The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 672 I want to support them to death (second more)
Neiji Okamura stopped talking nonsense, and directly ordered to the deputy chief of staff: "Send a telegram to Mr. Fujita immediately, and the sweeping troops in the middle route will march forward in a hurry and surround Pingyang Town as quickly as possible."

"Gather and annihilate the Eighth Route Army defending Pingyang Town."

"Let the mopping up troops in the middle road catch more strong men, dig trenches around Pingyang Town, and cut off all the underground passages connecting the town to the outside."

"The mopping-up troops from the left and the right will immediately reinforce Pingyang Town, and wait there to eliminate all the Eighth Route Army that reinforces Pingyang Town."

"The Eighth Route Army can encircle us and fight for aid, and we can also treat them in the same way."

"Get rid of the Eighth Route Army in Pingyang Town, and then attack Chenzhuang."

"Take down one tunnel fortification and destroy one."

"Tunneling is the only way for the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong to fight against us."

"Destroy the tunnel, and the Yizhong Eighth Route Army will have no place to hide and can only fight us on the ground."

"The center of the wing is located on a plain, and the terrain advantage is very beneficial to the imperial army. No matter how powerful the Eighth Route Army is, they can't even try to take advantage of us in ground battles."

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The devil's middle road mopping forces had been driving all morning, and finally won a short break at lunch.

Although Major General Fujita was the head of the brigade, he did not do anything special during the march. He took dry rations and boiled water to satisfy his hunger.

Before he finished eating, he saw the operator running towards him in a hurry, with a complicated expression, no one could tell whether he brought good news or bad news.

"Brigade Leader..."

"Your Excellency, Commander, let us terminate the original mopping plan, first eliminate the Eighth Route Army in Pingyang Town, and then raid Chenzhuang."

"Eliminate..." Major General Fujita felt like he heard a big joke.

Frowning, he asked back: "Your Excellency, Commander, don't you know that the Eighth Route Army has dug underground tunnels?"

"The Eighth Route Army in Pingyang Town can take the tunnel to evacuate the battle at any time. How can we eliminate it?"

The operator immediately handed the telegram to Major General Fujita, and continued: "Your Excellency, Commander, mentioned a method of attack in the telegram..."

Major General Fujita has little experience in tunnel warfare, and has been worrying about this all the way.

Ningji Okamura has stayed in North China for a long time, so he must know more about tunnel warfare than himself.

As if finding a life-saving straw in desperation, he quickly took the telegram and looked at it.

Then he laughed: "Your Excellency, Commander, is indeed a veteran general in the army. He can come up with such a good idea."

"Spread out the map, let the captain of the cavalry brigade, the captain of the fourth brigade, come to me immediately and report, there are important tasks for them."

Ten minutes later, two cavalry squadrons left the road and headed straight for two villages four kilometers away.

The four infantry squadrons broke away at the same time and rushed to the nearest villages in four directions.

Major General Fujita continued to advance towards Pingyang Town with the main force, and the marching speed was significantly slower than in the morning.

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At the former enemy headquarters of the Shunping Garrison Regiment in Pingyang Town, Huang Yu was holding a telescope to watch the Japanese and puppet troops rushing over.

Wang Lin stood aside, his brows suddenly twisted into a big "Chuan", and then he said nervously.

"There is a situation..."

"Regimental Commander, a large number of ordinary people suddenly appeared behind the Japanese and puppet troops..."

Huang Yu hurriedly looked in the direction of Wang Lin's finger.

More than 300 ordinary people were driven into view by the devils, and those who walked a little slower were beaten and kicked by the devils.

A bad premonition quickly flashed in Huang Yu's mind: "Could it be that the little devil wants the common people to be cannon fodder for them, and let the common people rush forward to block bullets when they attack."

"The little devil is not as good as an animal, it's very possible!" Wang Lin answered with a sullen face.

At this moment, more and more ordinary people came into the field of view of the two, and in a short while there were more than 2000 people.

Just when everyone didn't know what the hell the Japanese and puppet troops were up to, the Japanese and puppet troops who were blocked at the entrance of the town began to divide their troops.

A group of two reinforced squadrons led the common people to quickly move towards Pingyang Town and outflank it.

"Captain, what is this little devil doing?" Wang Lin became more and more confused, and couldn't help asking.

"We have tunnels, and even if the Japanese and puppet troops surrounded the town with an iron wall, they would not be able to trap us."

"They have already suffered a loss in Taipingzhuang, why don't they learn the lesson."

Huang Yu also didn't see the real purpose of the Japanese and puppet troops in doing this. He shook his head, held up his binoculars and watched the Japanese and puppet troops outflanking the troops, and decided to wait and see what happened.

If they don't take action before dark, the battlefield will become a Shunping garrison after dark, and they must fight to reveal their true purpose.

Ten minutes later, the outflanking was in place, and the Japanese and puppet troops began to dig trenches around the town without any abnormality.

"Could it be that the Japanese and puppet troops captured so many ordinary people just to dig trenches for them..." Wang Lin was even more confused than before, frowning tightly, racking his brains to understand the real reason why the Japanese and puppet troops did this.

Half an hour later, the moat around the town was basically formed.

After more than an hour, the trench had been dug more than eight meters deep.

But the Japanese and puppet troops continued to dig down, without any sign of stopping.

"Captain, do you think the little devil will be scared by the Taipingzhuang night raid?" Wang Lin expressed his thoughts again.

"I am afraid that the outflanking troops will be the same as the day before yesterday. After being attacked, there is no shelter to hide. I have to capture a large number of ordinary people to help dig trenches."

