"Hey, Your Excellency Division Commander, I think so too. However, I think this is not an opportunity for us. At present, with the loss of Baishan County, the reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army and the main force of the Anti-Japanese Union are basically assembled in the area of Baishan County to rush to transport various strategic materials. If we can take this opportunity to send heavy troops to surround the entire Baishan county....then we will be able to completely change the initiative of the entire battlefield. The battlefield was changed from a mountainous area that was unfavorable to the Imperial Army to a plain and hilly area that was favorable to the Imperial Army. As long as we enter the plains and hilly areas, our army can give full play to its air superiority and artillery superiority to completely annihilate the enemy army..."The chief of staff nodded in agreement..."Yo Xi, chief of staff, your suggestion is very good. If we can really grasp this fighter, then, under the fierce attack of our Imperial Army, no matter how strong the enemy's combat strength is, there is only one result waiting for them, and that is to be completely wiped out by us. The division commander had a meaningful sneer on his face and continued.

"Now I order all units of the 22nd Infantry Division, all units of the Manchurian Army, to defend on the spot, block and eliminate the remaining anti-coalition forces in the Mengshan area... The 24th Infantry Division and the 25th Division immediately assembled and advanced to Baishan County at their fastest speed. Seeing that the chief of staff in front of him was quickly recording his orders, the division commander, Lieutenant General Sato, ordered.

"In addition, in order to prevent the enemy from retreating and escaping from our encirclement after learning of the arrival of our main forces. The Matsumoto Wing, to which our 24th Division belongs, as the vanguard of the entire unit, must arrive at the outskirts of Baishan County within eight hours by truck. Then, at all costs, drag all the enemy troops in the county town, wait for the main force of the division and regiment to complete the encirclement of the county town, and then launch an attack..."Lieutenant General Sato, the commander of the division, his eyes lit up, and he ordered with a serious face on the combat sand table in front of him..."Hey, Your Excellency the division commander, I will immediately go and issue the latest combat order..."

With the order of the division commander, Lieutenant General Sato, it was issued one by one to the hands of the commanders of the infantry brigades of the two main divisions. The two main divisions and more than 40,000 devil soldiers immediately began to assemble in a tense and orderly manner... Under the noses of the anti-union scouts, a large number of defensive positions were put into the hands of the Manchurian Army. Then, grab your gear and head to your target area... Throughout the night, the puppet army units in the Mengshan area were carrying out very complicated and busy military movements. As for being named by Lieutenant General Sato, he served as the vanguard of the Matsumoto Wing Wing Headquarters. Wing Commander Matsumoto Daisa, is gathering all the officers above the rank of captain under his command to hold the last meeting of the troops before they depart..."Gentlemen, I believe that the order of Your Excellency the Division Commander is very clear to you. To put it in a figurative word, our Matsumoto Wing is a bait to attract the main force of the Anti-Japanese Union and the advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, I hope that all of you here will be able to make persistent efforts in the next actions and prove that you are a real samurai of the Imperial Army of the Great Lady with your own actions..."Glancing at the captains in front of him, Wing Commander Matsumoto Osa ordered with a serious face..."Hi, please give an order from Your Excellency the Wing Commander, and promise to complete the task..."Facing the Wing Captain with a serious face, a dozen or so officers stood up from their seats at the same time, and replied in unison..."Yo Xi, I believe that everyone here, and the soldiers under his command, they are the most heroic samurai in the Great Empire. Now I order that the infantry brigades immediately abandon their heavy weapons and all their baggage. All the combat personnel, in trucks, assembled at the wing headquarters. An hour later, we will set off, aiming for the county town of Hakusan..."Captain Matsumoto nodded in satisfaction at everyone's reaction. Then, with a confident face, he ordered..."Hello..."

With a dozen or so officers, they quickly left the wing headquarters. In the barracks of the infantry brigades to which the Matsumoto Wing belongs, the roar of cars immediately sounded... Groups of devil soldiers, carrying their own weapons and ammunition, boarded the car and set off on their own journey... At this moment, after several hours of hard work, the sky has slowly brightened. However, the entire Baishan County has not undergone any changes because of the change in the sky, and it is still busy... Compared with the busy scene outside the headquarters of the army wing, inside the headquarters of the original army wing, it was quiet... In the huge wing headquarters, in addition to a small number of guard troops, there are only a few people left, including Commander Liu Hua, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu, Commander Zhou Baozhong, and Liu Xiaogang, Deputy Captain of the Advance Detachment... At this moment, several people are focusing on the captured military maps of the Yue army in two consecutive battles, perfecting the next action plan of the troops in the Shimenling Conference. However, at this moment, a rush of footsteps quickly reached the ears of several people from far and near..."Commander, Political Commissar Luo of the Field Army Headquarters sent an urgent telegram. I broke into the news from the intelligence personnel within the Kwantung Army that the Kwantung Army Command had appointed Lieutenant General Sato, commander of the 24th Division, in the Mengshan area, to command hundreds of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress our advance detachment and the anti-coalition forces. The political commissar asked us to properly handle the situation and achieve the final victory in the anti-encirclement and suppression operation..."Seeing the four people in the headquarters, the communications staff officer reported in a low voice..."It seems that the little devil already knows about our actions....immediately send a telegram to the third brigade outside the city, asking them to immediately send a small reconnaissance force to reconnoiter the troop movement of the puppet army garrisons around Baishan County, and if there is any abnormal movement, report it immediately, quickly..."After a short period of contemplation, Liu Hua ordered with a decisive face..."Commander, For this Lieutenant General Sato, we have a certain understanding of him... According to the perennial battle process between us and the 24th Division of the Chinese Army, we clearly understand that this Sato is a general of the Japanese Army who is very good at grasping the fighters, and our Anti-Japanese Federation has also suffered many losses at his hands. I think that since he assumed the post of supreme commander of this front, our two troops will face a new severe test..."As soon as the communications staff officer left, Yang Jingyu, who was frowning, reminded Liu Hua, the commander beside him....

