Lai Guqi continued: "It's night now. You have to take advantage of the night. Under the cover of night, you can walk more roads and make circuitous routes to the north. This can avoid the enemy's eyes."
"We must ensure the success of this operation and the enemy must not be aware of it."
"Hai~!"
Zhutou Chichai responded respectfully.
Lai Guqi waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, get ready immediately and set off as soon as possible." '
"Hai~!"
Zhutou Chichai responded respectfully, did not dare to say anything more, turned around and left in a hurry.
Later, Lai Guqi and Lai Wuping talked on the phone, and the two old devils also discussed it and launched a unified operation. Taking advantage of the night, they tried to surround Lin Yi's men in one fell swoop and then eliminate them.
After dark, Chen Dalei came to Lin Yi and reported the general situation to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi was slightly surprised and said: "So, the little Japanese did not make a large-scale push to the west."
Chen Dalei nodded and said: "However, their main force did not continue to retreat to the Lion City. Apparently they still have not given up on our encirclement and suppression."
Lin Yi pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that the little devil is also in a dilemma now?"
"No~! I guess they also need to rest. They are recovering their strength and preparing to attack us!"
Chen Dalei nodded and said: "Sir, you are wise, because if they give up, they will definitely withdraw directly to Lion City and will not stay at Ziya River."
"And their military strength in the nearby area seems to have increased."
"I sent someone to inquire about the general situation. It is estimated that their total strength should exceed 10,000 people."
Lin Yi sneered and said: "We have severely wounded the little Japs several times. That old Japs Isoya must be very anxious."
"So, they mobilized all the elites of the entire division to deal with us."
Chen Dalei said: "Then shall we continue to retreat westward?"
Lin Yi waved his hand and said: "No retreat! Why should we retreat? Our strength is not what it used to be now. Our purpose is to fight the Japanese."
"If we just retreat, how can we kill the Japanese?"
Chen Dalei said with some worry: "But the enemy force is strong now. If they attack from two directions and all tens of thousands of troops pounce on us, it will still be a bit troublesome."
"This afternoon, we killed some Japanese scouts, but it also exposed our approximate location. They should have guessed that we are nearby."
"So I estimate that if the Japs want to deal with us, they will definitely let these two groups of troops quickly surround us, surround the surrounding area, and then encircle and annihilate us."
"According to my observation, there is not much terrain that can be used in the nearby area."
Lin Yi pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Chen Dalei, you said that the main forces of the Japs are all mobilized now, and they will definitely attack us with all their strength, so where are they most empty now?"
Chen Dalei suddenly froze for a moment, seemed to realize something, and suddenly realized: "Now that all their main forces have been transferred to the area west of the Ziya River, they will definitely have no defense in the area along Jinpu Road."
"Yes~!"
Lin Yi smiled and said: "So instead of going west this time, we will turn around and go east."
"Cross the Ziya River, continue eastward, destroy the Jinpu Railway, and maybe gain some advantages."
Chen Dalei smiled and said, "The commander is still thoughtful."
"But Zhaojiaqiao is occupied by the enemy, and they will definitely leave troops to hold on."
"And there will definitely be Japanese defensive troops along the Ziya River line."
Lin Yi said nonchalantly: "It's just a small group of Japs, nothing to worry about. With our strength, it's easy to break through the Ziya River." '
"They did not take action this afternoon. I guess they are planning to wait until the evening to take action, so we will also take action at night."
"Take advantage of the darkness to break through their defenses and cross the Ziya River."
Chen Dalei said excitedly: "In this way, we have the initiative. The little devils are like cattle, they can only be led by our noses. When the time comes, we want to deal with them, and it will become much easier." . '
Lin Yi smiled slightly and said: "You take advantage of the evening to lay some mines in the main areas nearby to slow down the march of the Japs, and monitor their every move closely. Once the Japs' large forces start to move, then we will We also set out immediately, advanced to the southeast, and crossed the river from the area near Wenzhuang."
"yes!"
Chen Dalei responded quickly.
Now that Lin Yi's strength has greatly increased, he has not thought about continuing to avoid the Japs, so Lin Yi plans to continue to deal with them in the nearby area, while delaying the Japs, he will also look for opportunities to eliminate more Japs.
What he has to do now is to avoid the real situation, avoid the main force of the Japanese, attack the weakly defended areas of the Japanese, and disrupt the Japanese deployment.
Sure enough, as Lin Yi guessed, the little devil took action that night.
Lin Yi immediately set off with his soldiers, traveling quickly to the southeast.
We arrived near Wenzhuang, about ten miles south of Zhaojiaqiao. There were indeed little Japs guarding and monitoring the area, but it was only a small group of Japs.
This time, Lin Yi did not avoid them intentionally.
Under the leadership of Liu Zhihui, the troops launched an attack, quickly eliminated more than a hundred Japanese troops nearby, and successfully arrived at the Ziya River.
But there are no bridges nearby, which is one of the reasons why the little devils have not deployed many troops here.
But the gunfire on the west bank also attracted the attention of the Japanese defenders on the east bank.
Soon, about two small groups of Japanese soldiers arrived on the east bank, facing Lin Yi and the others across the river.
The little devil also realized that Lin Yi and the others wanted to cross the river, so they began to build a position on the other side in an attempt to prevent Lin Yi and the others from crossing the river.
Lin Yi held up the telescope, observed the situation, and said with a sneer: "It's just a joke that there are just over a hundred little devils trying to block us."
Liu Zhihui said: "There is no bridge nearby. How can we cross the river? We can't all swim across it."
Liu Zhihui's worries were justified. Once in the river, the soldiers basically lost the ability to resist and could only become targets for the Japanese on the other side.
Although there are not many Japanese on the opposite side, if they want to attack by force, even if they succeed, they will definitely pay a heavy price.
Once a battle breaks out, the little devils in the surrounding area will quickly rush to support. I am afraid that the little devils on the other side have already reported the situation.
I'm afraid there are already a large number of Japs coming from different directions.
It won't take long, maybe only an hour, before they will be surrounded by Japanese soldiers.
If he were an ordinary person, he would definitely not take the risk of forcibly crossing the Ziya River, but Lin Yi was not an ordinary person. He naturally had a way to cross the Ziya River easily and quickly, otherwise, he would not have led his people to the east.
Lin Yi smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have my own way to deal with these little devils."
"Liu Zhihui, Zhang Dabiao, your troops are ready to cross the river!"
"Inform Chen Dalei and let their troops be responsible for breaking up the rear."
"yes!"
