Chapter 539 The devil has also learned to be smart
"The commando team goes deep into Lingqiu City alone to kill the leader of the Japanese Major General Brigade. It is too difficult, and the influence is not great. There is almost no return, so I will never agree!" Li Hao did not hide his thoughts, with a look on his face
Serious analysis!
"Since the Japs think that it is impossible for us to capture Lingqiu City, and plan to use Lingqiu City to consume a large amount of our troops, hold us back, and then attack us from both inside and outside to completely annihilate us, then we will give the Japs a trick!"
"How can you use the trick!" Xiao Yuan immediately asked!
"Capture Lingqiu County!" Li Hao made a decisive decision.
Outside Lingqiu City, the battle is still going on!
The Eighth Route Army's attack position sixty meters away has taken shape, and the First Battalion is further deepening and widening the trenches so that the troops can move through the trenches unimpeded!
At the gate of the city, more than a hundred corpses were piled on top of each other, including those of imps and puppet soldiers!
In order to prevent the independent regiment from building offensive positions, the chief of staff racked his brains to find a way to launch three counterattacks, but all failed and a large number of troops were lost!
On top of the city, the Japanese and puppet troops suffered equally heavy casualties!
Bodies and wounded are everywhere!
There are also many places where the battlements of the city walls have been blown down, leaving a huge gap!
At this moment, the Japanese chief of staff could not think of any other way to prevent the independent regiment from building an offensive position. He could only watch as the single soldier bunker slowly extended into a trench, and then the trench continued to become deeper and wider, slowly becoming the independent regiment's attack.
position!
"Sir, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has entered the offensive position and may launch an attack at any time. What should we do next?" the captain of the garrison reminded with a worried look!
"Hold the city wall!" the Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff ordered bravely!
"It will be dawn in three hours. As long as we hold on until dawn and the planes to reinforce us come over, the Eighth Route Army will retreat on its own without us having to do anything!"
"Perhaps then we can counterattack the Eighth Route Army under the cover of aircraft and kill them completely!"
"Order the troops to prepare more grenades. Once the Eighth Route Army launches an attack, blow them up with grenades!"
"I'm going to blow up a sea of fire outside the city with a grenade to prevent them from getting close to the city wall!"
"There's a situation!"
As soon as the Chief of Staff's heroic words came out, the sound of the warning sentry sounded!
"Bage Ya Road, their trenches are extending towards the city wall, and they want to continue to shorten the attack distance!" The captain of the garrison looked outside the city and shouted with a look of shock on his face!
The chief of staff’s already frowning eyebrows now furrowed even deeper!
He took a breath and shouted: "What a cunning Eighth Route Army!"
"The offensive distance has been shortened to 60 meters, but they are still not satisfied. They still want to push the offensive position forward. Are they planning to extend the offensive position to the foot of our city wall?"
The captain of the garrison shouted anxiously: "Sir, it is unrealistic to advance to the foot of the city wall. We are condescending and can easily hit their position with grenades! But they can push the offensive position forward another twenty meters. Our grenade throwing range is
This way, their attack distance will be shorter, only forty meters. If they charge with all their strength, they will be able to rush into the city gate in less than ten seconds!"
"The machine gunners will shoot immediately and stop them!" The chief of staff also realized this problem and immediately ordered!
The shortening of the attack distance to sixty meters has already made him feel the crisis. If it is further shortened to forty meters, he will no longer feel safe at all!
Gunfire soon rang out on top of the city. Unfortunately, the bullets disappeared when they hit the ground!
In the trench where no one could be seen, the soil was still being lifted out with shovel after shovel, and the digging speed of the trench did not stop, and continued to extend towards the city wall bit by bit!
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is hiding in the trenches. Apart from using artillery, light and heavy machine guns are useless!" the captain of the garrison reminded anxiously!
"But we don't have artillery!" the chief of staff cursed angrily!
"If we had artillery, we would have wiped out the Eighth Route Army outside the city long ago. How could we let them be so arrogant like this!"
"Now there is no other option but to send troops to attack!"
"However, the Eighth Route Army has artillery, and it is blasting right at the gate of the city. Our attacking troops cannot rush through at all, so this attack route is not feasible!"
"We can only wait until daybreak and the troops stand still! The troops have already suffered enough losses tonight, and there must be no more meaningless sacrifices!"
The attack position has just been repaired, and Hong Linfeng can see the city clearly without a telescope!
Several communication trenches extending from the offensive position have been dug into the city wall for almost five meters. There is still no movement on the top of the city. It is as if the Japanese have not seen these communication trenches approaching them!
Hong Linfeng slowly frowned, and some bad premonitions came to his mind!
First Battalion Commander Chen Bing said directly: "Chief of Staff, the Japanese will not be fooled!"
"We must have fought too hard just now. Three rapid artillery attacks killed more than half of their attacking troops with casualties. We are afraid that the remaining Japanese will be killed by us!"
Hong Linfeng frowned and replied: "That's what I'm worried about!"
"The Japanese will stay in the county town until they come out. Even if we have artillery, we won't be able to kill many of them. Moreover, we don't have many artillery shells anymore. Every time we fire one, we will lose one!"
"If we attack by force, as you saw just now, the Japanese are too powerful and our training has not kept up. Even if we have ten times the strength advantage, we may not be able to pose a threat to the Japanese and puppet troops in the city!"
"It seems that the little devil has learned to be smart and knows that he can't escape!"
Chen Bing was anxious: "What should we do?"
"Even digging trenches can't force them out, and other methods are even less possible!"
"If you can't do it at night, then do it during the day!" Li Hao's voice suddenly sounded behind them!
Hong Linfeng was shocked and immediately asked: "Captain, why are you here? The reinforcement battle is over? But I didn't hear the sound of gunfire?"
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "There are no reinforcements for us to fight!"
"The little devils in the city are too cunning to be fooled!"
"They have long predicted that we will use the siege to attack the city, and then leave a large number of troops in Lingqiu City, waiting for us to attack!"
"Don't look at how fiercely you attacked Lingqiu and killed hundreds of them!"
"But I'm sure that the little devils in Lingqiu City are not only not in a hurry now, but are actually very excited!"
"The fiercer our siege is, the happier they will be!"
"Why?" Hong Linfeng asked in confusion!
Li Hao sighed and explained: "The Japanese troops left in the city gave them the confidence to defend the county, and they could also consume a large number of our independent regiment's troops through defensive battles and hold us back. This would allow their front-line mopping up troops to attack with confidence."
In our base area, we don’t have to worry about an ambush by the main force of the independent regiment, and it will also create conditions for us to be attacked from both front and back in the future! Kill two birds with one stone!"
"So that's it!" Hong Linfeng suddenly realized and shouted.
Then he asked: "Then the strategy of encircling the point and calling for reinforcements will not work. Captain, how can we fight next? The base area is in danger. The devils can wait, but we cannot afford to wait. Moreover, the longer we wait, the better it is for the devils, and the better for us."
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