Among the regular army of the Cadet Army, the equipment of the two Sichuan army divisions is the worst. This is not because of factional disputes, nor because Ouyang Yun favors one over the other, but because the cultural quality of the Sichuan Army is low, and it is very laborious in the selection of tank troops and other technical arms, so compared with the other four armies, the Fourth Army is affected by two Sichuan divisions, and the degree of mechanization is not high, of which the 10th and 11th divisions add up to only one battalion of tanks. This time, the commander of the 11th Division, Rao Guohua, was biased into stealth and entrusted all the tank units belonging to the headquarters to Liu Yuqing. The limited mobility slowed down the advance of the troops, which was also the main reason why the Fourth Army would lose the 9th Division. If there were enough tank troops, Jiang Guangnai could go first with tanks and infantry, so as to firmly bite the Japanese army.

On November 19th, at about nine o'clock in the morning, about 60 kilometers away from Pucheng, in a straight line, Xiabaogen, northeast of Pucheng. Ouyang Yun's car was parked on the side of the road, he stood on the side of the car and watched the troops slowly advance forward with a worried face, and Liu Yuqing rode a horse back from the front.

Liu Yuqing and Rao Guohua have never been accustomed to commanding operations in armored vehicles, and they believe that the vehicles block the communication of their subordinates, and many times will make their subordinates misunderstand the essence of the order. Ouyang Yun had always been critical of their old-fashioned views, but now, he was in no mood to spend energy on these details.

Liu Yuqing jumped off the horse and said, "The front is the root of the bag, commander, do you want to enter the village?" ”

Ouyang Yun looked at the bullying mountains around him and said, "This is a good ambush location, if Okuichiro wants to sneak attack us, last night and tonight are the best opportunities." If the 9th Division does not appear again, Jiang Guangnai and they will have to retreat! Okuichiro's devil is not simple, I always think they will have some conspiracy. ”

With the passage of time, the 9th Division, which had not heard from him for a long time, became Ouyang Yun's heart disease, and in the dark he always felt that there was some danger waiting for him ahead, but he didn't know what it was.

If the 9th Division gives up rescuing the 13th Division and turns back along the same road, then it will be dangerous to learn from the 12th Division of the three divisions of the Fourth Army now.

Liu Yuqing also thought so, he said: "It's true, I think we have gone into a misunderstanding before. Our purpose in launching this campaign was to harass and inflict as much damage as possible on the Japanese army, but now, I feel that such an opportunity has come, and that is the 13th Division. Commander-in-chief, what you said yesterday is very reasonable, no matter what he wants to do, we can go according to our own deployment. If we really completely encircle the 13th Division and form a situation of encirclement and annihilation, he will definitely jump out. ”

"That's the reason, then let Chief of Staff Jiang lead his troops back."

The 12th Division, under the command of Jiang Guangnai, was moving from Qingjing to Huangzhukeng at the moment. When he received Ouyang Yun's order to return to the army, they were only about three kilometers away from Huangzhukeng. He put away the order to the confidential staff officer, and was about to convey it to his subordinates, when suddenly, Liao Mingfeng, the commander of the 12th Division, came running angrily.

"Mingfeng, you came just in time, I was about to convey the commander-in-chief's order to you."

"Junzuo, don't worry about any orders first, do you know what Xiao Feng saw in Huangzhukeng?"

Xiao Feng was the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, and Jiang Guangnai asked, "What?" ”

Liao Mingfeng's face was already white with anger, and he gritted his teeth and roared: "Devils of the dog day, they, they slaughtered Huangzhukeng." ”

Jiang Guangnai's face changed when he heard this, and he asked, "You said that the Japanese slaughtered the village?" ”

"Yes, the military seat, the military seat, the little devil is so inhumane, more than 1,000 people in the village were slaughtered by them, and there are dozens of children among them."

Jiang Guangnai stumbled on his feet when he heard this, and asked, "No?" Don't have a live mouth? ”

"There are only two seriously wounded, according to them, the Japanese walked for less than an hour, it is a large army, it should be the 9th Division!"

There was only the 9th Division, because in order to exterminate a village in a short period of time, it was necessary to have enough troops, otherwise it would be possible to steal chickens and rice, and as long as someone escaped from the city and exposed the position of the Japanese, then their unconscionable move would have no practical significance.

"No wonder there has been no news of the 9th Division, it turns out that they have adopted such inhumane methods. The informants I bought should have been killed by the Japanese, Junza, what should we do now? ”

"What about the military reporters? Immediately get them ready to take pictures, we can't let innocent people die in vain. The commander-in-chief has just come with an order, let's move closer to them, now, let's go to Wong Chuk Hang to have a look! ”

If it were possible, Liao Mingfeng would like to fight with the 9th Division now, and he must kill all these devils - the blood debt must be paid with blood. Of course, as a senior commander, the safety of the entire army and even the entire war situation are at stake, and he will not allow himself to act rashly. He said: "I think so too, Gunza, could this be a trap for the Japanese, who deliberately provoked us and then set up an ambush circle." ”

"It's entirely possible, I'll send a report to the commander-in-chief at once. The big army will not move for the time being, you let Xiao Feng and the others protect the two reporters accompanying the army, and let them try their best to take pictures of the tragedy that happened in Huangzhukeng, as long as we have the photos in hand, we can always get justice for them. ”

"Okay, I'll do it."

