The brigade headquarters was attacked. The Japanese troops who received the reinforcement order did not dare to neglect and immediately dispatched troops to fight on the battlefield.
But as soon as the troops rushed out of the camp, they were beaten back by a burst of gunfire, and more than a dozen corpses were left at the gate of the camp.
This is the masterpiece of deputy leader Luo Wen.
The heavy weapons reinforced by the regiment's main force and those saved by the regiment allowed each main battalion to reinforce Baoding to have five heavy machine guns and four mortars.
Luo Wen set up a heavy machine gun and three light machine guns at the entrance of the Japanese camp and fired at the same time. No matter how many Japanese soldiers there were, they couldn't get through.
At the same time, four mortar shells flew into the camp like eyes. In the splashing fire, many Japanese soldiers were blown away before they could recover.
"Enemy attack... The enemy attacking us is in the city!" shouted a squadron leader of the reinforcements.
Before he finished speaking, gunfire rang out around the camp, everywhere.
"Sir, we are surrounded!" the squadron leader continued to shout.
The captain also felt this way, and immediately ordered: "Return all reinforcements, use the walls and houses in the camp to resolutely repel the enemy's attack, first understand the enemy situation and the battle situation, and then decide whether to reinforce the headquarters."
This is the result Rowan wants.
All directions attacked the camp simultaneously, making the Japanese mistakenly believe that they were besieged.
Under normal circumstances, the Japanese army's first thought must be to protect themselves.
As long as this lasts for half an hour, the commando and the reconnaissance company will definitely be able to capture the headquarters with their combat effectiveness.
"Boom boom..."
Two explosions sounded simultaneously behind a wall of the headquarters, and a heavy machine gun named Zheng Huan behind the firing hole instantly misfired.
More than a dozen reconnaissance company soldiers dressed as puppet troops moved forward quickly. When the partition wall was still more than 20 meters away, they were so cautious that they threw a few more grenades.
Several explosions sounded again from behind the thick smoke billowing courtyard wall, mixed with a few screams.
It must have been that after the heavy machine gun team was killed by the shells, the Japanese troops marched in for reinforcements. If it hadn't been for these grenades, they would have reused the shooting holes in the courtyard wall and continued to block the reconnaissance company.
Rushing to the courtyard wall, several investigators did not directly climb over the wall and enter.
They placed five grenades tied together at the foot of the courtyard wall, pulled the fuse and quickly hid aside.
"Rumble..." A gap was instantly blown out of the thick courtyard wall, and thick smoke quickly filled the air, covering the gap tightly.
Several people slowly approached the gap, but before they could rush in, a string of bullets flew out of the gap.
If anyone had stood in the gap at that time, they would have been beaten into pieces.
The investigators' expressions were calm. They had long been accustomed to the scene before them.
The lead investigator immediately signaled to his subordinates, and a dozen people quickly dispersed. Four people hid on both sides of the gap and threw grenades into it, attracting Japanese firepower. The other soldiers split into two and moved towards the two sides along the courtyard wall.
After running for 10 to 20 meters, they worked in pairs and groups and slowly poked their heads out from the courtyard wall to determine the specific location of the Japanese firepower point in the courtyard.
Two minutes later, the grenade was carried over and four grenades were fired continuously. The gunfire in the yard finally stopped, and the soldiers took the opportunity to rush into the yard...
"General, you are humble and incompetent. You did not stop the Eighth Route Army's attack!" The guard captain rushed into the war room with despair and reported.
There were still bloodstains and a strong smell of gunpowder smoke on his body, and he had obviously come down from the battlefield: "The headquarters has the last line of defense left."
"The Eighth Route Army that attacked us was so fierce. Not only was it well-equipped, but it also had strong combat effectiveness. According to the pace of the attack just now, the last line of defense could last for at most ten minutes."
"The headquarters will definitely not be able to hold on. I sincerely ask you to transfer immediately."
The deputy chief of staff suddenly ran over, his expression as serious as ever.
"General, something happened to the imperial army that was reinforcing the headquarters."
"The troops were attacked by unknown troops before they even left the station, and the station was also surrounded by this force."
The brigade leader was confused, full of doubts and confusion.
If there were dozens of enemies lurking in the city, he could still accept it.
Now that hundreds of people appeared all at once, including heavy weapons, the brigade commander couldn't accept it and racked his brains to analyze how they came.
"There is a problem with the reinforcements in the city before dark!" This was the only explanation the brigade leader could think of.
"No matter how unsatisfactory the intelligence department is, it is impossible for so many Eighth Route Army troops to sneak into Baoding and bring heavy weapons into Baoding City."
"So these enemies must have entered the city with reinforcements before dark."
"Contact the garrison at the top of the city immediately. We must not let the Imperial Army go up the city wall. They have a problem."
The deputy chief of staff also figured it out, but he had no choice in the face of the brigade commander's order. He shook his head and replied: "General, the headquarters is surrounded by the Eighth Route Army Corps. We can't send any news except through the radio."
"The city wall garrison and the headquarters have always been contacted by phone, and there is no distribution station."
"Unless we break out, we can't give them orders."
"Then break out!" the brigade commander ordered immediately.
If your judgment is correct and there is really a problem with the Imperial Army entering the city before dark, then you must prevent them from climbing the city wall.
Otherwise, the garrison at the top of the city would be attacked from both front and rear by the Eighth Route Army.
No matter how strong the fortifications in Baoding were, they would be ineffective. The limited troops had to fight against the Eighth Route Army and were finally wiped out.
At the top of the city in the north of the city, the garrison's shelling continued.
The captain didn't know that there was a problem with the Imperial Alliance Army who was reinforcing him, so he hid behind the city wall and waited eagerly for the Imperial Alliance Army to come over quickly.
"Rumble..."
In the violent explosion, the city wall was finally blown down.
A gap more than two meters wide appeared in the city wall, exposing the loess inside.
Without the protection of city wall bricks, an ordinary mortar shell hitting the gap can stir up a large amount of soil, making the gap larger and larger.
The captain couldn't help but show a painful expression on his face.
The city wall was still blown open. If the gap was not blocked as soon as possible, the Eighth Route Army would definitely swarm in and enter Baoding through the gap.
But the gap cannot be blocked by anyone who wants to.
The Eighth Route Army would definitely try every means to prevent the defenders from blocking the gap that was finally opened, and then continue to expand the gap.
Therefore, the number of troops tasked with plugging the gap is often very small.
Rather than using sandbags to plug the gap, it's more like taking human lives to fill it.
In the eyes of the captain, the Imperial Alliance Army is the best candidate. After all, they have always played the role of cannon fodder in the Imperial Army.
But now that the Imperial Alliance Army is not in place, he can only bite the bullet and let the Japanese come in.
Some people say that we can wait, at least wait until the bombardment is over before plugging the gap.
But in fact, it's not.
The city walls are strong on the outside and strong on the inside. Once the bricks covering the wall are damaged, the gap will become bigger and bigger.
If the loess at the gap is not covered with sandbags as soon as possible, and the sandbags are used as wall bricks to protect the loess inside the city wall, it will not take long before the gap of two or three meters wide will become more than ten meters wide, or even dozens of meters wide.
There is no point in blocking it.
The second update is delivered today! Please subscribe, please give me a monthly ticket! Please collect it!