At the attack position of the secret service camp outside Lingqiu City, battalion commander Liu Senyun stared at the city head a few hundred meters away, motionless!
Li Hao was standing next to him, also holding a telescope and looking at the city head motionless!
There were constant explosions coming from the artillery position behind them, their own artillery was destroyed, and there were also the sounds of artillery firing, but neither of them looked back, as if the loss of the artillery had nothing to do with them, they kept staring at the city head, expecting something!
"Gunshots, commander, there are gunshots coming from behind the city wall. It must be our people who have started to take action!" Suddenly, Liu Senyun moved, put down his binoculars and shouted excitedly!
"It should be them, there can be no mistake!" Li Hao's serious face also showed a hint of expectation!
This is what he has been waiting for!
Hearing the gunfire becoming more and more intensive, he immediately asked: "Have the flying thunder cannons been deployed in the new position?"
"It's all set up!" Liu Senyun quickly replied!
"The six thunder cannons are all facing the city. Each thunder cannon has four explosive packets prepared and can be fired at any time!"
"As long as the Japs' artillerymen are killed and the thunder cannons are no longer a threat, a total of twenty-four explosive packets will hit the city walls immediately, which is enough for the Japs to drink!"
Li Hao no longer hesitated and ordered decisively: "Very good, tell the Fei Lei artillery platoon to be ready to fire, and fire when it sees the signal from the latent troops!"
"Throw all four explosive packets onto the city in the shortest possible time, then attack with troops and occupy the city to prevent the Japs from breaking out! Tonight I will wipe out all the Japs, otherwise I will be sorry for those soldiers who sacrificed their lives!"
"Woo woo woo... bang..."
The long-lost signal flare finally took off!
The usually harsh and explosive sound sounds particularly pleasant today!
The white light produced by the explosion was particularly dazzling in the night. Hundreds of people on both sides, including Li Hao, could see it clearly!
Li Hao's eyes immediately started to shine, and he shouted excitedly: "The latent unit has succeeded!"
"The Japanese heavy artillery unit has been captured by us, the threat is lifted!"
"The thunder cannon will fire immediately, and the troops are preparing to attack the city!"
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as the order was spoken, a dull explosion sounded behind him!
Apparently the flying thunder cannon couldn't wait any longer.
Six flames spurted out from the gasoline barrel, and the huge explosive package was pushed out together, rolling and flying towards the city!
Soon, six groups of flames wrapped in a large amount of black smoke rose inside and outside the city wall, quickly spreading to the surroundings, forming a huge fireball like a mushroom!
Immediately afterwards, a thunderous explosion reached everyone's ears!
At the Japanese temporary headquarters, explosions continued to ring out inside and outside the city, showing no signs of abating!
This is completely opposite to the counterattack plan in Colonel Aoki’s mind!
In his plan, after adding heavy artillery, the artillery advantage was already on his side!
Nine heavy mortars on each battlefield are enough to suppress and quickly destroy the artillery units of the garrison, seize the initiative on the battlefield, and then provide artillery cover for the counterattack troops to suppress the garrison!
However, the battlefield did not develop according to his own combat ideas!
The heavy mortars were the basis for my decision to counterattack the defense regiment tonight. If they did not achieve the expected effect and did not even kill the artillery of the defense regiment, then there would definitely be many changes in the subsequent counterattack!
As Colonel Aoki thought about it, his face didn't look as good as before the war!
The confidence on his face slowly began to disappear, and then was replaced by worry, and finally the whole person became irritable and restless!
At this moment, the signal flare at the east gate went up!
He saw it clearly, and his heart became more restless.
The subordinates will definitely not launch the signal flare at this time, and the signal flare comes from the city, so there is only one possibility!
There are still enemies in the city who have escaped the cavalry brigade’s two consecutive searches!
Colonel Aoki's face suddenly turned ugly again!
Thinking about the increasingly fierce battle at the top of the city, this flare was definitely not a joke. There must be a conspiracy that he didn't know about. A bad premonition quickly poured into Colonel Aoki's mind!
Then he ordered anxiously: "Didn't I say that there is no Eighth Route Army in the city anymore? Then who fired the signal bomb just now!"
"There must be a conspiracy that is detrimental to the imperial army!"
"The guards will rush over immediately to find this latent force and kill them. We must not let their conspiracy succeed!"
"Hi!"
The adjutant was also anxious and immediately arranged for a staff officer to personally give the order!
This counterattack is not only related to whether the troops can take down the garrison, but also whether the troops can defend Lingqiu City!
If the counterattack fails and the troops suffer heavy casualties, Lingqiu City will definitely not be able to hold on for long under the siege of the garrison, and everyone here will die here!
No one wants to die, not even the adjutant!
However, as soon as the staff officer reached the door, he bumped into a messenger who rushed in and almost fell to the ground!
The messenger knew very well how shocking the news he had brought was, and he was nervous and anxious. Seeing that the staff officer he bumped into was several ranks higher than himself, he couldn't care less about it, so he didn't apologize and just bypassed him.
