The cavalry were too fast, and they were covered by aircraft. When they saw a large group of Eighth Route Army activities around them, they used aerial bombs to blow them up, not giving the spy battalion a chance to get close to them!
Although sporadic troops can reach the side of the road and sneak attack the Japanese!
However, under the assault of the Japanese cavalry brigade, even though their sneak attack caused a lot of casualties to the cavalry, it did not force the cavalry to stop!
Six to seven hundred cavalrymen, under the cover of the rolled up dust, passed through the special agent camp defense zone like the wind and entered Lingqiu City!
"Captain, the spy battalion did not stop the Japanese reinforcements!" Hong Linfeng looked very unhappy, walked into the headquarters and reported with his head lowered!
"The Japs are so ruthless. As long as our troops appear around the highway, and they are organized, even if there is only one squad, the Japs will drop a bomb from the sky, giving us no chance to get close to the highway or reinforce the troops!"
"Although a small group of troops killed thirty or forty cavalry in a sneak attack, it did not stop them or force them to stop!"
"The reinforcements have successfully entered the city with the support of the Japanese troops in the city!"
Li Hao frowned more and more, and asked with a serious face: "These devils are in a hurry to enter the city. The corpses of those killed by the spy camp must not have been taken away. Have you found anything from these corpses?"
"Their identities have been confirmed!" Hong Linfeng replied!
"Coming from Laiyuan City, they belong to the first team of the Laiyuan City Cavalry Regiment!"
"Wait a minute!"
Li Hao keenly noticed the problem, raised his eyebrows, stared at Hong Linfeng and asked!
"You just said that the cavalry killed by the secret service battalion all belonged to the same cavalry brigade. How many people are there in total?"
"Forty-three cavalrymen, all belong to one cavalry brigade, this must be correct!" Hong Linfeng answered with certainty!
"No, there's something wrong with this reinforcements, and there's a big problem!"
"Think about it: a Japanese cavalry brigade has more than 300 cavalry. Looking at the size of the reinforcements, there are at least 600 horses!"
"Because the cavalry was covered by the dust kicked up by the rapid march, we didn't see clearly whether these horses were really cavalry, but we just subconsciously regarded them as cavalry!"
"Let's assume that if they are really all cavalry, they will be two cavalry brigades!"
"The spy battalion's sneak attack is not fixed at one point and targeted at a small group of Japs. It's about seizing the opportunity to attack, as long as the opponent is a Japs!"
"With such a long team, every point must have been attacked by the secret service battalion!"
"If the Japanese really have two cavalry brigades, and we kill dozens of people in a row, how can they all belong to one brigade?"
"I don't believe that the sneak attack troops of the secret service battalion are really that lucky. The bullets they fired all have eyes, and they can distinguish the target by themselves. They all stare at the little Japs in the same brigade!"
"It's true!" Hong Linfeng slapped his head fiercely and exclaimed with enlightenment!
"No matter whether the two cavalry brigades are marching separately or mixed together, our sneak attack cannot only target one of the brigades. There is something fishy in this!"
Li Hao thought for a moment and answered with certainty: "The reinforcements we saw were only one cavalry brigade!"
"As for the remaining horses, they are definitely not cavalry!"
"As for what it is specifically, I can't guess because there is no intelligence or evidence to support it, but it must be used to deal with our garrison!"
"Tell the Special Agent Battalion and the Independent Battalion that the Japs have come for reinforcements and are probably equipped with secret weapons designed to deal with us! In tonight's siege battle, the troops must be cautious and cautious, and retreat immediately if there is danger!"
"Yes, leader!"
As soon as it got dark, the Japanese troops who had reoccupied the city during the day began to retreat, voluntarily abandoning their fortifications and retreating into the courtyards and ruins of the city!
Liu Senyun commanded the troops to easily occupy the city fortifications!
This time, the second company was responsible for the main attack. Company commander Li Zhiyong took the lead and rushed to the front, leading more than 100 people in the company to attack the center of the city!
To the surprise of his subordinates, Li Zhiyong stopped as soon as the troops reached the street entrance!
With a wave of his hand, the men behind him began to disperse and quickly hid in a nearby corner. With the rifle in their hands, they stared at the surroundings with vigilance!
"Company commander, why don't you leave? There is no movement at all in front. There should be no Japanese!" the instructor asked with a puzzled look on his face!
Li Zhiyong replied seriously: "The Japanese are hiding in the yard next to the street, and they will definitely not move!"
"The regiment commander has just given an order. The Japanese have the advantage in strength. If we fight head-on with them in street battles, we will not be able to defeat them even if we use up our few troops! So we have to change the way we attack!"
"Last night we attacked all the way along the street. As a result, we suffered heavy casualties and the Japanese took advantage of us!"
"Let's change our style of play today!"
"Order, platoon, fire platoon, feint attack along the street front!"
"As soon as the Japs are exposed, stop advancing immediately, take cover on the spot, and use firepower to suppress the Japs who sneak up on us!"
"The second and third rows will outflank the enemy on the left and right, and attack over the wall from the courtyard!"
"The Japanese are all hiding in the courtyard, and some people have opened shooting holes in the courtyard wall. Unless we use mountain artillery and infantry artillery, it will be difficult to kill them!"
"But in order to avoid accidentally injuring the common people, the regiment headquarters did not allow us to use artillery, so the regiment leader came up with this attack method to make the Japanese defenseless!"
