As soon as Sakai Ritsuzo's words came out, all the puppet army officers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and after getting up and bowing their heads in salute, they dispersed one after another.

After they all left, Sakai Ritsuzo said to the young man just now with a smile: "Kobayashi-kun, have you really found a path that can be used to attack Luquan County in a roundabout way?" ”

"Yes, General, the lowly has found a feasible way, and you can set off at any time as long as you give the order." Shaozuo, a devil named Xiaolin, nodded.

It turned out that after studying the overall situation of the Dragon Tooth Column, Sakai Ritsuzo, an old devil, thought that the main strength of the Dragon Tooth Column should be contained in the area of Shimen and Lingshou.

At this time, as long as they can find a feasible path and detour to the past, they can copy the back road of the Dragon Tooth Column, so that the Dragon Tooth Column cannot take care of the guards, and finally loses.

Now that this idea has an eyebrow, Sakai Ritsuzo is naturally smiling, after listening to Kobayashi Shaozuo's words, he couldn't help but nod and smile: "Yo Xi, the forces of the Chinese army are gathered in the Shimen area, as long as our roundabout surprise attack is successful, their defense line will completely collapse, and then we will completely annihilate them and win the final victory in this battle of encirclement and suppression!" ”

After a pause, Sakai Rizo said to Kobayashi Shaozuo: "Kobayashi-kun, I'll give you a large brigade of troops, not the Imperial Army, but the elite Imperial Army, can you guarantee to take Luquan County?" ”

After saying that, after thinking about it, Sakai Ritsuzo felt that it was inappropriate again, and without waiting for Kobayashi Shaozuo to answer, he added: "No, I will give you the strength of two brigades, no matter how easy it is to expose your whereabouts, it is not suitable for a roundabout surprise attack, you set off at night tonight, do you have the confidence to complete the task?" ”

When Kobayashi Shaozuo heard that there were two brigades, this was the elite of two thousand empires, and it was no problem to surprise attack a county town with empty defenses.

Immediately straightened up sharply, and saluted: "Please rest assured, the general will go all out to take Luquan County for the empire!" ”

"Yo Xi, very good, Xiao Linjun, you go down and prepare, I will arrange the deployment of troops and other things for you." Sakai Ryuzo nodded happily.

"Hay!" Kobayashi Shaozuo bowed his head suddenly, and turned around and left with his saber on his shoulder.

After Sakai Rizo left, he was already so excited that after ordering his adjutant to mobilize troops for Kobayashi Shaosa, he actually took out two bottles of sake that he had brought with the army and began to pour himself a drink.

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The night soon fell, and Qiao Youhua quietly went out of the city with the artillery prepared by the artillery battalion and some gunners, and headed south to meet the cavalry battalion.

The cavalry battalion was on standby at Erdaogou at the moment, and when the whole battalion received Qiao Youhua's order near evening, it began to assemble in Luxi, and basically scattered to reconnoiter and monitor the movements of the Japanese puppet army.

The only exception was the three cavalrymen, who were still carrying out their previous mission because they had not met the cavalry herald who had delivered the order.

It is patrolling and monitoring the southeast area of Erdaogouzi.

After nightfall, the three horsemen came to rest on a sorghum field by a country road, and the three dismounted, squatted together, and chatted while munching on dry food.

Suddenly, one of the soldiers heard an unusual sound, and he quickly lay on the ground and listened, his face changed, and he immediately glanced at his two companions.

The three of them were all veterans of battle, who had been fighting side by side for a long time, and they knew each other very well, and the two warriors immediately got up and followed the warrior quietly towards their horses.

The three of them pulled their horses and hid in the sorghum field next to them, and the horses had been fighting side by side with them for a long time, and they had already been psychic, and lay down in the sorghum field under their instructions.

The three of them also squatted down, and the sorghum that was more than one person tall and the darkness of the night where they could not see their fingers provided them with excellent cover.

After about a few minutes, a group of heavily armed Japanese soldiers appeared sneakily on this country road, and they were very vigilant and carried the 38 big cover, looking left and right and kept moving forward.

The three soldiers of the cavalry battalion hiding in the sorghum field couldn't help but change their colors when they saw this, but the three of them did not act rashly, but let this group of dozens of devil soldiers pass in front of their eyes, and sure enough, another few minutes passed.

A longer queue and a larger group of devils lined up along the path, lined up in two columns, like two long dragons, constantly winding forward in the night.

None of the devils had torches, but the soldiers of the cavalry battalion, who often fought at night, still vaguely saw the size of the devil's troops, and judging from experience, this was at least a Japanese army with more than 1,000 to 2,000 people.

After the three of them glanced at each other, they lowered their heads and waited for the long line of devils to pass, before raising their heads, and the cavalryman who was the first to notice the abnormality said: "It seems that this is the sneak attack of the little devils, we have to hurry up and report to the battalion commander and commander." ”

"Tiger, what do you say, we both listen to you." One of the cavalry tracts.

The other cavalryman nodded his head, apparently convinced by the warrior nicknamed Tiger.

The cavalryman named Tiger thought for a while and said: "In this way, just in case, our soldiers are divided into three routes, and they are detoured to rush back to Erdaogouzi to report the news, remember, we must do our best to deliver the information, if there is an ambush on the road, I don't need to say it, right?" ”

The other two cavalrymen both said with a resolute face: "I understand, I would rather die than be taken prisoner, and I will never give our Eighth Route Army and our commander a disgrace!" ”

"Okay, let's split up." After speaking, the three of them led their war horses quietly, out of the sorghum field, and rode separately, and soon disappeared into the thick night.

Qiao Youhua and the others have rushed to Erdaogouzi, in addition to the cavalry battalion stationed here, there are more than 200 militiamen belonging to the second regiment, although the combat effectiveness of these militias is not very good, but the equipment is not worse than that of the two devils.

Because they were equipped with Japanese-style 38 covers and other weapons that had been redressed by the main force of the Dragon's Tooth Column, it was more than enough for defense, patrol and vigilance, and maintain law and order.

Qiao Youhua met with Liu Jianhua and Zhao Tiezhu, saluted each other, and said to them: "How are the troops prepared?" ”

"There are still three fighters left, and all of them have been assembled, but now you can also set off, and three fewer fighters will have little impact on the overall combat effectiveness of the troops." Liu Jianhua said.

"Why are there three missing?" Qiao Youhua asked.

Zhao Tiezhu told Qiao Youhua about the situation of the three cavalrymen who had not returned for a long time, and Qiao Youhua nodded and said: "Well, that's not a big deal, tell the militia, when they come back, let them stay." I'll bring you a batch of cannons, arrange for someone to disassemble and bring them, and they may be useful in the next battle. ”

Zhao Tiezhu took the order to do it, and at this moment, a cavalry rode a horse from outside the town, and before the people arrived, an anxious voice resounded through the night, and it came: "Battalion commander!" There are devils! The devil is going to sneak attack! ”