Seeing his subordinates all looking at him with confused expressions, the brigade leader immediately explained.
"It's eleven o'clock in the evening, and there are only more than six hours left before dawn."
"I just checked my watch and calculated that the Eighth Route Army's feint attack just now took an hour."
"Continue to attack according to this style of attack. After five more feints, it will be four o'clock in the morning, and there will be less than two hours before dawn the next day."
"Do you think the garrison is capable of breaking through the solid fortifications of Datong in two hours? If not, the troops must withdraw after dawn, otherwise they will suffer retaliatory strikes from the aviation force."
"One more thing, don't forget. Tomorrow morning, the troops assembled by the military headquarters will attack the garrison base."
"I don't believe that the garrison would dare to continue attacking us here after learning that the base area was attacked."
"Order the city defense troops to protect themselves from now on and repel the Eighth Route Army's attack at the minimum cost."
"The most important thing for us now is time. The longer the feint attack is delayed, the better it is for us."
"The Eighth Route Army outside the city must not have known that the military headquarters was planning to attack their base area, and then they planned to slowly consume us through feint attacks."
"Then let's just use the trick and have some fun with them. It's best to pretend to attack us all night."
"When the Eighth Route Army receives news of the attack on their base area at dawn, they will definitely be frightened. It will be too late if they try to attack us by force."
At the enemy headquarters in the east of the city, Li Hao stood at the observation port, looking at the battlefield with a calm face.
This is already the third attack by the troops.
In the first two attacks, the main attacking force lost half a company.
If this had happened a year or two ago, Li Hao would have been heartbroken for a long time.
Things are different now. Facing the casualties of half a company, maybe because I am used to it, I am obviously much calmer than before and can treat it with a normal mind.
Because he knows that people will die in war, and no matter how good his tactics are, he cannot guarantee victory with zero casualties.
As for the big battle like this, casualties are even more unavoidable.
As a commander, all you need to do is use your brain to win this battle at the minimum cost.
Even though we lost half a company in the first two attacks, the losses of the Japanese and puppet troops on the city walls were even greater.
Being able to exchange the life of one subordinate for the lives of two enemies in a siege battle is definitely a good business to make a lot of money.
Therefore, Li Hao had no intention of stopping the troops from continuing to attack.
Chief of Staff Zhou suddenly came over: "Comrade Li Hao, I just received news that the next two regiments in northwestern Shanxi have entered the position."
"The commander has re-deployed a regiment and two thousand local troops on their way, and they will be in place before dawn!"
"Should we immediately order the troops to change the feint attack into a general attack?"
Li Hao seemed to fall in love with this style of play, shaking his head and replying: "Wait a little longer, don't be in a hurry."
Seeing the chief's puzzled expression, Li Hao immediately explained: "Chief, what do you think we can control the casualty ratio between us and the enemy in a street fight in the city?"
Chief of Staff Zhou thought for a moment and answered with certainty: "In street fighting, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. And they are waiting for work. Our casualties will definitely be greater than the Japanese!"
Li Hao continued to ask: "What about our current offense?"
This time, Chief of Staff Zhou did not think. He looked at Li Hao and blurted out: "We have the superiority in machine gun fire and artillery fire. The walls defended by the Japanese can block bullets, but not artillery shells. As long as the artillery fire is strong enough, our casualties will be certain."
Smaller than the Japanese and puppet troops.”
At this point, Chief of Staff Zhou suddenly reacted: "I understand."
"You want to use a feint attack to wipe out all the Japanese and puppet troops."
"Once we enter from the east of the city, there won't be many Japanese and puppet troops who can withdraw from the other three walls. The pressure and casualties in street fighting will be reduced."
Li Hao didn't expect the chief to react so quickly.
After being amazed, he quickly replied: "I do think so."
"Anyway, the danger in the base area has been lifted. We have plenty of time and Japanese to waste."
"Instead of fighting them in the city and exchanging lives for lives, it would be better to spend more time and blow them up on the city wall."
"There are no ordinary people there, so the artillery can shoot unscrupulously. Street fighting is not possible. In order to avoid accidentally injuring the ordinary people hiding in the room, they can only fight with light weapons and restrain their hands."
Chief of Staff Zhou immediately agreed: "I agree, but we must control the rhythm."
"No matter how we consume the Japanese, we must enter Datong before dawn."
"If we don't fight in, the news of the attack on the base area will come tomorrow morning, and if we don't retreat, the Japanese will definitely find some clues and change the reinforcement plan."
"At that time, the Japanese and puppet troops attacking your base will retreat in time, and you will lose the opportunity to eat them."
If it weren't for Chief of Staff Zhou's reminder, Li Hao would have really wanted to conduct a feint attack all night.
With a grateful look on his face, he replied: "Thank you, chief. I plan to let the attacking troops make three more feint attacks and attack on time at three o'clock in the morning. It will also give the two regiments that have just arrived on the battlefield a rest."
"At three o'clock, attack from four directions at the same time."
"The Japanese didn't know that we would change the feint attack into a general attack. They would definitely treat this attack as the previous feint attack."
"When they underestimate the enemy, use full firepower and we will definitely hit them hard."
At 2:30 in the morning, the sound of gunfire on the city wall still sounded intermittently.
The Japanese headquarters and brigade commander received all the news that the East Gate repelled the Eighth Route Army’s third attack, the West Gate repelled the Eighth Route Army’s fourth attack, or the South Gate Eighth Route Army launched the fifth attack…
Several staff officers are very busy. No matter which city gate repels the Eighth Route Army attack, they will report the battle damage here as soon as possible.
What they are doing is counting battle losses and reporting them to the brigade commander to let him know the true situation on the battlefield.
The deputy chief of staff stood nearby, and every time he received a battle report, his tense nerves would relax a little.
After taking a look at the watch, I'm happy to report.
"General, this is already the sixth feint attack of the Eighth Route Army. Judging from the battle reports of the city defense troops, they can withstand at least four attacks of the same scale."
"It will be three o'clock in the morning soon. There will be four more feigned attacks and it will be daybreak. The Eighth Route Army attacking us will definitely retreat."
"When they receive news of the attack on their base area, it is possible to withdraw from Datong directly."
The brigade leader nodded, feeling very good: "It seems that my previous judgments were correct."
"As long as nothing happens, Datong City will be safe tonight."
"But we cannot take it lightly and order the city defense troops to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the Eighth Route Army from fishing in troubled waters and rushing to the foot of the city wall when they pretend to attack."
"Order the baggage team to send them another batch of flares to ensure there are no defense holes on the battlefield."
"The reserve team should seize the time to rest and recuperate. Maybe we can fight a counterattack by the Eighth Route Army after dawn."
Datong City is defended, and his own safety is no longer a problem. The deputy chief of staff is obviously more energetic in carrying out his mission than before.
Looking at the brigade commander's face, he replied with admiration: "The general is wise and humble, so go and give the order now."
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