"The feint attack force forces the hidden Japs out and attracts their attention!"
"Climb the wall, get behind them, and attack them!"
"Fighting from the front and back, even if the little devil is protected by the courtyard wall, it can only block the bullets flying from the front!"
"As long as our outflank troops are in place, no matter how powerful the little devil is, we will beat him to a pulp!"
"start to act!"
"Da da da……"
The feint attack troops had just moved forward less than twenty meters when two tongues of flames burst out of the darkness, which was extremely dazzling!
Bullets streaked through the air like meteors, flying towards the feint attack troops!
Everyone's reaction speed was already very fast, and despite the company commander's order to take cover when attacked, four soldiers were still beaten to a pulp!
"Heavy machine gun fire cover, shoot immediately!" Li Zhiyong ordered hurriedly!
"Da da da……"
Two heavy machine guns fired quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the bullets wrapped in two thick flames hit the brick wall, causing sparks to fly!
The Japanese relied on the protection of the courtyard wall. Although they only had two crooked guns, which were incomparable with two heavy machine guns, they did not retreat!
They didn't lose the slightest bit of wind and fought back against the heavy machine gun bullets fired at them!
Bullets from both sides were coming back and forth, but Li Zhiyong was not in the mood to pay attention to the frontal battlefield. He turned his head to the side yard from time to time, with an anxious look on his face, hoping that the roundabout troops would be in place quickly!
"Boom boom boom..."
The hard work paid off, and the long-awaited explosion finally sounded in the yard where the Japanese were hiding!
The moment black smoke rose, the gunfire suddenly stopped!
"The roundabout force has succeeded. Let's continue to attack forward!" Li Zhiyong commanded with a sigh of relief!
Two machine gun teams, six riflemen, a total of ten little Japs fell in the yard!
Facing this result, Li Zhiyong is in a better mood!
Killing ten little Japs at the expense of four soldiers, I can still afford such casualties!
At the enemy headquarters of the garrison, Hong Linfeng's nerves that had been tense all day finally relaxed!
Looking at the battle report just sent from the secret service battalion, there was even a smile on his serious face. It was obvious that Liu Senyun had sent good news!
"Captain, your solution is done!"
"The Second Company of the Secret Service Battalion has used your tactics to advance nearly a hundred meters into the city. The Japs have also wiped out nearly a squad, but our casualties have just exceeded one squad!"
"Their company commander is very smart. He not only strictly follows orders and uses new methods to attack the Japanese, but also constantly improves his offensive methods during the battle!"
"In addition to the feint troops and detour troops, he also sent out his most elite guard squad and reconnaissance squad to actively search for and attack the little Japs hiding in the dark by climbing over the wall!"
"Who is their company commander?" Li Hao asked very interested!
"Li Zhiyong, transferred from the Independent Battalion!" Hong Linfeng replied!
Li Hao's eyes lit up and he answered: "I know he is the fastest promoted recruit in the whole regiment. He is a good candidate to be a commander. We must train him well!"
"His method is good. Although there are still many little Japs in the city, Lingqiu City is not small. There must be places where the Japs are scattered inside that cannot be defended! Since the Japs voluntarily gave up the city defenses, they gave us a chance to get in. , and if he is discovered by this Li Zhiyong, then we must catch him!"
"Order the first guard company, the security platoon of the special agent battalion and the independent battalion, and the reconnaissance platoon to enter the city immediately, operate as an infantry squad, touch the heart of the little Japs, and then sneak attack them!"
"We want to give the Japs a sense that fighting is everywhere and that our defense regiment is everywhere, so that the Japs can panic, disrupt their plan to use street fighting to consume a large number of our troops, and turn the Japs' prepared street fighting into a free-for-all. , the more chaos, the better for us!”
"Now the initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of the Japanese. Only when the battlefield becomes chaotic can the initiative change hands!"
"Also, tell the troops entering the city that once they are exposed and besieged by the Japs, the ubiquitous cellars in the city will be their last resort!"
"While guarding Lingqiu, we used the cellar to severely injure the Japanese and stockpile a large amount of weapons and ammunition in it!"
"We will make the best use of everything we have in this battle tonight, and use the cellar to hit the little devil hard again!"
At the Japanese garrison headquarters in Lingqiu City, after a day's rest, Colonel Aoki looked radiant and energetic at this moment!
Tonight, he not only had to defend Lingqiu City, but also severely damaged the defense group attacking him!
If you're lucky, you can directly counterattack the garrison, kill them, and solve the empire's most serious problem in one battle!
Once his plan comes true, he will become a hero of the empire and come out on top, and his military rank will be promoted to major general due to the commitment of the front army!
Thinking of this, a smile flashed across Colonel Aoki's radiant face!
There is no doubt that he is full of confidence in his actions tonight!
But dreams eventually wake up, and Colonel Aoki is no exception!
A report brought him back to reality from his dream!
Seeing the lieutenant hurriedly running in with a solemn look on his face, a bad premonition flashed through Colonel Aoki's mind!
"Sir, something happened on the front line!"
"The defense team has changed its attack method!"
"Not only did troops attack from the front, but there were also troops climbing over the wall to attack from the yard!"
"Many troops hidden in the yard were attacked before they saw the garrison, and the entire army was destroyed!"
"The two attacking forces have already assaulted more than a hundred meters towards the center of the city, and the speed is getting faster and faster!"