Murano Masao looked at the telegram in his hand at the Pingcheng headquarters and couldn't believe it.

"Both the bridge and the arsenal were blown up?" Masao Murano asked.

"The telegram made it clear. It doesn't seem like we deliberately lied about the military situation. The staff wanted us to send troops for reinforcements immediately," said a Japanese military staff officer.

"Before launching an important battle, first cut off our retreat and then blow up our ammunition supplies. This is indeed like Zhao Zhiguo's style."

Before the main force launched an attack, they first deprived the Japanese army of its supply capability. This was obviously a common method used by Zhao Zhiguo since he fought with them.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the order from the General Staff..."

The staff was even more anxious than Masao Murano at this time.

When he learned that Jinyang City had suffered a major blow, he immediately sent a telegram to Masao Murano asking for support from Masao Murano without even thinking about it.

"Of course the orders of the staff must be implemented, but not now."

Masao Murano was still worried.

Although this is a good fighter, in his heart he still wants to wait.

"Are there any troops sent to Bingzhou?"

At this time, Zhao Zhiguo had already dispatched a large number of troops, and the rear was empty.

Moreover, there are many troops in the direction of Bingzhou, so sending troops at this time is more conducive to containing Zhao Zhiguo's troops.

"No troops were dispatched from the direction of Bingzhou!"

"Send a report to Bingzhou. Inform Bingzhou of what happened in Pingcheng and Jinyang. Remember it, and deliberately exaggerate."

Masao Murano knew that he could not give orders to Bingzhou at all.

After all, Bingzhou is at the division level, and he is only at the brigade level.

In order for Bingzhou to send troops to Zhao Zhiguo, the only way is to create a hometown where Zhao Zhiguo's troops are empty in the direction of Bingzhou.

The Japanese division commander in Bingzhou would definitely not miss such a good opportunity to launch an attack on Anyang Town.

Once the battle in Anyang Town started, Zhao Zhiguo would look at the direction from which Zhao Zhiguo would withdraw his troops.

The Japanese division commander quickly learned about the situation in Pingcheng and Jinyang from the telegram, and immediately ordered his troops to divide into two groups, one to attack Anyang Town and the other to Wangxian County.

Gao Cang had already led his troops to wait for the Japanese troops coming from the direction of Bingzhou.

"The regiment commander and deputy regiment commander Gao sent a telegram. The Japanese troops from the Bingzhou direction were dispatched. They were divided into two directions, attacking Anyang Town and heading toward Wang County. The total force was about 10,000 people."

"Jinyang moved, Bingzhou also moved, and then Murano Masao came next." Zhao Zhiguo said.

"What should we do next?" Matthew asked.

"Send the order for the Second Battalion to stop all attacks and switch to defense!" Zhao Zhiguo glanced at his watch, "There are still two hours until dark, right?"

Matthew nodded.

"After dark, let Qin Dongsheng's second battalion take turns to cover and withdraw from the battle, leaving only three companies of troops."

"Let the Second Battalion withdraw to Wang County?"

"No! Let the Second Battalion move closer to Gao Cang and the others," Zhao Zhiguo said.

Tomorrow morning, the Guanggu Division will definitely find that there are fewer Chinese troops attacking them.

"Move closer to the Second Battalion? Aren't we going to concentrate our forces to surround and annihilate the Guanggu Division Regiment?"

If the second battalion was transferred to defend the Japanese troops coming from the direction of Bingzhou, only the third battalion would be left to encircle and annihilate the Guanggu Division Regiment.

Before the Japanese reinforcements arrived, they would definitely not be able to capture the Guanggu Division Regiment.

"If the Second Battalion doesn't move closer to Gao Cang and the others, how can the little devils safely send troops to attack the militia?"

Until now, the little devil thought that the militia was the main force in Zhao Zhiguo's hands.

The Japanese army did not know where the third battalion was.

In this way, the Japanese army believed that the independent regiment had deployed all its troops.

Only after all the troops have been dispatched will Masao Murano think that Zhao Zhiguo no longer threatens Pingcheng.

With Pingcheng no longer under threat, Murano Masao dared to dispatch troops.

"Is it still too late for the Second Battalion to return to encircle and annihilate the Guanggu Division Regiment?" Matthew Wen worried.

The time they need, as long as they are given enough time, there will be no possibility for the Guanggu Division to escape.

"We have to fight this! Once the Optics Valley Division unit is dispatched, the second battalion must turn around immediately." Zhao Zhiguo said, "Let Tian Kezhi also change the route and feint to the north to make Murano Masao think we will attack Pingcheng.

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As long as the Kotani Division regiment is ambushed, Murano Masao will definitely be shocked.

If the militiamen were asked to fire a false shot near Pingcheng, Masao Murano must have thought that Zhao Zhiguo was going to attack Pingcheng.

Will Murano Masao dare to support him then? Give him ten courages, and he won't dare to leave Pingcheng.

That night, the fighting in Jinyang was very lively. The company directly under the independent regiment took advantage of the night to launch a night attack on the Japanese forward position.

As for the militiamen, they were distributed in the four directions of the defense line, waving flags and shouting, and the movement was quite loud, but not a single shot was fired.

The black smoke still rising from the bridges over the Longyan River and the arsenal had already frightened the Japanese troops in Jinyang City.

In the dark night, the Japanese army could not tell the main direction of Tian Kezhi's attack, so they could only disperse their troops in four directions and prepare for all.

"Commander of the Village Brigade, Jinyang is under attack, please send troops immediately!"

The Japanese commander in Jinyang panicked and sent a message to Masao Murano, asking him to immediately attack the Chinese army from behind to break the siege of Jinyang.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, this is the second telegram from Jinyang. The staff department also sent a telegram, asking us to send troops to support as soon as possible."

Three telegrams asking for help were placed in front of Masao Murano.

"What happened in the direction of Bingzhou?"

Murano Masao ignored these three telegrams. He was only concerned about the direction of Bingzhou.

"Bingzhou's troops set off this afternoon and have already exchanged fire with Zhao Zhiguo's blocking troops. There are at least a thousand troops responsible for blocking our reinforcements."

"Did they attack Anyang Town?"

"Yes, but the troops from the Bingzhou direction have not yet reached Anyang Town."

"Anyang Town is Zhao Zhiguo's home base. It is impossible for him to abandon Anyang Town. An army in Anyang Town is needed to block Bingzhou's reinforcements, an army is needed to attack Jinyang, and another army is needed to attack the Guanggu Alliance.

, Zhao Zhiguo’s main force has appeared, right?”

Masao Murano calculated the military strength in Zhao Zhiguo's hands.

These forces totaled nearly 10,000 troops, which he believed was the peak of Zhao Zhiguo's military strength.

Relying on Wang County, the development of an army of about 10,000 people is already the limit, and Zhao Zhiguo cannot have any more troops.

Thinking of this, Masao Murano became more confident: "Send a telegram to Jinyang. Our troops are gathering. If we persist for one more day, we will send troops to support immediately."

Although Murano Masao gave the order, he became increasingly nervous.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, we don't need to assemble our troops!"

Except for the Guanggu Division Regiment, the remaining main forces of the Japanese army and the Imperial Alliance Army have already concentrated in Pingcheng.

All it takes is one order, and all the main forces will be assembled within an hour.

Masao Murano looked at his subordinates with a gloomy face.
Chapter completed!