Early the next morning, Liu Hong deliberately spread the news that he was going to attack Wuqiang County, and then personally led the main force of the independent regiment to swagger towards Wuqiang County.

After the Japanese defenders of Wuqiang County got the news, they hurriedly reported it to Zhongxi Zhenxi, and at this time, this old devil had rushed to Cangzhou in advance and was in charge of the entire central Hebei region.

After receiving the news, Zhongxi Zhenxi was also slightly surprised, frowned and said: "Baga Yalu, this Liu Hong is becoming more and more arrogant. ”

"Your Excellency, what should we do now? Do you want to send troops to support Wu Qiang? A devil next to him, Dazuo, asked with a frown.

"Support Wu Qiang?" Nakanishi Sadaki sneered and asked, "Suzuki-kun, do you think that with only the defenders of a few nearby counties, even if they rush to Wuqiang, they will be able to withstand the attack of the independent regiment?" Can you keep Wu Qiang? ”

"If you can rush to Wuqiang before the Eighth Route Army, and gather about a large number of troops, you should be able to hold Wuqiang County." Suzuki replied with a frown.

"Hmph~!" Zhongxi Zhenxi snorted coldly and said: "You are inevitably too optimistic, Liu Hong is very cunning, since he wants to fight Wuqiang, how can he not be prepared in advance." If we really sent troops to support Wuqiang, Liu Hong would most likely stop attacking Wuqiang and instead attack the nearby county strongholds, and the losses of the imperial army would only be even greater. ”

"Avoiding the real is false, Tubalu has always been good at this tactic." Suzuki Osa nodded slightly and said, "Then what should the imperial army do?" Is it difficult to cede Wuqiang County to the Eighth Route Army? ”

"That's right! You're right, we just want to give up Wuqiang County to Tubalu. Nakanishi Zhenxi nodded and said: "Immediately notify the defenders of Wuqiang County, immediately gather troops, withdraw from Wuqiang County, and retreat to Wuyi." ”

"Your Excellency General, ...... you" Suzuki Daisa's eyes couldn't help but widen in surprise, and he even wondered if there was something wrong with his ears and he heard it wrong.

Zhongxi Zhenxi said with great certainty: "Yes, you heard it right, we are going to cede Wuqiang County to the Independent Regiment." And in order to preserve strength and avoid unnecessary casualties, the Wuqiang defenders can be withdrawn from the county seat in advance. ”

Suzuki Daisa frowned and said, "I still can't figure it out. ”

Nakanishi Zhenxi sneered and said: "This Liu Hong, after several victories in a row, is already crazy and boundless, and he is so unscrupulous to attack the town occupied by the imperial army. Since this is the case, then we will plan and let this guy be proud for a while, as the saying goes, the arrogant army will be defeated, and when the main force of the imperial army arrives, Liu Hong's death will come. ”

"Hello! Humble duty understood. Your Excellency the General is wise, and he will go to deliver orders. Suzuki Osa then said, "It's just that what if the independent regiment gains an inch and continues to attack?" ”

Nakanishi Zhenxi frowned slightly, hesitated slightly, and said: "It's a big deal, let them occupy a few more county seats, anyway, it won't be long before our main force arrives, let them occupy more places, and they can also disperse their forces as much as possible, which is conducive to the imperial army to break them all, and it is not necessarily a bad thing." ”

"Hello! Your Excellency the General is wise. Suzuki Osaku replied respectfully and turned to leave.

……

At this time, the independent regiment was on its way to Wuqiang County, and Liu Hong followed the team all the way forward.

At this time, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly ran over, ran to Liu Hong, stood upright, respectfully saluted the military salute, and said loudly: "Report to the head of the regiment, I just received the news that the little devils in Wuqiang County suddenly and urgently withdrew from Wuqiang County. ”

"The little devil withdrew?" Liu Hong frowned slightly.

"Yes, not only did the devils withdraw, but the traitors in the city also got the news and rushed to flee the county seat." The Eighth Route Army soldier replied.

"I didn't expect them to move quickly!" Liu Hong said with a little surprise.

Wu Feng said with a smile: "It seems that your goal has been achieved, and the little devil is really scared by us." ”

Liu Hong waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid things are not that simple. It is said that Nakanishi Sadaki rushed to Cangzhou last night, and I think this was most likely his idea. ”

Wu Feng nodded and said: "Nakanishi Zhenxi is the deputy chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army, and it is said that this old devil is also very cunning. He is deliberately preserving his strength and preparing for the final decisive battle with us! ”

"Probably so." Liu Hong nodded and said, "We just wanted to test the reaction of the little devil, but I didn't expect this Zhongxi Zhenxi to be very courageous!" It really gave us the county seat of Wuqiang. ”

Wu Feng nodded and said, "We are testing the little devil, I think this old devil probably wants to test us by this." If that's the case, what do we do next? ”

"Don't care about these for now, let's take Wuqiang County first, the little devil has run away, just right, we can take Wuqiang County without blood." Liu Hong said with a frown.

"By the way, where did the little devil go?" Liu Hong then asked.

The soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly replied, "Retreat south to Wuyi." ”

"Hmm~!" Liu Hong nodded slightly, and then ordered with a serious face: "Order the vanguard to immediately occupy Wuqiang County." ”

"Yes!" The soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly answered, turned around and ran to deliver the order.

In the afternoon of the same day, the independent regiment successfully occupied the county seat of Wuqiang, and at this time, the Japanese puppet army in the county town had already run away.

The Eighth Route Army came to Wuqiang County and was warmly welcomed by the local people, and Wuqiang County was successfully recovered.

At this time, Liu Hong got the news that not only the little devils in the county had run away, but also the little devils in several nearby strongholds had also retreated in advance, and all of them had retreated to Wuyi County.

After Liu Hong received this news, he immediately ordered his troops to occupy these strongholds and completely destroy them.

After coming to Wuqiang County, Liu Hong convened the main cadres of the Independent Regiment that night and held an emergency meeting, which was mainly to study the strategic deployment of the Independent Regiment in the next step.

At the meeting, everyone expressed their opinions and had a very heated discussion, which was mainly divided into two factions, one faction supported the continuation of the offensive, and took advantage of this opportunity to recover a few more county towns in order to further expand the influence of our Eighth Route Army.

The other faction advocates that the offensive should be temporarily stopped and the area currently occupied should be stabilized, not to mention that the devil is deploying troops to prepare for the attack on Jizhong, and we should also prepare in advance.

Just when everyone was arguing, Liu Hong suddenly received an important piece of information.

Liu Hong took the telegram, frowned and said: "The situation has changed, it seems that we have to change our strategy." ”

(End of chapter)