The inside and outside of the village shrouded in darkness were busy, and the intersections of the main roads on the periphery were guarded by guards and brothers with guns.

In the courtyard of a farmhouse vacated in the village, the brothers of the communications company were busy setting up antennas on the roof and debugging the radio station.

The staff officers were also in a hurry, holding all kinds of documents, because a crucial battle was about to start, and whether the troops were in place and what the situation was, they had to immediately urge and solve the problem, and nothing could go wrong.

Any large-scale military operation is not a simple matter, and now the Northern Jiangsu Corps is already like a huge war machine, with Yang Ling's order, it has rumbled and turned.

However, this is only the beginning, and any small mistakes and oversights will lead to a setback in the battle plan of this attack on Baoying.

Yang Ling, the supreme commander of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, is responsible for judging the general direction and strategy and controlling the overall situation.

The distance of the battle plan has been connected and dealt with by the various links, and it is the specific planning of the staff officers of the general commander.

Fortunately, since the victory of the first in the world, the theater command not only parachuted a deputy commander and two battalion commanders into the Northern Jiangsu Corps, but also sent a group of professional staff officers.

These staff officers are not half-baked staff officers like Lei Xiong, and they are outstanding in terms of consideration of operational details, formulation of battle plans, and mapping ability.

In the past, the battle plan was formulated by Yang Ling, the chief captain, and Lei Xiong was responsible for supplementing it.

And now the general staff office directly shared most of the tasks on Yang Ling's shoulders, so that Yang Ling, the commander, could better free up his energy to control the overall situation.

Now that the general phalanx has been decided, the specific battle plan will be temporarily revised by the staff officers, and the units will be responsible for carrying it out.

The staff officers were busy, and the troops marched towards their respective predetermined targets under the cover of night, which allowed Yang Ling, the commander-in-chief, to relax.

"Four battalions and ten companies have arrived in the predetermined area."

"The 7th and 8th Companies of the 2nd Battalion have arrived in the predetermined area."

"The second artillery company arrives in the predetermined area."

"There is no movement of the enemy in the east of the city."

"There is no movement of the enemy in the south of the city."

"Three companies of the 5th Battalion have arrived at the bank of the Baosha River and are ready to cross the river to launch an attack at any time."

"The fifth guerrilla detachment began to clear the field in Area Three."

"The eighth guerrilla detachment has taken control of Qingshuikou and captured a squad of puppet troops."

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There are few radio stations in the Northern Jiangsu Corps, and the only three radio stations are usually used as one, and the rest are used as backups, and only when it is critical will one radio station be assigned to the battalion-level troops.

Therefore, none of the battalions and companies in the current movement to Baoying County are equipped with radio stations, and they rely entirely on traditional communication troops.

Fortunately, in the previous operations, the Northern Jiangsu Corps also captured a lot of devils' military horses, and the Northern Jiangsu Corps did not form a cavalry company, but assigned the military horses to various communication platoons to improve their information transmission speed.

As soon as the general commander of Northern Jiangsu settled down in the village, signal troops rushed over from all directions to report the latest situation.

The staff officers, who had just unfolded the map, relied on the information they had gathered to mark the locations of each unit and compare it with the plan.

"Five battalions? Where is your battalion headquarters? ”

While the operational staff officers were busy marking, the communications company of the general commander also pulled up the telephone line and began to call the nearest company.

"What, Continental Village? Why did you go to the mainland village, you are in charge of the west of Baoying, you went to the north, hurry to the west. ”

In the dark night, the military operation was launched, although people had been sent to the front station in advance, but there were still many emergencies, and those who were lost and could not be contacted abounded.

Fortunately, all the troops secretly moved towards Baoying under the cover of night, although it seemed a little chaotic, but Baoying's Japanese puppet defenders did not notice the abnormal atmosphere.

Because Baoying's Japanese puppet army had just received the news that the Northern Jiangsu Corps had launched an attack on Gaoyou on the southern front.

Now that the Northern Jiangsu Corps has been opened near Gaoyou on the southern front, then Baoying in their north also means that it is safe.

Baoying is now like a nail embedded in the control area of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, and it is facing the threat of the Northern Jiangsu Corps on three sides.

Captain Captain Hanoi Duanshu, the supreme commander of the devil's garrison in Baoying, has always been worried that the Northern Jiangsu General Army will attack them.

Now that the Northern Jiangsu Corps has attacked Gaoyou in the south again, his hanging heart has finally been relaxed.

Although the commander of Gaoyou, Watanabe Shouichi, asked him to actively prepare for the war, when the time came, he would go south from Baoying and attack the Northern Jiangsu Army from behind.

But now the Northern Jiangsu Corps is strong and strong, and his Baoying garrison plus the puppet army is only more than 1,000 people, and it is not a wise move to have a hard encounter with the Northern Jiangsu Corps, so wait for the situation to be clear before acting.

What Captain Hanoi Duanshu didn't know was that the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps was attacking Gaoyou in the south, but the real direction of attack was Baoying in the north, and the target was him.

The Japanese puppet troops in Baoying City were all rarely relaxed, and in their consciousness, the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps was far away from them, and they were not worried at all.

Although there are several guerrilla forces active around Baoying, the scale is not large, and there is no threat to Baoying, and they can finally sleep with peace of mind.

"Report, Camp Commander Shen is in a hurry!"

Not long after the radio station was set up, the communications staff officer hurriedly sent a telegram to Yang Ling.

Yang Ling got the telegram later than Baoying's Japanese puppet army, because they had just arrived here.

"Battalion Commander Shen has already launched a feint attack on Gaoyou's Japanese puppet army, and everything is going smoothly at present, and the Japanese puppet army has not seen through it as a feint."

Yang Ling had been waiting for this telegram, and when he heard that the southern line was progressing smoothly, Yang Ling's hanging heart was also relaxed.

"Is it going to attack right away?"

It was the first time for Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao to command such a big battle, and his thin face was full of excitement.

"Are the troops in place?" Yang Ling raised his wrist and looked at his watch, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

Yuan Guangtao, deputy commander of the brigade, replied: "Most of the attacking troops have already arrived at the attack position, and a small number of troops are still on the way, so it is completely possible to launch an attack in advance." ”

After thinking about it, Yang Ling still gave up the idea of launching an attack in advance, because it was pitch black, and if the order was suddenly changed, if the order was not conveyed properly, it would easily cause chaos among the troops.

"According to the original plan, the attack was launched on time at five o'clock in the morning." Yang Ling commanded.

Although Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao wanted to attack in advance, since Yang Ling had already made up his mind, he did not persuade him again.

"Captain Yang, do we want to inform the theater headquarters now?" Deputy captain Yuan Guangtao asked.

In order to ensure the secrecy of the entire military operation, Yang Ling did not ask the theater command for instructions, but prepared to cut first and then play.

Because Yang Ling was worried that if there were spies or agents of the Japanese puppet army on the side of the theater headquarters, once this battle plan was reported, it was very likely to be leaked and lead to failure.

Now that the attack is about to be launched, since the deputy captain Yuan Guangtao mentioned it, Yang Ling feels that even if he reports to the theater command now, it will not affect them.

"Then you go and report to the commanders of the theater command." Yang Ling thought about it and ordered.

"Yes!" After the deputy captain answered, he turned around and walked towards the room where the radio station was placed.