"Sir, something's wrong!" the chief of staff frowned and reminded him without giving the order.
"In addition to the sound of anti-aircraft machine gun fire, there seemed to be a large number of heavy machine gun fire and grenade explosions in the city. It sounded like at least fifteen heavy machine guns were firing together."
"Judging from the organization of the garrison, only three main battalions can be equipped with more than fifteen" heavy machine guns."
"So in addition to the air defense troops of the garrison, there are also many main troops hidden in the city."
Takahashi's face became more and more solemn, obviously he heard it too.
He scolded with a stern face: "Bagya Road, such a cunning garrison, infantry and air defense troops cooperate with each other. With such powerful firepower, they will definitely be able to swallow up all the troops we enter the city."
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooo on on off and on to the city.
The chief of staff frowned even deeper and immediately reported: "Sir, this is a request for help signal from the attacking troops."
"They must have been heavily surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, suffered heavy losses, and were unable to break out, otherwise they would not have fired red flares."
"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Two red flares flew into the sky, one on the left and the other on the right.
"The troops entering the city have been divided, and they were all besieged by the Eighth Route Army. They suffered heavy casualties and are in urgent need of reinforcements." The chief of staff continued to report, his face obviously more solemn than before, and his words were a little more anxious.
Before Colonel Takahashi could speak, the chief of staff couldn't help but suggest: "Sir, we should send troops to the city immediately to reinforce them, otherwise the more than 500 imperial troops who just entered the city will be completely destroyed."
Colonel Takahashi was more anxious than the chief of staff, but he did not lose his mind.
He shook his head and refused: "No, the Eighth Route Army in the city is too strong, well-equipped, and has an air defense battalion to cooperate with the operation. Sending troops into the city now is just a refueling tactic. Not only the troops that just entered the city cannot be saved, but also follow-up reinforcements
You will also fall into it.”
"It's still my order just now, send a retreat signal to the troops entering the city, break out at all costs, and rush out as many as you can."
Three signal flares representing a breakout and retreat quickly took off.
The chief of staff was still relieved and continued to ask: "Sir, what should we do? We can't just wait here!"
Takahashi replied murderously: "Of course not."
"No matter whether the imperial army that just entered the city can successfully break through, I will kill the troops left in the city by the garrison and avenge the imperial troops who died along the way. Especially the air defense battalion that killed most of our infantry brigade in one battle.
It must be eaten to completely eliminate this threat."
"According to intelligence, excluding the three main battalions that blocked us, the garrison only has three battalions of mobile troops left."
"I judge that these mobile troops are all in Laiyuan City."
"Kill them all, and the garrison will be left without any troops. They will watch helplessly as we rush into their base, helpless to do anything."
"Order, the troops are divided into four and immediately dispatched to block the four gates of Laiyuan City and surround me to death of the Eighth Route Army in the city."
"Your Excellency, the division commander, we have blocked the air defense battalion of the defense regiment and a large number of main troops in Laiyuan City. Please ask the offensive troops from both wings to come over immediately for reinforcements, capture Laiyuan City, and eat them."
Xiao Lizhuang and the reconnaissance company commander Chen Weifeng also rushed into the headquarters.
"Captain, the little Japs left outside the city have moved."
"The troops were divided into four. Except for the more than 700 people and the heavy artillery brigade, the chariot squadron stayed at the north gate, and the other troops attacked the three city gates in the southeast and west."
Hong Linfeng stood nearby, almost jumping with joy, and shouted excitedly: "Captain, our goal has been achieved, the little devil has been fooled."
Li Hao's nerves, which had been tense for more than an hour, relaxed, and a smile flashed at the corner of his mouth.
The puppet army, which lasted for more than three thousand days, had heavy artillery and tanks. It could advance and attack, but retreat and defend. Their combat effectiveness was not ordinary.
