Chen Shizhang walked into the division command center and found Huang Baitao standing in front of the map to watch the situation.

Huang Baitao took it seriously and did not even notice Chen Shizhang's arrival. Chen Shizhang stood at attention: "Military Seat"

"Brother Shizhang, are you back?" Huang Baitao did not show off his airs in front of his subordinates, and he warmly held Chen Shizhang's shoulder and came to the big map, then pointed to the map and said, "Brother, what do you think of the situation in Tongling County?"

Chen Shizhang thought about it, but shook his head: "I can't say it well, but I can't guess Xu Shijiu's intentions."

Huang Baitao nodded and thoughtfully: "You probably didn't expect that Li Zihan's group's offensive would be so fierce, right?"

"Indeed." Chen Shizhang said, "I did not expect that the offensive of Li Zihan's troops would be so fierce. Not to mention anything else, just talk about the Chifeng stronghold. Although there is only one battalion of the puppet army station in Chifeng, the combat effectiveness of the puppet army is extremely strong. Beizhi once asked the 118th Regiment to go up and try it, but it took a long time to fight."

"But Li Zihan's troops settled the battle in less than half an hour." Huang Baitao smiled bitterly, "After all, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui has artillery, which is better than us."

An army has a completely different ability to attack and not have artillery.

While he was talking, the adjutant hurried in and handed a telegram to Huang Baitao.

After Huang Baitao's face immediately became heavy after reading it, Chen Shizhang asked: "Military, what's wrong?

"As soon as the Military Control Commission's Chizhou Station sent a telegram, Haneda's old devil finally couldn't help but come to Tongling County with the main force of the military police and the 56th Independent Infantry Brigade stationed in Chizhou." Huang Baitao said, and handed over the telegram.

"Oh? Haneda's old devil reacted quite quickly." Chen Shizhang said, "Xu Shijiu just transferred the Second Brigade of the 19th Detachment and the direct cavalry battalion from Qingyang to Tongling. The Japanese troops stationed in Chizhou immediately responded. It seems that the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui and the Japanese must have a fierce battle in Tongling."

"Yeah." Huang Baitao nodded and said, "Xu Shijiu's intention is still too obvious. Although the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army is very strong in Chizhou, the real impact can be small. No wonder, the old Japanese devil can easily see through his intentions. Brother Shizhang, hurry up and gather the troops."

"Hmm? Gather the troops?" Chen Shizhang was stunned for a moment and said in surprise, "Military, what do you mean?"

Huang Baitao sighed and said, "Although Commander-in-Chief Gu has a lot of dissatisfaction with Xu Shijiu, Xu Shijiu has a lot of disrespect for Chairman Jiang and the National Government. In the future, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui will become a threat to the National Government, but at present, it is an anti-Japanese armed force that cannot be ignored."

Chen Shizhang reacted and asked, "What the military captain means is to let the Beishi lead his troops to cooperate with the anti-Japanese and national salvation army in southern Anhui?"

Huang Baitao nodded and said, "No matter what, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui is an anti-Japanese armed force. If such an armed force is allowed to be eaten by the Japanese, it will be a great loss to the entire country and the nation. Therefore, we should still provide the best help as much as possible. Even if we do not participate in the war directly, we will only stand beside us and shout a few times, and at least divide the Japanese soldiers, so that they dare not attack the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui without scrupulously."

Chen Shizhang stood at attention and said, "That thing about the bull's mouth..."

"Then don't hurry, isn't there still a day?" Huang Baitao's face changed slightly, and he said, "It's better to cooperate with the anti-Japanese and national salvation army in southern Anhui to withstand the counterattack of the Japanese army in Chizhou. Otherwise, if the Japanese army really re-controlled Tongling County, we want to transport the supplies from Niu Touzui, we are afraid that there will be a lot of twists and turns.

(Split Line)

Yanke, the temporary command of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui.

Gao Shenxing walked into the command center with a gloomy expression. When he saw Gao Shenxing's face, Xu Shijiu knew that there was no good news.

Sure enough, Gao Shenxing sat down and said hatefully: "That guy Liu Chang, after leaving here, he went back to Longkou. Xiao Mu's people followed him to Longkou County. He didn't find any suspicious characters, nor did he go to any suspicious places. Lao Xu, I have said a long time ago that there may not be any rewards when fishing this time."

"That may not be necessary." Shu Tongwen said, "Liu Chang did not contact suspicious characters, nor did he go to suspicious things. This does not mean that he is definitely not a spy from Japan, nor does it mean that he cannot send the news."

Gao Shenxing asked, "Awen, do you mean that there is more than Liu Chang the spy?"

If there are more than one spy lurking in Longkou, then Liu Chang can indeed send the news without knowing it.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Shu Tongwen said, "The old Japanese devil suddenly led the main force of the military police and the 56th Independent Infantry Brigade to Tongling County two hours ago. Most of the time it was because the spy lurking in Longkou sent back the news. Captain, I suggest secretly arresting several people around Liu Chang, which should be an excellent breakthrough."

Xu Shijiu nodded and said in a deep voice: "The matters surrounding Liu Chang will be held accountable by the Intelligence Department. This is originally his old job. What we need to consider now is that the Haneda Japanese devil has already taken the main force of the military police and the 56th Independent Infantry Brigade to Tongling, so we must make corresponding adjustments, and Chizhou can also try to fight."

