Chapter 270: The Flesh Must Be Cut Immediately to Stop the Bleeding
When the county town received news of reinforcements urging them to be destroyed, the Japanese and puppet troops in the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold had been hungry all day and night...
Some soldiers with poor physical fitness were so hungry that they became dizzy and blurred. They lay in bed to save energy and did not want to move.
There were only twenty or thirty Japanese and puppet troops left in the Noda stronghold to hold on to their positions to prevent the Eighth Route Army from sneaking into the stronghold.
At the Japanese garrison headquarters, a discussion on whether the county should continue to reinforce the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold was in full swing. Everyone had their own opinions, and no one was convinced.
"Captain, I think the county should continue to send troops to reinforce the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold!" A captain insisted on his opinion.
"Our defense zone has never lost a stronghold!"
"If the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold is captured by the Eighth Route Army, other strongholds will definitely become panicked, severely damaging our military morale and morale... The Eighth Route Army operating in our defense area will have a greatly increased morale, and will use the captured weapons, equipment and trophies to continue to develop and strengthen themselves.
Then attack our second or even third stronghold!"
"We must not open this hole. Captain, please think twice!"
"My humble position is against continuing to send troops to reinforce the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold!" the adjutant retorted with a frown.
"There are only more than 200 mobile troops left in the county!"
"The Eighth Route Army has the strength to eat up the mobile troops we sent out before, and it will definitely have the strength to eat up the mobile troops we send out next!"
"For the sake of the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, we not only lost a large number of soldiers, but also a large amount of weapons, ammunition and food... We cannot continue to waste it. We must cut the flesh and stop the bleeding immediately, otherwise our losses will increase..."
"There is one more thing, Captain, please consider it carefully: Even if we defend the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, we will suffer heavy losses in the subsequent battle! The remaining mobile troops in the city will definitely be exhausted!"
"What if the Eighth Route Army is unwilling to fail and regroups heavy troops to attack other small strongholds?"
"We didn't even have mobile troops at that time, how could we stop the Eighth Route Army's offensive!"
After saying that, he stared at the captain for instructions: "Sir, we not only need to cut the flesh and stop the bleeding... we should also take advantage of the opportunity when the Eighth Route Army concentrates its forces to block the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, and immediately replenish food and ammunition supplies to other strongholds in the defense zone!"
"Each stronghold should reserve at least three months of rations!"
"Even if they are heavily besieged by the Eighth Route Army, they will not be in a dangerous situation of running out of ammunition and food, and they will not take the initiative to grab food like the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, and actively create every good opportunity for the Eighth Route Army to defeat them!"
The captain didn't answer, frowning and lost in thought.
Comparing the two, the adjutant's ideas are obviously more mature...
Under unavoidable circumstances, cutting the flesh to stop the bleeding is undoubtedly the best way to break the situation.
Moreover, the adjutant has even thought of the follow-up solution to the situation. He has considered the problem so thoroughly that he cannot help but disagree!
Soon a firm expression appeared on his face, and he ordered with a frown: "Ignore the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold!"
"Whether the garrison can hold the stronghold depends on their own luck!"
"The defense area has limited troops. We can't fill all the mobile troops into this bottomless pit!"
"The county immediately arranged for troops to deliver ammunition supplies to the large and small strongholds in the defense area...not only to deliver ammunition supplies to medium-sized and above strongholds, but also the troops stationed in small strongholds will abandon their strongholds at dawn tomorrow and withdraw to the nearest medium-sized stronghold to wait for reinforcements!"
"The Eighth Route Army has the strength to take down the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, and it must also have the strength to take down other small strongholds. There is no need for us to leave our troops in those small strongholds to die and give the Eighth Route Army a large amount of weapons, ammunition and food in vain!"
"Arrange the escort troops in advance, prepare food and ammunition supplies... and set off at dawn tomorrow!"
"The troops preparing to evacuate the small stronghold will also start taking action after dawn!"
"Take away all the weapons, ammunition and materials that can be taken away, and blow up all those that cannot be taken away. They must not be left to the Eighth Route Army!"
As soon as the captain gave the order, the county garrison was like a war machine, running quickly!
The next morning, fewer Japanese and puppet troops could still maintain vigilance at the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold.
Although the lieutenant captain drank a lot of cold preserved fruits, it was of no use at all.
Sitting on a chair, I didn't even have the strength to stand up.
But he still tried his best to stand up and climbed to the top of the turret, looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements.
He held the city with both hands and stamped, staring for a long time without seeing a single figure!
The lieutenant slowly grew restless.
If the reinforcements do not arrive, the troops stationed at the stronghold will be exhausted due to hunger, and then lose their combat effectiveness, and then lose the stronghold...
"Sir, the remaining Imperial Army troops in the stronghold have almost all lost their combat effectiveness. Only a dozen or twenty Imperial troops are still on guard!" A Commander Cao climbed up to the gun tower and reported.
He was also hungry, his chest pressed against his back, and his face had long turned pale, without any color at all.
Standing on the top of the turret, he was swaying, as if a gust of wind could blow him away!
"Too little!" The lieutenant suppressed the anger that was rising in his heart and answered calmly.
"Go to the barracks immediately to mobilize... at least thirty soldiers should be on standby in various positions in case of emergency!"
