Li Qinglin kept moving, and Sasaki was even more busy.

After the two spies who were dressed up as peasants who picked up manure, Sasaki felt that this method could continue, so the spies from these detective teams were sent out one after another.

It is winter now, and in this slack season, farmers generally have nothing to do. "A crop is all about fertilizer." In this season, many farmers carry manure baskets to pick up manure, which is normal, so these people basically sneak into Sangyu Town to reconnaise.

The situations reported by these people after they came back were similar. The only change was the cavalry unit stationed with the Eighth Squadron, and the number of this cavalry unit was often uncertain.

Dong Zhao's cavalry company was not satisfied at all, so he had to withdraw some people to go out for warning every day, and also organized personnel to protect the caravans. Therefore, those who were stationed in Sangyu Town were the people who managed the food and supplies and the cavalry who had been reorganized to rest and rest. Is there only one platoon with more people in one platoon?

Sasaki really attached great importance to this cavalry unit at first, and he kept keeping the spies staring at these people. Later, he heard the reports of the spies coming back one after another that in addition to resting every day, these cavalrymen in Sangyu Town rode on a bench with brooms in front and back to practice sabers. Sasaki smiled.

According to Li Qinglin's idea, Dong Zhao's cavalry squadron could not be traditional cavalry, but should be built into an infantry unit riding on horses. Li Qinglin's orders were naturally implemented without fail. Dong Zhaodong pieced together more than 70 mules and horses. After this period of training in walking, holding back and hanging horses, mules and horses could finally basically reach the level of war horses, and the rider and rider became more and more tacit understanding. Dong Zhao finally built an infantry unit riding on horses as Li Qinglin imagined.

Dong Zhao and Yu Deshui of the Cavalry Squadron had worked in the Northeast cavalry unit. In their minds, on the endless plain, with drum-like horse hooves, a group of cavalry rushed towards them with their shaking sabers. The enemy's blood was splattering, and their bodies and heads were different. This was the cavalry they yearned for. Therefore, after basically completing Li Qinglin's request, the two began to train the cavalry in their hands.

Dong Zhao only had more than 30 sabers seized by Li Qinglin and his team fighting the Japanese cavalry near Guide. Yu Desai also had more than a dozen sabers brought from the Third Division of the Huangyu Universe. If everyone wanted to match them, they would either spend money to buy them outside or find blacksmiths to build them locally. Sabers are not as good as kitchen knives, and they have special requirements for style, weight, rigidity and flexibility. Therefore, it is very troublesome to build by hand. In order not to delay cavalry sword training, Dong Zhao and his team asked everyone to take turns to use sabers. Therefore, the spies could only see a small number of cavalry in Sangyu Town at a time.

As for why he had to ride on a long bench to practice knives and also put brooms on both ends of the bench, this was entirely to simulate the actual situation of cavalry riding on war horses. When soldiers skillfully swing their knives on the bench and would not cut the brooms on both ends, then he would not cut the ears or butts of his war horse when he rode on a war horse to slash the enemy with a knife.

Sasaki once served in the Kwantung cavalry unit, so he naturally knew that the so-called cavalry in Sangyu Town was a thing that even a saber could not be used. These soldiers still had a long way to go to become a veritable cavalry.

Sasaki, who thought he had found out about the strength of the garrison in Sangyu Town, immediately summoned Kondo and the guard captain Matsui to discuss the attack on Sangyu Town.

The guard captain Lieutenant Matsui was originally serving in the Standing Division. Because he was injured in the Battle of Taierzhuang, he was transferred to the guard team to serve as the captain after he recovered from his injuries.

The guards are generally stationed in relatively prosperous towns. They originally only need to take on the responsibility of maintaining local public security and have no combat tasks. The position of guard captain is a very leisurely plant, and it is a reward for the injured Matsui by superiors.

But Matsui always believed that even the injured soldiers should shed the last drop of blood for the emperor, so he was eager to fight. When Sasaki proposed to form a crusade team and attack the Chongqing army in Sangyu Town, he immediately received strong support from Matsui. He even proposed to send troops immediately without the assistance of the Imperial Army. The guards alone could eliminate the annoying Chongqing army.

Although Kondo was eager for victory, he was still calm. He suggested that this crusade not only required the help of the Imperial Army, but also the strength of a small team of the security forces was not enough, and he also needed to transfer people to Mizushi's infantry squadron to reinforce. In order to borrow people, Kondo also came up with an idea, that is, to ask the infantry to assist in finding the three missing Japanese soldiers.

After hearing this, Matsui believed that Kondo's proposal was an insult to the Imperial Army Police Force.

According to the comparison of the number of casualties between China and Japan in the early battles, the ratio between the two sides is 7 to 1, and the guards commanded by Matsui are also the Imperial Japanese Army. Everyone can fight for one to ten. They don’t need help from others when dealing with such a small number of Chongqing troops.

