Andaliao stood on the south gate tower of Feicheng with a saber in his hand, watching groups of Japanese infantry march past the tower and march toward their strongholds along the Feicheng-Wuzhou Highway. △↗,
Although five infantry squadrons and one regiment of the Imperial Army were dispatched, Andalota still did not feel safe.
The main reason is that Andaluta has just received urgent information. The Wannan Independent Regiment of the National Army stationed in Pucheng broke out in civil strife yesterday. The regiment leader Wang Yi, who had secretly reached a recruitment agreement with the reform government, actually disappeared during the internal strife. Wannan Independent Regiment
The Independent Regiment is now in the hands of Chief of Staff Yang Banan.
What makes Andaliao even more uneasy is that the main reason why Yang Banan was able to win this internal strife was that the Dameishan Independent Regiment dispatched the cavalry battalion. In other words, the Dameishan Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army had a conflict with the National Army Wannan.
The trend of independent regiments converging is definitely not good news for the Japanese army in Central Anhui.
Because after losing the control of Pucheng, or with Pucheng as the eastern barrier of Dameishan, the Dameishan Independent Regiment can free up its hands to attack westward. From Dameishan to the west is the highway from Wuhu to Feicheng, and
This also means that the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army and the Dameishan Independent Regiment have formed a pincer attack on the Feiwu Highway.
"Kuanji-san, I have an ominous premonition." Andaluta leaned on his saber and said faintly, "Xu Rui's voice on the Datong News Agency may not only be a threat, but also their declaration. I'm sure.
In the next period of time, the Dameishan Independent Regiment will definitely launch a crazy attack on the Feiwu Highway."
"That's for sure." Chief of Staff of the Feicheng garrison brigade Chuan Jizhe also nodded and said solemnly, "Xu Rui's character is like a street gangster, and he has always been determined to retaliate. Previously, Damei Mountain District was raided by the imperial army.
Then when Xu Rui looks back, he will definitely take corresponding retaliatory measures."
After a pause, Kawasaki Tetsuya continued: "The attack on the Feiwu Highway is undoubtedly the most effective means of retaliation. It can not only kill a large number of the imperial army's effective forces, but also threaten the life lines of transportation of the northbound cluster. With Xu Rui's ability
With his vision and ability to capture aircraft, he will not fail to see this."
Andalota said: "In this case, will the defense force of the strongholds along the Feiwu Highway be too weak?"
Kawasaki Tetsuya also said: "The defense strength of the strongholds along the Feiwu Highway is indeed weak. If the four detachments of the New Fourth Army and the Dameishan Independent Regiment jointly attack a point, it will be impossible for any stronghold to withstand it. But at this stage, we
I'm afraid that's all that can be done. Unless the country mobilizes again to form more field divisions and transfer them to the Chinese battlefield, the imperial army will always face a situation of insufficient strength."
Andalota sighed and said: "For the empire, China is indeed too big. At present, the imperial army has only occupied less than one-third of China's territory, and its military strength is already stretched thin. If it wants to occupy the entire China,
We still don’t know how many troops will be mobilized from the mainland.”
Kawasaki Tetsuya also said: "Therefore, we must rely on the strength of the Chinese people."
"Yes." Adachita nodded and said, "If we don't use the power of the Chinese to control each battle area, the imperial army will be busy with public security all day long, and there will be no need to engage in frontal combat. Fortunately,
There are indeed many scum among the Chinese people who can serve the imperial army."
Chuan Jizhe also held the stack of dishes in his hand and said: "But among the Chinese people there are also figures like Xu Rui, the leader of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and Gao Hanting, the commander of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army. People like Xu Rui and Gao Hanting have not become extinct in one day."
, I’m afraid this war will never end in one day.”
Adachi Liutai and Chuan Jiazhe, who were communicating at the top of the city, did not know that Gao Hanting, the commander of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army, as they said, was downstairs at the city gate, waiting for the Japanese troops to pass by and enter the city.
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Gao Hanting wore a melon cap inlaid with emeralds, an elegant black satin gown, and a pair of small round sunglasses on the bridge of his nose. He looked like a typical country gentleman. His guard Shi Biao was dressed in black.
Wearing short clothes, he looks like a servant accompanying him.
Gao Hanting did not come alone.
Six people including He Shuya, David, Liang Yixiao and Han Feng came with Gao Hanting.
Gao Hanting did not reveal Xu Rui's battle plan to He Shuya. Of course, the fewer people know about such a big battle plan, the better, because the fewer people know, the less likely it is to be leaked in advance. Therefore, even if He Shuya is a member of the independent regiment
, Gao Hanting did not reveal the entire combat plan to him.
But Gao Hanting still accidentally leaked the information about his meeting with Xu Rui.
He Shuya was not surprised to learn that Gao Hanting was going to meet Xu Rui in Feicheng, which was heavily guarded by Japs. However, David, a trainee reporter from the Associated Press, had a mouth so big that he could stuff a goose egg. David really couldn't figure it out.
Why go to a place heavily guarded by Japanese troops to meet?
When Gao Hanting told David through Liang Yixiao that this was just a contest of courage between two men, David felt that his dignity as a man had been greatly challenged, so he also decided to challenge his own limits and followed Gao Hanting.
