The other two commandos were unhappy when they heard this. Didn't this tell the company commander that there was something wrong with the Japanese and puppet troops they saw?
He quickly stood up and retorted: "Company commander..."
"The Japanese and puppet troops we saw were all real enemies, equipped with a large number of rifles, machine guns and heavy weapons. I also observed them closely. There were no problems. They would never be deceived by the Japanese."
The commandos who came from the west of the city reported: "The more than 4,000 puppet troops who left the city in the west of the city are also real, and there are no problems."
"Shut up..." Duan Peng didn't want to arouse suspicion within the assault company because of this incident, so he cursed unceremoniously: "No one said there was something wrong with the Japanese and puppet troops you saw, so why are you so anxious?"
"The total number of Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding City is more than 14,000. The east, north and west of the city each dispatched more than 4,000 people. The total is more than 13,000 people. Is it possible that the Baoding garrison only left one person in Baoding City?
Thousands of defenders?”
"If you think about it a little bit, you'll know there's something wrong."
"Company commander..." Another commando hurriedly entered the tent.
Duan Peng had this in his mind and subconsciously asked: "You are in charge of the south of the city. Will there be Japanese and puppet troops dispatched from the south gate of Baoding?"
The panting commando was startled by Duan Peng's conclusion, and asked with shock on his face: 'Company commander... how do you know that?'
"The more than 4,000-day puppet army has just dispatched from the south gate and headed straight for Shijiazhuang...the march is very fast."
"Half the puppet army, half the Japs, equipped with mortars, field artillery, infantry artillery and other heavy weapons..."
A team member immediately expressed his thoughts: "Including the Japanese and puppet troops dispatched from the south of the city, the total number of Japanese and puppet troops dispatched from Baoding has exceeded 18,000."
"The total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding was only over 14,000. Could it be that the extra 4,000 were conjured up by little devils?"
"And it is impossible for the Japanese army not to leave troops to defend Baoding. Then Baoding City has at least eight to nine thousand more puppet troops..."
"We have been keeping a close eye on Baoding City in the past few days. It is absolutely impossible for other Japanese and puppet troops to enter the city under our noses, so the Baoding garrison must not have increased. It is more than 14,000 people as we previously estimated."
"Then where did the extra eight or nine thousand people come from?"
"Is it possible that it was really conjured out of thin air?"
"Company Commander, I don't understand..."
Duan Peng always felt that he had missed something. When he thought about it seriously, his mind became muddled again. He could only shake his head and said: "I can't understand it either."
"I will report this matter to the divisional headquarters immediately. The commander and the deputy chief of staff may know what conspiracy the kid is planning."
"But we can't just wait here."
"Since it is certain that there are only more than 14,000 puppet troops in Baoding City, there must be problems among the more than 18,000 people they just dispatched."
"Let all the commandos who are still resting be dispatched to target the Japanese and puppet troops sent from Baoding City."
"We must find out their true identities."
"If necessary, I allow everyone to take the initiative to launch a tentative attack on the Japanese and puppet troops."
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Divisional Headquarters of the 6th Yizhong Army.
Perhaps because of the fact that Baoding and Xiong County would send troops tonight, Kong Jie and Huang Yu didn't feel sleepy at all and stayed at the headquarters waiting for news.
"Commander, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Company Commander Duan sent an urgent message from the front line of Baoding..." The operator hurriedly walked to the two of them to report, his expression serious, and it was impossible to tell whether the news Duan Peng sent was good news or bad news.
Huang Yu glanced at ten lines and read the entire telegram in a few seconds, then frowned and analyzed: "Commander..."
"Duan Peng reports..."
"The Japanese and puppet troops on Poding sent out more than 18,000 people at once to reinforce Shijiazhuang and attack our base area."
"These troops were divided into four, each with more than 4,000 people. They were well-equipped. Half were puppet troops and half were Japs. Two of the troops came towards Shijiazhuang and two of them came towards our base area. They were marching very fast."
"They think there is something wrong with these troops, but they can't figure out what conspiracy the Japanese are playing."
"Where did Baoding come from with so many troops..." Kong Jie pointedly pointed out the key to the problem.
"More than 18,000 troops were sent to reinforce Shijiazhuang, but no matter what, five or six thousand people were left to defend Baoding. The total number is 23,000 to 23,000."
"The total garrison in Baoding is only over 14,000 people, and the extra 10,000 men are here."
"I believe in Duan Peng and the others."
"If Okamura Neji secretly sent troops to Baoding City, it would still be an army of 10,000, and they would definitely not be able to escape the eyes of Duan Peng and the others."
"So there must be something wrong with the extra 10,000 troops in Baoding."
"I see……"
"The Japanese want to play a trick with us, combining the real and the fake..."
"At most one of the four-way attack troops is real, and the remaining three attack troops are all fake troops used to confuse us..."
Huang Yu suddenly answered: "Commander, do you still remember that Baoding and Xiongxian garrisons captured a large number of young men in and outside the city yesterday?"
"At that time, I couldn't figure out what Neji Okamura's purpose was?"
"I thought he was setting off smoke bombs with us to confuse us."
"Now I understand."
"The garrison in Baoding is limited. In order to prevent us from immediately identifying the real purpose of sending reinforcements, they put ordinary people in Japanese and puppet army uniforms and pretended to be attacking troops to confuse us."
"The later we identify the real reinforcements, the higher the chance that Okamura Neiji will successfully reinforce Shijiazhuang."
After hearing this, Kong Jie relaxed and answered confidently: "This is simple."
"There is an essential difference between ordinary people and real soldiers."
"After being attacked, there will definitely be chaos and chaos..."
"We can have the assault company launch attacks against the four Japanese and puppet troops respectively, and use the reactions of the Japanese and puppet troops to determine which Japanese and puppet troops are real troops and which Japanese and puppet troops are pretended by ordinary people."
Huang Yu shook his head and replied: "Commander... this matter is not as simple as you think."
"Based on the current strength of the Baoding garrison, at most one force can be arranged to reinforce Shijiazhuang. No more will be sent."
"So only one of the four Japanese and puppet armies discovered by Duan Peng and others is real, and the other three are all pretended by ordinary people."
"What if the assault company injures civilians during its exploratory attack?"
"Guns and bullets are short-sighted, and with the skills of an assault company, if they encounter Japanese and puppet troops pretending to be ordinary people, they will probably suffer dozens of casualties in one attack."
"And there must be many real Japanese and puppet troops hidden among the Japanese and puppet troops pretended by ordinary people."
"These real Japanese and puppet troops will definitely try every means to prevent us from finding out their true identities."
"So it is difficult to tell their true identities through just a few sneak attacks, and it is also possible to accidentally injure a large number of civilians captured by the Japanese and puppet troops."
