For many Japanese combat troops, if they have the choice, many officers and soldiers are willing to go to the front-line battlefield, but are unwilling to switch to city defense troops to stay in the occupied areas. Only by visiting the front-line battlefield can they gain more military achievements and promotion opportunities.

On the contrary, if you are in the rear, there are also combat tasks. However, such combat tasks are mostly to go to the countryside to sweep. For many young officers, they feel that they are useless and prefer to fight against the main forces of the War of Resistance.

Perhaps only in this way can they feel that the victory they have won is more substantial and that the military achievements they have made are more valuable in future promotions. Even many young Japanese officers are more keen on fighting than staying in the city all day long.

The Japanese commander who was ordered to come to Wocheng to reinforce this time was undoubtedly a young and strong officer in charge of war. For these officers who were eager to make meritorious contributions, they felt that the regaining of Haozhou this time provided them with an excellent opportunity to start a war.

Even the concerns raised by the stubborn faction were reasonable. But in the eyes of these stubborn faction officers, the Chinese anti-Japanese war troops were not worth mentioning. As long as they became serious, no anti-Japanese war troops would be their opponent.

After receiving a telegram from Suzhou, the Japanese garrison officer stationed in Wocheng said happily: "Yuxi, the reinforcements have set off and are expected to arrive within two days. Order the troops to prepare before the expedition!"

"Your garrison officer, the telegram sent by the Colonel earlier is to let us find out the enemy's situation and ask for instructions. Will this annoy your Colonel? According to the situation we have investigated, thousands of elite soldiers have come to Haozhou!"

"When I go to war, I will ask your colonel for instructions! Are there any elite troops in the Chinese army? When reinforcements arrive, we will join the combat troops we have drawn from Mengcheng. Our total force also has nearly an infantry corps. Are you afraid that you can't take over Haozhoucheng?

If we can take this opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Chinese army that sneaked into our sneak attack, perhaps we can join forces with the occupying army in eastern Henan and continue to advance the front line. There should not be many Chinese army troops deploying defenses in eastern Henan, right?"

In the eyes of the garrison officers of Wocheng, the anti-Japanese war troops who sneaked into Haocheng should have seen clearly that their garrison troops in each city are lacking in force before launching a tentative attack. After gaining benefits, this army should not dare to continue to launch an attack.

Correspondingly, there are not many defensive forces deployed in the Yellow River Flood Zone in the Fifth War Zone. It has been a while since the flood has passed. Even if the mechanized troops cannot be used, the occupied areas can be continued to expand by relying on infantry propulsion alone.

Even the warlike garrison officer felt that if he could take advantage of the opportunity to continuously expand the results, he could approach the fifth war zone and draw more troops to carry out defense. In this way, even if he didn't have the opportunity to participate in the Wuhan Battle, he could still gain some credit for assists.

After listening to the analysis of the garrison officers, the lieutenants under their command did not think there was anything wrong. If they could really expand the results of the battle, as subordinates of the garrison officers, they could also gain corresponding benefits and gain more promotion opportunities in the future.

In order to ensure victory in the battle, during the period when reinforcements arrived in Wocheng, the garrison officers of Wocheng also sent a large number of reconnaissance personnel to sneak into the territory of Haozhou to carry out reconnaissance. The only purpose is to understand the reality of the defending troops as much as possible.

The result was obvious. When I received the information sent back by the reconnaissance force and learned that the troops stationed in Haozhou City actually had only one regiment, the garrison officer said slightly surprised: "What about you? There is only one regiment? Didn't you say that a division came?"

"Your garrison officer, the supreme commander of the Chinese army in Haozhou City is just a colonel. Although many people were sent to build fortifications outside the city, most of them were peasants and not soldiers. The Chinese army wanted to cheat us!"

For many Japanese officers, they have been in China for a while and have more or less heard of Sun Tzu's Art of War and other things. Many Japanese still think this kind of practice of setting up empty city plans is more likely.

The reason is that the defenders who took over Haozhou City have blocked the city until now. The entry into the city is not restricted, but if they leave the city, they need to undergo strict inspections. Especially the road to Wocheng was strictly blocked by his troops.

Even based on the latest information detected by the Japanese army, the defenders who took over the city of Haozhou City were strengthening the city defense fortifications on the first day they arrived in Haozhou. Secondly, they sent troops to organize young and strong men to build fortifications on the roads outside the city.

This series of information revealed the attempt of the defenders to defend Haozhou City to the death and save the fruit of victory. Earlier, some officers were worried that the anti-Japanese war troops would make the decision to attack Wucheng, but now it seems that they are completely over-concerned.

Hu Biao, who had already formulated a series of combat plans for the Japanese army in Wocheng, did not pay much attention to it. While the Japanese reinforcements had not arrived yet, Hu Biao also asked the intelligence personnel to quickly buy the puppet army in Wocheng that cooperated with the garrison.

After listening to Xu Sandao's report, Hu Biao also said directly: "Tell the three puppet army company commanders that we will implement the conditions that we promised them. First give 30% of the deposit, and then pay the rest of the deposit.

