Just when Ma Biao led the main force of the Second Brigade to capture Botou, the troops sent to Nanpi also came with good news, and the two devils in Nanpi City learned that the Dragon Tooth Column had arrived in a big way, and they had surrounded Botou and were attacking.

Directly frightened, he abandoned the city and fled, and the one and a half regiments sent by Ma Biao couldn't catch up, so they had to recover Nanpi County, which was already empty.

Although he failed to completely annihilate the puppet army in Nanpi City, it can be regarded as completing a key task in Qiao Youhua's battle plan to close the door and fight dogs.

While sending a telegram to Qiao Youhua, Ma Biao commanded his troops to repair fortifications in Nanpi and Botou to strengthen their defenses in case the devils counterattacked.

At this time, the devils of Cangzhou finally learned the news that Botou and Nanpi were raided and lost by the Dragon's Tooth Column, and the current acting division commander of the 14th Division, Major General Takashi Sakai of the 28th Brigade, was furious, and while angrily reprimanding the Imperial Allied Army for its useless rice buckets, he planned to transfer part of the troops of the 14th Division and the 8th Division of Cangxian County, go south to counterattack, and recapture Nanpi Botou.

It's just that before the Japanese troops could act according to his orders, a communications staff officer came to report: "Your Excellency, something is wrong, the tank and cavalry units of the Chinese have been found in the southwest of Cangxian, and their targets are most likely Cangxian and Cangzhou." ”

Major General Takashi Sakai was shocked when he heard this, and a staff officer beside him frowned and analyzed: "General, the person from China is not good!"

Obviously, it is very likely that they are coming to Cangzhou, if the capture of Nanpi and Botou is just to lure us to attack, then this is a conspiracy, after all, in the field, the tank armored troops and cavalry units are completely the nightmare of the imperial infantry! ”

When the adjutant analyzed this, Takashi Sakai's brows furrowed even more, and he said hatefully: "Are we just sitting back and watching Nanpi and Botou fall into the hands of the enemy?" You must know that there are still tens of thousands of imperial troops in Jingxian, Wuqiao and other places in the south. ”

The devil's staff officer also couldn't make up his mind, and after thinking about it, he said to Takashi Sakai: "General, since we don't know how to deal with it, and we can't bear the possible consequences, from the humble point of view, it is better to hold the troops first and immediately report the matter to the front army headquarters."

Ask them to decide, for a while, there will be no problem with the imperial alliance army in Wuqiao and other places. ”

Takashi Sakai glanced at him a little hesitantly and said, "Are you sure you won't delay the fighter?" ”

The devil's staff officer said disapprerovingly: "The total strength of the Imperial Association Army in Wuqiao, Fucheng, Jingxian, and Dongguang counties is close to thirty or forty thousand people, even if they are a rabble and their combat power is vulnerable, but even if it is 40,000 pigs, they will not be able to catch them for a while, right?"

Not to mention the fact that they were nearly 40,000 heavily armed and military-trained soldiers of the Empire. ”

Takashi Sakai was obviously convinced, and immediately nodded his head.

It's just that they didn't think of this, and it is precisely because the puppet army in the above four counties is not nearly 40,000 pigs, but living people, really 40,000 pigs, running around in a radius of hundreds of miles, even if the strength of the dragon tooth column is increasing fivefold, it may not be able to catch them in a short time.

And as thoughtful and conscious people, when the back road was cut off, reinforcements did not know when they would come, and they were surrounded by officers and soldiers of the Dragon's Tooth Column who had long been terrified of them, in despair, they could only make one choice, and that was to surrender.

…………

Beiping City, the Japanese army invading China, the war room of the headquarters of the North China Front.

Tada Jun is fidgeting at the sudden change, and although he has made an emergency response, no one can say what will happen to the development of the situation.

What Tada Jun is most worried about now is that once Hema falls into the hands of the Dragon's Tooth Column, then his blockade plan will be bankrupt, and at that time, it will be difficult to implement an effective blockade of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

The consequences are unimaginable.

Just when Tada Jun was fidgeting and thinking wildly, Chief of Staff Kawabe Shozo hurriedly walked over from the confidential room with a telegram, saluted him, and said: "General, it's not good, the 14th Division has called from Cangzhou to say that a unit of the Longya Column has suddenly attacked and captured Botou and Nanpi two counties in the south of Cangzhou.

What's even worse is that a tank and cavalry unit of the Chinese people also appeared near Cangxian County, which may threaten the safety of Cangzhou and Cangxian at any time.

The 14th Division lacked effective anti-tank weapons and equipment, so it did not dare to lightly dispatch to recapture the two counties of Nanpi and Botou, and sent a telegram to the headquarters of our front army requesting urgent tactical guidance. ”

Tada Jun's mood sank suddenly, and he said with a gloomy face: "Bastard, the cunning Qiao Youhua, actually attacked Nanpi again, Botou, what is his intention?" ”

Hebian Zhengsan said as if walking on thin ice: "General, I think that they should not want to encircle and annihilate the Imperial Alliance army south of Nanpi, right?" ”

"Nani?" Tada Jun looked at Shozo Kawabe a little confused.

Hebian Zhengsan said: "General, have you forgotten that the Imperial Association Army is stationed in Botou, south of Nanpi, Dezhou, Wuqiao, Jingxian, Fucheng, Dongguang and other places north of Hengshui.