"Commander Zhou, what do you think of this Lieutenant General Sato..."Liu Hua nodded approvingly, and set his eyes on Commander Zhou Baozhong beside him..."Commander, I completely agree with the opinion of the deputy commander. This Lieutenant General Sato has very high command ability and is very good at grasping all kinds of fighters... In the course of several years of fighting, the Anti-Japanese Federation led by me has suffered serious blows in his hands many times. Therefore, for Lieutenant General Sato, we must prepare in advance..."Zhou Baozhong said affirmatively, with a look of meaning on his face..."According to your statement, this Lieutenant General Sato is very good at grasping fighter planes and has a very high military command ability. And now, for the little devils in the Mengshan area, there is a very huge fighter in front of them... I just don't know, has this Sato found out, will he grasp this fighter..."For the same answer between the two, after a short period of shock, Liu Hua muttered to himself..."Huge fighter....Commander, what do you mean..."The two of them frowned at the same time and asked..."You see, now our advance detachment, the main force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, is all assembled in Baishan County for a large number of military supplies in Baishan County... And looking at the terrain around Baishan County, it is either the northeast plain of Pingchuan, or the hilly area..."Hearing this, the two of them immediately understood something, and their brows were twisted into a Sichuan character in an instant.

"If it's here, it's this Baishan county, and the little devils will send heavy troops to surround us here. Then, in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the heavy troops of the Yue army, which has the superiority in air and artillery fire, there is only one result waiting for us, that is, the annihilation of the whole army..."Pointing to the map in front of him, Liu Hua said with an affirmative face..."Commander, if nothing else, this Lieutenant General Sato will definitely do this." With what I know about him, such a good fighter, he will definitely not let it go... Commander, I suggest that in order to prevent the troops from being surrounded by the army in Baishan County and suffering heavy losses, our army should immediately abandon the remaining supplies in the city and retreat. As long as we retreat into the vast mountain of Changbai Mountain, the mechanization of the little devil will not play any role...."As soon as Liu Hua's words fell, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu's face immediately turned pale, and then, with an affirmative expression, said..."Retreat? Lao Yang, don't be in such a hurry. Even if this Lieutenant General Sato wants to surround us and annihilate us in this Baishan County, it is not so easy. Although he has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, these hundreds of thousands of troops are scattered in the vast Mengshan area. With the build-up of these troops, he will consume at least a day's time, so we still have enough time to carry these military supplies..."Liu Hua shook his head and said, "Commander, I'm too anxious. However, as long as there is any movement of the little devils in the Mengshan area, our intelligence personnel distributed in the Mengshan area will definitely summarize the specific situation in the Shimenling headquarters as soon as possible. Then, by telegram to our hands... Now we haven't received a telegram about the large-scale movement of the army, that is, the little devil hasn't started to act yet..."Yang Jingyu smiled and replied embarrassedly... Say Cao Ying, Cao Ying will arrive. As soon as Yang Jingyu's words fell, another rush of footsteps reached everyone's ears... As the gate of the headquarters was pushed open, with a telegram in his hand, the communications staff officer with an eager face appeared in front of everyone panting..."Commander, urgent telegram, urgent telegram from the direction of Shimenling. Seeing that the eyes of several people were all focused on himself, the communications staff officer hurriedly replied..."What, Shimenling..."At the same time of shock, Liu Hua snatched the telegram in the hands of the communications staff officer at the first time and began to read it carefully....

