"Commander, do you want to launch a night attack?" Tian Kezhi asked.

The Japanese army will definitely set up camp at night and will not advance.

Night attacks were a recruitment tactic for Zhao Zhiguo's troops and would inevitably cause a large number of casualties to the Japanese army.

"Night attacks cannot be used immediately, otherwise the Japanese troops will suffer too many casualties and will definitely retreat. Our goal is to completely annihilate the Japanese troops and not give them a chance to withdraw," Zhao Zhiguo said.

The success rate of night attacks is very high and can cause heavy casualties to the Japanese army.

However, a night attack can also easily allow the enemy to escape. In the dark night, there is a melee, and the little devil can escape under the cover of darkness.

Even though night combat was their unit's specialty, they did not dare to pursue them rashly after defeating the Japanese army. After all, no one could tell whether there was an ambush in the dark.

In order to chase down the remaining soldiers and defeated generals, it would be bad to involve yourself.

However, there is a kind of night attack that can prevent the enemy from running away.

That is, after daybreak, the Japanese army had no reinforcements, and the fleeing Japanese army could not escape to their controlled area.

Zhao Zhiguo decided to wait for the scouts to investigate clearly the situation of the Japanese army before making plans.

"Captain, I heard that the Japs are coming to attack Anyang Town? I also want to join the battle."

Lu Zheng, who was still recovering from his injuries, heard that the Japs were about to invade Anyang Town, and immediately ran to the headquarters to ask Zhao Zhiguo for a fight.

His injuries haven't healed yet, but he can walk.

Lu Zheng had been looking forward to fighting until his injuries healed. Fortunately, he could move again.

"Is your injury healed?"

"Commander, don't worry, I won't hold back the troops."

"Since you requested it, then go back to your unit and stand by. Later, a combat order will be issued to your company!"

Zhao Zhiguo didn't want to discourage Lu Zheng's enthusiasm.

Finally, Lu Zheng's ideological awareness has improved. If he can be trained, he will be a good officer in the future.

"Thank you, leader!"

"Remember, on the battlefield, the enemy will not show mercy just because you have wounds on your body."

War is cruel, and he will not show mercy just because you are old, weak, sick or disabled.

"When did this kid Lu Zheng become so aggressive?"

Yao Pengju felt like he didn't even recognize Lu Zheng anymore. When he first came to the army, Lu Zheng wanted to be lazy at any time.

Now Lu Zheng was injured and still insisted on going to the battlefield, completely becoming two people.

"Lu Zheng's military skills may not be as good as yours, but his ideological consciousness is much higher than yours," Zhao Zhiguo said.

"Captain, why don't you put me in the mine to exercise? I want to see what kind of magic there is!"

Yao Pengju also wanted to know what the secret was to change Lu Zheng.

"Lu Zheng is not bad in the first place. He just lacks an opportunity. As for you, you are as thick-skinned as a city wall. It may be too difficult to find something that changes your mind!"

Yao Pengju and Lu Zheng have two completely different personalities, and they experienced different things before joining the army.

"Captain, don't I also want to make progress? If I am left behind by a guy like Lu Zheng, I will lose face in the future."

"Stop it, wanting to make progress is one thing, but losing face is another thing. The two cannot be confused!" Zhao Zhiguo reminded Yao Pengju.

"Captain, please think of a way for me, I don't want to fall behind anyway!" Yao Pengju said.

"If you have time, you can talk to the political commissar and Lu Zheng. Although their ability to lead troops to fight is not as good as yours, they are really good in this regard!"

In the Eighth Route Army, if we want to achieve better development in the future, our ideological level must be improved.

Zhao Zhiguo didn't want to see Yao Pengju fall behind, after all, he was the one who brought him up.

"When this battle is over, I will go find the political commissar and have a chat with Lu Zheng."

Yao Pengju may not want to listen to what others say, but he keeps every word of Zhao Zhiguo's words in mind.

On the afternoon of the third day, the first batch of scouts sent out returned to Anyang Town.

"The Japanese army has no vanguard, and all the troops are concentrated together!" Ding Yucheng told Zhao Zhiguo.

"No vanguard? That shouldn't be the case. The little Japanese officers all have a professional background and have fought in many battles. No matter what, we must arrange a vanguard!"

Zhao Zhiguo rubbed his chin and wondered why the Japanese army did not act according to common sense.

"The Japanese army doesn't think we don't understand their actions, right?" Tian Kezhi analyzed.

If the little devil thinks his actions are secretive enough, there is really no need to send out the vanguard.

If you concentrate your forces and launch a sudden attack on Anyang Town, your success rate will indeed be higher.

"Where is the current location of this Japanese army?" Zhao Zhiguo asked Ding Yucheng.

"At present, their position should be in this area, and they will be stationed here tonight." Ding Yucheng said.

"This is already close to the edge of our defense area. The strength of 1,500 troops is not 180. Moreover, according to the marching speed of the Japanese army from here, it will take at least three days to reach the outskirts of Anyang Town. They

How can you be so confident that they will not be exposed?"

The Japanese army took a conventional route, a serious road, not one that was not on the map or even unknown to the locals.

If it is a small force, like Yao Pengju's special force, and they penetrate behind enemy lines, they may go to places that are inaccessible or even untraveled, so as to avoid the sight of the Japanese army.

However, this Japanese army had a large number of troops and was following the same route that Zhao Zhiguo and others had taken. How could they not be noticed by Zhao Zhiguo?

"Is it possible that these 1,500 Japanese troops are just bait?"

Zhao Zhiguo thought of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind him. If the Japanese army saw through his plan, they might have arranged this move deliberately.

Of course, Zhao Zhiguo is overthinking it!

In fact, the Japanese division commander did not take him seriously. He believed that the strength of a large brigade he sent was enough to scare Zhao Zhiguo out of his wits.

The Japanese division commander believed that as long as Zhao Zhiguo got the news of their attack, the mob in Anyang Town would immediately disperse.

"Ding Yucheng, expand the reconnaissance scope, especially near the highway, to look for the presence of a second Japanese army." Zhao Zhiguo ordered.

If the Japanese division commander saw through his plan, he would use 1,500 troops as bait to lure all the troops in Anyang Town to dispatch.

When Anyang Town is empty of troops, the Japanese troops will be sent to directly attack Anyang Town.

Once the defense line collapses, the people of Anyang Town may face catastrophe.

Zhao Zhiguo would not dare to risk the lives of the people of Anyang Town on the strength of a brigade of little Japanese soldiers.

The scouts immediately expanded the search area, but when the Japanese army entered Zhao Zhiguo's defense area, they still found no trace of other Japanese troops.
Chapter completed!