Endo Kanan's tone became more and more serious, and when Endo Kanan finished saying this, the devil officers present immediately responded in unison: "Hello! Please rest assured that the Imperial Army will be able to win this time and resolutely and completely wipe out the military engineering team. ”

"Yo Xi!" Kanan Endo nodded with satisfaction and said, "I am relieved to see that you have such confidence and determination. ”

Kanan Endo paused for a moment, and then continued: "In the past few days, after careful study, our former enemy headquarters has drawn up a detailed battle plan, according to the plan, all units will act in unison tomorrow to encircle the area of Gaoguantun where the military engineering team is entrenched, encircle these hateful Tubalu in the area of Gaoguantun, and then destroy them. ”

Kanan Endo stood up as he spoke, walked to the huge map hanging on the wall, stretched out his finger and pointed to the map and said: "According to the current situation of the imperial army, Liu Hong's martial arts team and the remnants of the Eighth Route Army in the Jilu region are currently operating in the area of Gaoguantun. ”

"After a period of development, the power of these Tubalu has expanded to more than 20 surrounding villages centered on Gaoguantun. It is ridiculous that these stupid people are so bold that they try to confront the imperial army in vain. These people dare to support the Dirt Eight Road, they are killing themselves. ”

When Kanan Endo said this, he gritted his teeth and a trace of ruthlessness appeared on his face, and then continued: "So in the process of action, whether it is those dirt roads or those stupid villagers of China, they must all be wiped out. To implement the policy of killing, robbing, and burning all the light, we must use practical actions to make these ignorant and ignorant people feel fear, so that those hateful people will no longer dare to confront the imperial army, so as to ensure the security and stability of central Hebei and even the entire North China region, and to ensure the final victory of the holy war. ”

"Hello!" The devil officers present responded in unison.

Endo Kanan nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "I won't say more, the battle plan has also been sent to you, now let's assign the combat mission." ”

At this time, the expressions of the devil officers present became more serious, and they looked at Endo Kanan one by one, like a group of dogs waiting to be fed.

Kanan Endo stretched out his hand and pointed to the map and said, "The second wing is responsible for attacking Gaoguantun from the east and south. Specific tasks were carried out in accordance with the operational plan. ”

"Hay!" Nishijima Osa hurriedly replied respectfully.

Then Endo Kanan then ordered: "The 3rd Brigade and the 4th Brigade of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade will advance from the west and north respectively in the direction of Gaoguantun, and destroy all the Tuba Road along the way and the Zhina's foolish people who support the Tuba Road. ”

"Hello!" The two devil captains of the third and fourth brigades responded in unison.

Kanan Endo then ordered: "The units directly under the Fifth Brigade and the Seventh Independent Mixed Brigade Brigade are personally led by me to advance from the northwest to Gaoguantun. ”

"Hello!" The other devil officers hurriedly answered.

Finally, Kanan Endo said: "This mission is very important, only success is allowed, not failure!" I hope that all the gentlemen can work together with the contemptible people to resolutely and completely eliminate the martial arts team! Especially this guy Liu Hong, His Excellency the Commander asked for his head by name, this person must not be let go, please you. After Kanan Endo finished speaking, he respectfully bowed deeply to the devil officers present.

"Hello!" The devil officers present responded in unison.

Endo Kanan slowly raised his head, glanced at the ghost officers present, nodded slightly and said, "In this way, you should go back and prepare immediately!" Tomorrow we will proceed according to the plan. ”

"Hello!" The devil officers answered in unison again, and then turned to leave.

Early the next morning, the Japanese troops left Cangzhou one after another, divided their troops and marched towards Gaoguantun Village.

By the evening of the same day, the Japanese troops had rushed to the designated place one after another, and surrounded a 20-mile radius around Gaoguantun Village, which was the focus area of the little devil's sweep.

According to the order issued by Kanan Endo, all the people in this area, the soldiers and civilians of the injustice, all the villages were burned, and all the things were looted. This is the so-called 'three-light policy' that the little devils have always implemented.

The Japanese army pressed the border, and the clouds of war quickly enveloped the base area.

As soon as the Japanese army was dispatched, Liu Hong got the news in time, in fact, Liu Hong had already prepared, and he was not sure before, but the Japanese army led by Endo Kanan had stayed in Cangzhou for ten days, not only did not have the slightest intention of withdrawing, but also continued to increase troops, and all kinds of military materials continued to arrive in Cangzhou, and the little devil's troops were also preparing for war.

It's just that Liu Hong is not quite sure about the time of the devil's action, because the devil's secrecy work this time is very good, and no information was leaked out in advance, and it was not until the devil first set out that the scouts learned the information, so they immediately transmitted the news back to the base area.

After Liu Hong got the news, he hurriedly called a meeting of his main cadres and ordered all units to be ready for battle at any time.

After the people arrived, Liu Hong took the lead in speaking: "Time is pressing, let's talk about the key point directly, this time the Japanese army has concentrated more than 7,000 people and went straight to our base area, the situation is extremely critical, in order to ensure the safety of the base area, especially the safety of the people in the base area, we must go all out to resolutely and thoroughly smash the enemy's sweep." ”

Liu Hong paused, and then said: "Immediately order all troops to enter a state of first-level combat readiness, be ready to fight at any time, rush to various places, seize advantageous terrain, prepare to block the devils, and delay the advance of the devils." ”

"In addition, immediately notify Regiment Leader Zhang of this matter, and let them cooperate with us to smash this sweep of devils."

"Yes! Then I will command the command. Wu Feng hurriedly answered, and got up to convey the order.

At this time, Liu Hong turned to Secretary Lin next to him and said: "Secretary Lin, the brutality of the little devil, I think we all know that this time the devil came with anger, and he will definitely take revenge on the local people, especially the people in our base area, our Eighth Route Army is the people's army, and we must not affect the people." Therefore, please Secretary Lin immediately organize the transfer of the local people, and our troops will fully assist the people in retreating. ”

Secretary Lin frowned and asked, "Are all the people retreating?" And what about the scope of the retreat? ”

(End of chapter)