It wasn't until dark that the Laiyuan City garrison commander figured out the ins and outs of the entire battle!
Then he turned into an angry lion, yelling and venting his anger in the war room!
"On Bageya Road, those Chinese people who work for the imperial army are really unreliable. They are all bullshit local snakes. They are all bragging to themselves as an excuse to get more weapons from the imperial army!"
"So many Eighth Route Army troops entered Lingqiu without being found, what use do I have for them!"
"They should all commit suicide to apologize and be buried with the imperial army who died in the battle today!"
"If they hadn't provided wrong information to the Imperial Army and ignored this Eighth Route Army unit, so many of our Imperial Army would not have died!"
The chief of staff stood nearby, lowering his head and saying nothing!
Sending troops to Gongqiao Village and sending cavalry to reinforce the attacking troops, both decisions also had his factors!
If we really want to hold the troops responsible for the defeat, he will also be held responsible!
"Boom boom..."
Just when he was hesitating about how to comfort the commander, two sudden explosions startled him!
"Jingle Bell……"
Before he could react to the shock caused by the explosion, the phone rang!
The staff officer picked up the phone and listened to a few words before his expression changed. Then he covered the phone and reported solemnly!
"Sir, the city defense force has an urgent military situation!"
"They were suddenly attacked by two mortars, which were set up one kilometer outside the east gate and fired at them!"
The chief of staff frowned and analyzed: "Is it possible that the garrison is not satisfied with killing more than a thousand of us in one morning, and plans to pursue the victory and seize the opportunity to capture Laiyuan City!"
The commander stopped scolding and forced himself to calm down in front of the military situation!
Shaking his head, he analyzed seriously: "Probably not!"
"Although there are only over a thousand imperial troops left in Laiyuan City, we are not short of artillery and cavalry, and there are more than a thousand imperial troops to cooperate with us in defending the city!"
"Coupled with Laiyuan City's solid fortifications, especially the large number of permanent firepower points we built outside the city!"
"Even if the garrison is equipped with heavy artillery, it won't be able to take it down in a short time, and it will have to pay a huge price!"
"Also, although we don't have any imperial troops outside the city, we still have hundreds of Chinese people working for us!"
"They have guns and ammunition. If they launch an attack from behind the Eighth Route Army, even a small sneak attack, it can cause them huge trouble, and eventually they will fall into a dangerous situation where they are attacked from both sides!"
"So I am sure that the garrison will never attack Laiyuan City at this time!"
"Even if we really want to attack, we have to wait until they kill those potential threats first!"
The chief of staff agreed with the commander's analysis and was about to speak!
"Boom boom..."
Two identical explosions came from the direction of the east gate!
The chief of staff quickly asked: "Sir, since we are not attacking Laiyuan City, what does it mean that the Eighth Route Army suddenly opened fire on us?"
The commander frowned, thinking for a long time without relaxing his brows. Finally, he shook his head and replied: "I don't know either!"
But soon, there was a trace of murderous intent in the commander's eyebrows, and he said immediately: "But we must not allow the Eighth Route Army to continue bombing like this!"
"Order the city defense troops to send out a reinforced squad and launch a direct attack on the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions!"
"Since you can't guess what the eight-way artillery fire is for, let's find out their purpose!"
"The artillery is ready for battle and can provide artillery cover for attacking troops at any time!"
Outside Laiyuan City, Li Hao personally commanded the Nine Company to surround Laiyuan City!
Although the Ninth Company did not suffer any major losses after entering Laiyuan, and it had just added two mortars and its firepower was more powerful than before, there were only less than 200 people after all!
Compared with the Japanese and puppet troops in Laiyuan City, there is a huge gap in terms of military strength and firepower!
If you don't use the right tactics and tactics, not only will you not be able to surround Laiyuan City, but you will suffer a big loss!
In this attack, the garrison suffered heavy casualties and many veterans were lost!
Now that the situation has finally stabilized, we must not suffer any further losses due to accidents!
So Li Hao decided to lead the team himself!
"Captain, there are kidnappers coming at the east gate. There is a reinforcement team in total!" The leader of the Ninth Company's reconnaissance squadron rushed over and reported!
The Ninth Company Commander laughed at that time, his eyes gleaming as he asked for a fight: "Captain, the little devil is exactly as you have judged. He is not willing to be passively beaten, and then he takes the initiative to fight out and find out the purpose of our artillery fire!"
Because it was an expected thing, Li Hao didn't show any surprise on his face and started giving orders directly!
"The troops will act according to the plan just now!"
"Captain Yuan, you must remember clearly what I just told you. You only have this chance!"
"We must use lightning speed to eat up this reinforced team, and make a quick decision without giving the Japanese any chance to counterattack!"
"There must be Japs watching on top of the city. Whether you can scare them in one battle, mistakenly think that we have a regiment, and beat them into a coward, it depends on your next battle!"
Yuan Shan answered confidently: "Captain, don't worry, there are three flying thunder cannons to support the operation. As long as the Japanese enter the pocket formation, I guarantee that they will not even have a chance to fight back!"
In order to find out the real purpose of the sudden cannon fire from the garrison outside the city, the commander also decided to take action himself!
Hiding in a bunker at the top of the city, holding a telescope, staring at the attacking troops moving further and further away!
"Boom boom boom..."
Three dull explosions suddenly sounded outside the city!
The soldier's sixth sense made the commander realize that the attacking troops were in danger!
But before he could give the order, three groups of fireballs mixed with a large amount of white smoke had already risen among the attacking troops!
Immediately afterwards, a violent explosion reached everyone's ears!
"No, the attacking troops are in danger. Send a signal immediately and tell them to retreat now!" the commander ordered with shock!
"Tick tock..."
The charge horn and the order sounded almost at the same time!
The commander's eyes immediately widened, and then he showed a dumbfounded and shocked expression!
However, this is just the beginning, and there will be more shocking scenes to come!
Under the flames of the battlefield, countless Eighth Route Army soldiers appeared. Under the cover of more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, they rushed towards the battlefield like hungry wolves!
There was almost no counterattack sound from the attacking troops, and they watched the Eighth Route Army rushing in front of them, as if they were all dead!
Not to mention, after the two troops strangled together, the head-to-head combat expected by the commander did not happen!
A strengthened squad with more than seventy imperial troops. In the commander's view, even if they are heavily besieged and eventually the entire army is destroyed, they can still kill a few more Eighth Route Army back-up soldiers with their own stabbing skills before they die!
But I miscalculated again!
The Eighth Route Army rushing onto the battlefield was more like cleaning the battlefield than fighting!
The whole battle seemed to have been rehearsed in advance. The Eighth Route Army used the power of thunder to kill one of its reinforced squads in the blink of an eye!
The commander was completely frightened, but his reaction speed was not slow at all and he immediately ordered!
"The artillery will fire immediately. The attacking troops are finished. We must not let the Eighth Route Army take advantage and slip away!"