Almost at the same time that the 12th Division discovered the Huangzhukeng tragedy, the reconnaissance unit of the 10th Division saw the same scene in Xiabaogen, where more than 300 villagers died in the village, and judging from the condition of their corpses, they had been killed for some time.

This situation was reported to Liu Yuqing and Ouyang Yun, and both of them were stunned by the cruelty of the little devil. Liu Yuqing scolded bitterly on the spot: "Ge Laozi, is Okuichiro still worthy of being a soldier?" can actually do such a thing to civilians that is not as good as pigs and dogs, Ge Lao Tzu, don't let Lao Tzu catch it, otherwise; Lao Tzu had to kill him alive. ”

Ouyang Yun's face was ugly, but he didn't say anything cruel like Liu Yuqing, he just said on a case-by-case basis: "No wonder we haven't been able to get the information of the 9th Division, it turns out that they killed all our grassroots intelligence officers." According to the current situation, Okuichiro is ready to attack the 12th Division, and what we need to do immediately now is to move closer to the 12th Division. Shi Chang! ”

"Commander."

"You immediately send a telegram to Commander Rao Guohua, let them follow us, and we will immediately move to the Twelfth Division."

"Yes!"

In addition to leaving a small team of wolf-tooth special forces to escort the reporters accompanying the army to take pictures in order to collect evidence of the Japanese army's atrocities and dispose of the remains of the villagers, the large army immediately turned to the direction of Longquan.

At around eleven o'clock in the morning, Ji Xingwen sent a secret message to Ouyang Yun.

The content of the secret telegram was provided by Ryoko Takahashi and relayed by Chen Jiayao about the possible conspiracy of the Japanese army against Ouyang Yun. If this telegram had been sent last night, Ouyang Yun might have believed it, but at this moment, he had already concluded that the goal of the Japanese army was to learn from the 12th Division, but it was impossible for him to change the direction of the troops' actions because of reason, private and public affairs.

Because it was a secret telegram, in addition to Ouyang Yun, the only person who knew the content of this telegram was Chen Shichang, who was responsible for translating this secret telegram. After reading this telegram, Ouyang Yun casually took out a lighter and lit it, and then continued to lead the troops towards Longquan as if this had not happened.

The massacre in Huangzhukeng was indeed a conspiracy of the Japanese, as Jiang Guangnai expected, the Japanese really set up an ambush, but the first ambush was not from the ground, but from the air.

Just as the two reporters accompanying the army safely completed the photo work under the escort of Xiao Feng and them, and Xiao Feng and the others were gathering the remains of the villagers to prepare for burial, there was a sudden thunder in the southwest sky. Then, Jiang Guangnai's headquarters received an enemy report from the Wuyishan radar station, saying that enemy planes had appeared in the waters of Fujian in the southwest, and the number was about 30.

After receiving this telegram, Jiang Guangnai concluded that the 9th Division was nearby, and an ambush had been set up, and the best way for the 12th Division to deal with it now was not to retreat, but to wait for the arrival of the 10th and 11th Divisions.

The Japanese plane had not yet appeared in the field of vision of the cadets, the air defense siren had already sounded, and in the midst of a terrible whistle, the middle and low-level officers of the 12th Division hurriedly commanded the troops to conceal themselves, and at the same time began to assume the air defense position.

Since deciding to eliminate Ouyang Yun at all costs, Okuichiro frequently sent reconnaissance troops to reconnoiter the actions of the 10th and 12th Divisions, and firmly watched every move of these two divisions.

The "Cloud Hunting Plan" formulated by Okuichiro is what he is most proud of is that through various false and real arrangements, the high-level of the Shina Army misjudged the intentions of the Imperial Army, so that they felt that the strategic purpose of the Imperial Army was to learn the 12th Division, so that the hidden 11th Division would first appear.

In Okuichiro's plan, the eleventh division is the only unstable factor. He felt that as long as the eleventh division appeared in the bright spot, then this plan would be half successful.

The reason why he asked the Naval Air Force to bomb the 12th Division was to convince Ouyang Yun and the others of the 9th Division's determination to encircle and annihilate the 12th Division, and at the same time, it could also disturb Jiang Guangnai's and Liao Mingfeng's line of sight, so that they could not clearly distinguish the number of imperial troops appearing in front of them and behind them.

The 9th Division now has a total of two brigades of infantry, a wing of artillery and two brigades of tank troops, Okuichiro's plan is to use one brigade to contain the 12th and 11th Divisions, and then concentrate the strength of the other brigade, with the help of the tank unit and the artillery and the naval aviation, to destroy the 10th Division in one fell swoop, and at the worst to blow up or bomb Ouyang Yun to death. And as long as Ouyang Yun can be killed, then even if the 11th Division and the 12th Division wipe out the other brigade, then the 9th Division will be considered a victory.