Also, warn these guys not to be too tempted. If they think that reporting this situation to the Japanese can bring more benefits, then it will be their own way. But you must explain the corresponding consequences to them!"

In order to dismantle the garrison of the Japanese and puppet troops in Wocheng and to reduce their own siege pressure, Hu Biao also instructed Xu Sandao to be responsible for negotiating with the puppet army officers. He spent some money to allow these puppet troops to lead their troops to revolt when siege the city.

Some officers asked for money, and some officers asked for power. For officers who asked for money, Hu Biao would not let his lion speak loudly, saying that he would pay the corresponding money only if he saw their sincerity. Those who wanted power were left to Zhao Chengwu.

According to the agreement agreed earlier, the captured county town will be handed over to Zhao Chengwu's troops to be stationed in the future. Since these puppet troops are willing to continue to serve in the army, Hu Biao felt that Zhao Chengwu would not refuse.

Besides, Hu Biao doesn't like people like this who want to continue to be an officer in charge of soldiers. But since the other party agrees to lead the uprising, Hu Biao will also give the other party a chance. If he continues to commit suicide in the future, someone will deal with them.

For many people in this era, they all think that only by commanding the army can we take the initiative. No matter which side they surrender, they will be taken seriously. The problem is that those who are qualified to negotiate conditions will definitely not be puppet army officers in small counties.

People who cannot see the situation clearly and are too greedy can imagine the outcome!

After explaining these situations, Hu Biao continued: "In the past two days, you have led the reconnaissance team to lurk in Wocheng, waiting for orders at any time. The ambush starts, and if the Japanese army in Wocheng sends reinforcements, you will lead the reconnaissance team to attack the Japanese army.

If there are those puppet troops who have bought it, I believe it is relatively easy to solve the remaining Japanese. For the puppet troops who have bought it, the ammunition transported into the city must be distributed during operation. In addition, monitor those officers!"

"I understand! If those people dare to be fences, they will definitely not be able to live the next day!"

For Xu Sandao, he felt that it was somewhat unworthy to spend money to buy those puppet troops. But as an officer, Xu Sandao also knew very well that if those puppet troops really wanted to cause trouble, they could still cause them some trouble.

On the other hand, Xu Sandao thought it was more cost-effective to spend some money to bribe the troubles and let them cause trouble for the Japanese. After all, wasn’t the money used to bribe the puppet troops seized from the Japanese?

After all the combat deployment was completed, Hu Biao brought the guard platoon around him to the completed ambush position again. Looking at Zhao Cheng's army who had entered the position, Hu Biao still felt quite satisfied. At least in terms of discipline, it is still worthy of recognition.

The main force group acting as the reserve team is deployed near the highway not far from the ambush position. Once the battle starts here, the main force group acting as the reserve team will cut off the Japanese's retreat and encircle and annihilate them all on the highway.

Seeing Hu Biao arrive at the battlefield, Zhao Chengwu also said directly: "Brother Hu, look at this, the Japanese arrived at our ambush position during the day. Once the fight starts, the Japanese will probably send planes to assist in the battle!"

"Brother, I know what you are worried about. But the Japanese plane cannot follow their troops, right? When they receive the news, take off and reinforcements, I believe the battle has ended. The Japanese will not last long for this!

For many anti-Japanese war troops fighting against the Japanese army, their biggest concern during the day was the Japanese aerial bombing. Once the Japanese sent planes to assist in the war, they would often fall into a collapsed situation and were unable to attack or defend at all.

Especially in the wild, when encountering Japanese airplanes and air strikes, it would be even more fatal. But in Hu Biao's view, from the start to the end of the entire ambush, he would try his best to resolve the battle within an hour, and Japanese people would not have time to reinforce.

As soon as the battle ended, all the combat troops immediately hid in the mountains. In such a big place, even if the Japanese sent planes over and could not find the target, who could they explode? So Zhao Chengwu's worries were completely redundant!

Although there were still a lot of worries, Zhao Chengwu didn't say much in the end. After all, Hu Biao's troops were the main attack in this battle, and his troops were responsible for covering and assisting. If you want to talk about the pressure, Hu Biao's troops must be larger.

After looking at the sky, Hu Biao continued, "Xiao Wu, where is the Japanese troops now?"

"It should be about twenty kilometers away from us!"

"Okay! Order the troops to enter the position, and after the participating troops enter the position, they will then finally disguise the position!"

"Yes, captain!"

The same order was received, a main force under Zhao Chengwu. After all the troops entered the position, Hu Biao sent someone to check the ambush position. After confirming that there was no problem, he officially ordered the troops to enter the pre-war preparation stage.

This also means that the battle will start at any time when the Japanese and puppet troops arrived. As soon as the guns and cannons sounded here, I believe that the Wocheng defenders who were looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements would not be able to sit still and come to reinforcements.

Once the defenders of Wocheng leave the city to provide reinforcements, it will be easier for Hu Biao to capture Wocheng. Even if the defenders of Wocheng do not provide reinforcements, the Japanese guards stationed in Wocheng will definitely not survive the next day when the battle here is over!
Chapter completed!