Isotani said angrily: "Just letting such a small force make us miserable, this will definitely affect the reputation of our Isotani division!" '
Tsubukkaki said: "I believe that this is the enemy's treacherous plan. They want to induce us to devote more energy to dealing with this small enemy force. In this way, we will not be able to concentrate our forces and continue to move south." , will inevitably affect the overall plan of the Locust Army. '
"If we continue to waste time on them, we will really be fooled by the enemy."
"As for today's shame, we can restore our reputation and face by defeating the enemy's main force and conquering the enemy's important town."
"Even if we find them now and eliminate them, the division commander will certainly be relieved of his hatred, but the credit for annihilating just one or two thousand enemy troops will be minimal."
"I think this move is really not worth the gain."
Hearing this, Isotani nodded cheaply and said, "Xinxi, what you said makes sense, what do you think?"
Tsubuzaki quickly said: "Give up the pursuit of them. It is estimated that they have fled far to the west and may not be able to come back in a short time."
"The troops returned immediately and prepared to continue southward."
"Besides, Your Majesty the Commander has given the order for us to continue attacking south. We cannot disobey the order."
Hearing this, Isotani was completely convinced. He nodded and said, "Xinxi, what you said is very right, so let's do what you said."
"Immediately send an order to the pursuing troops to give up the pursuit immediately and return to the Lion City area, preparing to continue southward."
"Hai!"
Di Bujiagui responded respectfully: "Your Excellency, the division commander, is wise."
Isotani gave an order, and after receiving the order, the young Japanese who were searching immediately stopped the search. They all set up camp on the spot and rested on the spot, preparing to withdraw at dawn tomorrow.
Lin Yi and the others also hid in a relatively safe place and had a good sleep.
In the morning of the next day, Sun Desheng, who was in charge of inquiring about intelligence, came to Lin Yi and said, "Sir, we have found out the latest situation. The Japanese troops have begun to retreat eastward."
"Retreating?"
"right!"
Sun Desheng nodded and said: "I guess they really gave up this time. All troops stopped searching and retreated eastward along the main road."
"I guess they are preparing to evacuate to the Lion City."
Lin Yi pondered for a moment and said, "These little devils gave up so easily?"
"But it makes sense to think about it. Their main task is to go south, deal with our main force, and continue to capture the city."
"They are unlikely to waste too much time on our small force."
Sun Desheng said: "Perhaps they have never searched our specific location, thinking that we have taken the opportunity to escape far away, knowing that we can't catch up, and continuing to search is just a waste of time."
Lin Yi nodded slightly and asked with a smile: "Old Sun, what should we do at this time?"
Sun Desheng pondered for a moment and said: "Well~! The commander wants to contain this enemy from going south, so we should take the initiative at this time."
"Tell these little devils that we are still nearby and have not escaped yet. We can come out to deal with them at any time. In this way, the little devils will naturally not dare to go south with all their strength and will inevitably mobilize troops to deal with us again."
"Haha~!"
Lin Yi laughed and said, "You are absolutely right, let's do this."
"We just want to confuse the little devils and put them in a dilemma, so that we can have a chance to deal with them."
"And it would be good for us to delay it for a while."
"Old Sun, go and inquire immediately. Find out the situation of the Japs closest to us. See if any Japs' troops are passing by nearby. We can just deal with them."
"yes!"
Sun Desheng responded quickly, stood up and left.
Lin Yi took out the map and checked the nearby terrain. He couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Huh~! Isogani is cheap. I will make it difficult for you to move forward or retreat this time."
At this time, Lin Yi already had a rough plan.
With Lin Yi's current strength, he is not afraid of continuing to fight Isotani cheaply.
And as time goes by, Lin Yi's strength will further improve, so Lin Yi will be less afraid.
Lin Yi then led the people to Zhaojiaqiao on the west bank of the Ziya River.
There is a bridge here connecting the two sides.
In this era of inconvenient transportation, there were still relatively few bridges.
As an important bridge connecting both sides of the Ziya River, there will definitely be little devils passing through here and then retreating eastward.
Therefore, Lin Yi led his troops to temporarily ambush near Zhaojiaqiao, and sent people to quietly place explosives on Zhaojiaqiao in preparation for blowing up the bridge.
The soldiers also followed Lin Yi's arrangement and set up an ambush on the west bank, ready to launch an attack at any time.
Of course, in order to avoid being spotted by the Japanese in advance, they temporarily hid in a distant place.
Then Sun Desheng brought the latest news. Sure enough, there was a large group of little devils rushing this way.
Sun Desheng said: "According to what we have detected, this group of little devils has about 4,000 people, and the team is huge."
"So many ghosts?"
Lin Yi was somewhat surprised.
Sun Desheng said: "Now they have stopped chasing us, and most of the Japanese troops have gathered together to retreat."
"And Zhaojiaqiao is a relatively strong bridge in the nearby area, so the main force of the Japanese chose to cross the river here."
When Zhang Dabiao heard this, he was very excited and said with a smile: "The more people come, the better. We can just have a good fight."
Lin Yi reminded: "Don't act recklessly. You need to use your brain more when fighting."
"There are more than four thousand Japs, we can't eat them in one bite. If we delay for a long time and are entangled by the Japs, and wait until the Japs mobilize the main force and surround us, then we will lose everything." ”
"We cannot do this kind of loss-making business."
Zhang Dabiao frowned and asked, "Is it possible that we won't fight and just let them pass?"
Lin Yi smiled and said: "Of course we have to fight, but we must also determine how to fight based on our strength."
"Old Sun, continue to monitor these little devils and report their whereabouts at any time."
"yes!"
Sun Desheng responded quickly.
Lin Yi then said to Zhang Dabiao: "Let the soldiers be careful not to be exposed in advance and be prepared for battle. There will definitely be a battle to be fought this time."
"yes!"
Zhang Dabiao responded quickly.
