The order for the security regiment and the third regiment to gather in Guanxian has been issued. However, Guanxian is more than a hundred miles away from Shanxian and more than two hundred miles away from Pu County. When the security regiment and the third regiment arrive, what will happen?
It would have to be after dawn tomorrow, so Xu Rui decided to go to Huangnipu Town in person tonight to reconnoiter the enemy's situation.
It was just reconnaissance and no special operations were required, so Xu Rui only took Zhuanshan Bao alone.
Before this, Langya divided his forces into three groups, with Zhuan Shanbao, Leng Tiefeng, and Xu Rui each leading one of them, and went to Huainan, Feicheng, and Nanjing respectively to carry out sabotage operations. Among them, Xu Rui achieved the greatest results.
The one with the smallest results was Leng Tiefeng, who almost returned without success.
Zhuanshan Leopard's achievements were slightly greater than Leng Tiefeng's. There were four arsenals of the Huainan Japs. Zhuanshan Leopard's Wolf Fang Squadron blew up one of them, but when they tried to blow up the other three,
The Japanese suddenly strengthened the security of the arsenal, but in the end they failed.
Then Zuanshanbao received Xu Rui's order and rushed to Guan County to assemble.
Under the cover of night, the two of them easily reached the outskirts of the Huangnipu stronghold. However, when they were still ten miles away from Huangnipu, Xu Rui discovered a guard post of the Japs.
At this time, Huangnipu had turned into a large barracks. Huangnipu was originally a Japanese stronghold. After the Iida detachment settled in, they built two lines of defense on the periphery, and a guard post was placed ten miles away. The guard was extremely tight.
Yan, the Iida detachment obviously didn't dare to be careless at all.
"Captain, it seems that the little Japs have scared us." Zhuanshan Bao chuckled, with a proud look on his face, and added, "In order to guard against our sneak attacks, the guard posts were placed so far away, but this is not
Will you deliver food to us?"
Warning posts are also latent posts. They are different from ordinary open posts and patrol posts. Generally, there is no change of guard. They will only quietly withdraw until dawn the next day. When the sentry is posted again the next night, they will definitely not be at the same time.
There is a place, so Xu Rui and Zhuanshan Leopard can hunt down the little devil's guard post without any worries, without having to worry about being exposed.
At that moment, Xu Rui winked at Zhuanshan Leopard, and then the two of them separated one after another and quietly walked towards the front guard post.
There were two Japanese soldiers on the guard post, and they were actually very hidden. They were hiding among a bunch of bushes, and they were wearing camouflage. In addition, it was at night, so ordinary people wouldn't be able to spot them. However,
Unfortunately, Xu Rui is not an ordinary person, but an ordinary person.
For Xu Rui, the darkness at night is not an obstacle, but an excellent cover.
Under the cover of night, Xu Rui and Zhuan Shanbao quietly approached the bushes. When they were two meters away, Xu Rui and Zhuan Shanbao jumped up at the same time, holding sharp blades and pounced on one of the Japanese soldiers respectively, hiding in the bushes.
The Japanese sentry was caught off guard and was assassinated on the spot by two men in an instant.
Poor two devils, they didn't even have time to scream.
Easily disposing of the Japanese guard post, the two continued to infiltrate under the cover of night.
After walking about three or four miles further, we had to stop temporarily, because here, the little devils were no longer guard posts, but open posts plus patrols, which were tightly fortified. However, the outer defense line was too expanded.
, the Iida detachment did not have enough troops, so they only guarded various key intersections. Therefore, Xu Rui and Zuan Shanbao easily found a gap between the two intersections and quietly infiltrated.
The previous peripheral defense line is basically just for early warning and of little value, but from this point on, it is time to record the little devil's defense deployment.
Now the two of them went deeper and began to record the Japanese fortifications and firepower points along the way.
Along the way, Xu Rui was responsible for reconnaissance, and Leopard was responsible for marking Xu Rui's reconnaissance results one by one on the map that had been divided into areas.
"In Area 1, there is a Japanese bunker."
"In area two, there is a Japanese heavy machine gun position."
"There is a small high ground in Area 3 with an artillery emplacement on it."
"There is a small wooden bridge in Area 7. The enemy nearby can only cross the river through the wooden bridge."
"There is a barracks in area 11, stationed... an infantry squadron!"
"There is a turret in area 18. Please note that there may be combat defense artillery."
The two of them infiltrated and reconnoitred all the way, while Zhanshan Bao marked it on the map.
After walking about two thousand meters further, we had reached the core area of the Huangnipu stronghold.
The two had to stop again, because the security in the core area was much tighter than that in the periphery. The Japanese not only dug a trench three meters wide and more than two meters deep outside the military camp, but also stretched the inner edge of the trench.
A barbed wire fence was erected as high as one person.
There are also a lot of empty tin cans hung on the wire mesh. Don't underestimate these empty tin cans. Although this early warning device is simple and very low-cost, it has a good early warning function. Even special forces want to be silent.
