At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese and puppet troops marched like snails and finally arrived near Jinzhong.

Colonel Kato held up his telescope and clearly saw the city gate tower that had been destroyed by artillery shells in Jinzhong City.

But I was very confused.

I stared at the city gate tower and looked over and over again, but I never saw a national rescue army.

"Does the National Salvation Army not plan to defend Jinzhong to the death. After robbing the weapons, ammunition and supplies in Jinzhong City, they ran away!" Colonel Kato frowned and said to himself.

After hearing this, the Chief of Staff showed an expression of agreement: "Captain of the United Nations, I think you are right!"

"Although the National Salvation Army captured Jinzhong, the Jinzhong garrison had more than 8,000 troops, and they were still on the defensive side. There were a large number of city defense fortifications to be used. The National Salvation Army belonged to the siege side, and no matter how powerful it was, it would pay a huge price in the battle."

"We brought six or seven thousand reinforcements. Not only did we bring a large number of artillery and tanks, but we also provided air cover when attacking, and our strength was extraordinary!"

"The National Salvation Army suffered heavy casualties in the siege battle. It just took Jinzhong and had not yet established a firm foothold. If it was really determined to defend Jinzhong, they would definitely suffer the loss in the end!"

"And they always take advantage of the situation when they can get the advantage when they are in war. If they can't take advantage, they run away. They will never drag on the slumber!"

"I definitely won't fight with us for a broken Jinzhong County. That would be too unprofitable!"

"And the information reported to us by the aviation army that the National Salvation Army had captured Jinzhong before dawn. Now eight or nine hours have passed, which is enough for them to empty the weapons, ammunition and materials reserved by the Imperial Army in Jinzhong. In this way, there is no need to defend Jinzhong County!"

Colonel Kato nodded repeatedly when he heard this. The Chief of Staff’s analysis was the same as what he thought. After the Chief of Staff finished speaking, he felt deeply convinced and sighed: “If Jinzhong County is really an empty city and the National Salvation Army has emptied Jinzhong County and fled, then our next task will be simple.”

"But this is all our own judgment. Whether Jinzhong County is an empty city needs troops to go to the city to check!"

"I'm sending my order: the first and second squadrons of Matsumoto Brigade set out immediately to check if there is still a national rescue army in Jinzhong County. The troops must be more vigilant and be ready for combat at any time."

"If there is a National Salvation Army in the city, no matter how many people they have, they must evacuate the county town as soon as possible. Never be dragged by them in the city!"

"Please rest assured, the investigation troops will definitely be able to escape from the city and understand the situation in the city." Major Matsumoto, named by the corps captain, quickly received the order, and after that, he hurriedly ran towards his own troops."

The city was less than a kilometer away from Colonel Kato, which was not as empty as he imagined.

A platoon of guards unfolded in combat formations, protecting Zhou Cheng in the middle of the team.

Because everyone was hiding behind battlements and ruins, not only did Colonel Kato not know their existence, but also did not find these people in the escort planes in the sky.

Zhou Cheng was doing exactly the same thing as the Japanese Devils Colonel Kato, holding up a telescope to observe his opponent's every move.

"Captain, the Japanese sent two strengthening squadrons to fight towards the county town!" The combat staff who were also observing the enemy situation reminded!

"It's indeed the Japanese devils of two squadrons!" Zhou Cheng's serious face quickly flashed with a smile. Obviously, he was in a very good mood after seeing these Japanese devils.

Then he ordered the platoon leader of the guards around him: "Let's retreat to the city immediately. Let the guard battalion and the mobile battalion retreat one kilometer, and after the Japanese test troops are completely put into the county town, then organize the troops to slowly deal with them!"

The staff officer did not understand the regiment commander's idea for a moment, and frowned and reminded: "Would they ask them to transfer two companies to the Japanese to enter the city and block the city gates? This would not only close the door and fight the dogs, but also block the Japanese's subsequent reinforcements!"

"No, they just need to drag the Japanese tentative troops into the city and clean up slowly, and ignore the other Japanese slaughter!"

Hearing this answer, the staff officer became increasingly unable to understand the regiment commander's ideas, and reminded with a worried look: "What if we do not send troops to block the city gates and the Japanese sent other troops to the city for reinforcements?"

Zhou Cheng smiled, but he didn't take this question seriously and answered with confidence: "I wish they could send more troops into the city!"

"It's not dark yet, and the artillery and planes brought by the Japanese can attack us unscrupulously!"

"If I block the city gate as you said, the scoring troops just now can indeed cut off the connection between the Japanese tentative forces and the main force, but our troops defending the city gate will also be exposed to the nose of the Japanese aircraft. As long as they throw a few bombs into the city gate tower, our troops defending the city gate will suffer a devastating blow."

