After three days, the fighting on the front line became increasingly unsatisfactory. In some areas, the Japanese army even began to launch a counterattack. Two division commanders directly ordered their troops to move to defense without receiving orders from the commander-in-chief.

As casualty reports from the front line were sent to the headquarters one after another, the commander-in-chief also realized the seriousness of the problem. In this war, they did not have the ability to initiate large-scale offensives. The best situation was to defend the troops and block the Japanese army.

The attack will consume the Japanese army's edge, and then look for opportunities to surround the enemy with absolutely superior force. The rest is to annihilate them all if they can, and if they can't annihilate them, they will consume the Japanese army's combat effectiveness to the greatest extent possible.

However, the commander-in-chief understood it too late, but he did the most correct thing and contacted the troops of the Central Army.

"Commander, briefing from the division headquarters, our troops have fully shifted to defense, and two divisions have suffered more than half of their casualties!" The communications soldier handed the telegram to Zhao Zhiguo.

Zhao Zhiguo glanced at the telegram: "It's not too late!"

"Captain, the latest news is that a Japanese division has marched towards the Jinyang area and has deployed its troops in the Longyan River area."

Hearing this news, Zhao Zhiguo frowned. According to his thoughts before the battle started, Zhao Zhiguo believed that the Japs would concentrate their forces to attack the Hutong area, and then divide their forces in the Hutong area. Some of the forces would capture the Hutong area, and some of the forces would go south to attack Shanxi.

Yang area.

But judging from the current situation, the Japs plan to attack Hutong and Jinyang areas at the same time. If this is true, the Jinsui Army will start a war on two fronts.

"Captain, the situation does not look good. As long as one place in Jinyang and Hutong areas is lost, the other place will be caught in a double attack by the Japanese army." Qin Dongsheng said.

If the Hutong area is lost, the troops in the Jinyang area will face attacks from the east and north. If the Jinyang area is lost, the same goes for the Hutong area. When the Japanese army takes over the Hutong and Jinyang areas, they can divide their armies into two groups and attack directly from the north.

Forced the Jinsui Army's lair.

"The little devil has a big appetite! The Jinsui Army is in trouble this time!"

The situation has begun to develop in a direction that Zhao Zhiguo did not expect. The five main divisions of the Jinsui Army are all fighting in the Hutong area. Excluding the troops stationed in various places for defense, the Jinsui Army can no longer provide many troops to support Jinyang.

"Is the Japanese army really ready for large-scale combat?" Gao Cang couldn't believe it.

They didn't have much information about the Japanese army east of Jinyang, and they didn't know whether the supplies were enough to support the Japanese army in taking Jinyang.

"Now we can only wait for orders!"

The situation in the Jinyang area is not something that Zhao Zhiguo can worry about. Even if he knows what is happening in the Jinyang area, their regiment cannot help.

While Zhao Zhiguo was waiting for orders from the division, Niu Feiyuan and Xiao Gaoyi were still secretly investigating the officers of Zhao Zhiguo's regiment. Although Zhao Zhiguo had explicitly prohibited it, Niu Feiyuan and Xiao Gaoyi began to secretly bribe some low-level officers.

Some platoon leaders introduced by Zhao Zhiguo from other troops were originally unwilling to stay in Zhao Zhiguo's army. Now that Niu Feiyuan was there, they immediately embraced Niu Feiyuan's lap, hoping that through Niu Feiyuan, they could become successful and leave Zhao Zhiguo's regiment and join a newer army.

In a comfortable army, there is no need for exhausting training every day.

In order to get what they want, they naturally have to provide Niu Feiyuan with information about Zhao Zhiguo and his regiment, especially some officers in the regiment who may have contact with red personnel.

Zhao Zhiguo did not know these things. At this time, he focused all his energy on the battle on the front line. The troops on the front line were deteriorating. In the direction of Jinyang, the Japanese army also launched an attack on the Jinsui Army along the Longyan River last night.

Seemingly overnight, wars were breaking out everywhere in China. The sudden outbreak of large-scale fighting naturally attracted attention from all sides.

The Central Army was very angry at the Jinsui Army's unauthorized attack on the Japanese army. However, now that the battle has been like this, the Central Army naturally cannot stand idly by. Everyone knows that once the Jinsui Army loses its combat capability, the small army will

The Japanese will definitely target the Central Army.

As a result, the Jinsui Army in the Bingzhou area received the order and marched towards the Jinyang area to help the Jinsui Army defend Jinyang.

Just when the two sides were fighting in full swing, the commander-in-chief thought of a plan that he had not completed before!

When Zhao Zhiguo was first promoted to the head of the regiment, there was a plan within the Jinsui Army to use Pingcheng as bait to attract the main force of the Japanese army near Pingcheng. Then the Jinsui Army concentrated a large number of troops to encircle the Japanese army.

Surround Pingcheng, concentrate superior forces, and eat the main force of the Japanese army.

The last time the plan failed was due to Lu Ziming's escape, the plan eventually went bankrupt, leading to the difficult battle in Pingcheng.

Now the commander-in-chief wants to reactivate this plan and have a decisive battle with the Japanese army near Pingcheng.

However, this time the troops guarding Pingcheng were replaced by the 72nd Division. Chu Jie's 68th Division will be deployed on the periphery to coordinate with the withdrawn troops to jointly cut off the Japanese army's retreat.

Under the order of the commander-in-chief, the five divisions that had been fighting the Japanese army for five days began to retreat under alternate cover at night.

This order was mistaken and saved the main forces of the two divisions of the Jinsui Army. After surviving the first difficult two days, the Japanese army launched a counterattack, but there was not enough troops to defeat any of the main divisions of the Jinsui Army.

siege.

After another three days, the Japanese army had mobilized enough troops and was ready to cut off the road behind the main division of the Jinsui Army, surround the Jinsui Army, and then eliminate the main force of the Jinsui Army.

But the kid's plan was very good, but the commander-in-chief redeployed the troops and let the kid's troops punch the cotton. Tens of thousands of Japanese troops mobilized, but they missed the target and only surrounded a battalion at the rear.

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While tens of thousands of troops were setting up a defensive line, they retreated toward Pingcheng, deliberately pretending to be retreating, and leading the Japanese troops toward Pingcheng step by step.

Now that the Japs had mobilized enough troops, their goal was to capture Pingcheng and further control the Hutong area, so they launched a pursuit of the retreating Jinsui Army.

"The Japs have already arrived in the direction of Pingcheng. According to the plan, the retreating troops will resist the Japanese attack for two days on the road, wearing down the Japanese army step by step, and leading the Japanese army towards Pingcheng. What I want to talk about next is the task of our division.

"Chu Jie called his three regiment leaders and began to deploy the mission.

"Zhao Zhiguo and your regiment are responsible for guarding the high ground to the north of Pingcheng and protecting Pingcheng's flanks. You need to hold on for at least two days!" Chu Jie said to Zhao Zhiguo, "Buy time for the large troops to go around to the rear of the Japanese army."
Chapter completed!