Twenty minutes later, all the personnel above the division commander level of the Independent Army came to the headquarters of Gaodong.

In front of the temporary combat sand table, Gao Dong and Hu Xinghan stood left and right, looking at everyone seriously.

"I believe everyone already knows the situation, our next target is Shangluo, and a large number of devils have gathered near Shangluo, and the number of devils will never be less than the devils we encountered outside Kaifeng City!" Gao Dong calmly told everyone: "And the terrain near Shangluo is very complicated, this will be an extremely difficult battle. The enemy will use their existing terrain to play a hide-and-seek battle with us, hiding in the mountains, hiding in the bunkers scattered throughout the Shangluo area, blocking our progress with small fortifications scattered and injuring our living forces! ”

Gao Dong looked at everyone coldly: "The devils want to copy the cage tactics they practiced in Shaanxi and Shanxi to the battlefield of Shangluo, and they want us to enter Shangluo as if we were entering a cage." Trap us, survive us, their intentions are very sinister. ”

"Deputy Commander, what's the big deal. The devils outside Kaifeng City were not swept away by us, and they all died in Kaifeng City in the end. No matter how powerful the devils here are, can our independent army still be afraid of them? Yang Fei grinned.

"It's just that we are invincible all the way, and the devil runs away. I'm afraid that although the devils near Shangluo have already entered the defensive position, they have long been trembling and want to go home and throw themselves into their mother's arms! ”

After Yang Jihong finished speaking, he and Yang Fei laughed, causing everyone to turn their attention to the two of them.

Gao Dong coughed dryly: "From ancient times to the present, arrogant soldiers will be defeated!" Don't think that just because you have won a few battles, you are invincible in the world! There are many devils in our country, and there are many troops with very strong combat experience. If you want to defeat these opponents one by one, if you have a proud heart, one day you will only kill all your brothers! ”

Gao Dong looked at the two of them fiercely, and immediately told the two of them to quickly shut up, and honestly stood up straight, never daring to say more nonsense.

Gao Dong sighed, the independent army fought so smoothly that these officers and even all the soldiers thought that the devil was a vulnerable waste in front of the independent army. As long as the name of the independent army is reported to the devils, they can scare the devils without even fighting.

Moreover, there are not a few people who have this kind of thinking, and it can be said that most of the officers who command the battle have this kind of thinking, not to mention the soldiers they carry under them.

"Deputy commander, I think let's let our tank troops attack first! As you said, there are a large number of bunkers and bunkers near Shangluo City, and our armored forces are just opening the way for the army to destroy these bunkers and bunkers along the way! ”

He Sheng and Liu Ningtao were the only two operational commanders who were not above the division commander, but because they had special identities and commanded the only tank unit of the Independent Army, they also came to participate in such an important military meeting.

"No way!" Gao Dong decisively vetoed it!

"Why? In previous battles, our tank units have already shown superior offensive capabilities. Whether it is attacking the enemy's position or breaching the city, as long as we rush forward with full horsepower, the enemy will not be able to stop us at all. And their artillery is all dead, they can only bombard one point fixedly, and they can't catch up with our speed at all. If you want to break through quickly, you can only use our tank troops! He Sheng hurriedly looked for a reason for him to be the vanguard.

"You tank troops and cavalry cannot be regarded as vanguard troops! This time, absolutely not! Gao Dong looked at He Sheng and Li Maolin on the other side, and there was no room for justification in his eyes.

"Reason! Deputy Commander, I just need one reason! Li Haolin snorted dissatisfiedly.

"The topography of Shangluo, although there are many plains. But most of these plains are connected to mountain lakes and mountains. According to our reconnaissance reports, most of the enemy's artillery is concentrated on the mountains, and there are bunkers and bunkers everywhere! Cavalry entering such an environment is tantamount to suicide, and you will only be strafed into a pair of dead bodies by fire from all sides. Tanks are even worse, if I have more than 200 tanks, I can make your large group charge intensively and destroy all the bunkers and bunkers along the way! ”

Gao Dong suddenly aggravated his tone: "But what you are entering now is a cage, do you understand what the cage means?" Even if you go in, you will be covered in artillery fire and heavy machine guns from all directions, and even if your armor is twice as thick, you will be beaten to scrap metal at that time. ”

"I only have these twenty tanks, all of them are my treasures, and I will never allow any losses here. You will also play a big role in the future battles. Gao Dong said undoubtedly.

He Sheng and Li Haolin looked at each other, but they couldn't refute Gao Dong's reason. Indeed, if the enemy is really arranged as Gao Dong said, they will only become the target of the devil's focus after entering.

"Deputy commander, why don't you use artillery bombardment? Our artillery has learned a lot before, and it is very good at how to bomb the enemy in the mountains! Yang Jihong stepped forward and took the initiative to ask.

