Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were discussing a series of changes that might be caused by the "poison gas bomb", and Huang Qiaosong's emergency telegram arrived. Huang Qiaosong's telegram was based on the information provided by Ge Zengfu -- the troops of the three brigades of the Isogu Division were crossing the river from the section of the canal bridge, and in addition, the Segu detachment and the cabinet brigade were coming from the direction of Pixian to the bridge one after the other, and he guessed that the Japanese army was very likely to want to threaten Xuzhou from the southeast, so he asked the theater to make preparations as soon as possible.

At the beginning of the Battle of Xuzhou, because the Japanese army suffered heavy losses in the Huai River Valley, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi felt that it was impossible for the Japanese army to threaten Xuzhou from this direction, so they only arranged Sun Tongxuan's 22nd Division along the Longhai Railway to defend it. At this moment, the 22nd Division is stationed in a village five kilometers east of the Grand Canal. The Japanese army was menacing, with a total of nearly 20,000 people in the front and rear divisions, Li Zongren did not dare to be careless, and immediately telegraphed Sun Tongxuan to lead his troops to snipe, and at the same time telegraphed Zhang Zizhong, asking him to pay attention to the battle situation in the place and be ready to assist the 22nd Division at any time. Finally, he sent a telegram to Huang Qiaosong, asking him and Liu Shurong to prepare for an attack, waiting for the opportunity to attack the Seya detachment or the cabinet brigade, not to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army, as long as they could be delayed.

When the telegram reached the 27th Division, Liu Shurong was still there, so Huang Qiaosong took the telegram from him and said: "It seems that there is still a vicious battle in Taierzhuang, but unfortunately, our division has not fought a battle so far." ”

Liu Shurong smiled after reading the telegram and asked, "Does Senior Commander Huang really want to fight?" ”

Huang Qiaosong replied: "Of course, how? Brother Liu doesn't want to? ”

Liu Shurong smiled and said, "Of course I want to." Actually, we have a chance right now. ”

"What?"

"Maybe we can fight a dozen Seya detachments," there was a map on the table between the two of them, Liu Shurong said and pointed to a place called Huang Shulin, and said: "According to the information provided by the scouts, the Seya detachment will arrive here in an hour and a half, and if our two divisions leave now, they will be able to arrive in half an hour." If we set up an ambush outside the Yellow Forest, will we be able to surprise Kai Seya? ”

"The risk is too great, the distance between the cabinet brigade and the Seya detachment is too close, and if we can't resolve the battle quickly and are dragged by the Seya detachment, then it is very likely to be counter-surrounded."

"The cabinet division has just set off from Pi County, and it will take at least three hours to arrive at the battlefield. The Seya detachment now has only about 4,000 men, and their artillery and chariot units have been lost, but we have about 10,000 men, and we have at least two hours to fight this ambush, and if we arrange it properly, I think this battle has a good chance. Otherwise, how about our apprentice army go to an ambush, and your 27th Division will help us defend the southeast corner of the Yellow Forest? ”

Huang Qiaosong thought about it and decided to take a risk.

At about eleven o'clock in the afternoon, the battle on the west side of the Longhai Railway Bridge was the first to start. The 22nd Division and more than 3,000 devils were entangled along the Qiaoxi Railway, and the Japanese army mainly attacked the 22nd Division.

As soon as the guns rang out here, Kei Seya, who was still about thirty kilometers away from the bridge, immediately became anxious. He thought that this was a roundabout force sent by Ryosuke Isoya and the defenders of Pixian County, so he decided that it was the imperial army that blocked the retreat of the defenders, and it was the best opportunity to annihilate the army of the branch, and immediately ordered the whole army to run forward.

A quarter of an hour later, on a big tree with a crooked neck on the side of the road in the northwest corner of the Yellow Forest, Ge Zengfu learned two crisp bird calls.

In a bush about ten meters away from him, Zhou Tai pressed his face to the ground, letting the humidity on the grass relieve the heat on his face, and then tightly pressed the butt of the gun, staring firmly at the center of the corner of the road through the crosshairs. The battle outside Linyi City achieved Zhou Tai's reputation as a sharpshooter, although he did not participate in the sniper level assessment, but because of the great achievements of killing Ben Shun, everyone thought that he was already the existence of "Changsun Yan". Zhou Tai didn't know that it was quite difficult for Lu Dao to kill high-ranking Japanese officers on the frontal battlefield, and a situation like the one outside Linyi City was simply something that could not be encountered, and at this moment, he even thought about it: "It would be perfect if he could kill Seya Kai again!" ”

The northwest corner of the Yellow Forest is not an ideal ambush place, and the Yellow Forest can hide soldiers, but unfortunately the Yellow Forest is too small, and at most one battalion of men and horses can be hidden. On the opposite side of the Yellow Forest is a wheat field, which can ambush a large number of men and horses, but it is impossible to get too close. And the reason why Liu Shurong dared to fight this battle was the yellow-green camouflage suit on the Overlord Brigade, which was very suitable for lurking in the wheat field at this season. The 3,000 or so men of the Overlord Brigade were all ambushed in the wheat fields, while the officers and men of the 27th Division were ambushed in the yellow forest except for one battalion, and the rest of the men and horses were directly lined up on the main road.