Huang Yu couldn't think of any other explanation, so he could only nod in approval: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."

After speaking, he frowned, and his face became more and more dignified.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy is victorious in all battles, but as a result, he can't even understand the moves of his opponent. For the first time, Huang Yu felt at a loss when facing the Japanese and puppet troops.

I can only continue to wait and see what happens, staring at them, hoping to find some flaws.

An hour passed quickly, and the trench surrounding Pingyang Town had been dug to a depth of more than one meter, which was sufficient as a shelter.

But the common people did not stop and continued to dig deeper.

There was a flash of light in my mind, and I suddenly thought of something, but after thinking about it seriously, there was nothing.

"Rumble..."

A series of explosions sounded suddenly, like thunder, and instantly brought Huang Yu, who was in deep thought, back to reality.

A series of black smoke rose from the trenches just dug by the Japanese army at the same time, and they were arranged in a row at an interval of ten meters, which was very neat.

"Blast..." Huang Yu finally understood why the little devil wanted to dig a trench, and said with a look of shock.

"Use explosives to deepen the trenches, dig out all the underground passages connecting Pingyang Town to the outside, completely block us in Pingyang Town, and then gather and annihilate them."

"It's a stupid approach, but it's very useful."

"As long as the trenches are deep enough, the tunnels we dug will be exposed to the Japanese and puppet troops."

"The combat power is over, and the troops can't even retreat from the tunnel."

"I can only stay here and fight to the death with the Japanese and puppet troops."

"What a cunning opponent, he can think of such a way to break the game."

Wang Lin became anxious after hearing this, and immediately asked for instructions: "Regimental Commander, we must not let the little devil cut off our retreat."

"I suggest that the troops immediately abandon Pingyang Town and go to the next tunnel fortification to attack the little devils."

"Once we get stuck with the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops, the tunnel will be cut off, and we will be unable to leave even if we want to."

"Rumble..."

There was also a violent explosion in the south of the town, with thick smoke billowing and mud splashing.

Huang Yu became more and more determined in his judgment just now, and Wang Lin also became more anxious than before. Before Huang Yu nodded, he couldn't help giving orders to the company commander of the guard at the door.

"What are you still doing in a daze, immediately protect the regiment leader and enter the tunnel."

"Before the devils dig out the underground passage, all the troops participating in the battle in Pingyang Town retreat immediately."

"Can't withdraw..." Huang Yu waved away the two guards rushing towards the door.

"The devils can dig trenches here and cut off our retreat."

"Can also dig trenches in other villages."

"Does it mean that we will give up our position and run away when we see the little devil digging a trench in the future?"

"This land is so big, and there are only so many tunnel fortifications, where can the troops go?"

"Could it be that the base area is gone, and the folks don't care about it, and they are completely reduced to a bunch of deserters."

"It's a good idea for the devils to cut off our retreat first, and then gather us here, but I just don't know if they have such a big appetite."

"Our Shunping garrison regiment is not a vegetarian, and there are reinforcements sent by the regiment leader to help in the battle. Don't eat too much and die."

"The battle plan remains unchanged, so we still don't know who will win the battle?"

"If it's not right and something happens here, we will knock out a few teeth of the little devil before we die, so as to create opportunities for the main force of the regiment to gather and annihilate the mopping up troops in the middle."

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"Rumble..."

Another series of explosions sounded behind the town, billowing smoke and dust.

It was a few puppet troops who rushed to the explosion point first, and then a cry of exclamation came out of the gunpowder smoke.

"It's blown up, the tunnel was blown out by us..."

The company commander of the puppet army immediately rushed to the explosion point, and then the squadron leader of the little devil.

The tunnel had been blown into two sections, and the inside was dark. Several puppet soldiers pointed their guns at the tunnel, and no one dared to go inside.

It didn't take long for Major General Fujita to rush over when he got the news. He took a look at the tunnel with a depth of more than five meters and ordered: "The Eighth Route Army is indeed very cunning. They dug the tunnel so deep. No wonder shelling and plane bombing are useless to them."

"Order: All the trenches around Pingyang Town must be dug six meters deep, and the places that are not easy to dig should be blown up with explosives. We must find out all the tunnels connecting the town to the outside."

"General, do you want to blow them up now..." the squadron leader standing aside proposed.

Although he had never fought tunnel warfare, he had heard rumors that two reinforced squadrons disappeared after entering the tunnel during the Taipingzhuang battle.

The tunnel entrance in front of me is like a gaping mouth, it is too dangerous, it is safest to blow it up directly.

Major General Fujita thinks farther than his subordinates.

For the past few hours when the troops were digging trenches, he had been analyzing the battle at Taipingzhuang, studying ways to break the situation, and how to fight to minimize the threat posed to him by the tunnels.

After a few hours, it really made him think of some solutions.

Although it can't get on the stage and consume a lot of ammunition, it is more cost-effective than sacrificing the lives of his subordinates.

Watching the squadron leader shake his head and order: "Can't bomb..."

"It would be too cheap to directly blow up the Eighth Route Army inside."

"The engineers and infantry cooperated with each other and blasted into the town along the tunnel we found."

"Blow me up section by section, and force all the Eighth Route Army out of the tunnel."

"During the operation, two machine guns were placed at the entrance of the cave to prevent the Eighth Route Army from suddenly rushing out of the tunnel and catching us by surprise."

"I will arrange another brigade to surround the village and establish a defense line on the ground to prevent the Eighth Route Army from breaking out from the ground under the cover of night."

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