Ten kilometers north of Su County, the headquarters of the 20th Division of the Army.

After listening to the report of the communications staff officer, the division commander Ushijima said in surprise: "What are you talking about?" The people of China abandoned the city and fled? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency General, at present, my 77th and 78th Infantry Wings have entered the county seat of Suxian, and the Chinese Army has abandoned the city and fled south." The communications staff officer nodded in response.

Ushijima Minoru looked at the chief of staff Kimura Kuzo on the side with a puzzled gaze and asked, "Kimura-kun, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Kimura Hisazo pondered for a while, and replied: "Your Excellency, I can't guess why the Chinese army abandoned the city and fled for the time being, first of all, they have not reached the end of the mountain, and the imperial army has not even broken through their outer defenses. ”

"Well, that makes sense, what the hell are the people doing?" Ushijima nodded in confusion and pondered.

"General, I think that we don't have to care about the purpose of the people who abandoned the city and fled for the time being, it is really a good thing for us that they abandoned the city and fled, we now have two ways to choose!" Kimura Kuzo means something to say.

"Two roads? What do you mean? Kimura-kun, please be clear. Ushijima raised his hand and gestured.

"Hay!" Hisazo Kizumura suddenly bowed his head in response, and then turned around and strode towards the battle map laid out on the table, and Ushijima followed with doubts.

Coming to the map, Kimura Kuzo picked up the wooden command pole placed on the map, pointed to the map, and said: "General, please see, since the imperial army captured Xuzhou, now hundreds of thousands of troops of our North China Front Army and Central China Front Army have formed a situation of encircling the north and south on both sides of the northern Anhui base area of the Tiger Ben Army. In the northern front, Suxian and Xiangcheng are the north gate and east gate of northern Anhui, these two strategic points have now been captured by our department, in this way, we can choose to divide our troops to march westward, cut off the connection between the defenders of Xiangcheng and their base areas, cooperate with the Fifth Division and other departments to annihilate them and Xiangcheng, and then join forces to march to the hinterland of its northern Anhui base area, and eradicate the Tiger Ben army in one fell swoop.

Second, if the general wants to achieve the first merit of annihilating the Tiger Ben Army alone, then we can directly advance to the Pheasant and Ji, now most of the main forces of the Tiger Ben Army are on the periphery, and the garrison of the Pheasant and Ji battalions in its hinterland is the most empty time, with the strength of our 20th Division, we will be able to capture the Tiger Ben Army camp with all our might, so that the first merit of this battle is Your Excellency the General. ”

Kimura Hisazo's analysis makes Ushijima often feel excited, the Tiger Army is a big problem for the Imperial Army and even the entire Zomoto, and the whole Honben from the emperor to the common people hate the Tiger Ben Army to the bone, and they all want to get rid of it quickly.

If he Ushijima can often command the officers and men of the imperial army under his command to capture the Longshan camp of the Tiger Army in one fell swoop and achieve this first achievement, it will definitely be a great achievement, and he will not only become a hero of the Yamato nation, but also may be promoted to the rank of army general and even commander of the front army.

However, although Ushijima was moved, he was not impulsive, and immediately said worriedly: "However, what is the purpose of the sudden abandonment of Suxian by the Zhina Army?" We haven't been able to figure it out yet, so it's dangerous and unpredictable! ”

According to the analysis of the current situation, in the hinterland of northern Anhui, there is not much left of the main force of the Tiger Army, even if they have any conspiracy, they will not be able to threaten our entire 20th Division, as long as we raid the hinterland of the Tiger Army and cut off its connection with the main force of the periphery, then the main force of the Tiger Army that is still fighting fiercely with the Imperial Army on the periphery is bound to be in turmoil, and at that time, our two major front armies will take advantage of the situation to attack, and they will definitely be able to defeat the Tiger Army in one fell swoop and completely wipe it out!" Hisazo Kimura continued to analyze.

"Hmm." Ushijima Minoru thought about it carefully, and found that Kimura Hisazo's analysis was very correct, the main force of the Tiger Ben Army had indeed been dragged by the Imperial Army, and it was absolutely impossible to transfer troops from the front line to help Pheasant and Ji, even if he led the 20th Division to go deep alone, it was impossible for the Tiger Ben Army in the area of Pheasant and Ji to pose any threat to the 20th Division, and for the combat effectiveness of his own division, Ushijima Minoru still had full confidence, and the only thing that made him estimate was the Air Force fighters of the Tiger Army.

