"Yo Xi, the chief of staff has analyzed it very correctly, and now that the army is being expanded, Tubalu has indeed made a very stupid decision!" Ono continued to say with an arrogant expression.

Then he did not forget to add: "However, the large number of Chinese people joining the Eighth Route Army also reminds me that we must immediately recapture the strongholds we have abandoned outside the city, reoccupy those towns, and wipe out the Eighth Route Army active there, or drive them to the mountains!" ”

The chief of staff immediately reacted: "General, you are worried that the Eighth Route Army has been operating in these places for too long, buying people's hearts and minds, and inciting those people to rebel against us, which is not conducive to our occupation and control of there in the future!" ”

"Yo Si! That's what it means! Ono nodded in affirmation.

The chief of staff's brows also furrowed, and immediately affirmed: "Then general, you mean!" ”

"Send troops at once and retake those strongholds we have abandoned outside the city. By the way, use these scattered Eighth Route Army to train troops, so that the recruits who have just been replenished by the military department will see blood! Ono still had an arrogant expression on his face.

However, he didn't know that when he wanted to find the Eighth Route Army for training, Wang Ping also thought of using the recruits in his hands who had not yet fully formed their combat effectiveness to train the troops!

The chief of staff, who knew the combat effectiveness of those recruits, immediately worried: "Won't it be too early to send troops now, the Eighth Route Army has once eaten the strength of one of our reinforced squadrons." And now we have only two infantry brigades that have initially formed combat effectiveness! ”

"Can't wait!" Ono's face suddenly became serious.

"As I said just now, the longer we drag on in the county, the more seriously the Eighth Route Army will damage Laiyuan, and I don't want the people of Laiyuan to stand on the side of the Eighth Route Army like the people in the so-called base areas of the Eighth Route Army. If we really get to this point, unless we kill all the people outside the city, the battle to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army will definitely be difficult! ”

"However, there are so many people outside the city, and there are many supplies that the Imperial Army needs to be provided by them, it is definitely impossible to kill them all!"

"So, we can't delay any longer, we must send troops immediately!"

The chief of staff still said with a worried face: "I'm still very worried about my humble position, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning!" If you can eat one of our reinforced squadrons and one battalion of the Imperial Allied Army in one night, then it is possible to eat two of our squadrons! According to the intelligence of the Eighth Route Army from the military headquarters, they like to concentrate superior forces to ambush the emperor ** team the most! ”

"Then let them ambush them, just take this opportunity to find them in a decisive battle!" The serious expression on Ono's face immediately became arrogant, and not only that, but after he finished speaking, a trace of an imperceptible sneer quickly flashed on the corner of his mouth.

The next morning, as soon as the gate of Laiyuan City was opened, a team of puppet troops mixed with a lot of devils rushed out of the city gate, and then quickly entered the bunker next to the city gate, with a posture that could fight at any time.

Of course, these are qualifications that only the Japanese army has.

A few devils squatted behind the bunker with sandbags with crooked handles. Almost a platoon of puppet soldiers, like pacesetters, stood at the gate of the city with guns.

The people who had long gathered at the gate of the city and wanted to enter the city, although they had their own reasons, but the Japanese puppet army that rushed out dispersed them when they came up, and did not give them a reason.

On a small hill nearly 500 meters from the city gate, the surveillance and reconnaissance post of the reconnaissance platoon is located here.

The changes at the gates of the city were not at all visible to the two sharpshooters with sniper potential.

For two days of monitoring the city gates, those who came out in the morning to guard the city gates were all puppet soldiers. Although the inspection of people entering the city is very strict, after all, everyone is still allowed to enter the city. It is like this morning, when he came up, he could not help but say that he had dispersed the people who wanted to enter the city.

The huge change made the two sharpshooters immediately realize that something was going to happen today!

Soon, Chen Hu, who was guarding here, was woken up.

Half an hour later, there was a new movement at the city gate.

A company of Imperial Cooperative Army, carrying rifles and machine guns, lined up in pairs and walked out of the city gate.

As soon as the puppet army of more than a hundred people came out, the devil appeared.

Carrying a good bayonet rifle, carrying a crooked handle, grenadiers, mortars, and heavy machine guns in groups of three, the army looked neat and walked out of the city gate like a show of strength.

"A battalion of the Imperial Cooperative Army, a devil who strengthened the squadron, and still carried a baggage, the battalion commander deduced well, they must want to recapture the abandoned stronghold outside the city first!" The platoon commander Chen Hu immediately made a judgment, and then ordered one of the cavalry signal soldiers.

"You immediately go back to Shimonoseki and report to the regiment commander that the Japanese puppet army has come out, and they are armed with three heavy machine guns and three mortars!"

As soon as the communications soldiers left, Chen Hu ordered the remaining soldiers: "Comrades, we have waited for two days and finally waited in vain. The rest of the people set off with me and greeted these Japanese puppet soldiers who went out of the city! ”

After saying that, a pair of eyes became fanatical, and the faces of the ten subordinates also showed an expression of eagerness.

Before leaving, Wang Ping specially gave them a task: in this training, as long as one person can earn five devils, their level will be promoted to squad leader after they go back, and one person will be rewarded with two hundred bullets and two canned beef!

Therefore, as soon as they heard that they could fight the devils, these people were eager to rush around the devils and hunt them with the guns in their hands!

At this moment, Wei Qiang, the leader of the first squad, suddenly reminded: "Platoon commander, should someone be left here to continue to monitor the city gate." ”

Chen Hu slapped his head and replied: "Dog, I almost broke a big deal because of these devils, and I have to keep people." The head of the regiment specially explained that people can't be broken here at the city gate, the devil is too cunning, maybe there is a backhand behind! ”

"Squad Leader, you take a soldier and the communication soldier of the communication platoon to stay, continue to monitor the city gate, report the situation immediately, and the others will follow me to harass the devils, slow down their marching speed, and buy time for the regiment commander to transfer troops!"

Chen Hu lined up with nine sharpshooters and ambushed behind a ridge more than 100 meters away from the official road.

I saw everyone crouching on the ground, rifles in hand, staring intently ahead. Chen Hu directly ordered: "Let's hit the devil machine gunners and grenadiers first, these devils pose the greatest threat to us, one bullet per person, and we will retreat after the fight!" ”

Soon, the Japanese puppet army appeared in four columns.

In the ranks of nearly 300 Japanese troops, except for a small number of veteran officers who had suffered losses from the Eighth Route Army, they looked around with a vigilant face, looking at the current tense posture of the enemy.

Most of the recruits had the idea that the Imperial Japanese Army was invincible and that the Chinese army was cowardly. During the march, it was like showing off his might, and there was no vigilance at all!