Chapter 1160 Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind
North of Xiong County.
The last city wall Huang Yu wanted to inspect.
All the gaps in the battlements blown by cannonballs have been blocked with two layers of sandbags.
Although it can't withstand artillery shell attacks, it can still block light and heavy machine gun bullets from outside the city.
In order to reduce the damage caused by the shell fragments to the defenders at the top of the city after the Japanese army fired the artillery shells at the top of the city, Huang Yu had his troops pile up a large number of sandbag walls on the top of the city.
Create a large number of artificial bunkers.
After preventing the Japanese from firing artillery shells onto the city, the soldiers had no place to hide from the artillery fire.
Just as a satisfied smile slowly appeared on Huang Yu's face, a burst of gunfire suddenly sounded outside the city.
Huang Yu subconsciously squatted down and hid behind the sandbag, then slowly poked his head out from behind the sandbag, raised his binoculars and looked towards the location where the gunshot had just been fired.
Dozens of enemy and enemy soldiers were engaged in a shooting exchange.
There were fewer Japs. Several corpses had fallen on the ground, and the remaining few were fighting and retreating.
The strength of the Eighth Route Army has nearly tripled. Some of the troops are attacking frontally, while the other part is carrying out roundabouts and outflanks, hoping to annihilate these little devils outside the city.
But the kid who was attacked was obviously a group of elite soldiers.
Seeing that they were about to be surrounded, the already small number of troops was actually divided into two, leaving most of the troops to continue shooting with the scouts sent out from the city. The three little devils quickly broke out of the encirclement under the cover of the rear troops.
, disappeared from Huang Yu’s sight.
The firefight outside the city stopped a minute later. The Japanese left nearly ten corpses and three escaped.
Huang Yu stood up from behind the bunker at the same time and gave a serious order: "The Japanese forward reconnaissance force has reached the outside of Xiongxian City, and the main force must not be far away."
"Everyone speeds up repairs and prepares for battle..."
"The communications company immediately established telephone contact between the headquarters and the front line."
"At the top of the city, all the street fighting fortifications in the city must be equipped with telephones, and double lines must be arranged to prevent accidents."
After Huang Yu finished speaking, he returned to the headquarters.
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Eleven o'clock in the morning the next day.
The mighty Japanese and puppet troops finally appeared on the road north of Xiong County.
Half an hour later, the brigade commander, Major General Biancheng, appeared at the former enemy headquarters temporarily built by the Japanese army outside the city. He raised his binoculars and carefully observed the city wall in front of him that was temporarily repaired with sandbags.
Four gaps were opened in the south wall of Guangcheng by artillery shells. Although they have been repaired with sandbags, sandbags are still sandbags after all.
The Major General of Border Town can be sure that as long as his heavy artillery brigade joins the battle and fires two or three rounds of artillery shells into those gaps, the sandbags blocking the gaps will be blown to pieces, and the gaps in the city wall will be exposed to the attacking troops again.
Analyzing while watching: "The city defense fortifications in Xiongxian County are similar to those reported by the Front Army Headquarters."
"As long as I am sure that there are really only two dissatisfied main regiments stationed in the city, and there are no other Eighth Route Army troops around to launch sneak attacks from behind us to distract our troops and firepower, I am confident that we can capture Xiong County within three hours and wipe out all the Eighth Route Army troops in the city."
"Sir..."
The chief of staff seemed to hear the call of the major general from the border town and appeared at the brigade commander's side promptly.
"I have compiled the information collected by various investigation teams."
"According to their report, before the main force reached Xiongxian, the Eighth Route Army who stayed behind in Xiongxian were all rushing to repair fortifications on the city walls. According to statistics, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army in the city was indeed only more than 2,000 people. They were not equipped with heavy artillery, and only had a small number of mountain artillery and mortars.
gun."
"The Eighth Route Army that withdrew from Xiong County has returned to their base in Yinzhong."
"Even if they immediately send troops back to support Xiong County, it will still take nearly ten hours to reach the battlefield."
"This time is enough for us to conquer Xiong County and wipe out all the Eighth Route Army in the city."
"The Baoding City Defense Force also sent a telegram."
"They have armed all the foreign residents in the city, and there are still 2,500 total troops left, and they are fighting street battles with the Eighth Route Army."
"Based on the current battle rhythm, as long as the Eighth Route Army siege troops do not change their tactics, street fighting can last at least two more days."
"It is absolutely impossible for the Yizhong Independent Brigade to attack Baoding to go north to reinforce Xiong County."
Hearing this, the worries in the mind of Major General Biancheng were completely gone, and he decisively ordered: "The artillery unit and the chariot unit, make final preparations before the war immediately..."
"The infantry seizes the time to repair, establish offensive positions, and inspect weapons and ammunition. We will launch the attack on time in an hour. We must end the battle and retake Xiong County within three hours..."
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In a small ravine about ten kilometers away from Xiong County.
A camouflaged tent was set up inside. Several antennas were erected on the hillside next to the tent. The sound of "Didi..." was constantly heard from inside the tent.
Walking into the tent, three radios were neatly placed on the ammunition box, and the signal lights kept flashing. Behind every step of the radio, there was an operator sitting, nervously sending and receiving messages.
Kong Jie stood behind the operator and paced back and forth, his expression very anxious.
He has received the latest battle report from Xiong County.
The southbound reinforcements sent by Okamura Neiji have arrived outside Xiongxian City and may launch an attack at any time.
Huang Yu, who stayed behind in the county seat, was ready for battle.
As long as the little devils from the south dare to attack Xiong County, they will definitely be dragged on the battlefield.
But that's all.
There were less than 3,000 troops left behind in Xiong County, and the Japanese and puppet troops sent by Okamura Neji had 12,000 to 3,000 troops, a full five times strength advantage.
No matter how talented Huang Yu is, he cannot rely on more than 2,000 people to wipe out the 12,000 to 3,000 Japanese puppet troops.
So they could only think of ways to drag the Japanese and puppet troops into Xiong County.
As for the final decisive battle, we still have to rely on two independent regiments and a guard regiment that we brought from the base area.
But since he issued the order to divide his troops to reinforce Xiongxian, the three regiments moved to Xiongxian in company and platoon units, and then these troops disappeared.
Kong Jie really wanted to contact them.
However, no matter how wealthy the Sixth Army Division of the Yizhong Army is, it is impossible to allocate radio stations to the company.
At this moment, he could only wait for the reinforcements that had been divided into groups to arrive near Xiongxian on time, and then report the situation to the headquarters through the radio station equipped by the regiment.
If these troops fail to arrive on time, the fighter plane Huang Yu finally created will be destroyed, and maybe Huang Yu who stays behind in Xiong County will have an accident.
This is an ending that Kong Jie absolutely cannot accept.
I don't know how much time passed, but Kong Jie couldn't wait any longer. He stopped behind the operator again and asked anxiously: "Have you not contacted the two independent regiments and the guard regiment yet?"
Seeing the three operators shaking their heads, Kong Jie became even more anxious and couldn't help but cursed: "What the hell are they doing..."
"The time agreed with the headquarters is coming soon, why haven't we set up the radio yet..."
"If the troops do not arrive on time and affect the battle, I will punish them severely."
