Major General Sakai did not believe in the judgment of his subordinates. He did not believe that the Eighth Route Army, which was trapped in Lingqiu City and almost completely destroyed. It was making its final struggle and was fighting against a trapped beast. It was so powerful that even the superior artillery equipment of the Imperial Army could not do anything to them!
Soon, the explosions on the battlefield forced him to admit this fact!
After one round of explosions, a full two minutes passed before the second round of explosions came!
Sakai was not a professional gunner, but he could still tell that the Eighth Route Army's shelling position had changed!
He knitted his brows and shouted with an unwilling look on his face: "Then we will just watch the Eighth Route Army artillery continue to bombard us and attack us!"
The major lowered his head and replied: "The aviation force was unable to carry out low-altitude bombing due to the interference of thick smoke, and the artillery had no chance to target them for counterattack! In addition to continuing the attack, consuming the Eighth Route Army's strength bit by bit, and finally annihilating them all, I couldn't think of any other solution."
Method!"
"Bagya Road!"
Major General Sakai was very dissatisfied and yelled!
Anger bubbled out slowly, but was finally suppressed by him!
Forced himself to calm down, and then ordered with a serious face: "Since this kind of casualties are inevitable, then ignore it and the troops will continue to move forward!"
"As long as the remaining troops of the garrison are compressed to the center of the city, the final victory will definitely belong to us. We can still bear this loss!"
"However, we cannot allow the Eighth Route Army to drop artillery shells on our heads, killing and injuring our warriors!"
"Our gunners must also learn to be smarter, learn the enemy's strengths, and retaliate in kind. They can no longer defend one place and be bombed like before!"
"Although the Eighth Route Army is in the dark and we are in the light, as long as the artillery continues to shift positions and the artillery positions are dispersed as much as possible, our casualties will definitely be greatly reduced!"
The major replied quickly: "The general is wise and humble, so go and give the order now!"
Major General Sakai was already very cautious, but the garrison was far more difficult than he imagined, otherwise there wouldn't be so many Japanese commanders in the hands of the garrison!
At two o'clock in the afternoon, a Japanese offensive force could no longer hold out!
"General, Kimura Squadron reports: Due to the heavy casualties of the troops, the attack is requested to be suspended!" the major reported with his head lowered, his face looking very ugly!
Kimura is his subordinate, and he is in the south of the city, launching an attack under the nose of the brigade commander!
He was the first of more than a dozen squadrons to be unable to hold on any longer. As his direct superior, he, the captain, had been completely humiliated by him!
The major is ready to bear the wrath of the brigade commander!
Surprisingly, Sakai didn't get angry!
Holding the telescope, staring at the battlefield with a serious face!
A few minutes later, he suddenly made a decision: "The offensive force is less than 300 meters away from the center of the city, which means that the main force of the garrison has been compressed by us to an area less than 600 meters around the center of the city. That's almost it!"
"Order, all attacking troops stop and build a defense line at the current occupied position!"
"Destroy all the houses near the defense line. It must be completed before dark to prevent the Eighth Route Army from approaching the defense line through these houses and attacking us at night!"
"As long as we trap them in that area and the reinforcements arrive on the battlefield tomorrow, we will have enough troops to fight them out and kill them completely without giving them a chance to stand up!"
The major's eyes lit up and he continued to ask: "What should we do if the Eighth Route Army touches the back of our attacking troops?"
"When the attacking troops are building a defense line, draw a few combat units from each squadron and attack them separately!" Sakai ordered without thinking!
"When the troops attacked the city center, our troops did not have that much energy to deal with them, so we allowed them to succeed in sneak attacks again and again, and then fled!"
"Now that the attacking troops have the energy and time, they can definitely turn around and kill them!"
In the woods where Li Hao was hiding outside the city, after the wounded were sent away, several battalion commanders gathered around Li Hao again, guarding the radio, wanting to know the latest battle situation in the city as soon as possible!
"Tick tock..."
As soon as the radio station started sending and receiving telegrams, several people's attention focused on Zhou Hao!
Seeing a string of numbers written out by Zhou Hao, everyone became more and more nervous, fearing that something might happen to the city's chief of staff!
Li Hao is no exception!
This place is five kilometers away from Lingqiu City, and there are Japanese planes watching from the sky. If something happens to Lingqiu City, even if Zhuge Liang descends to earth, he will be beyond his reach, let alone that he is just a mortal!
"That's good news!"
Zhou Liang put down his earphones, glanced at the untranslated numbers on the telegram, and shouted, "This is a reassurance for everyone!"
Soon, the string of numbers on the telegram was translated into a message!
Zhou Hao reported while translating: "Regiment Commander, the Chief of Staff telegraphed that the Japanese army suddenly stopped attacking and was building a defense line in the occupied area, intending to trap them in an area less than 600 meters away from the center of the city!"
"He also reported that the Japanese army sent out a large number of troops to attack on their own initiative, encircling and annihilating our troops who got behind the Japanese in an attempt to annihilate them all!"
Li Hao's tense nerves finally relaxed!
He breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "It seems that the chief of staff will guard until we enter the city tonight, and there will definitely be no problem!"
"Call the Chief of Staff back immediately!"
"The scope of activities is smaller, and the troops will definitely be more concentrated. At this time, we must pay special attention to the bombing by Japanese planes!"
"Concentrate the troops as close to the Japs area as possible and leave the city center!"
"Although the plane cannot carry out precise bombing at low altitudes, and the bombing error is large, in order to avoid accidental damage, it does not dare to drop bombs in the fighting area! But the city center is still two to three hundred meters away from the Japanese offensive troops, so the plane will definitely dare to bomb!"
"In order to avoid accidents, all troops must withdraw from the city center!"
"The Japanese have built a defensive line to surround us. They must wait for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive before attacking us and gathering together to annihilate them!"
"We can't let their conspiracy succeed!"
"Didn't we seize a large amount of ammunition during the attack on Lingqiu City? Since we can't take it with us when we break out of the siege, we'll give it all back to the little devils!"
"The artillery will not rest from now on. Smash all these shells on the heads of the little Japs, blowing holes in their defenses. This will create opportunities for us to counterattack tonight, and at the same time, it can also reduce the combat pressure on our troops behind the Japs!"
When Zhou Liang started sending telegrams, Li Hao was not idle!
He took out the sketch of Lingqiu City that he had prepared a long time ago and introduced: "You must want to know how we will enter the city tonight and how we will fight back against the Japanese. Now I will tell you all my ideas!"
"Everyone use their brains to check for leaks and fill in the gaps!"
"To put it more seriously, this battle is directly related to whether our garrison can complete its mission, and is related to the life and death of our garrison, so we must ensure that nothing goes wrong!"
"I plan to enter Lingqiu City from the south gate tonight!"
"At ten o'clock in the evening, the chief of staff first started to counterattack, bringing out all the heavy firepower of the defending troops and using powerful firepower to disrupt the little devils in the city. It is best that they can't even find their commander!"
"We'll leave at eleven o'clock!"
"Launch the attack on time in the early morning!"
"The artillery battalion concentrated all its artillery and launched a ten-minute artillery fire attack on the south gate. After the attack, it retreated, went back to the woods and hid, and waited for my order!"
"In order to prevent the Japanese from counterattacking and targeting the artillery battalion, the artillery positions must be chosen well!"
"Commander Yuan, make sure you are far enough away from Lingqiu City so that the artillery deployed by the Japanese in the city cannot reach you, but also hidden enough to ensure that the artillery positions are withdrawn and returned to the woods before the Japanese find you!"
"I have long remembered the terrain outside Lingqiu City. Several places meet the requirements and are guaranteed to complete the mission!"
Li Hao nodded and continued to order: "The guard company and commando team follow me into Lingqiu City!"
"Before dawn, we lurked outside the city. After the artillery battalion fired, we quickly approached the city gate! As soon as the bombardment stopped, we started to attack!"
"The Japs are all in the city, and they were disrupted by the Chief of Staff. There must not be many troops at the top of the city!"
"As long as we cross the city and enter the ruins, the little devils can't do anything to us!"
"Boom boom boom..."
Explosions continued to ring out on the battlefield. There were artillery shells fired by the Eighth Route Army and artillery shells fired back by the Japanese. It was very lively!
The Japanese aircraft did not miss this opportunity to join in the fun!
In an area as big as a palm in the center of the city, more than 20 bombs were dropped!
More than 20 bomb craters were scattered throughout, and houses and courtyard walls were all blown up. It was extremely tragic!
Hong Linfeng looked frightened. Fortunately, the commander's order came ten minutes earlier and everyone evacuated the city center in time. Otherwise, the bombing of the garrison just now would have caused more than a hundred casualties!
On top of the South Gate City, he saw thick black smoke pillars rising from the center of the city. Major General Sakai was not happy at all!
He didn't know how many Eighth Route Army troops were killed by plane bombings, but he knew one thing very well!
Every time the Eighth Route Army artillery fires a round of three shells, some Imperial Army soldiers will definitely be killed!
The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. They can stare at the imperial army and fight, but the imperial army can only blindly reason. This situation is simply unavoidable!
Therefore, every time there was an explosion in the city, Major General Sakai's heart ached for a long time!
A bad premonition slowly came into my mind and became stronger and stronger!
It's daytime now, and there are Imperial Army planes overhead. The defenders are so difficult to deal with!
After dark, facing the Eighth Route Army, which is more adept at night fighting, wouldn't it be even more difficult!
Major General Sakai's face became increasingly ugly, and he decisively ordered: "Order the front-line combat troops to speed up the construction of the defense line!"
"We must repair the defense line before dark, destroy all the houses near the defense line, and completely trap the remaining Eighth Route Army troops in Lingqiu City in the center of the city!"
"Contact all the reinforcements we can contact, and we must arrive on the battlefield before dawn tomorrow! We must eliminate the garrison during the day tomorrow, and we can't delay it any longer!"
"If we continue to delay, not only will the pressure on the military headquarters and the front army increase, but the casualties we need to bear will also increase!"
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