Chapter 710 The garrison team is at the end of the road?
At ten o'clock in the morning, an urgent telegram was suddenly delivered to Li Hao!
"Captain, the commando team needs an urgent call!"
"An hour ago, the Japanese cavalry suddenly left Laiyuan and marched towards Lingqiu in a hurry!"
"Preliminary judgment is that this little devil has at least two cavalry brigades. Captain Xiao reminds us to be prepared to meet the enemy!"
After receiving the telegram, Li Hao did not speak, but turned to look at Hong Linfeng and asked: "Chief of Staff, what do you think of this cavalry reinforcement force?"
"There's something fishy!" Hong Linfeng replied without thinking!
"My guess is that this reinforcement is 80% the same as the reinforcement that appeared yesterday afternoon! It looks like cavalry on the surface, but it is actually sending artillery to Lingqiu City!"
At this point, Hong Linfeng also started to get hot-eyed, his eyes flashed and he suggested: "Captain, this is fat meat that is brought to your mouth. If you don't eat it, you won't eat it for free!"
"I propose to assemble heavy troops, eat these little devils on the way, and seize those heavy mortars, so that our heavy artillery company can be established!"
Liu Senyun and Zhao Wen reacted very quickly. They both wanted to seize the main attack mission. At the same time, they asked for a battle: "Captain, I'll go!"
After looking at each other, in order to increase the chance of winning, Zhao Wen added: "Light and heavy machine guns are the nemesis of the cavalry. I gathered all the light and heavy machine guns in the entire battalion to prepare a pocket formation for them, and built some blocking positions to slow down the cavalry's assault speed. I am sure.
Can annihilate them all!"
Not to be outdone, Liu Senyun added: "I can dig a lot of traps along the path that the Japanese must pass through, and then hide them!"
"The Japs are rushing to Lingqiu City, and they will definitely not be found!"
"First use the horse trap to kill some cavalry, and then use Battalion Commander Zhao's method just now to prepare a pocket formation for the remaining cavalry, deploy more light and heavy machine guns, and eat them in one bite!"
Hong Linfeng's eyes were getting hotter and hotter. He already agreed with the two battalion commanders' proposals in his heart, and then put forward his own idea again!
"Commander, don't come back when you can't miss the opportunity. Let's fight!"
"Can't fight!" Li Hao actually refused.
Hong Linfeng and the two battalion commanders showed stunned and shocked expressions at that time.
They can't figure out why?
It was clearly an ambush battle that must be won. Why did the regiment leader refuse and be so determined?
Li Hao didn't keep them waiting for too long. He thought for a moment and explained: "Things are not as simple as you think!"
"I agree with the chief of staff's judgment that there must be something fishy about this reinforcement force!"
"The reason why you refused to ambush is because you missed something and didn't consider it!"
"The little Japanese reinforcements not only have cavalry, but also have planes escorting them above their heads!"
"No matter how perfectly our pocket array is arranged, we are still vulnerable to aircraft!"
"Not only will it be impossible to eat the little Japs by then, but they will also suffer heavy casualties from the Japs' plane attacks. They will lose both my wife and the army!"
"So I decided to ignore them and let them directly enter Lingqiu City!"
"Of course, when I say this, I mean whether the main force is immobile, the guerrillas, the local troops, all those who can move, move it for me!"
"Guerrilla warfare, sparrow warfare, mine warfare... no matter what the tactics are, as long as they can kill the Japanese, I will use them all to continuously weaken their strength!"
Hong Linfeng reminded: "Captain, you have to think carefully!"
"Once they enter the city, we will have to deal with even more Japs tonight, and the number of heavy mortars will increase to more than twenty!"
"With so many Japanese soldiers and heavy weapons, can we eat them all?"
“Eat it!”
Li Hao answered affirmatively, his face still as confident as ever!
Following the change of subject, he continued: "However, when there are more Japs, our tactics will have to be adjusted accordingly!"
"Chief of Staff, immediately send all the regimental correspondents out and contact the nearby guerrillas and local troops. All those who can get here before dark will come here with weapons and ammunition. The more the better!"
"Tonight, I'm going to have a fight with the little devil to take over Lingqiu City completely!"
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the twelve mortars that Colonel Aoki was eager to see through were finally sent into Lingqiu City by the cavalry!
Looking at the thick muzzle and long barrel of the mortar, Colonel Aoki's last concern disappeared in an instant!
Confidence reappeared on his face, and he ordered decisively: "Immediately equip the troops with these artillery pieces, and be ready to participate in battle as a team at any time!"
"Also, immediately report to me the latest situation of the garrison outside the city. The more detailed the better!"
The adjutant quickly replied: "According to the investigation: the garrison that attacked us outside the city also came with a lot of reinforcements!"
"But the quality of these reinforcements is not very good. Except for a small part of the main force, the others are all local troops and guerrillas formed by the Eighth Route Army. They have poor combat effectiveness and poor equipment!"
Colonel Aoki sneered and replied: "It seems that our opponent is at the end of his rope!"
"Since the garrison has gathered all these troops outside Lingqiu City, we can do it all at once! We will avoid having to divide our troops to eliminate these threats in the future, which is troublesome!"
"Pass my order, the troops will have dinner at five o'clock tonight, and then all enter the position at six o'clock!"
"All the infantry entered the city defenses. There are a total of twenty-one heavy mortars. There are nine guns in the east and west of the city, and three guns are left in reserve!"
"Tonight, I will severely injure the garrison on the front line of the city wall and give them a counterattack!"
