It was ten o'clock in the evening and the siege had not yet started.
The offensive position outside the city has been fully formed. Light and heavy machine guns are set up next to each other on the position, with the muzzles pointing directly at the city head.
The trenches behind the machine guns were full of Eighth Route Army figures walking back and forth.
Further away is the Eighth Route Army's artillery position, which includes mortars, infantry artillery and mountain artillery. Their number far exceeds that of the defenders at the top of the city.
At the top of the city east of the city, all the Japanese and puppet troops were tense.
Some people were squatting in the corner with guns in their hands to rest and replenish their strength, some people were lying on the battlements with guns in hand, keeping an eye on the outside of the city to prevent sneak attacks, and some people were kneeling on the ground praying for something... The atmosphere was very tense.
The captain's command position was under the city gate tower. He was nervous and anxious, walking back and forth with his hands behind his back.
After walking around the table again, he asked again: "Is there still no movement from the Eighth Route Army outside the city?"
"No!" the lieutenant squadron leader shook his head and replied.
"Is this strange?" The captain's face was full of confusion.
Then he analyzed with a worried look on his face: "If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would definitely launch an attack as soon as possible after building the blocking position."
"We have aircraft reinforcements during the day. They have no way to attack and can only use the night time to attack the city. Now that the offensive position has been repaired, if the attack is delayed by one minute, the Eighth Route Army will have one minute less time to attack the city tonight."
"They must understand this truth, but they just don't attack. Is there some conspiracy behind it?"
The captain of the lieutenant squadron shook his head and replied with a frown: "Even a low-ranking official can't understand what they are thinking."
"But as long as we are prepared, we can defend the city even if they have a conspiracy."
The captain nodded in acquiescence, then stared at the squadron leader and asked: "Have the reinforcements just sent by the headquarters been arranged?"
"The general is right. After the siege begins, we must concentrate all our efforts to repel the first round of the Eighth Route Army's attack, and we must fight beautifully."
"Not only can it improve the morale of the troops, but it can also severely damage the offensive spirit of the Eighth Route Army, killing two birds with one stone."
The squadron leader was very satisfied with his arrangement. He looked at the battalion leader and replied confidently: "All the police supporting us are under the management of the Imperial Association Army. One Imperial Army soldier keeps an eye on each policeman to ensure that they do not have chaos on the battlefield."
"The armed foreigners specifically keep an eye on the Imperial Army and the police and are responsible for supervising the battle, thus freeing up more Imperial troops to participate in the frontal blocking battle."
The captain was indeed very satisfied with this arrangement and couldn't help but nodded: "That's it!"
"Except for the security troops, everyone in the army should take the time to rest!"
"Although I don't know why the Eighth Route Army didn't attack the city immediately, I am certain of one thing: there will be a fierce battle waiting for us tonight."
The commander of the city defense force only needs to consider how to defend the city without losing it.
The brigade commander within the headquarters cannot.
He not only had to consider the defense of the four city walls at the same time, but also considered whether there were lurking troops of the Eighth Route Army in the city, and whether the Eighth Route Army had other better ways to deal with him...
At this moment, he was also thinking about why the Eighth Route Army had not attacked the city yet, with a worried look on his face.
Just in response to one sentence: After the Eighth Route Army attacked the city, they were afraid that there would be troops that could not stop it; if they did not attack the city, they were worried that they would have other plots!
As long as the danger of great unity is not resolved, his heart will not be able to settle down.
Really unable to figure out the reason, the brigade leader could only place his hope on the intelligence personnel outside the city: "Does the intelligence department have any news?"
"Find out as soon as possible what the Eighth Route Army is doing outside the city? It's so strange that they surrounded Datong but didn't attack. We must find out what medicine they are selling in their gourds?"
A communications staff officer came over ten minutes later and reported: "General, the latest information just came from outside the city!"
"The Eighth Route Army is collecting cars from various battlefields and then gathering them to the east of the city. The purpose is unknown!"
"Are they planning to attack the city with cars?" a staff officer suddenly shouted.
Seeing everyone staring with surprised expressions, the staff officer thought he had said something wrong and quickly shut up.
The brigade commander also had this idea in his mind. He stared at the staff officer who just spoke and asked, "Why do you have this idea?"
The staff officer quickly replied: "I have studied more than a dozen battles fought by the garrison, and one of them used cars."
"They loaded a large number of explosives in the carriage, covered it with sandbags for protection, and then drove the car into the city wall."
"More than a thousand kilograms of explosives exploded at the same time, eventually creating a gap in the city wall."
"In addition, cars can also be used as mobile bunkers for attacking troops."
"Rush to the middle of the city wall and the Eighth Route Army's offensive position. Even if it is destroyed by us, the Eighth Route Army can still hide behind and launch an attack on Datong, shortening the attack distance and reducing casualties."
The thoughts in the brigade commander's mind slowly formed a clear operational idea.
Then it's like showing a movie, turning what you think into pictures, and one scene after another appears in front of your eyes.
After the attack began, dozens of cars wrapped in sandbags rushed out of the offensive position at the same time.
The defenders at the top of the city tried their best to block the attack, firing out artillery shells and bullets for free.
But due to insufficient firepower, it is certainly not possible to stop dozens of cars at once.
In just two or three minutes, dozens of cars would be all over the Eighth Route Army's offensive road.
Because the car was filled with sandbags, even if the city defense troops used artillery shells to completely destroy the car, the wreckage and piled up sandbags would still become a bunker, covering the Eighth Route Army commandos as they approached the city wall step by step.
If the city defenders are too unlucky and fail to destroy all the cars within the specified time, some cars may actually hit the city wall.
If there were really explosives in the carriage, a hole would be blown open in the city wall.
The Eighth Route Army can rush all the way into Datong from the gap, and then the Datong defense line that they have worked so hard to lay out will be over...
The more the brigade commander thought about it, the more solemn his expression became, and he was very sure that the Eighth Route Army would attack like this. Otherwise, if the war was imminent and they were not ready to attack, why would they go to the rear to collect so many cars?
It was completely unexpected that these cars were used by the garrison for retreat.
He quickly ordered: "Since all these cars are concentrated in the east of the city, the east of the city must be the main attack direction of the Eighth Route Army."
"It is difficult for ordinary infantry to directly destroy a car wrapped in sandbags, unless they use artillery."
"Order the south, west, and north of the city to each deploy five mortars to reinforce the east of the city."
"If the Eighth Route Army really uses cars to attack the city, all artillery should be fired to destroy them in the shortest possible time. The cars must not be allowed to get close to the city wall."
"Also, the arsenal has stocked several anti-aircraft machine guns and sent them all to the defenders in the east of the city."
"The Eighth Route Army can use them to destroy our armored vehicles, and we can also use them to intercept the vehicles and retaliate in kind."
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