"The general is shrewd, this is the safest way at the moment!" Kimura Kuzo nodded in agreement, although he wanted to persuade Ushijima Minoru to lead his troops to directly attack the Pheasant and Ji base of the Tiger Ben Army, in order to win the first credit in this battle, but reason told him that he couldn't, because their opponent was the Tiger Army, a squadron that had severely damaged the two major fronts of the Imperial Army, and since the beginning of the Battle of Nanjing, there have been no less than 200,000 soldiers of the Imperial Army who have broken their swords and sunk into the sand in their hands.

It's not that the army is too shrewd, but the great reputation of the Tiger Army makes them have to be cautious and cautious, although the Tiger Army is now in the most difficult period, and the previous brilliant achievements also make Ushijima Minoru and Kimura Kuzo, two senior generals of the army, dare not underestimate.

"Well, Kimura-kun, let's go and inform Kamitsuki-kun." Ushijima waved his hand and said, in fact, he didn't want to lead his troops to smash Huanglong and take the lair of the Tiger Army, but he was also afraid of the Tiger Army that had eaten three divisions of the Imperial Army in the first battle.

"Hay!" Kimura Hisazo immediately bowed his head in response, turned around and strode away.

………………………… Seven and a half kilometers southeast of Nanping Town, Shuangdui Market Town, an inconspicuous small village and town on the fertile and vast Huaibei Plain.

After the battle of Suxian, the 5th Division, the 1st Regiment and the 31st Division had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and when they withdrew to Shuangduiji, the strength was less than 3,000. Outside the town, under the starry night sky, more than 2,600 officers and soldiers of the 1st Division of the 5th Division of the Huben Army and the 31st Infantry Division of the 31st Infantry Division of the Sun Lianzhong Group Army built simple fortifications outside the town.

Since Su County has been lost, most of the people in Nanpingji and Shuangduiji and the surrounding villages have withdrawn to Pheasant and Ji, so there are already ten rooms and nine empty rooms in Shuangduiji Town, and there is no one left. Liang Haoyao and Chi Fengcheng casually found a private house in the town and set up a temporary headquarters here.

"Big brother, the devil didn't chase after him, but stationed in Nanping Town, it seems that we didn't have a good effect on luring the enemy." Liang Haoyao frowned in the temporary command center.

"Hao Yao, it's getting late now, and it's reasonable for the devil not to come after him, after all, it's very disadvantageous to rush into the army at night." Ji Fengcheng replied smoking a cigarette.

Liang Haoyao nodded undeniably, pondered for a moment, and suddenly raised his head and said to Chi Fengcheng: "Big brother, I think we need to go and make some movement for the devil tonight, even after fighting, we are already very tired, and the devil must be more tired than us, so we can't let them rest comfortably overnight." ”

Chi Fengcheng thought about it, grinned and patted Liang Haoyao's shoulder and said, "Haoyao, this idea is good!" However, before we go, let's figure out how to conduct this night raid. ”

"This night attack should be mainly a harassment, so we don't need to use too many troops, I think an elite infantry platoon with a few mortars is pretty much the same." Liang Haoyao said.

"Well, that's it." Chi Fengcheng nodded in agreement, and said, "But before we go, we should report the situation here to General Qiao Anbang." ”

"Well, I'll do it myself right away." Liang Haoyao nodded, and then strode towards the communication room in the next room.

………………………………………………………… Pheasant and set, Yongsan military camp.

Qiao Anbang led the guard regiment and special operations battalion directly under the military department, as well as the second and third regiments of the armored brigade to rush back to the Longshan camp at night; when Qiao Anbang set off from Xiangcheng earlier, Qiao Anguo, deputy commander of the army, Xie Jinyuan, commander of the Reading Garrison Brigade, and other cadres had already received a notice that they would all be waiting for Qiao Anbang's arrival on the road outside the barracks.

"Stop!" Qiao Anbang, who was sitting in the armored car, saw the people standing outside the barracks, and immediately ordered the driver to stop, then pushed the car door and walked forward on foot, and Liang Jiahan, the personal attendant adjutant, also hurriedly followed and got out of the car.

Seeing Qiao Anbang walking down from the car, Qiao Anguo, Xie Jinyuan and others hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Throne."

"Big brother, second brother!" Qiao Anbang and the others saluted.

Xie Jinyuan is the oldest of the four Qiao Anbang brothers and Chu Jingming, so Qiao Anbang naturally wants to call Xie Jinyuan the eldest brother, and it turns out that the eldest brother Qiao Anguo has been "demoted" to the second brother.

After a few people shushed, they walked into the barracks together, surrounded by everyone.

Nearly 10,000 officers and men of the guard regiment, the special operations battalion, and the second and third regiments of the armored brigade also marched into the barracks.

After entering the barracks, Qiao Anbang came directly to his military headquarters with Xie Jinyuan, Qiao Anguo and others, and after entering the military headquarters, Qiao Anbang asked straight to the point: "Second brother, hasn't Li Yifeng's first division arrived yet?" ”

"Oh, I just talked to Division Commander Li on the phone half an hour ago, and the forward troops of the First Division have already passed Lisin, and it is estimated that this will be almost there." Qiao Anguo replied.

