Three armored vehicles and three armed cars lined up in a cone shape and charged towards them in a mighty manner.
The captain stood on the top of the city and could vaguely see some figures hiding behind the chariot, approaching the city wall with the chariot.
"The armored vehicles cover the infantry as they approach the city wall, then use explosives to destroy the wall and rush into the city!" the captain muttered to himself with a sullen face, his face getting increasingly ugly.
Because the scene he least wanted to see was happening.
He turned around and shouted to his subordinates: "The artillery fires now to slow down the attack speed of the armored vehicles."
"All the infantry went up to the city wall and stopped the advancing Eighth Route Army at all costs. We must not let them get close to the city wall."
"Get through to the brigade headquarters. I want to have a phone call with the brigade commander in person and request artillery support."
"We have too few artillery to stop the tank attack. Only the mountain artillery and heavy artillery in the hands of the brigade commander can destroy the tank and kill the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops to avoid future troubles."
At the Japanese brigade headquarters, the brigade commander's face turned red with anger before he even put down the phone.
The deputy chief of staff stood aside, because he didn't know what was said on the phone, so he could only worry.
Seeing the brigade commander put down the phone, he quickly asked: "General, what happened!"
"The Eighth Route Army is storming Baoding from the west gate. Mountain artillery, large-caliber mortars, armored vehicles, and anti-aircraft machine guns are all being used." The brigade leader suppressed the anger welling up in his heart and said with clenched fists.
"The garrison in the west of the city has mobilized all its troops to the top of the city to prevent the Eighth Route Army from approaching the city wall."
"The troops suffered heavy losses and called me for help, especially artillery support."
"They still have four mortars, which can't stop the tank assault. I hope we can send out mountain artillery to support them."
After saying this, the brigade commander's face became more serious than ever before, and he looked at the deputy chief of staff's order: "Order the artillery positions in the west of the city to fully cooperate with the garrison in the west to repel the Eighth Route Army's attack."
"Draw out two infantry squadrons from the reserve to reinforce the west of the city at any time."
"I also want to send a telegram to the front army headquarters: The garrison is stronger than we thought. The troops have suffered heavy losses and are in urgent need of reinforcements. The Yixian garrison must immediately send troops to help us defend the city."
At four o'clock in the morning, Chen Fusheng, commander of the Yixian Security Brigade, was awakened from his sleep by the chief of staff.
"Brigade, we just received an order from Captain Nakata of the security team, asking us to immediately assemble two security regiments and join them to reinforce Baoding!"
"Baoding!"
Chen Fusheng asked in confusion: "If I remember correctly, there is an entire mixed brigade stationed in Baoding. Even if the Eighth Route Army dispatches a main division, they will not be able to take advantage there. What reinforcements do they need?"
"It was the garrison that did it," the chief of staff replied.
"A few days ago, the garrison regiment focused on Baoding City. They first killed two reinforced brigades of the Baoding garrison in a small fight, and then used a trick to get the Japanese to take the initiative, killing more than 2,000 of them, and finally attacked Baoding."
"The enemy situation report from Shangfeng showed that including the southward reinforcements that temporarily entered Baoding, the total number of troops in the city is less than 5,000."
"The garrison that attacked Baoding not only brought thousands of main troops, but also brought chariot troops, cavalry, airborne troops, and heavy artillery troops. It has a particularly strong siege capability."
"It is said that the garrison only launched a strong attack on Baoding, which caused huge pressure and losses to the garrison."
Chen Fusheng took a breath and shouted: "The defense team is already so powerful."
"One regiment can defeat the Japanese and make a brigade complain endlessly, so they have to ask for help from outside?"
The chief of staff replied in a serious tone: "They are indeed very powerful."
"Especially heavy artillery units and chariot units, many of the imperial army don't have them."
"And their infantry is well-equipped and has strong combat effectiveness."
"As far as I know, in the six months before the attack on Baoding, the garrison regiment had been training and preparing for war. The combat effectiveness must have been much improved than before."
Hearing this, Chen Fusheng couldn't help but glance at Xiao Yuan who was standing aside.
I was afraid of Xiao Yuan before. A large part of the reason was that I was worried about the amazing skills of Xiao Yuan and his men, and worried that they would come into my home without knowing it and take my life without anyone noticing.
As for the garrison, although I think they are very powerful, they are not powerful enough to easily capture Yixian and kill themselves.
It's different now.
The powerful strength of the garrison revealed in Baoding made him realize that as long as the garrison was willing, they could easily take Yixian and swallow up the garrison brigade on which they relied for survival.
Therefore, the fear of Xiao Yuan now is not only due to the amazing skills of him and his men, but also due to concerns about the strong strength of the garrison.
He frowned and fell into deep thought, hesitating which two troops to send to reinforce Baoding.
At this time, Xiao Yuan suddenly cast a meaningful look.
Although it passed by in a flash, Chen Fusheng still saw it and decisively ordered: "Commander Xiao Yuan, give me the latest statistics on the strength and equipment of the joint regiment. I will wait for you in the office. In ten minutes, I will decide which troops will reinforce Baoding and which ones."
The troops stay in Yi County."
"Yes, guest seat!" Xiao Yuan quickly replied.
Three minutes later, I walked into Chen Fusheng's office. When I closed the door, I heard Chen Fusheng ask: "Captain Xiao, did you know in advance that your regiment was going to attack Baoding!"
Xiao Yuan did not deny it, looked at Chen Fusheng and asked: "Brigade leader, do you think our defense group can win Baoding?"
"Fifty-fifty!" Chen Fusheng gave a conservative answer.
"Although you used tricks to kill a large number of Baoding garrison and made the Baoding garrison moan and groan, the city of Baoding is too strong, and the North China Front Army will definitely rescue Baoding at all costs."
"If your regiment's offensive is strong enough, capture Baoding before reinforcements arrive, and then retreat, then there is still some chance of winning."
"If you can't capture Baoding before the reinforcements arrive, your army will have only one option: retreat. Otherwise, you will be attacked from both sides, losing your wife and losing your troops!"
Chen Fusheng was very confident in his analysis and looked at Xiao Yuan, waiting for him to continue.
Xiao Yuan didn't waste any nonsense and answered bluntly: "Master, I just want to say one thing about this battle: Our garrison never fights an uncertain battle."
"The people who should be most worried about being attacked from both sides are not the garrison, but all the Japanese and puppet troops who are reinforcing Baoding."
"I am certain that there is at least an 80% chance that they will never return."
"You have to know that although our garrison was the only one attacking Baoding, the Eighth Route Army around Baoding is not a vegetarian."
"It may be a little difficult to siege the city, but it is not difficult to defeat the reinforcements."
"So I would like to remind the brigade commander that this reinforcement is likely to be a deal that will cost you both your wife and your troops. You must be cautious when sending troops."
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