The red light from the dazzling fireball produced by the explosion in the distance shone into the house from time to time through the cracks. The lanterns in the house also swayed with the tremors, and the dim room flickered on and off.
The Japanese suddenly adjusted their tactics, which made these immature staff officers frown. The previous battle plan no longer worked.
Facing the Japanese fighting groups hiding in ruins and houses, they would either bombard them with artillery or use the lives of their brothers to kill them.
The tragedy of street fighting is precisely based on this. In a narrow space with limited vision, even the most experienced veterans may be killed by a sudden bullet or a bullet on the ground.
Compared to these immature guerrilla officers and soldiers, it is undoubtedly a stupid decision to engage in street fighting with the little devils who are experienced in combat, because the military literacy of both sides is no longer on the same level.
But if they don't fight, will they withdraw from the battle in such a dejected manner? They are here to regain Gaoyou City. If they give up halfway, the impact on morale will be immeasurable.
The blushing and thick-necked intelligence staff and combat staff were quarreling with each other, and finally they all panted heavily and turned their attention to Yang Ling, who had been silent and silent.
"Sir Yang, how do we fight?" Staff Officer Lei Xiong couldn't help but break the silence.
While they were arguing, Yang Ling kept looking at the map and thinking. He was thinking about things other than the battlefield.
The Japs did not flee from the south and abandon the city as they had expected, but they were preparing to defend house to house.
Are the little devils really not afraid of death? Yang Ling shook his head, the little devil must have some support to dare to fight with them on the street.
After all, now he has figured out that the Japanese commander is not a fledgling young officer, but an experienced old fox. The fact that he laid an ambush behind him is enough to prove it.
This experienced Japanese commander would know that in street fighting, there is at least a 90% chance that the attacker will win. Of course, there are exceptions.
Since the Japs dared to leave the remaining soldiers in the city to fight with them in the streets, the Japs must have a back-up plan. Yang Ling's eyes roamed on the map, and he soon realized.
Now the Japanese troops in both Yancheng and the Yangtze River front line are restrained by a large number of guerrilla troops and regular army troops, and the Japanese troops in Gaoyou have received limited reinforcements.
So now the only thing they can rely on are the puppet troops scattered in the outer towns and villages of Gaoyou, and there are still a lot of these puppet troops.
The fighting has been going on in the city for most of the night. It is estimated that the puppet troops on the periphery have got the news and may be gathering reinforcements.
Yang Ling remained silent and did not speak. Staff officer Lei Xiong and others did not dare to disturb him. There was only a depressing atmosphere in the whole room.
But Lei Xiong and the others didn't wait. After a while, Yang Ling took his eyes back from the map and raised his head again.
"The Japs are definitely waiting for reinforcements from house to house. They want to surround us." Yang Ling pointed out the Japs' conspiracy sharply.
I'm afraid that the Japs commander Qingchuan Major will be shocked when he hears Yang Ling's words now, but it's a pity that he doesn't know.
"According to intelligence, there are at least three or four battalions of puppet troops near Gaoyou." Yang Ling drew a rough range on the map in a loud voice.
Hearing what Yang Ling said, Staff Officer Lei Xiong and others took a breath of cold air. If the puppet troops from these battalions surrounded them from the outside, they would really be a turtle in the urn with nowhere to escape.
"Sir, maybe the puppet troops have surrounded us from behind. I suggest that we leave the battlefield immediately, otherwise there is a risk of the entire army being annihilated." A staff officer immediately said with a solemn expression.
Most of the people were silent and did not speak. The reason why they ignored these peripheral puppet troops before was based on the rapid elimination of the Japanese.
They only need to compress all the Japanese to the east of the city at dawn and destroy them with infantry artillery, and then they will have their hands free to deal with the puppet troops. It will not be a joke.
But now the battlefield situation has changed. The Japanese have begun fighting with them in the streets. It is impossible to end the battle in a short time.
So once the large number of puppet troops on the periphery gathers to counter-encircle them, they will be in danger of being attacked from both sides.
Now they feel a chill rising on their backs. They are already in danger. If they don't leave the battlefield quickly and stay for one more minute, they will be in danger for one more minute.
Just now they were discussing how to eliminate the Japs, but now they were thinking about how to get out of danger. The rapid changes on the battlefield really made it hard for everyone to keep up.
Fortunately, Yang Ling's thinking has always been clear. Although the puppet troops outside looked numerous, he really didn't take them seriously.
"Sir, give the order to retreat." A staff officer saw that Yang Ling had not spoken for a long time and couldn't help but persuade him.
"Retreat?" Yang Ling looked at the speaking staff officer with a sneer on his lips: "Why should we retreat?"
"Well......"
Yang Ling's rhetorical question immediately choked the staff officer up. Does such a simple reason really need to be stated?
"Come and take a look." Yang Ling waved to everyone, asking them to gather around.
"Since the little devils want to counter the siege, let's use it to their advantage." Yang Ling pointed to the small black spot marked Gaoyou on the map.
"Look, this is Gaoyou City. Our current location is close to Gaoyou Lake to the west. To the south of Gaoyou Lake is Yangzhou and the Yangtze River, which are connected by wide rivers."
Yang Ling was talking eloquently, but the staff were confused as to what this had to do with the current situation.
But they didn't say anything, knowing that since Yang Ling was so confident, he must have a countermeasure in mind.
As expected, Yang Ling paused and continued: "Don't the Japanese want to launch a counter-encirclement for us now? If we wipe out the puppet troops they counter-encircled, what do you think they will do?"
"Either break out of the encirclement or continue to call for reinforcements..." Staff Officer Lei Xiong blurted out.
"Sir, do you mean to take a long-term approach to catch big fish?" Liu Sheng stared at Gaoyou Lake and understood.
Yang Ling nodded: "Although the puppet troops are large in number, they are both good and bad. As long as we arrange them properly and are not afraid, we can quickly eliminate them."
"As long as we eliminate these reinforcements of the puppet troops, the fastest reinforcements from the nearby Japanese troops will be those Japanese Jiang Defense troops who come by motorboat. Since the Japanese soldiers want to stay in the city and fight with us, then we will go along with them.
I mean, let’s slowly fight the Japanese in the city, and then attract reinforcements from the nearby Japanese, and then we can destroy the reinforcements!”
Hearing Yang Ling's words, everyone showed joy on their faces. According to this method of attack, they really can't wipe out all the Japs in the city. They have to rely on them to mobilize a steady stream of reinforcements from nearby Japs and puppet troops.
, and then take the opportunity to call for reinforcements.
Yang Ling's purpose is also very simple, that is, to turn Gaoyou City into a meat grinder, attracting a steady stream of nearby Japanese and puppet troops, falling into their trap, and then destroying them.
As the saying goes, the devil is as tall as the Taoist. Since the little devil wants to fight in the streets with Yang Ling and the others and wants to cooperate with the reinforcements inside and outside to counter the siege, Yang Ling will use his tricks. Then I will attack your reinforcements.
And not only must we attack the puppet troops who have been reinforced, but we must also mobilize our Jiang defense troops to destroy them together. The more the better, so that we can greatly cooperate with frontal battlefield operations.
The reason why Yang Ling felt that he could mobilize large-scale Japanese troops for reinforcements was also very simple, that is, the Japanese near Dongtai and Yancheng still relied on this supply transportation line to transport ammunition and materials.
Now that Yang Ling and the others are stuck here, it would be strange if the Japs don't go crazy. If the Japs want to play dirty tricks with Yang Ling, let's see who can kill him!