Now that Suning, Botou, and Nanpi have all fallen into the hands of the Dragon's Tooth Column, then the contact between the 30,000 or 40,000 Imperial Cooperative Army and the Cangzhou and Cangxian Imperial Army will be completely cut off.

In this way, they are really dangerous. ”

Tada Jun frowned and walked towards the map, looked at it for a while, his face was as black as a black fungus, and he muttered: "It seems that Hebianjun, your analysis is correct, Qiao Youhua's real goal is not only to seize the river, but also to eat Dongguang, tens of thousands of imperial troops around Jingxian, what a big appetite!" ”

Kawabe Shozo also looked at the map and said: "For now, their tactical deployment can be called perfect, once Kawama falls into their hands, subject to their tank armored forces and cavalry units, our 8th and 14th divisions will not be able to exert their due combat power."

In that case, the tens of thousands of imperial troops in the south of Cangzhou are really a bit dangerous. ”

Tada Jun was silent for a long time before he spoke again: "Hebian-kun, in the name of the Front Army Headquarters, immediately issue the following military deployment, as soon as the two mixed brigades from the north and south are equally south, immediately speed up the march, and in any case, they must rush to the river before it gets dark today.

If, before they arrive, Hejian has been captured by the Dragon's Tooth Column, then immediately launch a fierce attack, and recapture it overnight at any cost!

Second, the telegram ordered the 8th Division to send a wing to the aid of Hejian, and the other troops immediately returned to defend Cangxian County and took over the defense of Cangzhou in the southwest direction.

The main force of the 14th Division was immediately dispatched to counterattack Nanpi and Botou, and to recapture them as much as possible, no matter what the cost.

Third, order the defenders of Wuqiao, Fucheng, and Jingxian counties to immediately abandon all defensive positions, move closer to Dongguang County in the north, and after completing the assembly in Dongguang County, start defending on the spot, and wait for the 14th Division to open the line of communication and receive them to withdraw!

If they have the opportunity, they will also send a certain number of troops to cooperate with the 14th Division to recapture Nanpi and Botou. ”

After hearing this, Kawabe Shozo was a little worried: "General, if the 14th Division is attacked by the tanks and cavalry units of the Dragon's Tooth Column during the attack, how should we deal with it?" ”

"Give full play to their martial arts to deal with it, even if it costs a lot, they must carry out my orders, and they must not sit idly by and watch Wu Qiao, Dongguang's tens of thousands of imperial troops are eaten by the Zhina.

That will weaken our own strength, and at this stage, we still need the help of these Imperial Allies.

In addition, I will order the land-based aviation regiment under the jurisdiction of the Front Army to immediately take off fighter planes and reconnaissance planes to conduct aerial reconnaissance for the 14th Division and provide necessary fire support! Tada Jun said with a calm face.

…………

Hengshui City, inside Qiao Youhua's headquarters.

The communication soldier sent the good news sent by Ma Biao and reported it to Qiao Youhua.

After Qiao Youhua listened, he was overjoyed and angry, pondered for a moment on the map, and said calmly: "Call Ma Biao, I already understand the situation, let him act according to the original battle plan, and be vigilant to prevent the enemy from counterattacking."

If the Japanese army in Cangzhou fights back at any cost, if necessary, they can abandon Nanpi and retreat to Botou, and as long as Botou is defended, they can also ensure that our plan to close the door and fight the dog will be implemented smoothly.

In addition, he sent a telegram to Liu Jianhua to tell him to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese army in Cangxian and Cangzhou, and once they found that the devils were going south out of the city, they would notify Ma Biao's department as soon as possible and remind them to be prepared.

Then, do your best to attack and block the Japanese army, cooperate with the 2nd Brigade to block the Japanese army, and keep our encirclement. ”

After the signal soldier recorded them one by one, he saluted and turned to leave.

Qiao Youhua saw him leave, retracted his gaze and turned to Zheng Yunshan, who had been waiting by his side, and said: "Yunshan, when the time comes, immediately bring the guard regiment to me, and cooperate with the third brigade to launch an attack on Wuqiao, Jingxian, Fucheng, and Dongguang counties, remember that at any cost, I will also annihilate the puppet army in these four counties, and I must not let them escape." ”

Zheng Yunshan, who had been itching for a long time and couldn't wait, was overjoyed, and immediately straightened his chest and said, "Yes, I promise to complete the task." ”

Under Qiao Youhua's order, the main force of the Third Brigade, which had already been in position, took the lead in launching an attack on Fucheng County under the cover of fire support from the anti-aircraft artillery unit of the air defense regiment.

An hour later, Zheng Yunshan also led the guard regiment to Jingxian County in a military truck, and immediately launched a fierce attack on the puppet army on the city wall.

At this time, the puppet army in these two places happened to receive a telegram from Tada Jun from Beiping, and the puppet army, which had no intention of resisting, saw the strong assault firepower of the dragon's tooth column, and got this order, as if a drowning man had grabbed a precious life-saving straw.

They began to retreat, and as soon as they withdrew, the siege force of the Dragon's Tooth Column took advantage of the situation to attack the city.

And then launched a tailgating pursuit. The retreat of the puppet army was soon forced to evolve into a rout, and the defeat was like a mountain.

After escaping from the city, the puppet soldiers found that it was better to stay in the city, and after leaving the city, they had no buildings as cover, and they simply became live targets for the officers and soldiers of the dragon teeth who pursued them behind them.

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