The next dawn, Chaohu County.

In the joint operations room of the 13th Division and the 18th Division, the telegrams in the communications room next door were ticking incessantly, and the communications staff officers were busy transcribing the latest positions of the infantry and cavalry wings and handing them over to the operational staff officers, while the operational staff officers were busy planting the small red flag representing the Japanese army on the simulated sand table.

Ogisu Tatsubei and Nakajima Sadao stood on the edge of the sand table.

With the small red flag with the words "56th Infantry Wing" planted in Lujiang County, the entire encirclement finally took shape.

"Yo Si." Lieutenant General Huozhou Libing nodded happily and said, "All wings have arrived at the predetermined position on time, and the Baoshan Regiment is now a turtle in the urn." ”

Lieutenant General Nakajima Sadao immediately turned around and instructed the chief of staff, Megumi Koto, to say: "Order, all infantry wings immediately send search teams to conduct a close search of all areas within the encirclement, remember, forests, river valleys, reeds, any possible hiding place must not be let go, and it is necessary to drag the net and search repeatedly!" ”

"Hello!" Koto Megumi Dazuo bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order away.

………… Nanjing, the headquarters of the Central China Front.

Major General Tsukada entered Matsui Shigen's office excitedly, and said uprightly: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency Sadao Nakajima sent a telegram back from Chaohu that the 13th Division and the 18th Division have completed the encirclement of the Baoshan Regiment, but it is not yet possible to determine the specific location of the Baoshan Regiment's hiding, and a dragnet search is currently being carried out. ”

"Yo Si." Matsui Shigen was immediately excited when he heard this, and said, "This time I finally caught this cunning Shina fox." ”

Major General Tsukada said: "Your Excellency, the first link of the Sakura plan has been successfully completed, is it time to implement the second link?" ”

"Yo Si." Matsui Shigendao nodded happily and said, "Immediately through the secret channel, the news that the Baoshan Regiment has fallen into my two main divisions will be revealed." ”

"Hello." Major General Tsukada bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order.

………… Wuhan, Xingying.

Wang Shihe, chief of the state guard, walked into Chairman Jiang's office with a solemn expression and said: "Commission, just now the Shanghai Station of the Military Command Bureau has just received the top secret news that the 13th and 18th divisions of the Central China Front have completed the encirclement of the Baoshan Regiment near Chaohu, but the specific location of the Baoshan Regiment has not been found for the time being, and a dragnet search is being carried out at present. ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Chairman Jiang immediately sat up straight and said, "Did the Air Force find anything?" ”

Wang Shidao: "The Air Force has just reported that there are indeed a large number of military activities in Hefei, Feixi, Lujiang, Shuxian, Wuwei and other places near Chaohu Lake, and all kinds of indications indicate that the news obtained by the Shanghai Station of the Military Command Bureau should be reliable, and the Baoshan Regiment is very likely to have fallen into the encirclement of the two master regiments of the Chinese army. ”

"What about the Baoshan group?" Chairman Jiang said hurriedly, "Still can't get in touch?" ”

Wang Shihe shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The radio station of the Baoshan regiment has been in a silent state and has never been able to be contacted. ”

Chairman Jiang's face immediately changed slightly, and he immediately stood up and paced back and forth in the room rapidly.

Wang Shihe said tentatively: "Commission, do you need to inform Gu Zhutong to let Liu Jianxu's 10th Army and Luo Zhuoying's 19th Army attack Anhui from northern Jiangxi?" ”

"Nope." Chairman Jiang shook his head and said, "The 10th and 19th Group Armies alone are not enough, and immediately ordered Gu Zhutong to send a telegram to Gu Zhutong, in addition to the 10th and 19th Group Armies attacking Anhui from northern Jiangxi, and then let Wang Dongyuan's 73rd Army, Tang Shizun's 21st Army and Pan Wenhua's 23rd Army attack from northern Zhejiang, flank Tongling and Wuhu directions, and respond to the battle situation in Anhui." ”

"Yes." Wang Shihe stood upright, and immediately took the order and left.

………… Twenty miles southwest of Shucheng, the port river bay.

Last night, the Baoshan regiment went ashore from Baiyang Village under the escort of Chaohu bandits, and then marched rapidly along the Buhe River in the direction of the upper reaches of the river, and when they arrived at the current hiding place through Sanhe Town, the sky was already bright, and in order to prevent the devil planes from discovering it, Yue Weihan immediately ordered the whole regiment to enter the woods by the river to rest.

Sure enough, not long after dawn, the little devil's plane arrived.

After a while, another plane flew from the southeast, Chi Chengfeng's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly shouted: "His grandma, the blue sky is white!" Regimental seats, our Air Force! ”

When Yue Weihan hurriedly raised his telescope to look into the sky through the treetops, the two planes had already collided.

"His grandmother, the dog!"

"Beat it, beat it up, kill this son of a bitch!"

"Brother of the Air Force in the sky, resist it, you must resist it......"

"Damn, Makqin, hurry up and set up Makqin, I have to help the Air Force brothers!"

"No, there is an order from the regimental seat, and no one is allowed to open fire without his order, it will expose the target."

Suddenly, the officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Regiment hidden in the woods began to stir, if it wasn't for Yue Weihan's military order in advance, maybe these bastards might really set up crane guns to shoot at the sky.

