Liu Fengsheng took out his pocket watch and saw that it was almost six o'clock in the morning.
Calculating the time, the main force of the Baoshan Regiment should have arrived at Hexian County. Once the battle there starts, the security camp's task of luring the enemy will be completed. Now it is time to escape.
At that moment, Liu Fengsheng called over a dozen "commanders" from the accompanying militia.
"Everyone, thank you for your help this time." Liu Fengsheng bowed to the "commanders" of more than a dozen militia groups and said, "On behalf of our group, I would like to express my gratitude to everyone. In addition, our Baoshan group also has a small gift."
After Liu Fengsheng said this, he waved his hand. Someone had already brought over a dozen light machine guns. When they saw the machine guns, the eyes of the dozen militia commanders immediately widened.
"The Japs' large army will arrive soon. We cannot stay here for long." Liu Fengsheng said with a solemn expression, "Commanders, you'd better grab your machine guns and withdraw separately with your own troops."
The dozen militia commanders quickly stepped forward, picked up the machine guns, and then left with their respective troops.
Soon, only more than 400 people from the security camp and more than 50 car soldiers were left in the camp. Liu Fengsheng raised his head and looked at the eastern sky, and then coldly ordered: "Burn the cars, it's time for us to leave.
"Burning the car is also a helpless move, because the car is almost out of gas, and keeping it will only make it easier for the devil, so it is better to burn it clean.
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When Colonel Watanabe arrived with his special operations brigade, except for fifty large trucks that were burning, there was no one alive in the camp, but there were five naked bodies neatly placed on the ground.
body, but it was simply an agent from the Special High School who infiltrated the Baoshan Regiment.
At this moment, Colonel Watanabe realized that his special operations team had once again been tricked by his opponent.
Obviously, the agents of the Special High School Class had been exposed long ago, and the cunning commander of the Baoshan Regiment had obviously used the special agents of the Special High School Class to conduct a successful tactical deception against the Special Warfare Brigade and even the entire Imperial Army in Central China. The Special Warfare Brigade
It was not the main force of the Baoshan Regiment that was being tracked and positioned, so where did the real main force of the Baoshan Regiment go?
Second Lieutenant Takeda, the leader of the vanguard team, came forward and said: "Your Majesty Colonel, the Chinese people have broken into dozens of groups and escaped. Should we pursue them or not?"
"Chasing?" Colonel Watanabe said angrily, "How to pursue? Where to pursue?"
Second Lieutenant Takeda was speechless. The Chinese broke into dozens of groups and fled separately. It was indeed impossible to pursue them any longer.
Colonel Watanabe took a deep breath, tried his best to suppress his anger, and turned back to the communications team: "Immediately telegraph to the headquarters that the special operations brigade has been deceived by the Chinese tactics, and the main Chinese force is missing!"
"Hai." The signal soldier quickly set up the radio station and prepared to send a report.
Colonel Watanabe can fully imagine how furious the commander will be when he receives this telegram, but as an imperial warrior, he absolutely cannot and dare not conceal such important information. At this time,
Colonel Watanabe was completely unaware that his negligence had caused a catastrophe to the Japanese army!
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Shanghai Japanese Concession, Central China Front Army Headquarters.
Matsui Iwane stayed up all night and was anxiously waiting for news from Jiangbei.
As the supreme commander of hundreds of thousands of troops in a large strategic front of the Japanese army, Matsui Iwane would not have been able to pay attention to such a small-scale battle. However, this time the opponent was in a special situation because the Baoshan regiment had repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the imperial army and had already dealt a huge blow to the Japanese army.
The national prestige of the Japanese Empire and the military prestige of the Imperial Japanese Army have caused great damage. Moreover, whether the Hoshan Regiment can be successfully surrounded and annihilated this time is more related to whether Matsui Iwane's military career can be continued. Can Matsui Iwane not pay attention?
Time passed quietly in silence, and soon it was half past six in the morning.
When Matsui Iwane was impatiently waiting, Major General Tsukada, Chief of Staff of the Front Army, walked in with a solemn expression, suddenly put his feet back and stood at attention, and said to Matsui Iwane: "Your Excellency, General, Shigeichi Watanabe sent an urgent message, the special operations brigade
Being deceived by tactics, the China Baoshan Regiment has disappeared!"
"What did you say?" Matsui Iwane's expression changed slightly, "tactical deception? The main force of China is missing?"
"Hai." Tsukada Gong lowered his head suddenly and said in a stiff tone, "Your Excellency, General, we were indeed fooled this time. The people from the special high school class were already exposed as soon as they entered the Baoshan Regiment. Yue Weihan is really a cunning opponent.
Although he had clearly seen through the disguise of the special agent of the Special High School, he did not join in to expose it, but instead designed a successful tactical deception."
After saying this, Tsukada continued: "And I'm worried that the Baoshan regiment's tactical deception will not just be to escape. They may have other plans."
"Hiss..." Matsui Iwane frowned and said, "You mean Hexian?"
"Yes." Tsukada said in a solemn tone, "The independent 4th Baggage Brigade and the supplementary regiment originally belonging to the Kunisaki Detachment are stationed in He County, and He County is only a hundred miles away from Jiangpu. Yue Weihan's true intention is very clear
They may have used this tactical deception to lure the two main divisions of the imperial army towards Chuxian County, and then secretly led the main force of the Baoshan Regiment to attack Hexian County!"
