Xuzhou, the headquarters of the Tiger Ben Army.

After Qiao Anbang had deployed all the 30,000 elites under his command, he was teaching Liang Yilu, the commander of the special operations battalion, the operational plan for the division of troops to attack Linyi and Zaozhuang.

Suddenly, in the sound of footsteps, Liang Jiahan, the attendant adjutant, walked in hurriedly and quickly, and saluted Qiao Anbang and reported: "Military seat, the commander of the fourth division, Chu Jingming, is in a hurry. ”

"Huh?" Qiao Anbang saw that Liang Jiahan's face was wrong, so he immediately reached out and took the message, read it hurriedly, and his face suddenly became extremely solemn.

"Throne, what's wrong?" Liang Yilu on the side asked when he saw this.

Qiao Anbang didn't answer, and Liang Jiahan said in a solemn tone: "The Central China Army sent a roundabout force to bypass the frontal defense line of our army and is heading to attack Pheasant Heji. ”

"Huh?" Liang Yiyu was shocked when he heard this, and immediately turned his head and said urgently: "Junzuo, Old Man Qiao is still in the city, we should hurry back to help Pheasant Heji!" ”

Qiao Anbang pondered for a while, raised his hand to stop Liang Yiyu and said: "Don't be impatient, we are hundreds of miles away from Pheasant Heji, and we can't rush to it, and now it is a critical period of the Battle of Xuzhou, how can we divide the troops." ”

"Then what about Old Man Qiao?" Liang Yiyu was in a hurry and said awe-inspiringly.

Qiao Anbang didn't speak, he was clear about the current situation of Pheasant and Ji, and the most important thing now was not only that his father was still in Pheasant and Jicheng, but also that the Longshan Military Camp and Longshan Airport in the north of the city were in danger.

Among them, there is also a well-equipped garrison camp at Longshan Airport, but the Pheasant and Jihe Longshan Military Camp, the Longshan Arsenal and even the Taihe Arsenal are empty cities.

In particular, the newly built Taihe Arsenal, not long ago, in order to lure and annihilate the 20th Division of the Yue Army, Qiao Anbang ordered all the equipment of the Longshan Arsenal to be unloaded and transported, and now all of them are stored in the Taihe Arsenal.

The most important thing is that Qiao Anbang did not know the strength of the roundabout troops of the Yue army at this time, so he could not formulate corresponding countermeasures.

After frowning and pondering for a long time, Qiao Anbang raised his head and said to Liang Jiahan: "Adjutant Liang, immediately send a telegram to Division Commander Chu, asking him to find out the strength and traces of the roundabout troops of the Yue Army as soon as possible, and then send a telegram to Huaiyuan's Third Division, ordering Li Jupeng to quickly send Jiang Wei's First Steps Corps along the Huaimeng Highway to aid Pheasant and Ji, no matter how many roundabout troops the Yue Army has, Pheasant and Ji cannot be lost, because this is our base area, with our airport and arsenal." ”

"Yes!" Liang Jiahan happily answered and took the order.

After Liang Jiahan left, Qiao Anbang said to Liang Yiyu with no peace of mind: "Battalion Commander Liang, you hurry up and inform Jiahan, and ask her to send another urgent telegram to Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 7th Division, telling Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming to ask them to divide two to three battalions and quickly take a car back to help Pheasant Heji, as for the pursuit of the Yue army, it can be suspended, and all the pursuing troops will build fortifications on the spot to prevent the Yue army from counterattacking." ”

"Yes!" Liang Yilu also responded violently, and then turned around and left.

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Xingliu Town, which is more than 20 kilometers away from the northwest of Yingzhou, is located on the south bank of the upstream of the confluence of the Yinghe River, the Cihuai New River and the Cihe River, more than 20 kilometers away from Yingzhou in the east, and 18 kilometers to the west is the location of the second arsenal of the Huben Army - Taihe and the county seat.

On the south bank of the Yinghe Xingliu Town section, about 1,000 Yue troops are crossing the river quickly, because it is a light attack, the Yue army does not carry large river crossing equipment, and in order to conceal their whereabouts and do not alarm the people of Xingliu Town, the devils can only cut wood from the woods on the south bank to build rafts for crossing the river, so the progress is a little slow.

On the north bank, Hachiro Tanagami, who was the first to cross the river, was standing solemnly in front of the river, accompanied by several adjutants, staring at his subordinates who were slowly crossing the river with solemn faces.

Hachiro Tanakami is the current commander of the 34th Infantry Wing, the main force of the 29th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Division, and was ordered to lead the main force of the 34th Infantry Wing to serve as a roundabout offensive force on the western route.

In this roundabout attack, the army sent a total of four roundabout troops, about one and a half infantry wings and some auxiliary troops, with a total strength of about 4,000 people, in addition to an infantry brigade that was discovered and defeated in Dongxiaoluo Village, Yingzhou, the other more than 3,000 troops bypassed the frontal defense line of the Yingzhou Huben Army in three ways, and advanced towards the hinterland of the Huben Army's base area.

The roundabout force led by Hachiro Tanakami was composed of the main force of his 34th Wing, the First Infantry Brigade, plus the communications and service personnel of the wing headquarters, and was responsible for crossing the Yinghe River from Xingliu Town, and then directly attacking Pheasant and Ji along the road from Taihe to Pheasant and Ji.

Looking at the raft shuttling back and forth on the river, the corners of Hachiro Tanagami's mouth twitched slightly, raised his hand and pointed to the river to face an adjutant behind him and said: "Tamura-kun, this speed is not good, urge the troops, speed up the river!" ”

"Hay!" The devil named Tamura Shaozuo hurriedly bowed his head and answered, and then turned around and left as ordered.