Speaking of the air battle in the sky, the two reconnaissance planes fought for less than five minutes before the winner was decided.

The reconnaissance plane swooped down and then suddenly pulled up, then made a big circle in the air, and at once bit the tail of the military reconnaissance plane, and the muzzle of the machine gun suddenly burst into a dazzling red light, and a puff of black smoke suddenly rose from the left wing of the devil's reconnaissance plane, and it immediately plunged down.

"Okay, good fight!"

"Yes, that's how it should be!"

"Brother of the Air Force in the sky, good job!"

Cheers rang out in the woods, and all the officers and soldiers took off their hats to celebrate.

However, before the cheers of the officers and men passed, the huge roar of the plane's engine came from the northeast again, and immediately four military planes came out of the clouds, and the officers and men who had a little insight immediately changed their faces, because this time it was no longer a combat reconnaissance plane, but a real Zero fighter!

The reconnaissance plane resisted for less than half a minute before being shot down.

Seeing the [***] reconnaissance plane rushing down from the sky with black smoke, the officers and men of the Baoshan Regiment in the woods suddenly looked gloomy, and they let out a regretful sigh one after another, but Chi Chengfeng's eyes were sharp, and he shouted: "Tuanzao, I saw the pilot parachuting, and the two pilots on the plane both parachuted!" ”

Before the words fell, the plane emitting black smoke had already plunged into the valley not far away, and then there was a muffled sound.

When Yue Weihan looked up in a hurry, he saw two small black shadows falling sharply from the sky, one of them suddenly popped out of the parachute, and then fell down flutteringly, but the other figure fell straight down like a meteor, and never opened the parachute!

Yue Weihan sighed, then turned around and ordered: "The field hospital is immediately ready for surgery, and the guard company immediately sets off to rescue the pilot!" ”

………… Nanjing, Central China Front Headquarters.

Tsukada hurriedly entered Matsui Ishone's office and said, "Your Excellency, the people of Shina have reacted!" ”

"Oh?" Matsui Shigen suddenly raised his head and said, "Tsukada-kun, talk about it quickly." ”

Tsukada attacked: "The aviation reconnaissance team reported that the main force of China, which has completed the assembly in the northern Jiangxi direction, is crossing the river from Jiujiang; In addition, a large number of Chinese troops are also being assembled in the direction of northern Zhejiang. ”

"Yo Si." Matsui Shigen slammed the knot and said, "Is there any news from Chaohu Lake?" ”

"Not yet." Tsukada shook his head and said, "But I think it should be soon." ”

Matsui Ishone's heart jumped suddenly, and he said, "Nothing will happen, right?" ”

"I don't think so." Tsukada shook his head, and then said, "However, even if the Baoshan Regiment jumps out of the encirclement of the 13th Division and the 18th Division, it is nothing, the main goal of the Sakura battle plan is not the Baoshan Regiment, but the main force of the Shina in the northern direction of Jiangxi, and the capture of the camp of the Shina people - Wuhan!" ”

"Yo Si." Matsui Ishone nodded happily, "However, you still can't be careless!" Telegraphed to Ogisu-kun and Nakajima-kun that the Baoshan regiment must not be completely removed from the battlefield, otherwise, the main force of Shina in the direction of northern Jiangxi is likely to retract, and in this way, our Sakura battle plan will come to naught. ”

"Hello." Tsukada suddenly bowed his head, and then said, "Your Excellency General's concerns are extremely reasonable, but I think that with the assistance of Miss Yuko and the Nighthawk Project, it is simply impossible for the Baoshan Regiment to completely leave the battlefield!" After all, Miss Yuko is a super agent carefully cultivated by the Great Empire! ”

………… Buhe River Bay, the temporary station of the Baoshan Regiment.

At almost noon, the guard company that went to search and rescue finally found the two [***] pilots who parachuted, one of them had already fallen into a pulp and could not be saved at all, and the other umbrella was broken by a tree branch and fell from a height of more than ten meters, and was also seriously injured, and is now being rescued in the field hospital.

The eyeliner that remained in Shucheng has also returned, and the army has occupied Shucheng and set up roadblocks on various traffic arteries.

Along with the eyeliner, there was also Liu Fengsheng's security battalion, but the security battalion fought a few battles with the devils on the way in, and there were only about 100 people left in the battalion of more than 400 people, but Liu Fengsheng brought back seven old subordinates to Weihan, and it was Liu Tiezhu, the former guard platoon commander who stayed in Yang Village to recuperate, and the six seriously wounded.

Liu Tiezhu and Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng and others were naturally very happy to see each other, and Chi Chengfeng casually talked about the big battles and vicious battles that the Baoshan regiment experienced after leaving Yang Village.

To Yue Weihan's slight surprise, Ma Dagui actually chased after him with a vote of lake bandits, and also brought a delicate lady of the village, and said that he had figured it out and wanted to join [***] to fight devils, Yue Weihan naturally accepted it gladly, and gave Ma Dagui and his lake bandit brothers a number of the Baoshan Regiment Reading Brigade.

As soon as Ma Dagui and a ticket of lake bandits were settled, Zhao Xinyi hurriedly walked over and said, "Tuanzao, the pilot who jumped in the sky woke up and said that he had something urgent to see you." ”

(To be continued)