For Qiao Youhua's orders, which had saved his life, the monkey always carried out it to the letter, didn't ask anything, and immediately took the order after saluting.

At the same time, Xinle County, north of Lingshou County.

Jiang Haidong led a regiment to take the initiative to advance here, Xinle County has basically been in the sphere of influence of the Dragon's Tooth Regiment since the end of the last cover battle, and the Japanese puppet army is insufficient and has never recaptured it.

In order to facilitate the command of the troops, Jiang Haidong fortunately set up his regimental headquarters in Xinle County, and sent scouts from the reconnaissance company directly under the regiment every day to go out of the city to reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese puppet army.

Jiang Haidong was wiping his beloved Type 88 sniper rifle in the regiment headquarters, and the deputy regiment commander Liu Yidao strode in with a scarred face of the battalion commander.

The two came to Jiang Haidong and stood up and saluted in unison: "Commander." ”

"You two together? What, something? Jiang Haidong asked while skillfully reassembling his disassembled 88 sniper rifle.

Liu Yidao said: "Regiment commander, there is news from the reconnaissance company that a large number of Japanese puppet troops have been found in the area of Cheng'an Town, fifteen kilometers north of Xinle County, with a total strength of about 5,000 people. ”

Jiang Haidong loaded the Type 88 sniper rifle in his hand, raised his head and said, "How fast is the enemy's march?" How long does it take to get to Xinle? ”

Liu Yidao shook his head and said: "No, after the little devil and the puppet army arrived at the stronghold of Da'an Town, they stopped going south, and their intentions are unknown at present. ”

"Huh? Stagnant? Jiang Haidong stood up in confusion, walked to the map hanging on the wall, stared at the map, and said, "A knife, what do you think the little devil means?" What is the intent? ”

Liu Yidao and Scarface walked over together, looked at the map for a while, and then Liu Yidao spoke: "Commander, I think the little devil's move is a bit of a grabbing a favorable position, you see, the south of Cheng'an Town is the Shahe Bridge."

In the past, the devils set up defensive bases on both sides of the bridge, and these strongholds have always been in the hands of the Japanese puppet army.

Now the devils and the puppet army are increasing their troops in a big way, is it just to seize this strategic place, you know, if we blow up the Shahe Bridge, they will have to work hard to cross the river again. ”

Jiang Haidong glanced at Liu Yidao approvingly, and said with a smile: "The analysis is good, in fact, the strategic location of the Shahe Bridge is important, I have long seen it, do you know why I didn't capture this place before the arrival of the Japanese puppet army reinforcements?" ”

Liu Yidao was also very confused about this, but Jiang Haidong never said it, and he didn't want to ask deeply, so he hurriedly asked: "Yes, I am also very puzzled, why didn't you let me take the main force to take Cheng'an Town, at least take the Shahe Bridge, so that at least I could prevent the Japanese puppet army reinforcements from going south for a while." ”

Jiang Haidong turned around and walked back to the table just now, picked up half a pack of cigarettes, smoked one and put it in his mouth, and took out two more and gave them to Liu Yidao and Scarface, lit it and took two puffs, and then said with a determined face: "Although the Shahe River is a large river between Xinle and Dingzhou, this river alone cannot really resist the Japanese puppet army going south."

The total strength of the Japanese puppet army going south from Baoding may exceed 100,000, so many people, how can a small sand river stop them? Unless it's a real big river like the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. ”

"So, instead of this, it's better for us to simply stay in Xinle to recuperate, and let the little devils and the puppet army cross the river." Jiang Haidong said this and continued to smoke.

Then he continued: "After the devil crosses the river, we will take the initiative to abandon Xinle and retreat to Lingshou, and you will lead the main force of the regiment to retreat to the south bank of the Cihe River and defend the danger, where is the field fortification that we have already built."

And I have been leading a small group of elite troops, taking the opportunity to attack the Shahe Bridge, destroying the bridge, cutting off the retreat of the Japanese puppet army, and the logistical supply will also be affected.

Even if you go south, you can't concentrate your strength.

This is the tactics of luring the enemy into depth, frontal defense, roundabout flank attacks, a combination of guerrilla warfare and movement warfare! As long as we can hold back the Japanese puppet army along this road and gain time for commanding them and inflicting heavy damage on the Japanese puppet army on the east road, then the final victory will definitely belong to us. ”

At this time, a sound of footsteps came from outside, and a communication soldier walked over from a side room in the courtyard with a telegram, and came straight to Jiang Haidong and the others, and stood up and saluted: "The regiment commander, the deputy regiment commander, and the commander are calling, they have successfully captured Shimen, and at present, the third regiment and the second regiment are taking the initiative to attack Hengshui and Anyang. ”

Jiang Haidong was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Liu Yidao and Scarface, who were also happy: "Great, the commander is really fast enough, in this way, the devils and the puppet army should be more anxious, the more angry and anxious they are, the more beneficial it will be for us."

However, this will also finally understand, why the Japanese puppet army has been stranded in Cheng'an Town after the strength of the army, it turns out that Shimen has been broken by my dragon tooth column, and the target of their rush is no longer there, haha, then we can sleep well, the devil and the puppet army should not dare to rush south in a short time. ”

Liu Yidao said: "Then I will also let the reconnaissance company be vigilant and monitor their movements at any time, just in case." ”

"Well, this is a must." Jiang Haidong nodded.

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In Shimen City, the monkey led the officers and soldiers of the headquarters, with the assistance of the militia of Zhengding and Luquan counties, and took the more than 7,000 puppet army prisoners captured in the previous battle to Shimen one after another, and returned to Qiao Youhua.

Guo Meng, who came to Qiao Youhua's side in a hurry, said puzzledly: "Commander, what are you doing with so many puppet army prisoners to Shimen?" ”

"What? Of course, it was to help the people of Shimen move and help us build fortifications. Qiao Youhua said.

"Moving? Build fortifications? Guo Meng was very surprised.

"That's right, the place of the final decisive battle between us and the Japanese puppet army going south from the Cangzhou line must be Shimen, not Hengshui, although we have ready-made defense lines in Luquan and Zhengding, but geographically, they are not as unique as Shimen.

Retreating to the base area and relying on the existing defense line to resist is only a last resort, and if possible, we still try to keep the battle out of the base area as much as possible.

Shimen is the best place to be. Since you want to deal with the little devil and the second devil here, how can you not be prepared? For the time being, the people were evacuated to Zhengding and Luquan counties, and then moved to Feiyunling and Pingshan counties, and let them come back after this battle.

With these thousands of puppet army captives, can the people move a lot of labor? And we build a defensive line, where can we find such a good free strong laborer? After Qiao Youhua finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows at Guo Meng.