As Qiao Youhua expected, when Chairman Jiang telegraphed the news of his brilliant victory in Dangtu to the whole army and even the whole country, it certainly made him famous again, and vaguely became the hope and heroic embodiment in the hearts of the soldiers and civilians of the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

Finally, the Japanese army learned the painful news.

Wuhu City, the temporary headquarters of the Japanese army Kunisaki detachment.

The 18th Division has been transferred to Hangzhou under the leadership of Sadao Nakajima, and it has become the command post of Noboru Kunisaki alone, but at this moment, Noboru Kunisaki, an old devil, is not happy at all.

Because what he was holding in his hand was a handwritten telegram sent from Shanghai by General Matsui Ishine, commander of the Central China Front Headquarters, and the content of the telegram was exactly what the Japanese spies had obtained about Qiao Youhua's victory as Tu.

With the last trace of luck, the people of China were bluffing and falsely reporting the results of the battle, and Kunizaki Noboru ordered: "Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the 11th Infantry Wing, and order them to immediately get in touch with the 3rd Infantry Wing to find out the truth of this matter!" ”

"Hay!" The chief of staff of the detachment, who was standing on the side, hurriedly bowed his head sharply and quickly walked towards the confidential room on the side.

However, it was not long before the chief of staff went and returned, his face extremely solemn.

Seeing this, Noboru Kunisaki couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, "How is it?" Is it true? ”

The chief of staff of the devil nodded with difficulty, glanced at Noboru Kunisaki's face full of anger, quickly lowered his head, and said truthfully: "The 11th Wing called back and said that they had lost contact with the 3rd Infantry Brigade five hours ago, and Wing Commander Yuichi Nagano sent a cavalry squadron early to search,

Just half an hour before we sent a telegram to inquire, the cavalry search unit found the 3rd Infantry Brigade, which was supposed to capture the county town of Dangtu. ”

At this point, the chief of staff of the devil paused, and seeing that Kunizaki Noboru didn't mean to let him stop, he continued: "According to the report of the search force, the 3rd Infantry Brigade was ambushed a few kilometers away from the county seat, and all the more than 1,000 people in the team were shattered, and none of them were spared.

Moreover, the hateful Shina people stripped off the uniforms of all the imperial warriors, and the bodies of thousands of imperial warriors were exposed in the wilderness, being bitten and devoured by wild beasts and birds, which was unbearable! ”

"Enough! Bagaya Road! Kunizaki Deng, who had been silent, suddenly became furious, slammed the table, and gritted his teeth: "Order the 11th Infantry Wing and the 41st Infantry Wing to immediately all go out and advance towards the city of Dangtu County, and before tomorrow we must capture this county town and completely annihilate this so-called Dragon Tooth Task Force."

In addition, I will tell Yuichi Nagano and Tetsujiro Yamada that after the destruction of the castle, no men, women, or children, no one will be left, and I will let the people of the whole city be martyred for the warriors of the 3rd Infantry Brigade! ”

"Hay!" The chief of staff of the devil understood that his commander was really angry, so he did not hesitate to send all the two main wings of the detachment, vowing to completely annihilate the hateful Zhina people.

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The Kunisaki detachment is based on the 9th Brigade of the original 5th Division, plus the 3rd Mountain Artillery Wing and some engineers and other troops, the main force of the 9th Brigade is the 11th and 41st field elite infantry wings, in addition to some directly subordinate brigades are also the garrison of the current detachment headquarters.

Now a guy was killed by Qiao Youhua with a full elite infantry brigade, you know, an elite field brigade was wiped out by the Chinese army at one time, which has never been done in the battlefield in Central China, and where the Battle of Songhu began, the 3,000 marines of the Marine Corps resisted the attacks of tens of thousands of the most elite German weapons aces of the Central Army in turn, and persevered until the arrival of reinforcements.

The 21st Brigade and other units, which were also part of the Fifth Division, under the leadership of division commander Seishiro Itagaki, defeated hundreds of thousands of northern Chinese troops in Shanxi one after another, and made great achievements.

Now that one of his full-fledged field brigades has been completely annihilated by an unruly force, which is not even a local army, and has been used by the government of China to publicize it, how can Noboru Kunisaki, who is deeply ashamed, not be angry?

Even though he knew that the Dragon Tooth Task Force had already defeated the remaining troops of the 2,000 Imperial Army in North China, Kunizaki Noboru also selectively ignored this important message, and in his subconscious, the remaining troops in North China were only some second-line troops, and their combat effectiveness was far from comparable to that of the troops of the Fifth Division.

What's more, this time he mobilized all the elites of his brigade to surround him, even if this Dragon Tooth Task Force was strong, it would definitely not be an opponent.