According to the combat plan formulated before the war, Tongling County was the primary goal of this Spring Festival offensive, and Chizhou was a feint.

Although Tongling is farther away from Longkou County, it even has to pass through the defense zone of Huang Baitao's army in the middle. However, the Japanese defenders in Tongling County only have one military police squadron. If the old Japanese Haneda kept holding their troops in Chizhou City, then Li Zihan's 1st Regiment, plus two artillery companies, and one cavalry battalion, would be sufficiently sure to take down Tongling County.

In contrast, although Chizhou is closer to Longkou, Chizhou is a node on the logistics supply line of Japan after all. In addition to a navy brigade stationed, there are also gunboats of the Japanese Navy. If you are not lucky, you may even hit the main force of the independent mixed-ownership 14th Brigade who returned from Jiujiang to aid. The risk is too great.

Therefore, Xu Shijiu hopes to make the old Japanese devil in Haneda confused by falsehood, forcing him to hide in Chizhou and dare not move. In this way, Li Zihan's group will have the opportunity to hold on for at least one day after taking over Tongling County. In this way, the merchant ship of the American-British Tobacco Company can unload goods at Tongling Wharf and spend a lot of money to transport the supplies bought from Shanghai back to Longkou.

Unfortunately, Xu Shijiu's fishing plan not only failed to catch Liu Chang's fish, but also asked Haneda to eat the bait.

The old Japanese devils finally chose to rush to Tongling. In this way, it would be difficult to defend even if one cavalry battalion took down Tongling County with Li Zihan's 1st Regiment and two artillery companies alone.

However, this may not be a bad thing. If you know, you will lose the East corner and take it into the Sangyu. Haneda's old devil left Chizhou with the main force of the military police and the 56th Independent Infantry Brigade, but it also gave the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army the opportunity to take advantage of the situation to take Chizhou. If Haneda's old devil was dragged in Tongling, Xu Shijiu would at least 90% be sure to take Chizhou.

If the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui took Chizhou, the effect would be better than that in Tongling.

The merchant ships of the US-British Tobacco Company can also unload goods at Chizhou Port. The Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui can also capture a large amount of supplies hoarded by Japanese in Chizhou. These military supplies are prepared for the Second Battle of Changsha. If the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui can really eat this batch of military supplies, its strength will be able to increase by two within half a year.

Therefore, the combat mission of Li Zihan's regiment must be adjusted.

In contrast, it is no longer so important to capture Tongling County. The most important thing is to drag the Japanese army in Chizhou, the old Japanese devils, to Tongling County and prevent them from returning to Chizhou.

However, in order to strengthen the determination of the Haneda Japanese to rush to Tongling to help, he had to add another fire.

It happened that the Director of Information Ye Ruxue came in, and Xu Shijiu asked her: "Director Ye, where is the old Japanese devil in Haneda?"

Ye Ruxue said: "Report to the commander, Haneda's main force of the military police and the 56th Independent Infantry Brigade have just passed the junction between Tongling County and Chizhou, and have already had a fire with the blocking force of the 3rd Regiment of the Anhui Southern Detachment."

In order to deceive the Japanese army, Xu Shijiu transferred a regiment from Shu Tongwen's Southern Anhui Detachment, pretending to be the 3rd regiment of the Second Brigade of the 19th Detachment, heading towards Tongling, and posing as the illusion of cooperating with Li Zihan's 1st Regiment to attack Tongling County. There are two combat tasks for this regiment of the Southern Anhui Detachment. If the Haneda Old Detachment does not move, the regiment will directly enter Tongling County and cooperate with Li Zihan's 1st Regiment to rectify public order. If the Haneda Old Detachment leads troops to reinforce, the regiment will be responsible for combating and blocking.

Now, Haneda's old devils led the main force of the Chizhou Gendarmerie and the 56th Independent Infantry Brigade to assist Tongling. The combat mission of this regiment of the Southern Anhui Detachment has become a blocking attack. In order to strengthen Haneda's old devil's determination to assist Tongling, the blocking of this regiment must have a certain strength, and it is best to make a determination not to take a step back.

In this way, Haneda's old devils would be at ease to rush to Tongling to rest.

"Okay." Xu Shijiu nodded and looked around and said, "Now start to check."

Gao Shenxing, Niu Sigen, Shu Tongwen, Wang Fusheng, Niu Yutang and other senior officers who were present took out their pocket watches one after another. Xu Shijiu finally took out his pocket watches, swept his sharp eyes over everyone's faces, and said in a deep voice: "It's now 5:08 pm. After four hours and fifty-two minutes, each battalion will attack the predetermined target at the same time."

"Yes," several senior officers responded and took the orders one after another.

Xu Shijiu's eyes fell on Ye Ruxue's face again and said, "Director Ye, you have to work hard and you will immediately return to Longkou and secretly arrest the affairs of the Longkou Anti-Japanese Democratic Government. Remember, you must act secretly, especially not let Liu Chang notice it. Also, don't expand the situation and completely suppress the Communist Party of Longkou County.
Chapter completed!