Feicheng, and completed the first exclusive interview with Xu Rui in Feicheng, which was heavily guarded by Japanese troops!
Gao Hanting and He Shuya naturally opposed it firmly, but Americans are also very stubborn when they are stubborn.
After three chapters of the agreement, Gao Hanting finally agreed to David's request. In this way, David pretended to be an American businessman who came to Anhui to discuss tea business, while Gao Hanting pretended to be a local squire to contact Liang Yixiao, He Shuya, Han Feng, and Shi Zhu.
He and Hua Niu dressed up as porters or peasant women accompanying them.
After the Japanese troops passed by, the traders and foot soldiers who were stopped outside the city gate began to file into the city.
Gao Hanting also took David and He Shuya to the checkpoint in a swaggering manner. Gao Hanting behaved calmly, even a little arrogantly. It was impossible to tell that this was a military town heavily guarded by the enemy. It was unclear whether he was really fearless or had such a personality.
For those who don’t know, Feicheng is where the Fourth Detachment is based.
Soon, all the merchants and footmen in front of the queue had entered the city, and it was Gao Hanting's turn.
David, who had a rhinoplasty and blue eyes, quickly attracted the attention of the sentry. A Japanese soldier yelled, and a dozen Japanese soldiers rushed out of the security post with shining bayonets, as well as those who were lazily approaching the city gate.
The dozen or so puppet troops on both sides immediately cheered up and came forward with Han Yang in hand.
At this time, countries around the world were lining up one after another, and two distinct camps had been formed. One was the Allied Powers with Britain and France as the core, and the other was the Axis Alliance with Germany, Italy and Japan as the core. Although the Soviet Union signed an agreement with Germany
Although they have a non-aggression pact, they are secretly moving closer to the Allies and are intensively preparing for war.
At this time, only the United States still pursued glorious isolationism and showed no obvious tendency.
However, although the United States has not yet emerged from glorious isolationism, due to the protests of its home country, Britain, it has implemented an embargo on strategic materials such as scrap steel, glue, and crude oil against Japan. Therefore, the hostile atmosphere between Japan and the United States is changing.
It's getting stronger and stronger, at least it's not as friendly as before.
This kind of atmosphere in Japan was easily transmitted to the Chinese battlefield, so the Japanese troops on the Chinese battlefield also began to become harsh on the Americans, and sometimes even deliberately made trouble.
The leader of the Japanese army, Commander Cao, pointed at David and babbled a lot in Japanese.
Immediately, a puppet platoon leader came forward and said loudly: "Ohara Taisang asked you, what kind of work do you do?"
Gao Hanting immediately took off his melon skin hat, nodded and said with a smile: "Please tell Taisang Ohara that this is David, the assistant manager of Damei Trading Company. He came to Wanzhong to buy melon slices. Because the banditry in Lu'an area is getting more and more serious, he wanted to come to the emperor."
Let’s try our luck at Feicheng under military rule to see if we can receive enough tea.”
The puppet platoon leader turned around, nodded and bowed to report to the Japanese leader Cao.
The Japanese leader Cao Chang waved his hand, and a dozen puppet soldiers immediately came forward to search Gao Hanting and the others. Although Liang Yixiao and Hua Niu were women, they could not escape. Fortunately, Liang Yixiao had already arrived before coming to Feicheng.
She wore make-up as a sickly village woman to hide her beautiful face, otherwise she might have caused some trouble.
As for Hua Niu, she was stronger than the men, and the puppet soldiers who searched her had no intention of taking advantage of her.
After the body search was over, the Japanese sergeant did not let them enter the city. Instead, he walked straight to David, stretched out the thumb and index finger of his right hand and rubbed it. David was confused, but Gao Hanting reacted immediately.
, he reached out and took out a few pieces of ocean from his pocket and put them into the palm of the Jaap Army Cao's hand.
The Japanese military officer accepted Dayang, but did not stop there. He continued to rub the thumb and index finger of his right hand while repeatedly saying in broken English: "Sword music, sword music, sword music."
Now David finally understood and quickly took out a 20 US dollar bill from his bag.
The Japanese soldier accepted the US dollars, and then turned back with satisfaction and waved to let him go.
In this way, a group of eight people entered Feicheng without any danger, but this is not surprising, because in the first two or even three years of the Anti-Japanese War, the blockade of the occupied areas by the Japanese was not strict. The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were
You can get a lot of military supplies from the Japanese-occupied areas, such as sulfa powder and so on.
It was not until after the Hundred Regiments War, or to be precise, after the old devil Okamura Neiji became the commander of the North China Front, that the blockade of the base areas behind enemy lines became tighter. During the most severe period, even a piece of cloth could not be removed
Leaving the Japanese-occupied area.
But now, the Japanese and puppet troops are still quite lax in their inspections of passing business travelers. One reason is that the Japanese have not yet realized the necessity of adopting high-intensity security measures to suppress serious warfare, and the other is that the Japanese are still launching continuous attacks on the National Army on the front battlefield.
In terms of attack, there is no extra energy to carry out a comprehensive blockade.