It is also very laborious to remove these empty tin cans without any interest.
Xu Rui and Zhuan Shan Bao retreated into the shadows, no longer daring to move forward easily.
Zhuanshan Leopard looked forward and whispered: "Captain, the little devils are very guarded. It is not easy to get over this barbed wire fence. It may take some effort."
Xu Rui shook his head coldly and whispered: "No, let's stop here."
"That's it?" Zhuan Shanbao whispered, "Captain, what lies ahead is the core area of the Huangnipu stronghold, and it is also the biggest obstacle to this offensive, because the Japanese have built a large number of permanent defenses inside. If we don't first
Understand the enemy's troop deployment and firepower configuration, and you will suffer heavy losses when we fight tomorrow."
Xu Rui said: "I said no, then no, what nonsense are you talking about."
Zhuan Shan Bao said nothing more, because he had almost blind confidence in Xu Rui.
However, Xu Rui's self-confidence is not blind, because he has already made a calculation in his heart.
Further ahead is the core area of Huangnipu stronghold. The Japanese defense deployment must be tighter and stronger, but Xu Rui has no intention of storming this last core area.
Because the core area of Huangnipu stronghold is only about a hundred meters in radius.
Xu Rui glanced at the Huangnipu stronghold in front and said, "Go back!"
At that moment, the two quietly retreated along the original route. From the beginning to the end, the Japanese did not notice that two Wolf Fangs had invaded their camp and conducted a close-range reconnaissance in front of the enemy.
However, Xu Rui didn't know that less than ten minutes after they left Huangnipu, the gate of the Huangnipu stronghold suddenly opened, and then six three-wheeled motorcycles and two trucks surrounded an armored vehicle.
They drove out slowly, and behind the two trucks there was at least one squadron of Japanese infantry running to follow.
Is this little devil going out to fight in the middle of the night?
No, this is Shojiro Iida, the leader of the Iida detachment, personally going out and patrolling here.
As the saying goes, people are like the shadow of famous trees. Now Xu Rui definitely has a bad reputation. Facing a cunning and cruel opponent like Xu Rui, no Japanese commander dares to be careless!
Shojiro Iida has always been cautious, and he walks on thin ice, not daring to make the slightest mistake.
It seems to be God's will. It was precisely because Iida Shojiro was too cautious that he decided to garrison the Huangnipu stronghold on the spot instead of retreating to the starting point like the Kumamoto Division. Because Iida Shojiro discovered that the defense of the Huangnipu stronghold was
The facilities are actually more complete and stronger than the military camp in Bengbu.
Moreover, Iida Shojiro was also worried that if something was not done while the troops were retreating, and Langya would seize the opportunity to catch him unawares, and then lose part of the ammunition and supplies, it would be more than worth the gain. It was precisely because of this consideration that,
It was Shojiro Iida who finally decided to station the Huangnipu stronghold on the spot.
Anyway, we have to go south to the Dabie Mountains in a few days, so we can save dozens of miles of walking.
Little did Shojiro Iida know that his decision brought disaster to the Iida detachment.
However, Iida Shojiro is still very cautious. After garrisoning Huangnipu, Iida Shojiro not only strengthened the defense of Huangnipu stronghold, but also placed a warning post ten miles away to prevent the Dameishan Independent Regiment from coming to attack.
Even so, the old devil was still a little worried, so he came out to patrol again in the middle of the night.
Surrounded by an infantry squadron and a motorcycle infantry squad, Iida Shojiro left the main bunker of the Huangnipu stronghold and went to patrol the outskirts.
Compared to Shojiro Iida who was walking on thin ice, Chief of Staff Kotaro Okamura was somewhat disapproving.
Kotaro Okamura is young and vigorous, a typical young man, and has just been transferred from the Kwantung Army. He is not very impressed with Xu Rui and the Dameishan Independent Regiment. This is also a human nature. He has no idea what he has not seen with his own eyes.
People and things that I have personally experienced will always be instinctively suspicious, disdainful, and even contemptuous.
Kotaro Okamura paused and said: "Captain of the detachment, aren't you just a patrol sentry? You can just go to a humble position. You should stay at the headquarters and rest."
But Iida Shojiro waved his hand and said worriedly: "Okamura-san, you don't know something. Even if I stay at the headquarters, I won't be able to sleep. I might as well go out on patrol with you."
Kotaro Okamura frowned and said: "Detachment leader, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, but you seem to have overestimated our opponents. No matter how powerful the China Army is, how powerful can it be?"
"Okamura-san, you are wrong." Iida Shojiro waved his hand and said, "Other Chinese armies may not be worth mentioning, but Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment is definitely a tiger and wolf army.
It is definitely the life-and-death enemy of the Imperial Japanese Army. We must not be careless and must be cautious and cautious."
Okamura Kotaro was quite dissatisfied, but because of Iida Shojiro's face, he didn't say anything else. But in his heart, he thought, after the sweep begins, I want to see how difficult this Dameishan independent group is.
