In order to prevent the Japanese army from carrying out air strikes at any time, the 51st Army stationed in Lu'an did not dare to concentrate too much in the city. When the daytime, the troops were basically stationed in dispersed. The purpose of this is very simple, to avoid being taken over by the Japanese.

On the other hand, the Japanese stationed outside the city, even though they had fewer troops than the Fifty-first Army, still blocked the entry and exit passages of Lu'an. If the war in the rear was not tight, they would have been afraid that the Japanese would have launched an offensive against Lu'an long ago.

During the day, the defenders stationed in the city did not come out very much, and most of them stayed on the built defensive positions. In contrast, the Japanese in the day became much more active and began to mobilize troops and generals to strengthen the blocking fortifications that were raided and destroyed last night.

The task force that had arrived in Lu'an was not idle during the day. A large number of reconnaissance squads were dispatched by Hu Biao. There was only one mission for these reconnaissance squads, which was to sneak attack the Japanese's reconnaissance troops.

With the logistics supply of the Japanese division, problems have occurred from time to time recently. In order to raise more daily necessities, the Japanese army, who were temporarily unable to attack Lu'an City, could only turn their attention to the surrounding villages and towns and grab food from the unarmed people.

Faced with this situation, although Yu Xuezhong was also very anxious, he was still powerless. What he could do was to persuade the people to escape from their homes, and it would be best to avoid the plunder of the Japanese. As for sending troops to rescue, Yu Xuezhong asked himself that he could not do it.

Even before the Japanese army was preparing to attack Lu'an, Yu Xuezhong had adopted the tactic of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields. He confronted the Japanese several times, and Yu Xuezhong knew very well that the Japanese army was very good at resupplying on the spot and reducing their dependence on logistics supplies.

Just like the Japanese squad that was ordered to raise materials in the past, they never expected that they would be attacked in broad daylight. During this period of time, many Japanese devils have fallen in love with this task of raising materials.

Looking at the ambush teams that had been put on the national army's weapons and uniforms, many Japanese devils who were going out to perform sweeping missions were also surprised: "Baga! Are these Chinese soldiers crazy? Do they dare to ambush us outside the city?"

In the eyes of these Japanese devils who were carrying out missions, they should be glad that the defenders should not cause trouble for the city's defenders. Now they went to the countryside to mobilize and raise supplies, but they were ambushed by the city's troops, which was indeed beyond their expectations.

The Japanese officer who led the team to command said decisively, while annoyed, "Chasing! Kill these damn guys!"

As a result, what made the Japanese officers even more crazy was that even though they had more troops than the enemies they had raided, the enemies who raided them seemed to have no losses after pursuing them, but they were constantly reducing their personnel in the pursuit.

When we noticed this situation, a squad leader quickly said, "Squadron Captain, you can't chase after you anymore! These Chinese soldiers are so accurate that we have suffered a lot of casualties during our pursuit. If we continue chasing, the troops will be exhausted!"

Although annoyed, the Japanese squadron leader knew that the captain had not said anything wrong. When the Japanese army stopped pursuing, the previously fled harassing troops turned around and started pursuing them, continuing to consume the Japanese squadron's strength.

In desperation, in order to avoid the completely wiped out Japanese squadrons, they had to choose to fight and retreat, flee to the guard supply point where troops were stationed in search of asylum. This obvious and abnormal situation was quickly reported to the Japanese division command.

After receiving the situation sent by the alert troops, the division commander Ribing Ogisu said in confusion: "What are you? The Chinese defenders dare to go out of the city to attack our troops during the day. What courage do they come? There must be a conspiracy in this!"

"General, according to the reports of the troops we withdraw from the guard point, the number of Chinese troops attacked them was significantly smaller than that of our troops raising supplies. However, when fighting, our troops frequently failed, which was obviously a problem!"

"What do you mean? These Chinese troops that raid us outside the city are not the Chinese troops stationed in the city?"

"It's very likely! According to the report of our front-line reconnaissance forces, they did not find any signs of a large number of Chinese troops leaving the city. Although the Chinese troops launched a sneak attack on us last night, they had basically escaped back to their defense zone before dawn.

Although these sudden attacking troops, although their weapons and equipment are similar to those of the defenders in the city, their combat effectiveness is obviously several times stronger. So many troops came out of the city, they will definitely not be able to hide from the eyes of our reconnaissance troops."

Even if the Japanese division suspends its offensive against Lu'an, in order to prevent sneak attacks from the defending troops, the Japanese army also dispatched many reconnaissance troops to closely monitor the movements of the defenders in the city. If the troops in the city attack, the Japanese army can also receive the news in advance.

The Japanese army was ambushed by the defenders in the city last night because the Japanese guards were somewhat relaxed. The Japanese army, who had reinvigorated their guards and reconnaissance, asked themselves that they had already monitored the 51st Army and that the troops were mobilized, would definitely not escape their surveillance.

