"Yaga! What is the situation on the front, why is there no news? And why haven't the reinforcements come yet, how long has it been, why, you go and send a telegram to the division commander. ”

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, the division commander called before to say that reinforcements from the 11th Division are already on their way, and as for the troops on the front line, I think it may be more auspicious."

"Yaga! My Imperial Japanese soldiers are invincible, how can we beat us with those Hanako troops who were beaten like rabbits by us, is there any news about the 65th Wing Captain Ryokakuye Osaku? ”

"Nope."

"Call them back immediately, tell them to hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon."

"Hey!"

The troops of several thousand people outside Suihua County stopped about 500 meters away from Suihua County, quickly dispersed, and began to build positions around the two city gates of Suihua. A very light and heavy machine gun was set up by the soldiers, one mortar after another, and the mountain cannon raised its high barrel, aiming directly at the city wall of Suihua County.

Of course, the fiery position outside the city did not evade the Japanese troops holding on to the city walls, and soon, "a large number of Chinese troops were found outside the city, which were besieging the county seat." The news was reported to Major General Meiji Yamada, commander of the 103rd Infantry Brigade who was hiding in Suihua County.

"Nani. A large-scale Chinese armed force was discovered, and a fortification was being built outside the city...... Baga, it must be the group of armed forces in the mountains to the north of us, they really broke the blockade line I arranged, and now they dare to surround the county seat, I think they are crazy. After listening to the report of the staff officer on duty, Yamada Meiji said in surprise.

Because, as Major General Yamada Meiji, who had previously killed Chen Hanzhang and hid in the deep mountains and old forests, he knew the strength of his opponent very well, and Major General Yamada Meiji and the thousands of soldiers under him had been fighting with the Third Column and the First Division for at least half a year. For the strength of the first division. He knew it very well. Therefore, he didn't believe that the place outside the city could be harmful to his Suihua County.

"Just send a squadron of soldiers and a battalion of puppet troops to the city wall, keep on alert, and the remaining two squadrons rest." Meiji Yamada confidently ordered.

"Your Excellency, General, although there are a large number of Chinese armed forces outside the city, but. Our Imperial Japanese Army is invincible, do you send troops to attack and wipe out the Shina armed forces outside the city in one fell swoop. The staff officer on duty proposed.

"Yaga! It's dark now, don't you know that the night is very beneficial to those bandits, and our excellent imperial army is simply a trap, and at the moment we don't know how many people are outside the city, once we go out and fall for the tricks of the people, that face will be lost. Yamada Meiji scolded the staff officer on duty in front of him loudly, and continued to return to his room to look at the map. Trying to figure out where this force came from.

"Hi, Your Excellency, General." Looking at the back of Yamada Meiji entering the house, the staff officer on duty replied. Walk out of command to deliver orders.

As a result, such a scene appeared in Suihua County. After sending reinforcements from a squadron of Japanese troops and a battalion of puppet troops arrived, they watched as the anti-Japanese coalition outside the city quickly dug trenches outside the range of their rifles. Watching the trenches slowly take shape, little by little surrounded the two city gates, a very light and heavy machine gun was set up in front of him. The Japanese puppet army that came over for reinforcements could only do things in a hurry, but they couldn't take any action. Because this is a strict order from his own commander, Major General Yamada Meiji.

Chen Hanzhang walked out of the temporary headquarters that had just been set up. At this time. The city wall of Suihua County appeared in Chen Hanzhang's field of vision. Chen Hanzhang raised the binoculars in his hand and saw that the strength configuration of the Japanese puppet army on the city wall appeared in front of him.

There was about one squadron of Japanese troops and another battalion of puppet troops on the entire city wall. The total strength of the army did not exceed a thousand. Looking at the posture of Yamada Meiji, the little devil must have kept the elite in his own hands, and it is not easy to deal with, but in addition to leaving a small group of troops as a guard in this squadron, the remaining soldiers are leaning on the root of the city wall to sleep and rest. On the contrary, the group of puppet soldiers looked at the anti-union fighters outside with wide eyes, worried that the anti-union would suddenly attack.

"How are Li Qing's troops preparing?" saw the situation of the defenders on the city wall. A contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of Chen Hanzhang's mouth.

