The deputy chief of staff stood by and grabbed the microphone: "Moxi Moxi...this is the brigade headquarters, which unit are you from?"
After holding the microphone and listening for less than half a minute, the deputy chief of staff's face changed and became more solemn. He put down the microphone and hurriedly reported.
"General, the garrison in the south of the city reported that the garrison has broken through six of their defense lines in a row. The two counterattacks were also neutralized by the garrison's offensive troops. The counterattack force was completely destroyed. Now they have the last two lines of defense left, and there are less than three troops left.
Hundreds of people."
"This is impossible!" The brigade leader was very confident in his arrangements for tonight, so he rejected it without hesitation.
After finishing speaking, I didn't forget to tell my reasons and analyzed it to myself.
"When facing each other with bayonets, three Eighth Route Army troops are not necessarily the opponent of one imperial army. As long as the two armies fight together in close combat, the imperial army will win."
"Taking a step back, even if they can't win, they can still severely damage the attacking troops of the garrison and destroy their offensive spirit."
"In just a short period of time, six lines of defense were lost, and the defense group also disrupted two counterattacks."
"Even if the counterattack force consists of hundreds of pigs, it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to wipe them out in such a short time."
"It must be that the garrison in the south of the city failed to implement the orders of the brigade headquarters and failed to make good use of the defensive depth they worked so hard to build."
"Ding ring ring..." The familiar phone rang again, and it was the deputy chief of staff who answered the phone himself.
Putting down the microphone, the deputy chief of staff's face was obviously more solemn than before.
He took a deep breath and reported: "Sir, the garrison in the north of the city is finished."
"The garrison was so cunning that they even equipped the attacking troops with pistols and a large number of submachine gunners to participate in the attack."
"After the melee started, the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army didn't even have a chance to get close to them. They were directly killed by them with pistols and submachine guns."
"I understand. The reason why the garrison team disintegrated our counterattack so quickly was because they relied on pistols. They used pistols to defeat the imperial army's specialty of stabbing and destroying the imperial army's counterattack force."
When he heard the word "pistol", two words came to the brigade commander's mind: "It's over..."
A battle scene that I had never thought of appeared in my mind.
On the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army soldiers were armed with pistols and submachine guns. They were not afraid of the imperial army and the imperial association army who had superior strength, and they shot at them when they faced them.
Amidst the chaotic gunfire, the imperial army armed with rifles was hit by bullets flying towards them before they could show off their assassination skills.
He screamed, with a face full of unwillingness, and fell heavily to the ground.
At this time, the brigade leader also showed an expression of despair in his eyes, and then he slumped down on his chair and stared at the sand table intently.
It took a full two minutes before he raised his head, then braced himself and gave the order: "Notify all the garrison troops in the city to strengthen their alert and prepare for battle.
"After the garrison takes over the defense line outside the city, it is likely to pursue the victory and continue to attack Laiyuan City."
"Since we can't block the garrison's troops outside the city, let's treat Laiyuan City as the tomb of the garrison."
The deputy chief of staff asked: "General, how do you plan to fight?"
"Fight a street fight with the garrison!" the brigade leader replied murderously.
"The garrison is equipped with heavy artillery. If we defend the city, no matter how many troops we have, we will be blown up."
"Only by putting the garrison into Laiyuan City and engaging in street fighting with them will their heavy artillery become ineffective."
"Moreover, when fighting in the street, the enemy is in the light and we are in the dark. Even if the offensive troops of the garrison are equipped with a pistol suitable for close combat, they will not be able to use it in the complex terrain of Laiyuan City."
"In addition, the remaining troops in the city are almost all imperial troops, and they have an absolute advantage in strength. I believe they will be able to use street fighting to consume a large number of the attacking troops of the garrison."
"In a word, even if the entire mixed brigade is destroyed, the garrison will still be buried with us."
The atmosphere at the enemy headquarters in front of the garrison was very relaxed, and everyone had smiles on their faces.
On the battlefield, the dense gunfire became increasingly sparse and finally disappeared completely.
All attacking forces are cleaning the battlefield and then summarizing losses and results to the headquarters.
"The statistics are over..." Hong Linfeng shouted excitedly.
"Captain, we have won this battle completely."
"With the exception of the four main regiments of the Imperial Association Army and the Japanese infantry brigade, less than 500 people escaped from our pursuit and fled into Laiyuan City. All other Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out by us. In addition, we also captured 1,586 puppet troops."
"The damage is completely within our estimate."
"The heavy artillery battalion used 654 artillery shells, and the torpedo cannon used 220 torpedo cannon shells. The four main battalions lost 386 people, and 153 people were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness."
"It's three o'clock in the morning, and there are still three hours before dawn. I suggest that the troops take advantage of the victory and pursue it, and kill directly towards Laiyuan City."
"We have heavy artillery, and the Japanese will definitely not defend the city."
"As long as we are fast enough, we will be able to capture the city before dawn and compress the Japanese into the city to fight with us in the streets."
"We are more familiar with the terrain in Laiyuan City than the little devils. If we fight in a street fight, we will definitely win."
Li Hao was noncommittal: "We will definitely win, but if we rush in like this, have you ever thought about the casualties of the troops?"
"Compared with Laiyuan City, we are more familiar with the terrain of Lingqiu, but what is the result? The two main battalions that participated in the battle suffered nearly 500 casualties before they were able to take it down and kill the little Japs inside."
"There are still more than 6,000 puppet troops in Laiyuan City, most of them are little Japs. If you don't have a careful plan and find a way to kill some of them, how many people do you plan to lose fighting street fights with them."
"The losses just now plus our losses in Lingqiu have exceeded 1,000 people. If we lose another battalion, the number of troops that the garrison can still fight will be less than 2,000. If all the troops are used up for Laiyuan City, then what will happen?
We might as well not fight this battle."
Hong Linfeng frowned and asked, "Then we won't fight Laiyuan City?"
"We will definitely fight!" Li Hao answered this question very firmly, leaving no room for negotiation.
"But we have to find a way to kill more than 3,000 Japanese and puppet troops before we can enter the city and engage in street fighting and capture Laiyuan City."
"This is impossible!" Hong Linfeng objected without hesitation.
"The Japs have already lost nearly 5,000 people outside the city. Every meal makes you wiser. Even if their brigade leader is a fool, he cannot make the same mistake twice on the same issue."
"Captain, I think the idea of killing another three thousand puppet troops is simply unrealistic."
"It's really impossible outside the city." Li Hao replied.
Then he changed the subject and continued: "So this time I chose the battlefield within the city."
"Strive to kill the three thousand Japanese and puppet troops in Laiyuan City without spending a single soldier, and then attack Laiyuan City and engage in street fighting with the Japanese and puppet troops."
"This is even more impossible!" Hong Linfeng showed an expression of disbelief.
"Laiyuan City is in the hands of the little devils. It's difficult for us to even enter the city. How can we possibly eat 3,000 of their people in one go and not waste a single soldier!"
"This is simply a daydream. It is impossible to do. Captain, please don't be impulsive."