Just when Ushijima was still hesitating, a signal soldier hurriedly ran in, and suddenly retracted his feet to Ushijima and said: "Report to Your Excellency General, the 77th Infantry Wing reports that their search force was surrounded by the Zhina Army in the area of Nanping Town, south of Su County, and the Captain of the 77th Infantry Wing, Deng Lixing Dazuo, has personally led reinforcements to reinforce him!" ”

"What? Nanping Town? Ushijima Minoru and Kimura Hisazo were shocked when they heard this, and immediately quickly found out the geographical location of Nanping Town on the map, and the two glanced at each other, Ushijima Minoru said: "Kimura-kun, do you think this is a trap for the people of Shina?" ”

Kimura Kuzo frowned slightly, pondered for a moment and nodded: "General, just in case, it is recommended that I send a telegram to Changden Dazuo and let him be careful, in case he falls into the trap of the Shina. ”

After speaking, Kimura Hisazo said with annoyance: "General, it's a pity that our aviation can't participate in the battle at this time, otherwise we can send a reconnaissance plane to reconnoiter the movements of the Chinese army, and we won't be so passive." ”

"Well, Xuzhou Airport has not been repaired, and we have nothing to do!" Ushijima nodded and immediately said to the signal soldier: "Send a telegram to the Changden Wing immediately, order them, and be vigilant in case they fall into the ambush of the Shina army!" In addition, order the 78th Infantry Wing, immediately set off, ready to meet the 77th Infantry Wing at any time! ”

"Hay!" The devil messenger suddenly bowed his head in response, and immediately turned around and strode away.

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In Nanping Town, the cannon outside the town rumbled, and the guns rang out, and the people in the town were dragging their families and preparing to evacuate.

"Big brother, the scout reports that the 77th Wing of the Japanese Army has arrived, so we should also withdraw, right?" On the roof of a private house, Liang Haoyao put down the telescope in his hand and said to Chifeng City.

It turned out that after Liang Haoyao and Chi Fengcheng led their troops to withdraw to Nanping Town, the rearguard troops reported that they had discovered a small search and reconnaissance force of the Yue army, and they were originally discussing how to attract the Yue army to pursue and achieve the purpose of luring the enemy into depth.

Chi Fengcheng took another puff of most of the cigarette in his hand, threw it out casually, and said indifferently: "Don't worry, it's getting dark, it's best to let the devil pull our butts out, it will be more realistic." ”

"Hmm!" Liang Haoyao nodded, and raised the telescope to look out of the town. In a col outside the town, nearly 100 soldiers relied on the col to shoot desperately and resist stubbornly, and around them were hundreds of heavily armed Tiger Army soldiers, although the Tiger Ben Army soldiers shot fiercely, they did not charge much, but only shot at the devils.

Suddenly, on the road not far from the town, several white flares roared into the air, which were fired by the guard scouts, indicating that the devil's reinforcements had arrived.

Seeing this, Liang Haoyao and Chi Fengcheng immediately turned around and went down to the roof, and before leaving the courtyard, Liang Haoyao said to a guard: "Order each company to immediately take turns to cover and retreat!" ”

"Yes!" The guards snapped forward and walked away quickly.

Outside the town, when the main force of the 77th Infantry Wing led by Changdeng Lixing arrived, the Tiger Ben Army that surrounded his search force had already withdrawn, and the angry Changdeng Lixing just wanted to give the order to continue the pursuit, and a communication soldier hurriedly ran to him, stood up and saluted: "Report to Your Excellency the Wing Commander, the division commander has called." ”

"Huh?" Changdeng Lixing waved his hand and said, "Read!" ”

"The division commander ordered our department to be vigilant in case we fall into the trap of the Zhina!" The communications soldier read into the message.

"Trap?" Changdeng Lixing instantly calmed down when he heard this, thinking that the Tiger Ben Army took the initiative to abandon the city and fled, and now it was defeated without a fight, as a professional soldier, he keenly smelled a hint of conspiracy.

After pondering for a while, Changdeng Lixing nodded thoughtfully and happily: "Yo Xi, order the troops, suspend the advance, and station on the spot." ”

"Hay!" The signal soldier bowed his head abruptly, then turned and walked away quickly.

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At night, the commander of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, Ushijima, often moved his division headquarters into the county seat of Suxian, and the main force of his division was also stationed in Suxian and its surroundings, while the 77th and 78th Wings stopped at Nanping Town and did not continue to pursue the Huben Army who pretended to retreat.

In the city of Suxian, the headquarters of the 20th Division of the Army.

This was originally the regimental headquarters of the 1st Regiment of the 5th Division of the Tiger Army, and Ushijima was pacing back and forth in his new headquarters with a saber on his shoulder, and in a burst of heavy footsteps, the chief of staff, Kimura Kuzo Osa, strode in with a saber on his shoulder.

When he came to the front, he saluted Ushijima and said, "General, the 77th and 78th Infantry Wings have been stationed in Nanping Town, and Nagato Dazuo and Kobayashi Dazuo ask for instructions on what we should do next." ”

"Kimura-kun, from the battle of Nanping Town this evening, can you see what the Zhina Army wants to do? What is their purpose? Ushijima asked without answering.

"General, judging from the superficial situation, it seems that the Tiger Ben Army was deliberately engaged in the battle of Nanping Town, and with their excellent equipment, they were unable to eat the reconnaissance detachment of less than 100 people of the imperial army within half an hour, and the terrain occupied by the reconnaissance detachment at that time was not dangerous at all." Kimura Hisazo said with a puzzled expression.

"Hmm!" Ushijima nodded and said, "I think this must be a conspiracy, for the sake of insurance, I decided to immediately send the 40th Brigade and the cavalry wing directly under the division to quickly advance westward and flank the Xiangcheng Tiger Army with the Fifth Division in order to achieve a complete victory in this battle." ”

(To be continued)