But after thinking about it again, Huang Baitao dispelled the idea.

"Forget it, let them go." Huang Baitao shook his head, it is easy to eat the two artillery companies of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in Southern Anhui, and it is not impossible to even eat Li Zihan's L regiment, but the problem is that the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in Southern Anhui is not only Li Zihan's L regiment, once Li Zihan's L regiment is eaten, Xu Shijiu will definitely not give up.

If this matter is a big problem, it will lead to a full-scale fire between the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the First Army, Huang Baitao does not have enough confidence to withstand the anger of the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, not to mention, he is not from the Huangpu lineage, and I am afraid he cannot afford to take the initiative to provoke the political responsibility of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

Chen Shizhang didn't know this, and sighed at the moment: "Alas, it's a pity. ”

"But, Brother Shizhang, don't you think Xu Shijiu's movements are a little strange?" Huang Baitao's attention quickly shifted to Xu Shijiu's exact intentions, and said, "I thought that his strong attack on Chizhou City was false, and it was true to attack Tongling from a long distance, but now he only transferred Li Zihan a regiment, and if he wants to take Tongling with such a small number of troops, I'm afraid it's not easy, right?" ”

Chen Shizhang said: "Unless Li Zihan's regiment can take Tongling County within half a day, the Japanese army in Chizhou will soon come to reinforce, at that time, Li Zihan's regiment will not be able to withdraw if they want to take Tongling." ”

Huang Baitao touched his chin and said, "Could it be that Xu Shijiu wants to transfer the Japanese army from Chizhou by attacking Tongling, and then turn the virtual into reality and concentrate on attacking Chizhou City?" ”

"How is that possible?" Chen Shizhang said disapprerovingly, "It's even more impossible to fight Chizhou, Chizhou and Anqing are close at hand, and it's not far from Jiujiang, and the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in southern Anhui can fight again, can it still take Chizhou City in half a day?" If he can't take it in half a day, hehe, hehe, it's going to be a big problem. ”

Huang Baitao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I don't understand, I was confused by Xu Shijiu, but fortunately, this time it was the old devil Haneda who had to face the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in southern Anhui, even if it was a headache, it was the old devil Haneda who had a headache." ”

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The old devil Haneda is indeed having a headache now.

After receiving the news of the Silent Eagle, Haneda urgently consulted the new commander of the Ll. Army, Anami Yuki

However, Anami's instructions to Haneda were only to strengthen the guards, and there was no mention of the reinforcements.

In fact, at this time, Anan Weiji was in full swing preparing for the Second Battle of Changsha, and all the troops were gathering in the direction of Changsha and Changde, and the troops in the rest of the directions had been reduced to the minimum defensive level.

At this time, where did Anan Yuji draw reinforcements and hand them over to Haneda? Therefore, Haneda can only be instructed to strengthen his vigilance.

However, Anan Weiji still sent a telegram to the General Headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army, requesting that when Chizhou was attacked, the General Headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army would send troops from Hefei and Wuhu to help.

However, since the second wave of anti-communism passed, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in Central China have entered an active period, and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in Central China have frequently attacked, and the Japanese army in Central China is also facing great pressure on public security, so even if the troops are transferred, I am afraid that they can only mobilize the navy, and not too many infantry.

Haneda calculated the strength of his troops, including an infantry brigade of the 14th Brigade and a brigade of the navy, in addition to his military police brigade, and then, there were only plainclothes troops and the Imperial Allied Army, which was quite a lot, with more than 2,000 Japanese troops and more than 3,000 Imperial Allied troops, in addition to two gunboats of the navy.

Of course, these forces are not enough to launch an offensive against the national control area, but as a local garrison force, they are also enough.

However, there are no absolutes in everything, if you are facing an ordinary national army, these forces are enough to defend the city, but if you are facing Xu Shijiu's anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, Haneda has no bottom in his heart, Xu Shijiu is the tiger of southern Anhui, and even Fujido Gaoying was defeated under his hands, and Haneda really didn't dare to have a trace of carelessness in the face of such a fierce tiger.

Now, Haneda's biggest headache is that he can't figure out Xu Shijiu's true intentions.

It is said that the Silent Eagle has already sent back the news, and Xu Shijiu's intention seems to be very clear, that is, to fight Chizhou, but faintly, Haneda always feels that things will not be so simple, maybe it is really as the old cat guessed by the No. 76 agent of Jisfeier, Xu Shijiu is a drunkard who does not mean to drink, what if his true intention is really Tongling?

