Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

It was two o'clock in the morning, the night was as dark as ink and everything was silent.

Suddenly, three red flares streaked across the sky, like three blooming flames, shining brightly in the night sky.

This was the signal for the 1st Regiment of the Independent Brigade to begin its infiltration into enemy territory.

As the flares were launched into the air, vehicles of all types began to move like wild horses.

The car lights were as bright as day, illuminating the road ahead.

The convoy sped along a carefully planned route, avoiding the enemy's front line of defense and launching a fierce attack on the enemy's rear.

At the same time, the roar of long-range rocket launchers echoed in the night sky, and shells fell on the enemy positions as densely as raindrops.

Flames shot up into the sky, explosions were deafening, and the entire battlefield seemed to be engulfed in a sea of ​​fire.

The unmanned bombers in the sky approached the enemy's exposed important targets silently like ghosts and carried out precise point-to-point elimination.

Although these measures were not enough to defeat the enemy's eight divisions in one fell swoop, they were powerful enough to distract the enemy.

It is true that the Japanese have accumulated a lot of experience in bomb prevention. But no matter how experienced they are, they have to hide in solid anti-artillery fortifications when they encounter bombing.

If they all hide, how can they stop the group that is trying to infiltrate behind them?

So, apart from a few tanks hitting mines, there was no decent resistance.

By daybreak, the 1st Regiment of the Independent Brigade had already traveled nearly 100 kilometers and reached the line of Anyang, Hebi, and Cixian, successfully trapping most of the enemy behind them.

They moved quickly and orderly, like an unstoppable iron stream.

On this tense night, several plaster division leaders were sitting in their own simple operations rooms, with the reconnaissance data provided by Omanrek spread out in front of them. Holding simple phones in their hands, they were communicating with each other.

The current situation was shrouded in a fog, making them feel confused and uneasy.

"How is this possible?" A division commander frowned and pointed at the Beast Killing Valley on the map. "According to Omanrek's intelligence, there are only about one brigade of troops outside the Beast Killing Valley. Although their armored forces are strong, how can such a small force withstand the attack of our eight divisions? Not to mention infiltrating behind us.

Besides, don’t they want to destroy the Beast Valley? "

The division commanders all fell silent, with only the lights on the map flickering faintly.

The beasts scanned the map, trying to find the answer. However, no matter how they looked, they felt that there was an unfathomable conspiracy behind this seemingly weak line of defense.

"Are they really planning to give up the Beast Killing Valley?" another division commander raised a question. "Omanrek's reconnaissance shows that there are almost no decent troops stationed behind the Beast Killing Valley. If we can successfully pass through the Beast Killing Valley, then the heart of the liberated area will be right in front of us."

However, this seemingly tempting opportunity made the Plaster generals more vigilant.

They know very well that every choice in war is accompanied by huge risks. And this seemingly unreasonable deployment of troops is likely to be a trap set by the People's Liberation Army.

At this time, the commander of the Fifth Division, Shudong Jinnan, stood up suddenly. "Everyone, this is a conspiracy, it must be a conspiracy!" He said loudly, "The People's Liberation Army must want to lure us through the Beast Killing Valley, and then cut off our retreat when we go deep into the hinterland and annihilate us in one fell swoop!"

Taking a deep breath, the tree hole man continued: "The previous Sixth Division was a negative example!"

As soon as it finished speaking, a voice of approval rang out over the phone. The other division commanders all agreed, and they thought this possibility was very high.

After all, in war, a mixture of real and fake tactics can often achieve unexpected results.

"For the sake of confidentiality, let's communicate by telegram." The man in the tree hole continued, "The confidentiality of the simple phone is too poor. Once it is eavesdropped, our plan will be exposed."

The animals all expressed their agreement.

Important matters still have to be handled by telegram, unless it is the confidential special line designed by Xisentom specifically for Li Yunlong. That special line can stop transmission immediately if someone eavesdrops, regardless of whether he can understand it or not.

But the Japs certainly don't have such a confidential line.

In the end, the Japs made a unanimous decision: they must not enter the Beast-Killing Valley. They would rather take a detour through Jincheng and Yangcheng than pass through the Beast-Killing Valley!

However, the order they received was to immediately pass through the Beast-Killing Valley and go deep into the heart of the liberated area.

Because this was the intelligence Omanrick had obtained by sacrificing five precious Blackbird reconnaissance planes: there was no one in the Beast Valley area!

Hata Ushichi felt that the Omanreks would not make the wrong place again. Gao Yaofang and Omanreks had confirmed repeatedly that the Omanreks' reconnaissance plane was indeed conducting reconnaissance in the Beast-Exterminating Valley.

That's why Hata Ushichi decided to order the 5th Division to enter the Beast-Slaying Valley first, and the remaining seven divisions to quickly gather at the entrance of the Valley and pass through it.

In the silence before dawn, a group of people, like a lurking tiger, quietly intercepted the secret message from the Chinese Expeditionary Force Headquarters.

The night had not yet faded, but the tense atmosphere within the group had already spread like morning mist.

The signalman's face showed a bit of surprise and nervousness, and his fingers moved rapidly on the telegraph machine, converting those cold codes into lines of text full of dangerous information.

The signalman did not dare to delay for a moment and immediately handed this important telegram to the busy Regimental Commander Fan Yingming.

Fan Yingming took the telegram, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, he quickly browsed the content of the telegram, and his brows gradually furrowed.

After reading the telegram, Fan Yingming handed it to General Shi, the deputy commander-in-chief beside him without hesitation.

General Shi took the telegram with a frown on his face. After a moment of silence, he looked up at Fan Yingming and said firmly, "Yingming, I trust your judgment. Follow your plan. If anything goes wrong, I will take the responsibility."

Fan Yingming took a deep breath, his eyes gleaming with determination.

He said in a deep voice: "If the Japs really pass through the Beast-Exterminating Valley and enter the Liberated Area, what a huge responsibility it would be if I don't take precautions! However, I have been unable to convince myself. I think the Japs will not enter the Beast-Exterminating Valley." After a pause, and rehearsing it in his mind, Fan Yingming continued to say with certainty: "Absolutely not!"

The deputy commander nodded, "Then proceed as planned! If there is any responsibility, even if you have to be beheaded, it has nothing to do with you!"

After the 5th Division received the order from Hata Ushichi, Shudong Hideo was not prepared to carry out the order.

Isn't this just fun? Let us enter the Beast Extermination Valley, and then it won't be you who will die!

"Enter the Beast Extermination Valley?" The man in the tree hole said disdainfully, "When we are trapped deep in the heart of the liberated area and can't retreat even if we want to, those guys in the expeditionary army headquarters won't even fart!"

"Send a telegram to the Expeditionary Forces Headquarters, saying that our division was fiercely blocked by the People's Liberation Army and could not enter the Beast Extermination Valley. Moreover, our transfer channel was cut off. Our first priority is to fight a decisive battle with the People's Liberation Army behind us to open up the transfer channel, rather than going deep into the enemy's interior regardless of the risk of having our retreat cut off."

The "turn in" mentioned here actually means retreat, or to put it more directly, escape. The Japanese who value their reputation never say retreat or escape, but always use "turn in" instead.