"Wait!" Liao Fan thought about it, and always felt that something was a little wrong, "Are you sure that there is only one Japanese brigade and artillery squadron outside the city?" ”

"According to the confessions of those spies, there is indeed only one infantry brigade and one artillery squadron, hidden in a depression in the west of the city!" Hu Guoshan reports.

Liao Fan became more and more confused, the commander of the little devil was not a fool, with only one infantry brigade and an artillery squadron, he dared to attack Heshun County, which had more than 10,000 troops, even if these spies captured the city gate, the soldiers in Heshun County were all long-haired broadswords, and the gap of nearly ten times the strength was not an easy matter.

"Call Zhao Caizhu and go to your headquarters!" Liao Fan said to Hu Guoshan.

The caliber of the little devil's confession is so unified, and the number of troops outside the city is so small, Liao Fan is more and more suspicious of the little devil's motives, there must be something wrong with this.

Hu Guoshan's division headquarters, Liao Fan spread out a large map on the table, the map is very detailed, this is the topographic map around Heshun County drawn by the little devil, which is more detailed than the map of Liao Fan's headquarters.

"Brother Fan, the little devil's forces are hidden in this depression!" Hu Guoshan pointed out a place on the map, which was the information he got from the mouth of the little devil agent.

Liao Fan looked at this depression, and then looked at the surrounding terrain, the more Liao Fan looked at it, the more frightened he became, as if he saw a huge encirclement closing towards him, and the terrain on the map looked like a giant coffin dug for the defenders of Heshun County!

"Tell the scouts to reconnoiter a twenty-mile radius around here!"

"Signal soldier, order the reconnaissance battalion to reconnoiter the area of the west depression of the city within a radius of twenty miles!" Hu Guoshan ordered the signal soldiers.

At this time, Hu Guoshan also felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, and even Zhao Caizhu felt frightened when he looked at the terrain on the map. The depression west of the city is a good place to hide soldiers in this area, but once discovered by the enemy, the depression will become a deadly place.

However, the surrounding terrain is even more wonderful, although the surrounding area of the depression is higher than the middle, but there is no absolute commanding height in this vicinity, but the surrounding terrain is very flat, and there is no place to defend at all.

If these spies and the little devils in the depression are bait, then when Hu Guoshan sends troops to attack the little devils in the depression, as long as the little devils successfully drag the troops for half an hour, the little devils can mobilize troops from the surrounding areas to surround Hu Guoshan, such a terrain is very conducive to the actions of the little devils' armored troops, once the little devils have an advantage in numbers, then there is a chance that the troops sent by Hu Guoshan will be wiped out.

Hu Guoshan shook his nervous hands, at this time a trace of sweat broke out on his back, just one of his orders may have buried the lives of thousands of soldiers, if Liao Fan left Heshun County this morning, I am afraid that the troops have been ambushed.

"Deputy Division Commander Zhao notified all troops to enter the first-level alert, and there are also artillery troops to enter combat readiness and be ready to fight at any time!" Liao Fan said to Zhao Caizhu.

Zhao Caizhu, who got the order, left to give Liao Fan's order. Hu Guoshan wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and sat down on the chair, this was the most thrilling time since he led the troops, although there was no nervousness when the little devils besieged, but this kind of planning was enough to kill thousands of his soldiers.

"Brother Fan, how many troops do you estimate the little devil will gather this time?" Hu Guoshan asked.

"If I am a little devil and want to eat all the troops in Heshun County, I will gather all the troops in Shanxi that can be assembled and take Heshun County as quickly as possible!" Liao Fan said, "But now that the communication soldiers have not returned, our guess is probably wrong!" ”

"If Brother Fan goes back today, I'm afraid I'm really going to bury the lives of thousands of soldiers!"

From the appearance of the spies to the troops of the little devils outside the city to Liao Fan's judgment on paper, this is enough to prove that the little devils must be holding back and waiting for Hu Guoshan to take the bait, but the little devils just missed Liao Fan to come out to inspect the troops, and he also encountered a sneak attack by spies in Heshun County.

"You don't have to blame yourself for this matter, after all, it didn't happen, the most important thing is that we have to eat a trench and grow wise, the little devil is not as easy to deal with as we imagined!"

Liao Fan paced back and forth in the headquarters, if his prediction was correct, the strength of a brigade of the little devil was just a decoy, he had to come up with a plan to make the little devil suffer a hardship, otherwise this evil neighbor would always disgust you, and you couldn't ignore him.

Now Hu Guoshan's troops already have a powerful artillery unit, and since they have seen through the little devil's plan, Liao Fan of course wants to let the little devil taste the power of the cannonball. But Liao Fan was not reconciled, and it was a bit too cheap to just give the little devils a shelling.

But Liao Fan didn't want to think about it, a brigade of little devils and a squadron of artillery nested in a depression, and tons of shells fell, it would become hell on earth.

Nearly an hour later, the scouts sent back the news one after another, and as Liao Fan expected, there were overwhelming Japanese troops lurking fifteen miles away from the west depression of Heshun County, and it was impossible to see how many people there were in the dark night.

And judging from the traces on the main road, the little devil not only arranged the infantry, but also a large number of armored troops lurked nearby.

"His grandmother's, the little devil really buried a big hole for Lao Tzu!" Hu Guoshan shouted excitedly, this is the first time he has been fooled so much.

"Lao Hu, pay attention, since we have found the pit dug for us by the little devil, we will fill this pit and dig one for the little devil!" Liao Fan said with a smile.

