In front of the enemy headquarters of the garrison, various battle reports are continuously collected here.
"Commander, the fifth battalion reports that they have forced the Japanese troops to the top of the city and are continuing to consume their strength through artillery." the combat staff reported excitedly.
Hong Linfeng came over: "Captain, He Jun also sent a battle report. They have used heavy artillery to blast a small gap in the north of the city. Although the city wall has not been completely blown open, it is a good start, and it is still good.
The Japs on top of the city were driven into panic."
"All the Japanese and puppet troops gathered at the top of the city and stopped them from approaching the city wall at all costs."
"As long as the shells we fire hit the city head, there will be results."
Li Hao nodded with satisfaction, but without any next order, he raised his telescope again and looked at the battlefield until a telegram arrived...
"Regiment leader, commando team leader Xiao and deputy leader Luo jointly sent a telegram. All internal response troops are in place and ready for assault." Communications platoon leader Zhou Liang ran over to report.
Li Hao finally put down his telescope, looked at Hong Linfeng and began to give orders: "Chief of Staff, order the heavy artillery battalion and artillery companies of all battalions to participate in the battle, regardless of main attack and assist, regardless of the consumption of artillery shells, blow up the city wall for me, cover
The troops entered Baoding City."
"Reply a telegram to Deputy Commander Luo: The latent unit can start taking action."
"As long as we block the Japanese and puppet troops on top of the city and prevent them from entering the city, I don't care about the other battles. They can fight however they want?"
The reinforcements that the Japanese army had high hopes for did not rest at their garrison.
After receiving the order to reinforce the city, we set off.
This was Shang Fang's sword that was blatantly operating in the city. Neither Xiao Yuan nor Luo Wen wanted to miss it.
There was just one thing that the Japanese army didn't expect.
After the reinforcements arrived near the city head, they did not go directly to the city wall and were divided into two.
The two companies used the large and small street fighting fortifications built by the Japanese army in the city to establish a secret defense line more than 100 meters away from the city.
A company moved toward the Japanese artillery position, intending to kill the gunners inside.
The commando team, the reconnaissance company, and a battalion controlled by Deputy Commander Luo were also not idle.
The commando team and the reconnaissance company went straight to the Japanese brigade headquarters. While Luo Wen commanded the troops to control the remaining Imperial Army, he also monitored the Japanese troops in the reinforcements. Once they showed signs of reinforcements on the battlefield, he would immediately launch an attack to hold them back.
"Rumble..."
When the battlefield was once again shrouded in gunfire, the latent troops took action.
The Japanese artillery position at the North Gate, consisting of two heavy artillery pieces, four mountain field guns, and four mortars, were firing with all their strength outside the city to suppress the Eighth Route Army's siege artillery fire.
The rumbling sound of artillery became the best cover for the lurking troops to approach the artillery position.
The Japanese army was very careless and only arranged a dozen riflemen to guard the Noda artillery position.
The others all gathered around the artillery, cleaning the barrels and moving shells, and they were very busy.
"Rumble..."
Two heavy guns fired one after another. The lurking troops were at least two hundred meters away from the guns, and their ears were still ringing from the sound of the guns.
At the same time, the riflemen with the best marksmanship in the company pulled the triggers.
The sound of gunfire was completely suppressed by the sound of artillery and did not attract anyone's attention.
The three Japs guard posts gathered together, their eyes widened at the same time, looking at the bloody holes punched in themselves and their comrades, their faces full of shock.
They opened their mouths to speak, but the bullets inflicted fatal wounds on them, and each of them received two bullets. Their vitality was like a waterfall, disappearing quickly, and they fell to the ground with a plop, until they died.
I didn't have time to shout out a word...
The company commander who led the team was very satisfied with the result and waved his hand to order: "Let's kill it..."
After crossing the guard post, the artillery position was completely exposed to the lurking troops.
More than a hundred gunners were busy around the cannon, and no one realized that they were in danger.
"Go over and kill all the Japanese..." the leading company commander ordered excitedly.
"Da da da……"
Before he finished speaking, the six light machine guns equipped in the company rang out, and the soldiers rushed towards the artillery position like hungry wolves...
At the Japanese brigade headquarters, the relaxed atmosphere more than half an hour ago became oppressive again.
The garrison was too fierce and used heavy artillery to bombard the city wall. This not only put great pressure on the city wall defenders, but also put great pressure on the brigade commander.
"General, report from the north of the city. A small gap has been opened in the city wall by the Eighth Route Army. Our artillery force is no match for the Eighth Route Army. It has completely lost its combat effectiveness. The city defense force can only be passively bombed." A communications staff officer put down the phone and ran over to report.
"Where are the reinforcements? Why haven't they arrived yet?" the brigade commander asked with a stern face.
"There are nearly 2,000 Imperial Army soldiers in the city before dark, almost full strength. I sent a battalion to the north of the city. Even if I use my life to fill it, more than 300 soldiers can block the gap."
The communications staff officer immediately received the order: "I will send someone to contact the reinforcements now and urge them to rush to the battlefield to join the battle."
The two Japanese messengers rushed out of the headquarters one after the other and ran along the street towards the north of the city.
As soon as I turned into the first alley that I had to pass through, five or six soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army suddenly came out of the yard next to me.
The ordering soldiers were stunned for a moment, but they were not too alert. They subconsciously mistook them for the Imperial Alliance Army that had just entered the city in the afternoon and were taking advantage of the chaos.
Just as they were about to scold them as superiors, several Imperial Army soldiers rushed towards them.
Until this moment, the two messengers still did not realize the danger. The leading soldier was the most interesting. Before he died, he pointed at several puppet soldiers and cursed loudly: "Bageya Road, where are you from? You are actually in the city."
Robbery, damn it..."
"Chichi..."
The sharp bayonet on the front of the rifle didn't care about this and pierced the bodies of the two messengers without hesitation.
Even to their death, they didn't even think about why the Imperial Alliance Army, which usually didn't dare to take a breath in front of them, was so bold today and even dared to kill the Imperial Army. Aren't they afraid of the Imperial Army's revenge?
No one solved their doubts.
The two messengers slowly closed their eyes and finally turned into corpses.
"Drag them into the yard, we will continue to wait here..." the leading "puppet army" ordered.
"You two go and cut off the telephone line connecting the headquarters to the north of the city, try to catch a few more fish here, and weaken the defensive forces inside the headquarters as much as possible."
The communications staff of the brigade headquarters once again faced the artillery brigade commander and reported hesitantly: "General, our telephone contact with the garrison in the north of the city has been cut off!"
"It should have been done by intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the city."
The brigade commander punched the table and ordered through gritted teeth: "What does the intelligence department do? This is a critical moment for our survival. There must be no problem with the telephone contact between the headquarters and the front-line troops."
"I don't care what method they use, they must dig out these intelligence officers for me."
"The communications department immediately sent people to check the phone lines and reconnect the phone lines of the garrison in the north of the city as soon as possible."
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