Chapter 708 Take advantage of the devil's illness and kill him!
In front of the enemy headquarters of the garrison, messengers came in and out, sending frontline battle reports to Hong Linfeng as soon as possible!
After reading the latest telegram handed over by the communications soldier, a smile finally flashed across Hong Linfeng's solemn face!
"Captain, the little devil has retreated!"
"All the Japanese and puppet troops in the east and west of the city retreated into the city and abandoned the city defenses!"
"The secret service battalion and the independent battalion have occupied the city!"
"Judging from the corpses left by the Japs on the top of the city, the Japs suffered direct losses of more than 300 people in the attack just now. This does not include the corpses and lightly and seriously injured soldiers that the Japs took with them when they retreated!"
"The two battalion commanders asked for instructions whether the troops should enter the city and continue the attack!"
Li Hao also had a smile on his face!
More than three hundred Japanese were killed in one assault. Based on this result, judging only from the casualty ratio, the garrison group will not suffer any loss tonight!
If you include the little Japs killed by the latent troops in the city, the garrison will definitely make more money than lose money!
Li Hao did not answer immediately, but looked at Hong Linfeng and asked: "Is there any news about Sun Jiawu?"
"There is no telegram from them yet!" Hong Linfeng shook his head and replied!
Then he changed the topic and added: "However, the gunfire in the city has not stopped, and it is everywhere. I judge that their operation should be smooth!"
"Tick tock..."
As soon as I finished speaking, the telegraph machine next to me remembered the crisp sound of sending and receiving telegrams, and the signal lights began to flash continuously!
"Captain, this is a telegram from Commander Sun of the Guard Battalion!" Zhou Liang, the communications platoon leader, shouted!
Quickly picked up the earphones, put them on, and started receiving messages!
Soon, a telegram appeared in Hong Linfeng's hand!
"Captain, this is good news!"
"Sun Jiawu personally led the team to raid the Japanese garrison headquarters!"
"Although I let the Japs commander escape, I killed a lot of little Japs!"
"After preliminary statistics, they have killed more than 200 imps!"
Li Hao's face returned to seriousness: "Excluding the cavalry brigade that entered the city during the day, there should be fifteen or six hundred infantry in the city!"
"We killed more than 200 people in the street fighting in the first half of the night, and now we have killed more than 500 people. In total, we killed almost 800 people!"
"This means that there are at most 800 Japanese infantry and 300 cavalry in the city!"
"Although the total number of troops is still greater than ours!"
"But the little devils are scattered in every corner of Lingqiu City, but we can concentrate our forces to attack them, defeat them one by one, and eat them bit by bit!"
"So this battle is over! There's no telling, keep fighting, take advantage of the enemy's illness and kill them!"
Hong Linfeng immediately shouted: "Then I will give them orders now and the troops will continue to attack?"
Li Hao answered decisively: "Yes, tell them to use our tactics in the middle of the night to attack the city by climbing over the wall!"
"But the artillery can't be idle, keep an eye on the little Japanese heavy mortar unit!"
"The 150mm caliber mortar and the shell alone weigh dozens of kilograms!"
"Although the explosive charge is not as large as that of our flying thunder cannons, and the power is smaller! But for the infantry, the blow is still devastating!"
"Our troops are all concentrated together during the attack and must not be targeted by heavy artillery!"
"Otherwise if a cannonball hits us, we will have to wipe out at least one infantry squad!"
"Reply a telegram to Sun Jiawu: Keep up the good work and continue killing the Japanese!"
"At the same time, use your troops to find a way to capture the Japanese ammunition depot and material warehouse!"
"The Japanese have been hoarding supplies for several months. There must be mountains of food, weapons and ammunition inside!"
"If we can capture it, the strength of our garrison will definitely increase further, and we will have more confidence to cooperate with the three main battalions to completely occupy all the villages and towns in Guangling, Hunyuan, and Laiyuan counties, and surround the three counties and turn them into three counties.
A lonely city!
There was chaos, and the entire Lingqiu City was turned into a pot of porridge!
There are gunshots coming from every street and alley!!
Although the special agent battalion and the independent battalion are the focus of the attack, the latent troops are not. Wherever there are Japs, there will be fighting!
At this time, the telegraph and telephone were all out of action. The only way for Colonel Aoki, the Japanese temporary command center, to know the situation on the battlefield was to listen to gunshots!
But tonight, this method failed!
The battlefield is so chaotic, there are gunshots everywhere!
Moreover, the equipment used by the garrison is exactly the same as that of the imperial army, and the gunfire is also the same!
It is almost impossible to tell who lost and who won in a firefight by the sound of gunshots!
Therefore, Colonel Aoki is in a very irritable mood right now. The front line is in a state of chaos, and troops are being wiped out or enemies are being wiped out all the time! But as the commander, he can do nothing, and he doesn’t even know who has been wiped out.
, like a blind man!
Aoki has been in the army for such a long time and must have commanded dozens of battles, large and small, but this has never happened before!
After finally staying up until dawn, the chaotic gunfire in the city finally slowly stopped!
Aoki's nerves, which had been tense for several hours, relaxed and he opened his mouth to order!
"Number the casualties of the troops immediately, the sooner the better!"
"I've been blind and deaf for several hours, and I'm almost dying of anxiety!"
"Also, find out whether the Eighth Route Army that attacked us has retreated, especially the lurking troops hiding in the city!"
"If we don't withdraw, we must kill them during the day!"
"I don't want a few Eighth Route Army troops to appear around us after dark and threaten our rear area!
"Hi!"
The adjutant rushed out of the headquarters in person!
He had also been blind and deaf for several hours, and was also very anxious, wanting to know the situation on the battlefield as soon as possible, especially the casualties of the troops!
With troops here, they have a chance to defend Lingqiu City and defeat the garrison!
If the casualties of the troops are too great, it will be a question of whether you can save your own life!
As soon as I rushed out less than a hundred meters away, corpses began to appear on the street!
But most of them were imperial troops, and only a few wore Eighth Route Army uniforms!
The further he walked, the more solemn the adjutant's face became!
"Sir, the captain of the third squadron of the fourth squadron reports!" A courtyard gate was pushed open, and a dozen Japanese soldiers came over surrounded by a second lieutenant!
There was a strong smell of gunpowder smoke, and their bodies and military uniforms were also blackened by black smoke, which meant that they had just experienced a bloody battle!
The adjutant asked subconsciously: "How many people do you have under your command?"
The second lieutenant lowered his head and replied: "There are only a few people left!"
"Our team is responsible for defending this section of the street. The enemy is too cunning. They all climbed over the wall to attack us, not walking on the street at all!"
"The warriors were unable to defend themselves. Many of them were shot in the back and killed without even seeing the shadow of the enemy!"
"In my humble position, I led everyone to defend the courtyard just now to avoid the enemy's sneak attack. We have persisted until now!"
The adjutant was confused, and a bad premonition quickly appeared in his mind!
This is the center of the city, and the troops have suffered so many casualties!
Those farther away from the city center or those attacked by the garrison will suffer greater casualties!
Listening to the sound of gunfire, those locations are the densest and the fighting will definitely be more intense!
The adjutant did not dare to think any more, and his face became more and more solemn!