A few families are happy and a few are worried, the devils of Shimen have suffered a big loss and suffered heavy losses, after all, the price spent on forming a cavalry squadron is higher than the formation of three infantry squadrons, and they are in extreme depression and anger.

And Qiao Youhua's dragon tooth task force attacked this time, although it did not get supplies such as food and medicine, but it was also a great victory, killing more than 200 puppet troops and seizing their weapons and ammunition, and the losses in this battle were not only replenished, but also surplus.

It is absolutely a miracle to achieve such a big victory with such casualties in this kind of tough attack ambush warfare, and only two casualties have been killed and the casualties of the contingent have been achieved.

The happiest thing for Qiao Youhua is that he captured the devil's batch of war horses, there are one hundred and eighty of them, and with this batch of war horses, his troops can almost be turned into all cavalry.

Of course, there will be some distance from the real cavalry, but with the war horses, the mobility of the troops will be greatly improved, and the saved body can be used in battle to maintain the most prosperous combat effectiveness.

The reaction of the Japanese army in Shimen Qiao Youhua naturally could not know for the time being, so he sent these horses back to the base area, replenished the ammunition, and put the captured weapons into storage, and after a short rest, Qiao Youhua led the team to attack again.

Although there are war horses, but if you want everyone to be able to ride, mastering riding skills is not a matter of a while, and the top priority at the moment is to continue to attack and destroy the railway line, so the real formation of cavalry has to wait for this time.

Halfway through the march, taking advantage of the temporary rest of the team, Qiao Youhua took out the marching battle map and spread it on the ground and opened it, Jiang Haidong, Ma Biao and Zhang Yunshan surrounded him, and Liu Yidao took the reconnaissance platoon to serve as the alert and reconnaissance mission of the whole team.

"Captain, which direction are we going to attack this time?" Zhang Yunshan opened his mouth and asked.

Qiao Youhua stared at the map and said: "You can't go to Shimen, the devil has just suffered a big loss, and now he is on guard." ”

As he spoke, Qiao Youhua's eyes turned back and forth on the Zhengtai Railway Line, and suddenly said in a shocking voice: "Let's attack Zhengding County!" ”

"What? Assault on the county seat? Zhang Yunshan was taken aback, Jiang Haidong and Ma Biao were also slightly surprised, and looked at Qiao Youhua in surprise.

"That's right, it's an attack on the county seat." Qiao Youhua's eyes flashed with a fierce expression.

"But we have just attacked the station of Shimen Dahe Town, killed more than 200 puppet troops, and the devils in Zhengding County have suffered a big loss in our hands, so we will definitely be prepared!" Zhang Yunshan said incomprehensibly.

Qiao Youhua didn't speak, but smiled slightly.

Jiang Haidong suddenly said: "The boss means to surround the point and send reinforcements?" ”

Qiao Youhua gave an approving look and nodded: "That's right, first of all, the Japanese puppet army in Zhengding County has been suffering from lingering feelings since the last heavy defeat, and its strength has also been damaged.

We will definitely defend the city and ask for help from the Japanese army in other directions, the closest thing here is the Japanese army in Shimen, we feinted to attack the county town with a small number of troops, and the main force set up an ambush with the halfway, and the devil was caught off guard! ”

Encirclement and reinforcement was a common tactic used by the people's army, and it shone brightly in the civil war, winning brilliant results with a small number of troops.

"But, what if there are too many devil reinforcements in Shimen, can we eat it?" Zhang Yunshan was a little worried.

"This will never be too much, because the main force of the Japanese army has already gone south to attack Shanxi and Shandong, and Shimen is an important transportation point than Zhengding, and it is impossible for the Japanese army, who has just experienced the attack on Dahe Station, to come out to help the devils in Zhengding." Qiao Youhua said.

"And where are we supposed to ambush?" Zhang Yunshan asked.

Qiao Youhua looked at the map and pointed, "Yongling River Bridge!" "This is a highway bridge located ten miles east of Zhengding.

