Ten kilometers north of Suxian County, the headquarters of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army.

After listening to the report of the communications officer, the division commander Niujima Mitsushima said in surprise: "What are you saying? The Chinese people abandoned the city and fled?" "Yes, General, my 77th and 78th infantry corps have all attacked the county town of Suxian, and the Chinese army has abandoned the city and fled south." The communications officer nodded and responded.

Niujima Mitsuda asked the chief of staff, Kitumura Kusato, with a suspicious look, "Kitumura, what do you think about this matter?, Kitumura Kusato pondered for a while and replied, "Report to the General, Huye cannot guess why the China Army abandoned the city and fled. First of all, they have not reached the end of the road, and the Imperial Army has not even broken through their outer defense line. In terms of this place, they should defend and retreat."

"Well, what's the point, what the hell are the Chinese people doing?" Mitsuhara Nodou nodded in confusion and said in contemplation.

"General, Bei Zhi thinks that we don't have to worry about the purpose of the Chinese people leaving the city and running away for the time being. It is really a good thing for us to leave the city and running away. We have two ways to choose now!" Kuzo Kuromura said with some advice.

"Two roads? What does it mean? Kishimura, please make it clear." Mitsuko Niujima raised his hand and signaled.

"Hayi!" Kitumura Kuzo suddenly lowered his head and responded, then turned around and strode towards the battle map on the table. Niujima Mitsuba followed him with suspicion.

When he arrived at the map, Kuzang Chumura picked up the wooden command pole placed on the map and pointed to the map and said, "General, since the Imperial Army captured Xuzhou, our North China Front Army and hundreds of thousands of troops of the Central China Front Army have formed a situation of two sides to attack the north and south of the Anhui base of the China Huben Army. On the northern line, Suxian and Xiangcheng are the north gate and the east gate that enter northern Anhui. These two strategic areas have now been captured by our troops. In this way, we can choose to divide our troops westward, cut off the contact between the Xiangcheng Chinese defenders and their base areas, cooperate with the Fifth Division and other units to wipe out the entire annihilation with Xiangcheng, and then join forces to advance to the hinterland of the northern Anhui base area in one fell swoop.

Second, if the general wants to achieve the first merit of annihilation of the Hu Ben Army alone, then we can directly advance to Sui and Jiting. Now most of the main forces of the Chinese Hu Ben Army are on the periphery, and the hinterland and Ji Daying are the most empty. With the strength of my 20th Division, we will be able to capture the Hu Ben Army camp. In this way, this battle will be yours."

Kitsumura's analysis made Ushimajima often feel excited. The Hu Ben Army is a major concern for the Imperial Army and even the entire Japan. All Japan, from the Emperor to the civilians, hated the Hu Ben Army to the core, and eliminated them quickly.

If Niujima could often command the Imperial Army soldiers under his command to capture the Longshan Camp of the Hu Ben Army in one fell swoop and achieve the first contribution of this battle, it would definitely be a great achievement. Not only would he become a hero of the Yamato nation, but he might also be promoted to general of the army, or even commander of the front army.

However, although Niujima Shichang was moved, he was not impulsive. He immediately said with great concern: "But the Chinese army suddenly gave up Suxian voluntarily. What is the purpose of it? We have not yet figured it out. It is difficult to predict the risk of going deep into the deep!" "The general said very much, but success will definitely be a risk of failure. Based on the current situation, the main force of the Hu Ben Army in the hinterland of northern Anhui is already very small. Even if they have any plans, they cannot threaten our entire 20th Division. As long as we raid the Hu Ben Army's hinterland and cut off its connection with the main force of the periphery, the main force of the Hu Ben Army, which is still fighting against the Imperial Army on the periphery, will inevitably be in chaos in the morale. At that time, our two major fronts will take advantage of the situation to attack and will definitely defeat the Hu Ben Army in one fell swoop and completely eliminate it!" Kuzo Kuramura continued to analyze.

Shimashita thought about it carefully and found that Kuzo Kirimura's analysis was very correct. The main force of the Huben Army was indeed dragged by the Imperial Army and could never draw troops from the front line to help Sui Heji. Even if he led the 20th Division alone to go deeper, it would be impossible for the Huben Army in Sui Heji alone to pose any threat to the 20th Division. For the combat effectiveness of his division, Shimashita Niuji still had full confidence. The only thing that made him estimate was the Huben Army's air force fighter jets.

Just when Niujima Shichang was still hesitating, a telecommunication soldier hurriedly ran in and stood at Niujima Shichang suddenly turned his feet and said: "Report to General, the Didao Infantry Regiment report that their search troops were surrounded by the Chinese army in the area of ​​Nanping Town south of Su County. Colonel Changdenglixing, the commander of the Didao Infantry Regiment, has personally led reinforcements to the reinforcements!"

"What? Nanping Town?" Niushima Shitao and Kirimura Kuzo were shocked when they heard this, and then quickly found the geographical location of Nanping Town on the map. The two looked at each other. Niushima Shitao said, "Kitumun, do you think this is a trap for the Chinese people?" Kirimura Kuzo frowned slightly, pondered for a moment and nodded, "General, just in case, Huzhi suggested that Colonel Nagato be sent to make him be careful and make him be careful in case of being trapped by the Chinese people.

