At the Japanese division headquarters in Datong City, as night fell, the atmosphere in the headquarters gradually became serious.
Because in three hours, their counterattack will begin.
The chief of staff stood next to the sand table, sorting out the counterattack plan he had drawn up over and over again, checking for omissions and filling in the gaps.
The division commander stood aside and listened, with a smile sometimes appearing on his serious face, and sometimes frowning...
"Jingle Bell……"
The rapid ringing of the phone suddenly rang, bringing the two people back to reality from their meditation.
The communications staff officer picked up the phone and listened for less than half a minute before frowning. Then he covered the phone and reported: "Sir, the city defense force reported that the Jinsui Army outside the city has signs of retreat."
"Could it be that they already knew that the imperial army was going to counterattack tonight and decided to retreat early?" the chief of staff analyzed.
The division commander frowned and replied: "It's very possible!"
"If the Jinsui Army retreats early, our counterattack must also advance. We should take advantage of the Jinsui Army's retreat to break out of Datong City, catch them by surprise, chase them, and turn the retreat into a rout."
The division commander's face became more and more serious, he decisively took over the command of the troops and made an immediate decision.
"Order all attacking troops to prepare for battle."
"Give an order to all the city defense troops to immediately check whether the Jinsui Army outside the city is retreating. The speed must be fast."
Five minutes later, the headquarters' phones rang one after another, and then the communications staff's report reached the division commander's ears.
"Report to Chief: The East Gate garrison reports that the Jinsui Army is showing signs of retreat!"
"Sir, the troops stationed at the south gate reported that the Jinsui Army is retreating in an orderly manner. They asked the troops whether they want to fight out."
"Sir, our reconnaissance force lurking outside the city reported that the Jinsui Army's supply troops have begun to retreat!"
"No need to report any more!" the division commander suddenly interrupted, and then replied very firmly.
"The Jinsui Army must have known about our counterattack and ordered the artillery to immediately cover the intended target with artillery fire."
"As soon as the cannon fires, the attacking troops immediately rush out, fight quickly, use the fiercest offensive to defeat the Jinsui Army's rear troops, and then hunt down their retreating troops. I want to beat the dogs in the water, intercept at least half of the siege troops, and let them
The Jinsui Army paid the price."
"Boom, boom, boom..." The sound of cannons soon sounded in Datong City.
There were nearly a hundred heavy artillery, mountain field artillery, large-caliber mortars, and ordinary mortars, all roaring at the same time.
Densely packed artillery shells rained down into the offensive positions of the Jinsui Army.
Fire sputtered and smoke filled the air.
Mud, logs, and the Jinsui Army soldiers at the rear were blown up into the sky like toys, flying everywhere.
In the blink of an eye, the outside of Datong City was shrouded in artillery fire.
The city gate that had been closed for several days slowly opened a crack, and then opened wider and wider. The Japanese and puppet soldiers holding rifles rushed out of the city gate like a flood that burst the embankment, and then quickly rushed out, in
Assault formations were formed at the foot of the city wall.
"Da da da……"
The heavy machine guns mounted on the top of the city joined the battle and fired from a commanding position. The bullets flew towards the offensive position as if they were free.
"Kill me..."
The Japanese officer who rushed out of the city drew his command sword, moved the blade with a cold light forward, slashed hard, and shouted an order.
The densely packed Japanese and puppet troops were like wild horses running wild, roaring and charging toward the offensive position.
The artillery shells that had been hitting the offensive position began to extend little by little toward the retreating troops, covering the infantry assault.
The bullets fired from the heavy machine guns flew close to the heads of the attacking troops and flew towards the offensive positions of the Jinsui Army, covering the infantry assault...
In front of the enemy headquarters of the garrison, Hong Linfeng rushed into the headquarters like a wind, shouting as he rushed.
"The fight started!"
"Captain, the commando team reports that the Japs have broken out of Datong City and begun a counterattack."
"Judging from the sound of artillery on the battlefield, the Japanese assembled nearly a hundred artillery pieces to counterattack, and the offensive was unprecedentedly fierce."
Li Hao stood up from the chair and ordered with a serious look: "Let's start taking action too."
"Chief of Staff, send an attack signal immediately and start closing the net."
"Boom boom boom..."
The moment three signal bombs took off and exploded, the heavy artillery battalion opened fire.
The rumbling sound of artillery soon sounded on the Japanese Caoziling defense line.
The Japanese artillery reacted very quickly, and the artillery position that had been quiet just now became lively.
There are artillery to counterattack, to engage in exchanges with the heavy artillery battalion of the garrison regiment, and there are artillery to fire at the garrison regiment's offensive positions to cover the infantry operations...
More than a hundred security guards also became nervous, staring at the surroundings with wide eyes, not letting go of any clues.
"Who is there...ba..."
A Japanese guard sentry shouted, pulling the trigger and shooting a bullet at the suspicious target he found.
There was no movement from the suspicious target, but a figure appeared about ten meters away. He held a light machine gun in his arms and used it as a submachine gun, and fired at them.
"Da da da……"
Amidst the familiar sound of gunfire, seven or eight bullets flew over them in a fan shape.
The shooting distance of less than fifty meters gave the Japanese no chance to react.
The shot rang out and the two sentries fell to the ground.
Then a dozen figures appeared out of the darkness and rushed toward the artillery position to launch an assault.
The same gunshots rang out all around the artillery positions, messy and dense.
At the same time, several mortar shells rushed out of the barrel and smashed into the heavy machine gun position of the guard troops with a scream.
Splashing firelight and diffuse smoke instantly enveloped the two heavy machine guns.
And then came the second round of shells…
In less than half a minute, the two heavy machine gun positions were completely silent.
The assault troops also rushed to a position very close to the artillery position, setting up their guns and firing at the remaining Japanese and puppet troops.
"Heavy machine gun fire, suppress the little devil's light machine gun fire!" shouted the commander of the special agent company.
"Grenade shooting, kill the light machine gun on the left..."
"Boom boom..."
After several explosions, the company commander jumped up from the ground like a leopard, held the box cannon and charged forward, shouting as he rushed.
"Comrades, kill me...kill the little Japanese artillery positions..."
A reinforced small group of Japanese troops seemed to be a lot, but the artillery position was too big, with heavy artillery and mountain artillery. After they were all dispersed, there were less than twenty Japs in each direction.
The fire attack killed many people, and the mortars and grenade launchers killed a few more people. The remaining dozen or so Japs were unable to stop the Eighth Route Army, which was charging like wolves and tigers.
As soon as the two armies fought, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were drowned in the torrent formed by the attacking troops of the garrison.
The Japanese were dead, and the remaining puppet soldiers didn't even have the intention to resist. They dropped their rifles, knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, and waited for the Eighth Route Army to kill them and surrender...