"When the Japanese and puppet troops want to enter the city or still enter the city, we will lose two companies in vain."

"In addition, the guard battalions and mobile battalions defended the inner city. Although they fought only more than a thousand people, the troops were equipped very well and were particularly good at street fighting. In the following battle, they hid in the dark and attacked the Japanese, holding the initiative in the battlefield. After all, almost all the advantages on the battlefield were in their hands!"

"It's not that I'm boasting about myself. With such a unit guarding the city to fight street battles, the Japanese and puppet troops will not be the opponent even if they send two thousand people into the city."

"Although the third wave of Japanese and puppet troops had six or seven thousand reinforcements, the real combat troops had only five thousand, including two Japanese devils with two thousand people!"

"This is their only reliance on regaining Jinzhong from our army. I don't believe that their commander dares to send two thousand troops into the city to take risks at one time before finding out the situation in the city."

"If it fails, the Japanese and puppet troops who suffered heavy losses will not only lose the opportunity to retake Jinzhong, but may also be left here by us!"

The staff officer seemed to have figured out some questions, and his face was full of doubt quickly showed a sudden expression, but he didn't dare to confirm it too much, so he had to look at Zhou Cheng and ask tentatively: "Captain, you don't want to delay time through this method!"

"It's four o'clock now, and the Japanese planes will have to evacuate the battlefield for up to two hours."

"As long as the mobile camp and the guard battalion deliberately slow down the attack, the battle to eliminate the Japanese tentative troops can be dragged until dark, and the Japanese outside the city can only understand the situation in the city after it gets dark."

"At that time, even if they concentrated all the main forces to attack the guard battalion and mobile battalion, we wouldn't be afraid!"

"Without the escort of the plane, our three main battalions and the Shouyang garrison hiding outside the city can fight out at any time, raid the third wave of Japanese reinforcements from behind, and then fight a pair of internal and external attacks in Jinzhong County to wipe out them!"

Seeing Zhou Cheng nodding, the staff continued to analyze: "Captain, since the purpose of our fight against the Japanese army to test the troops is to delay time, we should send people to block the city gates and prevent the Japanese army entering the city from sending the news!"

"It is too conspicuous to block the city gate in two companies and it is easy to use it as a living target for the plane. Then we will draw two shifts over. Let them hide in the dark and destroy all Japanese and puppet troops who want to enter and exit the city gate. If they can drag it ten minutes, they will drag it ten minutes."

"If the Japanese and puppet troops attack outside the city, it will not be too late to block the troops and retreat again!"

"In this way, the blockade forces will not attract the attention of the Japanese planes!"

Zhou Cheng nodded immediately: "Just follow your proposal!"

"The mobile camp and the guard battalion immediately retreated, and let the Japanese army test troops enter the city before closing the net, and slowly clean up them with street fighting, and not give the plane a chance to bomb us!"

"The Guard Battalion dispatched a main platoon to secretly block the city gate, kill all the Japanese messengers who wanted to enter and exit the city gate, and cut off the contact between the Japanese and puppet troops inside and outside the city."

"If the Japanese and puppet troops draw heavy troops into and out of the city gate, the guard platoon will retreat immediately. Never fight with the Japanese and puppet troops. All actions must be carried out while preserving their own strength!"

Looking at the vanguard troops slowly moving away, Colonel Kato kept praying in his heart, hoping that Jinzhong County would be really an empty city.

"Captain of the United Nations, the tentative troops have entered the city. There should be no National Salvation Army on the top of the city. They are likely to really give up Jinzhong!" The chief of staff of the United Army was even more nervous than Colonel Kato. He shouted excitedly when he saw the tentative troops starting to enter the city.

In his eyes, the National Salvation Army was too powerful, although he said that the National Salvation Army had been severely damaged by the previous Jinzhong garrison and was unable to launch a large-scale battle.

But I'm afraid of anything, and the National Salvation Army is another unit that often creates miracles.

If they were not severely injured in the siege battle, with the performance of the National Salvation Army in previous battles, the third wave of reinforcements led by themselves and the corps captain may not be their opponents.

But if the reinforcements can easily recapture Jinzhong without a single shot and bullet, then what they are worried about will not happen.

So the Chief of Staff did not want to fight the national rescue army from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing that the temptation troops were not blocked, they easily entered the county town. A few minutes later, the military flag representing the empire was also inserted on the top of the city, and the Chief of Staff was even more excited than before.

