It is undoubtedly a relatively difficult thing to transfer a large number of personnel and materials overnight. Fortunately, before attacking Linxiang, Hu Biao had already formulated corresponding plans in advance, and the evacuation of personnel and materials was going smoothly.

In order to gain more time for the main force and confuse the Japanese army's sight of reinforcements, Hu Biao drew a company of scouts from each assault battalion to form several harassing teams, and continued to control the main roads entering and leaving Linxiang City.

Even though Linxiang City is about to be moved, Hu Biao also arranged an assault battalion to garrison. In Hu Biao's view, it would take at least one day to counterattack Linxiang City. This time difference can be used.

A large number of prisoners of war rescued were also placed into the mountains with the transferred materials. In the mountains outside Linxiang City, Hu Biao also established several temporary resettlement sites. It is naturally no problem to store materials and resettle prisoners of war.

Secondly, in order to relieve the pressure faced by Linxiang City, Hu Biao also arranged corresponding alert and raid forces in several county towns near Linxiang City. The county towns that suffered severe losses last night became the targets of harassing troops.

Looking at the troops blocking the harassing outside the city in broad daylight, the Japanese garrison troops stationed in these counties felt extremely nervous and helpless. While asking for reinforcements, they also defended the city and did not dare to go out of the city to fight easily.

Although the Japanese army sent reconnaissance planes early in the morning to conduct high-altitude reconnaissance around Linxiang City, they still failed to find the lurking harassing troops. As for the main force led by Hu Biao, they had already begun to transfer in batches as planned.

When the Japanese fighter plane flew over Linxiang City, you could vaguely see the troops stationed in the city. What made the Japanese pilots speechless was that the troops responsible for defending the city seemed very "cowardly". They hurriedly hid when they saw the plane appear.

The result was obvious that many Japanese pilots who wanted to find an opportunity to perform their flight shooting skills did not find too many opportunities to shoot. Before flying away from Linxiang City, they could only vent and fired several houses.

As for how many troops were stationed in Linxiang City at this moment, the pilots responsible for reconnaissance could not judge. The reason was that the entire Linxiang City looked very quiet. When the plane just appeared, the people and defenders in the city hid.

Unless the Japanese pilots have perspective, they cannot judge how many people and troops are hidden in those houses. The only thing that is certain is that there are troops stationed in the city.

After receiving a reconnaissance report from the Mainland Airlines, Okamura Yanji had not had a rest all night and said with a little red eyes: "Baga! Our opponent is very cunning and good at using the terrain. I am afraid there are not many troops in Linxiang City!"

"His commander, will the Chinese army give up Linxiang City?"

"It's very likely! Although the geographical location of Linxiang City is very important, the surrounding area is occupied by us. If they cannot escape in time, they will fall into our encirclement. No commander will do such a stupid thing.

The answer was actually given in the telegrams for help I received earlier. The commander of the Chinese army sent a small number of troops to siege when the surrounding city guards were short of troops, so that our city guards could not leave the city.

This means that the Chinese army can jump out of our encirclement at any time when we are not paying attention. In view of this situation, the Chinese aviation side will continue to send reconnaissance aircraft to closely monitor the traffic roads around Linxiang and track the whereabouts of the main force of the Chinese army.

Secondly, the infantry gangs that were returning to the rescue should speed up to the reinforcements, and they must block or bite the Chinese army. They would rather give up some unimportant occupied areas than annihilate the Chinese army that broke in!"

"Hi!"

When he realized that such a unit with strong strength and secret combat methods might cause unstable situations in the rear, Okamura Yanji did take it seriously. But he seemed to have forgotten that his opponent Xue Yue was not easy to mess with?

When Xue Yue learned that the Japanese army had drawn a corps stationed in Yueyang to reinforce, he decisively ordered: "Draw the troops of two divisions and move immediately in the direction of Yueyang. Try to launch an attack on Yueyang City before early tonight!"

"Yes, General!"

As the Japanese invaded Hunan Province, Dongting Lake near Yueyang was also controlled by the Japanese. The other side of the lake was still controlled by the troops of the Ninth War Zone. The two sides basically confronted each other across the lake and confronted fiercely from time to time.

The one who was closest to Linxiang and had a large number of troops stationed was naturally the garrison near Yueyang. An infantry corps was drawn, which did not seem to have weakened much of the Japanese army's strength. But for Xue Yue, he saw the opportunity to counterattack.

If you can take the opportunity to recover Yue Yang, you will tear a hole on the Japanese flank. By then, the Japanese troops on the front line may encounter attacks from the main force of the Ninth War Zone at any time. The exposure of the flanks is undoubtedly extremely fatal.

While Xue Yueda launched a counterattack against Yueyang City, he did not forget to send a secret telegram to Hu Biao. In the secret telegram, Xue Yue hoped that Hu Biao could restrain as much Japanese troops as possible in the Linxiang City area.

