"Your Excellency, Commander..." When the atmosphere in the headquarters became increasingly depressed, the deputy chief of staff suddenly spoke.
"I think we can send troops out of the city to reinforce the attacking troops...there are two reasons..."
The chief of staff became angry when he heard this.
I was trying to find ways to prevent the brigade commander from sending troops outside the city, so as to prevent the few troops in the city from being deceived and being lost outside the city.
As a result, the deputy chief of staff, as his deputy, not only did not help, but stabbed himself in the back and refuted him in front of the commander. This was too much.
One face turned red with anger and cursed loudly: "Baga, do you know what you are talking about?"
"Is this clearly a plan of the Eighth Route Army to encircle the point for reinforcements? They want to force us to send more troops out of the city and take the opportunity to eliminate them outside Baoding City and further consume the strength of the Baoding garrison."
"Now that we are sending troops outside the city to reinforce the attacking troops, isn't that just throwing ourselves into a trap and hitting the muzzle of the Eighth Route Army's guns?"
"Don't finish talking if you don't understand."
"Can you afford it if we lose some more troops outside the city?"
Now it was the brigade leader's turn to be angry.
In his heart, he wanted to rescue the two squadrons that were under attack outside the city, but his reason and chief of staff reminded him that he could not rescue them.
After finally hearing an idea that supported him, the chief of staff scolded him back before he could speak. This was too disrespectful to him, so he scolded him on the spot.
"Shut up……"
"I am the commander of the Baoding garrison. I haven't even said what you said."
"He is the deputy chief of staff of the headquarters and is qualified to propose his own ideas to me."
After saying that, he asked the deputy chief of staff expectantly: "Be brave and tell me all your inner thoughts."
"Ha Yi..." The deputy chief of staff instantly felt confident and answered with confidence as he looked at the brigade commander.
"That's what I think."
"The attacking troops were besieged one kilometer outside the city and were unable to break out and retreat."
"The reinforcements we sent out only need to reach a position of 800 to 900 meters away from Baoding to launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army's blocking position, cooperate with the attacking troops to attack front and rear, open a breakthrough, and assist the attacking troops to withdraw to Baoding."
"I just saw the sand table..."
"After the reinforcements leave the city, they will always be within the sight of the city defense troops in the east of the city. As long as they are attacked, the city defense troops in the east of the city can immediately provide them with artillery support."
"The reinforcements can also quickly turn around and retreat..."
"No matter how fast the Eighth Route Army's ambush troops react, they can only chase after the reinforcements and beat them. It is impossible to block them outside the city again."
"The reinforcements can also take the opportunity to lure out the enemy's ambush, creating an opportunity for the city defense troops in the east of the city to attack them from a long distance with artillery, and take the opportunity to severely damage them!"
What the deputy chief of staff said is reasonable.
Even if the Eighth Route Army really set up an ambush outside the city and wanted to surround the area for reinforcements and kill more Baoding garrison, that would not matter.
As long as the reinforcements react quickly enough and the city defense troops in the east of the city are ready to respond, the reinforcements will be able to retreat even if they are in danger.
Maybe we can take the opportunity to severely damage the Eighth Route Army ambushes outside the city, killing two birds with one stone!
The chief of staff wanted to refute the deputy's analysis, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly didn't know what to say.
Because what the deputy said was reasonable, he couldn't find any reason to refute it.
A smile slowly appeared on the serious face of the brigade leader, and he was in a very good mood.
He felt that the problem that had been troubling him just now was solved by the deputy chief of staff. Seeing that the chief of staff did not refute, he immediately gave the order.
"Then arrange another infantry squadron to fight out..."
"The reinforcements must not go out of sight of the city defense troops. They must retreat immediately when they find danger. They must not give up to the Eighth Route Army."
"The city defense troops in the east of the city immediately set up mortars on the top of the city, ready to receive reinforcements at any time, attack the Eighth Route Army troops lurking outside the city, and launch long-distance artillery strikes against the enemy at any time..."
"Faster..."
"If they leave the city a minute earlier and pick up the attacking troops from the Eighth Route Army's pocket formation, the attacking troops will suffer fewer casualties...quickly..."
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In less than ten minutes, the closed east gate of Baoding was opened.
Nearly two hundred little Japs marched out of the city gate in a hurry, all with rifles and machine guns in their hands, and charged towards the battlefield in a fighting posture.
On top of the city, more than a dozen mortars were lined up, and three gunners squatted next to each mortar, ready to fire shells at any Eighth Route Army that might appear outside the city.
Behind the bushes more than a thousand meters away from the city gate, the battalion commander looked like he had eaten candied fruit, with a smile on his face.
Riding neatly on the horse, he drew out his saber, pointed the blade forward, and ordered with excitement: "Comrades..."
"The little devil came out with another infantry squadron... The fat meat that comes to your mouth must be eaten, and no one can be spared."
"Everyone mount their horses, take the cavalry squad as a unit, and wait for the Japs to advance 700 to 800 meters from Baoding to kill them all together. The formation should be spread out as much as possible, and we will try to kill half of the Japs in one surprise attack..."
On the road, the Japs led the squadron leader and walked in the middle of the team, watching the surroundings with vigilance, fearing that a row of Eighth Route Army troops with guns would suddenly appear on both sides of the road and harvest the lives of their men.
Fortunately, I managed to get through six to seven hundred meters of Baoding without being attacked.
The sound of the exchange of fire in front was clearly visible. As long as the troops rushed forward more than 100 meters, they could launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army on the interception position, attack them from the front and back, and cover the retreat of the attacking troops to Baoding City.
The squadron leader pulled out his command knife with a "swish" sound and pointed forward to give an order.
"The troops immediately deployed into battle formation and launched an attack directly towards the Eighth Route Army's blocking position. The faster the better... kill them all..."
The squadron leader wanted the troops to prepare for battle in advance and launch an attack upon seeing the Eighth Route Army.
The sooner the battle ends and the sooner we return to Baoding, the less likely the troops will be in danger.
The idea is good, but the reality is very cruel.
Not long after the more than a hundred little devils dispersed, the sound of horse hooves could be heard in the woods not far away.
The squadron leader turned around and saw the Bai Lai cavalry rushing toward him with a sharp saber in hand, and the assault speed was getting faster and faster...
The squadron leader's face suddenly turned pale, and he shouted out loud: "Bagh Yalu, we have been fooled..."
"The Eighth Route Army has prepared cavalry outside the city to attack us..."
"The troops immediately turned around and retreated, returning to Baoding..."
"Everyone rallied towards me...the machine gunners headed in the direction from which the cavalry was coming."
"The cavalry is afraid of machine guns... Only by concentrating firepower can it be possible to block the cavalry's surprise attack. Hurry..."
The squadron leader strictly follows the orders from his superiors.
After the troops encountered danger, they immediately retreated to Baoding. The faster the better, but he forgot the natural disadvantages of cavalry faced by infantry.
No matter how fast you run on two legs, you can't beat the cavalry.
