No matter how suspicious the brigade commander and chief of staff may be, and no matter how many doubts they have in their hearts, the facts are the facts.
Otherwise, no matter how bold the troops stationed in the north of the city are, they would not dare to lie about the military situation.
The chief of staff quickly suppressed the questions and doubts in his mind, considered a way to solve the situation, and while thinking about it, he analyzed it to the brigade commander: "Your Excellency, Commander."
"If there are really a large number of Eighth Route Army ambushes hidden outside the city, then the Eighth Route Army that appears in the north of the city is a bait."
"They want to lure the snake out of its hole and further consume Xiongxian's already small garrison outside the city, thereby weakening the strength of Xiongxian's garrison."
"In order to eat the bait of the Eighth Route Army's activities in the north of the city, we dispatched a whole brigade and a half."
"Once something happens to them, the Xiongxian garrison will be sharply reduced to less than 5,000 people. Without the four city defense troops, our headquarters will have no reserve team."
"To avoid this crisis, we must immediately find a way to rescue the one and a half brigade we just sent to the county."
"I suggest that the city defense troops in the north of the city immediately deploy half a brigade to attack the Eighth Route Cavalry, tear a hole in their interception position, and cover the attacking troops to withdraw to the county seat."
"The two reinforced squadrons attacking the Eighth Route Army from the north of the city immediately turned around and cooperated with the city defense troops in the north of the city to attack the Eighth Route Army cavalry troops from the front and back, defeating them in the shortest possible time."
"Only by driving away this cavalry unit can the attacking troops withdraw to the county seat."
The brigade leader's face was heavy and he showed an expression of hesitation. He couldn't make up his mind for a long time.
It wasn't that he was afraid of being beaten by the Eighth Route Army outside the city and didn't have the courage to give orders, but that he was worried that he would lose two more squadrons for no reason.
The Eighth Route Army's troops lurking outside the city have exceeded two main regiments, including an established cavalry battalion.
No one knows if there are other ambushes on the battlefield.
If the city defense troops in the north of the city had just sent people to kill Xiong County, and the Eighth Route Army had one or two main battalions to attack the north gate and block the city gate, then the two squadrons that the city defense troops in the north of the city had just sent out would also be finished.
Maybe it was to prove the brigade commander's concerns.
Another telephone soldier hurried towards the brigade commander. Before he could stand still, he hurriedly reported: "Your Excellency, Commander."
"The garrison in the north of the city reported that the Eighth Route Army, which was frantically breaking through and retreating, suddenly stopped."
"Turn offense into defense, stay away from establishing a circular defense line, and fight with our offensive troops."
"and……"
The chief of staff became more and more anxious as he listened, and quickly asked: "And what..."
"Hurry up and say it, I'm so anxious..."
The telephone soldier had no other choice but to bite the bullet and report: "And this Eighth Route Army is much stronger than we thought, and its equipment is also very sophisticated."
"The mortars and heavy machine guns we thought they were equipped with were all destroyed in our initial artillery counterattack."
"In the end, I don't know where they got more than ten mortars and more than a dozen heavy machine guns. They were inextricably linked to our attacking troops. We will definitely not be able to tell the winner in a short time."
Hearing this, even a fool knew that the Xiongxian garrison had been fooled.
The Eighth Route Army outside the city are all local troops and guerrillas pretending to be...
The Eighth Route Army outside the city has very poor combat effectiveness. The artillery attack by the garrison in Xiong County collapsed in one blow, and it has no combat effectiveness at all...
It's all fake.
The Eighth Route Army deliberately staged the performance to confuse them and induce them to send troops outside the city.
The chief of staff became anxious and immediately shouted: "Bagheya Road..."
"The Eighth Route Army wants to wipe out all our attacking troops."
"Your Excellency Commander..."
"The attacking troops must not fight with the Eighth Route Army. They must break away from the force and fight immediately, otherwise they will die."
"Even if we cannot break through the Eighth Route Cavalry Battalion's defense line, the attacking troops can break out in separate groups and retreat to the county seat through the other three gates of Xiong County, or directly climb over the wall."
"Once the attacking troops are strangled with the Eighth Route Army, they cannot break away from the battle immediately. When the main force of the Eighth Route Army forms an encirclement on the outside of the battlefield, it will be too late for them to retreat."
This time the brigade commander did not hesitate. Before the chief of staff finished speaking, he ordered the combat staff officer on the side: "Just do as the chief of staff said."
"Contact the attack force immediately."
"Whether it's sending a telegram or a signal, or sending someone to contact them directly, let them break away from the battle immediately, break out and retreat in small groups."
"Before the Eighth Route Army forms an encirclement around the battlefield, find a breakthrough and retreat immediately, and withdraw to the county seat through the east gate and north gate."
"If there are Eighth Route Army interceptors there, they should immediately take a detour to the north gate and withdraw to the county seat."
"If that doesn't work, just retreat to the city wall and let the city defense troops use ropes to pull them up to the top of the city. Do everything possible to reduce the damage. Quickly..."
The combat staff rushed out of the headquarters to give orders.
But time is life on the battlefield.
Huang Yu set up such a big game and finally forced out a group and a half of the Japs. No matter what he said, it was impossible for them to return to Xiong County.
Before the Japanese brigade commander's order to split up troops and break out of the encirclement had even reached Xiong County, the main force of the single brigade from all directions had already formed an encirclement around the battlefield.
The soldiers carried various weapons and quickly moved forward in battle formation to narrow the encirclement.
By the time the Japanese attacking troops realized something was wrong, the encircling troops had already appeared behind them...
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"Jingle Bell……"
The rapid ringing of the phone reached the Japanese headquarters again, and no kid could hear it.
More than ten minutes ago, the leader of the Japanese Brigade particularly liked these ringtones.
Because every phone ring means a message of good news from the frontline headquarters.
At this moment, the ringing of the phone represents bad news from the front line.
Although no one likes to hear it, the phone will continue to ring as it should.
The telephone soldier grabbed the phone and listened for more than ten seconds before covering the phone and reporting anxiously: "Your Excellency, Commander."
"Report from the garrison in the north of the city..."
"The encircling troops of the Eighth Route Army have reached the battlefield and are launching an attack from behind our attacking troops. More than 4,000 people from both sides have been strangled together, and the attacking troops cannot withdraw."
"Baga..." The brigade leader was so angry that he punched the table in front of him, his eyes were red, and he was obviously very angry.
But what happened was that he couldn't change anything.
After being calm for a minute, he suddenly raised his head, and then his whole body became murderous. He clenched his fist and smashed it on the table again before starting to give orders.
"The artillery units will immediately aim at the battlefield outside the city. I will use artillery fire to cover all the Eighth Route Army and Imperial Army units participating in the war."
"Faster..."
"Don't wait until the battle outside the city is over before the artillery fires."
The chief of staff was frightened by the brigade commander's decision, but did not object.
Anyway, the attacking troops can't come back.
Rather than being wiped out cleanly by the Eighth Route Army outside the city, it is better to use the last bit of value before death, serve as a bait for the artillery, drag the Eighth Route Army's participating troops, and let the artillery kill them all.
Although this plan is a bit ruthless, it can severely damage the participating units of the Eighth Route Army and give the attacking troops a well-deserved death.
