The Japanese and puppet troops left the road in panic, trying to disperse and avoid the artillery fire.
In doing so, he hit the muzzle of the guns of two independent regiments.
Light and heavy machine guns and rifles opened fire at the same time, turning these Japanese and puppet troops into living targets, and they were felled to the ground one by one by a hail of bullets.
"Boom boom boom......"
The shells falling from the sky did not stop because the two independent regiments opened fire.
Relying on his fast rate of fire and the convenience of adjusting the shooting elements, he continued to pour artillery shells into places where there were many Japanese and puppet soldiers...
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Headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping.
Okamura Neiji was also paying attention to the battle of reinforcements going south to attack Xiong County.
If they can really win the battle quickly, retake Xiongxian at a very small cost, and completely wipe out the two main regiments of the Eighth Route Army left behind in Xiongxian, it will not only improve the morale of the troops, but also frighten the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong and make them aware of the reinforcements sent south.
Not easy to deal with.
In this way, the reinforcements sent south can better complete the containment mission.
It turned out to be nine o'clock in the evening.
I haven't received any good news from the reinforcements going south, but I have received a farewell telegram from Baoding.
After learning that the 1st Brigade had launched a counterattack against the Japanese and puppet troops' southward reinforcements, Li Yunlong stopped acting with the Baoding garrison and directly ordered the troops to launch a strong attack.
The offensive force, which had been pretending to be a little wife for a day, could finally show off its capabilities.
Mountain field artillery, infantry artillery, mortars, heavy machine guns... all participated in the battle, and the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the city were defeated in one fell swoop.
They are the armed forces of those little devil expatriates.
In the past, when the attacking troops acted with them, they always felt that the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness was just that. As long as they hid themselves, shot and moved to another place, the attacking troops of the Eighth Route Army would not be able to do anything to them.
As a result, when the real attack began, they realized the gap between themselves and the Eighth Route Army.
Although the bullets fired by the Eighth Route Army in counterattack were blocked by the bunkers and courtyard walls, they could not stop the mortar shells falling from the sky, nor the oncoming mountain artillery and infantry artillery shells.
As a result, within ten minutes of the artillery joining the battle, the Japanese and foreign nationals operating on the front line suffered heavy casualties.
After all, they are not real Japanese troops.
When they win a battle, they fight more and more bravely. When they are truly defeated and faced with bloody death, these people will slowly lose the courage to continue fighting on the battlefield and become a group of defeated soldiers.
The remaining remnants of the Japanese army in Baoding City were mainly composed of these expatriates. Once they escaped, the few remaining Japanese soldiers were completely exposed to the independent brigade, and were quickly submerged in the flames of war.
What Okamura Neiji was really worried about after receiving this farewell telegram was not the Baoding garrison, nor the possible negative consequences of the North China Front losing Baoding.
After all, they have already been mentally prepared for this.
What really worries Okamura Neiji is the next move of the Wing-Chong Independent Brigade.
Once they capture Baoding, they will be free to support Xiong County and deal with reinforcements from the south.
The chief of staff immediately reminded Okamura Neji: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"We should immediately remind the reinforcements going south, speed up the offensive pace, capture Xiongxian immediately, eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the city, and then evacuate Xiongxian. We must not fight with the Yizhong Eighth Route Army in Xiongxian, let alone be blocked there."
Okamura Neiji deeply believed: "Although the reinforcements going south are strong, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the wings cannot be underestimated."
"The two sides are in a head-to-head confrontation. It is indeed very likely that they are no match."
"This is the only reinforcement force that the front army headquarters can mobilize. It needs to contain the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong for a long time in the future and prevent them from expanding outward on a large scale. We must not engage in a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army for the sake of a certain county, and an accident will occur."
"Send them a telegram immediately..."
"Retreat after taking Xiong County. We must not be blocked by the Eighth Route Army in a certain county. The troops must always be on the move to fight. No matter what we do, we must focus on preserving our strength. We must not fight the Eighth Route Army desperately."
"As long as the strength of the reinforcements going south is not damaged and they exist for one day, the Eighth Route Army in the Wing will not dare to expand outwards rashly."
The chief of staff hurried to the telecommunications room.
The telegram he wanted to send was very important and there must be no mistakes. The sooner it was sent, the better. He had no choice but to do it himself.
Ten minutes later, the chief of staff did not return to the war room.
Fifteen minutes later, the chief of staff had not returned to the war room.
Under normal circumstances, it only takes five or six minutes to send a telegram, and even if the telegram is very long, it will not exceed ten minutes.
Half of the time has passed now, and the telegram the chief of staff wants to send is not very long.
Anyone with eyesight knows something is wrong, but they don't know exactly what happened.
After another five minutes, the chief of staff finally appeared at the door of the war room.
As if he was frightened, he rushed towards Okamura Neji with a look of panic: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"We can't contact the reinforcements going south..."
"No matter how we called the Major General of Border City, there was no response from the reinforcements coming south."
"In addition to the radio station equipped by the brigade headquarters, I also contacted the radio stations equipped by the infantry brigade, heavy artillery brigade, and tank brigade. There was no response from all of them. I was worried that something happened to them."
"Impossible... absolutely impossible..." The person in charge of intelligence was the first to stand up and object.
The reason why the reinforcements heading south dared to attack Xiong County was because the intelligence they provided played a big role in promoting them.
If I hadn't repeatedly assured Okamura Neiji that the main force of the Eighth Route Army that attacked Xiongxian had withdrawn from the base area, the only ones left behind in Xiongxian were two dissatisfied main force regiments that had been crippled, with insufficient ammunition and limited troops, and there was no one full force around Xiongxian.
Okamura Neiji, who formed the main force of the Eighth Route Army, would never make up his mind to send reinforcements south to attack Xiong County.
If an accident happens to the reinforcement troops heading south in Xiong County, as one of the leaders of this battle, I will definitely bear a lot of responsibility.
Moreover, he was very confident in all the information he provided to the headquarters, without any doubts.
Since the Eighth Route Army defending Xiongxian County is insufficient, and there are no other Eighth Route Army troops around Xiongxian County, no matter how you analyze it, there is no chance of an accident happening to the reinforcements going south.
It was precisely because of these inferences and reasons that he had the confidence to refute the chief of staff in front of Neji Okamura.
As soon as the intelligence chief finished speaking, a chorus of echoes came from the headquarters.
Most of the staff agreed with the intelligence chief's analysis, because they could not imagine the reason why the Yizhong Eighth Route Army could suffer heavy losses in Xiongxian or completely wipe out the reinforcements sent south.
Even Okamura Neji showed a shocked expression of disbelief.
Seeing this, the chief of staff became anxious and sternly asked everyone: "Then tell me..."
"If there were no accidents with the reinforcements going south and they were still attacking Xiong County, how could they all have accidents with so many radio stations?"
