General Wang smiled, put down the pen in his hand, and took out a paper map from the drawer.

"I want you to send ten of the most elite scouts to the rear of the Ninth Army, and another ten scouts to the second war zone."

General Wang said as he handed the map to Li Anluo.

The map shows all the terrain areas of the northern and southern fronts of the First Theater, but there are no markings on it, no enemy stationing signs, no defensive layouts, and no city locations.

"I don't need you to do the destruction, but the deeper you hide, the better. On this trip, I need you to go on reconnaissance, to reconnoiter enemy airfields, radar stations, bases, especially missile bases, I need their locations. ”

"You don't need to participate in the affairs of the battlefield, concentrate on this task, which is very important to our army."

Li Anluo nodded: "Guarantee to complete the task!" ”

"Hmm."

General Wang responded, and then said: "This time, it is very dangerous, you need to quietly pass through the battlefield and the enemy cordon, so you must be carried out by the most elite people." And the task is very long, be prepared for a qiē. As long as you are not discovered, I believe that you will definitely gain something. ”

"Understood."

"Good. Let Zhao Qishun straighten out the rest of the team, I have other tasks for them to do, before I give the order, let them continue to be on standby, it won't be too long. Go ahead and get ready now and leave tomorrow morning. ”

Li Anluo gave a military salute, took the map, and turned to leave the office.

As soon as it was dark the next day, a total of twenty elite scouts quietly left from Yongdan City, and the soldiers divided into two routes, all the way straight to the east, into the mountains. The other team headed south from the flank of National Highway 915 towards the southern front.

There was also not their final destination, but the rear of the enemy army.

They also know the meaning of this mission. Thinking about it, it is impossible for the enemy to directly harden the defense line that they have already arranged, so heavy firepower. It's definitely one of them, in addition to artillery, there's definitely a bomber force, and there's probably something like missiles. On his side, he actually has the ability to intercept these fires, and even has the ability to kill them before the opponent launches an attack, but he needs to know where they are.

His task is to open a gap for this condition first, so that the eyes of the command can be extended. Plans for the rest can only be based on that. If you can't even see where the enemy is, how can you hit them?

The routes they took were all staggered with the Black Saber Squad, so when Zhang Tianhai and the others came out of the mountains, they didn't encounter anything else.

And by the time Zhang Tianhai and the others came to the highway, it was already a day later.

A few hours later, the Black Saber squad returned to the Yongdan City Barracks. The atmosphere here was very different from when they left.

The tension seems to have dissipated somewhat. In the barracks, you can see a lot of soldiers resting and relaxing, playing basketball. You can see it when you are training to warm up, reading a book, etc., etc., can be seen.

And the arrangement of the city has been basically completed, just waiting for the enemy to come to him. Those field troops also rested here, waiting for orders from above.

But it looks like it's going to be short. There should be no more orders.

Because the enemy has not made any moves, and the dispatch and deployment have not yet been completed, there is no need to be so nervous. Before the big war, it is also beneficial for the soldiers to relax a little.

And now is not the time to take the initiative to attack. There is nothing to do with the field troops. The troops in front were ready for defense, and the scouts were basically sent out, just waiting for the enemy to move first.

On the Japanese side, they have just received reinforcements and supplies, and it will take some time to rectify. Aoki Shin didn't start attacking rashly, but first found all the information of the support troops and studied it carefully.

There are more than 80,000 Chinese troops, which is not much less than their own, and they occupy a favorable geographical position. What Aoki needs now is to find the gap in the defense of the Chinese troops, prescribe the right medicine, and make this gap bigger and bigger, so that the seemingly solid defense line will soon fall apart.

However, for the time being, Aoki was unable to find out where the gap in the first line of defense of the Chinese troops was.

The top of the waterfall, which was supposed to be a good detour attack, is now no longer able to walk. There is a minefield over there, there is no exit, and in order to find the way, ten scouts have died on their side, and it is impossible for the large army to get close to this side.

Don't even think about demining, that minefield is not far from the defense line, and if you just place a few mortars behind the defense line, you will not be able to eat and walk around, so this mind can be extinguished.

Downstream, due to the natural topography, it is impossible to cross the river on its own. There is a cliff over there, and even if you jump into the river, you can't climb up and build a bridge...... The artillery of the Chinese troops may be waiting for it.

