Chapter 1065: Recovering Linyi

Due to the emptiness of the Japanese army's troops, Wu Ming and Li Wensuo, the county seat of Pingdu, recovered them almost without a single shot, and then the two of them recovered several surrounding county towns one after another, set an example of reassuring the people, and sent a small force to eliminate the bandits, so that the local basic order was quickly restored.

Then, Li Wen began to mobilize the local people to help the Third Division and other units build large-scale fortifications in Pingdu County, Weixian and other places to prevent the Japanese army from counterattacking.

On the Taierzhuang side, Li Yunlong and others also followed Qiao Youhua's instructions and turned into a defensive state on the spot, and built fortifications in Taierzhuang and the canal area.

The situation of the various armies of the Dragon's Tooth Column was quickly learned by the Japanese reconnaissance, and it was transferred to Ishihara Wan'er, who was still on the front line in Linyi and was waiting in the Wolf Valley to ambush the Road Army's tank armored corps. The Chinese army has stopped advancing? What's going on? ”

A Japanese staff officer next to him said: "General, could it be that the Chinese army has seen through our intentions!" ”

Ishihara glared at him, lost in thought, and then he shook his head and said, "No, it is impossible for the Shina Army to discover our ambush position in the Wild Wolf Valley, the only possibility is that their agents and spies have detected our naval reinforcement fleet in Qingdao, and the Shina Army is therefore timid, so they order their front-line troops to suspend their advance to avoid being ambushed by the Imperial Army." ”

"So what are we going to do?" The devil's staff officer nodded in agreement with Ishihara's analysis.

Ishihara ignored him, turned around and walked to a battle map, looking at it and falling into deep thought. After a long time, Ishihara said: "Order the Linyi garrison, at dawn tomorrow, regardless of whether the Zhina army attacks or not, immediately evacuate to see if the Zhina army pursues." ”

"After dawn tomorrow, the tank and armored corps of the Shina Army should also arrive, right?" Ishihara asked again after speaking.

"Yes, General, if they don't stop advancing, they can definitely get there." The chief of staff of the devil bowed his head and replied.

"But, General, what if the Zhi Na Army doesn't pursue?" The devil counselor asked tentatively.

Ishihara's face stiffened, and he said coldly: "If the Zhina army is not fooled, then we will build new fortifications in the Wild Wolf Valley, and then withdraw the ambush troops to the direction of Taierzhuang, concentrate the absolute forces, and eat the Zhina West Route Army in Taierzhuang first!" ”

"Hay!" Only then did the devil staff officer pause his head suddenly, turned around and walked out of the tent at the command post.

Ishihara looked at the battle map, gritted his teeth, and said, "What a cunning opponent!" Now he began to understand why Okamura Ningji and other famous Japanese generals would suffer defeats under Qiao Youhua, and finally left the Chinese battlefield in disgrace and returned to their homeland to retire.

By the way, where is Okamura Ninji? After the last time Tianjin was lost, he seemed to be seriously injured, but he didn't leave Tianjin?

Thinking of this, Ishihara immediately shouted outside, "Immediately notify me that someone from the special high school class will come to see me." ”

Soon the voice of a devil guard came from outside: "Hay! ”

"Okamura-kun, I need your help now, I hope you are safe and sound." Ishihara felt that he needed a teammate who knew Qiao Youhua better, and Okamura Ningji had fought Qiao Youhua many times, and he was one of the few famous generals in the Japanese Army, so if Okamura Ningji could come to the Shandong battlefield at this time, he would not only be able to help him give advice, but also help him to be independent.

It is more conducive to the imperial army to fight on the battlefield in Shandong.

The next day, as soon as the day dawned, the Japanese puppet army in Linyi began to evacuate with a swagger in accordance with Ishihara's order.

The news was quickly learned by the forward scouts sent by the 2nd Division, and the scouts immediately reported it to Ma Biao, Zhou Dasheng and others.

At this time, Ma Biao and the others were having breakfast at the division headquarters, and when they heard the report of the scouts, both of them put down the dishes and chopsticks, and then got up and walked out of the headquarters, and went up to a nearby hill, holding binoculars and looking in the direction of Linyi, where they could have a panoramic view of Linyi City.

Through the binoculars, they saw that there were devils and puppet soldiers swaggering out of the city.

Zhou Dasheng looked at it for a while, put down the binoculars and asked, "What should I do, division commander, are we going to pursue?" ”

Ma Biao held the binoculars and observed for a while and said, "Didn't you notice something wrong?" ”

"What's wrong?" Zhou Dasheng was surprised when he heard this, and raised the telescope again.

Ma Biao said: "It stands to reason that if the little devil wants to give up Linyi, he can withdraw from Linyi City last night, how can he leave during the day today?" Isn't this deliberately exposed to us? ”

"Maybe the devil knows that our tank armored unit and heavy artillery unit have arrived today!" Zhou Dasheng said.

"That's not right, if you are afraid of our army's armored and heavy artillery units, the devil should leave quietly, rather than retreating like this, for fear that we don't know!" Ma Biao analyzed.

"However, now is a good opportunity, the devils and the puppet army have taken the initiative to give up the city fortifications, and our tank armored corps has just arrived, it is a pity not to pursue them and take the opportunity to defeat them!" Zhou Dasheng said with a little regret.

Ma Biao asked thoughtfully: "From Linyi to the southeast, what is the terrain?" Are there any danger zones? ”

Zhou Dasheng thought for a while and replied: "Thirty miles away, there is a canyon called Wild Wolf Valley, where the terrain is steep. You're not worried about where the devils are ambushing us, are you? ”

"Quite possibly, didn't our intelligence officers say that only the naval reinforcements of the devils were found, and no trace of their army reinforcements was found? Well, it is not excluded that the little devils will come to ambush us. Ma Biao is the same as Qiao Youhua, in the era of the information explosion in the 21st century, he was influenced by various classic war examples, and his way of thinking was much stronger than that of people of this era.

Therefore, it is easy to deduce the conspiracy of the Japanese army, although it is only a guess, but it is enough.

"Combined with the fact that the devil suddenly retreated without a fight, haha, I'm sure there must be a devil ambush in the Wolf Valley!" Ma Biao smiled heartily.

Although Zhou Dasheng couldn't keep up with Ma Biao's train of thought, he still nodded and said, "Then let's not pursue, take the opportunity to recover Linyi City, and wait for the change of the situation and the orders of the superiors." ”

"Nope! Now that we know that there may be devils in the Wild Wolf Valley ambush, why don't we pursue it and kill and injure the Linyi defenders as much as possible? Ma Biao suddenly smiled and said: "Immediately order the tank regiment and a regiment to bypass Linyi City and launch a pursuit of the retreating Japanese puppet army, but remember, after arriving at the Wild Wolf Valley, you must not enter, no matter whether you defeat the enemy army or not, stop the pursuit for me, and be ready to withdraw at any time!" ”

"Yes!" Zhou Dasheng saluted, turned around and ran down the hill, and personally deployed the pursuit.

It didn't take long for the tank regiment directly under the 2nd Division and the 1st Infantry Regiment to form a pursuit corps that had just arrived, and they brazenly set out, bypassing the already empty city of Linyi City, and directly launched a pursuit against the Japanese puppet army that fled without a fight.

The rest of the 2nd Division began to march into Linyi City, officially recovering this thousand-year-old city that had fallen for more than three years.