Just when the general of the Fifth Army, under the leadership of Zhang Zhizhong, was planning to encircle and destroy the 24th Brigade in one go, the Japanese army also discovered the abnormal movement of the Chinese army on the opposite side at this time! The commander of the 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army ordered the mobilization of his 17th Wing to protect his right flank defensive line, and the artillery was transferred to the west of Dachang Wharf for alert artillery bombardment to prevent the Chinese army from gathering in the area of its flank! The abnormal movement of the Japanese army attracted Zhang Zhizhong's attention, and it seemed that his movements were a little bigger, and he had already alarmed the Japanese army opposite! In order not to let the Japanese army discover their intentions, Zhang Zhizhong decided to use the afternoon to launch a deception operation!

"Commander Liu, the commander told you to go to the headquarters!" After Liu Hai heard this, he was shocked, this attack was about to start in less than six hours, what else was going on now? Liu Hai muttered in his heart, but he still rushed to Zhang Zhizhong's headquarters as soon as possible! After arriving at the headquarters, Liu Hai soon found that it was not only himself who had arrived here, but also Commander Cai! "There's a reason you're here!" Zhang Zhizhong said, "Our deployment action is a little bigger, and the Japanese army on the opposite side has already noticed it, so now I want to carry out a deception operation, so that the Japanese think that it is your 19th Route Army that wants to counterattack, so my idea is that now the 19th Route Army is attacking the Japanese army in front of it, in order to make it look like a little, so Commander Liu, you need to lead about ten cannons to the position of the 19th Route Army to cover the attack!" "But now we almost only have twenty-eight cannons, and there is one that is a bit of a problem, and there are only twenty-seven cannons left with full combat effectiveness, if we transfer ten more cannons to leave, I am afraid that we will not be able to take care of the attack at that time!" Bangs said embarrassedly. "I know what you said, not only you, but we also have ten cannons, in the direction of the Liuhe River, that is a key area and can't do without cannons, so now it's only you, Commander Liu, I will deploy ten carts to help you tow, finish the artillery over there, and return before our attack time is up!" Zhang Zhizhong said. "It means that we have to bring and fire shells within four hours, and we have to return to our original positions, and there is a possibility of Japanese shelling on the way, is that right?" Bangs said. "That's pretty much it!" Zhang Zhizhong said. "Okay, I'll carry out the order!" Liu Hai smiled bitterly in his heart, knowing that this task was not easy to complete!

"Also, there is another step in my plan, that is, the brothers of the 19th Route Army of your Commander Cai will work hard, you will send a regiment of troops to quietly advance from the defense area of the 19th Route Army to the position of the current 88th Division, and then rush back to the defense area with great fanfare, creating the illusion that the 88th Division of my left flank is moving west to reinforce the 19th Route Army, so that they think that we are going to launch an attack on the right flank, so that the 24th Brigade on the opposite side will not make a fuss, as long as they are stabilized, and when we attack, we can destroy them, what do you say, Captain Cai! Zhang Zhizhong asked Commander Cai. That's no problem, I'll send a regiment of troops east and back back to create the illusion you need! "Commander Cai also agreed!" There is one more thing, that is, the national government took 50,000 yuan to reward the soldiers, 20,000 for the 19th Route Army, 20,000 for our Fifth Army, and the remaining 10,000 for your regimental commander Liu, you can take it back! ”

Liu Hai returned to his position, took out the 10,000 yuan, put it in front of him and said, "We now have a mission to cross the Japanese blockade line and go to the 19th Route Army to help them attack!" Those who are willing to go, in addition to fifteen yuan per person, there are ten yuan, who wants to go! "Commander, don't take the money, the battle is like this, what face do we have to receive the reward, our gang of men are here to kill the Japanese invaders just to fight Little Japan, not for money!" Save it until the brothers die, and buy a few thick coffins! The second battalion commander said. Okay, then let's not say anything, the second battalion will bring artillery shells and follow me to the 19th Route Army! After Liu Hai finished speaking, he left with the second battalion! On the way to the 19th Route Army, the Japanese artillery shells kept coming, and Liu Hai tried his best to evade and advance with ten cannons! The troops of the 19th Route Army also began to move in the direction of the 88th Division at this time, and an hour and a half later, Liu Hai rushed to the position of the 19th Route Army with his own artillery!

"Captain Liu, fight harder, otherwise the little devil will be hard to believe!" Commander Cai ran to the position and said. "Yes, Commander, there is no problem!" Bangs responded. "Also, a Japanese destroyer stopped in the river and bombarded us, causing a lot of casualties, and when he attacks for a while, his cannon will also pose a great threat to us, can you knock him out for me!" Commander Cai took out a map and put it in front of Liu Hai, "Look here!" Commander Cai pointed to a point on the map. No problem! Even if you can't sink it for a while, you can get him out of the river! Bangs looked at the distance and said. That's great! Time is pressing, we're ready, and in half an hour, we'll attack! Commander Cai said. Good! Let's cooperate well and beat him up a little devil! Bangs wave!

Half an hour later, Liu Hai arranged the cannon and aimed it at the Japanese position in front of the 19th Route Army! In order to better combat the Japanese army, Liu Hai ran to the front of the position and carefully observed the Japanese position. "Commander Liu, the little devils opposite us are all fortified positions, and there is tank firepower in front of us as mobile firepower, we attacked two days ago, and a battalion of brothers died in front of this fortified area, if you can help us blast it away this time, it will really help us a lot!" A regimental commander of the Nineteenth Route Army said. "Okay! I took a look, and although they are a fortified area, it is not difficult for artillery to blast out! Bangs put away the binoculars and returned to the artillery position.

A signal flare was ejected, and the soldiers of the 19th Route Army began an overwhelming attack, and Liu Hai immediately began to launch according to the distance he had scouted! Liu Hai's idea was to bombard the Japanese fortified fire points in front with two-thirds of the shells, and then use the remaining one-third of the shells to attack that destroyer! With the firing of Liuhai's cannons, the Japanese fortified area was torn apart by shells, and the Japanese positions that had caused the 19th Route Army to pay a lot of casualties were finally broken through, and the 19th Route Army advanced the battle line all the way by one kilometer, and then stopped the attack! And at this time, the cannon of Bang Hai began to attack the Japanese destroyers! The artillery position of Liu Hai was very suitable, behind a half-collapsed building, so that the Japanese destroyer artillery could not find out where it was hitting itself, and finally after receiving timely shells, it had to withdraw from the inland river!

"Hurry, hurry! Pack your things and go back! Liu Hai urged his artillery to start returning, because it was less than an hour before the attack, but fortunately, the attack of the 19th Route Army had attracted all the Japanese firepower to the 19th Route Army, so that Liu Hai returned to the 88th Division's way, and was almost not intercepted by fire! Zhang Zhizhong's deception operation was very successful, the Japanese army had already believed that the 19th Route Army was about to launch a large-scale counteroffensive, transferred a brigade that had just landed to the direction of the 19th Route Army, and ordered the 24th Brigade in front of the Fifth Army to stay in place to contain it, so that the time was ripe for a counterattack!