Chapter 1174 The strongest fortress is broken from the inside
The garrison gained too much benefit from the feint attack on Datong.
Prisoners of war, rescued Jinsui Army prisoners, weapons and ammunition captured on the battlefield, as well as bombed artillery and cars... all have to be transported back.
It took five whole nights before Li Hao returned to the Lingqiu garrison headquarters exhausted.
"Captain, you are finally back." Seeing Li Hao, political commissar Wang Hong exclaimed with a sigh of relief.
"If you don't come back, the three independent battalion commanders will go to the front line to look for you."
Li Hao thought something had gone wrong in the base area. In order not to affect his ability to direct operations on the front line, the political commissar had deliberately concealed something. He immediately frowned and asked quickly: "Something happened in the base area?"
"That's a good thing!" Wang Hong replied.
After hearing these three words, Li Hao's frown suddenly relaxed and he replied with a long breath: "Political commissar, you scared me to death. I thought there was something wrong with the base area."
Wang Hong quickly replied: "The situation is like this. While the main force of the regiment was pretending to attack Datong, the Japanese and puppet troops in Laiyuan, Guangling, and Yu County made many attacks. They wanted to take advantage of the lack of troops in the base area to cause trouble and affect the main force's operations."
"As a result, all these attacking troops got into the pockets prepared in advance by three independent battalions, and the entire army was destroyed."
As the political commissar spoke, he pulled out a list and continued to report: "I have a statistics here."
"The Japanese and puppet troops in Yu County came out of two troops, and Huang Sheng killed nearly 500 of them, most of them little Japs."
"The Japanese puppet troops in Guangling also fought out two troops, and Zhang Yun killed nearly 600 of them."
"The biggest result was the Laiyuan Independent Battalion. The Japanese and puppet troops killed three troops at the same time. A total of more than 700 Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out."
"Insider reports indicate that there are only 1,100 Japanese and puppet troops left in Yu County, among whom there are only more than 400 real Japs, and the rest are all puppet troops."
"During the siege, Huang Sheng not only consumed the ammunition of the Japanese and puppet troops and destroyed two of their attacking troops, but also sent people into the city to contact the puppet troops inside."
"There was a puppet company commander who was dragged to the side of our Eighth Route Army. He secretly worked for the Japs, but he was actually a member of our Eighth Route Army."
"After nearly two months of hard work and with the cooperation of the company commander, Huang Sheng has completely taken control of the company and can revolt on the battlefield at any time."
"The Japanese and puppet troops were insufficient in strength, and they had their own people in the city to cooperate with the fight. In addition, the Japanese had limited ammunition, so Huang Sheng had the idea of taking Yu County."
"At that time, the main force of the regiment was pretending to attack Datong. The risk of conducting a two-sided battle was too great, so I never agreed to their attack on Yu County."
"Now that the battle in the direction of Datong is over, and you are back, commander, you decide whether we can attack Yu County."
"There are still 1,300 Japanese and puppet troops in Guangling County, and there are more than 500 real Japs."
"Zhang Yun and Battalion Commander Zhang also tried their best to instigate many puppet troops, including platoon commanders and company commanders, and secretly controlled many puppet troops."
"They also clamored to attack Guangling."
"There are still more than 1,400 puppet troops in Laiyuan County where Zhao Wen is in charge. The puppet troops and Japanese soldiers account for half each. It is the strongest garrison force among the three counties."
"He also sent many troops into the city and incited many puppet troops to rebel. He wanted to attack Laiyuan City from both inside and outside."
Li Hao was shocked and exclaimed with a look of amazement: "It seems that the battalion commanders of several independent battalions are very capable, and they actually know how to place their own people in the enemy camp."
“As the old saying goes: the strongest fortresses are breached from within.”
"Since they are ready, the regiment headquarters has no reason to disagree."
"Send them a telegram now and agree to attack."
"In order to ensure that there are no accidents in the siege battle, I added three mortars and three heavy machine guns to each of their independent battalions."
At the independent battalion headquarters outside Yu County, Huang Sheng was like an ant on a hot pot, walking around the room, very anxious.
