At the Japanese Army Command Headquarters in Taiyuan City, the lieutenant general had been standing by the telephone waiting for news from outside the city.
The attack order has been issued for almost an hour. As expected, the four infantry brigades should have already fought against the Eighth Route Army commandos.
"Sir, the fight is about to begin!" a combat staff officer rushed over and reported.
"After our troops left the city, they suddenly launched an attack on the Eighth Route Army, catching them off guard. The Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties!"
"Now they have stopped and are holding on to the two anti-aircraft artillery towers that we just occupied!"
"Yo Xi!" The Lieutenant General's tense nerves immediately relaxed.
He took a long breath and ordered: "Tell our attacking troops to capture them as soon as possible!"
"Hey! I'm here to give you the order now!" The staff officer rushed out with excitement on his face.
The Eighth Route Army was too cunning. It had been fighting against the Eighth Route Army for so long, but the dragon had always seen the beginning but not the end. It was rare that so many Eighth Route Army troops were surrounded by the imperial army.
Including the Lieutenant General in Chief, all the officers in the headquarters want to kill them as soon as possible to give the war that has already begun a good start!
"Sir, the garrison outside the city reported that the Eighth Route Army attacking them suddenly strengthened their offensive!" A communications staff officer rushed over!
"They dispatched a large number of artillery pieces and were very anxious to reach the outside of Taiyuan City, especially the Eighth Route Army attacking in the south and north of the city!"
The lieutenant general's face showed an expression of sudden realization!
"They don't want to reach Taiyuan City as quickly as possible, but they want to rescue the 4,000 Eighth Route Army troops who are being besieged by us!"
"Isn't what they are best at encircling the spot to support them? This time I will also help them to encircle the spot and support them."
"Order the troops to be stationed outside the city to block them resolutely and consume as much of their troops as possible!"
"As for our attack troops, continue to strengthen our offensive!"
The chief of staff on the side asked in confusion: "Sir, if we continue to strengthen the offensive, it is very likely that they will be killed by us in a short time. How can we encircle the point to provide reinforcements and consume a large number of attacking troops through blocking operations?"
"You only considered one aspect!" the lieutenant general replied, shaking his head.
"Don't forget, the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops are equipped with a large number of artillery!"
"If we fight them bit by bit, the artillery in their hands will definitely cause us a lot of damage!"
"Even if the final goal of encirclement and reinforcements is achieved, we ourselves will suffer heavy casualties, which is not cost-effective!"
"Only by strengthening the attack and making their attacking troops feel that the troops they penetrated outside Taiyuan City may be annihilated by us at any time, will they fight their way to the outside of the city!"
"I understand!" the chief of staff replied with a look of realization.
"The more urgent and desperate their attacking troops are, the less effective the artillery will be on the battlefield, and the greater the casualties they will suffer along the way!"
"Your Majesty is wise, and I have humbled myself to supervise the battle in person, strengthening the offensive against the two Eighth Route Army armies and making them feel the pressure!"
The chief of staff had not yet moved, but the combat staff officer who had left at first rushed over in a hurry.
"Sir, the attack of the attacking troops has been frustrated!"
"Although the two intersecting units of the Eighth Route Army did not carry heavy weapons, they did bring a large number of mortars and infantry guns that could be dismantled and transported! There are also large-caliber medium-sized mortars in the mortars!"
"When our troops attacked, they counterattacked with artillery fire, and the troops suffered heavy losses!"
"Nani?" The lieutenant general was stunned for a moment before he reacted.
"It is equipped with a large number of infantry artillery and medium-sized mortars. The general Eighth Route Army will never have such a configuration. I am sure that the two groups surrounded outside the city must be the elite of the Eighth Route Army!"
"How many people they lost!"
The combat staff lowered his head and replied: "The casualties of both counterattack forces exceeded half of the brigade!"
"Because there was no artillery that could suppress them, the offensive of the two counterattack forces had to stop!"
"Can't stop! Continue the attack!" the lieutenant general ordered decisively.
"If there are not enough troops, we will continue to mobilize them from the city. If we don't have the advantage of artillery fire, we will mobilize artillery troops from the city. We must kill them and let the Eighth Route Army offensive troops outside the city feel the pressure. We can eat these two troops at any time!"
"Hi!"
After the combat staff hurriedly left the war room, the lieutenant general stared at the chief of staff and asked: "Hasn't the intelligence department figured out the strength and number of the Eighth Route Army troops attacking us from outside?"
The chief of staff shook his head and replied helplessly: "According to the investigation, the Eighth Route Army within a hundred kilometers around Taiyuan is all in its own garrison, and no transfers have been made!"
"Then so many Eighth Route Army troops fell from the sky!" the lieutenant general asked with an angry look on his face.
The chief of staff quickly replied: "I have sent a large number of scouts out of the city for investigation. News will definitely come through soon!"
"We must seize the time!" the lieutenant general ordered with a stern face.
"Unless we understand their strength and numbers, we won't be able to judge their purpose of suddenly attacking us!"
"If you don't even understand the purpose of the Eighth Route Army, then you won't be able to fight this battle, let alone report it to the front army headquarters!"
"Hi..." the chief of staff replied quickly, and then began to worry.
The lieutenant general hesitated and comforted: "Don't worry too much!"
"No matter what the purpose of the Eighth Route Army is? If we kill the two intersecting troops outside the city and consume a large number of their attacking troops, there will definitely be only benefits and no harm. Therefore, the battle outside the city cannot be stopped by the battalion commander and must continue!"
"The investigation progress on your side needs to be accelerated. You must get all the information I want to know before dawn!"
At the Eighth Route Army siege headquarters outside Taiyuan City, Wang Ping and Cheng Xiao were in a very good mood.
The siege battle has begun for several hours, and so far, the battlefield situation is proceeding almost according to the plan they formulated.
"Regiment Commander, Commander Cheng, and Xiao Yunshan telegraphed that the Japanese army has begun to attack again, and they have also moved mortars and mountain artillery from the city!"
"The Japanese regard Xiao Yunshan as a piece of fat meat and want to eat it desperately!" Wang Ping replied with a smile.
Cheng Xiao replied: "Not only Xiao Yunshan and my independent regiment, but also several of our offensive troops must have been treated as fat by the little devils!"
"Several attacking troops reported that the Japanese and puppet forces on the position were very tenacious in their resistance, and they had only one purpose: to stop us and consume us in large numbers at the same time!
"Looking at how well you issued the order to strengthen the attack just now, Commander, the Japanese must have mistakenly thought that our attacking troops were working so hard to rescue two intersecting troops!"
"Then the little devil took advantage of the situation and laid siege to us for reinforcements. While killing our interspersed troops, he also consumed a large number of our attacking troops, killing two birds with one stone!"
"Then let's give the little devil another trick!" Wang Ping's face suddenly became serious.
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