Just when Raoyang and Wuqiang counties were surrounded by the Japanese puppet army, Hengshui City, Jiang Haidong's headquarters.

After listening to the report of the signal corps on the above situation, Jiang Haidong nodded, waved his hand and asked the signal corps to go down and said: "Send a telegram to the commanders of each regiment and tell them that they must fight a bloody battle with the enemy to the end at any cost.

Without my order, even if you fight to the last soldier, you must not retreat without permission, and those who violate the order will be shot on the spot! ”

"Yes!"! The communications soldier suddenly responded, and immediately turned around and led the order to leave.

Afterwards, Jiang Haidong said to an adjutant: "Have the troops been assembled?" ”

The adjutant hurriedly straightened his chest and replied: "Brigade commander, a total of 2,000 soldiers in our brigade guard battalion and reconnaissance battalion have all been assembled and are on standby outside the command headquarters!" ”

"Very good, I'll take them off, you go and send a telegram to Wu Ming and Ma Biao respectively, let them act as planned, and you can start!" Jiang Haidong picked up his steel helmet and military hat and instructed the adjutant.

This battle plan of his was actually a very risky one, and it required the vast majority of the three brigades to be dispersed and used together, and to cooperate with each other in order to be implemented smoothly and hopefully successfully.

First of all, Jiang Haidong asked Wu Ming and Ma Biao to transfer four infantry regiments from the defenders of Hengshui, Shimen, Dezhou and other places, and handed over the defense tasks of the above places to a small number of troops and local militia reserves.

After all, in addition to the 30,000 main combat troops, there are also tens of thousands of militiamen and hundreds of thousands of strong women in the base area.

As long as the devils can be blocked on the 1st front, there is no need for many regular troops to be stationed in the base area, and the militia and the people can do the simple task of garrisoning and patrolling, and it is leaky.

Ma Biao and Wu Ming took advantage of the steep terrain in Wuqiang County, one to send reinforcements, the other to besiege, and cooperated with a beautiful ambush of the puppet army, killing six or seven thousand little devils and puppet troops.

Subsequently, after appropriately blocking the attack of the Japanese puppet army, it was decided to retreat to Erxian according to the situation, and Wu Ming's two regiments united with the garrison in Raoyang to hold on to Raoyang City, so as to hold back more than 30,000 puppet troops outside the pass such as the 14th Division of the Japanese army, and ensure that the battle plan was implemented smoothly at the same time.

It is also necessary to prevent the Japanese puppet army from bypassing Raoyang County and attacking Anping, Anguo and other places in the west, so as to open up their connection with the Western Front Corps and destroy the integrity of the defense line of the Longya Column.

Ma Biao's two regiments were divided into two roads again in Wuqiang County, one regiment joined part of the garrison troops and the militia to stay behind, and Ma Biao personally led a regiment to move to the southeast of Wuqiang County and hid.

Wait for the right time, strike again, and recapture the first line of Sky Canyon.

In order to cooperate with the most important action in the entire battle plan, that is, General Jiang Haidong personally led the troops directly under his brigade headquarters to quietly advance eastward from Hengshui, bypassing the area where the two sides were fighting head-on, such as the first line of heaven.

Launched a surprise attack on Cangzhou, took Cangzhou with lightning speed, and eliminated the headquarters of the Japanese Eastern Front Corps!

As for whether the headquarters of the Japanese Eastern Front Corps is in Cangzhou, Jiang Haidong can't confirm it now, but he only decided on this plan by inference.

Because judging from the map, the headquarters of the Eastern Front Corps of the devil cannot be located in Pingjin and Tianjin, so in addition to these two places, the most likely is Cangzhou.

Because Cangzhou is a medium-sized city close to the battlefield, it is in line with the identity and style of a senior general of the Japanese army to command here.

Of course, at the same time as the entire plan began to be implemented, Jiang Haidong had already sent an urgent message for help to Hu Ling'er and Long Yingwei, who was in charge of Wan Hu, asking Long Yingwei to help them reconnoiter the specific location of the headquarters of the Eastern Front Corps of the Devils.

It's just that there is no definite news yet.

Jiang Haidong walked out of the command headquarters, and more than 2,000 guards and reconnaissance elites on the street had already lined up in a neat queue, waiting for him eagerly.

He stood outside the gate of the headquarters compound, his eyes swept around the officers and soldiers present, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, wait a minute, I will take you to carry out a very dangerous operation, you are all battle-tested and heroic soldiers, there is no need to say too much, I believe that the soldiers under my command are not a single breed who is greedy for life and afraid of death."

Even if this mission is very dangerous and dead, I believe that you will follow me to carry it out without hesitation, because the success or failure of this mission is directly related to the life and death of tens of thousands of Paozawa brothers who are fighting bloody battles against the enemy in various places.

As soldiers, we must be worthy of the military uniform we wear, and the support and support of the people in the base areas who have spared no effort to cut down on food and clothing, and have no regrets even if we die in battle! Do you think so? ”

"Fight for the country, die for the people, no regrets!" More than two thousand dragon tooth elite soldiers roared in unison, as the best response to their commander, brigade commander Jiang Haidong.

The sonorous oaths of the warriors converged into a huge wave that soared into the sky, extremely inspiring and making people's blood boil.

