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Lin Yuan thought of this and called a guard, and said, "Notify the chief officers of the Eighth Division brigade and above, come to me for a meeting at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and I will deploy a battle plan." At this point, the chief officers of the Eighth Division came to Lin Yuan one after another. Lin Yuan first said: "Our next battle plan is: to capture the Suzhou and Songjiang areas. The strategic location of this area is very important. If it is mentioned, I will not emphasize it.”

"I will first analyze the situation of the enemy army. The Qing army is mainly distributed in the area, and the green battalion and brave battalion are the main ones. According to our intelligence, the enemy army has recently recruited a large number of civilians into the army and put together a large-scale army. The 15 troops are mainly deployed on the front lines of Songjiang and Suzhou, and they are loosely distributed. Among them, the Suzhou defenders are the elite. Many of them participated in the Sino-Japanese War and have combat experience. Moreover, the Qing court adopted a strategy of heavily rewarding them. His will to fight is stronger."

"However, so many Qing troops do not have a unified command structure. This is a godsend opportunity for us, so I plan to launch a battle of Songjiang in Suzhou. I will use a false attack on Songjiang and an actual attack on Suzhou. Our troops will attack Songjiang first. This place is the closest to us, but we don't want to capture Songjiang, but we want to lead Suzhou troops to rescue it."

"Suzhou is more than 100 kilometers away from Songjiang. When the Suzhou army arrived, it must have been exhausted. So we sent our troops northward to attack the Suzhou reinforcements. The Suzhou reinforcements were bound to be defeated. Once the Suzhou army was defeated, our troops immediately returned to Songjiang and captured Songjiang. Annihilate the defenders of Songjiang, because the situation of the defenders in Jiaxing is unknown, so we will not attack south for the time being after we take down Songjiang."

"The specific combat plan is as follows. Today is October 22th. Before midnight on October 23th, the 24nd Brigade will arrive at Sishui Town on the north side of Songjiang Prefecture, the [-]rd Brigade will arrive at Hua County on the south side of Songjiang Prefecture, and the [-]th Brigade will Stay in Shanghai and prepare to annihilate the Suzhou defenders."

"After the 22nd Brigade and 23rd Brigade arrived at the designated area, they immediately rested and launched an attack on the Songjiang defenders at [-]:[-] a.m. on October [-]th. The specific methods of attack will be arranged by each unit. Do you have any questions?"

At this time, Liu Jinkui, the commander of the Eighth Division, asked: "Shuai Lin, shall we take a rest after arriving at the designated area? Shall we change our strategy, rest on the road, and launch an attack immediately after the troops enter the designated area?"

Lin Yuan said: "No need, you are pretending to attack Songjiang Mansion, the main point is to attract the Suzhou defenders to rescue, so we give them eight hours to ask for help."

Everyone nodded, Lin Yuan saw that no one spoke, so he said: "If there is no problem, let's adjourn the meeting, everyone hurry up and act."

After Lin Yuan deployed the plan, he called the guards over and asked, "Is there any movement from the defenders in Songjiang and Suzhou? Is there any relevant information?"

The guard said, "Not yet."

Lin Yuan said: "Inform me as soon as you have information about this."

The guards agreed to come down and go out, Lin Yuan's heartstrings were always tense until the next day, at [-]:[-] am on May [-]th, when the attack began. The deduction officer inserted small red flags symbolizing his own side in various villages and towns on the sand table, thinking in his heart: "Is the time I left for the Qing court a little too little? They don't have a radio station. Eight hours is enough time." Is it not enough for them to report?"

Lin Yuan was thinking about it when suddenly the battle report came from the Eighth Division: Only one hour after the attack was launched, our troops had captured Lijia Town, Gaopoqiao and other five outlying villages and towns, and advanced ten kilometers from the starting point of the attack. Fifteen kilometers to go.

Lin Yuan frowned when he saw this battle report, and thought: "According to this method of attack, we will take down Songjiang Mansion before the Suzhou defenders are dispatched. If the Suzhou defenders cannot hold on, we will go to fight Suzhou." Well, this is not good."

So Lin Yuan walked to the radio station and said, "Get me the commander of the Eighth Division, Liu Jinkui."

The radio was connected quickly, and Lin Yuan asked directly, "Why are you playing so fast?"

Liu Jinkui said: "Shuai Lin, there is nothing we can do. The defense of the Qing army is simply not resistance. They didn't dig trenches to defend tanks at all, and they didn't have armor-piercing shells that could threaten tanks. Our tanks are often Break through a little, and the defense line of the Qing army will collapse."

Lin Yuan said: "I want to lure the Suzhou defenders out, you must slow down your attack speed, understand?"

Liu Jinkui said: "The attack speed cannot be slowed down. There is only one way to slow down. Order the troops to temporarily stop attacking."

Lin Yuan thought for a while and said, "Then stop the attack and wait for the Suzhou troops to dispatch."

Liu Jinkui replied: "Yes!" Lin Yuan put down the microphone, called the press officer and said, "You immediately send such a message that our troops are attacking Songjiang Mansion. I am afraid that the Songjiang garrison did not notify the Suzhou garrison at all. , and then find someone to write a comment, saying that we are doing this to seize a large piece of fertile land within the jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture and supplement the army rations."

The news officer agreed to go out, Lin Yuan looked at the map and thought helplessly: "Suzhou garrison, you can't do nothing!" Lin Yuan's guess was right, the Suzhou garrison really didn't know that Lin Yuan's troops were There are two reasons for the attack on Songjiang: first, the Songjiang defenders were in a panic when facing the attack of Lin Yuan's troops, and did not send anyone to Suzhou for help; Know nothing.

After Lin Yuan sent the message, the Suzhou defenders understood: Lin Yuan's troops were attacking Songjiang, and the Suzhou defenders immediately sent a letter to the Qing court, but the way he sent the letter was still - fast horse!

Lin Yuan's subordinates sent a message at ten o'clock in the morning on October [-], and Emperor Guangxu received a memorial from the Suzhou defenders at six o'clock in the evening, asking if he would send troops to help.

Emperor Guangxu hurriedly brought Kodama Gentaro to discuss it. Emperor Guangxu first said: "Your Excellency, should we also distribute radio stations to our subordinates? You see, it took several hours for our news to pass, and Lin Yuan What? Command his men in seconds."

Kodama Gentaro asked: "I saw that you have it in your palace, why don't you use it?"

Emperor Guangxu said: "The general doesn't know, our passwords are bought directly from Lin Yuan, and we don't have a new password, so any telegrams sent will be mastered by Lin Yuan."

Kodama Gentaro said: "I will report back to the Emperor and design a new password for you."

Emperor Guangxu said: "This is the best, Your Excellency General, in your opinion, what is the purpose of Lin Ni's bandits attacking Songjiang Mansion?"

Gentaro Kodama smiled and said, "Songjiang Prefecture has always been a grain production base. They attacked Songjiang Prefecture probably to occupy this granary."

Emperor Guangxu said: "Then should we go out to the Suzhou defenders to rescue them?"

Kodama Gentaro shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's absolutely impossible, if the Suzhou defenders are dispatched, it will hit Lin Yuan in his arms."

Emperor Guangxu hurriedly asked, "How do you say that?"

Kodama Gentaro smiled and said: "Lin Yuan's troops are extremely capable of transporting by sea, and they have no shortage of food at all, so their real purpose of attacking Songjiang Mansion is to lure the Suzhou defenders out, and then encircle and wipe them out. If the Suzhou defenders leave Suzhou , let Lin Yuan's trick succeed."