Since the government of China is targeting them, then I will completely destroy them, not only to take revenge, but also to deal a severe blow to the morale and determination of the whole army of China.

It's a pity that due to the heavy rain for several days, the road has become extremely muddy, and the 3rd Mountain Artillery Wing of the Daozhì Detachment is still stranded in Xuancheng, otherwise with the powerful combat power of the 3rd Mountain Artillery Wing, it would be effortless to capture Dangtu County.

As soon as he thought of this, Noboru Kunisaki couldn't help but look up at the gray sky that was still raining and scolded, "Damn the ghost weather! ”

After receiving the order of Kunizaki Deng, the two main wings of the 9th Brigade did not dare to slack off, and they all started to pull out towards Dangtu, especially the main force of the 11th Infantry Wing, which had just arrived in the area east of Wuhu and west of Lishui, was even more avenging, and advanced towards Dangtu at full speed.

Braving heavy rain, thousands of Japanese troops streamed out of Wuhu City and meandered along the muddy road in the direction of Dangtu.

At the same time, outside the west gate of Dangtu County.

A group of cavalrymen, also dressed in Japanese uniforms, quietly left the city and soon disappeared into the vast rain.

They are Qiao Youhua's Dragon Tooth Task Force, transferring the tiger from the mountain, drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle, hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, rushing to Wuhu, and capturing and killing Kunizaki Deng, this is Qiao Youhua's battle plan.

Almost all the tactics of the old ancestor have been used, Rao is cunning battlefield veteran like Kunizaki Deng, and he would never have imagined that the Dragon Tooth Task Force, whose identity has been exposed, would leave Dangtu County and take the initiative to attack.

I wouldn't have thought that they would come for themselves.

As long as he can attack Wuhu City and kill the old devil Kunisaki Deng, it is equivalent to ending the command hub of the Kunisaki detachment, and Qiao Youhua can have the opportunity to defeat the entire Kunisaki detachment and turn the tide of the battle west of Taihu Lake in one fell swoop.

Of course, even if the two main wings of the Japanese army could not be defeated, Qiao Youhua would lead his troops to continue to advance in the direction of Shanghai and continue to fight behind enemy lines.

In the opposite direction, Lishui County.

With a yellow skin, more than 200 veterans led by Liu Jianhua easily rushed into the city, and the dozens of remnants of the 3rd Brigade who stayed behind were certainly not their wolf-like Chinese elite opponents, and they were wiped out in three strokes and five divisions by two.

At this moment, the unit under Liu Jianhua is no longer what it used to be, and after the battle of annihilating the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese army, an astonishing amount of weapons and ammunition has been captured.

Qiao Youhua took back the light and heavy weapons that originally belonged to the Dragon Tooth Task Force, but also distributed all the dozens of light machine guns captured from the 3rd Infantry Brigade to Liu Jianhua's 200 veterans.

At the same time, he instructed Liu Jianhua to replace all the weapons of his subordinates with Japanese-style rifles, which is very simple, and then they will continue to fight behind enemy lines with Qiao Youhua.

On the contrary, it is the 38th big cover of the little devil, as long as there are Japanese troops, there is no worry about not being able to get ammunition supply, and after weighing the pros and cons, Liu Jianhua's detachment has also been transformed into a Japanese-style weapon.

Coupled with that "yellow skin", if you don't speak, it is completely a Japanese army, and it is easy to hide from the Japanese army, which is not very vigilant, and enter the city.

After entering the city to clear the remnants of the enemy, Liu Jianhua immediately sent out a few skilled scouts such as Xiao Wuzi according to Qiao Youhua's instructions, and he took the main force to rest on the spot.

In the endless fields and wastelands leading to Wuhu, under the leadership of Qiao Youhua, more than 400 dragon tooth iron horsemen were moving forward in the rain, in order to avoid a head-on collision with the Japanese attacking troops, Qiao Youhua certainly would not choose to take the road.

Instead, they walked in the wilderness that was rarely populated, and although it was more muddy than on the road, they still marched faster than the two main wings of the Japanese army.

In the direction of Lishui County, Liu Jianhua finally waited for Xiao Wuzi and others.

"How? Is there a situation? Liu Jianhua couldn't wait to ask when he saw Xiao Wuzi.

Xiao Wuzi was short of breath, relying on a pair of soles all the way back and forth, obviously too tired to be tired, he gasped violently a few times, and said: "Yes, a large group of devils are marching along the highway towards Dangtu County, and there are thousands of people in the few!" ”

Liu Jianhua said awe-inspiringly: "Captain Qiao is really clever!" Passing my order, everyone immediately assembled, bypassed the main road, and quickly advanced in the direction of Wuhu! ”

"Yes!" Xiao Wuzi and the others suddenly agreed, and turned around one after another to take the order.