Gao Dong smiled and shook his head: "You only have a little more than a thousand artillery, but what you want to bomb is the mountain range of the entire Shangluo region." You know, the devils have put a large number of soldiers between the mountains, how many shells can you blow them up? I'm afraid I'll just keep giving you shells to blow up for a month, and you won't be able to blow up a wing of devils. They are alive after all, such a large mountainous area, as soon as your shelling starts, they ran away! ”

Yang Jihong was completely speechless, and retreated stupidly.

"Deputy Commander, is it impossible to bypass it?" Tong Zhenxing, the commander of the third division, asked suspiciously.

"Of course not!" Wu Hua immediately stood up and said: "It will not only take time for us to bypass it, but it will also leave endless hidden dangers. If the front is blocked by the Japanese army in the future, and Shangluo's devils become chasing soldiers again, we will fall into a state of being caught in front and back. If the devils throw themselves into the air again, we will only be defeated. ”

"Oh, this fight doesn't work, and the detour doesn't work, is it difficult to go back?" Yang Fei roared impatiently.

"Don't worry, since the deputy commander has called us, he must be confident, you can't change your urgency?" Ren Minjian, who came injured, smashed Yang Fei in the back with a punch.

As soon as Ren Minjian's words came out, everyone's eyes turned to Gao Dong, and Yang Fei asked even more eagerly: "Deputy commander, what do you think, just say it, oops, it's really urgent!" ”

"Wait!" Gao Dong smiled and looked at everyone.

"Wait?" This time, everyone looked at Gao Dong in amazement. The big war is coming, Gao Dong doesn't arrange tasks, but lets everyone wait, which one is this playing.

"Yes, wait! Order your troops to stand by and let no one act rashly! Gao Dong's tone suddenly became heavier.

"But what are we waiting for?" Yang Fei's eyes widened and he asked puzzled.

In his impression, Gao Dong is not the kind of person who is patient. For devils, he has always been resolute, and he will not stop until the devil lies down and then calls his father. Asking them to wait today, this is not like Gao Dong's style.

"Wait for a magic weapon to defeat the enemy!" Gao Dong smiled mysteriously and said to Yang Fei: "Aren't you fierce Zhang Fei?" Don't worry, this mission will definitely not be able to outrun you, and your Sharp Knife Division will be the main attack with me. As soon as that winning weapon arrives, let's set off! ”

Yang Fei's eyes lit up instantly, and he laughed: "Then where are we going to attack first!" ”

"This is it!" Gao Dong strode to the map and pointed to the gateway to Shangluo, which was a wide plain with a large mountain range behind it.

"The 110th Division of the Japanese Army, the first opponent we want to annihilate is them!" Gao Dong's eyes burst out with an extremely cold glow, as if he had pronounced the end of all the devils of the 110th Division.

At this moment, at the foot of a mountain, in the disguised headquarters of the 110th Division, the division commander Yoshitaro Hayashi was staring intently at the action report of the Independence Army just sent by his subordinates, and muttered for a long time.

"What the hell is the Independence Army trying to do?" Hayashi Yosataro threw down the report in his hand, and his opponent actually stopped when he was about to arrive in Shangluo, and he was puzzled by this strange phenomenon.

According to rumors, the Independence Army will never be intimidated by any Japanese defense line, and will rush forward bravely no matter what defense line.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, maybe they didn't dare to attack rashly until they knew the deployment of our army, right? The Independence Army is not a second-rate Chinese army, it can be said that they are a super-first-class force that can compete with our Imperial Japanese Army. Such an opponent will never be reckless. Yoshitaro Hayashi's chief of staff said meaningfully.

Lin Fangtaro nodded, this time the 110th Division is the task of intercepting the independent army at the outermost end of the Shangluo defense line, which is very important. The order was given from the Commander's Department that one-third of the living forces of the Independence Army must be consumed in the first line of defense, and if this combat mission was not achieved, there would be severe punishment.

The 110th Division was originally stationed in Luoyang, but was later transferred to fight in northern Shaanxi. However, because he was repeatedly repelled by the guerrilla tactics of the Eighth Route Army in battles with the Eighth Route Army, the troops suffered heavy casualties and were forced to be demoted from the A Division to the B Division.

This time, Lin Fangtaro held his breath and must fight a beautiful blocking battle in the Shangluo defense line. Even if he sacrificed most of the division's troops, he had to complete the order of the commander's department and let the 110th Division be reupgraded to a class A division.

"Ordered the troops to all go into combat readiness, the Independence Army is good at surprise attacks. Perhaps they just created a false impression for us, taking advantage of the fact that in the middle of the night they suddenly launched a surprise attack on our positions. Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely not let them get away with it! Lin Fangtaro stood up suddenly, his eyes overflowing with murderous intent: "On the periphery of the Shangluo defense line, I must consume one-third of their living strength, and fight to the death without retreating!" ”