Facing the telegram sent by Xue Yue, Hu Biao, who was resting in the dense forest, thought for a while and said, "Call back to General Xue. Our unit has a relatively shortage of troops and can restrain the return of the Japanese army for two to three days at most. However, our unit can move towards Yueyang!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Sandao said with a little surprise: "Wolf head, moving towards Yueyang, didn't you just hit the Japanese who were returning to the rescue? If the troops in the Ninth War Zone could not come, we might be dumplings by the Japanese!"

As a result, Hu Biao smiled slightly and said, "San Dao, don't forget that there are quite a few troops available for our command in Linxiang. The previously incorporated defeated troops, plus the prisoners of war rescued last night, are there nearly 3,000 people?"

"Wolf Head means that the troops moving towards Yueyang will let these people go?"

"That's right! Since these people don't want to leave with us and still want to return to the Ninth War Zone, we will send an assault battalion to lead the recruited troops to move towards Yueyang and make a move to break out in Yueyang.

As expected, there should be many attacking troops sent to Yue Yang in the Ninth War Zone. We set up a stance to attack Yue Yang on both sides, and I believe the Japanese will not doubt it. When the two armies gathered, the assault battalion quickly withdrew back to Linxiang and lurked.

The valleys where the prisoners of war and the defeated troops had been abandoned, and the materials, weapons and ammunition stored there were transferred to the real camp. When the wind passed, the assault camp continued to stay in the camp waiting for an opportunity to stand by!"

"Yes! Wolf head!"

After listening to Hu Biao's arrangements, Xu Sandao quickly learned about Hu Biao's combat ideas. Using rescued prisoners of war and incorporated defeated soldiers as bait, confusing the Japanese army's sight and creating opportunities for the main force to divert southern Hubei.

When the Japanese army's eyes were focused on the Yueyang area, Hu Biao and his elite troops had already entered southern Hubei. If they could not find a chance to take action, I believe Hu Biao would lead the troops to continue moving towards northern Jiangxi.

There, the Japanese army also deployed a lot of troops, and the northern Jiangxi area was also a key combat zone for the Japanese army to deploy. When they find an opportunity to fight, I believe the Japanese army will be confused. I wonder why the northern Jiangxi area will also become the target of attack.

Among the enlisted defeated soldiers and prisoners of war, Hu Biao only temporarily recruited about one battalion. Compared with the number of people rescued, the proportion was undoubtedly very small. But in fact, there were many officers and soldiers willing to go with Hu Biao, but some of them didn't want Hu Biao at all.

In terms of recruitment, Hu Biao has always emphasized that it is better to be lacking than to be overly bad. Older veterans don’t want to be good-for-no-something, and Hu Biao, who only has one son in his family. Unidentified soldiers are naturally not allowed to recruit. It is good to be able to expand the enrollment of a battalion after picking up the soldiers.

Taking advantage of the daytime rest, the recruits recruited were uniformly arranged to the recruit battalion. Except for a few company deputys, who were recruited by the officers, the rest of the battalion companies selected outstanding backbones from the assault battalions brought to serve.

In this case, even if this is a new recruit battalion, its actual combat effectiveness is not weak. With the weapons and ammunition provided by Hu Biao, even if he encounters Japanese devils on the way, Hu Biao believes that this new recruit battalion will dare to compete with Japanese devils.

When he received the telegram sent by Hu Biao, Xue Yue, who was far away in Xingcheng, was somewhat surprised. Judging from the telegram sent back, it seemed somewhat contradictory. While emphasizing the shortage of troops, he could draw a reinforcement regiment to reinforce.

After thinking for a while, Xue Yue suddenly smiled and said, "This guy is indeed cunning! This reinforcement regiment is probably a trick to confuse the Japanese. His combat troops will escape while we attack Yue Yang!"

"General, will this affect our offensive plan?"

"No! Actually, I sent him a telegram to me, and wanted to hint at our next combat plan. If I guess correctly, the reinforcement regiment he sent should be a prisoner of war who was captured by the Japanese earlier, and after all, it was our troops.

With this strengthening regiment diverting attention, it will also create the hypothesis of attacking the Japanese on both sides, which will be more conducive to our attack. I have to say that this is an open conspiracy. Even if I know the truth, I still owe him a favor!"

Xue Yue didn't feel angry when he said this. Even if his subordinates said bluntly, he was the acting commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone and had the right to order all combat troops in his jurisdiction. Then Hu Biao's subordinates were also under their jurisdiction.

But Xue Yue also said directly: "He doesn't even listen to the commission's orders. Do you think he will listen to me? The troops he pulled up did not receive a penny from the government. Do you think my order can really mobilize his troops?"

In name, Hu Biao was a major general appointed by the National Government, and his troops were also considered as a member. But in fact, many people know that Hu Biao was simply a lone hero, not relying on the government, but relying solely on combat seizure to maintain the development of the troops.
Chapter completed!