"Division commander, all positions have been constructed, the soldiers of the 101st and 79th regiments have entered the trenches, the local guerrillas are in reserve, and the entire northern gate has been completely blocked by us. Now the Japanese army in the city has been completely surrounded by our army. The artillery regiment, which was difficult to enter the mountain, was also covered by us by various means, and had already set up an artillery position less than a hundred meters from the city gate, ready to shell at any time. Li Qing reported.

"Order the warriors to start eating now, finish eating and rest."

"Yes, Commander."

Soon, the smell of rice wafted around the three vertical positions on the outskirts of Suihua County. Looking at Suihua County at this time, the defenders on the city wall were not as relaxed as they were just now. has been keeping an eye on the next move of the Anti-Alliance, always preventing them from attacking. At this time, Major General Meiji Yamada, the supreme commander of the Japanese army in the county, personally took the staff officers of the headquarters to the city wall to watch the situation of the anti-Japanese alliance outside the city.

"Report to Your Excellency Brigade Commander, our department was ordered to hold the city wall, and after our reconnaissance, there are about two regiments of Zhina troops at our north gate and about two regiments of Zhina troops at the south gate, and there are more than 5,000 Zhina troops surrounding our county. They dug trenches only five hundred meters from the city walls and had no intention of attacking. I guess they want to surround us and fight a war of attrition. In addition, according to our reconnaissance, we found that in addition to heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns, the opposing Chinese armed forces did not find any mortars, mountain artillery and other heavy weapons used for siege. As soon as he walked up the city wall, a Japanese squadron leader who had been sent to guard came to report.

"Yo Xi, yours, very well done. You and your men have had a hard time holding on until now. Now you can go down and rest, and order the second squadron to come and change the guard. Major General Meiji Yamada smiled and patted the shoulder of the dutiful squadron leader in front of him.

"Hey, it's not hard, it's my honor to serve the Empire." The squadron leader gave a military salute and turned to leave, starting to organize his troops. Prepare to retreat. Major General Ume Yamada did not return to the headquarters because of the report of one of his squadron leaders, but still took his staff officer to a gun point on the city wall and squatted down to carefully observe the situation of the troops in the outer branches.

Following the observation of the glasses, Major General Yamada Meiji found that what the squadron leader said just now was right, there were really as many as four regiments of the Zhina armed forces outside, and he carefully observed and found that he was not mistaken, how could the troops below be restored to their original state in such a short period of time after he was beaten and almost destroyed by the Zhina armed forces a few months ago, you must know that these days he often led his troops into the mountains to fight them, and not long ago he also sent a large group of troops to carry out a beheading operation, which seemed to be a failure.

Looking at Major General Yamada Meiji frowning, the staff officer on the side said: "Your Excellency the brigade commander, don't worry, just with this group of rabble below can't resist the front of our Imperial Japanese Army, this group of people was defeated by us before, and now it seems that they should come back to retaliate, but the commander of this army is too bold, and he wants to attack our Suihua County without artillery support, it is simply wishful thinking, I think he is looking for death." ”

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I think they dared to come over because they broke our defense line stationed in Wangkui, they should be exhausted at this time, it is better for me to lead the team out to attack the camp and take them by surprise."

"Hmmm! Your analysis is good, but at the moment we don't know, there are no Zhi Na people in the shadows, this group of Zhi Na is very cunning, every time the battle is to use crooked ways, we have to guard against it, not long ago I received a telegram from the commander of the 65th Wing, Liang Jiaoye Zuo Dazuo, asking for help, I concluded that there are still armed activities in the Binjiang area at the moment, and the number is not small, we can't go out, Chief of Staff, you will go to the city in a while to organize the expatriates, open the arsenal and arm them, once the Zhi Na people outside the city launch an attack, we can also deal with it"

"Hey! I'm going now, and I won't disappoint His Excellency the Brigade Commander. ”

"Warriors of the Empire, although you are surrounded, but what surrounds us is only a flock of sheep, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

"Yo Xi! This is the best Imperial soldier in Japan, and I am proud of you, long live His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Onboard, onboard!"

Yamada Mei and the others on the city wall didn't know that it was at this time. There are less than five minutes left before Chen Hanzhang's attack time. The soldiers were hurrying along the trench to the designated position. Meantime. A very light and heavy machine gun was also quickly set up by the fighters to the predetermined position. What's more, on a flat field less than a kilometer away from the city wall, things covered with white cloth slowly moved with the efforts of the warriors. When he heard the shouts of the Japanese soldiers on the city wall, the soldiers below who were carefully pushing the cannons were frightened. (To be continued.) )