"Boom boom boom..." The Japanese grenade trolleys still performed their duties and fired six grenades into two yards with the National Salvation Army.

Although I don’t know if these grenades have killed their opponents, after the bombing just now, the two yards must be without danger.

More than a dozen riflemen lying on the ground jumped up and continued to assault forward with guns.

"Da da da da...b...b...b..."

The familiar light machine gun and submachine gun strafing sounded again, and this time the gunfire came from a yard directly in front of the assault forces.

At least four riflemen were killed by sudden fire. They fell to the ground and disappeared, and the remaining riflemen had to lie down again.

This time, without waiting for the squadron leader to give orders, the grenade launchers on the side began to fire grenades into the yard.

Unfortunately, the National Salvation Army that launched the raid was the same as before.

A shuttle of bullets stopped firing before they could be shot. When the grenades fell from the sky and exploded, no one knew whether the national rescue troops who had just sneaked into the attacking troops were still in the yard.

Because he did not receive the retreat order, the grenade exploded in the yard, and more than a dozen Japanese men jumped up and attacked again.

"Boom boom boom..."

This time they did not wait for the familiar sound of machine guns and submachine guns to shoot, but they waited for four grenades falling from the sky.

Three grenades hit the middle of the Japanese. When the explosion sounded, the splashing flames blew over six or seven soldiers...

"Bageya Road, the National Rescue Army is too cunning. They hid in the dark to attack. We are unable to defend ourselves and can only be beaten passively!" The squadron leader quickly saw his bad situation and shouted with a look of despair.

"We can't break backwards anymore. The National Savior Army hid in the dark waiting for us to hit their guns. The more fierce we move, the more chance they will have to attack us. If we keep our troops still, the National Savior Army hid in the dark will be unable to attack us because it has no target!"

"If they want to continue to destroy us, they can only take the initiative to attack the yard we defend. The battle situation will become that we hide in the dark and attack the National Rescue Army. The losses of the troops will naturally be reduced, and we can persist for a longer time, causing greater casualties to the National Rescue Army!"

"Notify the troops to occupy the yard near us immediately, guard the support, and wait for the National Salvation Army to come and attack us!"

"The messenger immediately left the city and reported to the corps commander that there were at least one reinforced battalion of national rescue troops hidden in the city. They hid in the dark and launched a sneak attack. We were unable to retreat. We were relying on the yard in the city to stand guard and wait for assistance to hold them back. Please send troops to reinforce immediately, encircle our national rescue troops, and eliminate them inside and outside!"

"All the messengers left the city and acted separately. Everyone must have ambushed the intercepting troops of the National Salvation Army on the way out of the city. Give me some cleverness, hide if you can. You must find a way to leave the city and bring the news of our need for reinforcements to the corps captain!"

The Japanese and puppet troops attacked the positions outside the city, and the sudden gunfire sounded in the city. The Chief of Staff was shocked and a bad premonition flashed quickly in his mind.

There was a sound of gunfire in the city, indicating that there was a national rescue army hidden in the city.

The increasingly dense firefighting sounds show that this national-savior army is not weak.

Since there is a National Salvation Army guarding Jinzhong, why did they put the city walls with a large number of fortifications and put all the temptation troops into the city and then fight? This is too unreasonable. Behind the whole incident, there must be a conspiracy that everyone does not know.

Seeing that Colonel Kato's brows slowly frowned, he couldn't help but remind: "Captain of the regiment, the National Salvation Army gave up the city wall and fought street battles with us. There must be reasons for avoiding aircraft bombing, but I don't know if there are any other reasons here. Why don't we send two squadrons to the city to take a look?"

Colonel Kato shook his head: "You can't send more troops!"

"Before we understand the real situation in the city, we will continue to send more troops and will likely trap more troops in Jinzhong, and then our losses will be great!"

The Chief of Staff was shocked by Colonel Kato's answer and was sweating in a cold sweat, and asked quickly: "What do you mean is the National Salvation Army fishing in Jinzhong City?"

"We go in and they kill two squadrons, and they consume our strength little by little?"

Colonel Kato did not answer the Chief of Staff’s question head-on, but snorted and asked back: “If you were the commander of the National Salvation Army, you would choose the two ways of defending the city and fighting street battles in the city, what would you choose?”

"Of course it's a street fight!" the chief of staff blurted out.

"Relatively speaking, the National Salvation Army is definitely more familiar with the terrain in the city than us. In addition, they are waiting for their leisure to work and can hide in the dark to attack us. As long as they only arrange two thousand people in the city, we may not be the opponent if we kill 3,000 people!"