There are more than one company of Imperial Army soldiers in the city who have agreed to the uprising on the battlefield. The larger the number and the longer the delay, the greater the chance that they will be exposed.
There are also a large number of little Japs stationed in the city, and most of the puppet troops are taking orders from the Japanese army.
Once these puppet troops who have been instigated to rebel are exposed, it will be dangerous, and several months of efforts will be in vain.
"Battal Commander, there's an urgent call from regiment headquarters!" the communications squad leader sitting next to the radio suddenly stood up and reported.
"Has the regiment headquarters agreed to our attack on the county town?" Huang Sheng asked expectantly.
The communications squad leader quickly replied: "The regiment leader agreed to our attack on the county town and also reinforced us with three mortars and three heavy machine guns."
"The equipment and ammunition will be delivered this evening."
"Great!" Huang Sheng almost jumped up with joy and shouted excitedly.
"After waiting for half a month, I finally waited for this moment."
"Pass my order and the troops will act according to the original battle plan. At ten o'clock tonight, all offensive troops will be in place and the attack will be launched in the early morning."
"Contact our action team lurking in the city. After the siege begins, they will move freely and mess up Yu County for me."
"Instructor, you are responsible for contacting the puppet company commander Zhang and figuring out his defense direction. Whether we can enter Yu County in one battle tonight and capture Yu County, his role will be crucial."
For the past month, every time it got dark, the garrison regiment would visit the county seat and use feint attacks to consume the defenders' ammunition.
Today was no exception. As soon as the early morning arrived, gunshots began to ring out outside the city. It was the same as the previous few days, no different.
Maybe it's because this kind of feint attack has become routine, or because the Japanese army wants to ensure the combat effectiveness of its troops.
When they first came under attack, the Japanese and puppet troops were all nervous, and all troops climbed up the city wall and entered their positions to prevent accidents.
A few days later, the Japanese army was obviously not as nervous as they were at the beginning.
The garrison at the top of the city was divided into two, and half of the troops were sent up at a time to fight in turns to ensure the physical strength and combat effectiveness of the troops.
After a few days, the Japanese army became more relaxed.
Only one combat detachment of the Japanese army was left in each direction of the four walls to supervise the battle, and the rest were replaced by the Imperial Alliance Army.
Tonight is no exception.
Zhang Chengshan, commander of the Fourth Company of the Second Battalion of the Imperial Association Army, was Huang Shengce's inverse Imperial Army officer. With his cooperation, the Independent Battalion deployed 20 key elites to the Fourth Company.
In addition to the confidants controlled by Zhang Chengshan, nearly half of the soldiers and all the officers of the Fourth Company were from the independent battalion.
The remaining half of the soldiers are ordinary people, and no one is willing to really sacrifice their life for the Japanese.
As long as the company commander Zhang Chengshan gives the order and most of the officers and soldiers rise up on the battlefield, they will definitely follow him to fight the Japanese.
"Da da da...bah..."
Various gunshots kept ringing on the top of the city. It was the Fourth Company of the Imperial Association Army firing into the sky.
The Eighth Route Army outside the city cooperated very well. The attacking troops always kept a hundred meters away from the city wall and neither continued to attack nor retreat.
Under this situation, the dozen or so Japanese soldiers supervising the battle had no choice.
"There are only the last five minutes!" Zhang Chengshan stood on the tower and said seriously.
But his eyes never left the Japanese leader Cao not far away.
Seeing that he was staring at the battlefield and not paying attention to himself, Zhang Chengshan seized the opportunity and asked Li Quan beside him: "Are you all ready?"
In addition to being a communications soldier of the Fourth Company, Li Quan also has another identity: the deputy platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon of the Yu County Independent Battalion.
The twenty soldiers who entered the Fourth Company of the Imperial Association Army were all from the reconnaissance platoon, and without exception were veterans. Li Quan personally led the team.
As for Li Quan himself, he is an elite among veterans. If not for an injury, he would now be a member of the commando team directly under the regiment.
