Liu Hong was training with the soldiers on the training ground, when Wu Feng hurried over.

Liu Hong turned around and glanced at Wu Feng, and said with a smile: "Looking at your expression, I know that something must have happened again!" Let's talk about it! What's the matter? ”

Wu Feng frowned and said, "I just received the news from Cangzhou, and the little devil has increased his troops to Cangzhou again. ”

"Reinforcements? How much has it increased? Liu Hong asked with a frown.

"Today, there is a train from the direction of Tianjin to Cangzhou, and it is full of little devils, according to preliminary estimates, there should be about 2,000 people." Wu Feng said with a serious face.

"Hey~!" Liu Hong sighed softly, and said a little helplessly: "These little devils, they really won't let us stop for a moment!" ”

Wu Feng nodded and said: "Although the Seventh Independent Mixed Brigade and the Second Wing have suffered heavy losses, there are still about five thousand people together, and now these little devils are all in Cangzhou, and in this case, the little devils continue to increase their troops in Cangzhou, most of them are coming for us." ”

Liu Hong said thoughtfully: "This point is not certain at present, but we have to guard against it!" ”

Wu Feng frowned and said: "Now the number of little devils in Cangzhou has increased to seven thousand, if these little devils are really coming for us, then it will be a big trouble." ”

Liu Hong smiled and said: "If it is in another place, it is really difficult to deal with seven thousand little devils, but Gaoguantun is our territory, if the little devils really dare to attack Gaoguantun, let alone seven thousand little devils, even if there are ten thousand little devils, Lao Tzu is not afraid." ”

Wu Feng nodded and said, "Having said that, but the little devil soldiers are pressing the realm, we always have to prepare in advance." ”

Liu Hong smiled and said: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, there is nothing to worry about." The troops were ordered to keep everything as usual, loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and all units to be ready for battle at all times, and at the same time relay the news to the 11th Regiment. ”

Zhang Zhicheng has been ordered to reorganize all units of the Jilu Military Region into a regiment, and the number of the 11th Regiment has been retained, while the numbers of the rest of the troops, including the number of the Sixth Brigade, have been cancelled. The newly reorganized 11th Teaching Regiment is still headed by Zhang Zhicheng.

"Yes!" Wu Feng hurriedly responded.

"And!" Liu Hong continued: "Continue to send people to closely monitor the devil's every move, and it is best to find out the devil's true intentions." At the very least, we must ensure that when the little devils start their actions, we can learn the news in advance and take corresponding measures. ”

"Yes! I'll arrange it! Wu Feng hurriedly responded, turned around and left in a hurry.

Liu Hong sighed slightly, looked up at the soldiers who were training on the training ground, the soldiers were enthusiastic, and they were also very hard working during training, which made Liu Hong feel very pleased.

……

In Cangzhou City, in the headquarters of Endo Kanan, an officer walked in quickly and said respectfully: "Report to Your Excellency General, the newly replenished soldiers have been replenished to all units in accordance with the instructions of Your Excellency the General." ”

"Yo Xi!" Kanan Endo smiled and nodded, and said, "Inform the military commanders of the troops, Your Excellency the commander has only one week left for us, and after a week, the troops will take action." Therefore, they may not be able to integrate this group of recruits within a week so that the troops can recover their combat effectiveness as soon as possible. ”

"Hello!" The devil officer hurriedly answered, turned around and went to deliver the order.

Replenished by about two thousand recruits, Kanan Endo added a thousand of them to the 2nd Wing and another 1,000 to the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade.

Before the second wing, there was only one brigade and the troops directly under the wing, and after replenishing a thousand people, it was equivalent to one more infantry brigade, and there were currently two infantry brigades.

And the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, the previous 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade were all wiped out, and they were only replenished by a thousand people, which was not enough at all. So Endo Kanan split the 1,000 men and added them to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th brigades, so that there were still only three infantry brigades left in the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade.

The little devils of the Seventh Independent Mixed Brigade inevitably complained in their hearts about replenishing them with such a small number of troops, but this is also a matter of no choice, there are more monks and less meat.

What's more, Kanan Endo was originally the commander of the infantry brigade of the 27th Division and the acting commander of the division, so it is inevitable that he will be biased towards the second wing, because the second wing is his direct unit, and as for the independent seventh mixed brigade, it is just temporarily under his command. At most, after this battle, a new brigade commander will take over the post of brigade commander of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade.

It's human nature that Kanan Endo is biased towards his own troops.

Although the little devil has not taken any action in the past two days, Kanan Endo has not been idle.

Kanan Endo has been at the headquarters all along, and his staff officers have studied the specific battle plan for encircling and suppressing the high-ranking official Tun Village.

Although Endo Kanan also formulated a battle plan before, that plan was only a rough plan, and now the situation has changed, on the one hand, Endo Kanan has to improve the detailed battle plan, and on the other hand, according to the current specific situation, the previous plan must be modified to a certain extent.

Time flies, time flies. In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

The Japanese units were ready for battle in accordance with Kanan Endo's instructions. And Kanan Endo's battle plan, after several revisions, was finally finalized.

The night before the Japanese army began to operate, Kanan Endo summoned the 2nd Wing and the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, all officers above the rank of group commander to hold an emergency military meeting at the headquarters.

At the beginning of the meeting, Kanan Endo said with a serious face: "I don't think I need to say, everyone understands the purpose of summoning everyone this time!" ”

Nishijima Osa hurriedly replied, "Hai! Your Excellency the General must have convened this meeting this time to deal with the hateful military engineering team! ”

"Not bad! That's it. Endo Kanan nodded and said: "I have already told you before, this time His Excellency the Commander has made up his mind to resolutely and completely eliminate the martial arts team led by Liu Hong, and wipe out all the Tuba Road in the central Hebei region, and this glorious task will fall to us." His Excellency the Commander has repeatedly stressed that this time it is necessary to destroy the military engineering team at all costs, this is a death order, an order that must be completed, if we fail to complete the task, we will all be severely punished, and we will become sinners of the entire empire. ”

(End of chapter)