"Bageya Road, the cunning Tubal Road, why do you want to attack Taiyuan instead of other cities!" Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help complaining, having suppressed his anger.
At this moment, the chief of staff suddenly broke in, with a solemn look on his face, and then reported in a serious tone.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Eighth Route Army's offensive was too fierce. All the attacking troops from four directions rushed outside the city. All the defenders we deployed in the gun towers and checkpoints outside the city were killed!"
"How could it be so fast!" Yoshio Shinozuka immediately reacted from his anger.
"According to my inference, the defenders outside the city can hold off the Eighth Route Army for at least two hours, or even longer. It has only been an hour and a half for the Eighth Route Army to reach the gates of Taiyuan City. What are they doing!"
"Also, how did the Eighth Route Army do it? Is it possible that the Eighth Route Army that attacked us is particularly powerful!"
"No!" the chief of staff quickly shook his head in denial.
"The soldiers fought very bravely. None of the imperial troops we deployed outside the city were deserters. However, the offensive firepower of Tubal Road was too strong, which completely overturned our understanding of the Eighth Route Army. As long as we encountered the strong fortifications and gun towers of the imperial army,
Just blast it with artillery!”
Seeing that Yoshio Shinozuka's face was getting heavier and heavier, as if he was on the verge of anger, Major General Tanaka changed the subject and quickly reported a piece of good news.
"However, Commander, don't worry too much!"
"Although the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was powerful, it did not have much effect in front of Taiyuan City's solid fortifications."
"Now they have been blocked on the line of the city wall. No matter how fierce their artillery fire is, the city wall will not stop in front of them. And because the city defenses are very strong, the losses of our defensive troops deployed on the battlefield are very small!"
"This is a humble position: As long as the Eighth Route Army has no new tactics and tactics, we can hold on until dawn by relying closely on the fortifications in the outer city!"
"Yoshi!" Yoshio Shinozuka's heavy face finally looked better.
He frowned and ordered: "Chief of Staff, open the Taiyuan City arsenal and try to strengthen the defenders' blocking firepower!"
"Send a telegram to the reinforcements we sent out, get rid of contact with the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, return to Taiyuan City, and attack them from the back of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Call back to the Front Army Headquarters: Our First Army is confident of defending Taiyuan City. If possible, the Eighth Route Army attacking Taiyuan City will be gathered and annihilated outside Taiyuan City. However, we hope that the Front Army will cooperate and contact the surrounding Army Air Forces. As long as conditions permit, we will immediately
Send out aviation to reinforce various battlefields and bomb attack our Eighth Route Army troops!"
"Comrades, charge with me!" Outside the north gate of Taiyuan City where the guard regiment was attacking, more than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops, under the command of the company commander, rushed towards the city gate with guns in hand. It didn't take long before they rushed to the city gate.
Less than two hundred meters away.
The Japanese major who was hiding in the city fortifications was startled at first and then reacted quickly.
"Bageya Road, this must be a death squad sent by the Eighth Route Army. Under the cover of artillery fire, fight to the city gate, and then use explosive packets to blow up the city wall!"
"The troops immediately entered the position and fired back. They must be blocked no matter what, and they must not be allowed to get close to the city wall!"
Amid the screams and curses of the Japanese, twice the number of Imperial Army troops rushed toward the city with rifles, light machine guns, and heavy machine guns.
Because the Japanese and puppet troops who were hiding in the fortifications had almost no casualties, the casualties suddenly began to increase sharply.
As soon as many people rushed to the top of the city, they were blown up by cannonballs falling from the sky.
In particular, the thunder cannon shells, which were as powerful as heavy artillery, were smashed down by an explosive pack and exploded. All the Imperial Alliance troops and Japanese soldiers within a radius of 20 meters were blown away, leaving no one alive.
Soon, the Japanese Major realized something was wrong. "Baghe Road, we were fooled. The Eighth Route Army did not attack at all!"
"They are conducting a tentative attack to expose all our troops and firepower, and then use shelling to consume us in large numbers!"
"How about we let the troops go back again and attack our artillery with at least one mortar battery, one mountain artillery battery, and one thunder artillery battery! In less than a minute, we lost nearly a hundred people!" the adjutant reminded with a frown.
road!
"No! You can't retreat!" the major refused decisively.
"No one knows which attack of the Eighth Route Army is real. If we miss it, it will take less than 20 seconds for Tuba Road to rush to the foot of the city wall at 200 meters. By then, we will not be able to win even if we want to counterattack!
"Let the troops disperse as much as possible to reduce the damage caused by artillery shells to us!"
"Also, take half of the troops to leave the city, return to the fortifications to avoid artillery fire, and serve as reserves. They will not attack until the losses of the troops on the city are almost the same!"
From the First Army Headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka has been standing in front of the sand table for almost half an hour.
Taiyuan, Yangquan, Shouyang... the battles in more than a dozen counties and cities are clearly marked on the sand table.
Although the trends between the enemy and ourselves on the sand table continued to change, Yoshio Shinozuka was not happy at all and was very disappointed.
The Eighth Route Army attacked the county town and reinforcements as if they were crazy, clinging to them regardless of casualties or ammunition consumption.
It had been more than half an hour since he issued the order to return reinforcements, and the three reinforcements had only gone less than a kilometer in their desperate assault back.
As for the troops drawn from other surrounding counties, they didn't even have the chance to leave the city.
Once they decide to leave the city rashly, the defensive battle will turn into a defeat battle. Not only will they not be able to reinforce Taiyuan City, but they themselves will be wiped out in the night battle that the Eighth Route Army is good at.
After the telegram was delivered to Yoshio Shinozuka, although Yoshio Shinozuka was very reluctant, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, he could only order the troops to continue to hold on!
"Baga, is this still the Tubal Road we know? Are they really determined to capture Taiyuan City even if they fight our First Army in a decisive battle?" Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help but couldn't understand the battle more and more.
shouted.
In the view of Yoshio Shinozuka, the Eighth Route Army has always been unwilling to engage in a head-on confrontation with the Imperial Army. In the words of the headquarters, the Eighth Route Army still needs to recharge its batteries and must be strong enough to protect itself and attack outwards.
Only then can we launch a counterattack and conduct a local decisive battle.
However, the abnormal behavior of the Eighth Route Army in front of him made him a little confused!
At this moment, a staff officer suddenly broke in.
"Sir, the city defense troops reported that the Eighth Route Army that attacked us began to attack us. They continued to bombard us while they were attacking. They were completely desperate and the troops suffered heavy casualties!"
"Nani?" Before Yoshio Shinozuka could speak, the chief of staff had already taken the lead and asked him, staring at him.
"How big are the casualties and how long can the outer city defense line last? I want specific information!"
"Hi, I'll contact you immediately!" the combat staff officer immediately replied, not wanting to stay here for a second longer!
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