If Li Yunlong is left to handle this matter, there may still be problems.
In other words, if it were not Ning Jie who was guarding the east but soldiers of the Independent Regiment, the situation might be different.
This is not to say that Li Yunlong is not courageous enough, but that there is Zhao Gang beside him.
The division of power between the regimental commander and the political commissar is, to put it simply, "When the gun fires, you listen to the regimental commander, and at other times you listen to the political commissar."
This is actually to simplify the problem for the soldiers to understand easily.
In fact, military affairs are subject to the regimental commander's decision, and matters of life, ideology, discipline, etc. are subject to the political commissar's decision.
Whether to let the people out of the city is obviously not a military issue... the people are non-combatants, so it is Zhao Gang who handles this matter or has the decision-making power.
How will Zhao Gang solve it?
Afterwards, Zhao Gang said something like this: "There is nothing wrong with letting the people out of the city. Why are we still keeping them in the city to be bombed by the Japs? We didn't know before. If we knew that the Japs would come to attack Datong, we would have evacuated the people first."
Out!"
The last sentence is indeed the consistent style of the Eighth Route Army. If conditions permit before fighting, out of the need to protect the people, they will first move the people to a safe place and then come back after the battle.
But this time and that time.
Now that the battle has started, if we still let the people out of the city at this time, we will face a very serious problem... There may be very few people out of the city at the beginning, just a few dozen.
But news spreads very quickly among people. It doesn't take long for one person to spread it all over the city.
By then everyone knows that we can leave the city from the east, so should we go or not?
Of course, let’s go!
Staying here won't help you much. We ordinary people don't know how to fight. Why don't you stay here and wait to die?
So they rushed eastward in panic.
At this time, if the Japanese or traitors among the people make another trouble, the whole city will be in chaos.
In fact, Lin Fangtaro's plan was more vicious than this. Not only did he arrange for people to cause trouble, he also laid an ambush in the east...
Just wait for the people to leave the city from the east gate and use your troops to fight back. By then, the people will definitely be frightened by the Japanese and flood into the city like a tide uncontrollably.
For the Eighth Route Army, if the common people are in front and the Japs follow closely, how will the battle be fought? Then half-tracks, tanks, bunkers, etc., will be completely useless, right? It only takes one charge and the Japs will overthrow Datong.
Got it.
There are more than 6,000 defenders in the city, including the Independent Regiment... The Independent Regiment has 3,000 people, the surrendered Ningjie Division has 2,000 people organized into six battalions, and there are also more than 1,000 militiamen organized by the people.
When it comes to bayonet fighting skills among the more than 6,000 defenders, except for the fact that the assault rifles in the hands of the independent regiments can play a role, they have the upper hand, but this advantage is very small, because when there are huge crowds of people running around and it is still dark, the Japanese can
They killed people on sight, but the Eighth Route Army had to distinguish whether they were civilians or Japs. This would make their reaction much slower and prevent them from attacking, not to mention that there were Japs among the civilians.
So it goes without saying what the outcome will be. The Eighth Route Army troops stationed in Datong will be completely destroyed, and the Japanese will occupy Datong easily with heavy casualties.
Lin Fangtaro's move was not without poison, and it was a one-and-done strategy. However, he did not expect that the one guarding the east was not the Eighth Route Army but Ning Jie.
At this time, Ning Jie's Sixth Battalion had not yet had time to assign instructors, and Ning Jie, who had always been pragmatic and knew the Japs well, saw through the Japs' plan at a glance, so he simply ordered: "No one is allowed to go."
, no matter what the reason is!”
This order may seem a little unkind, but in fact it unknowingly resolved a crisis for Datong.
Seeing that there was no chaos in the city and no one left the city through the east gate, Lin Fangtaro had no choice but to order an attack on the city.
Suddenly the sound of cannons from three sides rang out again... There was still no attack on the east side. Lin Fangtaro hoped to put continuous pressure on the people in the city through the attack. He believed that as long as the pressure was strong enough to make the people panic, the people's psychological defenses would always collapse.
That moment.
The cannon fire lasted only two minutes.
This is because Lin Fangtaro was urgently transferred to Datong to attack the city, and he did not bring much supplies.
However, this was not a problem. Later, Neji Okamura organized a supply convoy to deliver supplies to the 110th Division.
Then, a large number of Japanese soldiers attacked in the direction indicated by the command knife amid the hoarse shouts of the commander.
Lin Fangtaro's offensive tactics are as follows:
Since the empire would have an advantage in artillery, he thought it was necessary to seize this advantage to attack.
The Eighth Route Army has tanks and half-tracks, and its firepower and defense are unmatched by the Imperial soldiers.
But it was dark at this time, and as soon as the Eighth Route Army opened fire, artillery observers could quickly find the location of its firepower point and instruct the artillery to blow it up.
As long as he breaks through the city wall or the defenses some distance behind the city wall and enters the residence, Hayashi Yoshitaro believes that the battle is half won.
Because what will be fought then will be hand-to-hand combat and street fighting. The advantages of the Empire's large number of soldiers and their high quality can be fully utilized, while the enemy's tanks and half-tracks will become scrap metal or even a burden.
This is how the Japanese fought, so the infantry seemed to be menacing, but they were just attacking. Once they were attacked by the Eighth Route Army's firepower, they would immediately fall down in pieces.
At this time, the artillery observer hiding in the dark will immediately calculate the location of the firepower point and report it to the artillery.
It won't be long before a barrage of artillery shells roars in and blows up the Eighth Route Army's firepower points.
This made the Eighth Route Army very passive in this defensive battle. Li Yunlong was so angry that he cursed his mother when he saw the enemy's fire points being knocked out one by one.
This is indeed a difficult question.
At this time, planes cannot be used at night. If you want to suppress the enemy's artillery fire, you must use artillery. Once artillery is used, it means a firefight with the Japanese...it is advantageous to have firefights inside and outside the city.
After thinking about it, Li Yunlong gave the order: "Everyone is here, let the Japanese come in and fight!"
Li Yunlong was cruel.
Under normal circumstances, the defenders of the city will not easily let the enemy enter the city, because such an attack usually means that the advantage of the defense line is gone and they have to engage in close combat and street fighting with the Japanese.
But Li Yunlong did the opposite.
However, what Li Yunlong did was correct.
Because there are two different things when the city wall is breached by the enemy and enters into street fighting, and when the enemy takes the initiative to enter and engage in street fighting.
Being breached by the enemy means breaking into the enemy at an unpredictable position, which will make the defenders unprepared and unprepared.
But if the enemy is actively brought in, it will be the battlefield preset by the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army can decide the location, clear out the people in advance and set up an ambush, and can even decide how many enemies to let in...