Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2924 The troops are approaching!

At the same time that General Maruyama ordered the 2nd Division to change its route, the underground party, Cobra, which had been lurking in Songyuan, sent a telegram to Ma Pingan.

The telegram said: "At present, there is no information received that the Japanese Second Division will arrive in Songyuan, and once the information is obtained, he will report it immediately."

Ma Ping'an immediately reported the situation to Duanwu, who murmured, "Sure enough, the Second Division will not go to Songyuan."

Ma Pingan looked at Duanwu's solemn expression and asked tentatively, "Captain, what should we do now? Maruyama, that old devil, doesn't play by the rules. How should we fight this battle?"

Duanwu crossed his arms and paced back and forth in the conference room. After a moment, he said, "Old Pan, don't panic. Since Maruyama is not going to Songyuan, he will definitely find another way, and his destination must be Fenghuang Mountain. So let's study again. Which of these roads leading to Fenghuang Mountain from Chuncheng is unavoidable for the Japanese devils!"

Ma Ping'an spread the map on the table and said to Duanwu, "The Japanese are going to come from Chuncheng. The roads are complicated, with at least seven or eight roads. We can't tell where the Japanese are coming from."

Duanwu thought for a while and said, "We had a misunderstanding before, that is, the road from Chuncheng to Fenghuang Mountain by the Japanese was complicated. But I thought about it all night and found that our judgment was wrong.

There are many roads from Chuncheng to Phoenix Mountain, but the number of roads leading into Phoenix Mountain will be greatly reduced.”

Ma Pingan said at this time: "There must be at least three routes, Hukou Outpost, Yingtoujian and Haowang Mountain. The enemy is a Class A division with at least 25,000 people. With so many enemies, it would be difficult for us to send out all our forces, so how can we ambush them separately? Moreover, our explosives may be just over six tons. If we bury mines separately, I am afraid it will not cause much damage to the enemy. So we must be more cautious in this ambush."

Duanwu nodded and said, "Old Pan, you are right. These three places are very suitable for ambushes. But the Japanese suffered such a big loss last time, I am afraid they will be very careful this time, and it will not be so easy for us to ambush them."

Ma Ping'an smacked his lips and said nothing for a long time.

Because indeed, the Japanese suffered such a great loss last time, how could they be fooled again?

What's more, their opponent this time is the Second Division.

The Japanese Second Division is the top division among the top divisions of the Japanese army. Its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

Coupled with the opponent's strong numerical advantage, it was like a mountain pressing down on Phoenix Mountain.

At this time, Ma Ping'an had no countermeasures at all and could only wait for Duanwu to come up with a practical tactic.

However, at this moment, the communicator rushed in and handed Ma Pingan a telegram: "Reporting to Captain Pan, there is a call from Cobra."

Ma Ping'an took a look at it, his eyes lit up, and he quickly said to Duanwu: "Captain, Cobra has sent another intelligence report, saying that the Japanese in Songyuan have moved, and they are heading towards the Hukou outpost."

Duanwu smiled slightly: "Tiger's Mouth Outpost? It seems that this old devil Maruyama wants to take the Tiger's Mouth Outpost route."

Ma Pingan asked in confusion: "Why did Wanshan choose the Tiger's Mouth Outpost?"

Duanwu analyzed: "I think the road to Hukou Post is relatively flat, which is suitable for the mechanized infantry regiment to march. So this old devil may be a little arrogant again. Lao Pan, bring the map of Hukou Post, let's take a look."

Ma Ping'an quickly spread out the map of the area near the Hukou Outpost on the table.

Duanwu came forward and traced the route from Hukou Sentry Post to Chuncheng on the map, muttering, "Old Pan, you see this road is really flat. This old devil, although he didn't go through Songyuan, was still exposed. He brought some heavy weapons, possibly including tanks. So he had to take some roads that were wide enough.

Now, as long as Maruyama is reluctant to part with his heavy weapons, we can lead the Japanese by the nose." But at this time, Ma Ping'an was still a little confused and asked, "Captain, what is Maruyama doing by transferring people from Songyuan to the Hukou outpost? Isn't that outpost already abandoned?"

Duanwu said: "This is exactly why Maruyama is so cautious. The Hukou Sentry Post is in a dangerous place. Maruyama is afraid that we will set an ambush at the Hukou Sentry Post, so he ordered the Japanese soldiers in Songyuan to occupy it first. And if they find our traces, they can report to Maruyama immediately."

Ma Pingan said: "This Maruyama devil is indeed cunning."

Duanwu nodded, but at this time Ma Pingan said: "If such a good ambush position is invalid, how are we going to ambush? And there are so many mines, it will take time for us to bury them. This is still difficult to deal with!"

Duanwu raised his lips slightly, revealing a confident smile: "There is no need to bury all the mines at once. Let's first see what the Japanese will do after arriving at the Hukou outpost, and then decide how to set up an ambush."

At this point, Duanwu paused, then ordered: "Zhao Laonian, go find Ma Hu for me!"

"Hey, Captain."

Zhao Laonian responded and then ran to find Ma Hu.

Ma Hu was distributing reconnaissance tasks with several key members of the reconnaissance squadron. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhao Laonian came running over and said, "Captain Ma, the captain is calling you."

Ma Hu immediately stood up and said, "I'll go right away."

As he said that, he turned around and said to his men, "Wait a moment before you act. The captain must have a mission for me to go with."

"Yes!"

Ma Hu's men responded and stayed where they were. Ma Hu followed Zhao Laonian straight to the meeting room.

At this time, Duanwu and Ma Ping'an were still waiting here. Ma Hu greeted them immediately when he saw them: "Captain, deputy captain!"

Duanwu nodded, and then said to Ma Hu: "Brother Ma, we just received news that the Japanese are very likely to go to the Hukou Sentry Post. Your next focus will be here. Send people to investigate the Hukou Sentry Post and report to me any moves of the Japanese at any time."

"Yes!"

Ma Hu was about to leave after receiving the order, but Duan Wu quickly added: "Don't slack off in other areas either. If you don't have enough manpower, you can go and discuss it with Jiang Li."

Ma Hu paused for a moment, then said quickly: "Yes, Captain!"

Having said that, Ma Hu really left this time, and his steps were very fast.

Before, he was scratching his head because he didn't have a primary target. Now that he has a primary reconnaissance target, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

However, what Duanwu said was true. There were only about sixty people in the reconnaissance squadron, which was not enough manpower for such a large-scale reconnaissance.

So after he sent two teams of scouts to the direction of the Tiger's Mouth Outpost, he was short of manpower. He could only go to Jiang Li to discuss borrowing people!