"It seems that this Lieutenant General Sato can't wait anymore ... Comrades, according to the latest information from the intelligence officers in the Mengshan area, the Japanese army has handed over all the forward positions around the Changbai Mountain to the Manchurian troops. At this moment, in the entire Mengshan area, in addition to the 22nd Division of the Yue Army, which was completely annihilated by us, the 24th Division and the 25th Division of the Yue Army, the two main divisions, are rapidly assembling and advancing towards our Baishan County...."After reading the telegram handed over by the communications staff officer, Liu Hua smiled and said..."This Sato has not let people live....Dispatching 40,000 troops to rush towards us is already imposing enough. Even the troops of an infantry wing were withdrawn, and in a truck, they drove towards us one step ahead of us ... I really don't know how he thought that an infantry wing would be delivered to our mouths like this, isn't he afraid that we will eat this infantry wing, even the soup and dregs? After reading the specific content of the telegram, Liu Xiaogang said with a puzzled face..."Captain Liu, if my guess is correct, the little devil Lieutenant General Sato doesn't want our big fish to slip away." Thus, a big bait was prepared for us to attract us to Baishan County. Then, complete the encirclement of us and launch the final attack..."Yang Jingyu explained with a sneer at a little careful thinking with the little devil Lieutenant General Sato..."Commander, I completely agree with the opinion of the deputy commander. Lieutenant General Sato, the little devil, must want the strength of this infantry wing to drag us here. Then, gather the main force of 40,000 troops, complete the encirclement of us, and finally, launch a general attack... However, at the expense of an infantry wing, in exchange for the final victory of the entire battle, this Lieutenant General Sato's heart is really ruthless...."Commander Zhou Baozhong also spoke..."Everyone is very right, this Lieutenant General Sato must want to sacrifice a wing in exchange for the result of the annihilation of our entire Anti-Japanese Federation and the advance detachment....The little devil's battle plan has changed, it seems that we are going to change the battle plan made in the Shimenling Conference..." Liu Hua nodded and said affirmatively: "Commander, the enemy will change and I will change, and it is certain that the entire battle plan will be changed." However, I think that while the little devils are attacking and preparing to encircle and annihilate us in Baishan County, they also provide us with a huge fighter... Just like the thoughts in the heart of the little devil Sato at this moment, he transferred us to the plains to exterminate. And we can completely return to the Mengshan area as soon as the main force of the Yue army is transferred out of Baishan County, destroy the Manchurian army units left behind by the Yue army one by one, and constantly kill and weaken the living force of the puppet army..."Yang Jingyu's eyes lit up, and he said with an affirmative face..."Lao Yang's method is very good, and it can be said that it has hit the enemy's vital point. This time, I just want the little devil Lieutenant General Sato, the meat bun to beat the dog, and there is no return. Not only do we have to completely annihilate the puppet army left behind in the Mengshan area, but we also have to eat the bait that Sato sent us. Let the little devil Lieutenant General Sato cry has no place to cry..."Liu Hua's clenched fist slammed into the county seat of Baishan on the map, and said confidently....

Seeing the eyes of the three people, all of them were attracted by what they had just said, Liu Hua continued..."Comrades, I won't say what the little devil Lieutenant General Sato is thinking, everyone is already clear. That is to use an infantry wing as a bait to attract us to the area of Baishan County, and then, gather the main force, gather and annihilate it... Since the little devil is going to give us this trick, then let's give him a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, a certain number of troops were dispatched to annihilate the bait released by the enemy, and at the same time, the posture of sticking to the county town was made to continuously attract the arrival of the main force of the army. On the other hand, the troops immediately returned to the Mengshan area, immediately launched a counteroffensive against the enemy forces around the base area, broke them one by one, and continuously destroyed the enemy's living forces, so as to break the enemy's heavy encirclement and suppression, and lead the enemy by the nose..."

"Okay..."Just as Liu Hua's words were finished, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu, who reacted from the shock, was the first to applaud. However, in just a moment, a worried look appeared on the face of the deputy commander..."Commander, although this plan can hit the enemy to the greatest extent... However, in order to completely annihilate this bait given to us by the Yue army, it is necessary to send a force that is strong enough in combat effectiveness....When the time comes, even if this force completely annihilates the avant-garde wing of the Yue army, he will be surrounded by a heavy army of 40,000 troops... When the time comes, how should this force break out of the enemy's encirclement? ”

"Lao Yang, you have to ask Liu Xiaogang, the deputy head of our advance detachment, for this question. In this regard, he knows better than me..."Liu Hua smiled and said, putting his eyes on Liu Xiaogang....

"Report to the deputy commander, because we are in the county town of Baishan, and a large number of mines have been seized. Therefore, I guarantee that the 3rd Brigade outside the city, with the cooperation of a large number of mines, will block the time of the avant-garde wing of the army for a night, and there will be absolutely no time... At that time, with the combat effectiveness of the first brigade of the advance detachment, all the infantry wings of the army that were crippled and exhausted after a night's attack were completely annihilated, there would be absolutely no problems... As for the last question, the first brigade of my advance detachment, basically everyone can speak proficient Mandarin and break through from the encirclement of the heavy troops, and there is no problem, please rest assured, commander..."Liu Xiaogang replied confidently....

(To be continued)