Ten minutes later, the gunfire in Laiyuan City stopped.
The chief of staff walked up to the captain with his head raised and said: "Sir, of the more than 500 imperial troops who entered the city, only less than 100 people rushed out, and the rest stayed in the city. Now that the gunfire has stopped, they must be finished."
"Baga..." Colonel Takahashi clenched his fists and cursed angrily.
"The cunning Eighth Route Army, I must destroy them all, cut their bodies into thousands of pieces, and avenge the death of the Imperial Army."
"Chief of Staff, has the call back from the division commander arrived? When will the reinforcements arrive?"
The chief of staff raised his shrugged head again, and replied with murderous intent in his eyes: "The division headquarters called back: The imperial troops on both wings of ours have received orders and are ready to go."
"Bizhi just confirmed the location with them. It's 25 kilometers away from Laiyuan City. It can be reached in four hours of urgent marching."
"The farther one is more than 30 kilometers away. It can be reached in five hours of urgent march."
Colonel Takahashi looked much better: "Yo Xi, as long as the two troops successfully arrive here, we will definitely be able to crush Laiyuan City and eliminate the Eighth Route Army inside."
"Now that the fighting in the city has ended, the Eighth Route Army will surely gradually know our intention to surround Laiyuan City and annihilate them here."
"If I were the commander of the garrison, I would definitely order the troops to break out of the encirclement, rush out of Laiyuan City and hide in the mountains before our reinforcements arrive."
"Order the captains to guard a few city gates for me and not allow an Eighth Route Army soldier to rush out, otherwise military law will be enforced."
"Our Gaoqiao Regiment has taken a fancy to these Eighth Route Army troops and we must not let them slip away from us."
As soon as more than a dozen messengers left the Xiaolizhuang garrison headquarters with attack orders, the telecommunications room next to the war room began to become lively.
Several radio stations turned on their red lights at the same time, and the familiar and rhythmic sound of sending and receiving telegraphs sounded.
Communications platoon leader Zhou Liang shuttled back and forth between the two rooms, delivering telegrams one after another to Li Hao.
"Captain, the Second Battalion is in urgent need of a call. The Japanese and puppet troops attacking them suddenly gathered to attack Laiyuan City. They were marching very fast."
"Captain, the Independent Battalion has received an emergency call. The Japanese and puppet troops attacking them suddenly gathered to attack Laiyuan City."
Li Hao's serious face flashed with excitement: "The war has begun!"
"Send them a telegram and delay them at all costs so that they cannot reach Laiyuan City within six hours."
"Local troops and guerrillas along the route are all under their command."
"It doesn't matter how you fight, I just want the results."
In the Japanese military headquarters, a huge layout plan of Triumph City was spread out on the table. Colonel Takahashi stood aside, frowning and writing and drawing on it.
He was thinking about how the imperial army could capture Laiyuan City at the minimum cost after the reinforcements arrived.
"Dong dong dong..."
The dull sound of anti-aircraft machine gun fire suddenly came over. Although the sound was not loud, it still interrupted Takahashi's thoughts.
Takahashi fought with the garrison for four days in total. Anti-aircraft machine guns appeared on the battlefield twice, and each time they severely damaged the imperial army, leaving a deep impression on him.
I don't know when Takahashi started to worry about the sound of gunshots. He was afraid of being bitten by a snake and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.
When I heard this kind of gunfire, my first subconscious reaction was that the Eighth Route Army was brewing some new conspiracy.
He frowned immediately, grabbed a telescope and walked outside the tent.
There was no movement outside the north gate of Laiyuan City. Under the cover of night, everything was dark and Colonel Takahashi could not see anything.
"Sir, the south gate reports that they are under attack."
"The Eighth Route Army mounted anti-aircraft machine guns on top of the city and strafed our positions from a high position."
"The anti-aircraft machine gun is so powerful that the bullets can penetrate the breastwork made of soil from 500 meters away. The troops have already suffered casualties."
Colonel Takahashi became angry and cursed: "Bageya Road, are they stupid pigs? Are the cannons I gave them for display? Fire immediately to destroy these anti-aircraft machine guns."
"Da da da……"
Increasing gunfire came from the south of the city, including heavy machine gun fire and rifle machine gun fire.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army has rushed out from the south gate and is attacking our garrison position outside the south gate." The staff officer rushed out of the tent and reported.
Colonel Takahashi had already expected this, so he didn't show much surprise.
Forced himself to calm down from his anger, he ordered in a deep voice: "Tell our troops to stop the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops at all costs, block them in Laiyuan City, and wait for reinforcements."
“Dong dong dong… da da da…”
The same gunfire came from the east of the city, followed closely by the west of the city. The battlefield that was quiet just now suddenly became lively, with gunshots and explosions everywhere...
Colonel Takahashi snorted and replied: "It's a small trick!"
"If my judgment is correct, the Eighth Route Army is using their best trick of attacking in the east and west to confuse us and force us to divide our forces. Then the main force will concentrate on a single point to attack fiercely, break through our blockade, and rush out of Laiyuan City."
"However, it will be unlucky for them to encounter me today."
"I have deployed the same troops and firepower in every direction of Laiyuan City, and I have ensured that they can stand alone without external aid, so their attacks in the east and west will have no effect on us."
Having said this, the anger on Colonel Takahashi's face completely disappeared, and he even showed a smile, feeling happy for his wise move.
"Boom boom boom..."
Osaka Takahashi's long-lost cannon fire finally sounded.
A few kilometers away at the south gate, you can vaguely see some firelight flashing from the ground.
"Something's wrong!" Takahashi's brows that had just relaxed wrinkled again.
"If the explosion was on top of the city, we would definitely be able to see the entire firelight instead of just a shadow."
"There is only one possibility. All the cannonballs hit both sides of the city wall. The city wall blocked our view, so we could only see the shadow of the firelight."
"What do the troops in the south of the city do? There are so many artillery pieces, but none of them hit the city head."
"Boom boom boom..."
The second round of shells exploded, but still no shells hit the city. Only the fire caused by the explosion was faintly visible.
Takahashi felt a faint sense of uneasiness, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
It wasn't until the third round of shells exploded that Takahashi's face finally changed. He was so pale that he couldn't even speak clearly.
"No, this is not our artillery."
"There were a few gunshots that were not right just now. They were caused by the explosion of heavy mortar shells, and our troops are not equipped with heavy mortars."
"It's the garrison. They are equipped with heavy mortars. The current shelling is not our shelling of the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops, but the Eighth Route Army's shelling of the troops on our blockade."
The artillery staff also reacted: "Sir, the artillery shells were fired from a position nearly two kilometers south of the city. The impact point was outside the city, about five hundred meters away from the city gate. Our troops blocking the south gate were bombarded."
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