Looking at the garrison, the only troops Li Hao could use were the heavy artillery battalion, the cavalry battalion, the mobile battalion, the special agent battalion, as well as the disabled third battalion and half of the guard battalion.
Their military strength is not as good as that of the Japanese and puppet troops, and their firepower is not as good as that of the Japanese and puppet troops. Moreover, they can only attack their heavily guarded positions at night, and the battle must be ended in a short period of time...
The difficulty in the middle is not that great.
The probability of success is almost zero.
And even if it succeeds, the participating troops will suffer heavy casualties.
These troops were the only mobile troops of the garrison. They lost their combat effectiveness, and the remaining two offensive troops of the Japanese and puppet troops did not retreat because of the defeat of the Takahashi Regiment.
All Li Hao could do was watch them rush into the base area, sigh in despair, and then have to abandon the base area and take the remaining forces of the garrison into the mountains.
At this point, the garrison was completely defeated.
After much thought, Li Hao decided not to risk the future of the garrison, and then thought of this method of letting the Japanese divide their forces and defeat them one by one.
When the battle began, Li Hao's biggest worry was that if the Japanese were not fooled, all his careful planning would be in vain.
In the end, Colonel Takahashi's caution helped him.
The more cautious the Japanese are, the more troops they can enter the city at once, which proves how powerful their troops lurking in the city are.
Only in this way can Gao Qiao make up his mind to divide his troops to surround Laiyuan City and give himself every opportunity to defeat them.
As for the true number of troops in the city, Colonel Takahashi would definitely be surprised.
The air defense battalion was indeed within the city, and Takahashi was right about this.
But there are not that many infantry.
In total, there were only three infantry companies in the mobile battalion, and they were still three dissatisfied infantry companies minus the artillery squad.
In order for their three companies to produce the firepower of three battalions and be able to swallow up a full-scale Japanese infantry brigade, Li Hao equipped them with more than a dozen heavy machine guns that he had captured with the third battalion a few days ago."
Colonel Takahashi stayed outside the city, separated by the city wall, and could only judge the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the city by the sound of gunfire.
More than a dozen temporarily strengthened heavy machine guns, plus six of the mobile battalion's own equipment, nearly twenty heavy machine guns fired together. No matter how experienced the officer was, they would regard them as more than three main battalions.
Colonel Takahashi was no exception, so he gave the order to surround Laiyuan City at all costs.
"Commander, the Japanese army has divided its forces, how should we fight?" Seeing that Li Hao had not spoken for a long time, Hong Linfeng asked anxiously and excitedly.
"Order..." Li Hao uttered these two words, and then his face became more serious than ever.
"The special agent battalion, mobile battalion artillery company, and cavalry battalion first company form an assault team to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in the south of the city."
"The mobile battalion and the air defense battalion will each detach a company to launch an attack from the city. They will attack from the front and back and cooperate with each other. Chief of Staff, you will personally go over and take command."
"The third battalion, the second cavalry company, and the guard battalion artillery company formed an assault unit, commanded by the third battalion commander Huang Sheng, to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in the east of the city."
"The maneuver battalion and the air defense battalion each detached a company to fight together."
"The remaining two companies of the mobile battalion and the air defense battalion took the initiative to attack the Japanese and puppet troops defending the west of the city. The third company of the cavalry battalion cooperated with the operation outside the city to prevent them from reinforcing other battlefields."
"I personally command the heavy artillery battalion, the thunder artillery platoon, the second and third companies of the guard battalion, the reconnaissance company, the fourth and fifth companies of the cavalry battalion, and keep an eye on the Japanese and puppet troops in the north of the city."
"Each unit will start taking action now and will be in place within half an hour. Based on the signal flare from the regiment headquarters, they will launch an attack at the same time."
"I am responsible for contacting the mobile battalion and the air defense battalion. When they see the signal flare, they will attack first to attract the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops. The troops outside the city will follow up and attack, giving the Japanese army a fatal attack. Use the shortest possible time to eliminate them."
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