Kaifeng is only a few dozen kilometers away from Lanfeng County. The army is driving with all its might and can reach Lanfeng within half a day at most. On May 30, the Lanfeng Battle, which should have started on May 21, was postponed for a few days due to the accident of the Ninety-Nine Army.

But in these few days, it not only brought a large number of new recruits to the 99th Army, but also allowed the local people to transfer safely. Although the front line did not delay the Japanese army for too long, this has already made Su Dao very satisfied. Since Su Dao debuted, he has participated in dozens of battles of all sizes, and the total number of Japanese troops annihilated was as many as 70,000 to 80,000, and it has only been less than a year.

What does the 70,000 to 80,000 Japanese troops mean in this era? Take the Lanfeng Battle that is about to begin. The main force of the Japanese army is nothing more than a 14th division of Kenji Doihara. The opponent's troops are only more than 40,000 people. The 70,000 to 80,000 Japanese troops are equivalent to Su Dao destroying nearly two Japanese divisions within one year, and there is also a horse-walking division.

In addition, if Su Dao's combat plan can be implemented smoothly, then in just half a year, there will be more than 100,000 Japanese troops trapped in Su Dao. How many Japanese troops in China are only? More than 100,000 have been eliminated in one year. In addition, the casualties caused by other Chinese troops to the Japanese army, it can be conservatively estimated that the number of Japanese troops trapped in China has already exceeded the 100,000 mark in the past year.

Of course, the results of the Lanfeng Battle are different. After all, the battle has not begun yet, and Su Dao was embarrassed to directly budget the next results, and he didn't know what the real results were.

In Liuzhuang Village, northwest of Lanfeng, this small and poor village, when night came, no one noticed that a huge army was surrounding them. The whole village was surrounded and the water was scattered. Most of the people in the village fled, but only a few widowed elderly people did not leave because of the family.

The sky gradually darkened, and several old men sat under the big tree at the entrance of the village, chatting, sighing at the injustice of the world, while regretting the crops in the fields, without realizing that the war had arrived and they would be threatened by safety at all times.

"No, the Japanese are coming, everyone run away." An old man was stunned in the distance when he suddenly saw a large crowd. Nowadays, there are basically no other groups except the army passing by. Moreover, their village is not located next to the main traffic road, but in a relatively remote place. The troops usually don't pass by.

After thinking about it for a moment, the old man felt that the other party was likely to be a Japanese, so he quickly shouted in panic. Then several old men scattered and ran towards a family in the middle of the village. After entering the yard, the door was not locked, and the yard in the village was basically not locked. If they locked the door from the inside, it would attract the attention of the Japanese.

Soon, an old man ran to a bed, and the two worked together to lift it away, quickly moved part of the debris on the ground, and then moved a piece of wooden board on the ground, and a hole of a half meter wide was displayed in front of everyone. The old men jumped in without saying a word, and then the two old men gently moved the moved bed back to their original position, and then gently placed some debris on the wooden board and covered it from inside. Everything in the house returned to its calmness, as if no one had ever appeared.

"Old Liu, how about our method? The Japanese are here. Let's drill into this cave. It's very safe. Even if the Japanese kill, they can't think we'll hide underground. We'll hide food and other things in ten days and half a month. We can't starve us old guys to death." An old man said proudly holding an oil lamp.

"Okay, Old Man Zhang, don't be proud of it here. If it weren't for the way your Huzi told you, even if you think about it, you wouldn't think of this method even if you want to break the sky. But it's true that this Huzi is really extraordinary. Not only did he think of digging a hole in the ground, but he also asked us to connect the hole in the ground with the well, so we can't kill the Japanese." Another old man said softly with a smile.

This cave was dug by the old men after the villagers started to flee. They originally just digged at their own homes, but later they found that the progress was too slow, and the Japanese might have arrived before the hole was dug, so almost a few old guys discussed digging a hole together, and then they would hide there when the Japanese came.

In the end, I chose Old Man Zhang's house for no reason. One reason was that this idea was made by Old Man Zhang's son Hu Zi, and the other was that the house of Old Man Zhang's house was closest to the wellhead, so it was not particularly difficult for everyone to dig it up. Anyway, living underground, no one thought about how comfortable it would be, as long as they could survive.

However, after telling Mr. Zhang this method, Huzi, the son of Old Man Zhang, left some money for his family and disappeared. This has always been a concern for Old Man Zhang. In fact, there are two reasons why Huzi told Old Man Zhang to dig a tunnel that leads to the wellhead. One is that it can facilitate them to drink water so that they will not die of thirst. The other is that the holes are sealed tightly everywhere. Digging a hole to the wellhead can also allow the air outside to enter the hole so that it will not cause a few people to suffocate to death.

Soon, the 99th Army troops entered Liuzhuang Village, and the military headquarters was also pinned to a family in Liuzhuang Village. Of course, this was only after Su Dao confirmed that the masters here fled many times before the military headquarters were placed in. Then the troops entered a standby state, while the Zhouqiao troops first explored the terrain and started to build a floating bridge at dawn tomorrow. Now, with so many new recruits, it is not very convenient to fight.

Furthermore, letting the boat bridge troops set up the pontoon bridge in advance is also worried that the soldiers of the army will not be strong in their skills and that they will not be able to set up the pontoon bridge within the specified time.

"Stop!" A new recruit wanted to enter a yard, but was strictly stopped by the guards hiding behind the door. Of course, since the village had only thirty or forty families in total, there were guards behind each yard. Some were regarded as military headquarters, and the other was regarded as the division headquarters of three divisions. The place in front of him was the headquarters of the Ninety-Nine Army.

After being suddenly shouted like this by the guards, the recruit roared in fear. After seeing clearly that the person who was calling was his own, he patted his chest suddenly and then felt relieved and gasped.
Chapter completed!