The Eighth Route Army and the militia in the base area suddenly opened the road of the 101st Division, at first thinking that it was a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army, until the reconnaissance unit inquired about the situation, and with the urging of apprehension and Sugiyama Yuan, the troops rushed to Jinan.

After letting go of the 101st Division of the Devil, Li Ping of the extra Eighth Route Army immediately ordered them to follow the two divisions of the 102nd Division all the way over and join Chen Zhong on their battlefield.

The 101st Division of the Devil returned to Jinan to support, and Sugiyama Yuan, who stayed in Jinan, breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and finally saved himself from danger for the time being.

"Your Excellency General, it is the troops under the command of the chief of staff of the 77th Division who have already investigated the intelligence and leveraged the situation in the direction of Jinan, and Li Ping has been hiding them until now."

Sugiyama nodded when he heard this, and the more relieved he was at the continuous exposure of Li Ping's hole cards, the most dangerous thing he was hiding.

"What is the direction of Zaozhuang? Is there an Eighth Route Army stationed there? Sugiyama Gen turned his attention to the Zaozhuang area, and he is still planning the route.

"Your Excellency General, combined with the intelligence of the Air Force and underground intelligence, the materials on Zaozhuang's side have fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army is scattered and rushed back, the purpose should be to block our 102nd and 103rd divisions."

After the chief of staff finished speaking, he smiled bitterly, and every direction seemed to be within Li Ping's calculation range, and the troops were currently there showing signs of going to Hubei to support.

Sugiyama Yuan understood as soon as he thought about it, Li Ping said that it was really not a joke to drag himself, judging from the current situation, I am afraid that he should not want to support Gangcun Ningji.

But the orders of the headquarters must be carried out, and there is any way to give himself more time or let Gangcun Ningci hold on for a while longer.

Not only was Sugiyama Yuan trying to figure out a way, but Wuhan's Gangcun Ningci finally understood Sugiyama Yuan's predicament, and there were no reinforcements in a short period of time.

Gangmura Ninji now found himself with two choices, first, the troops retreated to a solid defensive line in the rear, indicating that they would give up the operation, and second, they held out until reinforcements arrived.

The first choice is Gangcun Ningji, so he will give up for the time being, and it will be easy to retreat, but it will not be ordinary to fight back, and according to the strength deployed by the Chinese troops, if he wants to fight back again, it will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the third battle.

In this way, he can only choose the second option, and hold on until the reinforcements arrive, and his current reinforcements are faintly in two directions, one is the troops commanded by Sugiyama Yuan in Shandong, and the other is the new troops formed by the Japanese army headquarters to support them.

It will take time for these two troops to come over, how long can they hold out?

Gangcun Ningci was not sure in his heart, the current battle on the ground had reached the limit, and he had to think of other ways.

What Gangmura Ningji is planning Li Ping didn't know, and now he couldn't sit down with Sugiyama Yuan, and he had a headache when he looked at the telegram on the table.

"Division commander, the troops on Chenzhong's road are too difficult, and the two divisions are crazy and rush to Jining, and it is unknown how long they can hold out."

The political commissar was also extremely worried, and if he wanted to fight an enemy who wanted to leave, he had to desperately block it, looking at Li Ping, the political commissar was also anxious.

Li Ping looked at the map, and at present, the blocking of all troops is under his control, which means that he can maintain it for three to five days.

Thinking carefully about the various lines of action of the devils, Li Ping felt that if he wanted to change the situation, he had to eliminate one of them, so that the devils would not dare to advance easily and stay in the same place, so that his goal would be achieved.

If you want to destroy the enemy, you must choose a devil unit that is easy to start, and the devil 102 and 103 divisions themselves have no ability to start, so there is only the Yamamoto division.

Originally, the Yamamoto Division reserved two wings in the direction of Zaiyang Valley, a cavalry wing and one infantry wing, but now it is six wings under the command of Yamamoto, and it is also a scattered base area for preparing for retreat.

Seeing Li Ping drawing on the map, the political commissar knew at a glance that he was going to attack Yamamoto's division, after all, this area was Yamamoto's route of travel.

"Division commander, if you want to exterminate the Yamamoto Division, the only premise is that the other two divisions do not return to support, otherwise we may do useless work."

Li Ping nodded, now the troops under his command have already dragged the Yamamoto division, it is very easy to block them, I am afraid that Sugiyama Yuan will suddenly go crazy and let the two divisions of the devils turn around and come in his direction, and then he will really be surrounded by devils in the field.

After thinking about it, Li Ping decided to gamble, looking at the map, Li Ping opened his mouth and said: "Order Chen Zhong, the troops retreat while fighting, and drag the devil farther away." ”

The political commissar nodded, this is a good way, as long as the distance is far enough, plus the resistance of the troops, it is enough to complete the search needs.

"Order the troops in the base area, now that the Yamamoto division has signs of convergence, let them slowly get out of the way, let the devils gather, and then form an encirclement."

Li Ping didn't dare to come to surround him in a few ways now, and when the time came, the devils would have to rest if reinforcements arrived, and as long as there was a battlefield, he could mobilize superior forces.

Li Ping's order was issued, and the troops on the front line carried out the order, but the devil had not yet discovered that the Yamamoto division was getting farther and farther away from the other two divisions.

Li Ping is planning an attack, Sugiyama Gen is also planning a counteroffensive, and the chief of staff of the 77th Division must eliminate this line of troops, and they all run under their noses, which is too dangerous.

"Your Excellency, at present, those Imperial Allied troops are retreating as soon as they are beaten, and we are about to lose the outer defense line of Jinan."

The chief of staff of the devil was already nervous, looking like the Eighth Route Army besieging Jinan.

Sugiyama Mototoshi snorted coldly, the combat effectiveness of those imperial alliance troops must have the imperial bayonet behind them before they can fight, otherwise they are all a bunch of waste.

"Let the strongholds hold, the 101st Division has returned, and it will soon be able to join the battlefield, and they will be wiped out when the time comes."

Sugiyama Yuan said it in an atmospheric manner, but the people in the headquarters were extremely worried in their hearts, since the Eighth Route Army could come, it meant that they had nothing to fear, and they were saying that the 101st Division could quickly retreat back because of the water released by the Eighth Route Army.

This is the idea in his heart, but he must have high morale on the surface, Sugiyama Gen doesn't care what they think, and when he received that the two divisions had arrived in Jining, he immediately smiled.

"Yo Xi, let them rest in Jining for the time being, and continue to go south tomorrow."

Sugiyama Yuan was a little relieved, and Li Ping on the other side was even more relieved, Chen Zhong played a good hand.

"Division commander, now we can rest assured that we will encircle and annihilate the Yamamoto Division, and if we don't destroy them, we will cripple them."

Li Ping nodded, looked at the time, and said: "There are still two hours before it gets dark, order the troops, and start compressing Yamamoto's troops." ”

The Eighth Route Army, under the command of Li Ping, began to surround Yamamoto's division, and when the three route troops gathered, Yamamoto was not happy for long before he received a telegram that the front-line troops had been repulsed by the Eighth Route Army.

After reading a few telegrams, Yamamoto was immediately shocked, Li Ping is trying to surround himself, is he going to attack himself? Looking at the distance between the troops and Jining, Yamamoto was dumbfounded, why did you all run to Jining in a blink of an eye.