Jiang Haidong nodded with great satisfaction, and then waved his hand and took them on the journey!

At the same time, Wuqiang County.

The most tragic offensive and defensive battles are being staged fiercely in this small county town, and the attacking devils and puppet troops seem to have noticed that the combat strength of the defenders in the city has decreased.

One by one, they were deeply encouraged and increased the frequency and intensity of their attacks.

There is only one main infantry regiment in the city plus a few hundred defenders, and the difference in strength is almost ten times that of the Japanese puppet army outside the city, and the disparity in strength is very serious.

Moreover, there is no effective fire support from regimental artillery units, and although individual soldiers are no worse than devils and puppet armies in terms of weapons, they are much worse than devils in artillery fire.

In addition, the enemy is outnumbered, and the defense of the city will face the constant shelling of the devils and the puppet army, so the commander of the defending corps decided to take the initiative to abandon the city fortifications, shrink the troops into the city, and let the devils enter the city to meet the enemy in street battles!

With the cover of the buildings in the city, the advantage of the Japanese puppet army in artillery fire and strength was greatly neutralized, but the disadvantage was that they also fell into the heavy siege of the Japanese puppet army.

However, the officers and men of the regiment were all in high spirits, because they knew that their sacrifices and bloodshed would not be in vain, and they were fighting for the people of the entire base area and for the honor of the soldiers.

In street battles, from time to time, there will be heroic dragon tooth warriors, when they run out of ammunition and food, and are partially surrounded by devils, or when they see a large number of puppet troops swarming up and can't stop them, they directly pull out the grenade, or they hold the explosives bag and choose to die with the enemy.

Thanks to the desperate and bloody battles of the soldiers, although the 8th Division occupied an absolute superiority in troops, it was unable to capture Wuqiang County in a short period of time, so it had to continue to invest troops in continuous attacks.

The situation in Raoyang County is much better, with Wu Ming, the super soldier king, personally in charge, plus the strength of two main regiments, cooperating with each other, and the combat power has increased greatly.

Although the 14th Division had sufficient troops, it was nearly ten times as many as the defenders, but in a short period of time, there was nothing to be done in the face of the strict defense under the command of Wu Ming.

It can only be continuously bombarded with superior artillery fire, and then thrown into the puppet army as cannon fodder to attack, consuming the ammunition and morale of the defenders.

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Cangzhou is more than 110 kilometers away from Hengshui in a straight line, and the actual marching distance is more than 150 kilometers, and the assault force led by Jiang Haidong has to bypass the frontal battlefield area of Wuqiang County and Raoyang.

Therefore, the actual speed of the march should be as high as nearly 200 kilometers, that is, 400 miles.

If it is at a normal speed, even if it is a rapid march, it will take at least two days, and Jiang Haidong thought of a good way, that is, to take the waterway.

Hengshui is very close to the canal, and there are many wharves around it, and on the eve of the war, many merchants who rely on the canal to eat have stopped buying and selling, and rested at home or moved to a safe place behind the Dragon's Tooth Base Area.

Many merchant ships docked at the docks, including fast-moving sailing ships.

Jiang Haidong requisitioned all the sailboats and carried more than 2,000 elite officers and men along the canal north, passing through the area of Wuqiang County, when it happened to be evening, he walked around a tributary of a canal, and after passing Wuqiang County, he entered the main road of the canal again.

All the way to the fast forward, because of the abundance of oil belt, so it only took them one day and one night to enter the area of Cangxian in the south of Cangzhou.

Because the sky was about to brighten, the troops also needed to rest when their boats were marching, so in order to avoid exposing their whereabouts, Jiang Haidong ordered the fleet to find a place with dense water and grass, hide it, and eat and rest.

At this moment, Long Yingwei suddenly called and told Jiang Haidong: "The location of the headquarters of the Japanese army on the eastern front has been confirmed, and it is in Cangzhou City. ”

After getting this news, Jiang Haidong, who was already a little tired, couldn't help but be overjoyed, it seemed that he had made the right bet this time, and the little devil would definitely not have imagined that he would lead his army alone to go hundreds of miles deep to raid Cangzhou City in their rear.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to leave only a meagre infantry brigade or so in Cangzhou City.

After being happy, Jiang Haidong immediately called the two battalion commanders and several company commanders over and instructed them: "Everyone, it can now be concluded that the headquarters of the devils is in Cangzhou, and they do not have many troops, only one infantry brigade, this is a golden opportunity for us." ”

"Great, this time we can finally have a good fight!" The commander of the guard battalion couldn't help but say excitedly after hearing this.

Another reconnaissance battalion commander said: "Brigade commander, is the intelligence accurate?" ”、

"Long Yingwei risked his life to investigate, are you accurate or not?" Jiang Haidong asked rhetorically, and then said: "Now the two of you immediately return to your respective posts, let your soldiers hurry up and rest and eat, and after half an hour, we will immediately set off and attack Cangzhou!" ”

The two battalion commanders hurriedly agreed in unison, turned around and led the order to leave. 、

Jiang Haidong instructed a communication soldier beside him: "Send a telegram to Brigade Commander Ma Puma and tell him that he can start acting." ”

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