While the puppet government in Nanjing was raising the materials and food needed for the military operations of the devil troops, the Sulu Theater of Northern Jiangsu was also actively preparing for war.

Yang Ling killed the traitor who came to persuade him to surrender in public, and showed his tough attitude undoubtedly, that is, he is definitely not a traitor and traitor.

Although Yang Ling showed a tough attitude, he also knew what would happen to him after he expressed his position.

Shooting the first bird, and doing it like this now is tantamount to tearing the face with the puppet government in Nanjing and slapping the puppet government in Nanjing.

Now the puppet government in Nanjing has just been established, but it has been severely slapped in the ear, and it would be strange if it did not retaliate.

Yang Ling took advantage of the fact that the puppet government in Nanjing was still reacting, and made the first move to expand the control area of his northern Jiangsu guerrilla corps in order to meet the next bad situation.

With the establishment of the Nanjing puppet government, the frontal battlefield was a little better, and the Chongqing side gathered a heavy army group and devils to resist, and the Nanjing puppet government had little impact on them.

However, the impact on the occupied areas was very great, and the regular troops and guerrilla units behind the enemy lines were already fighting hard under the attacks of the devils.

Now the puppet government in Nanjing has been established in this way, and has played the slogans of "Sino-Japanese friendship" and "saving the country by curves".

Yang Ling also had to admit that these slogans were still very deceptive, and many officers and soldiers who were fighting behind enemy lines would be led astray by them if they did not pay attention to them.

Although Yang Ling is confident that he can control the Northern Jiangsu Corps and will not commit large-scale treason to the enemy, it does not mean that friendly troops will not.

It can be expected that for a long time to come, a large number of troops, squires and landlords will throw themselves into the puppet government of Nanjing, and their life will be difficult for these troops who insist on not surrendering.

Therefore, now Yang Ling must strike first, work hard to expand his control area, and strengthen the strength of his troops, and then have the capital to fight the war behind enemy lines for a long time.

Now they are confronting Gaoyou's devils on the front line of the realm, and the deputy captain Zhang Liechen is guarding Huaiyin, which is considered one of their rear.

But there is still a Baoying between the head of the world and the underworld, Baoying is now guarded by devils and puppet soldiers, although the territory controlled by the guerrillas has been compressed to the periphery of Baoying County, but they are still a threat to Yangling.

Therefore, after executing the traitor Liu An and others in public, Yang Ling convened a military meeting to discuss the capture of Baoying.

Capturing Baoying can not only connect Jieshou and Huaiyin, so that the two base areas can be connected, but also a positive response to the Nanjing puppet government.

After this period of training, the officers and men of the Northern Jiangsu Corps have not only improved their combat effectiveness, but also unified their thinking, and it is precisely when their fighting spirit is high.

When Yang Ling proposed to take Bao Ying to open the knife, there was almost no hesitation, and the senior officers of the Northern Jiangsu Corps all raised their hands in favor of this military operation.

"Baoying's garrison now has a squadron of devils and a small team, with a strength of about 300 people, and two battalions of the puppet army to assist in the defense, about 1,000 people, controlling twenty-five villages around Baoying."

The devil's current front is very long, and the main combat forces are fighting in Hunan, Shanxi, Guangxi and other places with the main Chinese forces.

In these occupied areas, however, the number of troops is overstretched, and the devils mainly practice the policy of puppet army assistance in the occupied areas, and recruit a large number of puppet troops to assist in defense.

Most of the local garrisons in the capital have a small number of devil soldiers to cooperate with a large number of puppet troops, and the situation of Baoying is similar, the number of puppet soldiers is large, and the number of devils is small.

During this period of time, the intelligence network in charge of Liu Sheng, the intelligence staff officer of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, was also actively spying on Baoying's intelligence, and basically found out Baoying's enemy situation.

"Because the north, east, and south directions of Baoying County are controlled and surrounded by our army, so the supply of materials and ammunition in Baoying is mainly transported from Anhui, as long as we cut off the material delivery channel west of Baoying, Baoying is a lonely city."

Since the Northern Jiangsu Corps occupied the head of the realm, Baoying has been semi-surrounded between Huaiyin and the head of the realm, and the devil is not willing to give up Baoying like this.

Therefore, the devil opened up a transportation channel to Baoying between Hongze Lake and Gaoyou Lake, and stationed a puppet military camp to build strongholds and turret guards along the way.

"So as long as we cut off the road west of Baoying, the devil's supplies and reinforcements won't be able to pass, then Baoying will be in our bag."

"So whether or not Baoying can be captured this time, not only must the siege troops be expensive and fast, but also the reinforcements in the west must withstand the reinforcements from Anhui." Yang Ling quickly finished the general introduction.

The officers of the Northern Jiangsu Corps were all in the blood and fire, and they were full of confidence in fighting Baoying, and after listening to Yang Ling's introduction, instead of being afraid, they were eager to try.

"Sir, now Gaoyou is stationed with heavy troops of devils, if we draw troops north to fight Baoying, what should we do if Gaoyou's devils pounce on us?"

Everyone turned their eyes to Bao Ying, and Bao Ying's eyes were like looking at a piece of fat, but the blacksmith, the commander of the first battalion, looked worried and looked to the south.

Seeing that the blacksmith of the first battalion commander could have an overview of the overall situation, considering the enemy in the south, Yang Ling was also very pleased, as long as he tempered a little, the blacksmith could also be in charge alone.

Now, after several major battles, a number of cutting-edge young officers with strong command styles have emerged in the Northern Jiangsu Corps.

However, although these new young officers have fought well on local battlefields, they are not as good as their experienced brothers in the overall situation.

Yang Ling nodded and said: "That's very good, Baoying is a nail embedded in the devil's control area, if we want to pull him out, Gaoyou's devils will definitely not stand idly by, so we need to leave a force to confuse the devils on the southern front and launch a feint attack in the direction of Gaoyou." ”

"Which of you would like to stay on the southern front and feint in the direction of Gaoyou to cover my main attack on Baoying?" After Yang Ling finished speaking, he looked at the officers in the room and asked.

In the face of Yang Ling's gaze, the officers all bowed their heads and did not dare to look at each other, at this juncture, they all wanted to fight Baoying Scenery, and no one was willing to make a feint.

And this feint attack is not so easy to fight, Gaoyou is a heavy army with devils stationed, if the scale is not well grasped, you will put yourself in, it can be said that the feint on the southern front is a thankless thing.

"What's the matter, it's all cowardly?"

Seeing that the brothers didn't speak, Yang Ling knocked on the table and sneered.

"Sir, let's go to the camp, but I also have one condition. I don't know if it's okay? Shen Biao, the commander of the third battalion, saw that no one spoke, thought about it and stood up.

Seeing that someone finally stood up, Yang Ling's face softened a lot, and he looked at Shen Biao, the commander of the third battalion, and said, "Tell me, what conditions." ”

Shen Biao smiled and said: "Sir, it's nothing, it's just that this time our battalion will cover, but next time we have to fight the main attack, otherwise I am willing, and I can't explain to the brothers below." ”

The reason why Shen Biao stood up to take over this feint attack on the southern front was also based on the specific situation of the troops.

Almost half of their three battalions were wiped out in the battle at the head of the realm, and now although a group of new recruits have been replenished, their combat effectiveness is much worse than that of the rest of the battalions.

If you squeeze into Baoying, you will definitely not be able to grab much meat to eat, rather than this, it is better to be a good person and book the next banquet.

"You're a good kid." Looking at Shen Biao's conditions, Yang Ling scolded with a smile: "Okay, I promised you." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Shen Biao saw Yang Ling agree, and sat down satisfied.