Just as Tamura left, a devil second lieutenant suddenly ran over from a distance, and when he came to him, the devil second lieutenant panted and saluted to Tagami Hachiro who looked surprised: "Report to Your Excellency Osa, the reconnaissance team led by the inferior duty has found an anomaly around Taihe-County. ”

"Oh? What is the drop anomaly? Hachiro Tanakami asked with a look of surprise.

"Back to Your Excellency Dazuo, we have discovered the hidden base of the Zhina Army outside Taihe and the county seat, and it is suspected that it is likely to be a factory or material hoarding place for the Zhina people." The devil lieutenant bowed his head and said.

"Oh? How so? Hachiro Tanakami asked again.

"The humble officials led the people to carefully reconnoitre, and found a large number of traces of cars entering and exiting near the entrance and exit of the base, and in addition, the entire Taihe-county town is full of Chinese civilians, and there are a large number of them, and they seem to have fled, so the humble duty thinks that this is very likely to be an important place such as the material hoarding point or factory of the Chinese people, after all, so many fleeing Chinese people need to be solved by them." The devil second lieutenant explained.

"How many garrisons do they have?" Hachiro Tanakami asked in a deep voice thoughtfully.

"There are not many troops, and the lowly position is roughly estimated, no more than one battalion at most." The devil lieutenant thought for a moment and replied again.

"Yo Xi." Hearing this, Tagami Hachiro nodded happily and said happily: "At present, the main force of the Chinese Tiger Army is all contained by the imperial army on the north and south lines, and it is impossible to have too many troops who want to stay in Taihe.

"Captain, what are we going to do?" Another chief of staff asked.

Hachiro Tanakami pondered for a moment and said, "Order the troops to advance towards Taihe." ”

"However, Your Excellency, the order given to us by the division commander is to attack Pheasant and Ji." The chief of staff hesitated.

"Baga, we are less than twenty kilometers away from Taihe, and we can arrive in two hours by a rapid march, so I don't mind capturing Taihe before capturing Pheasant and Ji, and make one more special contribution, win glory for my 3rd Division, and be ashamed of the emperor of the Great Emperor!" Hachiro Tanakami retorted angrily.

Seeing that his chief of staff was silent, Hachiro Tanakami said again: "In addition, once we attack Taihe-County, it will inevitably attract the attention of the Chinese army, and at that time, the other two roundabout troops will be able to attack Pheasant and Ji smoothly." ”

"Your Excellency Dazuo is wise!" The second lieutenant of the devil and the chief of staff bowed their heads at the same time.

Eight kilometers northeast of Taihe-County &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&, the Huben Military Pass Arsenal.

Since the personnel and equipment of the Yongsan Arsenal were ordered to be relocated here, the entire Guanji Arsenal has become very crowded, and hundreds of trucks and jeeps of all sizes have almost filled the entire arsenal.

Although all the equipment of the Longshan Arsenal has been disassembled and loaded, the workers and technicians have not been idle, and they have joined the production lines of various workshops of the Guanji Arsenal to assist the personnel of the Guanji Arsenal to continue to produce guns and ammunition for the front-line soldiers day and night.

With the addition of a large number of skilled technicians in the Longshan Arsenal, the output of the Guanji Arsenal has increased several times in an instant, and some technicians who are not too skilled have also been guided by the old technicians, and their experience and level have also been greatly improved.

Due to its location in the hinterland of northern Anhui and the tight battle situation on the front line, the Huben Army, which was responsible for guarding the Guanji Arsenal and the Taihe-county seat, had only two companies of the regular army, plus hundreds of militiamen.

Hundreds of militiamen plus a platoon of the regular army were responsible for guarding the county town of Taihe, while the rest of the regular army was led by a major and deputy battalion commander to defend the Guanji Arsenal.

In the arsenal, a major officer is patrolling with a squad of soldiers, this person is Liu Guodong, the captain of the garrison brigade of the Guanji Arsenal, who was originally a major and deputy battalion commander of the Huben Army's Reading Force Garrison Brigade, and was later ordered to lead two companies of soldiers to serve as the garrison of the Guanji Arsenal.

Liu Guodong is about 30 years old, with broad shoulders and a round waist, a pair of arms that are thick and powerful, thick black hair on his head and a beard standing upright, plus a small beard that is not too thick, strong but steady.

While inspecting, Liu Guodong turned his head to a captain company commander next to him and said, "Li Er, how has the front line been fighting recently, have you heard?" ”

"Captain Hui, I heard from the brother who came to the front line to pull ammunition that the military seat has already led people to Xuzhou, and it is estimated that the north will soon be victorious." The captain named Li Er hurriedly replied.

"What about the south side? How's it going to be in the south? "Liu Guodong has always been thinking about the country, and he is bent on going to the front line to kill the enemy and serve the country, although he is assigned to defend the arsenal, which is the envy of everyone, but he is always thinking about going to the front line.

In his opinion, a manly man should fight on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions to the enemy.

"The south side is not clear lately." Li Er shook his head and said.

While the two were talking, suddenly a communications soldier hurriedly ran from behind them, listening to the chaotic footsteps behind them, Liu Guodong and the two turned their heads at the same time.

Seeing the panting communication soldier, Liu Guodong immediately asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong?" What's the matter? ”

The communication soldier gasped and hurriedly replied: "Captain, it's not good, Taihe County has been attacked by devils, and the fourth platoon commander called and asked for urgent reinforcements!" ”

(To be continued)