"Report to Commander, Deputy Chief of Staff... Urgent telegram from the front line!" The operator suddenly walked over to Kong Jie and Huang Yu and handed them the telegram he had just received.
"What the hell is Neji Okamura doing again?" Huang Yu quickly read the contents of the telegram at a glance, and then a puzzled expression flashed across his face.
"You guys can't even see how Okamura Neji plays?" Kong Jie was shocked by Huang Yu's words and quickly took the telegram and read it.
The more he looked at it, the deeper his frown deepened. Then he put down the telegram and sighed, "I don't see what the purpose of this is?"
"The common people are unable to defend the city and fight, and they have to eat a lot of food from the troops stationed in Baoding and Xiongxian..."
"I have no idea what the purpose of Okamura Neji's arresting them is?"
"Is it possible to build city fortifications?"
Having said this, Kong Jie shook his head decisively and objected: "This is impossible..."
"There are thousands of puppet troops in both Baoding and Xiongxian."
"City defenses are related to the security of the two counties. The location of each firepower point and machine gun bunker is even more confidential. It is especially easy for little devils to catch people to build city defenses and leak secrets, which is equivalent to providing targets for our siege artillery."
"The Japanese commander would not do such stupid things if he had some sense."
"But apart from building city defenses, I really don't understand the use of Okamura Neji letting the city defense troops from the two places arrest so many people!"
Huang Yu suddenly interrupted: "Commander..."
"Do you think this might be a smoke bomb released by Okamura Neji specifically to confuse us?"
Kong Jie followed Huang Yu's train of thought and asked, "Then what do you think the purpose of Neji Okamura's smoke bomb was?"
"There's no way that nothing happened and they just set off a smoke bomb for us out of nowhere, right?"
Huang Yu boldly guessed: "Could it have something to do with their reinforcement of Shijiazhuang, using the captured people to trick us into using civet cats to exchange for the prince?"
Kong Jie thought about it seriously and shook his head: "It shouldn't be possible..."
"I think this inference is unreasonable..."
"We know exactly how many troops there are in Baoding and Xiong County."
"If they really decide to send troops to reinforce Shijiazhuang, we can calculate how many people are left in Baoding and Xiongxian by subtracting the total strength of the garrison and the total strength of the reinforcements."
"No matter how many people the kid captures and climbs to the top of Baoding and Xiongxian counties to pretend to be Japanese and puppet troops, they still won't be able to confuse us!"
"So I think there is absolutely no need for the Baoding and Xiongxian garrison to waste so much time on a conspiracy that we can see through in an instant."
After listening to Kong Jie's analysis, Huang Yu also felt that it made sense, and then fell into deep thought again.
The headquarters immediately fell into silence. Whether it was the staff or the correspondents, they were all doing the work at hand very carefully, for fear of interrupting Huang Yu's thoughts.
Five minutes later, the frown between the two people still did not relax, and Kong Jie spoke decisively.
"never mind……"
"I don't want to think about it anymore. When the soldiers come, the water will be blocked and the earth will cover it up. We can't just focus on this problem and ignore other things."
"Perhaps this is a smoke bomb released by Neji Okamura to disrupt our command."
"If Neji Okamura has other conspiracies, as long as we keep a close eye on Baoding and Xiong County, they will reveal their flaws sooner or later!"
Huang Yu nodded: "At present, we really can only use tricks to make ends meet..."
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Shijiazhuang East Gate.
Facing the Eighth Route Army that rushed into the city like a flood, the more than 300 Japanese puppet troops who were intercepted at the top of the city only persisted for ten minutes before they were completely destroyed.
More than 100 people were killed and more than 200 people were captured.
Commander Zhou of the 16th Regiment followed the attacking troops to the city gate. He looked back at the commander of the chariot company who had just protected him and said with gratitude: "Captain Wang..."
"Kindness without saying thanks……"
"If you hadn't helped send the demolition team into the city gate, we would never have broken through the east gate of Shijiazhuang so quickly..."
"The next battle will be left to us. You can take the armored company down to rest..."
"If we encounter any tough problems in our next attack, I will definitely send someone to find you for help as soon as possible..."
After saying that, he led the guard company into Shijiazhuang. Several battalion commanders gathered towards him at the same time, waiting for the latest order.
"Commander... all the Japanese and puppet troops on the top of the city have been eliminated... According to the prisoners' confession, more than 100 people from the city defense force of more than 1,000 people escaped, and the rest were all wiped out by us..." The leader who was responsible for the main attack mission
The commander of the first battalion ran over to report with excitement.
"Captain..." the second battalion commander's report sounded at the same time.
"It seems a little difficult to fight in the city..."
As he spoke, he pointed to a barricade opposite the city gate and introduced: "There are such barricades everywhere in the streets and alleys of the city..."
"I also found a lot of shooting holes on the courtyard wall next to the street. There must be little Japs hiding behind them..."
"If we advance forward in a surprise attack along the streets towards the city center, the Japanese and puppet troops hiding in the dark will definitely attack us with cold shots everywhere, and the casualties of the troops will be huge..."
Several battalion commanders equipped with telescopes quickly looked in the direction of the second battalion commander's finger. After a while, everyone's expressions became solemn, and they could not see the joy after the troops entered the east gate...
Commander Zhou's expression was very calm, and he remained calm and unaffected by the street fighting fortifications built by the Japanese and puppet troops in the city.
This scene directly made several battalion company commanders become curious and quickly asked: "Captain..."
"Why are you not worried at all..."
"Do you already have a way to deal with street fighting by the Japanese and puppet troops?"
Captain Zhou nodded and replied: "The method was thought up by Brigadier Li. I think it is very useful..."
Pointing to the three main streets directly ahead, he introduced: "We have three battalions, and each main battalion is responsible for one street..."
"There are many alleys in the street, and each main company is responsible for one alley."
"During the attack, the main force of the company will be in the light. Each main company will deploy two reinforced infantry squads in the dark. They will bring enough grenades and advance over the wall from the yard on both sides of the box..."
"The latent troops advanced in parallel with the main force of the company. After the main force of the company was attacked, they attracted the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops head-on. The latent troops immediately found the hiding place of the Japanese and puppet troops and launched an attack with grenades..."
"Guarantee that every Japanese and puppet soldier found during the attack will be killed.
"But we can't always be passively beaten. We still have to take the initiative when it's time to take the initiative."
"Don't be polite if you find a suspicious target during the attack, just destroy it with artillery fire."
"In the words of Brigadier Li, we must not sacrifice the precious lives of soldiers for enemies that can be defeated with artillery shells."
"For this reason, Brigadier Li will strengthen a mountain field gun or infantry gun for each main company that undertakes offensive tasks..."
"Each cannon is equipped with sixty shells. One shell can kill two Japanese and puppet troops. One cannon can also kill more than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops."
"The whole regiment is equipped with nine artillery pieces, which is more than a thousand Japanese and puppet troops. Including those we killed, even if the Japanese and puppet troops arranged 3,000 Japanese puppet troops in the east of the city, I will kill them all.
