Yixing, the devils who had been nervous all night were red-eyed, but they did not wait for the attack of the Chinese army at all, it was dawn, they had to open the city gates, in the daytime, these devils were not afraid, and even they arranged sixty percent of the people to rest.

According to the information of various parties, the brigade headquarters stationed in Suzhou confirmed that the Chinese government had sent an elite division into the Suzhou-Anhui region, and for the upcoming Battle of Xuzhou, the Japanese army headquarters did not want to be harassed in the rear, and it would be best if a part of the guerrillas sent by the Chinese government could be annihilated before the launch.

"Business as usual"

Afraid of scaring away these guerrillas who had finally shown their faces, Suzhou issued the latest order to the garrison squadron in Yixing.

Even though it was possible to be empty, the garrison brigade in Suzhou still made a sufficient response, taking advantage of the day, the Japanese troops who transported two squadrons from Taihu Lake were stationed in the Dingshu area south of Yixing, and their task was to seize the area of Hengshan and Luohanling after the battle began, and cut off the Chinese army from rushing back into the mountains and hills, while the garrison squadron of Changxing would quickly move north and seize the area of Dingshu and Shilongding.

A dissatisfied battalion of devils supported from Changzhou was stationed in the area of Guanlin and Fengyi, and as soon as the Chinese army entered the vicinity of Yixing, they would immediately cut off the road from Yixing to Liyang; A devil brigade from Wuxi quietly entered the area of Fangqiao and Wanshi, which was only more than ten kilometers away from Yixing, and this was the main attack group, and they could attack within half an hour after the battle began.

As for the east side of Yixing, it was Taihu Lake, and the Japanese wished that the Chinese troops had jumped into the lake to die, because the lake was full of armed Japanese patrol boats.

At this point, around the Yixing area, the devils opened a big net, looking forward to the appearance of the Chinese army, in order to eliminate this Chinese army, the devils gathered the strength of nearly a wing, they did not come for the sixty-second regiment, in their intelligence, they hoped to come to a guerrilla detachment, so many troops, in the plan of the Japanese army, enough to deal with a division of the Chinese army.

"General, Xizhu Eyeliner has reported that about half an hour ago, more than 2,000 Chinese troops passed through here, and their equipment characteristics are similar to those of the scouts who appeared the day before yesterday; Chinese troops appeared. ”

In Suzhou, the officers of the special high school took the information sent by eyeliner and reported to the brigade commander.

As for how the information came from, I'm afraid even their brigade commanders don't know.

"Yo Xi ordered all the troops to be ready for battle, and the reinforcements of Changxing can set off, tell them that after arriving in Dingshu, wait patiently for the order to attack."

"The Chinese appeared here half an hour ago, which means that they will attack Yixing between about four and six o'clock in the morning, which is the usual attack time of the Chinese, which is very good."

"Order Ding Shu's broken squadron to set off at two o'clock in the morning, go around behind the Chinese, occupy the Luohan Ridge area, and be sure to block the retreat of the Chinese army."

A series of orders came from the mouth of Major General Devil, but from beginning to end, he did not give orders to the garrison squadron in Yixing, as if he had forgotten.

"Your Excellency General, what kind of response should the garrison squadron in Yixing do?"

The staff officer who recorded the order reminded the brigade commander.

"There is no need to do anything, and there is no need to remind them, China is cunning and cunning, and if they find an anomaly during the attack, we may have laid out so much in vain."

The major general waved his hand and specially admonished the staff officer; In fact, he arranged so many things that the garrison officers in Yixing did not know.

The sixty-second regiment is very smooth so far, they are marching towards the Luohan Ridge, and Feng Yi has passed through the Luohan Ridge at this time, heading towards his destination Shilongding, Shilongding is already the best blocking point nearby, near Dingshu, because of Taihu Lake, the water network is vertical and horizontal, and there are reeds everywhere, and the devil wants to come out of Dingshu, he must pass through the avenue under Shilongding Mountain, and Shilongding is the only commanding height nearby.

"Huhuhuhu"

The third company was still in a hurry, Feng Yi's long-term training on them showed the effect at this time, they did not rest, they did not even stop in Luohan Ridge, they turned directly to the southeast, and at this time the shy moonlight finally sprinkled down.

The brothers of the third company began to have white gas on their heads one by one, and the moonlight passed through the mountains and forests, accompanied by rising white gas, which looked very strange.

"Company commander, it's no problem for the brothers to go on like this, but in this cold day, the brothers are sweating, and it is easy to fall ill if there is no fire, do you want the brothers to light the fire and rest before leaving, our speed is too fast, the battalion commander and they are probably resting in Luohan Ridge now."

The big man Min whispered to Feng Yi that the entire third company had the heaviest things carried by their fire support platoon, and although the extra ammunition was carried by the brothers of the other infantry platoons, their machine guns and mortars could not be carried by the brothers

"According to the map, there should be two hills in front, and we will light a fire in the middle of the two mountains to rest, so as to prevent detection, and even if it is discovered, the fire will not be too obvious."

Feng pointed ahead, and according to the map, the location there was less than five kilometers away from their destination; When they had rested sufficiently, the brothers had sufficient physical strength to build fortifications when they arrived at their destination.

In the early spring, everything recovered, but for the wilderness and forest, which had been silent for a winter, there was too much dry firewood, and the brothers did not make much effort to light a bonfire, drink water one by one, nibble on cold multigrain cakes, and lean on the fire.

"Squad leader, we've walked so far tonight, will we see the devil, what does the devil look like, is it all green and fanged?"

Although the first time they went to the battlefield, although they saw blood last time, they still didn't see real Japanese soldiers, this is an enemy-occupied area, they were still a little nervous, and asked the veteran squad leader next to them.

"Hehe, the devils with green faces and fangs look the same as us, generally shorter than us, but they are very strong, because they eat well, and their marksmanship is very accurate, you must remember when you see a devil, according to the training, don't be nervous, hide your head well"

The veteran squad leader took the trouble to tell the supplementary soldiers, reminding them not to be nervous, not to deform tactical movements, in fact, the replenishment soldiers in the first battle, most of them were killed by the enemy's artillery fire and machine guns because of nervousness, and there were very few supplementary soldiers in the real shooting, as long as these supplementary soldiers survived the first round, they would quickly transform.

"Well, I have fifty rounds of ammunition and four grenades, I won't be nervous, and when I kill enough devils, I can get a reward, so that my father can buy a cow, and maybe the rest of the money can improve his life"

The supplementary soldier imagined that he would get a reward and send it home, and the parents and younger brother at home were smiling, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his whole face.

"Let's hope everyone survives"

The veteran squad leader looked at these compensatory soldiers with infinite hope, remembered Luodian in the sea of corpses and blood, and silently blessed them in his heart.