After saying that, Kuzo Kuzo said in grievance: "General, it's a pity that our aviation troops cannot participate in the war at this time, otherwise Wanjin could send reconnaissance planes to reconnaissance the movements of the Chinese army, and we wouldn't be so passive."

"Well, Xuzhou Airport has not been repaired yet, and we can't do anything about it!" Niujima Mitsuha nodded and immediately said to the correspondent: "Give power to the Changdeng corps immediately and order them to be vigilant to prevent falling into the ambush of the Chinese army! In addition, order the PS Infantry Regiment to set off immediately and prepare to respond to the 77th Infantry Regiment at any time!"

"Hayi!" The Japanese communication soldier suddenly lowered his head and responded, then turned around and took the order and left with great stance.

In Nanping Town, there were rumbling cannons and gunfire outside the town. The people in the town were preparing to evacuate with their families.

"Brother, the scouts report that the 77th Japanese Regiment has arrived, so we should withdraw, right?" Liang Laiyao put down the telescope in his hand and pointed at Chifeng City Road in the roof of a private house.

It turned out that after Liang Laiyao and Chi Fengpo led their troops to Nanping Town, the rear guards reported that they had discovered a small group of Japanese search and reconnaissance units. They were discussing how to attract Japanese pursuits to achieve the goal of in-depth enemy efforts. They immediately ordered the troops to surround the Japanese search units, but they did not destroy them. The purpose was to attract the Japanese army to aid, and then pretend to be defeated and continue to retreat.

Chi Fengcheng took another sip of the cigarette in his hand, threw it out casually, and said calmly: "No hurry, it's almost dark. It's best to let the Japanese chase us and withdraw our butts, so it's more realistic."

"Yeah!" Liang Dianyao nodded, raised his telescope and looked out of the town. In a Tuao outside the town, nearly a hundred Japanese troops relied on Tuao to shoot desperately and resist tenaciously. Around them were hundreds of fully armed Tiger Ben Army soldiers. Although the Tiger Ben Army soldiers shot fiercely, they did not charge much, but only shot against the Japanese.

Suddenly, on the road not far from the town, several white signal flares roared into the sky. This was a signal flare launched by the guard scout, indicating that the Japanese reinforcements had arrived.

Seeing this, Liang Laiyao and Chi Fengcheng immediately turned around and got off the roof. Before leaving the yard, Liang Qingyao said to a guard: "Order each company to cover and retreat immediately!"

"Yes!" The guard responded with a slight slight response, and then quickly took the order and left.

Outside the town, when Chang Deng Lixing led the main force of the 77th Infantry Regiment arrived, the Hu Ben Army surrounding him for searching the troops had withdrawn. The furious Chang Deng Zixing was about to order to continue pursuing, but a correspondent rushed to him, stood attentively and saluted: "Report to the commander of the regiment, the division commander called."

"Hmm?" Changdeng Lixing waved his hand and signaled: "Ignore!"

"The division commander ordered our troops to be vigilant in case of falling into the trap of the Chinese people!" The correspondent soldier said to the telegram.

"Trape?" Changdeng Lixing calmed down immediately after hearing this. Thinking of the Hu Ben Army taking the initiative to abandon the city and flee, and now he has collapsed without fighting. As a professional soldier, he keenly smelled a trace of yin's scent.

After pondering for a while, Chang Denglixing nodded thoughtfully and happily: "Yuxi, I'll send an order to stop moving forward and stay on the spot."

"Hayi!" The communications soldier suddenly lowered his head and responded, then turned around and left quickly.

At night, the commander of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, Niujima Shichang moved his division headquarters to Suxian County. The main force of his division also entered Suxian and surrounding areas. The 77th and 78th Regiments were stopped in Nanping Town and did not continue to pursue the Hu Ben Army that was pretending to flee.

In the Suxian town, the 20th Division of the Japanese Army.

This place turned out to be the first regiment of the 5th Division of the Tiger Army. Niujima Mitsuda was walking back and forth in his new headquarters with a saber. With a heavy footsteps, Chief of Staff Colonel Kuzo Kishimura strode in with a saber.

When he arrived, he suddenly closed his feet and saluted to the Mitsukoshi Niushima, "General, the 77th and 78th Infantry Regiments have been stationed in Nanping Town on the spot. Colonel Nagato and Colonel Kobayashi ask for instructions, what should we do next."

"Kitumun, from the battle in Nanping Town this evening, can you tell what the Chin Army wants to do? What is their purpose?" Niujima Mitsuha asked without answering.

"General, on the surface, the Hu Ben Army seemed to have done it on purpose in Nanping Town today. With their excellent equipment, they failed to eat less than 100 reconnaissance teams of the Imperial Army within half an hour. Moreover, the terrain occupied by the reconnaissance team at that time was not steep at all." Kusato Kishimura said with a suspicious look on his face.

"Yeah!" Niujima Mitsuda nodded and said, "I think this must be a yin plot. To be on the safe side, I decided to immediately send the 40th Brigade and the direct cavalry corps of the division to advance westward quickly and attack the Xiangcheng Huben Army with the Fifth Division to achieve a comprehensive victory in this battle.
Chapter completed!