Chapter 1063 Li Yunlong: I wish they would leave the city
Lieutenant General Suzuki could not think of any other reason to explain this matter, so he could only accept the analysis of the Chief of Staff.
Staring at Baoding City on the sand table, he calmly ordered: "It is well known that the Eighth Route Army is good at night fighting."
"If they really plan to attack Baoding at night, it will indeed bring a lot of combat pressure to our defense of Baoding City."
"But as long as we are fully prepared, we can severely damage the Eighth Route Army's siege troops at night."
"Pass my order..."
"The baggage troops immediately replenished the city defense troops with flares and fired flares outside the city at night. They immediately reported the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops upon discovery and did not give the opponent any chance to sneak attack Baoding City."
eight pm.
Considering that the main force of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army was likely to arrive outside Baoding tonight and launch an attack, Lieutenant General Suzuki was not sleepy at all. After dinner, he stayed in the war room to wait for news, and was already prepared to command operations all night long.
If the Yizhong Eighth Route Army really plans to storm Baoding tonight, the battle will definitely be very brutal.
As the division commander, Lieutenant General Suzuki must not leave his troops fighting in the city fortifications while he hides in bed and falls asleep.
Moreover, he is also prepared to kill all the Eighth Route Army troops participating in the attack in tonight's decisive battle. At the very least, he must severely injure them, so that he can avenge his past humiliation.
At this time, even if a camp bed was placed in front of Lieutenant General Suzuki, he would not be able to sleep.
"Jingle Bell……"
A rapid ringing of the phone suddenly rang in the war room. The telephone soldier standing guard quickly grabbed the phone. After listening for only half a minute, his face turned pale, and big beads of sweat appeared on his forehead like rain.
come out.
He put down the phone and walked quickly towards Lieutenant General Suzuki: "Division Commander..."
"Chengdong City Defense Force Report..."
"A large number of main forces of the Eighth Route Army appeared outside the city. They were equipped with tanks, cars, and heavy artillery..."
"But there was no attack on Baoding City..."
"It seems to be passing through Baoding City, the specific destination is unknown..."
"Nani?" The phone soldier's report confused everyone in the headquarters.
The Baoding city defense troops were ready to face the Eighth Route Army's strong attack. However, the opponent had no intention of attacking Baoding. All previous judgments and conjectures were just wishful thinking...
At this moment, everyone felt like they had been tricked.
I felt both angry and aggrieved.
I really wanted to rush out and fight the Eighth Route Army passing by Baoding, but when I thought about the current situation of the Baoding garrison, I resolutely gave up this idea.
The Yizhong Eighth Route Army's surprise attack on the blockade has caused huge losses to the local garrison.
Originally, Gangcun Ningci gave up the blockade and contracted the defense, and the Baoding garrison could be increased to 15,000 people.
It was because of this unpredictable surprise battle and because the Suzuki division commander believed in himself too much and did not listen to the advice of the chief of staff that the Baoding garrison was directly reduced to 11,000 men.
If, in order to vent everyone's inner anger, they rashly send troops to attack, resulting in the loss of several thousand more city defense troops, the total strength of the Baoding garrison will be reduced sharply to seven to eight thousand.
The Eighth Route Army in Yizhong took the opportunity to launch an attack, and maybe even Baoding City would be lost.
in addition……
Maybe the Yizhong Eighth Route Army did not attack Baoding and pretended to transit through Baoding. This was because they did it deliberately.
This was used to anger the Baoding garrison and force them to leave the city to attack the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong.
Changing the siege battles that should have belonged to the Eighth Route Army in the Wing to encounter battles and positional battles... Without the terrain advantages and solid city defenses as a basis, fighting this way is obviously more beneficial to the Eighth Route Army.
The chief of staff just thought of this and stared at the sand table to analyze: "Your Excellency, division commander..."
"Do you think this is the Eighth Route Army's plan to lure us out of Baoding...to lure us out of Baoding, consume our troops outside the city, and then assemble heavy troops and superior firepower to attack Baoding!"
Lieutenant General Suzuki also thought of this and nodded in response: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."
"The Eighth Route Army in Yizhong is too cunning and uses all kinds of tactics. It is likely to use this to weaken the strength of the Baoding garrison and reduce the pressure on them to attack the city."
"But it's also possible that the Eighth Route Army was just passing through Baoding and had no intention of attacking us."
After saying that, he turned his attention to the huge sand table. While looking at it, he looked at the phone number he had just reported and asked: "Have they reported the direction in which the Eighth Route Army has gone?"
"Southwest direction..."
Lieutenant General Suzuki immediately left Baoding, looked southwest, and finally stopped at Shijiazhuang. A bold idea came to his mind at the same time.
To be honest, he himself was shocked by this idea. He quickly shook his head and rejected the idea with his reason.
Unexpectedly, the more he shook his head, the stronger the thought in his mind became, as if there was an unknown force pulling his thoughts in which direction.
Two minutes later, he suddenly looked up: "The chief of staff stayed at the headquarters... I will go to the city in person. There are some things that need to be proved."
After saying that, regardless of the difference and worried expression on the chief of staff's face, he grabbed the command knife on the table and ran towards the door.
It wasn't until Lieutenant General Suzuki came to the door that the Chief of Staff reacted and quickly ordered to the guard captain: "Deploy a guard squadron to protect the safety of the division commander, quickly..."
"Contact the garrison in the east of the city immediately..."
"Just say that the division commander should go to the city in person to investigate the enemy's situation and let them prepare. The safety of the division commander must be ensured."
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Outside Baoding City, Li Yunlong was standing one kilometer away from the city wall observing the city head.
The chief of staff stood aside, looking at the heavily guarded Baoding City in front of him, and then at the rapidly marching team behind him, with a worried expression on his face involuntarily.
Looking at Li Yunlong, he couldn't help but remind him: "Brigadier..."
"Isn't it too arrogant for us to march under the noses of the Japanese army with such great fanfare!"
"What if the little devils in the city are angered and they send troops out of the city to sneak attack us!"
"Don't let the troops fight hard with the Baoding garrison here before they reach Shijiazhuang, causing heavy casualties..."
"Then we won't have the strength to attack Shijiazhuang..."
Li Yunlong continued to observe the city with his telescope, without even turning his head, and said arrogantly: "I wish they would go out of the city for a sneak attack..."
"The purpose of our attack on Shijiazhuang is not to occupy that place..."
"With the base area hundreds of kilometers away and well-developed transportation, the Japanese will definitely not let it go easily. If we really hold it in our own hands, it will be like getting a hot potato, and we will be besieged by the Japanese every day."
"Our real goal is to use Shijiazhuang as a springboard to encircle and reinforce Gangcun Ningci, consume the strength of the Baoding garrison and Xiongxian garrison, and then capture Baoding and Xiongxian, forcing Gangcun Ningci to mobilize troops from the Pingjin area.
Reinforce the wing."
"If the Baoding garrison leaves the city now, we don't even have to go to Shijiazhuang, we can just fight them directly."
