At the Laiyuan Independent Battalion Headquarters, He Wenlin, the security director of the garrison, ran in very excitedly.
"Political Commissar, your method worked."
"Report on anti-special agents from the Security Department lurking among new recruits: Japanese and puppet agents' agents lurking in the main force have begun to show up."
"It has been discovered that two spies sent intelligence to the outside world. The content was an illusion deliberately staged by us: In order to defend the position, we gathered all the local troops and guerrillas within the base area here, but the combat effectiveness was very poor and the casualties of the troops were also high.
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"After just repelling one Japanese attack, more than half of the troops defending the position suffered casualties."
"I have arranged for the two spies who emerged to be targeted to death and can be taken down at any time."
"We also sent people to keep an eye on the place where the spies meet. As long as someone goes to get information, we can easily pull the sheep and catch more spies."
This result was within Wang Hong's expectation, and he immediately ordered: "Don't hurry up and close the net now. Keep an eye on all the targets. I'm going to take a long-term approach to catch big fish and send some more false information to the Japanese army."
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After speaking, Wang Hong turned his attention to Hong Linfeng: "Chief of Staff, in the eyes of the Japanese, although we repelled one of their attacks, the casualties of the blocking troops exceeded 60%. I want to know the true situation of the troops, otherwise in my heart
Always in suspense."
Hong Linfeng quickly replied: "The real casualties are less than 40%, and the remaining 20% casualties are staged by the soldiers."
"After arriving at the rear field hospital, the uninjured soldiers immediately changed their clothes and walked back to the battlefield via the path."
"The agents hidden among the new recruits cannot act alone. All they see is the surface, and they will definitely not be able to discover the wounded who have returned to the battlefield."
Forty percent of the casualties were still very high, and the expression on Wang Hong's face gradually became serious.
Hong Linfeng immediately explained: "In order to avoid frightening the Japanese and puppet troops who attacked us and letting them realize that we are the main force, we are not allowed to use mortars and mountain artillery during the battle, and the heavy machine guns can only be used half way, so we have this
Massive casualties.”
"If all these heavy weapons are used, the losses can be reduced by several percent."
"The regiment commander is already on his way back to support us. When it gets dark, we can quickly rush to the battlefield by car. As long as we drag the Japanese and puppet troops until the regiment commander returns, we will definitely annihilate them all."
"We exchange hundreds of casualties for the lives of thousands of puppet troops. We won't lose at all on this deal."
Wang Hong nodded: "Since you, Chief of Staff, are confident, I feel relieved."
On the battlefield of Datong, street fighting continues.
The addition of the brigade commander's security forces made the street fighting more intense, but did not stop the Eighth Route Army's offensive.
There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. There are four main regiments participating in the siege in northwestern Shanxi. The main regiment that just arrived this morning plus 2,000 local troops, the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment and the Laishui Independent Regiment reinforcements, the total strength exceeds 10,000.
The total number of the main force of the Japanese army, armed expatriates, and puppet troops was only over a thousand. An additional one hundred people would have almost zero impact on the war situation.
"Rumble..."
In the dull grenade explosion, several plumes of black smoke rose from the yard not far away.
More than thirty soldiers rushed over with guns in hand. With vigilance and sudden attacks, they entered the courtyard in a few seconds.
In the yard filled with gunpowder smoke, a total of five Japanese soldiers fell to the ground on their backs. Each of them had several wounds on their bodies. The blood that kept pouring out had dyed their uniforms red and they were motionless.
Next to the Japs were a light machine gun and four rifles, which was exactly the firepower configuration of a machine gun team.
"Replenish weapons and ammunition, and then continue moving forward." the platoon leader ordered with a hint of excitement.
When entering the city, there were nearly forty people in the entire platoon, equipped with a light machine gun and more than thirty rifles of various types.
The previous attack had killed and wounded several soldiers, and now there are only 32 left.
Under normal circumstances, if the number of troops is reduced, the combat effectiveness of the troops will definitely become worse.
But the reality is exactly the opposite.
Along the way, they had killed two machine gun groups and several scattered infantry, and the captured light machine guns and rifles were fully equipped with the troops.
Although there are only thirty-two men left in the platoon, they are equipped with three light machine guns and 29 rifles.
These rifles are not the old slides with almost worn rifling.
Either the Zhongquan and Mauser rifles that everyone carefully selected, or the 38-meter cover that was just captured.
The ammunition is even better.
Before the attack, their superiors specially replenished ammunition for them, but except for the machine gunners who had sufficient ammunition, the riflemen only received an average of two grenades and twenty rounds of ammunition each.
After attacking all the way, the ammunition in their hands not only did not decrease, but increased several times.
Each light machine gun is allocated three to four hundred rounds of ammunition, and the rifleman's ammunition also reaches four grenades or grenades, fifty rounds of ammunition...
This kind of firepower and ammunition configuration directly increases the combat effectiveness of the entire platoon.
"Baba..."
Two sounds came from the ruins not far away, and the soldier at the front fell down in response to the sound.
The platoon leader responded quickly: "Hidden cover, there is an enemy thirty meters ahead of us on the left!"
"The first squadron will cover from the front, and the second and third squadrons will outflank and kill them."
The complex terrain and densely packed houses in the city not only provided the Japanese army with a large number of battlefields for street fighting, but also provided the Eighth Route Army with opportunities to covertly engage the enemy.
Nearly twenty soldiers climbed over walls and drilled holes, and soon found their way to the courtyard where the Japanese were hiding.
During the entire assault, he was responsible for covering and keeping an eye on the place, not giving the Japanese a chance to leave the yard.
"Boom boom..."
A minute later, the sound of a grenade explosion came, and then two balls of fire were seen rising in the yard where the enemy was hiding.
After another two minutes, the outflanking troops successfully withdrew, and the rifles in the hands of two more soldiers were replaced by 38-cap guns, and the bullet belts contained more bullets than before.
The Japanese army headquarters and brigade commander were very anxious.
It had been half an hour since I received the telegram from the military headquarters to start the offensive. Not only did the Eighth Route Army's offensive not slow down, but it became more and more fierce.
Although he did not go to the battlefield personally, the gunshots getting closer and closer around him meant that the area controlled by the Japanese army was shrinking.
According to this attack speed, in another two hours, the Eighth Route Army will be able to occupy more than half of Datong, and there is hope of taking Datong in a short time.
At that time, even if they receive news that the base area was attacked, they will not be willing to retreat.
Because no one wants to spit out the fat that has been bitten into their mouths.
Therefore, he still had to find a way to slow down the Eighth Route Army's offensive pace so that when they received the news that the base area was being attacked, they would not see any hope of taking Datong City.
"Why haven't the aviation troops come yet?" The brigade commander pinned his hope on the aircraft that had not yet arrived, because this was the only foreign aid he could call for.
The deputy chief of staff looked at the clock on the wall and replied: "Twenty minutes left!"
The brigade commander ordered with a stern face: "Immediately issue signal smoke grenades to the frontline street fighting troops."
"As soon as the aviation troops arrived, they immediately fired smoke bombs into the areas occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and directed the aviation troops to bomb the Eighth Route Army in the city to block their attack. It would be better if they could be severely damaged."
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