"All the cavalry that entered the city yesterday and today participated in the battle. A cavalry brigade was deployed in the east and west of the city. After the counterattack began, they fought out of Lingqiu City with the infantry, launched a counterattack on our garrison, and killed all the Eighth Route Army outside the city.
, one battle will solve the empire’s most serious problem!”
At seven o'clock in the evening, the Japanese garrison headquarters was brightly lit, and all the busy scenes during the day disappeared at this time!
Everyone held their breath, looking at a clock on the wall of the headquarters, waiting for the moment of attack?
"Jingle Bell……"
The phone rang suddenly, breaking the peaceful atmosphere here!
The staff officer grabbed the microphone and put it to his ear. After listening for less than half a minute, he covered the microphone with his left hand and reported to Aoki from a distance.
"Sir, the East Gate reports that the Eighth Route Army has appeared in the offensive position outside the city!"
"Tell them to be ready!" Aoki ordered in a deep voice!
"The artillery is on standby. The key to this counterattack is to destroy the artillery unit of the defense regiment, then destroy their secret weapons, and finally cover the infantry counterattack! Therefore, the importance of artillery is self-evident. Once the secret weapons of the defense regiment are exposed, fire artillery counterattack immediately.
Force the artillery of the garrison to be exposed and destroy them!"
"Yes, sir!"
The staff officer quickly answered and then started giving orders into the microphone!
Not long after, the same order was sent to a Japanese position in Lingqiu City!
In a yard less than two hundred meters away from the Japanese ammunition depot, there was a sudden movement among the ruins!
A wooden board covered with a lot of soil was carefully pushed open, a hole appeared, and then a human head slowly stuck out!
After confirming that there were no Japs around, the man quickly climbed out, holding the rifle flat in his hand, half-crouching next to the entrance of the cave, staring at the surroundings with a vigilant expression!
The second person came out quickly, and then the third person!
In less than two minutes, thirteen people emerged from the small hole!
"Battal Commander, there are no Japs around, and no Japs patrols have been seen!" A soldier ran to Sun Jiawu and reported!
"It must have been done by the group leader!" Sun Jiawu said happily!
"The regiment leader has a telegram during the day. After dark, they will find a way to attract all the main Japanese forces to the front line of the city wall. Now it seems that the regiment leader's method has worked!"
"Without the Japanese, it will be easier if we occupy the Japanese ammunition depots and material warehouses, as well as capture the Japanese artillery positions!"
"Everyone disperse immediately. Those who find us, all gather here!"
"Tonight we have to attack with a purpose, we can't just attack randomly like last night!"
"It's seven o'clock now, and there are still two hours before the attack time agreed by the leader. Everyone must hurry up!"
In less than an hour, a total of seven platoon leaders were found and hid in a completely sealed small house, waiting for Sun Jiawu to give orders!
Sun Jiawu didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the point: "Comrades, to make a long story short, I directly announce the mission given to us by the regiment commander: after the main force's frontal attack begins, we will seize the Japanese arsenal and material warehouse as quietly as possible under the cover of night.
Headquarters, and all artillery positions!”
"After each unit completed its mission, the army was divided into two, and one-third of the troops were left to protect the trophies they captured and prevent the Japanese from taking them back!"
"Two-thirds of the troops will go directly to the battlefield, choose the target to attack and kill the Japanese, and cooperate with the main force to completely capture Lingqiu City!"
"Now I will arrange the tasks: one company and one platoon of the guard battalion, responsible for the Japanese arsenal!"
"The second platoon of the first company of the guard battalion is in charge of the Japanese supplies warehouse!"
"I will personally command the third platoon and the guard squad to attack the Japanese headquarters!"
"The security platoon, reconnaissance platoon, and several direct squads of the special agent battalion, you go to the east, first capture the Japs artillery position, and then cover the main force of your battalion to enter Lingqiu City and kill the Japs there!
"The independent battalion's security platoon, reconnaissance platoon, and several company-affiliated squads are going to the west gate. The mission is the same!"
"The troops should be divided now and lurk secretly around the attack target. No one can expose the target in advance. We can only take action after the main force has launched. Otherwise, even if the entire operation does not fail, our losses will be greatly increased!"
The Japanese Army Command Headquarters, after a brief period of excitement, has become quiet again!
It has been almost twenty minutes since the garrison entered the position, and they have not launched an attack yet!
For Colonel Aoki, this kind of waiting can definitely be called torture!
I have prepared everything I should, and it is almost foolproof!
As long as the garrison comes to fight, I can definitely win this battle!
Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind. All Colonel Aoki needs to do now is to wait for the arrival of the east wind!
"Jingle Bell……"
The phone rang again. The staff officer quickly grabbed the phone as before, listened for half a minute and then hurriedly reported!
"Sir, East Gate reports: The main force of the garrison has entered the position!"
"There are figures everywhere in the offensive position outside the city, but they are not attacking, but continue to deepen and widen the offensive position!"
"Order the frontline troops to strengthen their alert!" Aoki ordered without thinking!
A sneer slowly flashed across his serious face, and then he said: "Our opponents are not only at the end of their rope, they are also afraid!"
"As an offensive side, according to common sense, there is no need to deepen and widen the offensive position! But they did this, which is obviously a lack of confidence for the next attack! Once they fail, the strengthened offensive position will be their last resort!"
A smile appeared on the adjutant's tense face! He was very happy to compliment and said: "Sir is wise, we will win this battle!"