"Highway? What if the devil comes by train by railroad? ”

Qiao Youhua said with a smile: "The section of the railway in Dahe Town was completely destroyed by us, and the little devil is the heavenly soldier and the heavenly general can't repair it in such a short time, how can their train come?"

Therefore, if there are reinforcements from the devils of Shimen, then they will definitely take the road, and the Yongling River Bridge is our best ambush location, which is not far from Zhengding County, the devils have rushed here, the rescue is eager, and they must be careless, we just take advantage of it.

And if there are too many Japanese reinforcements, we can blow up the bridge while they are crossing, cut it in two, and destroy the one crossing the river on the spot. ”

Qiao Youhua's analysis was straightforward and clear, which convinced Zhang Yunshan and nodded again and again.

Ma Biao said: "If you want to encircle the point and send reinforcements, I'm afraid the strength of our four platoons is not enough." ”

"It's not enough." Qiao Youhua said: "Yunshan, you immediately go back to the base area in person, tell Wu Ming, and ask him to bring out the third platoon, arm the machine gun platoon, and stay in the base area." "At this time, the base area should not be attacked.

"Yes." Zhang Yunshan responded abruptly, quickly turned around and left.

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Zhengding County, the Japanese garrison headquarters.

The current commander of the Japanese army in Zhengding is a senior officer named Keizo Kawazo, who was originally a deputy captain of the front-line field unit, and was wounded in battle, coinciding with the death of Lieutenant Sasaki, the commander of Zhengding County.

He was transferred back from the front line and served as the commander of the garrison of this county.

After the last loss, the garrison of Zhengding County has been weakened, although it has been replenished, but the strength is still not as good as at the beginning.

In addition to the two companies of the Imperial Army, the real Imperial Army had less than one squadron, which was also due to the tension of the war on the front line.

Although there were still three or four hundred people in number, the combat power had dropped dramatically, and the Sichuanzang Keisan understood that those imperial armies were a group of rabble, and under the supervision of the imperial soldiers, they were barely able to make do with defending the city.

But it is absolutely unrealistic to use them to exterminate the Dragon's Tooth Anti-Japanese Task Force that had caused heavy losses to their predecessors before.

It may be that the field troops have just retreated, and the Sichuanzang Keizan still maintains a high level of vigilance, and will take the guards to patrol the city around the county several times a day.

Everywhere they went, the Japanese puppet soldiers all stood up and saluted, and the two puppet army company commanders were accompanied by a flattering face under the leadership of the chief captain Li Ka-shing, nodding their heads from time to time, like three toad dogs wagging their tails and begging for mercy.

At the same time, in the sorghum field not far from the county seat, Qiao Youhua finally waited for Wu Ming's third row.

Wu Ming immediately said excitedly when he saw Qiao Youhua: "Boss, it's really good, you finally transferred me out, and if you don't let me participate in the battle, my bones are about to rust!" ”

Qiao Youhua smiled and said, "Don't be too happy, this time I transferred your third platoon, there is an important task to be handed over to you." Qiao Youhua immediately said quickly about his plan to attack the county seat and encircle the reinforcements.

Wu Ming was stunned at first, then came back to his senses and patted his thigh excitedly and said, "Great, Dragon King, please rest assured, I will do my best to complete the task!" ”

Qiao Youhua nodded: "I will give you half of the grenadier group, and give you a few more light machine guns to enhance your firepower, but remember, you are a feint, but you have to make the momentum bigger, so that the devils will ask for help, and our plan can succeed." ”

After the Battle of Grand River Station, the task force captured one more heavy machine gun and five light machine guns, and now the number of light and heavy machine guns has reached nearly twenty.

One heavy machine gun was left in the base area, and the newly captured one and several light machine guns were just equipped with the siege troops to build momentum.

After Qiao Youhua gave another careful order, everyone nodded one after another, and each led the troops to act separately.