Chief Cao smiled bitterly and replied: "Sir, please calm down..."
"This task is too difficult to complete!"
"I went to the barracks to see... everyone is really hungry to the point of losing strength. Even if we force them to get up with guns, they still don't have the strength to stand up!"
"If you can't get something to eat at noon..."
"By tonight, it will be good if there are only ten soldiers left who can continue to guard!"
The lieutenant was silent!
With nothing to eat, he didn't know how to solve this problem. He could only sigh and order: "In Chinese terms, can we hold on to the stronghold and persist until the reinforcements arrive? We can only do our best today and listen to fate.
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Outside the stronghold, Huang Yu has already searched the blockade outside the stronghold.
The bunker made of sandbags is located 300 meters outside the stronghold, with machine guns mounted on it and aimed at the stronghold...
If any Japanese and puppet troops emerge from behind the city, leave and shoot them...
Huang Yu hid behind a sandbag bunker and carefully observed the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, hoping to judge how much combat power the garrison at the stronghold had left through the reaction of the Japanese and puppet troops!
"Battal Commander... I watched for almost two hours and only saw a dozen Japanese and puppet troops on guard in the gun towers and bunkers... Won't the remaining Japanese and puppet troops be too hungry to lose the battle?" Wei Dayong said.
Eye light analysis!
"Even if the combat effectiveness is not completely lost, it's almost there!" Huang Yu analyzed with certainty.
"If they starve quietly for two days, the Japanese and puppet troops may still have a lot of energy left!"
"But during the two days when the Japanese and puppet troops were hungry, our sneak attacks have not stopped. The troops stationed in the stronghold were exhausted and nervous, and their physical strength was exhausted several times faster than sleeping. No matter how powerful the Japanese and puppet troops were,
You will be starved to death!"
"Notify the troops... Let's eat early tonight... launch the attack on time at five o'clock in the afternoon, and strive to end the battle before six o'clock!"
Wei Dayong suddenly frowned and asked in confusion: "Why don't you wait until dark before launching the attack!"
"We are good at fighting at night...it's dark and it's especially suitable for hiding. When it gets dark, we can launch an attack and the main force will attack from the front. I will lead a detachment to sneak attack from behind. I will definitely be able to sneak into the stronghold silently, and the next battle will be easy to fight!"
What surprised Wei Dayong was that Huang Yu actually rejected this seemingly reasonable proposal.
"No...we must end the battle before dark!"
"Do you still remember the medium-sized stronghold that the regiment commander attacked last time?"
"Although the troops successfully entered the stronghold, the Japanese and puppet troops defending the stronghold also attacked us everywhere under the cover of night, causing us heavy casualties!"
"Every time you suffer, you gain wisdom... This attack must not suffer losses on the same issue again!"
"If we attack during the day, although we can't hide, the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold also have no hiding place. The chance of the Japanese and puppet troops shooting us will be much smaller!"
"When attacking at dawn, the troops can quickly identify the Japanese and puppet troops, and we can choose our own targets to attack. We will attack the Japanese first, then the puppet troops, and try to force them to surrender as much as possible!"
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the number of Japanese and puppet troops who could still move the stronghold had been reduced to thirteen people. They were hiding in several bunkers in groups of two and on standby!
Although they were on guard duty, they did not guard the shooting holes and look outside. Instead, they sat on the ground and got up from time to time to look outside...
"The Eighth Route Army...the Eighth Route Army is coming towards us..." a Japanese soldier suddenly shouted, his face full of panic.
It could be seen through the shooting hole that more than thirty Eighth Route Army troops suddenly rushed out of the bunker, bent down, and formed a skirmish line in groups of three to quickly approach the stronghold.
"Da da da..." The Japanese machine gunner quickly added up his light machine guns and opened fire on the attacking troops.
The two soldiers fell to the ground in response, and the other soldiers fell to the ground at the same time, and continued to approach the stronghold by crawling forward.
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
The light machine guns set up on the bunker of the assault camp opened fire at the same time, and more than a dozen sharpshooters also joined the battle.
Amidst the crackling gunfire, the light machine guns that the Japanese were hiding in the bunker quickly misfired, leaving only a few rifles firing out.
Although the Japanese Lieutenant was almost exhausted from hunger, the moment the gunfire rang out, he was still so frightened that he stood up from his chair, raised his legs and ran towards the shooting hole to determine whether the exchange of fire was a sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army or a real attack.
"Captain... this is not a sneak attack... the Eighth Route Army has begun to storm the stronghold!" A commander Cao swayed left and right and ran to the lieutenant to report.
"Withstand... all the soldiers who can still move should enter the position and resist the Eighth Route Army's attack at all costs!" the lieutenant ordered urgently.
"Soldiers who cannot move will each send a grenade. When the Eighth Route Army approaches, they will detonate the grenade and die with them!"
"Even if we lose our stronghold, we will cause the Eighth Route Army to suffer heavy losses and pay a bloody price here!"
After finishing speaking, the lieutenant tried his best to pick up the crooked handle and put it at the shooting hole, preparing to wait for the Eighth Route Army to rush closer before firing. He also took out a grenade and put it next to him... Even if he died, he would have to pull a few more.
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