Gaoyou, south of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, set up an offensive posture, and Watanabe Shouyi, the leader of the devil detachment in Gaoyou City, did not dare to slack off, and was also actively preparing to meet the battle.

Although Watanabe Shouyi, the leader of the devil's detachment, has shrunk his forces since he took office, he has not fought on a large scale with the Northern Jiangsu Army.

But the shadow of the famous tree, the Northern Jiangsu Corps started from Huaiyin, and now it has relied on several tough battles, which has made the devil have to pay attention.

From the intelligence gathered by the leader of the devil detachment, Watanabe Shouichi, from all sides and the several skirmishes he sent his troops against the Northern Jiangsu Headquarters, he already knew that he was facing a strong opponent.

Although the guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu was not yet the main force of the regular army, it was not one of those rabbles that was about to collapse at the touch of a button.

After summing up the experience of several defeats, Watanabe Shouyi, the leader of the devil detachment, knew that the strength of the Northern Jiangsu Corps was very strong, so he decided to fight steadily and steadily, put the Northern Subei Corps under Gaoyou Castle and then concentrate superior forces to eliminate it.

The devil troops near Gaoyou also received an order from Watanabe Shouichi, the leader of the devil detachment, that is, not to fight hard with the Northern Jiangsu Corps to avoid unnecessary losses, and once the troops fought with the Northern Jiangsu Corps, they could choose to retreat and lead them to Gaoyou City.

Because the devils carried out the tactics of luring the enemy into depth, the devils everywhere on the front line were not busy scouting the enemy's situation, but were busy preparing to retreat.

Just when the devils were busy implementing the tactics of luring the enemy into the depths, the main force of the captain of the northern Jiangsu Brigade, who was still advancing in the direction of Gaoyou in the south during the day, was directly in the rear and turned into the front team, and went back directly along the road under the cover of night.

The boxes of ammunition that the Northern Jiangsu Corps transported south with great fanfare during the day were all empty, just to hide people's eyes, and the real ammunition had been secretly transported to Baoying.

The troops marched to Xiangbao overnight, while the third battalion and some local militia units in charge of the feint attack on the southern front still played more flags with great fanfare to confuse the little devils.

"Your guerrilla groups, from today onwards, will continue to attack and infiltrate the devil's blockade line, so that the devil will mistakenly think that we are conducting a fire test!"

When the large army quietly turned north under the cover of night, Shen Biao, the commander of the third battalion who stayed on the southern front, was not idle.

Their three battalions of more than 400 officers and men were fully drawn and formed, together with the local militia brothers who were familiar with the terrain, and they would be mixed into as many as 50 guerrilla combat groups.

These 50 guerrilla combat groups will simultaneously launch a large-scale sabotage and infiltration operation against the devils on a front of more than 20 kilometers long.

Their purpose in carrying out sabotage and infiltration with such fanfare was very simple, to create a false impression that the main force was about to launch a large-scale attack, so as to cover the main force moving north.

"Your target is the stronghold of the devil and the puppet army, the turret, the bridge and the various military stations, the time is set for two days, and you must retreat after two days!"

Once the northern front starts fighting in the direction of Baoying, the devil will understand that the southern front is just a feint, and the infiltrated troops will be dangerous at that time, so Shen Biao told them to withdraw all after two days.

"Are the respective tasks clear now?"

Seeing that hundreds of brothers had gathered in the night, Shen Biao didn't know how many of them would be able to come back, but for the sake of victory on the northern front, they had to attack to create the illusion of an all-out attack.

"Understood!"

The brothers who attacked were well aware that there was no main force behind them, and the main force had already moved towards Baoying on the northern front.

Although they are now under the banner of the vanguard troops of the Northern Jiangsu Army, in fact, they are the main force on the southern front, and they are the only ones fighting on the southern front.

This meant that a brother in one of their battalions would have to attack a dozen times the enemy on a bare-faced battlefield.

This is a bold gamble, and once the enemy on the opposite side sees through it, then there is a good chance that they will not have time to withdraw from the depths of the enemy-occupied territory.

Although they knew that this sortie was very dangerous, none of the fifty guerrilla units flinched.

"Serve!"

These brothers who made a feint attack can be said to be death squads, and they may not return, and the battalion commander Shen Biao also made an exception to let the logistics get some wine.

"Whoa—"

The clay of a jar of wine was lifted, and the bowls in the hands of the brothers were filled with clear wine.

"Brethren, I am here waiting for your triumphant return! Dry! ”

Shen Biao, the commander of the third battalion, choked in his throat and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say the words when the words came to his mouth, so he could only raise his neck and take the lead in drinking a bowl of wine.

"If the country survives, I will die!" The brothers all roared in unison, raised their necks one after another, and drank a bowl of pride.

"Let's go!" After drinking all the wine, Luo Feng, the deputy battalion commander who led the team, put down the wine bowl and gave an order to the brothers.

"Take care, brethren!"

Shen Biao watched these resolute-eyed brothers walk past him one by one, and the eyes of the third battalion commander Shen Biao were a little moist, and he didn't know how many of these brothers could come back.

"Gotta come back!"

Seeing that Deputy Battalion Commander Luo Feng was carrying his iconic ghost head knife, Battalion Commander Shen Biao opened his arms and hugged Luo Feng.

"Don't worry, this time you will definitely beat the little devil!" Luo Feng reluctantly squeezed out a smile and comforted the battalion commander Shen Biao.

In these chaotic years, many brothers who lived and died together may never see each other again after being separated in a battle, so every battle is a parting of life and death.

The battle teams in charge of the attack disappeared into the dark night like ghosts, and felt towards the various defense lines of the devils.

Soon, on the edge of the control zone on the southern front of the Northern Soviet Guerrilla Corps, the atmosphere became tense, and even the smell of gunpowder filled the air.

The devils and the puppet army also knew that the main force of the Northern Jiangsu Army had moved south, so they were heavily guarded near the blockade line, and huge searchlights were constantly shining everywhere to prevent a sudden attack.

Although the puppet army has now been placed under the command of the Nanjing puppet government, even the puppet government in Nanjing acts according to the color of the devil, let alone the puppet army.

Now at the forefront of the blockade line, except for a small number of devils, most of them are puppet troops, and the devils know that the main force in northern Jiangsu has gone south, so they have been ordered to shrink the defense, and they have secretly retreated to Gaoyou.

"I heard that the main force of the guerrillas has gone south, is this true or false?"

In order to allow the puppet army to stick to the front line, the devils did not tell the truth to the puppet army, but most of the devils were retreating, and these puppet troops also noticed something unusual.

"It should be true, the imperial army that often comes to patrol on weekdays has not seen anyone now, I think eighty percent is too scared to come out, only dare to hide in the stronghold." There is a puppet army analysis said.

"What if the guerrillas do come in?" Hearing that it was true, some puppet soldiers became afraid.

After all, the name of the Northern Jiangsu team is so loud that even the devils are afraid, and they are not opponents.

"What are you afraid of, no matter how fierce the Northern Jiangsu Corps is, it is also Chinese, when the time comes, be smart, once they fight, those who want to survive will surrender." A puppet soldier looked left and right, and said in a low voice.

"But if the Imperial Army finds out, it's going to lose its head."

"I said, why are you elm pimple, the devils have all run away, we have been used as cannon fodder to stay here, and you are still desperate to give your life to the devils?"

"That's right, since the devil is unkind, then we can't be blamed for being unjust."