Thirty miles southeast of Jiufeng, Songjun, the headquarters of the 36th Wing of the Army.

Nakagawa Osa was standing outside the headquarters with his hands behind his back, overlooking the beautiful scenery of the nine peaks of Matsugun, and behind him stood the deputy wing commander Tsuyoshi Honda and the staff officers of the wing headquarters.

As soon as the morning dawned, the search teams had already entered the mountain.

Nakagawa Osa firmly believes that in more than half an hour at most, there should be news coming back from the front, and unless this group of routs turns into rats and burrows into the ground, they will definitely not be able to escape the search of the Imperial Army.

Of course, in order to prevent the Chinese army from escaping from the mountains, the reconnaissance planes of the air force have already been dispatched.

The sound of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded from behind him, and when Nakagawa Dazuo hurriedly looked back, he saw that a young officer had already walked over with a solemn expression, first saluted Nakagawa Dazuo, and then said: "Your Excellency Dazuo, the search teams report that there is no trace of the Shina Army in the mountains. ”

"What?" Nakagawa Dazuo was stunned and said, "Didn't find the whereabouts of the Chinese army?" ”

"It can't be!" Honda Nakasa also said categorically, "The Shina army must be hiding in the mountains." ”

The young officer said: "Sir, the search teams have searched all the mountainous areas, and indeed they have not found the whereabouts of the Chinese army. ”

Nakagawa Daisa's brows tightened for a moment, and then he asked Honda Tsuyoshi: "Honda-kun, has there been any discovery on the air force's side?" ”

"Nope." Honda just shook his head and said, "According to the report of the reconnaissance plane of the air force, there is no sign of the activities of the Zhina Army within a radius of 200 miles in the Jiufeng Mountains of Songjun, and the Zhina Army was still in the mountains in the second half of yesterday night, and they have neither cars nor trains, and unless they put on their wings, it is absolutely impossible for them to escape 200 miles away in a few hours!" ”

Nakagawa Osa muttered: "Could it be that the Chinese army has become an imperial army again, so it has escaped the search?" ”

"No, it won't." Honda Gang said with great certainty, "When the Chinese army broke through, it was the imperial army, and we have been prepared for this, all major teams, squadrons and squads have made obvious marks on the team flags, and the password is also changed every three times, if the Chinese army dares to pretend to be the imperial army and openly haunt, it will inevitably be discovered." ”

Nakagawa Dazuo said in a deep voice: "That's weird, could it be that the person really turned into a rat and hid underground?" ”

"It's quite possible." Honda just nodded and agreed, "The reason why this group of people can break through from the Sixing warehouse is because they dug the tunnel to the command of Wakisaka-kun, and then blasted the headquarters in one fell swoop, which made the 36th Wing lose its command, so the formation was in chaos, and the people of China took advantage of the chaos to break out of the encirclement." ”

Nakagawa Guang's face changed slightly, and he immediately ordered: "Order, immediately send more search teams to repeatedly search the peaks of the Nine Peaks of Songjun, and never let go of any suspicious places, and then request the air team to expand the reconnaissance range to a radius of three hundred miles, and the 5th Motorized Infantry Squadron of the 3rd Brigade is ready for battle and ready to pursue at any time." ”

"Hello." Honda just bowed his head suddenly, and then hurriedly gave the order.

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Fifty miles northwest of Jiufeng, Songjun, a village.

The officers and men of the Baoshan battalion did not turn into rats and hide in the ground, nor did they put on their wings and fly 300 miles away, but rushed to the northwest for more than 50 miles overnight, and stationed in this village before dawn.

Last night's hearty revenge not only hurt the Yue army, but also created an opportunity for the Baoshan battalion to move in at night.

As Yue Weihan said, after all, this is the territory of the Chinese, and although the little devils occupy Shanghai and the surrounding counties, and also control the areas along the railways and highways, the vast countryside is still the world of the Chinese, and the officers and men of the Baoshan battalion received the warmest reception in the village.

The simple villagers not only gave food and drink, but also scrambled to give up the house for the soldiers to rest.

The only big family surnamed Zhao in the village also invited Yue Weihan to tea, and that posture was like a guest to entertain him, but then again, if it was in peacetime, a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander like Yue Weihan came to such a small village, it would indeed be a rare VIP.

In terms of security, there is no need to worry, even if the devil finds any clues, the local people will only lead the devil to the wrong road, and will never take the initiative to tell the informant, in the first two years of the Anti-Japanese War, there are still not many people who are willing to be Han Annihilation, and in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, those who are willing to be Han Annihilation are even rarer.

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Nine peaks of Songjun, foothills of Tianma Mountain.

