Huang Yu shook his head and refused: "The troops urgently need to stay put..."
"What I want is to annihilate all the little Japanese who leave the city, not to defeat them."
"If the troops attack now, the little Japs who are about to come out from the north of the city will definitely stop leaving the city."
"The four strengthened squadrons that have left the city will immediately turn around and retreat, giving us no chance to encircle and annihilate them."
"Immediately send a telegram to the commander of the fourth regiment: Four little Japs who have strengthened the squadron are approaching to surround them, and ask them to prepare for battle immediately."
"As soon as the Japanese and puppet troops in the north of the city break out of the city gate, the troops will immediately turn around and retreat..."
"Lead the Japanese and puppet troops who surrounded them away from Xiong County..."
"The cavalry battalion immediately attacked, inserted between the fourth regiment and the east gate, and cut off the retreat of all the little devils leaving the city..."
"Then the latent troops will surround them and launch a general attack on the little Japanese who have left the city, attacking them from both inside and outside to eliminate them."
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Japanese Army Xiong County Garrison Headquarters.
The latest battle reports from the front line are continuously reaching the brigade commander's ears through the phone for his reference.
"General...the interception troops starting from the east gate have been in place...the Eighth Route Army's back road has been blocked by us..." A telephone soldier put down the phone and reported to the brigade commander, with a very excited expression. It seemed that the Eighth Route Army operating in the north of the city had become
They have something in their pocket, and they can attack it however they want.
The brigade commander immediately turned his attention to the chief of staff: "Are all the troops north of the city ready to attack?"
"Ha Yi..." the chief of staff replied firmly.
The brigade commander immediately ordered: "Let them continue to stand by, and the target must not be exposed in advance..."
"What I want is to annihilate all the Eighth Route Army outside the city, not to defeat..."
"Before the flanking offensive troops are in place, any accident may cause the Eighth Route Army to withdraw from the battlefield..."
The chief of staff was very confident in the battle plan he had drawn up, and immediately replied: "Commander, please rest assured..."
"The Eighth Route Army operating in the north of the city has not made any changes. It is still attacking the city defense troops in the north of the city with mortars and heavy machine guns..."
"Our troops have locked down their artillery positions and heavy machine gun positions. As long as all the outflanking troops are in place, the artillery will launch an attack first, destroying all their heavy firepower immediately, thereby damaging their morale and creating a foundation for the next general offensive.
condition!"
Before the chief of staff finished speaking, he saw a telephone soldier running towards them in a hurry, reporting with excitement: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"The two reinforced squadrons attacking from the flanks have been put in place and are ready for battle, ready to attack the Eighth Route Army at any time..."
"Start the general attack..." The leader of the Japanese Brigade gave the order directly without saying any nonsense.
"Boom boom boom..."
The artillery unit of the Japanese army, which had been prepared for a long time, was the first to take action. Twelve artillery shells were split into two and accurately hit the Eighth Route Army artillery position and heavy machine gun position!
Unfortunately, apart from a few mortars and a few heavy machine guns used to confuse the little Japs, there was not a single Eighth Route Army soldier there.
But in the eyes of the Japanese, both the mortars and heavy machine guns were destroyed in the artillery fire, and even a heavy machine gun was blown up directly in the explosion.
The little Japanese deputy captain who was waiting for the order to attack at the north gate was very excited.
The heavy weapons equipped by the Eighth Route Army suffered a devastating blow at the beginning of the battle. In the subsequent general offensive battle, the heavy machine guns and mortars equipped by the offensive troops can suppress the opponent without worrying about their counterattack.
"Shua..." pulled out the command knife with a sound, pointed at the Eighth Route Army position outside the city and ordered: "Kill..."
More than 400 little devils, holding various weapons and equipment, like floods bursting from embankments, quickly poured out from the city gate. They formed a fighting formation when they left the city, roaring and killing the Eighth Route Army...
Japanese Army Baoding Garrison Headquarters.
The chief of staff is reporting to the brigade commander the latest battle report he has just received: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"The Eighth Route Army operating outside the city is indeed disguised as local troops and guerrillas. There are very few real main forces..."
"According to reports from the garrison in the north of the city, as soon as our artillery counterattack began, the Eighth Route Army fell into chaos."
"The artillery positions and heavy machine gun positions were both hit immediately and suffered devastating blows..."
"After the troops from the north of the city came out of the city gate, the Eighth Route Army, which was standing a few hundred meters away and shooting at us, turned around and retreated. They didn't have the courage to fight us anymore..."
"The Eighth Route Army has become a group of defeated troops..."
"The two reinforced squadrons attacking from the flanks and the two intercepting squadrons launched attacks at the same time, narrowing the encirclement, in order to achieve the goal of annihilating them all outside the city..."
The chief of staff had just finished his report when a happy-looking telephone soldier rushed to the brigade commander: "Report to the general..."
"The troops stationed in the north of the city have just reported the latest battle situation outside the city."
"The Eighth Route Army has completely collapsed and is launching an attack on our intercepting troops, trying to break out of the encirclement..."
The chief of staff immediately showed a happy expression and flattered the brigade commander: "Your Excellency, Commander, was wise. He calculated in advance that the Eighth Route Army would retreat and fled, so he specifically increased the strength of the interception force to two squadrons and gave them a large number of reinforcements.
Heavy machine guns and mortars, otherwise it might be impossible to stop the Eighth Route Army’s desperate attack..."
"As long as the intercepting troops successfully hold their position and block the Eighth Route Army's offensive, they will be unable to escape and can only be eliminated by us bit by bit..."
As the chief of staff became more and more excited, no one noticed that a telephone soldier in the war room was answering the phone.
He was still smiling just now, but after picking up the phone and listening for less than half a minute, the smile on his face solidified, and then became serious.
Putting down the phone, he hurried to the brigade commander and reported anxiously: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"A large number of Eighth Route Army cavalry suddenly appeared in the north of the city..."
"They inserted themselves directly between the battlefield and the city wall, cutting off all connections between the county town and the battlefield. Their strength was at least one battalion..."
"If we want to send troops to reinforce the battlefield, we must first break through the interception of this cavalry battalion."
"The attacking troops have to break through the cavalry battalion to intercept them before they can enter the city..."
"Nani?" The brigade leader was shocked by the news and stood up from his seat. His eyes widened at the same time, and he asked back with a look of disbelief...
"Aren't there just over a thousand Eighth Route Army troops outside Xiongxian City that we have detected? Where did the cavalry come from? Could they have made a mistake..."
"Your Excellency, Commander..." Before his subordinates could answer the brigade commander's question, another telephone soldier hurried towards him, reporting in a panic.
"A large number of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly appeared in the north of the city... They are surrounding our attacking troops. There are at least two regiments. We seem to have been fooled..."
"This is impossible..." This sentence was said by the chief of staff.
