a major adjustment.

At least from the current news from the Japanese Army Headquarters, the Japanese army needs to force Lao Chiang to hold an armistice and peace talks after the capture of Wuhan. They also seem to realize that Huaxia is too big for them to have that many troops to occupy it.

At present, the situation in the occupied areas in the south is still under the control of the Japanese army in general. But in the north, the development of the Eighth Route Army is getting bigger and bigger. The North China Front, which had sent a lot of troops to the south, seemed to be a little unable to withstand it.

For this reason, the Japanese army hoped to reach peace talks with Lao Chiang and stop this kind of fighting for the time being. Some of the main divisions and regiments that will be sent to fight in the south will be transferred to the northern battlefield to stabilize the erosive situation in the central and northern regions.

If they lose some elite troops, it will also play a heavy role in the overall strength of the Japanese army. In this way, Xi Junliu will make a special explanation, hoping that the troops will pay attention to casualties when fighting, and it is understandable.

Although the Japanese Army Headquarters is now forming some new divisions in China, North Korea, and Baodao. However, compared with the old divisions and regiments earlier, the combat effectiveness of these newly formed divisions and regiments is naturally far insufficient.

In addition, the Admiralty now intends to carry out the plan to occupy Asia. Their army headquarters also felt more and more that the troops in their hands were not enough. It was precisely because of this realization that the Japanese army planned to force peace by war.

The words of the chief of staff made Fujita think for a while and said, "I know about this!" Let the personnel of the intelligence department step up the work of intelligence collection and find out the deployment of the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible.

In addition to this, our troops should also try to be as careful as possible when marching. If necessary, send more search teams to carry out reconnaissance and deployment along our way, and closely monitor the movements of this force. ”

The war has not started, intelligence first!

If we can know the deployment of the Eighth Route Army one step in advance, it will also play a huge role for the Third Division that is about to enter Henan. It's just that Fujita Jin's deployment can only be done useless.

learned that He Zhengdao had opened overnight, and Feng Zhi'an, who also returned to the 77th Army, also knew that this time to block the third division of the Japanese army, it was He Zhengdao who ultimately depended. His 77th Army can only help the field.

But He Zhengdao would let them be responsible for the defense in that direction, and they also had to discuss it with He Zhengdao. At least one thing Feng Zhi'an is still clear, the Japanese army should not take the initiative to touch the hard bones.

This meant that the 77th Army, which served as a flank defense, was also likely to be attacked by the main forces of the Japanese army. The persimmon picks and pinches softly, and he believes that the commander of the little devil understands this truth.

Thinking of this, Feng Zhi'an was really a little worried. If the area they are responsible for defending is too large, if they want to stop the attack of the Japanese 3rd Division, I am afraid that the difficulty will not be ordinary.

Thinking that the troops that had finally recovered some strength might suffer heavy casualties this time, Feng Zhi'an also felt that if he could survive this difficulty, it really depended on He Zhengdao to plot again! (To be continued.) )