If you fight head-on, that river is also a natural barrier, and it is impossible for the army to quickly pass through that river, and the Chinese troops on the opposite side will definitely suppress it frantically. If you attack head-on, even if you can break through the defensive line, you will definitely suffer heavy losses.

This kind of loss-making business, Aoki Jin is not willing to do it, so thinking about it now, it makes his brain a little painful, and he does not find any big loopholes in this line of defense for the time being.

In fact, the air force bombing is also a way, but as soon as its own bomber unit appears, the opposing fighter unit will take off. In this case, there are only two ways to go: the first is to abandon the air raid and find another way. The second is to find a way to divert the fighter units of the Chinese troops so that the bomber units can reach the airspace above the defense line and carry out bombing. As long as the bombing can be successful, the danger of crossing the river will be much less.

Aoki Susumu constantly sent scouts to reconnoiter the Chinese defense line in an attempt to find other ways to break through the defense, but did not receive any good news for a while.

He has scouts, and General Wang has too! Although the large forces have not made any contact during this time, the respective scout units are exchanging fire every day, but the scale is very small, most of them are three people, and the firepower between the two teams is clashing. Even so, it caused considerable losses to the scout units of both sides.

Both sides are pinning down the enemy's scouts from each other, which also affects the intelligence and eyeline of both sides, and the details of their respective troops, there are many blanks, which makes Aoki Jin a little jealous, but also makes General Wang dare not move at will.

Both sides are in the tentative stage, but on the southern front, there are already clouds.

After Yoshihisa Fujii's troops arrived, they quickly set up a station. After that, the rapid build-up of troops began. By now, his troops had been assembled and were ready to attack at any time.

Zhao Long's side was naturally alert, and the city in front of him was completely prepared. A large area outside the city has become a minefield, and even his own troops cannot get out, and when Fujii Yoshihisa's troops arrive, this minefield will become an excellent containment zone.

A group of vanguard units of the air force he asked for also arrived, a fighter group and a bomber group, and aerial bombs and combat missiles also began to be delivered one after another. With such a lot of strength in his hands, Zhao Long's confidence was also a little stronger.

But to say that he is sure of victory is a bit of an exaggeration.

No matter how you say that the other party has twice the strength of your own, you are now the bottom line of being able to do it with less and more, that is, to temporarily drag the other party down. If you don't have a great opportunity to attack, you have little chance of winning.

Now it looks like the terrain is in its favor. Not far outside the city is a small desert area, only one road, and now it has been blown up by itself, and if you want to come over, it is very uncomfortable to pass through this desert, if you encounter extremely bad weather, maybe some machinery will be damaged. Moreover, there is a large temperature difference between day and night, which is not suitable for people to stay for a long time. As long as his frontline city can survive the most difficult days in the first few days, then in the future, Fujii Yoshihisa has no way to attack even if he wants to, so he can only temporarily retreat to rectify the army, or replace the troops to continue the attack.

Either way, their vanguard will be able to get some respite. If this goes on repeatedly, this piece alone will be able to last for a long time.

For the rest, it will depend on the war in other directions.

Needless to say, there is no way for General Wang to achieve anything in a few months, and if General Wang wins, the predicament on his side will be solved. On the other hand, the 17th Army of the Chinese army has also been assembled and is preparing to attack the second theater of operations, with the intention of regaining the territory of the second theater. As soon as this side comes out, then Fujii Yoshihisa will have to retreat. At the same time, the battle in the third theater gradually began to become fierce, and there was a faint sense of starting a decisive battle. The battle line on this side will also affect the battlefield on your side.

Of the four lines of fire, the pressure on one's side is the greatest. Whichever line loses first will affect the engagement in other nearby theaters of operations. The other three aspects are all prone to victory and possible, and only here is me, and there is no hope of a big victory at all.

So Zhao Long had already prepared for the worst. On his own side, as long as he can hold on and not collapse, and wait for the war in other theaters to be clear, it is already the best ending.

If you can't hold it yourself......

Then we have to decisively abandon the defensive city in front of us and start shrinking.

In the back, there are still three cities in his hands, if the battle situation is bad enough to do this, then that land is the last place where he can retreat. (To be continued......)