The level of shock in my heart was no less than when I heard someone attacking Datong City just now.
He quickly stopped, turned around and looked at the chief of staff and asked: "What did you just say? Say it again? Who is attacking Datong City?"
"It was the garrison that attacked Datong City, not the Jinsui Army!" The chief of staff was already prepared to be scolded and affirmed in the eyes of the army commander.
"This is impossible?" The army commander was dumbfounded.
"Didn't they say a few days ago that the garrison regiment had lost its troops and that the troops were all new recruits with poor combat effectiveness and no offensive capabilities? How long has it been since then and they actually attacked Datong City? Are you kidding me?"
The military commander also felt like he was being slapped in the face. If there was a crack in the ground under his feet, he would immediately crawl into it in shame.
The chief of staff lowered his head and didn't know how to communicate.
The commander could only stride forward, very anxious, and then gave the order with the last glimmer of hope.
"Go to the war room. I want to have a phone call with the Datong garrison commander in person. I still don't believe that it was the garrison that attacked Datong!"
From the headquarters of the Datong Brigade, the Chief of Staff for the battle out of the city finally has news.
A second lieutenant took a small path to bypass the blocking position arranged by Wang Xin and returned to Datong City. When he entered the city, he was taken to the headquarters.
"General, the Chief of Staff has died in battle!" The second lieutenant lowered his head and reported the bad news to the brigade commander.
"After we failed to attack the heavy artillery position, we were attacked by cavalry. I personally saw the chief of staff being chased by more than a dozen cavalry and then hacked to death with a saber!"
The brigade leader clenched his fists, and his lips were almost bitten by his teeth because of his anger.
Staring at the second lieutenant, he asked: "Where are the troops? How are the troops led by the chief of staff out of the city? Are there any other troops who have escaped and are retreating to Datong with you?"
The brigade commander himself had no hope when asked this question, but the chief of staff brought out too many troops, accounting for half of the Datong garrison. Even if only one infantry squadron returned, it was a new force that should not be underestimated.
The second lieutenant lowered his head and did not dare to look into the eyes of the brigade commander. He thought for a while and replied: "The Eighth Route Army is too cunning."
"First we set up a pocket formation at Chentouling, and then we arranged the artillery position into an iron plate, where we were beaten to a bloody head. Intercepting troops were even deployed on our way back to Datong."
"After the failure of the assault on the heavy artillery position, only one squadron of the Imperial Army successfully escaped the cavalry pursuit."
"Most of them were stopped on the road by the Eighth Route Army. Only a few of them, like Beizhi, escaped through the battlefield and returned here."
The brigade leader's hopes were dashed, but he was a grumpy man who refused to admit defeat.
He quickly adjusted his depressed mood and stared at the second lieutenant and continued to ask.
"You are the highest-ranking military officer in the attacking force who has returned to Datong. I want you to report in detail all the encounters that the troops encountered after leaving the city."
"It's so embarrassing. Since the war started, more than 4,000 people have been lost. We don't even know the specific identity and strength of our opponent."
"You are the only one who knows the strength of the Eighth Route Army outside the city. Report it now."
The second lieutenant was relieved and reported quickly.
When talking about the Chen Touling ambush battle, the brigade commander's expression showed a slight fluctuation and he suddenly interrupted.
"I have an impression of the Chen Touling ambush battle method. It seems that some troops have used it."
The deputy chief of staff understood and quickly rummaged through the filing cabinet next to him.
Two minutes later, he came over with two documents and reported: "The general is wise. The garrison regiment has used this method before, and it has been used twice."
"This is a battle report sent to us by the military headquarters: The garrison regiment used this method of fighting and killed at least 5,000 of us in two battles."
After reading this, the brigade commander sighed with emotion: "The chief of staff responded very quickly. If his retreat order had been delayed by five minutes and the troops had not been divided in advance, a Chentouling ambush would have wiped them all out, leaving no chance of a breakout."
"It seems that the one who ambushed the Chief of Staff was the garrison."
After making this judgment, the brigade commander turned his attention to the sand table and the second lieutenant again: "Keep talking!"
The second lieutenant continued to report his experiences outside the city, and soon talked about the heavy artillery battalion.
The brigade commander interrupted again: "You said the Eighth Route Army used anti-aircraft machine guns when defending the heavy artillery battalion."
The second lieutenant was very sure: "This is the judgment of the chief of staff."
"Biji was near him when he was attacked. The chief of staff said that the Eighth Route Army used anti-aircraft machine guns, and then ordered the troops to retreat."
"Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I have seen their power."
"A bullet flying over can penetrate the bodies of three soldiers in a row, leaving two large holes in the front and back of each soldier, as big as a fist. If it hits a limb, it will basically be broken on the spot."
Seeing the brigade commander sullen and deep in thought, the deputy chief of staff next to him suddenly said: "Your Excellency, General, the Eighth Route Army operating in Datong is definitely not equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns."
"We have fought so many battles with them and exchanged fire dozens if not a hundred times. We have never seen them use it."
The brigade commander replied: "Intelligence shows that the Eighth Route Army received a batch of anti-aircraft machine guns two years ago. Only troops at the brigade level and above have the equipment."
"I don't know why, but the garrison is also equipped with more than a dozen guns."
"So these anti-aircraft machine guns appearing in the heavy artillery positions must belong to the garrison."
"The heavy artillery battalion is here, the air defense battalion is here, the cavalry battalion is here, and the ordinary infantry must be here too."
"I am now 100% sure that the Eighth Route Army attacking us is the garrison."
Having said this, a staff officer came over very carefully: "Your Excellency, General, the military headquarters has called. The military commander wants to speak to you personally."
"I'll go over now." the brigade leader replied.
"Just now I was thinking about what evidence to use to convince the army commander that the garrison regiment has arrived in Datong, and then send troops to attack the garrison regiment base area and cooperate with us to defend Datong City."
"Now I have a lot of evidence."
At the Wufeng Town stronghold in the south of Datong City, the mountain artillery is like target practice, destroying a machine gun bunker every ten minutes.
On the road three kilometers away from the battlefield, more than thirty cavalrymen rushed towards the battlefield, preparing to harass the Eighth Route Army on the periphery of the battlefield, leaving them vulnerable to enemies from both sides and reducing the defensive pressure on the stronghold.
"The Wufeng Town stronghold is just ahead. There are still sounds of firefights. The stronghold is still in our hands. Let's speed up and kill them." The cavalry team leader is a lieutenant. He is riding on a war horse, holding the reins with both hands, while rushing.
while shouting.
Suddenly, three flames appeared on the road less than fifty meters ahead, one long and two short, and then dense gunshots rang in my ears.
"Enemy attack...dispersed..."
The team leader reacted quickly and pressed his entire body against the horse's back while shouting.
The bullet flying towards him did not hit him, but it hit his horse.
The pained war horse instantly fell to the ground. Because the inertia caused by the galloping was too great, the war horse rolled twice on the ground before stopping, and then fell into a corpse.
The team leader was lucky. When the horse fell down, he jumped off quickly. Although he was bitten by a dog after the fall, he was not fatally injured.
However, good luck did not always accompany him. As soon as he got up from the ground and was about to hide behind the horse's corpse, a bullet pierced his chest.
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