At ten o'clock in the evening, Duan Peng suddenly appeared at the entrance of the former enemy headquarters. When he walked in, he made a serious report.
"Captain, the security of the Baoding garrison is very tight. There are patrols and guard posts everywhere at the top of the city. We went around Baoding City to check but couldn't find any loopholes."
"I specially asked everyone to count the gun barrels sticking out of the stacks."
"There are more than a thousand in each direction, and there are at least forty light and heavy machine gun barrels."
"Unless the main force of the regiment helps us tear a hole in the city, no matter how capable we are, we will never be able to enter Baoding City."
Huang Yu didn't answer immediately after hearing this.
Kong Jie and Li Yunlong didn't interrupt either.
It was Huang Yu's idea to send a special force to embed in Baoding City. Now if something unexpected happens and the troops can't get in, Huang Yu must come up with a solution first.
They would only interrupt after they couldn't solve the problem, otherwise they would interfere with Huang Yu's command and disturb his thoughts.
"Captain, Commander Li..."
Two minutes later, Huang Yu suddenly spoke to the two of them.
"The news Duan Peng brought back proves two things."
"First, there is something fishy about the real casualty data of the Baoding garrison last night."
"If they suffered heavy losses from our thunder cannons last night, they would definitely not dare to arrange so many troops to defend the city tonight."
"They don't know that our flying thunder cannon ammunition is about to run out, and they don't know if we will use flying thunder cannons to attack the city tonight, or when we will launch the attack."
"When we came up, we placed four to five thousand city defense troops on top of the city. Wouldn't that be giving us military exploits in vain and asking for death?"
"No matter how stupid the Japanese commander is, he will never make such a stupid mistake."
"Second, the Baoding garrison prevented us from infiltrating Baoding."
"The Japs are so vigilant, which shows that the old Japs in Kawasaki are very cautious, and further proves that they will not make continuous mistakes on the same issue."
"There must be a conspiracy in the city waiting for us to take the bait."
As soon as they finished speaking, they saw the communications platoon leader running towards them in a hurry: "Commander, Commander Li, Deputy Chief of Staff..."
"The underground party in the city just sent out a message."
"The Japanese's two mobile brigades are in squadron units to reinforce the city defense forces."
"There are only two mobile groups left at the garrison headquarters."
"What's going on?" Li Yunlong frowned immediately.
"Didn't you say that the Japanese city defense troops had few casualties? Then why did Kawasaki send two large groups to reinforce the city?"
"Did we make a wrong judgment?"
"The Baoding city defense troops indeed suffered heavy casualties in the battle last night."
"There was no conspiracy in the entire offensive and defensive battle. It was just us thinking too much."
"No..." Kong Jie suddenly retorted.
"According to estimates, the loss of Baoding City Defense Force last night exceeded 3,000 people."
"We killed and injured hundreds of people again during the day."
"The total number of troops lost should exceed 4,000."
"But they only added 2,000 people."
"The remaining two thousand gaps average about five hundred people per wall."
"This is equivalent to only a thousand Japanese and puppet troops left in each direction of Baoding."
"Do you think that a thousand soldiers can operate more than a thousand rifles, dozens of light and heavy machine guns, dozens of grenades and mortars at the same time?"
"The gun barrels Duan Peng saw were probably placed by the Japanese and puppet troops to confuse us."
The puzzled expression on Li Yunlong's face was slowly replaced by solemnity, and then he stood up and interrupted: "Old Kong..."
"There is indeed a problem with the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops on top of the city. No matter how you calculate it, it won't be right."
"If they only lost more than 2,000 people last night, and after replenishing the 2,000 people, the city defense force will be fully staffed, and the number of rifles and machine guns equipped should be more than what Duan Peng saw."
"If the city defense force loses more than 4,000 people and adds 2,000 people, it will still be short of 2,000 people, and it cannot be equipped with so many rifle machine guns."
"The little devil is very calculating."
"With this, we won't even be able to figure out how many Japanese and puppet troops are left in the city."
Huang Yu said: "Captain, Commander Li..."
"Since the special operations brigade has no chance to sneak into Baoding City."
"Then we won't go in."
"No matter what great gift Major General Kawasaki has prepared for us in the city."
"As long as we act steadily and do not advance alone, no matter how powerful the conspiracy is, it will be useless."
"I want to push back the time of the total attack."
"Continue to use cold guns and artillery to consume the Japanese and puppet troops in the city day and night."
"Wait until the tunnel is dug to the corner of the city wall before storming Baoding."
"We will launch an attack on the ground and underground together. We will enter Baoding first, and then decide on the next course of action based on the internal situation in the city."
Before figuring out the tactics of the Japanese and puppet troops, a steady and steady attack is definitely the best way to attack.
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie looked at each other and agreed.
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Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and Baoding City was still firmly in the hands of Major General Kawasaki.
The total casualties of the Baoding garrison for three days were less than 1,500.
For the defenders, this is absolutely great news.
But Major General Kawasaki was not happy at all.
More than two thousand ambush troops were prepared for the Eighth Route Army's siege troops.
If the Eighth Route Army does not launch a strong attack for a day, the ambush troops will have to hide for one more day, and the risk of exposure will also increase.
As time passed by, the last two mobile brigades in hand gradually replenished the city defense troops.
If the Yizhong Eighth Route Army does not launch a strong attack and continues to use cold guns and artillery to sneak attacks on the city defense troops, they may really be short of troops, causing the city defense fortifications to be full of loopholes.
At that time, he would have to use an ambush in advance.
In his counterattack plan: before the two thousand ambush troops are dispatched, the city defense troops must rely on the fortifications at the top of the city to kill a large number of the Eighth Route Army and attack the attacking troops.
Destroy their military peaks and consume part of their troops.
After the siege troops entered Baoding at a huge cost, the ambush troops came out, which became the last straw for the Eighth Route Army in the wing, forcing them to retreat voluntarily.
The ambush took the opportunity to cut off the retreat route of the siege troops, blocked them in Baoding City, and then cooperated with the city defense troops to gather and annihilate them.
Not only were they able to successfully defend Baoding, they also took the opportunity to severely damage the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, reducing the pressure for the next major raid.
If the city defense troops suffered too many losses in the eight-pronged sneak attack.
The Eighth Route Army can easily advance into Baoding.
Facing the siege troops with high morale and powerful combat effectiveness.
Although two thousand ambush troops are powerful, they don't have much chance of winning.
In case the ambush is lost.
Not only would he lose Baoding, but he would also lose his life. In the end, he would lose his wife and lose his army.
Kawasaki now particularly wants the Eighth Route Army to storm Baoding. The sooner the better, but they just won't be fooled.
"General..." Lieutenant Colonel Cun Shang ran over in a hurry, looking very nervous.
"The city defense troops reported that they heard noises underground while patrolling. It seemed that the Eighth Route Army was digging tunnels outside the city."
"I will send someone to monitor you immediately."
"As a result, there were tunnel digging activities in all four directions of Baoding."
"The Eighth Route Army used cold guns and artillery to sneak up on us and consume our troops."
"In reality, he wanted to seduce Chen Cang secretly."
"Dig tunnels and attack us from underground."
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