Colonel Kato frowned and continued to ask: "Then what do you think the National Salvation Army will choose?"

"It must be hiding in the city to fight street fights with us!" The chief of staff replied with a calm face.

This is the situation he least wants to see.

If the National Salvation Army chooses to fight against the reinforcements head-on, although the Chief of Staff has some concerns, he is unwilling to fight with them from the bottom of his heart.

But after the fight started, his confidence was quite strong.

After all, the total strength of the reinforcements is more than 7,000. They need guns and guns, and cannons and cannons, and they can also get air support at any time.

To take a step back, even if the reinforcements are really not opponents, everyone can escape unscathed at critical moments and not be eliminated by the National Salvation Army.

Street fighting is different. Once the enemy and us strangle together, it will be a life-and-death situation.

Unless one unit kills another, it will be difficult for either side to escape unscathed in the melee.

This means that before sending more troops into the city, you must understand the true strength of the National Salvation Army in the city, and then send troops with certainty to win to the county town. Otherwise, no matter how many troops you send into the city, it will be futile. Except for giving the National Salvation Army the results, it will not play any role!

Thinking of this, the expression on the Chief of Staff's face became heavier and sighed and replied: "Then I can only wait here for news!"

Colonel Kato suddenly answered: "Wait for a while, but we must be prepared to enter the city to reinforce and test the troops at any time!"

"I just informed the troops on standby to advance 500 meters immediately. As long as there is news in the city, they will enter the city immediately!"

"Arranging a mortar squadron to the city wall immediately. Although we don't know the situation of the city's war, we can still see the situation on the city."

"At present, the city is still in our hands, and there are our planes in the sky. The National Salvation Army will definitely not dare to rashly go up to the city wall. Doing that is tantamount to serving our planes as a living target and killing them in vain."

"Draw a mortar squadron to mount a cannon on the top of the city, cover the city's internal team from a high point, and find ways to provide them with some necessary artillery fire support!"

"Contact the planes in the sky to keep them concerned about the battles in the city at any time. If the temptation troops need them, provide them with air support immediately!"

After all the orders were given, Colonel Kato raised his telescope again and looked at the city gate, praying to test the troops to send people out of the city to report the situation as soon as possible, otherwise he would not be able to start if he wanted to send reinforcements to them.

Ten minutes passed, and there was no movement at the city gate...

Twenty minutes later, all twelve mortars of the mortar squadron were put on the top of the city and could fire at any time, but there was still no sign of a messenger at the city gate.

As for the areas where the two sides exchanged fire, because of the large number of courtyard walls and houses, the Japanese army on the top of the city could only hear gunshots, and rarely saw both sides. They could not tell the specific locations of the enemy and us at all. They could not fire even if they wanted to provide artillery support to the temptation troops.

"Captain of the regiment, the National Salvation Army in the city must have arranged troops to block the city gate!" The chief of staff, who was more anxious as he waited, suddenly shouted.

"The temptation troops were attacked. According to the agreement, even if they are not in danger and are fighting against the national rescue army on the battlefield, they should send people out of the city to report the situation to us as soon as possible."

"It has been almost half an hour since the fire exchange was heard in the city. The command troops sent by the temptation troops should have climbed out of the county town, but they did not show up. Eighty times it was because they encountered danger on the road and something happened!"

Colonel Kato also made this judgment and was also very anxious, but no matter how hard he racked his brains, he could not think of a way to break the situation.

For the safety of the entire reinforcement force, even if the temptation force was wiped out by the National Rescue Army in the city, he did not dare to send troops into the city without understanding the strength of his opponent.

At this moment, all he could do was keep waiting.

"It seems that someone has left the city!" A blurred figure finally appeared at the city gate, and then the Chief of Staff was heard.

"Take him to me immediately, the faster the better!" Colonel Kato was also very anxious and ordered without hesitation.

The gasping messenger asked anxiously as soon as he was brought to him: "How many national rescue troops are hidden in the city, how many national rescue troops have you been besieged, and how long can you last!"

The messenger was confused by three sudden questions from the corps captain because he didn't know the answers to these questions.

He hesitated for several seconds before he replied, "Report to the corps captain, the mortar squadron from the city is not from the city, I don't know how many national rescue troops are hidden in the city."

"The captain asked Bei Zhi to report: a few gunshots came near the city gate just now, and all the messengers sent by the temptation troops were shot and killed by the National Saviors hidden in the dark, and no one broke through their interception!"

"Judged from the sound of the fire exchange: the enemy's troops have at least one reinforcement battalion, equipped with a large number of light machine guns and submachine guns. At present, the two sides have been fighting together, and the mortar squadron cannot distinguish between the enemy and us, and cannot provide them with artillery fire support!"