The ambush battle was proposed by Liu Shurong, and Huang Qiaosong handed over the 27th Division's platoon to him to arrange. Liu Shurong was not polite, he first asked Ge Zengfu to lead people to ride a motorcycle to kill the devil's reconnaissance outpost, and then took advantage of the convenience of the yellow forest to block the sight of the Japanese army, and directly arranged the 27th Division on the main road.

Huang Qiaosong has no opinion on Liu Shurong's arrangement, but his subordinates have great opinions.

As long as the Japanese army turns through the Yellow Forest, the 27th Division will be exposed to them, so many people think that Liu Shurong's arrangement is obviously to let the 27th Division be used as cannon fodder to attract Japanese firepower.

"Shizuo, this Liu Shurong is too ghostly, if the Japanese army rushes up regardless of it, our army will suffer a big loss. If the little devil still has a chariot, we can't stop it at all. ”

"Master, are we going to let the brothers in the back also ambush in the wheat field?"

Huang Qiaosong glared at a few subordinates who were talking strange things, and shouted, "You guys have a little vision, okay?" It's safest for us to line up here, hmph, once the Japanese turn the corner, the battle will begin. Because of the existence of the bend, only a few Japanese troops rushed over, and the large forces must launch a counterattack on both sides of the road. It's just that the war is unfavorable, and we are on the main road, and we will retreat faster, isn't it - you guys, let's think more about what we will do to kill more devils! ”

Kei Seya rode on a tall horse, and from time to time he took out his binoculars and looked around.

The raid battle organized by Guo Muyi scared him, so that he, who had always been arrogant, couldn't help but be much more cautious, for fear of being ambushed by the Zhina people again, and whenever he encountered a more dangerous terrain or a terrain conducive to ambush, he always had to take a closer look. The existence of Huang Shulin made him smell a hint of danger, but because the guns in front of him were getting louder and louder, he was afraid of losing the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the defenders of Pixian County, so he ordered the troops to speed up from time to time.

"Quick, quick!" Some of the junior officers faithfully conveyed his orders, and at their loud shouts, the advance of the Seya detachment was very fast.

Meitaro Mikami carried his three big covers and walked in the first place, and the shouting of Juncao behind him made him maintain a high-speed movement of his two legs from beginning to end, which almost drained all his energy, making his vision a little dilapidated and his thinking reaction a little slow.

The battle in the early hours of this morning was a nightmare for Mikami, who had been on the Chinese battlefield for a year, and had fought a lot of battles in the past year, and if it weren't for this experience in the early hours of this morning, his idea of "the imperial army is invincible in the world" was still deeply rooted. "Recruit soldiers! The most powerful army of the Shina people, I heard that even the combined fleet of the Empire had been destroyed in their hands," he thought slowly, recalling in his mind the scene when his own chariot was destroyed by the Jiguang tank, and a sense of helplessness in his heart from the first killing. Suddenly, he instinctively froze and his eyes widened. The devil behind him was not in a hurry, and he crashed into him. "Mikami, what are you doing?" "Mikami—ah!" Several devils shouted loudly, and one of them looked at Mikami**'s gaze and saw a large group of Chinese soldiers wearing gray military uniforms and steel helmets, and exclaimed: "Zhina! The people of China! ”

"What?!" A military officer stepped forward; The devil in front of him has already begun to raise his gun - a gunshot sounded "Bah", and then a burst of shouts: "Fight!" Immediately after, there was a rumbling explosion, followed by gunfire.

As soon as the gunshot rang out, Meitaro Mikami instinctively threw himself to the ground and shouted: "Enemy attack!" ”

"Hit! Brothers, rush! Liu Shurong suddenly stood up from the wheat field, and he was so close to Seya Kai that he suddenly appeared in the latter's telescope, as if he had appeared out of thin air.

Kei Seya was startled, and before he could react, his loyal men had already pulled him off his horse.

Liu Shurong burst into a shout, and the gunfire burst like beans, and more than 100 grenades smashed into the Japanese ranks.

The sudden slaughter of thousands of enemies in the quiet groves and quiet wheat fields was a huge psychological blow to the Japanese army, which had just suffered a huge psychological shock in the early hours of the morning. Except for the more than 100 devils who had not yet reacted, stood stupidly or blindly half-turned around and shot, the others were either directly put down or thrown to the ground.

"Da Da Da!" The crisp sound of the machine gun rang out endlessly, and the devils behind instinctively fell to the ground.

"Mortar, boom! The others rushed up with me! The beginning of the situation was gratifying, Huang Qiaosong no longer had the intention of being conservative, he waved his pistol, and the officers and soldiers of the 27th Division were killed violently.

Zhou Tai fired two shots at this time and killed two devils, he was looking for a third target, and the next moment the crosshair was already full of friendly soldiers in gray military uniforms.

"Eight grids!" Seya Kei couldn't figure out where this large army came from, but at this time, he couldn't be allowed to investigate it in detail. The firepower of the Overlord Brigade was too fierce, and thousands of Weiqing-style guns fired at close range at the same time, which was a huge deterrent to devils who could only pull the bolt and shoot once.

Huang Qiaosong led people to rush out of the corner, and saw the devils lying on the road in front of him and the large army of devils who were hurriedly retreating in the distance, and he knew that he had won the bet this time.