In the war room, the chief of staff knew what the conspiracy in Onoguchi was, and his eyes lit up, and he immediately asked: "General, is the main force ready to be dispatched!" ”

"Order them to get out of the city immediately, but don't go too fast, and be sure to keep a distance of two kilometers from the decoy troops!" Ono made a decision right away!

At the gate of the city, the puppet army of more than 600 days had already been ready for battle.

The Imperial Army, also a company, was at the forefront, followed by the Japanese army. However, compared with the Japanese army that lured the enemy in front, although this Japanese army only had more than 300 people, they were more well-equipped.

A squadron of infantry, armed with almost twice as many crooked handles and grenadiers.

There was also a squad of three heavy machine guns, a squad of three mortars, and a squad of two infantry guns.

After the Japanese army's outward exuding a strong murderous aura completely walked out of the city gate, two companies of Imperial Cooperative troops followed, carrying rifles on their backs and crooked handles, and walked out of the city gate in a mighty manner.

Outside the city, the reconnaissance platoon was on guard duty, and as soon as the Japanese puppet army left the city, Wei Qiang, the squad leader, couldn't help but scold: "The little devil of the dog day, sure enough, has a trick, and he hides so many troops to follow behind." If it weren't for the regiment commander who had thought of it a long time ago, we would definitely have been recruited! ”

"Signal soldier, immediately go to the lower officer to find the regiment commander to report what we just saw, I will take Xiao Wang to meet this Japanese puppet army for a while, and by the way, tell the platoon commander with the agreed gunshot, there are more than 600 Japanese puppet troops here!"

The Japanese army headquarters in Laiyuan City, until this time, the staff officers of the headquarters understood what the conspiracy in Onoguchi was, and then a large number of compliments sounded in the headquarters.

However, this rosy atmosphere did not last long before a telegram broke it.

"General, the captain of the first brigade telegraphed that the troops were attacked by Tubalu shortly after leaving the city, and two warriors were killed!"

Before Ono could speak, the faces of the staff officers at the headquarters became strange.

In their opinion, Ono is now sending a force to follow behind the luring troops, and he must have intended to be used as an ambush.

And now the use of ambushes has not yet been revealed, and it has been discovered by the Eighth Route Army. The ambush that has already exposed the target will definitely no longer be able to use the ambush.

In this case, the most embarrassing thing for the command must be the brigade commander and chief of staff who formulated this ambush plan. In order to prevent the two of them from venting their anger on themselves, the staff officers wanted to laugh or talk, but they could only hold back, and then their faces involuntarily became weird.

But what made them express their incomprehension was that the faces of the two people did not change at all.

Ono, in particular, unexpectedly ordered: "Order Matsushita-kun, according to the original plan, continue to move forward!" ”

"The original plan!" These four words aroused everyone's curiosity again, and everyone stared at Ono and the chief of staff, hoping for an explanation.

The corners of Ono's mouth went up, and then he ordered to the chief of staff: "You explain to you, why the ambush I sent out was discovered by the Eighth Route Army, and I am not in a hurry!" ”

"Hey!" The chief of staff explained, pointing to the markers on the sand table representing the ambush.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why the general is not worried about the ambush being discovered by the Eighth Route Army is because behind the ambush, His Excellency the General also arranged a plan!"

"The ambush soldiers you see are not a mixed force as everyone imagines, but an elite force composed of all imperial troops, including three infantry squadrons, a heavy machine gun squad, a mortar squad, and an infantry artillery squad, with strong combat effectiveness!"

"There is only one reason why the two squadrons of Imperial Army are pretending to be Imperial Allied Army, which is that the Eighth Route Army despises our ambush troops, believing that the follow-up troops we send out cannot pose a threat to them. In this case, it is very likely that the Eighth Route Army will ambush our luring enemy troops, and then send a small force to block our follow-up troops! ”

"How could the elite of the six or seven hundred imperial troops, armed with infantry guns, mortars, and heavy machine guns, be blocked by a small group of troops of the Eighth Route Army. As long as they break through the blocking forces of the Eighth Route Army, the main force of the Eighth Route Army that ambushed our luring troops will be surrounded by our follow-up troops, and they will be wiped out by us! ”

"What if the Eighth Route Army doesn't have the guts to ambush our luring troops?" Immediately, a staff officer raised his doubts.

"Then our troops will be able to get to the stronghold smoothly, and for us, the goal has been achieved. It is just a pity that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was not able to be led out and destroyed! The chief of staff replied immediately.

Another staff officer asked, "In that case, why do you have to make the Imperial Army wear the clothes of the Imperial Army?" As soon as the three squadrons of imperial troops left the city, the Eighth Route Army would not have the courage to ambush our luring enemy troops! ”

"As long as there is an opportunity to lure out the main force of the Eighth Route Army, we cannot let it go. Compared to going into the mountains to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army, luring them out and destroying them, the price we need to pay will definitely be much smaller, you understand! The chief of staff asked rhetorically, staring at the other man.

"Hey, Chief of Staff Xie for his teachings, I understand my humble position!" The combat staff officer blushed and hurriedly answered.

The chief of staff nodded and continued: "Also, someone must have asked if it is possible to prevent the Eighth Route Army from discovering our follow-up troops, so that the Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to withstand the temptation and ambush us to lure the enemy troops, so as to fall into the trap we have prepared for them!" ”

"However, everyone must understand that our opponent is not only not stupid, but also very cunning."

"They have controlled the villages and towns outside the city for so long, it is impossible for them not to build their own intelligence network. Therefore, no matter how we hide the follow-up troops, it is impossible to escape the eyes of the Eighth Route Army. Since this is the case, then we can only think of a way to the identity of the follow-up troops, and then His Excellency the General thought of this trick! ”

After the three main regiments of the Independent Regiment were stationed in Xiaguan Village, the already small village was directly overcrowded.

Wang Ping's headquarters, the headquarters of the Independent Regiment, was located in less than a third of the strongholds built by the Japanese army.

After receiving the first news sent back by Chen Hu, Wang Ping decided to eat the more than 600 puppet troops without saying a word.

Originally, Wang Ping only wanted to take two regiments over, but Ao couldn't help the stubbornness of Chief of Staff Zeng Quan, in order to prevent accidents, he directly took the three main regiments with the only way to pass the puppet army in the past!

On a normal march, it took five hours for the Japanese puppet army to get there. However, with the harassment of the reconnaissance platoon and the early destruction of official roads, the five hours had to be delayed to at least 10 hours.

In the past, it took six hours for his troops to march rapidly, and in addition to the more than one hour that the communications troops had already used up on the road, the final preparation time for himself was less than two hours.

Therefore, in order to grasp the fighter plane, Wang Ping did not dare to delay at all, and ordered the troops to set off as soon as he received the news.

As for combat missions, it is quite possible to give them to several battalion and company commanders on the march!

The troops had just been on the road for an hour when the signal corps, which had been sent back by Wei Qiang, chased after them.

"Commander, emergency!"

"The devil is too cunning, the puppet army has just left the city for more than 600 days, and the puppet army has just come out of Laiyuan City for more than 600 days. Not only two infantry guns were armed, but also at least twice as many crooked handles and grenadiers. ”

"Conspiracy!" Wang Ping and Zeng Quan felt it at once, and then their faces became solemn.