Liu Hong said with a smile: "The commander ordered our department to continue to march south, and the main force will continue to advance south from the west of the Pinghan Railway, creating an illusion for the little devil that we are going south." ”

"Illusion?" Wu Feng frowned and asked, "Aren't we really going to break through from the south?" ”

"Well, this one!" Liu Hong smiled and said, "It depends on the specific situation." The real purpose of our southward movement is to mobilize the little devils and find an opportunity to break through the Pinghan Railway, so we don't necessarily have to break through from the south. ”

Wu Feng nodded and said: "I understand, as long as we go south, the little devil will definitely not be able to sit still, and most of the troops will be mobilized to the south to intercept us from the south, and if there is a chance in the south, we will break through the Pinghan Railway from the south, if there is no opportunity, we will turn to the north and return to the north to find an opportunity." ”

Liu Hong smiled and said: "That's right, this is also something that can't be helped." The little devil learned the news in advance and made sufficient preparations, so that we can't be in a hurry, we can only slowly look for opportunities. Now the initiative is still in our hands, as long as we firmly grasp the initiative on the battlefield, the little devils can only be transferred by our mobilized regiments, and when they slack off, our opportunity will come. ”

As soon as Liu Hong's words fell, he suddenly heard an explosion outside, and the explosion came slowly from a distance, like a muffled thunder in the sky.

After Liu Hong heard the explosion, he hurriedly walked to the door and looked into the distance, only to see thick black smoke rising in the distance, and he could faintly see Japanese fighters flying in the sky.

Wu Feng frowned and said, "It's in the direction of Gaoyang County, and the devil sent planes to bomb Gaoyang County. ”

Liu Hong sighed slightly and said: "We should have expected this, although the little devil did not dare to send troops to counterattack Gaoyang, it was impossible not to react at all, send a plane to retaliate and vent his anger!" That's what they've always done. ”

Wu Feng sneered and said, "But they dare to send planes to bomb it." After our main force captured the county seat, it has gradually withdrawn, and only some small troops are left in the county seat, and we are also on guard, and the bombardment of the little devils should not cause too many casualties. ”

"That's the best!" Liu Hong nodded and said: "But there are still a lot of people in the city, and such a large-scale bombardment by the devils will inevitably cause some civilian casualties." Our Eighth Route Army is the people's army, and it is better not to affect the common people as much as possible, notify the troops in the city, and withdraw from Gaoyang County as soon as possible. In addition, all units were informed to be ready to move south at any time. ”

"Yes!" Wu Feng hurriedly responded.

The Eighth Route Army captured the county seat of Gaoyang and captured a large amount of booty. However, at that time, the Eighth Route Army had combat missions, and naturally all these trophies could not be taken away.

The Eighth Route Army only took away all the weapons and ammunition, and also took away some rations, and as for the rest of the food, it was all distributed to the local people on the spot. After capturing the county seat, the Eighth Route Army also seized a lot of property, including those copied from the devil traitor's house, and the Eighth Route Army did not leave much of these property, basically all of them were distributed to the nearby people.

However, all this was also carried out in secret, so as not to be retaliated against by the little devils after the Eighth Route Army left.

Since the little devil had no intention of counterattacking Gaoyang, and the Eighth Route Army was not in a hurry, during the day, the troops rested for a day near the county seat of Gaoyang, and in the evening, according to Liu Hong's order, they divided their troops into two routes to the south.

The soldiers of the 11th Regiment of the Martial Arts Corps and the Teaching Regiment were divided into two routes, all the way like a bamboo, and they advanced dozens of miles to the south in just one night, successively uprooted eight artillery strongholds of the devils, eliminated more than 200 little devils, more than 1,000 puppet soldiers, and captured a large amount of booty.

At the same time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in central Hebei also went all the way south, successively pulling out more than a dozen strongholds in the south of Yi County, and by the morning of the next day, the troops had advanced to the Langya Mountain area, and the other part was approaching Mancheng.

In just one night, the Eighth Route Army destroyed nearly 100 kilometers of railways, blew up more than a dozen bridges of various kinds, destroyed dozens of strongholds of devil's artillery towers, and wiped out more than 1,000 Japanese troops and more than 3,000 puppet troops.

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Gangcun Ningji finally couldn't sit still, and after hearing the losses in various places, his face was flushed with anger, and he kept walking back and forth with his hands behind his back.

"Bagaya Road~!" Gangcun Ningji gritted his teeth and scolded: "What do these hateful dirt roads want to do? ”

Anda Twenty-three hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Commander, the scale of the Tuba Road dispatch in the Taihang Mountains and the southern Hebei region is getting bigger and bigger, obviously these hateful Tuba Roads are trying to take advantage of the main force of the imperial army to move north, and carry out a large-scale sabotage attack on the railway line of the imperial army. ”

"No~!" Gangcun Ningci waved his hand and said: "Attacking the railway is only secondary, their main purpose is to attract the imperial army to the south, so that the main force of the Jizhong Military Region will have a chance to break through the Pinghan Railway." ”

Anda Twenty-Three frowned and said, "Even so, if the imperial army continues to let it go, the Eighth Road will only gain an inch, and it may develop into the Second Hundred Regiment War at that time." Moreover, the main force of the Eighth Route Army of the Jizhong Military Region has now begun to move south, and the military engineering team led by Liu Hong has also moved south, which shows that they should have given up the plan to break through the Pinghan Railway from the vicinity of Baoding, so that the imperial army should also make adjustments in a timely manner. ”

"You're right!" Gangcun Ningji sighed helplessly and said: "This is the crux of the matter, I originally thought that the imperial army would be able to grasp the initiative on the battlefield if they got the news in advance, but now it seems that I was wrong." We are only passive defense now, which is equivalent to giving up the initiative to the earth eight roads again. Now the earth eight roads can continue to consume with the imperial army, but the imperial army can no longer afford to consume. If it continues to be consumed, not only will the losses be greater, but the political impact will also be even more unfavorable to the imperial army. ”

"Hello! Your Excellency the Commander said very much. Anda Twenty-Three said respectfully: "Now we must change our tactics, otherwise the situation will become more and more unfavorable to the imperial army." He believed that the Imperial Army should find a way to regain the initiative on the battlefield. ”

Gangcun Ningji nodded and said: "Things have developed to this point, it is indeed something I did not expect, it seems that we must adjust the deployment and regain the initiative." ”

"Hello! Your Excellency the Commander is wise. Anda Twenty-Three replied respectfully.

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