"A reinforced battalion equipped with a large number of light machine guns and submachine guns?" Colonel Kato said to himself, then frowned and fell into deep thought.

The judgment of a strengthening battalion was only analyzed by the artillery squadron through gunfire, and the accuracy remains to be verified.

The National Salvation Army initially made itself feel that there was no National Salvation Army in the city, and then it trapped the tentative troops into Jinzhong City, and had to fight street battles with the National Salvation Army.

The same method is likely to be used for the second time. If the strength of a reinforced battalion was deliberately exposed, more national-savior troops were hidden in the city. If you deploy the troops according to the standard that the enemy only has one reinforced battalion, you will definitely lose as many people as you enter the city.

Therefore, although the corps leader heard the latest report on the situation in the city, he did not dare to fully believe this judgment, and he did not dare to use this judgment to mobilize troops and generals.

The Chief of Staff saw the concerns of the corps captain and thought for a while: "Captain, the National Salvation Army in the city must be afraid of our plane bombing, so he did not dare to send heavy troops to block the city gate!"

"Since there are not many national rescue troops hiding near the city gate, as long as we arrange a certain number of troops to enter Jinzhong City, breaking through the blockade line between the national rescue troops splitting us and the temptation troops!"

"The temptation of the troops can spread the latest enemy situation in the city!"

The corps leader had long been unable to wait, and he ordered decisively when he heard this good idea.

"Then what are you waiting for? I will immediately draw a reinforcement team into the city, so that they can break through the blockade line of the National Rescue Army, find the test troops, and then bring me all the latest battle situation and enemy situation in the city!"

"Hayi, let's make arrangements now!"

Zhou Cheng arranged a guard platoon to block the city gate, and it would be no problem to use the reinforcement team that had just entered the city.

But there was a mortar squadron staring at the city not far away. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, the guards evacuated more than a dozen Japanese devils after evacuating the battlefield.

After the captain stood outside the city for more than half an hour, the reinforcement team that had just been sent into the city finally came back with the answer he wanted.

"Report to the corps commander, and test the troops' reports that they were attacked by at least one reinforcement battalion of the National Salvation Army!"

"This National Salvation Army has very good equipment. It reduces heavy weapons and has a light machine gun ratio that is far more than us!"

"The Investigation Force hopes that the Circular Captain will immediately send additional troops to join the siege of the National Salvation Army, and attack them both inside and outside with the Investigation Force."

"The squadron leader of the temptation army also said that the national rescue army in the city is more familiar with the terrain than us, and is equipped with a large number of submachine guns suitable for street combat, and has strong combat effectiveness. The corps leader must treat them as two reinforcement battalions!"

Colonel Kato sighed with gratitude: "Fortunately, we did not transfer troops into the city half an hour ago. If the troops were arranged according to the standard of the enemy's only one reinforcement battalion, the reinforcements that entered the county town would definitely suffer a great loss!"

After hearing this, the Chief of Staff also looked lingering fear: "I didn't expect that the National Salvation Army was so cunning, and actually increased the combat effectiveness of the troops by increasing the number of light machine guns and submachine guns!"

"If it weren't for your cautious enough team leader, we would definitely suffer another big loss of underestimating the enemy!"

"Now we have figured out the true strength of the National Salvation Army in the city. If the captain of the regiment believes me, Bei Zhi is willing to lead the Second Battalion in person. The first Battalion has two squadrons, one regiment of the Imperial Army, two mortar squadrons, and two infantry artillery squadrons. We marched quickly into the city to reinforce the tentative troops and eliminate the National Salvation Army hiding in the city!"

The captain of the corps thought for a moment and agreed: "Of course I believe in you. In addition to the troops you just named, bring the corps direct rapid-fire gun squadron with him."

"They can destroy enemy fortifications at close range. If the National Salvation Army hides in the house and fights street battles with us, rapid-fire cannons can kill the opponent at the minimum cost."

The Chief of Staff's eyes lit up: "The captain of the wing is wise!"

"The National Salvation Army is very smart and intends to weaken our artillery and air superiority through street fighting, so we are not as good as they want!"

"Although you can't use mountain cannons and mortars at close range in street fighting, you can use rapid-fire cannons."

"When the troops enter the city, I will use rapid-fire cannons to blow up wherever they are, destroying all the hiding places of the National Rescue Army, forcing them to stand up and fight us!"

"Nei Yi will lead the troops into the city now. Stay here and wait for my good news!"

"Please take back Jinzhong before dark!"
Chapter completed!