However, Kondo insisted that the guard team did not have heavy weapons. If the guard team only used the strength of the guard team to fight, the biggest possibility was to tie the enemy.

Just when the two were arguing, the spies from the detective team came to report that the Chongqing cavalry stationed in Sangyu Town suddenly disappeared.

"Why did it suddenly disappear? Did they find something?" Kondo, who was suspicious, said to himself.

Sasaki thought for a moment, and finally smiled and said, "Kondo, you are too suspicious. If they found something, they would have run away long ago. The officers of the Kuomintang army often asked soldiers to do private affairs for themselves. Maybe they were transferred to the superior to transport goods? You know, the Chinese Lunar New Year is coming soon, and merchants need to transport a lot of goods."

Sasaki's guess was based on his understanding of the general national army, which cannot be said to be unreasonable. Kondo thought about it and felt that this was probably the case, so he did not mention the cavalry again.

At the end of the three-person meeting, Sasaki finally made the decision: to attack the Chongqing army in Sangyu Town in the near future. The main force of the attack was a small team of Matsui's guard team, with Lieutenant Matsui, and the Imperial Army provided a strengthening squadron to assist the siege. In order to ensure that the siege is foolproof, Sasaki will come forward to negotiate with the infantry squadron stationed in Mizumari to provide corresponding force support.

As the days passed, Sasaki and Mizuma's infantry squadron also negotiated. What Sasaki did not expect was that the infantry stationed in Mizumaki heard that they were going to go out to attack the Chongqing army in Sangyu Town, and their enthusiasm was even higher than that of Matsui's guards, because everyone knew that Sangyu Town was rich now, and the Imperial Army had always been able to "requisition" various materials in China during combat, and this conquest would inevitably lead to a lot of things.

After coordination among all parties, an agreement was finally reached: the plan for the siege was still carried out according to Sasaki's plan, but the number of infantry squadrons increased and the troops sent were one team.

Originally, the infantry had sent more troops and wanted to seize the command of the siege, but Sasaki suppressed their request in one sentence, that is, the infantry could not get the order from the brigade. This time, the infantry could only send troops in the name of assisting in finding the missing soldiers.

At five o'clock in the morning on December 8, troops sent by the Japanese and puppet parties gathered outside Shuizhi Town, and the siege was initiated under Lieutenant Matsui.

There is a farmer's proverb: "First the winter, the river of light snow is tight; heavy snow falls into the winter months, and the winter solstice counts for nine days." December 8th is the day of heavy snow in the lunar calendar. It is already cold and the ground is frozen. More than 300 Japanese and puppet troops march towards Sangyu Town under the command of Lieutenant Matsui.

The troops sent by this siege were set out from three military camps. Yan Boling and Pan Kewei's people realized that these three parties might have taken action recently, but they really did not expect that the three parties would eventually join together to carry out the so-called "criminal". Therefore, Sangyu Town did not receive any information about the enemy's attack.

Dong Zhao's cavalry retreated to Zhujialou Village ten miles away, but they did not stop cavalry reconnaissance. Because the most powerful enemy was in Shuizhi, the main road from Sangyu Town to Shuizhi became the focus of cavalry reconnaissance. In addition, Zhang Ergou also sent people to reconnaissance regularly, so it can be said that people were monitored on this road for 24 hours.

Because strong enemies may attack at any time, Zhang Ergou not only set up inspection checkpoints and dispatched investigators, but also built two simple fortifications in relatively dangerous places on this road and dug several trenches. Once the Japanese were found coming from this road, his troops could enter these two positions at any time to block.

However, the crusade team commanded by Matsui did not go along the main road, but immediately changed direction twenty miles after leaving the water. They climbed over several hills along a small road and walked towards Sangyu Town.

Giving up on the road and taking the small road was not a whim for Lieutenant Matsui, but was booked before the war.

During the early investigation of the reconnaissance team, they found that the Kuomintang army was covered with sentries on the main road. If they wanted to achieve the effect of a sudden attack, they had to change their path. Finally, under the guidance of the traitor, Lieutenant Matsui chose this small road that passed from Majiahe Village in the southeast and could go straight to Sangyu Town.

Sangyu Town is the forefront of the three brigades against the enemy. The vast area between it and Motianling belongs to the defense zone of the three brigades, which is a buffer zone between it and the enemy of Shuizhi. Some time ago, the intelligence team led by Han Jizhong expanded its personnel and established Baojia within the defense zone, so it basically completed strict control of the defense zone.

At present, the intelligence team's mission is to win over the buffer zone between Sangyu Town and Shuizhi. Li Qifan of the intelligence team is bringing soldiers Zhou Jinshan, Li Huahai, and three Sangyu Town militia militia members to work in Majiahe Village. Because these three regiments have relatives here and are all Chinese who are interested in fighting against Japan, Li Qifan is preparing to develop them into his own intelligence officers here.

"Look, there are ghosts over there." Zhou Jinshan, who was walking in front, suddenly exclaimed...
Chapter completed!