With the existing forces in Haneda's hands, whether it is to defend Chizhou City or Tongling County, it is more than enough, but if both places are defended, it will be a little weak, so this two-choice topic really stumped Haneda.

Thinking about it and still not very relieved, Haneda picked up the phone again and shook the Tongling County Military Police and asked: "Maxi Maxi, Takeshita-san, I'm Haneda, is there anything abnormal in Tongling County?" ”

On the other side of the phone, the voice of Kojiro Takeshita, the captain of the Tongling Military Police: "Your Excellency, everything is normal in Tongling County. ”

"Yo Xi, if anything is out of the ordinary, report it to me immediately." Haneda said into the microphone again, "Also, let's give up the Chifeng stronghold on the periphery, concentrate all the troops, and hold the county seat of Tongling." ”

"Haiyi, this is the retreat of the Imperial Association Army in the Chifeng stronghold."

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"Come on, come on, buy big bet big, buy small bet small, buy and leave"

"It's a little bit, it's six big ones in a row, I don't believe it's still big"

"Yes, yes, this Lao Tzu is a small one, ten yuan is now the ocean, all bet"

"Hey, hey, you don't have a long life? Be careful to go home and kneel on the washboard"

On the second floor of the artillery tower in the Chifeng stronghold, there was a miasma of black smoke, and more than a dozen puppet army officers were gambling together.

The officer at the head is a horse-faced, nicknamed Ma Wangye, before he took refuge in Little Japan, he was a bandit in Tongling County, killing people like hemp, doing many evils, and after taking refuge in Little Japan, he was also inexorable, and it can be said that bad things were done, and Little Japan sent him to the Chifeng stronghold at the junction of Jing County and Tongling County to garrison, but Ma Wangye was in the middle of it

"It's open, it's open, it's open" Ma Wang Ye picked up the dice and blew it into the palm of his hand, and then put it into the big bowl, and the three dice dipped and turned in the big bowl for a long time, and finally showed six or six five, seventeen points, big

"Haha, it's a big chase again" Ma Wangye was overjoyed, and hugged the money on the gambling table into his arms, and more than a dozen puppet army officers who participated in the gambling and onlookers wailed, this thief is not long-sighted, and he even made six big, and the seventh was still big Only one officer suspected that Ma Wangye was out of a thousand, but he didn't dare to say it publicly.

"Come on, keep coming." Lord Ma closed his eyes, and his interest became higher and higher.

At this time, a little minions hurriedly ran in and said in a panic: "Big brother, no, it's not good."

Ma Wangye had just gambled on Xing, and he didn't want to be defeated by this little minion, so he yelled angrily at the moment: "What's wrong?" ”

"Guoguo, Guoguo, the national army is coming," the little minions said in a panic, "Big brother, the national army is coming, there are many people." ”

"What, the national army?" Ma Wangye was startled when he heard this, turned around and climbed to the top floor of the turret, and more than a dozen puppet army officers around him also dispersed in a hurry, but several company commanders followed Ma Wangye to the top floor of the turret.

In just a moment, Ma Wangye and several puppet army company commanders climbed to the top floor of the turret.

Standing on the top platform of the artillery tower, I looked down condescendingly, and sure enough, I saw that there was a team of national troops in the southeast direction, and the front of the team was waving the blue sky and white sun flag, but was it the national army? Ma Wangye roughly estimated the number of people, not to mention that there were thousands of people, and what was even worse was that the tail of the team was still in the mountains in the distance, and I don't know how long.

"Big brother, it's a damn dead ball, let alone a regiment, it's hard to have a division," a puppet army company commander said in a panic.

"What's the panic? Our Chifeng stronghold is impregnable, and the national army has no artillery, so no matter how many people can get in" Ma Wangye had the same panic in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on the surface, and turned his head and ordered a puppet army company commander, "Lao Qi, you go and call the little Japan in the county seat, and say that the national army has transferred a division to attack our Chifeng stronghold." ”

The puppet company commander answered, turned around and climbed down the stairs.

Ma Wangye was not at ease and advised: "You move quickly, let the national army cut the telephone line first."

The puppet army company commander was still climbing down step by step, but after hearing Ma Wangye's words, he immediately parted his legs and rode up the stairs, and slid down.