Zhang Zongping asked hesitantly: "Captain, is it such a coincidence?"
"This is not a coincidence!" Wang Xuexin replied: "It's just in case the Japanese are prepared..."
Then Zhang Zongping understood that this matter could not be done carelessly or by chance, because if the Japanese had made preparations in this regard, the blow to the Eighth Route Army would be unprecedented.
On the other hand, Okamura Neji is also very likely to make such preparations.
1: Okamura Neiji had this time, more than two months, which was enough for the Continental Advance Team to get here even if he had to walk.
Two: This is a huge profit for the Japs... The Japs used a large number of troops and even fighter plane bombings to kill Wang Xuexin, a serious enemy. If they could do it with a small force, wouldn't it be a big profit?
Three: All the attention of Wang Xuexin and his party are focused on the direction of the steel factory, and there will be "human missiles" bombing the airport in the near future. This is an excellent sneak attack opportunity for the Japanese mainland advance team, so this is definitely not
What a coincidence.
Wang Xuexin guessed this correctly.
At this time, there was a mainland advance team of more than several hundred people lurking in the darkness outside Liyuan Airport. They were divided into two teams of more than fifty people each, guarding the two roads outside Liyuan Airport.
The plan of this mainland advance team is very simple. The order they received is to act according to the situation:
If there are vehicles of the Eighth Route Army escaping during this period, then there is no doubt that they will attack these vehicles with all their strength, and then attack Liyuan Airport. It is best to find and destroy the enemy's headquarters.
This is the best policy and what Neiji Okamura thinks is the best situation.
Okamura Neiji thought this way: when he pushed the "human missile" towards Liyuan Airport, with Xiao Dongbei's IQ, he should have known that Liyuan Airport would not be able to avoid being bombed by the "human missile".
So, are Xiaodongbei and its headquarters going to evacuate?
Compared to Liyuan Airport, Okamura Neiji wanted Xiaodongbei more.
Therefore, how could he easily give up this opportunity to assassinate Xiao Dongbei.
Therefore, the mainland advance team must arrange a group of them.
The reason why there are only more than a hundred people is simply because we cannot arrange too many people for such a long journey, otherwise the Chinese people will discover it along the way and report it to the authorities.
Okamura Neiji also considered: If Xiaodongbei does not retreat, that is, continues to stay at Liyuan Airport to command...then the mainland advance team will not move.
It was not until the Eighth Route Army was in chaos when the "manned missiles" bombed Liyuan Airport that the mainland advance team rushed into the airport and took advantage of the chaos to sneak attack on the Eighth Route Army's headquarters.
In fact, the sneak attack on the Eighth Route Army headquarters is not the most important. The most important thing has always been Xiaodongbei.
Okamura Neiji sent a portrait of Xiao Dongbei to every member of the Continental Advance Team, asking them to remember every feature of Xiao Northeast. Once they see such a person or someone like him, they will do it at all costs.
To kill him.
As for the headquarters, it doesn't matter.
But having said that, the headquarters is built around Xiaodongbei, and if you want to find Xiaodongbei, you also need to find the headquarters.
It can be said that Okamura Neiji has considered various possibilities.
Those who retreat, those who do not retreat.
But Okamura Neiji never expected that Wang Xuexin could guess his arrangement. He could guess that there was an ambush from the mainland advance team outside the airport just by feeling without any signs...
Since Wang Xuexin has guessed this, the plot will certainly not go as Okamura Neji thought.
Wang Xuexin decided immediately not to retreat.
Wang Xuexin analyzed: "If there is an ambush by the Japanese advance team from the mainland outside the airport, and we don't know how many people the Japanese are ambushing, then it is not necessarily safer outside the airport than inside the airport!"
Chen and Zhang nodded slightly.
This is not to say that the Eighth Route Army is not strong in combat effectiveness and has insufficient troops. There are two battalions of troops responsible for security around the airport, and they are also security troops transferred from the headquarters. It can be said that they are more than enough to deal with the Japanese advance team from the mainland.
The problem is that it's night now, and the Japanese's mainland advance team is good at disguising themselves as the Eighth Route Army, guerrillas and civilians, so everyone outside the airport is a target of suspicion, and any location may be attacked.
Therefore, it is safer inside the airport than outside the airport.
"Secondly!" Wang Xuexin said: "We must deal with the main force of the Japanese mainland advance team before the Japanese bomb the airport, otherwise..."
Needless to say, the mainland advance team will definitely take advantage of the chaos and launch an attack at this time.
but……
Chen Songyong said: "Captain, the vast area outside the airport is full of snow, which is very suitable for the enemy to ambush. How can we..."
It would be easy to find the enemy in an open area, but if it is covered with white snow, the open area will become a terrain that the enemy can exploit.
Because the enemy is very difficult to find as long as they wear white clothes and lie down in the snow. However, the Eighth Route Army going out to search is completely exposed to the enemy's firepower. This battle will definitely suffer a loss, and there will only be a few hours of search time.
What a great victory.
Without thinking, Wang Xuexin pointed to the two roads connecting the airport and ordered: "Organize two convoys, evacuate from these two roads respectively, draw the enemy out and then annihilate them. Can this be done?"
When Chen Songyong heard this, he secretly felt ashamed. It turned out to be such a simple thing, but it made him think complicated again.
This matter was organized by Chen Songyong.
The two convoys were not a difficult task for the airport. Each convoy had two cars and a few backpacks for reconnaissance. They set off after Chen Songyong gave the order.
Not only were these two convoys prepared, but a company of troops was also prepared in each direction. The troops of this company were loaded with three cars and ready for battle, waiting for the sound of gunfire outside.
Rush for reinforcements.
Sure enough, the Japanese were quickly fooled.
The convoy had driven less than two miles when gunshots and explosions were heard from outside.
Chen Songyong did not hesitate and immediately sent two companies of troops out for reinforcements.
As a result, intensive gunfire soon erupted outside the airport.
It was obvious that the Japs were at a disadvantage in this battle.
Mainly because the Japanese were not mentally prepared to be fooled, and because of Okamura Neiji's previous order, "If there is a convoy leaving the airport, it must be eliminated resolutely." Okamura Neiji thought that if there was a convoy coming out, it was probably a small convoy.
The command structure in the Northeast was withdrawn.
As a result, almost all the mainland advance troops hidden in the snow came out.
As a result, the Japanese who were originally in the dark were now in the open.
At this moment, the superior force of a company of the Eighth Route Army pressed forward with lightning speed, and quickly dispersed the Japanese advance team from the mainland.