Matsui Iwane said disapprovingly: "Although the supplementary regiment recruited local soldiers, there are still more than 3,000 people. They are well-equipped, have sufficient ammunition, and are defending the city. Even the 3,000 remnants of the Baoshan Regiment are hundreds.
After all, the elite warriors lack ammunition and don't have many heavy weapons, so they may not be able to take it down, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a communications staff officer suddenly came in hurriedly, put his feet back and stood at attention and said: "Your Excellency, General, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the independent 4th independent baggage regiment and the supplementary regiment stationed in He County have lost contact!"
"What?" Matsui Iwane's expression suddenly changed when he heard this.
"Not good!" Tsukada's expression changed even more, "General, it seems that what I was most worried about has happened. Something has probably happened to the independent 4th independent baggage brigade and the supplementary regiment stationed in Hexian County!
"
Matsui Iwane took a breath and ordered: "Send out a reconnaissance plane immediately and fly to the sky above He County for reconnaissance!"
"Hai." Tsukada suddenly lowered his head and immediately took the order and hurried away.
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On the road from Jiangpu to He County, the Baoshan Regiment was cleaning the battlefield.
Liu Yi and several battalion commanders came to Yue Weihan excitedly. They were still far away and shouted: "Tuanzi, we have really made a fortune this time. It is even bigger than what we gained last time in Yangzhou City.
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Yue Weihan smiled and said nothing. The Kunozaki Detachment was the elite among the elites of the Japanese army. Its logistical support was not comparable to that of a third-rate field unit like the 104th Regiment, let alone a low-rate garrison brigade like the Chongteng Detachment. Nothing else could.
He said that just looking at the number of trucks, this baggage convoy was nearly twice as large as the baggage convoy destroyed in Yangzhou.
There are more than a hundred trucks, and Yue Weihan is even worried that there will not be enough drivers!
However, Yue Weihan's worries were completely unnecessary. The more than 2,600 veterans who broke out from Nanjing were all leftover from the Central Army of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's direct line. There are officers and soldiers of all ages who can drive trucks, and they can be found at any time.
Three to four hundred people.
"Damn it, regimental seat, we have artillery again, a total of twelve 92 infantry artillery pieces!" Of course, the most excited among the several battalion commanders was Niu Dagen. When he saw the infantry artillery loaded on the baggage truck, , when there were still a lot of boxes of artillery shells, he was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth. Now his artillery battalion had a fortune again!
Cao Xinglong was calmer and said: "Commander, the moral character of the Japs is that they must retaliate if they suffer a loss. If nothing else happens, they will definitely mobilize a large force to encircle and suppress us. Next, should we quickly move to the Huaihe defense line in Bengbu?" After all, with this batch of ammunition and baggage, we will have the confidence to fight a tough battle with the Japs."
"Move to the Huaihe defense line in Bengbu?" Yue Weihan shook his head repeatedly, "No, absolutely not!"
After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "This time we are not facing a detachment, but two entire divisions with nearly 50,000 troops! Moreover, there are no more thousands of tons of cement for us to build on the Bengbu Huaihe Defense Line. The fortifications are permanent. If we really have to retreat to the Huaihe defense line in Bengbu and fight positional warfare with the two main divisions of the Japs, we will be courting death."
Regiment deputy Liu Yidao: "But the order from the summit..."
"Shangfeng's order is for us to hold back the two main divisions of the Little Devils and prevent them from crossing the Huaihe Railway Bridge for at least half a month!" Yue Weihan said disapprovingly, "Shangfeng did not say that we should defend the two Huaihe defense lines in Bengbu. Months, and with our small force, it is impossible to hold the Huaihe defense line even for three days."
Although Yue Weihan is arrogant, he still has some self-awareness.
No matter how elite and capable the Baoshan Regiment is, it is impossible for them to fight against the two main divisions of the Japanese army. Unless his brain is tortured, Yue Weihan will never make such a stupid decision.
"But what if the two main divisions of the Little Devils ignore us and go directly north to Bengbu?" Liu Yi thought for a while and said with worry, "The corpse pattern on the regimental seat may anger the top brass of the Little Devils, but who can Not sure? What if the top management of the little devil is unmoved?"
"What if?" Yue Weihan said coldly, "There is no such thing as a chance!"
After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "The little devils have even dispatched special forces and elite agents from special high-level courses, which shows that they have regarded our Baoshan regiment as a thorn in their side! Now it seems that even if we don't display that body, According to the pattern, the Japs will also mobilize the two main divisions to encircle and suppress us. Now, the only thing we have to do is to win over the cows!"
"Morning glory!?" Several battalion commanders looked at each other, not knowing what Yue Weihan meant by this.
"The so-called leading the bull is a tactic." Yue Weihan said, "The two main divisions of the Japs are just two stupid cows. What we have to do now is to lead these two stupid cows into the mountains of western Anhui and drag them down first. Wear them down, wear them down, wear them down, and then slowly deal with them when the opportunity comes."
Immediately, the eyes of several battalion commanders lit up.
"Now I give an order!" Yue Weihan waved his hand and said, "Drive the truck to the woods on the roadside and hide it. When night comes, all the officers and soldiers of the regiment will get on the truck again and drive towards the mountainous area of western Anhui!"