Nakajima then understood that he had fallen into the trap of Gu Shoufu's old guy, but there was no way, now the main force of the division was already halfway to Xuzhou, if he withdrew here, he would definitely be grabbed by Gu Shoufu's braids, and with his current position, he complained to the base camp fiercely, and it is estimated that his future will be finished immediately, and maybe he will have to go to the squatting room!

Thinking of this, the Nakajima devil had nothing to do except scold Gu Shoufu for not being a thing, so he had to summon a meeting of his subordinate devil officers to think of a way to fool Gu Shoufu and keep himself the best of both worlds.

At this time, one of his staff officers suggested: "Your Excellency the division commander, there is a way, but is the Third Fleet willing to help?" ”

"What's the solution? You said? As soon as Nakajima heard that there was a way, he said eagerly like a drowning man suddenly grasping at a life-saving straw.

"That is, let the ships of the Third Fleet carry our group along the sea route to Xuzhou and land near Lianyungang, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort, and the time is fast!" The devil's chief of staff said.

"Gu Shoufu asked us to go to Suxian to intercept the main force of the 79th Army, what are you doing in Lianyungang, do you know that Lianyungang is hundreds of kilometers away from that Suxian County?" Nakajima was dissatisfied with the advice of his staff officers, and said sarcastically.

"This subordinate understands that it is precisely because we have to take it by surprise and attack it unprepared, so that we can complete the task of intercepting the main force of the 79th Army this time, otherwise, judging from the current situation of our division and regiment, it is absolutely impossible to rush to Suxian within the time specified by the commander." The staff officer was still in a good voice.

When Nakajima Devil heard this, he understood a little, indeed in the current situation, it is obviously impossible for him to catch up with the main force of the 79th Army and encircle them within a few days, unless the railway line along the way has been unblocked, and the soldiers can get on the train, it will be much faster, but obviously this situation does not exist, the railway lines along the way have been destroyed by the Chinese, maybe only the railway near Bengbu in front is unblocked, but that is the center of the fourth theater of the Chinese army, and he is only the strength of a division, Wouldn't it be a death to rush in?

The Nakajima devil was a little moved, although the staff officer's plan was a bit exaggerated and crazy, but it was not impossible to do, and as long as the commander of the Third Fleet, Hasegawa, could agree to help, the troops could start from the waterway on the Yangtze River and enter the sea, and go north to Lianyungang along the coastline of the Yellow Sea, so as to catch the Fourth Theater of the China Army off guard!

Nakajima didn't know if he found out that there was a problem with his radio this time, or for some other reason, so he didn't ask his subordinate communication soldiers to send a telegram to Gu Shoufu and Hasegawa to report this adventure plan, it is estimated that he was afraid that this matter in the telegram would not be clear, so he had to go to find Gu Shoufu in person and say it in person!

In this way, Han Fei and the others did not know that the offensive route of the devils on the island had undergone a fundamental change at this moment, and they thought that the devils behind would definitely pursue along the railway line of Jinpu Road, Han Fei and the troops of the 79th Army had arranged scouts along the Jinpu Road, asking them to closely reconnoiter the movements of the devil troops who had caught up behind, and report to the top at any time if they found the situation.

The scouts sent by Han Fei did not find any traces of the devil until they met Li Dagang and them who had withdrawn south of Bengbu, and the reconnaissance platoon commander who led the team asked Li Dagang: "Chief Li, you have withdrawn all the way, have you found any traces of the devil catching up?" ”

"Yes, I also encountered a team of devil scouts yesterday, but the other party doesn't seem to be in love with the war, and after a while, he ran away!" Li Dagang was confused, thinking that you scouts are really good, and asked us what are we doing? If you want to detect the situation of the devil, you have to continue to rush south, if you run into the devil here, then we will be in trouble, we must be entangled by the little devil.

When the reconnaissance platoon commander heard Li Dagang's words, he didn't say a word, and immediately led his scouts to continue to reconnoiter along the Jinpu Road to the south.

After traveling more than 100 kilometers to the south, in an abandoned village, the reconnaissance platoon commander found traces of the devils, and from the analysis of the cigarettes and other things left behind, this group of devils may not have gone far, and they should be able to find it if they catch up.

The reconnaissance platoon commander immediately divided his brothers into three groups, and chased the devils from three directions, and sure enough, by a river a few miles outside the village, they found that a group of devils in front of them were camping, judging from the size of the camp tents, the devils must at least have a brigade, and the reconnaissance platoon commander hurriedly reported the situation to Han Fei by radio, Han Fei felt that at this time, it might be able to slow down the pursuit of the devils, and it would be beneficial for the main force to retreat safely to the vicinity of Suxian.

Originally, Han Fei could have rested and replenished in Bengbu, but Commander Li and Commander Bai of the Fourth War Zone sent several urgent telegrams one after another, urging them to hurry to Xuzhou, saying that the vanguard of the Isogu Division had arrived in Taierzhuang, and the Xuzhou front urgently needed reinforcements to replenish it, and asked Commander Li of the 79th Army not to stop in Bengbu to rest and recuperate, but to rest directly in Suxian for one night, and come to Xuzhou to participate in the battle immediately after replenishing supplies!

This is really terrible, although the main force of the 79th Army and Han Fei and they all came by train, but here in Pukou with the little devil for half a month, they are already exhausted, originally thinking about resting in Bengbu for two days to recover their vitality and energy, but I never thought that there is no drama now, at most I will stay in Suxian for one night, and I want to complete the supply in Suxian, in fact, there is no night's rest time at all.

Han Fei understood that there must have been an emergency in the Taierzhuang area, otherwise Chief Li and Chief Bai would not have urged the main force of the 79th Army to rush over like this, so when Commander Li complained that the commander above was inconsiderate of his subordinates, he hurriedly persuaded him: "Military seat, the devil unit that invaded Taierzhuang is the Isogu Division known as the "Steel Army", this Isogu Division is fierce in combat, it is the first division of the devil, and it is coaxing, this time he rushed forward to the area of Taierzhuang without the escort of the main force of the flank devils, It is more than 100 kilometers away from the main force of the devils, the Itagaki Division and other devil troops, and they are completely in a situation where they are alone, and Chief Li and Bai are estimated to encircle and annihilate this Isogu Division in the Taierzhuang area at this moment, so they urge us to speed up! ”