For many generals in the army, victory or defeat is common to military strategists. But when you truly see the losses after each defeat in the army, I believe that any general will feel uncomfortable. Who would want to lose if you can win?

Earlier, Pang Bingxun's unit of the 40th Army stationed in Linyi, resisted multiple rounds of attacks by the Japanese Fifth Division alone. Finally, he cooperated with the 1st unit of the 59th Army and cooperated with the special operation team commanded by Hu Biao to successfully defeat the Japanese infantry brigade that besieged Linyi.

What Pang Bingxun unexpectedly was that not long after Hu Biao and his team left, the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, which had made a comeback, once again assembled tens of thousands of elite troops, and under the cover of aircraft, tanks and cannons, launched a fierce offensive against Linyi again.

Originally, with the cooperation of the 59th Army, the 40th Army could hold on for a while. No one expected that the 10th Division would come so quickly. After taking down Yicheng, it would advance towards Taierzhuang and force the 59th Army defending Taierzhuang to evacuate.

The 40th Army, which lost support, failed to last long, and had to give up Linyi, which had been holding for several months, and retreated to Taierzhuang to stand by on standby. When they retreated to the rear to rest, the 40th Army had less than one division left.

Such huge casualties are inevitable for the commander Pang Bingxun. Even if the war zone has agreed, he will supplement the recruits in the rear. But Pang Bingxun knows how the newly assigned recruits can compare with those old subordinates?

Pang Bingxun, who was resting in the rear, was staying as a reserve team for the war zone and was waiting to join the battle. After receiving the telegram from the war zone, Pang Bingxun seemed very surprised, and even felt that the war zone was a bit nonsense.

It sounds very reliable to use the troops of a main division to siege the Yicheng, which has a corps stationed in it. But Pang Bingxun knew very well that it would be difficult to defeat the Yicheng, which was defended by the Japanese corps with these remnants alone.

Just when Pang Bingxun was about to call for instructions, after the next telegram was sent, he said with some joy: "Call back to Chief Li, and our troops immediately went to the front line. I really didn't expect that Captain Hu and the others would call back again."

The two division commanders under his command also said happily: "Is the military troop a special operation team?"

"That's right! It's the special operation team that helped us encircle Sakamoto Brigade earlier. They are now lurking in Ishima. Just now, the special operation team blew up the Japanese supplies stored in Ishima, and our troops are fighting back in full swing."

"There should be a Japanese wing in Yicheng, right? I heard that after the Japanese entered the city, they drove away all the people in the city. There were no outsiders in the city except the Japanese. How did the Special Operations Team do this?"

As a commander at the division level, I naturally know how different it is to sneak into a county town with heavy troops and not a commoner. The most difficult thing is how to blow up a material warehouse with heavy troops? That kind of place, don’t be close to it!

Listening to the amazement of his subordinates, Pang Bingxun said with joy: "Order the troops to set off immediately to the Yicheng City, and immediately send a report to the Special Operations Team to inquire about the situation in the Yicheng City, and hope that they will send someone to pick us up.

If it weren't for the sneak attack of the 10th Japanese Division in the previous period, we wouldn't have lost Linyi. If we could take down Yicheng this time, we could have captured the 10th Division's retreat. We should not miss this opportunity to take revenge at our door!"

"Yes, military throne! Should we take the newly added troops together?"

During this period, the 40th Army, which had more than 1,000 new recruits from the rear, was also worried that it would be difficult for these new recruits who had only undergone simple training in the rear to be suitable for the battlefield environment. Taking the new recruits over may cause a mistake.

But for Pang Bingxun, he thought about it in the face of the staff officer's inquiry and said, "As the reserve team, the new recruits will follow the main force to the front line. They will definitely not be able to fight tough battles, but they should be able to clean the battlefield. Once they become soldiers, they will always meet the blood!"

Since these new recruits were added to the 40th Army, and they would be his subordinates of Pang Bingxun in the future, they would naturally be led to the front line to fight. This time, he was ordered to encircle the circle, Pang Bingxun felt that there should be not many tough battles, and the troops of one division were almost enough.

Most importantly, he felt that cooperation with the special operation team could also relieve a lot of pressure from them. In the previous period, he and the troops of the 59th Army almost never encountered any tough battles and seized a large amount of spoils.

At present, the 40th Army urgently needs to be rebuilt, and the soldiers will be deployed one after another. However, many of the new recruits sent over did not even have weapons. If you want to arm these new recruits, you must accumulate a large amount of weapons and ammunition.

Only troops with weapons and ammunition have combat effectiveness. If there is no basic weapon to protect themselves, what is the effect of such troops being pulled to the battlefield? I hope that the war zone will provide weapons and ammunition, and now there is no shortage of troops and divisions?

Only by seizing through the battlefield can one recover the strength of the headquarters in the shortest time. As the commander of the army, Pang Bingxun naturally knew the importance of strength. If all his troops were exhausted, he would be of little name.

Upon receiving the news that the 40th Army was about to arrive in Yicheng, Hu Biao also knew that time was tight and that he would wait for dawn to act before taking action, and he might miss the best time to set up an ambush. At dawn, the Japanese's battlefield advantage will become larger.

According to the situation detected during the day, Hu Biao divided the spy company into three, one of which was responsible for battlefield reconnaissance, that is, to reconnaissance the Japanese army coming from the rear to support, and to reconnaissance the main force of the 10th Division that might retreat from Taierzhuang.

