Chapter 1145 Huang Yu lures the snake out of the hole
"The main force of the Eighth Route Army, this is impossible?" Major General Yokota retorted subconsciously.
"They are now busy encircling and suppressing our attacking troops operating in their base areas, and they cannot spare any extra troops to attack us..."
"If there are too few, it will be like putting fat on our lips, and we are seeking death."
The chief of staff on the side also thought so, and immediately asked Major General Yokota for orders: "I am here to find out what the Eighth Route Army is and what it is."
"If they are really bluffing and there are not many troops coming, we will take the initiative to attack and eat them, in order to boost the morale and morale of the troops stationed in Xiong County!"
Ten minutes later, except for the north gate of Xiongxian County where the exchange of fire was ongoing, the city gate was still closed, and the other three city gates were all opened a small crack.
Dozens of scouts filed out and disappeared into the night.
While pacing back and forth in the war room, Major General Yokota ordered to the radio operator: "The reconnaissance results of the Chief of Staff cannot be fully trusted. Our opponents are too cunning. Maybe the results detected by the scouts are the Eighth Route Army deliberately wanting us to see them."
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"If you want to ensure that the reconnaissance results are foolproof, you must act in several ways together."
"Immediately contact the attacking troops operating in the Eighth Route Army base area to confirm whether the main force of the Eighth Route Army chasing them is still there."
"The Eighth Route Army in Yizhong only has so many troops. If they are still encircling and suppressing the attacking troops in the base area, then the main force of the Eighth Route Army attacking us in the north of the city must be fake."
Half an hour later, the chief of staff hurried back to Major General Yokota, with a confident smile on his face. When he saw the brigade commander, he vowed to fight.
"General... reconnaissance confirmed that there are only more than 1,500 Eighth Route Army troops operating in the north of the city..."
"And among the 1,500 Eighth Route Army, there is only one reinforced battalion of the real Eighth Route Army, and the other troops are all pretended to be the local Eighth Route Army troops and guerrillas."
"Our scouts have been observing the battlefield for a long time."
"Except for a small number of troops who were shooting at our city defense troops in the north of the city, the other troops were all cheering and bluffing on the battlefield..."
"Judging from the marching and gun-holding postures of these people, they are indeed not the main force."
"The scouts also found the Eighth Route Army artillery position, equipped with four mortars. The shells hit by artillery fire in the north of the city were fired by these four mortars!"
Major General Yokota felt confident after giving the order, but he did not directly issue an order to leave the city to counterattack, but said calmly: "Immediately formulate a counterattack plan to eat the Eighth Route Army attacking us outside the city!"
"The participating troops must be mobilized within half an hour and be ready to attack."
"But no one can leave the city without my order!"
The Eighth Route Army only has 1,500 to 1,500 troops, and only 5 to 600 troops have real combat effectiveness. The rest are local troops and guerrillas with little combat effectiveness.
With the strength of Xiong County's city defense garrison, at most one brigade can kill them.
However, in order to achieve the goal of total annihilation and not give the Eighth Route Army outside the city any chance to escape, the chief of staff decided to dispatch one and a half brigade to participate in the battle.
Two squadrons fought their way out of the east gate and secretly inserted themselves behind the Eighth Route Army, blocking their retreat.
Two infantry squadrons fought their way out from the east and west city gates respectively, and launched an attack from the left and right wings of the Eighth Route Army. The remaining two squadrons fought directly out from the north gate, attacked the Eighth Route Army from the front, and surrounded them on all sides, leaving no chance for their opponents to escape.
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Some people would say that the Japs only had one and a half troops. Aren't they worried that this was the Eighth Route Army's plan to lure snakes out of their caves and set up pocket formations outside the city to annihilate all their troops leaving the city?
To be honest, the commander and chief of staff of the Little Japanese Brigade are really not afraid.
First of all, their reconnaissance troops are not vegetarians.
Dozens of scouts left the city together. Although the destination of their reconnaissance was the north of the city, they would not be idle on the way there.
If the Eighth Route Army really ambushed troops in other directions outside the city, they would never have talked about the scouts' eagle-like eyes.
Second: They have been stationed in Xiong County for almost half a year and know the surrounding terrain of Xiong County well.
It is clear where to set up ambushes and where to hide troops. After the troops leave the county, as long as they avoid those dangerous areas, there will be no accidents.
The two reasons combined meant that this attack was destined to be accident-free.
Moreover, Major General Yokota still had a useless back-up. Once the telegram from the Yizhong Eighth Route Army base was delivered to him, confirming that the main force of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army was still in their base, the Naxiong County garrison would have no worries.
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In a ravine more than 2,000 meters north of Xiongxian City, correspondents were constantly entering and exiting the city gate, delivering the latest battle conditions from Xiongxian County to the ravine!
Walking 70 to 80 meters along the ravine, you can see a low tent. In order to prevent the lights inside from shining through and exposing the target, Huang Yu built a total of three floors, inside and outside!
"Report to the deputy chief of staff... The fighting in the north of the city is still going on, but the Xiong County garrison still has no intention of leaving the city... There is no movement at the other three city gates!"
The commander next to him immediately frowned: "Deputy Chief of Staff..."
"Could it be that the little devils in the city were too cautious and saw that this was a trick we prepared for them to lure the snake out of the cave?"
"After all, they just sent a lot of scouts out of the city."
"Although our latent troops have been standing still and have not exposed their targets...the Japanese scouts are ordinary people after all. It is very likely that they have noticed our ambush, but in order to avoid alerting the enemy, they deliberately pretended not to see it!"
Huang Yu shook his head decisively: "Absolutely impossible..."
"Our lurking troops are hiding two kilometers away."
"The little devil just sent the scouts to the city to find out the situation in the north of the city. No one is far away from Xiong County, and it is impossible to discover our latent troops..."
"Wait a minute!"
"Anyway, the bait we put out doesn't have many people, and we won't consume much ammunition even if we attack until dawn..."
"Maybe the little devil is also waiting for the opportunity to leave the city."
"Let the latent troops stand still... No one can expose the target without my order..."
"Even if we eliminate a squadron of little Japanese who have left the city, our efforts tonight will not be in vain..."
Less than ten minutes after the correspondent left the tent, another correspondent rushed in.
Compared with the correspondent just now, his face was obviously more excited. When he entered the tent, he reported excitedly: "Deputy Chief of Staff..."
"The Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Xiong County moved..."
"Three squadrons came out from the east of the city. Two of them crossed behind the feint attack force in an attempt to block their retreat. One squadron moved towards the flank of the feint attack force."
"A squadron also came out from the west of the city and headed towards the flank of the feint attack force."
"There is no movement in the northern part of the city where we are attacking."
The regiment commander, who was not very optimistic about this battle just now, immediately became excited and shouted: "Deputy Chief of Staff, the little devil has been fooled..."
"I suggest that the latent troops attack immediately, block all the little devils leaving the city outside Xiong County, and gather them together to annihilate them!"
