The eldest of the Yan family in the Siheyuan

Hearing Nakajima Feng's words, Muto asked curiously: "Nakajima-kun, why do you need to send two squadrons to the left and right sides of Dagu Town, and just unite together?"

"It is such a division commander, the second and third battalions of the New First Regiment are deployed on the left and right sides of Dagu Town, each with the strength of a battalion. This is the latest situation detected by our intelligence personnel. I am like this What I want is to let the strength of the two squadrons contain the second and third battalions of the new regiment, and then use the strength of the two regiments to attack Dagu Town, and strive to take Dagu Town in the first battle. It would be even better if they were in a group." Nakajima Masayoshi explained to Muto Mibo.

Hearing Nakajima Feng's words, Muto Mibo nodded, frowned and said: "We still have insufficient troops to deal heavy damage to the Xinyi regiment."

"Although Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief has reinforced our 69th Division with two regiments, the Eighth Route Army does not only have a new regiment. If we use too many troops this time, Heyuan County and Anhua County may be attacked by independent regiments." and Xinyi regiment's attack. In addition, our enemy is not only the Eighth Route Army, but also the 358th, 361st, 365th, and 371st regiments of the Jinsui Army. If the Jinsui Army wants to join in the fun, then our operation may It’s not worth much.”

Although their 69th Division has more than 3000 troops, plus the two regiments supported by Taiyuan, the total strength has reached more than 5000.

But the enemy on the opposite side should not be underestimated. There are more than 1 people in the four regiments of the Guangjin Sui Army, plus the Eighth Route Army of the three regiments, the total strength should be about twice that of our own. King of bandits.

Although the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not the same, Muto Miyoshi is still a little worried about taking the initiative to attack the enemy's defensive positions.

So he didn't want to expand the war, as long as Dagu Town could be brought down in this operation, he didn't have much hope for Li Yunlong's new regiment.

You must know that the current Japanese army is different from when it first entered China a few years ago. Before that, a division of the Japanese army had at least 5000 troops, but since the center of gravity of the mainland began to tilt towards Nanyang, the number of troops sent to China to fight began to decrease.

In the past, the strength of a division was at least 5000, and the number could reach 8000. But now, a division is directly split into two divisions, with a maximum strength of more than 1.

Therefore, the Japanese army fighting in China, since [-], has shifted from the offensive side to the defensive side. One is consolidating the occupied area and encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army fighting behind enemy lines in the occupied area.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there is no other way. We can only wait for the mainland to solve the Nanyang problem, and then we can shift our focus back." Said Muto Mibo Nakajima, looking at a melancholy face.

Hearing Nakajima Masaru's words, Muto Mibo came back to his senses and continued: "Let's not talk about this for now, when are you going to launch an attack?"

"In three days,"

"Yoxi, it will be three days later." Muto Sanbei nodded after hearing this and said, "By the way, are you going to use those troops?"

"The two regiments sent by Your Excellency Commander, and then two squadrons from our 69th Division." Feng Nakajima thought for a while and said, he was determined to do this. After all, as long as there are battles, there will be casualties. He definitely doesn't want his direct line troops to be killed or injured.

But the two regiments sent by the commander were different. They were just temporary gatherings of disbanded troops, and no one would support them no matter how dead or injured they were.

Hearing what Feng Nakajima said, Muto Mibo knew what he meant, but he couldn't ask too much about it. After all, Feng Nakajima was also for the good of the 69th Division, and as the head of the 69th Division, he was the most profitable One side, so they can only say: "Then let's decide like this."

"Ha Yi, then I'll go down and get ready."

"Go."

Hearing what Muto Sanbo said, Nakajima Feng walked out of the office directly and went down to mobilize the troops.

Soon, the devil's transfer attracted the attention of a new group of intelligence personnel.Send this information back to Xinyi regiment headquarters.

"Old Li, the devils in Ping'an County have made moves. According to the news from the insider, the little devil has recently started distributing ammunition and preparing dry food. I feel that the devil is going to attack Dagu Town." Zhao Gang took the news from the insider to Li Yunlong. Said.

