The fighting on the front line had eased, and the commander of the fifth regiment returned to the war room. He happened to see Huang Yu frowning and couldn't help but ask.
"Deputy Chief of Staff..."
"Is there something wrong?"
"An artillery counterattack killed more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops, mostly Japs. No matter how you analyze it, it is a great victory..."
"Why do I think you seem a little unhappy..."
Huang Yu shook his head: "The army has won the battle. As a commander, of course I am happy..."
"I just didn't expect the losses of the Japanese and puppet troops to be so serious!"
"I thought it would be good to smash hundreds of explosive packets and kill more than a thousand puppet troops. Unexpectedly, the real results were twice as much as we expected..."
"The enemy failed to capture Xiong County despite paying such a heavy price..."
"I'm worried that they will stop attacking, make a temporary retreat and run away!"
The fifth captain's heart skipped a beat, and at the same time he had a bad feeling.
But he quickly shook his head and said to himself: "It's impossible..."
"If the Japanese and puppet troops choose to retreat now..."
"Then the five or six thousand people they have lost on the battlefield were not all in vain..."
"If I were the commander of the Japanese army, I would definitely not be willing to retreat..."
"Although they lost more than 2,000 people in the artillery counterattack just now, they still have the advantage in strength and firepower."
"Continue to attack, the final victory will definitely belong to them!"
Huang Yu shook his head: "Then it depends on whether the little devil commander's reason defeats impulse, or whether impulse defeats reason..."
"If they continue to fight, they will indeed be able to capture Xiongxian, but their total strength will be reduced sharply to five or six thousand people, which is similar to the Xiongxian garrison before we attacked Xiongxian. As long as we are willing, we can attack Xiongxian a second time at any time.
Destroy them in Xiongxian City."
"The purpose of Okamura Neiji sending reinforcements south is to frighten us and threaten us so that we will not dare to expand our sphere of influence rashly even if we occupy Xiong County and Baoding."
"Otherwise, their southward reinforcements will cut off our retreat, or even directly enter our base area, threatening the security of the base area."
"If the reinforcement troops going south are consumed by us in Xiong County, then the mission assigned to them by Okamura Neji will not be completed..."
"In order to complete Neji Okamura's mission of continuing to contain us, from a rational analysis, the reinforcement troops heading south must not continue to attack Xiong County."
"But from an emotional perspective: As you just said, if they ignore the good situation in front of them and don't attack, then the thousands of people they lost in attacking Xiongxian before will be in vain. No matter who is involved in this matter, they will feel it.
Unwilling to do so.”
"Report to the deputy chief of staff..." A correspondent suddenly rushed to Huang Yu.
"The Japanese and puppet troops started attacking again..."
"But the Japs did not send many troops in this attack. There was only one squadron from all four directions, and they were hiding behind the puppet troops, just like a tortoise..."
If this report had occurred before the Fifth Regiment Commander discussed with Huang Yu whether the Japanese and puppet troops would continue to attack Xiong County, he would certainly not have felt that there was a problem with this attack.
But now he doesn't think so.
An idea came to my mind immediately: "Deputy Chief of Staff..."
"The Japanese are worried that the next attack will cause too many casualties to the troops and will not be able to complete the subsequent task of containing us, so they dare not attack rashly."
"But we were unwilling to give up the good situation in Xiongxian City, so we let the puppet troops take the lead in the front, and the real little devils supervised the battle in the back."
"If everything goes well in the next attack...the puppet soldiers will be the ones who die anyway."
"As long as they capture Xiong County and seize the equipment on the battlefield, they can easily raise a puppet army of three to four thousand people..."
"But if the next attack is frustrated, they will definitely stop the attack immediately..."
"Because those who died were basically puppet soldiers, and the real Japs didn't suffer too many casualties. They can still continue to carry out the task of containing us..."
"What a cunning little devil."
Huang Yu nodded without answering, and directly gave orders to the correspondents in the headquarters.
"Immediately contact all participating troops on the front line..."
"Don't fight too hard when fighting against the offensive troops just sent by the Japanese and puppet troops..."
"Fight and retreat at the same time, gradually giving up the positions we have just regained, but we must find ways to kill more Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield, not only to let them see that our successors are weak and vulnerable, but also to make them pay the price
…”
"Send another telegram to the commander..."
"The reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops going south have already thought of retreating. Please speed up the march of the outflanking troops and move into position as soon as possible. The general offensive is likely to be launched in advance according to the battlefield situation..."
"The outflanking troops that can move into position move into position as quickly as possible...the troops that cannot reach them speed up their march."
"If the general attack is advanced and they haven't arrived on the battlefield yet... they don't need to wait for orders when they arrive on the battlefield and when they join the battle."
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On top of the city south of the city.
The Major General of Biancheng held up his binoculars, widened his eyes, and stared at every move of the attacking troops.
He needs to judge whether he should continue to fight based on the latest battle conditions on the battlefield and the progress of the casualties of the attacking troops.
If so, then increase the investment in troops, end the battle quickly and quickly, and avoid unnecessary complications.
If not, the attacking troops should break away from the battle immediately and withdraw from Xiong County. If possible, one less person will die.
“Dong dong dong… da da da… boom…”
The sound of fierce exchanges of fire soon came from the battlefield.
The puppet troops blocking the front of the attacking force suffered heavy casualties. People were constantly killed and injured by bullets flying from unknown directions, and fell on the offensive road.
But as the imperial army hiding behind the puppet troops gradually joined the battle, the Eighth Route Army hiding in the dark seemed to have been severely damaged and was retreating.
In less than ten minutes, the attacking troops advanced more than a hundred meters.
Although most of the puppet army was killed, the imperial army hiding behind the puppet army suffered almost no casualties.
As long as the troops continue to advance more than a hundred meters along the street, the siege troops can regain all the positions they just lost.
Major General Biancheng never paid attention to the casualties of the puppet troops, so in his opinion, the price paid by the attacking troops for successfully advancing more than 100 meters was almost negligible.
The thoughts of attack in my mind slowly suppressed the thoughts of retreat, and I felt that this battle could continue.
Based on the analysis of the casualties in front of us, the offensive force regained all the positions they just lost, and only lost one squadron in each direction. The total of the four directions was just over one squadron...
Even if they attack all the way to the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the casualties will not exceed three squadrons... This price is still bearable for the border town major general.