"Hmm." Qiao Anbang nodded, and then waved his hand to signal Liang Jiahan to help him put down the battle map hanging on the wall of the military headquarters.

took out two cigarettes from his pocket and threw them to Xie Jinyuan and Qiao Anguo respectively, Qiao Anbang lit another one himself, and after taking two puffs, Liang Jiahan had already opened the giant combat map, Qiao Anbang immediately waved his hand at Xie Jinyuan and Qiao Anguo, and took the lead towards the combat map.

The three of them came to the battle map one after another, and after Liang Jiahan handed the wooden command pole to Qiao Anbang, he casually turned on the lights installed above the map, and then quietly retreated behind the three and stood aside.

Qiao Anbang took the wooden command pole and glanced at Xie Jinyuan and Qiao Anguo, and tapped Xiangcheng on the map with the wooden command pole and said: "Big brother, second brother, as for the news that Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming joined our Tiger Army, you all know it, I won't go into too much detail, now Xiangcheng has two of them stationed, and I also left the elite first armored regiment of the armored brigade there, so I can ensure that Xiangcheng is safe in a short time!" ”

Hearing this, the two nodded silently at the same time, the new 6th and 7th divisions have all been equipped with advanced weapons and equipment, plus they themselves are two iron-blooded troops that have experienced a hundred battles, not to mention the assistance of the most elite armored regiment of the Tiger Army, and the combat effectiveness has multiplied geometrically, so even if the army mobilizes 100,000 troops, it is not so easy to break through their defense line in a short time.

Qiao Anbang paused, and then moved the wooden command pole to the east and knocked on Suxian Road: "Here, I have ordered Liang Haoyao to lead the Fifth Division to take the initiative to abandon Suxian and lure the 20th Division of the Yue Army to go deep alone, and our combat goal is to concentrate superior forces and eat this 20th Division!" ”

"But, Anbang, will the 20th Division be fooled?" Qiao Anguo asked with some confusion.

"If nothing else, there should be no problem, first of all, the main forces of our Tiger Ben Army have been deployed in the northern and southern battlefields, from the outside, our rear must be very empty, and the invincible commander of the army, who has always been greedy for merit and arrogant, has no reason not to lead his troops to advance to my hinterland in order to win the first credit in this battle!" Qiao Anbang's voice fell.

There was a slight and slightly hurried footsteps behind the three of them, and the three of them turned back one after another, only to see that Yali had already walked in quickly with a telegram in hand, and when they came to the front, Yali glanced at Qiao Anbang with a pair of beautiful eyes full of joy, and then stood up and said: "Military seat, Liang Haoyao, chief of staff of the Fifth Division, is in an emergency." ”

"Huh?" Qiao Anbang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and immediately raised his hand and said, "Read!" ”

Yali opened the telegram in her hand and read: "Chief of Staff Liang has sent an urgent telegram, they have successively abandoned Suxian and Nanping Jizhen and other important places in Sunan, but the main force of the 20th Division is still staying in Suxian, and there seems to be no sign of a major advance. At present, two infantry wings of the 20th Division of the Yue Army are stationed in Nanping Market Town, and Chief of Staff Liang has decided to personally lead a night attack team to attack the Yue Army tonight in order to harass the enemy! ”

"Just arrived in Nanping?" Qiao Anbang turned around and quickly found the location of Nanping Town on the map with a command stick, and said with great doubts: "No, with the marching speed of the cavalry and armored troops of the army, if you pursue with all your might, from evening to now, you can at least advance to the area of Fanji Town and Wugou Town, right?" ”

"It may be that it is already dark, and the army does not dare to pursue it at night." Qiao Anguo said without thinking.

Xie Jinyuan pondered for a moment, and his tone became a little solemn: "Junzuo, in addition to the dark that the deputy Junzuo said, it is also very likely that the fish you caught did not take the bait." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Qiao Anbang turned around and asked curiously.

"As the military seat said, Suxian has been lost, and the northeast gate of my northern Anhui has been opened, if the 20th Division of the army concludes that our rear garrison is empty, and thus wants to take our pheasant and the hinterland, then they should advance at full speed, go straight to Huanglong, and will never be blocked by the night!" Xie Jinyuan calmly analyzed.

"Well, that makes sense." Qiao Anbang nodded approvingly at Xie Jinyuan when he heard this, he was worthy of being born in Huangpu, and his analysis was very reasonable.

"Then why did the army stagnate? Have they seen through our plans? Qiao Anguo on the side asked with doubts.

Xie Jinyuan pondered for a moment and said, "It's too possible, but I'm thinking, if I am the commander of the 20th Division of the Yue Army, what should I choose to do when the enemy situation in my hinterland is unknown?" ”

Being a little bit by Xie Jinyuan's words, Qiao Anbang suddenly woke up, and said with a shocked face: "I will lead my troops to march west from Su County, go straight to the rear of our army defenders in Xiangcheng, cut off the connection between the defenders of Xiangcheng and the rear of our army, attack from both sides, and annihilate our army in Xiangcheng!" ”

"Then, join forces with the Yue army attacking Xiangcheng, and concentrate the absolute superior forces to advance to our pheasant and base area!" Xie Jinyuan answered in a solemn tone.

(To be continued)