He continued to shout with his fists: "The temptation troops have taken the city, and the national-savior army that captured Jinzhong must have retreated and fled!"

Colonel Kato was also very excited, but he did not show it.

If their subordinates knew that they were happy because the National Salvation Army was not in Jinzhong, they would think they were afraid of the National Salvation Army.

He kept his eyes on the military flag on the top of the city until all the temptation troops entered the city and disappeared from his own vision. He put down his telescope.

Suppress your inner excitement and ordered the Chief of Staff in a calm tone as possible: "Notify the troops to prepare for entering the city immediately. After receiving the safety signal from the temptation troops, we will enter the city immediately!"

"The first and second brigades are divided into four, and immediately occupy the four walls on Jinzhong, and make defensive preparations based on favorable terrain and fortifications. The 23rd Regiment of the Imperial Army and the 1st Battalion of the 24th Regiment will cooperate with the four city defense forces to find them in the battalion."

"The Third Battalion, the 24th Regiment of the Imperial Army, the baggage brigade, and the cavalry unit immediately conducted a network search on the whole city to find the hidden personnel left by the National Savior Army, and by the way, find the tunnels connecting the city and outside the city, and destroy it with explosives!"

"The National Salvation Army used these tunnels to deal with us several times, and we must not make the same mistake again!"

The Chief of Staff quickly took the order, then rushed to the back to arrange the task, and returned to Colonel Kato in five minutes.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers were still waving in the wind while the Japanese were planting the military flag on the side of the city, and there was no gunshot sound in the city. Everyone took it for granted that the tentative troops were progressing very smoothly in the city.

Little did they know that they had already entered a huge pocket array arranged by the guard battalion and the mobile battalion.

A platoon of soldiers also touched the city walls under the cover of the houses and courtyard walls.

Unlike the National Salvation Army in the city, the soldiers in this platoon were all wearing Japanese military uniforms. If they hadn't spoken Chinese, no one would have linked them with the National Salvation Army.

“Baoba…”

A sound of submachine gun shooting broke the quiet atmosphere of Jinzhong County.

The three Japanese soldiers walked in front of the test and fell down.

The Japanese who followed immediately fell down, and before they could hold the pneumatic gun in their hands, the two national rescue troops hiding behind a broken wall flashed and disappeared from their eyes.

"Baga, there are still small troops left by the National Salvation Army in the city. Everyone is ready to fight and strengthen their vigilance. After being attacked, they use firepower to counterattack immediately!"

The Japanese leader’s reminder was very timely, but he underestimated his opponent’s strength, so the decision he made was naturally wrong.

In less than five minutes, sporadic gunshots in my ears began to become dense, and the test troops also lost nearly fifty people in such a short period of time.

What worried him the most was that the nearly four hundred temptation troops were unknowingly divided into two parts by the enemy, and the fire exchange range also spread from several yards at the beginning to dozens of yards around.

The squadron leader's face suddenly turned pale, and he suddenly reacted as he heard the increasingly dense gunfire around him.

"Bageya Road, we were fooled. At least one national rescue army was hidden in Jinzhong City!"

"Everyone is fighting and retreating, and quickly withdrawing from the county town. There are too many national-savior troops here. If we continue to fight, we will all die here."

The squadron leader gave the order while pulling out the command knife, pointing to the way everyone came just now and shouting: "Machine gun cover, grenade launcher kills the national rescue army behind the courtyard wall, infantry assault, kill them!"

The dozens of soldiers surrounded the squadron leader immediately expanded into combat formations, some people set up machine guns, some people operated grenade launchers, and some people squatted on the ground with rifles, ready to fight out at any time...

"Boom boom boom..." Three grenades quickly rang behind the courtyard wall, and two crooked handles also spit out flames at this moment. More than 20 riflemen took the opportunity to launch an assault.

Their individual soldiers have very strong combat capabilities. When they attack, they keep staring at the front. Someone is holding a rifle and shooting at suspicious targets while assaulting.

Someone held a gun in one hand and held a grenade in the other hand, and was about to rush closer and throw the grenade behind the courtyard wall.

"Dadadada...Bada..." The familiar light machine gun and submachine gun fired again, but did not appear directly in front of the Japanese, but rang behind the two courtyard walls on their flanks.

The sudden firepower was too strong. Even though more than 20 Japanese riflemen fell down immediately, the flying rain of bullets still overturned seven or eight people.

The squadron leader was about to arrange for the grenade launcher and machine gunners around him to counterattack with firepower and suppress the other party. The dense gunfire actually stopped abruptly, and the figure of the national rescue army exposed behind the courtyard wall also disappeared.
Chapter completed!