People kept leaving the brigade headquarters, either to check the intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the city, or to check the telephone lines, while others were going to contact the reinforcements...
Without exception, these Japs all left the headquarters and never returned.
In just over half an hour, the brigade headquarters was missing nearly a hundred people.
This is so abnormal.
The deputy chief of staff assists the brigade commander in managing the headquarters and is familiar with everyone here.
Seeing many familiar faces disappear and never come back, I immediately realized something was wrong, and quickly found the brigade leader, frowning and analyzing.
"General, if I remember correctly, since half an hour ago, no one has entered the brigade headquarters, and not a single phone call has come in. There must be an enemy ambushing outside the headquarters, and they want to completely cut off our communication with the front line.
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"Are you saying that starting half an hour ago, no one at the brigade headquarters can come in or out?" the brigade leader asked with a stern face.
"Hi!" the deputy chief of staff nodded.
"Baga! Why are you reporting such an important thing now!" the brigade leader cursed with dissatisfaction, and the worry on his face became more intense.
Then he continued to scold: "Every time the people we send out and the messengers sent from the front line are in groups of two or three, they are very scattered. As long as the enemy ambush a dozen people outside, they can defeat them one by one and kill them all."
"What are you still doing? Order the guard squadron to attack immediately, find the enemies lurking near us, and kill them."
"The battle is getting worse and worse, and the brigade headquarters must not become blind and deaf."
A few minutes later, gunshots began to ring out around the headquarters.
The heavy expression on the brigade commander's face slowly became relaxed, and he subconsciously thought that the guard troops had found the enemy who sneaked up on the messenger and were gathering to annihilate them.
The fact is that the commando team and the reconnaissance company ambushed the Japanese guard troops and continued to weaken the defense strength of the brigade headquarters.
After another ten minutes, the gunfire around the headquarters slowly stopped and finally disappeared completely.
The brigade commander immediately turned his eyes to the door, waiting for the guard squadron to rush in and report his victory.
The captain of the guard came two minutes later, but it was not a victory.
The whole person seemed to have lost his soul and rushed in in a panic.
"General, we have been fooled. The people lurking outside the headquarters are troops, not intelligence personnel."
"They are wearing the uniforms of the Royal Association Army and are well-equipped with a large number of light machine guns. They are lurking around the headquarters and hunt our soldiers in groups of more than a dozen."
"The humble position sent two infantry squads to encircle and suppress them. Not only did they fail to kill them, but they themselves suffered heavy losses. Only a dozen soldiers came back, and the others were all missing. They must have been killed by this unit."
"Nani?" This was definitely the most shocking news the brigade leader received today.
There are more than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops lurking around the headquarters, like hunters, constantly consuming the strength of the brigade headquarters.
When the guards at the brigade headquarters are almost exhausted, will they attack the headquarters?
Thinking of this, the brigade leader's forehead was already covered in cold sweat.
He quickly ordered: "These Eighth Route Army troops must be here for our headquarters."
"Although I don't know how they entered Baoding City, one thing is certain: the brigade headquarters is in danger and may be attacked by these Eighth Route Army at any time."
After speaking, the brigade commander stared at the guard captain and asked: "How many people do you still have? After losing two squads, how much impact will the defense system of the brigade headquarters have? If the Eighth Route Army lurking around attacks us, the remaining
How long can the guard force last?"
The guard captain also began to sweat on his forehead.
Just now, he only thought about the heavy losses suffered by the Guards, and had not yet considered the attack on the brigade headquarters.
As soon as the leader of the economic brigade reminded me, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and responded quickly.
"The Guard is a strengthened squadron, and there are still two squads left."
"Originally, we deployed three lines of defense around the headquarters. Now, more than half of the guard force has been lost. If we want to ensure that there are no defense loopholes in the headquarters, we must abandon the first line of defense and concentrate our forces to defend the second and third lines of defense."
"If the Eighth Route Army that just attacked us gathers together to attack the headquarters, I have no way of confirming how long the guards can hold out."
"The battle just now only gave us a rough idea of the strength of this Eighth Route Army. We don't yet know their specific equipment level and combat effectiveness."
"If it's just a light infantry force, I have the confidence to defend it until dawn. If the opponent is an elite force equipped with heavy weapons, I can only defend it for half an hour."
There was even more cold sweat on the brigade leader's forehead.
No one would have expected that the Eighth Route Army, in addition to attacking itself from outside the city, would also set its sights on its own brigade headquarters.
If the brigade headquarters is killed, no matter how many troops there are, the defenders will be leaderless and fall into chaos. Finally, they will be defeated by the Eighth Route Army one by one and wiped out in Baoding City.
He immediately ordered the guard captain: "Half an hour is too short. If the headquarters is attacked, it must persist for more than an hour."
"I will leave all the auxiliary personnel of the headquarters to your command. These people should be able to form a small team together."
The captain replied bravely: "General, don't worry, I promise to complete the mission."
When the guard captain walked out of the war room, the brigade commander turned his attention to the deputy chief of staff: "The reinforcements have brought radios. We can contact them directly using the radios."
"Immediately issue an order: deploy a reinforced squadron and march urgently to reinforce the headquarters."
"Hi!" the deputy chief of staff immediately responded.
The crisis came sooner than the brigade leader expected.
The servicemen of the headquarters had just finished assembling and before they could get their own weapons, the gunshots of the Eighth Route Army's attack rang out at the front door.
"Boom boom..."
Several explosions were heard at the headquarters, making the brigade commander's face grow heavier.
The Eighth Route Army was equipped with heavy weapons. This was the worst situation the brigade commander could imagine. He didn't expect that he would encounter them all tonight, and he didn't know whether he was lucky or not.
"General, the enemy's offensive is twice as powerful as I expected!" The guard captain ran in and reported in embarrassment.
"Their combat effectiveness is very strong, even surpassing ours. They are not only equipped with a large number of light machine guns, but also heavy machine guns and mortars. Several machine gun positions placed at the main entrance were all destroyed, and the machine gunners were also killed. None of them were evacuated.
come out."
"Can you hold it for an hour?" The brigade commander didn't care about this. He just wanted the result and stared at the guard captain and asked.
"It's difficult!" the guard captain replied with his head lowered!
The brigade commander immediately ordered: "I will hand over all the messengers and half of the staff in the headquarters to you for unified command. Can you hold it?"
"Hi!" The guard captain was still confused, but he could only answer bravely.
The brigade commander has given himself all the people he can mobilize. If he can't hold on anymore, the brigade commander will have to do it himself.
As his guard captain, I couldn't allow this to happen no matter how hard I tried.
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