After a while, Zhao Caizhu entered the headquarters and reported to Liao Fan: "Brother Fan, the artillery is ready to prepare and can set off at any time, the soldiers of the new seventh regiment have already set off!" ”

"Let the artillery come to this position, launch an artillery bombardment on the depression, let the soldiers of the New Seventh Regiment ambush at this intersection, if the little devil dares to rush at our artillery, let the soldiers of the New Seventh Regiment greet him vigorously!" Liao Fan ordered.

"There is also a detour to the flank of the little devil with the strength of two regiments, if the little devil suffers and does not repent, directly order the soldiers of these two regiments to outflank it, eat the troops attacked by the little devil, and cover the artillery to return to the city first after the battle, and then the troops alternately cover and retreat!" Liao Fan continued to order.

"All the troops are ordered in unison, no matter what the outcome of the battle is, at dawn, the troops must all withdraw from the battle and withdraw to the county seat!"

Liao Fan issued one order after another, and all the troops were in urgent mobilization.

"Master Hu, I'll hand it over to you next!" Liao Fan smiled and said to Hu Guoshan that now that everything has been arranged, he wants to hand over the command to Hu Guoshan.

"Brother Fan, don't worry, I promise that the little devil will never come back!"

The night gradually deepened, but the county seat of Heshun did not calm down, all the troops were urgently mobilized, for the safety of the county seat of Heshun, Hu Guoshan transferred the remaining regiment to the county seat of Heshun, to the designated position.

The chaotic streets disturbed the barking of dogs in the deep alleys, and some people came out to check whether the doors of their homes were closed, and they did not know what was happening.

Hu Guoshan and Zhao Caizhu both followed the artillery action, and Liao Fan sat in the headquarters of Hu Guoshan.

An hour and a half later, all the troops had reached their positions, and after the first cannon shot, a shell fell into the depression.

At this time, the little devil didn't know what was happening, and the sudden cannonball attack made them fall into chaos, and then ten thousand cannons fired in unison, one after another cannonballs fell into the depression, and the dense cannonball rain made the little devil and Ben have nowhere to hide.

After the second round of shelling, the artillery squadron of the little devils received a shell, which led their shells, and a sky-high fire ignited in the depression.

"Keep fighting me, don't save ammunition, let the little devils taste the taste of shells!"

In the dark night, the artillery constantly adjusted the coordinates according to the light of the explosion, and the shells fell into the depression with great accuracy, sweeping away the life of the little devil.

When the commander of the little devil heard the explosion, he understood that something was wrong in the county town, and he immediately sent a large group of soldiers to raid the artillery positions of the Chinese army to rescue the soldiers who were being shelled.

Soon the little devils calculated where the artillery positions of the Chinese army were, and a brigade of little devils attacked the artillery positions of the Chinese army as quickly as possible after receiving the order, and then the new seventh regiment had already laid an ambush on the path of the little devils, waiting for their arrival.

A large group of little devils rushed into the arms of the New Seventh Regiment without hesitation, and the dense gunfire broke the quiet night sky, and the vanguard of the little devils suffered heavy losses, but the little devils reacted very quickly, and immediately withdrew from the battle under the cover of mortars and grenadiers.

When the commander of the little devil heard that the troops were ambushed, he clearly knew that all the plans had been lost, and immediately ordered all the troops to retreat, abandoning a large group of soldiers who had come out of the depression.

The two regiments that originally wanted to outflank from both flanks, after seeing the little devil retreat, followed Liao Fan's order not to pursue, and after the artillery stopped, they went straight to the remnants of the little devil in the depression.

After the sparse gunfire, the troops did not rush to clean up the battlefield, because they were not sure how many people the main force of the little devils were, and all the troops began to retreat one after another after two hours, withdrawing to the fortifications of Heshun County.

After tossing all night, the little devil returned in vain, and also lost a brigade and an artillery squadron, although the commander of the little devil did not know why the Chinese suddenly shelled the depression, but he knew very well that all the plans for this operation had been destroyed.

Hu Guoshan took the soldiers of the New Seventh Regiment to take charge of the palace, and only after confirming that all the troops had been safely withdrawn did they retreat.

When all the troops settled down, the eastern sky had begun to show fish white, and Hu Guoshan hurriedly ran back to the headquarters to report to Liao Fan.

When the cannon fire ended, Liao Fan fell asleep on the table in the command center. Hu Guoshan watched Liao Fan fall asleep, and did not disturb, but poured himself a glass of water, enjoying last night's victory and the leisurely morning.

"Are all the scouts out?" Liao Fan woke up and asked Hu Guoshan.

"It's been sent out!" Hu Guoshan knew that although the battle was over for the time being, they were not sure if the little devil had retreated, and what if the little devil killed him.

"What about the casualties of the troops?" Liao Fan asked.

"Except for the new seventh regiment that suffered a company of soldiers killed or wounded, there were no dead soldiers in the other units!" Hu Guoshan happily replied that this battle was really too painful, and his howitzer played a huge role, and it was estimated that half of the Japanese soldiers were killed by shelling alone.

"The rest of the things in Heshun County will be handed over to you, discuss with Zhao Caizhu when you encounter things, don't always make claims, I should go out of the city and meet Lu Liming!" Liao Fan said.

"Brother Fan, will I send a company of soldiers to escort you over?" Hu Guoshan looked at Liao Fan a little reluctantly.

"Don't make it like life and death, it only takes half a day to ride a horse from you to the station, and when you are idle, you can go back to the station to have a look!"