"Damn it, the little devil finally made a move, Hu Zi, go, tell Zhang Dabiao, let him be prepared to be vigilant at all times, in case the little devil sneaks up." Hearing what Zhao Gang said, Li Yunlong excitedly told Hu Zi road.

"Yes, Captain." Hu Zi finished speaking and walked out.

"Old Li, do you think we should evacuate the people in Dagu Town? After all, there is no point in grabbing guns. It would be bad if casualties are caused." Zhao Gang said worriedly.

After all, if such a thing happens like this, the impression of Xinyituan in the hearts of ordinary people will be greatly reduced.It is also not conducive to future development.

Hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Yunlong felt that it made sense, so he said, "Okay, let's do it like this, Lao Zhao, you go to Dagu Town now. Take charge of this matter personally, I'm afraid Zhang Dabiao has no experience in this area. It's better for you to go. You must make good arrangements for the transfer of ordinary people, and don't let any accidents happen to the villagers.

"Okay, I'll go now." Zhao Gang walked out of the regiment headquarters after speaking to Li Yunlong, and rode towards Dagu Town.

"Huzi, go, call the telegraph operator." Li Yunlong shouted to Huzi who came back after seeing Zhao Gang walking away.

"Yes, Captain." Hu Zi responded, and ran to the next room to call the telegraph operator over.

"Leader, you are looking for me." The telegraph operator asked Li Yunlong after he came over.

"Go, send this telegram to the brigade headquarters." Li Yunlong said as he picked up the note and handed it to the telegraph operator.

After all, he was not the Li Yunlong he was before. He didn't tell his superiors about anything, and he made up his own mind.

"Yes, Commander." The telegraph operator took the note and went back to the telegraph room, and began to send a telegram to the brigade headquarters.

After receiving Li Yunlong's telegram, the brigade headquarters forwarded it to the headquarters.

"Report to the chief, the 386 brigade sent an urgent telegram." The correspondent did not dare to delay for a moment after receiving the telegram, and rushed into the combat command room to report directly to the chief.

Hearing what the correspondent said, the chief raised his head and asked, "Tell me, what happened to the 386 brigade?"

"It's Li Yunlong from the Xinyi Regiment." As he spoke, the correspondent handed over the telegram to the chief.

"Oh, it's Li Yunlong again?" the chief muttered after receiving the telegram before reading it.

Hearing the telegram from Li Yunlong, the No. [-] chief came over curiously and asked:

"Isn't Li Yunlong's Xinyi regiment transferred to Southwest Shanxi? Why, they got into trouble just after arriving there?"

The chief explained while reading the telegram: "Something happened. Didn't Li Yunlong take down Dagu Town some time ago? Now the Japanese army is going to retaliate. What Li Yunlong reported is about the battle plan to counterattack the Japanese army." After finishing the telegram, he handed the telegram to the No. [-] chief.

After reading the telegram, the two chiefs got up and came to the map. On the map, they found Li Yunlong's current location, Dagu Town, and then the Independent Regiment and New Second Regiment, as well as Ping'an County, Heyuan County, and Anhua County. The location of the county seat.

"Old buddy, what do you think of Li Yunlong's battle plan? Isn't it a bit radical?" Chief No. [-] asked with a frown.

After all, judging from the map, the little devils are coming fiercely. With Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie alone, the three regiments of them are indeed a bit weak. Xishan's relationship is not very good. Although the two sides are friendly forces now, they may not help this.

But the boss has another idea: "I think we can give it a try. As long as we can kill the devils, it will be profitable for us. Another point is that we will fight this battle no matter what. After all, our troops As soon as we got there, if we retreated as soon as the Japanese army came, how would the masses think of us and our army.”

"Although this is the case, I am worried about whether Li Yunlong can hold on. After all, the devil's main goal is Dagu Town. Li Yunlong will be under the greatest pressure. How can he face the menacing little devil with a regiment of troops." Chief No. [-] said with some confusion, he also knew that this battle could not be retreated, but his strength did not allow it.

"I don't care about this. Since Li Yunlong has already made a battle plan, he is sure to win this battle. I just want the result. As for the process, this is what Li Yunlong should worry about.

"Correspondent, go, call Xinyi Regiment, and say that the headquarters has agreed to his battle plan. The only requirement is that this battle must be won, and if he can't win, let Li Yunlong come to see me with his head up."

