Liu Hong, who was hurrying to the river, received news halfway through and learned that the little devil had suddenly stopped advancing towards the river.

Liu Hong looked at the telegram in his hand, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Wu Feng next to him smiled and asked, "Regiment leader?" What's the matter? Makes you so happy? ”

Liu Hong handed the telegram to Wu Feng and said with a smile: "The Japanese puppet army that invaded the river suddenly stopped at the sand depression and camped on the spot. ”

Wu Feng glanced at the telegram and said with a smile: "It seems that the little devil is timid." In this way, the little devil was just bluffing before. ”

Liu Hong nodded and said, "Hmm! This Nakanishi Xizhen is not very good! I didn't even have the courage to attack the river. ”

Wu Feng nodded and said, "In this way, this old devil is just to contain us and prevent our army from continuing to attack." But he didn't have the guts to start a war right now, he was waiting for their reinforcements, so he was deliberately delaying the time now. ”

"That's exactly what happened." Liu Hong nodded and said: "But this matter is not up to him, he wants to delay time, we don't delay time with him, the more he is afraid of something, the more we give him?" ”

"You mean to force the little devils to fight?" Wu Feng asked with a frown.

"Not bad!" Liu Hong nodded and said, "You want to!" Judging from the current situation, this Nakanishi Xizhen has no courage to fight with us at all. But how will he react if our army approaches the river? ”

Wu Feng frowned and thought for a moment, and replied, "If he is unwilling to fight, then he can only retreat!" ”

"Retreating without a fight will be a heavy blow to the morale of the troops!" Liu Hong sneered and said: "Zhongxi Xizhen is not a fool, it is impossible for him not to understand such a simple truth. Do you say he will dare to retreat when the time comes? ”

"Don't dare to beat him, and don't dare to retreat! This old devil is in a dilemma, and it is difficult to ride a tiger, which is interesting. Wu Feng said with a smile.

Liu Hong smiled and said, "When the time comes, I want to see how this old devil chooses?" ”

Liu Hong paused, and then said: "Nakanishi Xizhen's abandonment of attacking Hejian is the biggest mistake. In this way, they have already lost in momentum, and they have lost momentum before they have even fought each other, do you think they still won this battle? ”

"Hmm~!" Wu Feng smiled and nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then let's continue to approach Hejian, I am also curious about how this Zhongxi Xizhen will react next." ”

Liu Hong sneered and said: "In this battle, whether he fights or retreats, we have won the battle." ”

"Command the troops, continue to speed up, and rush back to Hejian City as soon as possible." Liu Hong said with a serious face.

"Yes!" Wu Feng hurriedly answered, turned around and ordered someone to convey the order.

At this moment, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army suddenly ran over in a hurry, stood up and respectfully saluted, and said loudly: "Report to the regiment commander, the headquarters is in an emergency." ”

Liu Hong hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the telegram, took a closer look, and said with a smile: "Another good news, a main regiment of the military region has rushed to Hejian and taken over the city defense of Hejian, so that Hejian can be safe." ”

"Good news indeed." Wu Feng smiled and nodded and said, "In this way, Zhongxi Xizhen should be even more anxious." ”

"Let him hurry away!" Liu Hong sneered and said, "Where is this!" What's really in a hurry is still to come? ”

Liu Hong frowned and thought about it, and said thoughtfully: "The current marching speed is too slow, how many trucks do we have now?" ”

Wu Feng thought for a moment and replied, "With the newly captured trucks in these battles, we now have a total of more than twenty trucks. ”

"More than twenty? Probably able to carry five hundred fighters, which is enough. Liu Hong nodded and said.

Wu Feng frowned and asked, "Is the regiment commander planning to rush back to Hejian in advance with a part of the troops?" ”

Liu Hong nodded and said, "Yes, Nakanishi Xizhen wants to deliberately delay time, and we must not let him get his wish, so we must rush back to Hejian as soon as possible." ”

Wu Feng frowned and thought for a while, and said, "The regiment commander means that the Japanese puppet army that eats Shawa first. ”

"Not bad!" Liu Hong nodded and said, "Deal with them first, and the rest of the battle will be much easier." ”

Wu Feng nodded and said, "That's fine, if you wait until the little devils gather all the people, this battle will not be so easy to fight." ”

Liu Hong frowned and thought for a while, and then ordered: "In this way, you immediately order to go down, transfer all the trucks, and order five hundred elite soldiers from the first battalion to return to the river in advance with me in the truck." ”

"Yes!" Wu Feng hurriedly answered, turned around and ordered someone to convey the order.

Liu Hong then continued: "If we take a truck, we should be able to get back to Hejian before dawn." In this case, you immediately send a telegram to the commander in the morning, informing the commander that he should send out the main force early tomorrow morning to encircle the enemy in the sand valley and test the enemy's reaction. ”

"Good! I'm going to send a telegram to the commander myself. Wu Feng hurriedly responded, turned around and left in a hurry.

According to Liu Hong's order, the independent regiment transferred all the trucks out, and the first battalion also received the order, and quickly dispatched 500 people, led by the battalion commander Zhao Lei, and returned to Hejian ahead of schedule with Liu Hong.

Liu Hong led the 500 soldiers of the first battalion to the direction of Hejian as fast as possible in a truck.

However, Liu Hong did not go directly to Hejian, but went around to the east of Shawa, and took advantage of the dawn to seize Xiejia Village, cut off the road, and blocked the passage for the Japanese puppet army to retreat to Cangzhou.

The central Hebei region is in the plain area, only cut off the highway, it is naturally impossible to surround the little devils, the little devils can give up taking the highway, detour back to Cangzhou from other directions, for the plain area, there is no road at all, in Mr. Lu's words, there is no road in the world, and it will become a road if there are more people.

And Liu Hong's purpose in this move is only one, that is, to create pressure on the little devil and test the reaction of the little devil.

At this time, the east is whitening, the darkness is gradually receding, and the soldiers are hurrying to build fortifications according to Liu Hong's orders.

At the same time, more than 3,000 main forces of the Eighth Route Army had rushed to Hejian City, and according to Commander Lu's order, these 3,000 main forces immediately left the city, and the troops were divided into three routes, from the west, northwest, and southwest, and gradually approached the sand depression.

(End of chapter)