"Report to the commander, according to the information sent by the underground personnel in Bingzhou City, the Japanese troops in Bingzhou are gathering, with at least one brigade in strength!"

Hearing news of Japanese troop movements in other directions, Zhao Zhiguo deduced that their troops had made certain progress in the direction of Jinyang City.

"The Japanese troops in the direction of Bingzhou are gathering, and the Japanese troops in other directions are definitely gathering," Tian Kezhi said.

"Have the reconnaissance forces been sent out in all directions?" Zhao Zhiguo asked.

Tian Kezhi nodded: "Ding Yu has made arrangements in Chengdu. We have scouts heading east from Pingcheng and east and south from Jinyang City."

"Inform the first regiment and reserve troops to prepare for battle!" Zhao Zhiguo said.

Since the little Japs are going to go out, Zhao Zhiguo must give them a good welcome. He will never let the little Japs go back and forth safely without firing a shot.

"Are the reserve troops also going to fight?" Tian Kezhi asked.

"Didn't we let them deploy landmines along the railway line? Our landmines are not used to lay cubs. We should use them when they are needed. This is not the time for us to be in Anyang Town."

In the past, we were poor and did not allow Zhao Zhiguo and others to be so extravagant.

Now Zhao Zhiguo and the others have an arsenal. Although the output cannot meet Zhao Zhiguo and the others' needs, there is no need to count them one by one.

"Hey, hey, I'm not afraid that the reserve troops will suffer easily because they have no combat experience!" Tian Kezhi said.

Their reserve forces are uneven, some soldiers have just been recruited into the army, and some have completed basic training...

The discipline of soldiers is also much worse than that of regular troops. They are afraid that when ambushing the Japanese army, some soldiers will be nervous and expose the position of the troops.

Troops with no combat experience were exposed in front of thousands of Japanese troops, and it was likely to cause a major rout.

The reserve troops are commanded by veterans and officers who have been injured on the battlefield and are unable to continue fighting.

These veterans and officers are usually only responsible for training them and have not dispatched these troops.

Moreover, the number of veterans in the army has not reached a certain level. Once chaos occurs, no one will be in charge!

"The Japanese army's goal is to support Jinyang. Even if the reserve troops are defeated, the Japs have no intention of pursuing them." Zhao Zhiguo said, "And after dealing with the Japs for so long, if our troops are defeated, the Japs have to consider whether there are traps.

Woolen cloth."

In the eyes of the Japanese army, Zhao Zhiguo was full of tricks.

It is very likely that every step is a trap set by Zhao Zhiguo.

Zhao Zhiguo's troops had never suffered a major defeat in a battle.

If there was a defeat, the little Japanese would definitely think that it was a trick set by Zhao Zhiguo to lure the enemy, and they would definitely not dare to pursue it rashly.

"That's right. The little Japs don't dare to pursue the enemy without being completely sure. I'm going to give orders to the reserve troops now," Tian Kezhi said.

"Remember, tell them that the fighting time cannot exceed half an hour, and it will be regarded as training for the reserve troops." Zhao Zhiguo said.

This is a rare opportunity for new recruits to see what a real battlefield is.

After seeing the real battlefield, they realized why recruits had to undergo such a long training before they could join the regular army.

Otherwise, there will always be some recruits who think that after a few days of training, they will become the boss, the second-in-command, and the little devils they can kill at will.

One battle can allow many new recruits to train steadily after they return.

This time Zhao Zhiguo and his troops did not fully resist the Japanese reinforcements. So far, they had only conducted exploratory military operations.

The little devils gathered reinforcements very quickly. Perhaps they had already received the news that Zhao Zhiguo's troops were making moves against Jinyang and had made preparations in advance.

Japanese troops from all directions began to support Jinyang.

In addition to the Japanese brigade in the direction of Bingzhou, there are also two Japanese regiments, one marching towards Pingcheng, and the other directly reinforcing Jinyang.

The Japanese army believed that if Zhao Zhiguo attacked Jinyang, Pingcheng's troops would be empty.

Even if Pingcheng cannot be captured, it can still put pressure on Zhao Zhiguo's troops and contain part of the Chinese army.

"Commander, the surrounding troops are on the move. The fastest Japanese reinforcements will take a day to arrive on the battlefield. The Japanese troops attacking Pingcheng will take about thirty hours."

Ding Yucheng's reconnaissance battalion carried a radio and promptly transmitted the movements of the Japanese troops back to Zhao Zhiguo's headquarters.

"Send a telegram to the frontline troops and ask them to hold on until four o'clock in the morning. After four o'clock, the troops will retreat 20 kilometers to build a defense line." Zhao Zhiguo said.

"Is it possible to retreat too early?" Tian Kezhi asked.

"Our goal has been achieved, and there is no point in continuing to entangle," Zhao Zhiguo said. "Let Ding Yucheng leave a small number of scouts to keep an eye on the Japanese army, and the rest of the troops will be withdrawn and deployed near Jinyang."

The surrounding Japanese troops were not able to mobilize many troops, mainly because the battle in Jiangcheng was not over yet.

If the Battle of Jiangcheng ends, I am afraid that the Japanese army will not reinforce the regiments one by one, but will reinforce the Pingcheng and Jinyang areas one brigade after another.

After the Japanese army reached a certain number, it was not Zhao Zhiguo and others who attacked Jinyang, but how to defend Pingcheng.

Therefore, Zhao Zhiguo decided to capture Jinyang City before the Japanese army ended the Jiangcheng Battle, and use Pingcheng and Jinyang as support to form a line of defense.

The two cities support and cooperate with each other, and with proper deployment of troops, they can completely block the Japanese army of 100,000 troops.

Moreover, by then, Zhao Zhiguo will have nearly 100,000 troops in his hands. If the Japs don't use twice as many troops to attack, they will not pose any threat to Zhao Zhiguo at all.

Zhao Zhiguo not only wanted to capture Jinyang before the end of the Jiangcheng battle, he also wanted to train 50,000 capable troops before the battle and do all the defense work in the defense zone.

Once Bingzhou was cut off from the outside world, the Japanese army would definitely launch battles in the Pingcheng and Jinyang areas more than once to open up the road to Bingzhou.

Otherwise, a division in Bingzhou will become Zhao Zhiguo's bag at any time.

The road ahead is still very bumpy, but Zhao Zhiguo and the others are determined to go on.

After receiving the order, Qin Dongsheng and Zhao Ziming immediately issued orders to the fighting troops. The troops could reduce the buffer front, but the firepower could not be reduced.

All kinds of weapons were thrown at the little devil's head.

The barrel of the heavy machine gun was painted red!

I don’t know how many grenades the grenade fired!

The gap in the city wall expanded little by little under countless bombardments.

The little Japs in the city constantly adjusted their deployment, taking out boxes of ammunition from the general arsenal and delivering them to the Japanese defenders.

At this time, outside the city, Yao Pengju was leading some soldiers of the special force to listen to the lively scenes in Jinyang City.
Chapter completed!