"Then why don't you communicate with the Jinsui Army? After all, we are still friendly troops. Even if we can't act together, we should give some help." Chief No. [-] suggested.

After all, this operation is related to the fate of the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army. If there are too many casualties, it will also hurt the Eighth Route Army.

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At the headquarters of the new regiment in Zhaojiayu, Li Yunlong was laying on the table and taking a map when he saw the telegraph operator rushing in.

"Head, a telegram has been sent from the headquarters." After the telegraph operator finished speaking, he handed the telegram to Li Yunlong directly.

"Huzi, go, let Sun Desheng get ready, and follow me to Dagu Town later." Li Yunlong shouted to Huzi who was watching the telegram after reading the telegram.

"By the way, arrange people to notify the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment separately, saying that the devils are now preparing to attack Dagu Town, and let them act according to the plan." Li Yunlong said that he hadn't informed Ding Wei and Kong Jie, two old comrades in arms , so he shouted at Huzi again.

"Leader if you know, I'll let someone tell you." After hearing Li Yunlong's unreasonable words, Huzi hurriedly arranged for someone to ride on horseback to inform the new second regiment and the independent regiment. up.

"Regimental Commander, Company Commander Sun is ready." Huzi ran back to the regiment headquarters and said to Li Yunlong after finishing the matter.

"Okay, let's go, let's go to Dagu Town." Hearing Huzi's words, Li Yun got up and walked out. After gathering with Sun Desheng, he ran all the way towards Dagu Town.

After Zhao Gang arrived in Dagu Town, he asked Zhang Dabiao for a company of troops, and then began to notify the people from door to door.

"Young man, didn't your regiment leader say that you can hold Dagu Town? Why did you let us move it?" A fellow villager said dissatisfied to the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who came to inform him. He thought that the Eighth Route Army would take them to run away together .

"It's such a fellow, we can defend Dagu Town, but the devils will use cannons when they attack, and the shells have no eyes. It will be bad if you are injured. You should take your family and transfer with our political commissar, etc. We repelled the little devil, and we are bringing you back." The little soldier patiently explained after hearing the fellow villagers' doubts.

"But what about my house? Our grandparents have lived here for generations, so we can just throw away such a big family property?" The old man continued to say to the little soldier.

At this time, Zhao Gang happened to pass by here, heard the conversation between the little soldier and the old man, saw that the two were arguing, so he hurried over and asked, "What's going on?"

Hearing the voice, the little soldier turned his head and saw that it was the political commissar, so he gave a military salute and said, "It is such a political commissar. The old man said that he can leave, but he is worried about the house at home. I am explaining to him."

Zhao Gang was relieved when he heard this, he was afraid that the soldiers would clash with the villagers because of this matter, after all, it would affect the impression of the Eighth Route Army in the hearts of the masses, so he said: "Master, don't worry, if the little devil puts your old The house was blown up, and our Eighth Route Army is responsible for repairing it for you, so that you will have a house to live in when you come back from time to time.”

Things like this are not a problem, anyway, after the devils are defeated, they will also repair the damaged house, as long as it is not the kind of nail household, no matter how hard it is to leave, other things are easy to talk about.

However, the general villagers are responsible for the work of the new group. As long as the explanation is clear, they will choose to follow the arrangement and transfer.

Unless it is the kind of person who has other thoughts in his heart, for this kind of person, Li Yunlong told the soldiers of the new regiment, that is to let them go. Since they choose not to believe us, then we don't have to care about their life or death.

"Okay, then I'll follow you to evacuate." Hearing Zhao Gang's words, the old man said helplessly. After all, it was hard to leave his homeland, but he saw that such a big official told him so, and he couldn't pick it out. What's wrong.

Hearing the old man's words, Zhao Gang also heaved a sigh of relief, and then said to the little soldier, "Help the old man like that."

"Yes, political commissar." Hearing Zhao Gang's words, the little soldier went into the house to help the old man's family pack their things.

After Zhao Gang finished dealing with this matter, he continued to patrol Dagu Town to see if any family had any difficulties or had any difficulties, and to see if the soldiers had any quarrels with fellow villagers.