Accompanied by Honda Nakasa, Nakagawa Osa, who had a blue face, stepped out of the armored car, and a large group of devil officers who had been waiting at the bottom of the mountain for a long time hurriedly greeted him.

"Yamada-kun, the Chinese army still hasn't found it?" Honda Tsuyoshi spoke in a bad tone.

"yes, I still haven't found it." Yamada Shaoza, who was standing at the front, suddenly bowed his head.

"Yaga." Nakagawa Osa was furious, and slapped Yamada Shaosa twice with a bow left and right.

Yamada Shaozuo was slapped so much that his eyes were full of stars, but he didn't dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction, and immediately stood up and bowed his head and said, "Hai." ”

Honda just lowered his head and leaned in front of Nakagawa Dazuo, and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, the search teams have been searching in the mountains for a whole day, and they have not even let go of the most hidden rock crevices, but they still haven't found any clues of the Shina army, which shows that the Shina people are no longer in this mountainous area." ”

Nakagawa Daisa said: "If the Chinese army has left this mountainous area, then where did they go?" ”

"yes, that's what puzzles me." Honda Gang said thoughtfully, "In addition to this mountainous area, there are open plains within a radius of several hundred miles, how can the Chinese army evade the search of the air force's reconnaissance planes?" ”

Nakagawa Osa suddenly said: "By the way, is there anything unusual in the nearby Shina village?" ”

"The village of China?" Honda's expression changed slightly, and he said in a condensed voice, "Your Excellency Dazuo means that the Shina army has taken refuge in a nearby Shina village?" ”

"It's quite possible." Nakagawa said in a deep voice, "Immediately send a search team to carefully search the nearby villages of China." ”

"Hello." As soon as Honda agreed, he immediately conveyed the order to the group of devil officers, and in less than a moment, the search teams gathered at the foot of Tianma Mountain scattered and began to search the nearby villages one by one, and the whole search lasted less than two hours before the news came back.

Honda just strode in front of Nakagawa Hiroshi, and said uprightly: "Your Excellency, the search team reported that in the middle of last night, a group of soldiers passed through the front village and fled in the northwest direction. ”

"Maemura?" Nakagawa Daisa frowned and said, "In what direction?" ”

Honda just pointed to the western sky and said, "It's on the northwest side of the Nine Peaks of Songjun, about ten miles away from here." ”

"Northwest?" Nakagawa Osa muttered, "Could it be ...... The Chinese army fled to the northwest? ”

"It's hard to say." Honda Tsuyoshi was also a little unsure, "This group of Chinese troops is too cunning, and their commander is especially cunning!" The Great Emperor Army has suffered several losses in his hands, and the 68th Wing of the Eagle Mori Takashi Dazuo is a top student of the Imperial Army University, and I heard that he has also suffered a big loss from this fox. ”

Nakagawa Osa suddenly asked: "Honda-kun, I don't know if you have heard the idiom 'sound east strikes west'?" ”

"Striking the West?" Honda just shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it." ”

Nakagawa Osa said proudly: "This Chinese idiom is about a war in ancient China, one army defends the city, another army attacks the city, the attacking commander chooses the west gate as the main direction of attack, but before the attack, he made a big noise, put on a posture to attack the east gate, the defending boss was really fooled, and transferred the main force to the east gate, and the attacker took advantage of the weakness to break through the west gate." ”

Honda Tsuyoshi said sincerely: "Your Excellency Osa is really knowledgeable, but the culture of the Shina people is also really broad and profound. ”

"Yes, the culture of the Shina people is indeed broad and profound." Nakagawa Hiroshi nodded, and said thoughtfully, "The 'Art of War' written by the famous military strategist 'Sun Tzu' in ancient China two thousand years ago is still a great military book in modern times, and if Honda-kun has leisure time, you can take a look, you should benefit a lot." ”

Honda just nodded, and said, "Your Excellency Dazuo means that the escape of the people of China to the northwest is just an illusion?" ”

"That's right, it's definitely an illusion to flee northwest." Nakagawa Dazuo said quite confidently, "The 9 elite divisions of the Imperial Army of nearly 300,000 troops have been divided into two routes, attacking and advancing to the west and northwest respectively. ”

Honda Tsuyoshi said: "So, in which direction are the people of China going to flee?" ”

Nakagawa Dazuo stretched out his hand to guide the direction, and then said with a hideous expression: "The real escape direction of this group of rout soldiers can only be the south, order, all search teams immediately search and advance to the south, and force the people of the villages along the way to confess the whereabouts of the rout of the group, remember, at all costs!" ”

"Hello." Honda suddenly stepped forward and bowed his head, and then turned away.