After analyzing this, it is very likely that this group of scattered but elite raiding troops were not from the 51st Army. To draw such a conclusion, Ogisu Ribbing slapped the table tightly and said, "No! It's the troops from Shucheng! They are here!"

As soon as these words were said, the commanders who were staying in the combat command room also felt nervous. Even though the Special High School has not yet discovered more useful situations, these commanders were also full of curiosity and concern about the mysterious unit in Shucheng.

If this army really comes to Lu'an, then the troops they need to deal with will naturally be the main force of the remaining division. The size of this army is not clear about the size of the Ogisu-Raishang, and is indeed very worried about the safety of the remaining division.

"Sir, if that mysterious unit in Shucheng really appears, then we really need to strengthen vigilance. To ensure the safety of the division, I think it is necessary to strengthen air defense reconnaissance and find this unit as soon as possible."

"Agree! It's not easy for such a large force to hide when entering Lu'an. According to the reconnaissance telegram sent by Lu Aviation earlier, Shucheng has now been occupied by the Chinese army. This force must have come last night!"

The Japanese army, who fought against the anti-Japanese war forces, knew very well that in order to prevent the Japanese air strikes, most of the anti-Japanese war forces liked to march at night. Last night, the guard troops they deployed on the periphery frequently encountered attacks, probably to clear the obstacles to marching.

Realizing this possibility, Ogisu Ribuds quickly said: "Immediately send a report to the Land Aviation side and ask them to send additional reconnaissance aircraft to carry out air reconnaissance in Lu'an. Order all guards to closely monitor the enemy situation around the garrison.

If this unit has really sneaked into Lu'an, then they will definitely want to attack us. The front line troops will start to speed up the time to build fortifications. From the division, draw a corps and send it to the frontline positions."

As the saying goes, the unknown is the most terrifying thing. Faced with this mysterious unit that encircled and annihilated nearly half of the division, Ogisu-Lai Bing had to say that he was not worried at all, but he was afraid it was unlikely. Since he had known it, he must take some precautions.

The result was obvious that as Ogisu established troops to increase troops to the periphery guards, Xu Sandao and others, who were responsible for reconnaissance, quickly confirmed the location of the Japanese division. The location of the Japanese division command was confirmed, and Xu Sandao also reported it quickly.

Hu Biao, who was waiting for news in the mountains, saw the telegram sent by the reconnaissance team, spread out the Lu'an map spread on the ground, and said with a smile: "The Japanese are so arrogant! They actually set up the command center in a town less than 30 miles away from Lu'an!"

"Captain, judging from the information sent back by the reconnaissance team, the Japanese have deployed many guards on the periphery. It is probably not easy to attack the Japanese division headquarters. What's more, there are roads outside the town, and the Japanese can retreat at any time!"

"Retreat! If they had retreated yesterday, I might have no choice but to do anything to them. Unfortunately, the Japanese sent troops to the periphery and started to build fortifications. The Japanese should know that we are here and are strengthening their defense and ward!

Since the Japanese have taken some precautions, we don’t have to hide it. Notify the troops to prepare for battle tonight and make a fuss. Send a telegram to the 51st Army and make them ready to support at any time."

"Yes, captain!"

If someone else heard this, he would probably find it incredible. The 51st Army stationed in Lu'an had two main divisions under its command, and Hu Biao had only a force of less than two thousand people.

Even if they cooperate with the cooperation, Hu Biao should have cooperated with the 51st Army. But when Hu Biao came, he asked the 51st Army to cooperate. The seemingly absurd situation became very common in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the task force.

In the battle in Shucheng earlier, the 26th Army, which had gained a lot of benefits, except for sending a guard regiment to cooperate in the battle, the rest of the troops were basically staying in Huoshan and did not dare to attack at will, for fear of confronting the Japanese head-on.

This time, when we arrived at Lu'an City, the 51st Army stationed in Lu'an adopted more conservative defensive strategies. The Japanese only used a few defensive guards to prevent the 51st Army from leaving the city at will, and could only stick to their defensive positions.

It was precisely because of these situations that Hu Biao took the initiative to take on the main attack. He believed that Yu Xuezhong should be more willing to cooperate than letting the 51st Army fight the main attack. In that case, the risk would be smaller for the 51st Army.

With the issuance of Hu Biao's combat orders, Xu Sandao and others, who were responsible for pre-war reconnaissance, also became busy. The combat team led by Qin Tianyou had already rushed to the highway where the Japanese army might retreat in advance to set up an ambush.

The other combat troops have also made corresponding combat preparations. For Hu Biao, among the troops he can command, the task force is the task force. The prisoner-of-war camps can only beat the side drums.

The officers and soldiers recruited from the 26th Army were assigned to the prisoners of war camps as backbones according to their different positions. In addition, after some selection, Hu Biao formed a reserve company with Lei Xiong as the commander.

Although this reserve company has a less combat power than the two combat companies, in Hu Biao's opinion, the combat power of this reserve company should be stronger than that of the prisoner-of-war company. It is still not a big problem to face a squadron of the Japanese.
Chapter completed!