"Report to the general, Captain Kuroki of the reconnaissance unit has returned."

In the dim darkness of the night, a devil Shaozo hurriedly stepped into the division headquarters of Junrokuro Matsuura and reported with a little excitement.

The commander of the division, Junrokuro Matsuura, had been worried about the situation of the enemy on the front line of Wutailing since the reconnaissance unit was dispatched, and his plan was probably about to fail.

Looking forward to the stars and the moon, the reconnaissance team sent out finally came back, and he hurriedly stood up: "Let Heimu-san come to see me quickly!"

"Hey!" Shao Zuo hurriedly turned around and shouted outside the tent, and soon a middle-aged man with dark skin and a short stature came in.

This devil captain was wearing a coarse cloth shirt, and his feet in cloth shoes were covered with mud and dust, dressed like an ordinary Chinese person, although his face was tired, but a pair of yin and small eyes revealed a fierce color, and he was not good at first glance.

"General!"

Captain Kuroki, a devil disguised as an ordinary Chinese citizen, stood still in front of Junrokuro Matsuura, raised his hand and saluted.

The division commander, Junrokuro Matsuura, saw the dirty captain and said, "Kuroki-san has worked hard—"

"Serve His Majesty the Emperor and never give up!" Captain Kuroki replied with a resolute gaze, not taking the fatigue of the road into his eyes at all.

Junrokuro Matsuura nodded with satisfaction, and didn't say much more than greetings, and asked a little impatiently, "How is the investigation going?"

Captain Kuroki, who was in charge of the reconnaissance, replied: "Sure enough, as the general expected, there is no trace of the activities of the Zhina Army in the Wutailing area, and I have repeatedly confirmed with the local villagers that there is no Zhina Army stationed in the direction of Wutailing to De'an."

Captain Kuroki disguised himself as refugees who had fled the war, and successfully obtained information from the mouths of local villagers.

"Good!" Hearing the exact information, a smile broke out on Junrokuro Matsuura's face.

"This is a simple map we made along the way, and the villages, rivers, and road conditions along the way have been marked." Captain Kuroki took out a folded simple map from his pocket and handed it to Junrokuro Matsuura.

Most of the ghost soldiers have a high degree of Chinese, and it is easy to draw these simple maps, so every time they carry out reconnaissance tasks, they will mark the key villages and rivers encountered along the way according to the requirements for the reference of the staff personnel when formulating combat plans.

"Kuroki-san, you go down and rest first." Junrokuro Matsuura got the information he wanted, so he didn't stay with Captain Kuroki more.

"Hey!"

Captain Kuroki didn't close their eyes all day and night, and they were also exhausted at the moment, so they withdrew from the division headquarters with interest.

Junrokuro Matsuura ordered: "Send a telegram to His Excellency the Commander to report the investigation situation, and our department awaits further orders."

Soon, the situation of the field reconnaissance on the front line coincided with the intelligence of the reconnaissance plane, and the commander of the 11th Army, Okamura Ninji, did not hesitate at all, and immediately called back to Junrokuro Matsuura, asking their division to intersperse in the direction of Dean along the second gap.

Once they are interspersed in place, not only will they not be able to relieve the obstruction of the troops in the direction of Ruiwu Road, but they will also be able to encircle and eliminate more than 20 divisions of Chinese troops on the Wushimen and Nanxun lines, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

After receiving orders from Commander Okamura Ninji, Junrokuro Matsuura also actively prepared for repeated setbacks in frontal attacks.

Because of the interspersed passage through the Wutai Ridge line to the De'an area, there were rolling mountains and mountains along the way, and in order to meet the needs of the surprise attack of the rapid passage of troops, Matsuura Junrokuro issued a series of effective orders.

"You quickly mark the route of the marching army, and be sure to bypass the village settlements along the way to achieve the effect of a covert march."

"Hey!"

The staff officers quickly got busy, relying on the known information and quickly began to plan the marching route.

"Except for the troops left behind in the camp, all personnel were distributed with six days of field rations to participate in the operation."

"Each infantry carried two hundred rounds of ammunition and two grenades, the field artillery units remained in the camp, and the mountain artillery and mortar units quickly disassembled their weapons and transported them by mules and horses."

Junrokuro Matsuura knew that in order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, the whole division must be lightly armed, otherwise it would be discovered by the Chinese army because of its slow movement, which would greatly reduce the effectiveness of the plan.

Soon, the commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, convened an emergency military meeting of the division, which was attended by all officers above the rank of captain of the group.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this roundabout operation is related to whether our southern front troops can defeat the Chinese army and change the battlefield situation, and it is also related to the honor of our 106th Division, and I also ask you to work together to complete this operation and present it to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Hey!"

The officers were in high spirits and high spirits, eager to join the operation immediately.

Their troops were first hit the Nanxun Line, and then their heads were broken and bleeding at Wushimen, so that they could not raise their heads in front of the friendly troops at all, and their hearts were on fire.

"The 136th Brigade is the forward force of the division, and your combat mission is to clear the troops of the Chinese Army encountered along the way and clear the way for the follow-up troops."

Although the planes detected that there was no large-scale Chinese defense on the Wutailing line, once the troops began to move, the movements of tens of thousands of people could be concealed for a day or two, but they could not be concealed forever.

At that time, the Chinese army would definitely find out about their attempt and would definitely send troops to block it, so in order to ensure the smooth progress of the roundabout operation, Matsuura Junrokuro required the forward troops to quickly tear through the opponent's blocking line once they encountered an attack.

"Hey!" Major General Kei Aoki, commander of the 136th Brigade, suddenly stood up to receive the order.

"I will lead the troops to operate in the center, with the 111th Brigade as the third echelon, and then follow up!"

"Are the combat missions of the various wings clear?!" After the order was issued, Junrokuro Matsuura looked around at the officers who were sitting in a precarious position, and said with a serious face.

"Clear!" The officers all answered neatly, and their words were full of murderous intent.

"Let's get started tomorrow morning! Let's go down and prepare! ”

Junrokuro Matsuura waved his hand, and the officers rushed out in silence and rushed back to their respective units.

It was a sleepless night, and the entire camp was preparing for offensive operations.

As soon as dawn, the troops led by Major General Aoki Kei of the 136th Brigade were the first to leave the station, bypassing the Wushimen defense line in front of the Chinese army, and plunged headlong into the Wutailing area in the southwest.

The second echelon led by Junrokuro Matsuura and the third echelon of the 111th Brigade also followed, and a fully equipped 10,000-strong division plunged into the foggy mountains.

Although the devil's actions were hidden, they had already been discovered by the Chinese troops who were secretly spying, and then quickly reported it.

"It's so arrogant! He even wanted to flank De'an with one division and surround and eat twenty of my divisions! Don't see if they have that much appetite! ”

After receiving the report that the devils had moved to the front line of Wutailing, General Xue Yue, the commander of the First Corps, was shocked but still had doubts, worried that this was a trick by the devils to attack the west.

Therefore, on the one hand, General Xue Yue ordered the front line to closely monitor the movements of the devils, and on the other hand, he urgently transferred troops to plug the gap in the defensive line.

But now that he saw that the devil really dared to go deep into the front line of Wutailing with a single division, he calmed down.