When Ban Heng Seishiro heard this, he nodded happily and said: "Yo Xi, with the support of the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade, we can easily destroy the defense line of the Chinese people, cross the Xinbian River, capture Pheasant and Ji, and completely annihilate the Tiger Ben Army!" ”

"General, another important point is that we must repair the Xuzhou airfield as soon as possible to ensure that we can get timely air fire support, and you must know that the air force of the Zhina people is also extremely powerful." Sakurada Takeshi reminded without losing any time.

"Well, in addition to this, the artillery units must be reminded to pay attention to air defense!" Itachi Seishiro nodded thoughtfully.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, is wise and great!" Takeshi Sakurada gave a thumbs up to Seishiro Itatsune.

Ban Heng Seishiro smiled indifferently, waved his hand and said: "Okay, Sakurada-kun, you go down first, have a good rest, recuperate your spirits, and when the reinforcements arrive, we will attack with all our might!" ”

"Hay!" Takeshi Sakurada bowed his head abruptly, and then turned around and strode away.

…………………………………………………… After nightfall, the gunfire that had been resounding on both sides of the Xinbian River for a day gradually stopped, and the tank groups of the armored brigade of the Huben Army also stopped shelling to the north bank, and both sides began to bury pots and cook.

That night, the newly formed 6th and 7th Divisions took over the Huben Army Guard Regiment and the Special Operations Battalion and stationed at the main position on the south bank of the Xinbian River, and the Special Operations Battalion returned to defend Xiangcheng to serve as the garrison of Xiangcheng, while the guard regiment was dispersed by Qiao Anbang and sent to the east and west of the south bank of the Xinbian River to guard against the troops crossing the river from other areas and heading south.

With the command of Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming, Qiao Anbang moved his headquarters back to the county seat, leaving Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming to sit in the forward command outside the city in order to command the troops to fight.

In the city, the headquarters of the Tiger Army.

Qiao Anbang moved a chair and was sitting in front of the map frowning and pondering, suddenly, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, Qiao Anbang turned around when he heard the sound, and saw that his attendant adjutant Liang Jiahan had walked over quickly.

Facing Qiao Anbang's inquiring gaze, Liang Jiahan stood up and reported as usual: "Military seat, Chief of Staff Liang Haoyao of the Fifth Division has called. ”

"Huh? What's wrong? What happened? Qiao Anbang remembered that Liang Haoyao was now leading the five divisions and one regiment to garrison Suxian, and immediately cheered up and asked.

"Chief of Staff Liang reported in the telegram that the main force of the 20th Division of the Chinese Army had arrived in Suxian this afternoon and launched several successive attacks on our army's defense line." Liang Jiahan replied softly.

"Oh?! What is the current situation in Nasu County? Has it been lost?! Qiao Anbang asked hurriedly.

"No, Suxian is still in the hands of our army, before the arrival of the 20th Division of the Yue Army, the 31st Division of Chifeng City withdrew from the Xuzhou battlefield to Su County, and it is with the assistance of the 31st Division that our army was able to stabilize the defensive line and block the fierce attack of the 20th Division of the Yue Army." Liang Jiahan shook his head lightly and replied again.

"Oh, that's good!" Qiao Anbang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if Suxian was lost, then his insistence in Xiangcheng would be meaningless.

However, the situation in Suxian County still sounded the alarm for Qiao Anbang, at this time, the main force of the Tiger Ben Army was deployed in the front of the north and south lines, while the defense of the hinterland of northern Anhui was very empty, and it was a typical external strength and middle cadre, if any point of the first-line defense was broken through by the army, the entire defense line of the Tiger Ben Army would collapse.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, the Tiger Ben Army still has to build a second or even third line of defense in the rear as soon as possible, forming a situation of echelon configuration and layer by layer defense, and only in this way can the superiority of the army in strength be offset to the greatest extent.

After pondering for a while, Qiao Anbang paid attention, and immediately turned his head to Liang Jiahan and ordered: "Adjutant Liang, you immediately send a telegram to my eldest brother, and ask him to immediately transfer a regiment from the Reading Force Garrison Brigade, and gather the militia troops of each county with all their might, and deploy a second line of defense in our rear as soon as possible, so as to make sure that everything is in order!" ”。

"Yes!" Liang Jiahan Bingxue was smart, so naturally he didn't ask much, and after standing up and answering, he turned around and left.

……………………………………………… In the middle of the night, the night is dark and the breeze is cool.

The Yongsan Airport, located in the northwest of Yongsan, was completely silent, and most of the pilots had already fallen asleep, and only the soldiers of the first company of the airport garrison battalion were still on patrol and performing their duties of defending the airport.

At the entrance of the airport, several large wattage lights are hung around the entrance, and with the two searchlights emitting dazzling white light, the entire airport is illuminated by snow-bright lights for hundreds of meters as if it were day.

From a distance, the lights at the entrance of the airport are like a unique ray of light in the dark night sea, which is particularly dazzling and eye-catching in the dark night.

The airport garrison battalion is subordinate to the Tiger Pheasant and the Jishu Garrison Brigade, the battalion commander Zhou Hao is a veteran of the original Tiger Battalion, and has seen the Battle of Nanjing and the Battle of Xuzhou, the airport garrison battalion is a reinforced battalion, under the jurisdiction of three infantry companies, a machine gun company and an air defense company, plus the battalion headquarters communication platoon and guard platoon with a total strength of more than 1,000 people.