, rushed all the way to Colonel Aoki!
"Sir, something happened!"
"The East Gate Artillery Unit was attacked by the enemy, all the artillery units were destroyed, and the artillery pieces were also lost!"
"Nani!"
Aoki Osamu was stunned. He stood up from his seat, stared at the opponent, and shouted with an incredulous look on his face!
"What did you just say? Say it again!"
The messenger was immediately shocked by the sight of Colonel Aoki!
Coupled with the anger emanating from the colonel's body and the increasingly murderous intent, the messenger was immediately overwhelmed!
I opened my mouth to speak, but once the words reached my mouth, I couldn't come out.
The adjutant spoke quickly: "Don't be nervous, just say what you have to say, the commander will not embarrass you!"
"Hi!" The messenger mustered up his courage and answered bravely!
"The East Gate Artillery was attacked by the enemy and the entire army was destroyed!"
"They did not retreat after they succeeded. They launched an attack directly behind our counterattack force. The battle is continuing now!"
"But they are too cunning and have so many troops that the counterattack troops will have a hard time fighting. They will definitely not be able to hold on for too long under the attack from the front and back of the garrison!"
"The captain requested to retreat, stop the counterattack, and abandon the city fortifications!"
Colonel Aoki's face immediately turned red!
There is anger and frustration!
This counterattack was planned by himself, and it had to be terminated before it even started, and it might even turn into a big defeat.
Colonel Aoki felt as if he had been slapped hard, and his heart was full of shame and frustration!
"boom……"
"Sir, there are also flares going off at the west gate!"
Another signal bomb exploded in the air, and then the panic report from his subordinates sounded at the door!
"It's over, the Ximen Artillery is definitely over!" Colonel Aoki shouted with anger and despair!
Then a messenger rushed in from the door with a solemn look on his face!
When he saw Qingmu, he gasped and reported: "Sir, something happened at Ximen! The Eighth Route Army has internal agents and raided our artillery position!"
"Three artillery squadrons were completely destroyed, and now these agents are attacking our counterattack troops from behind!"
"Rumble..."
The unique explosion of the flying thunder cannon was also heard at this time.
Even though it was nearly one kilometer away from the city, everyone’s ears were still buzzing from the shock!
Aoki was the first to react from the shock and shouted: "It's a secret weapon equipped by the garrison. They started attacking the city again!"
"Without heavy mortars, we wouldn't be able to use these secret weapons at all!"
"I have figured it out. This matter is a conspiracy from beginning to end. We have been plotted by the defense group again!"
"Ba Ge Ya Lu, this opponent is really cunning!"
"Order the counterattack troops to retreat immediately and abandon the city. We will not fight the counterattack tonight!"
Aoki's reaction is very fast!
Since you have lost, you have to admit it. In the past few days, you have been defeated by the defense team more than once, not least this time!
As long as you live and guard Lingqiu Chen, sooner or later the goddess of luck will be on your side!
After thinking about all this, Colonel Aoki immediately calmed down from despair and thought about ways to reduce the losses!
As the old saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won’t have to worry about running out of firewood!
Only by minimizing losses, preserving the troops, and guarding Lingqiu City can you have a chance to turn defeat into victory!
Otherwise, everything is empty talk!
Colonel Aoki continued to order: "All troops in the western part of the city also retreat!"
"Without the threat of heavy mortars, the garrison will definitely use their secret weapons!"
"If the troops continue to defend the city, they will only be passively bombed. What a loss!"
"There are also two cavalry brigades. The cavalry is converted into infantry combat, covering the counterattack troops' retreat into Lingqiu City, and fighting street battles with the garrison!"
"They have no troops, otherwise they wouldn't have sent all the local troops and guerrillas to the battlefield!"
"So street fighting is our only chance to defend Lingqiu City!"
"As long as we consume some more of their troops, even if the garrison has secret weapons, they will lose their offensive capabilities, and Lingqiu City will be defended!"
"There are still guards, the order remains unchanged, continue to attack! This time we have to learn a lesson and cannot divide our troops! The troops are gathered together to find the enemies lurking in the city, concentrate their forces to eliminate them one by one, and find out where they are hiding.
place!"
"I want to know how they evaded our cavalry brigade's repeated searches!"
"If we don't solve this problem, even if we hold on tonight, we will fall into the same dangerous situation tomorrow night and be attacked from both sides!"
After most of the staff members left the war room, the worry on the adjutant's face did not disappear!
The entire battle situation has changed too much!
A counterattack that was thought to be a sure win just ten minutes ago turned into a huge defeat in the blink of an eye, and the situation of the battle also changed drastically!
The garrison can form such a large game and include all the imperial troops in it!
The adjutant believed that even if the commander made remedial measures now and issued a retreat order immediately, the casualties of the troops would not be too small!
If there are too many casualties, street fighting will be a dead end!