Nothing happened all night.

Early the next morning, Hirata Ichiro and Kameda Koji led the Heyuan County garrison and security regiment out in full force and attacked the 358th regiment's defense area with great momentum.

The independent battalion scouts lurking in Heyuan County also immediately reported the news of the Japanese troops back to the independent battalion.

Three hours later.

Xiaowuzhuang.

Independent battalion temporary battalion headquarters.

Deputy Battalion Commander Xu Hailang suddenly rushed in from outside, saluted Wang Chengzhu and reported: "Battal Commander, news just came from the direction of Heyuan County. A large number of Japanese and puppet troops left the county early this morning. Their target seems to be

It's the third battalion of the 358th Regiment. Judging from the time, the two sides should have exchanged fire by now."

"In addition, the reconnaissance company also reported that Qian Bojun's companies also conducted an emergency gathering, and the soldiers packed their bags as if they were going on an expedition."

"By the way, it seems that the second and third company commanders of Qian Bojun's department were separately called to the Lijia Town Battalion Headquarters."

After listening to Xu Hailang's report, Wang Chengzhu immediately realized something. He said: "Qian Bojun must be rebelling. The Japs in Heyuan County should be pretending to attack the 358th Regiment's defense area, but in fact they are here to support Qian Bojun's troops.

"

"I only thought that Qian Bojun would betray him in the next two days, but I didn't expect that he would be so impatient and couldn't sit still today!"

After a pause, Wang Chengzhu sighed again: "It's a pity that the Japs in Heyuan County are out in force. The county must be very empty, but we missed an opportunity to attack Heyuan County!"

"Okay, let's forget about the Japs in Heyuan County for now!"

"Send my order and tell each company commander that Qian Bojun has betrayed him, and each company will immediately act according to the established plan!"

"First Company, Special Forces Team, Guard Platoon, follow me to Lijia Town!"

"yes!"

Xu Hailang agreed with a bang and immediately sent someone to convey the order.

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The other side.

358th Regiment Headquarters.

Chu Yunfei is holding an emergency meeting with the combat staff of the regiment headquarters to discuss good strategies to deal with the Japanese and puppet troops.

Chief of Staff Fang Liqueng spoke first: "Regiment, according to intelligence, this Japanese and puppet army seems to be from Heyuan County."

"The garrison brigade in Heyuan County is the same as the Japanese 18th brigade we ambush in Yuanyang Mountain last time. They are both affiliated to the 34th Regiment of the Japanese 29th Brigade."

"So, is this raid by the Japanese army in retaliation for us?"

Chu Yunfei stared at the battle map and studied it for a while, then said with a serious face: "Whether this Japanese army is seeking revenge on us or what they are here for, since they dare to come, then we will eat them!"

In order to preserve his own strength, Yan Laoxi gave repeated orders to his Shanxi-Sui army to minimize conflicts with the Japanese army. They should avoid fighting if they could, and not take the initiative to launch an attack.

It is precisely because of this that even though Chu Yunfei is determined to serve his country, he is often unable to take action and can only defend passively.

Not only Yan Laoxi, in fact, many of the officers in the national army were from warlord backgrounds, especially those who did not belong to the Huangpu clique.

They knew that Principal Kaishen sent them to the front line in order to weaken their strength and facilitate control and management. Therefore, during the anti-Japanese war, these people often did not work hard and sometimes even did things to harm friendly troops.

In addition to local warlords, the same is true for some central armies, such as Tang Keqin in the Battle of Xuzhou, etc.

On the contrary, the army of one province was completely opposite. When fighting the civil war, each of them was more timid than the other, but when fighting the Japanese devils, they were more desperate than the other.

Without cotton-padded jackets, military shoes, or decent weapons and equipment, they wore worn-out straw sandals and went to the battlefield with fire sticks to fight the Japanese.

During the Anti-Japanese War, this province sent the most troops and sacrificed the most soldiers.

At the swearing-in meeting for the troops to go on an expedition, their commanders swore an oath: to fight to the end, unswervingly, that is, the enemy troops will not withdraw from the country for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return home for a day!

Of course, not only the Sichuan Army, but also other local armies and the Central Army also have many patriotic generals who are dedicated to resisting the war...

The book returns to its true story.

After Chu Yunfei expressed his determination, he immediately made a deployment: "Give me an order to show the enemy's weakness at the front and make an opening to let in the Japanese and puppet troops!

Then order the second and fourth battalions to block the opening!"

"Finally, order the first battalion, the third battalion, the artillery battalion, and the troops directly under the regiment to quickly attack the Japanese in the encirclement from the flanks!"

"We must complete our efforts in one battle and eliminate this Japanese and puppet army in the shortest possible time!"

"Yes! Tuanzuo!"

The communications soldier on the side recorded Chu Yunfei's orders in a notebook and quickly ran to the confidential room next to him to convey the combat instructions.

Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong, and several combat staff continued to study the map, predicting possible changes in the battle situation and formulating countermeasures in advance.

A few minutes later, a second lieutenant officer suddenly ran in from outside. After saluting Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong, he reported: "Report to the regiment, chief of staff, second battalion, third battalion, fourth battalion, and

The artillery battalion and the units directly under each regiment all called back, saying that they were ready for battle and could go into battle at any time."

"It's just about the first battalion..."

When the second lieutenant mentioned Qian Bojun's battalion, he suddenly stopped.

Chu Yunfei suddenly frowned and asked with some confusion: "What's wrong with the First Battalion?"

The second lieutenant officer explained: "Reporting to the regimental headquarters, there is no news yet from the 1st Battalion. There may be something wrong with the phone line in Lijia Town."

Chu Yunfei scolded: "Your communications department can't contact the first battalion, so you don't know how to send communications soldiers to check the route? Do you want me to teach you about such a trivial matter?"

Second lieutenant officer: "Regiment leader, our communications company has sent communications soldiers twice to check the lines, but no one has come back yet."

Chu Yunfei asked again: "How long has it been since the regiment headquarters lost contact with the first battalion?"

Second Lieutenant Officer: "I don't know the details, because when we tried to contact the 1st Battalion early this morning, we found that we could no longer contact us!"

Chu Yunfei slapped the table angrily: "Then why didn't you report it earlier?"

"Now that all battalions have been deployed, the decisive battle is about to begin, and we can't even contact our troops!"

"It's simply ridiculous and ridiculous!"

"Quick, send people again, be sure to contact the First Battalion as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Tuanzuo!"

The second lieutenant officer saluted, quickly turned around and left the regiment headquarters.

The chief of staff next to him, Fang Ligong, carefully thought about the words of the communications platoon leader, and seemed to realize something was wrong. Then he looked up at Chu Yunfei and said, "Team leader, why do I feel that the smell is wrong?"
Chapter completed!