The important surname of the airport is self-evident, and there is no room for slackness. Although the airport is located in the rear of the Tiger Army's base area, everything is possible, and last time their commander Qiao Anbang was attacked by a small group of troops? So since then, the battalion commander Zhou Hao will get up in the middle of the night to check the post and check the sentry once a year, in order to supervise and check whether the company on duty has slacked off and neglected its duties.

Tonight, Zhou Hao took his guards to check the sentry as usual, walking on the road of the airport, from time to time there were patrol teams passing by, seeing Zhou Hao saluted, and then continued to patrol without stopping, for Zhou Hao to patrol the airport at night, they have long been accustomed to it.

With the guard Zhou Hao came to the entrance of the airport, which is the top priority of the entire airport, Zhou Hao deployed a reinforced platoon here, this reinforced platoon is equipped with ten MG34 submachine guns and two anti-aircraft machine guns, and the rest of the soldiers are all equipped with MP38 submachine guns.

Ten MG34 general-purpose machine guns were deployed on both sides, and two anti-aircraft machine guns were deployed on two anti-aircraft machine gun positions at the entrance to the airport, and the ten MG34 general-purpose machine guns covered the entire entrance and its surroundings under their firing range.

Ten MG34 general-purpose machine guns plus two extremely powerful anti-aircraft machine guns, the power that erupted was absolutely terrifying, if anyone dared to attack the airport at night, even if a thousand people came, they would rest and break through the powerful machine gun fire network of the reinforced platoon.

Of course, there are many ways to war, and there are many ways to sneak attack, and if someone can take out the machine gun position of the reinforced platoon with artillery fire before the attack, then the situation is not easy to say.

While Zhou Hao and his guards were inspecting the entrance of the airport, in a wheat field about 700 meters away from the airport, Kawakawa Kusasa, Kobayashi Ichizumi, and a team of agents who had infiltrated the base of the Tiger Ben Army were lurking here.

Through the binoculars, Kawakushi Sano clearly saw the situation at the entrance of the brightly lit airport, as early as daytime, they dressed up as ordinary people to reconnoiter the terrain around the airport, and they already had a preliminary understanding of the general situation of the airport.

Originally, Sichuan Guangzuo planned to reconnoiter for a few more days to find out the number of garrison troops at the airport and the time period of patrolling, and so on, and then formulate an operational plan for attacking the airfield, but since the North China Front had already captured Xuzhou and the troops were pointing directly at northern Anhui, the headquarters of the Central China Front was eager to make meritorious contributions, so he was ordered to attack the airfield of the Tiger Ben Army as soon as possible, so as to prepare for the main force of Central China to launch an attack on the Tiger Ben Army.

Therefore, Chuan Guangzuo had no choice but to gather the special high class personnel who infiltrated the area of Pheasant and Ji in advance to prepare for a night attack on the airport tonight.

In order to make this attack a success in one fell swoop, the special high school of the military sent a total of nearly 30 well-trained agents, all of whom were armed with automatic weapons, to infiltrate the base area of the Tiger Ben Army in batches.

Although Qiao Anbang had taken some corresponding measures before, it was obviously unrealistic for those militias to really fully discover the well-trained devil agents, because northern Anhui was so big, and it was impossible for the militia of the Tiger Ben Army to set up fortifications everywhere, so the devils always had gaps to drill, and the night provided excellent activity time and cover for the devil agents.

Especially when the battle situation on the front line was surprised, after Qiao Anbang transferred the special operations battalion, the activities of Chuan Guang and other devil agents became easier.

In this attack on the airport, Kawakawa Kusa formulated two battle plans, the first was to destroy the machine gun position of the Tiger Army at the entrance of the airport with a mortar raid, and then lead his troops to launch a strong attack, but this method is tantamount to suicide, even if he can break through the defense at the entrance of the airport, he has no time and ability to destroy the airport.

The second option is to dig tunnels from the ground through the barbed wire and power grids around the airport, and then carry explosives to destroy the runway and Chinese warplanes inside the airport.

After observing in the wheat field for a while, Kawa Kosa finally made up his mind, and gently waved his hand behind him, and more than thirty devil agents hidden in the wheat field quietly retreated.

After everyone had almost withdrawn, Kawakawa Kosa and Kobayashi Izumi moved their bodies lightly and disappeared into the wheat field.

Kawa and his agents evacuated to a grove three kilometers away from the airport and began to discuss and decide on a battle plan.

Kobayashi Izumi was the first to ask, "Your Excellency Dazuo, what should we do?" Do you want to go on the assault? ”

"No, Kobayashi-kun, our troops are too small, and a strong attack cannot be successful, so there is only a sneak attack." Kawahiro waved his hand.

"Oh? Your Excellency Osa will give me orders. Kobayashi Ichizumi said with an awe-inspiring expression.

Chuan Guang waved his hand, and a ghost agent had already taken out a combat map from his backpack and spread it in front of Chuan Guang and Kobayashi Ichizumi.

Chuan Guang pointed to the Longshan Airport on the map and said: "The airport of the Chinese people covers a large area, so it is impossible for them to deploy all the troops along the perimeter of the airport, their only defense is two power grids and a barbed wire, my plan, to find a more remote corner, dig an underground passage that can pass through the barbed wire and power grid of the Chinese people underground, so that we can quietly sneak into the airport and complete our mission." ”

(To be continued)