As for the second platoon commanded by Qin Tianyou, he had just rushed to the highway section outside the Yicheng City, where he was preparing to set up an explosion trap to destroy the highway entering Yicheng. As for the highway leading to Taierzhuang, Hu Biao was personally responsible.

On the road used by the Japanese army to replenish supplies, Hu Biao reconnaissed the terrain again and finally chose a road with hillsides on both sides to set up an ambush. There was a jungle behind the hillside, and a large number of troops could hide lurking and standby.

If the 40th Army arrives later, they can also let them go to the jungle to rest first. As for ambushing on the highway, whether the troops withdraw from Taierzhuang or the reinforcements from Yicheng must pass through the ambush position.

As long as the reinforcements transferred by the Japanese army from the rear were not allowed to arrive at Yicheng in a short period of time, Hu Biao could find a way to take down Yicheng before the Japanese reinforcements arrived, and then let the 40th Army garrison on site and cut off the retreat of the 10th Division of the Japanese army.

Without Yicheng as the rear, the 10th Division, which had been withdrawn from the front line, could only choose to break through from other directions. No matter which direction it broke through, Hu Biao believed that these Japanese devils would be blocked and divided by the Anti-Japanese War troops.

Whether the 10th Division can be encircled and annihilated in the end depends on whether the other anti-Japanese troops were fighting resolutely and tenaciously. During the breakout period, the Japanese's heavy artillery and armored vehicles were probably unavailable. Once the ammunition was completely exhausted, they would undoubtedly lose.

"Zhuzi, take Miss Lin to the mountains and set up our radio station. Beside it, remember to dig anti-aircraft holes, it is best to avoid the area where the Japanese planes reconnaissance are being done. Without my orders, the newspaper team must stay there."

"Yes, captain!"

It is already a rare thing to know that it is possible to bring yourself out to fight. If you really want to participate in the battle, Lin Yashi also thinks it is unlikely. Fortunately, being able to watch the battle at such a close distance is also a kind of attempt to follow the progress of Lin Yashi.

In a sense, Hu Biao no longer resisted taking her out to fight. Compared to when she was in Jinling earlier, she was only responsible for taking care of the wounded, and her current tasks and responsibilities were undoubtedly greater. After hearing the order, she quickly followed.

During this process, Hu Biao looked at the road under the hillside and quickly said: "In this place, digging an anti-tank trench, remember to add camouflage. On this side of the road, the same rules are still the same as burying bomb traps that are activated by electric explosion.

On the hillsides on both sides, start digging defensive trenches, try to dig as large as possible, be careful not to destroy the surrounding vegetation. The road trap Erxilai organized, Chen Qiang was responsible for the excavation of the trenches, and I was responsible for the anti-tank trenches. Start construction!”

"Yes, captain!"

Through a telegram contact with Li Zongren earlier, Hu Biao learned that the 10th Japanese Division attacking Taierzhuang had two light armored vehicles. If the 10th Division really planned to retreat, it would definitely send a chariot squadron back to the aid city.

This kind of return to the rescue speed can ensure the safety of the retreat road, allowing the troops following behind to retreat to Yicheng smoothly. After looking at the highway, Hu Biao felt that the Japanese chariots should be able to pass through the wasteland on one side of the highway.

In order to prevent the Japanese chariot from breaking through the wasteland without taking the road, Hu Biao naturally needs to dig an anti-tank trench on the wasteland where the chariot can pass. Once the Japanese chariot walks here, it will fall into the camouflaged trench.

As for the passage from the highway, an explosion trap is buried on the highway. As long as a Japanese chariot is paralyzed, other chariots will not be able to move forward. As for the explosion traps that are set up, they are the kind that can block the head and cut the tail.

Hu Biao and his party, who arrived on the highway, began to get busy all night on the highway. The troops sent out reconnaissance in advance also began to send back messages through the radio station. Lin Yashi, who set up the radio station, asked Tian Tiezhu to inform the news from time to time.

When Tian Tiezhu finished sending the telegram, he would bring back Hu Biao's call, which would not delay the arrangement on the highway. When the 40th Army, which had attacked overnight, arrived at the ambush site, the reconnaissance team in front also sent back the news.

"Captain, General Pang's subordinates have arrived! In addition, the reconnaissance team heard news that a Japanese chariot squadron and a cavalry squadron were less than ten miles away from us. It seems that they should be able to arrive at our side soon."

"How is the excavation of fortifications?"

"Report to the captain, it's enough for us to hide!"

"Zhuzi, send a report to General Pang, asking him to draw an elite company of his company to come over. Bring more machine guns, and the rest of the troops are temporarily lurking, and there are so many troops here. Call back the team and delay the harassment war."

"Yes, captain!"

Hu Biao, who quickly gave instructions, asked someone to put the final disguise on the ambush position. The explosion trap buried on the highway also began to be cleaned up. Thinking of the Japanese cavalry, Hu Biao sent someone to set up a trippy and machine gun position in front.

This arrangement is more to wipe out these Japanese soldiers who returned to the rescue and ensure that the Japanese troops stationed in Yicheng would not know that there was a division of anti-Japanese troops and were planning to seize the Yicheng they controlled!
Chapter completed!