As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer rushed over panting heavily: "Sir, the South Gate garrison reported that they were attacked from both sides by the Eighth Route Army."
"The Eighth Route Army inside the city launched the attack first, followed by the troops outside the city. They were equipped with a large number of mortars, mountain artillery, and several infantry cannons."
"Our artillery units were locked in before they even had time to join the battle. In less than a minute, they suffered heavy losses during the artillery attack and lost their combat effectiveness."
Before Colonel Takahashi could recover, another staff officer rushed over.
Breathing heavily, he interrupted: "Sir, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops appeared behind the garrison in the west of the city. They were well-equipped, as well as a large number of artillery and cavalry. The troops were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. We are requesting reinforcements."
"Who can tell me what is going on?" Colonel Takahashi shouted with shock on his face.
"Where did the Eighth Route Army that appeared behind the two troops come from?"
"According to the intelligence, the garrison regiment only has seven main battalions, and the other three offensive forces each have one main battalion. We only have four main battalions at most, and they are not fully staffed, especially the two battalions that have fought against us.
More than half the casualties.”
"The more than 400 imperial troops we entered into Laiyuan City were completely wiped out in just ten minutes, which shows that these troops are hiding in Laiyuan City. Where did these troops outside the city come from? Is it true that the garrison regiment is spreading rumors?
The ability to become a soldier."
"Or is it that in order to kill us, the garrison also transferred the Eighth Route Army that was blocking the other three attacking forces?"
"This is almost impossible. According to the enemy information report: the Eighth Route Army is still active around them during the day and attacks them. There are dozens of kilometers in between. Even if they had wings, they would not be able to get here in such a short time and attack us."
The chief of staff hesitated and replied: "Sir, it's definitely not the three main battalions."
"The garrison has made it clear that it wants to annihilate us by defeating each one. Since it wants to engage in a battle to annihilate us, it must have troops to stop and support us."
"If the garrison gathers all its troops here to attack us, the two reinforcements that are marching towards us will be in an uninhabited country because there are no troops to intercept them. They will get here in the shortest possible time and rescue us."
"By then, not only will they not be able to annihilate us all, they will also be surrounded by our reinforcements."
"So I judged that there were not many Eighth Route Army troops in Laiyuan City, and we were fooled."
Colonel Takahashi's frown deepened and his face became paler.
He could not think of any reason to refute the chief of staff's analysis.
This showed that his judgment was correct, and he was once again fooled by the defense team.
Seeing that the commander of the regiment did not speak, the chief of staff thought that he did not believe his analysis, and continued to add: "The main force of the garrison is hidden in Laiyuan City. This is just our judgment, based on the fact that they have powerful heavy machine gun firepower and can eliminate them in a short time.
The strength of more than four hundred imperial troops has not been truly seen."
"There's a way we can get this miscalculation."
"Send a small number of troops into Laiyuan City, but strengthen them with a large number of heavy machine guns."
"As long as these firepower points are properly arranged and the strong assault capability of the air defense battalion is added, we can completely eliminate more than 400 of our imperial troops in a short period of time."
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Colonel Takahashi also reacted and replied calmly: "I understand, this matter is a big conspiracy from beginning to end."
"The garrison regiment arranged a small number of troops to hide in Laiyuan City, and equipped them with a large number of heavy machine guns, making us mistakenly think that these troops were all the mobile troops the garrison regiment could use. Then they divided their troops to surround Laiyuan City, and gave them a chance to defeat us one by one.
Chance."
"As soon as the troops were divided, their real main force emerged. With the cooperation of the lurking troops in the city, they attacked us from both front and rear."
"What a thorough plan, what a cunning defense team, they just fooled me around... Bang..."
At the end of the sentence, the angry Takahashi punched the ammunition box next to him.
Then he stared at his subordinates and shouted: "However, even if their plot succeeds, they can't even think of wiping out the entire Takahashi Regiment here."
"Since there is no main force of the Eighth Route Army in the city, there is no need for us to guard the city gate anymore."
"Immediately contact the troops in the south and west of the city and ask them if there is a chance to break out."
"If there is, break out to me immediately."
"If not, just stick around and wait for help."
"Order the troops stationed in the east of the city to retreat immediately and leave the fire range of the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft machine guns at the head of the city, and then wait for my order."
"The garrison in the north of the city, that is, the troops in front of us, will draw a reinforced squadron and form a mobile unit with the tank squadron to reinforce the battlefield at any time."
"The heavy artillery brigade is ready for battle and will provide artillery support to the infantry at any time to kill the Eighth Route Army attacking us."
"Contact the reinforcements and ask them to speed up."
"The battle has begun. We will hold back the garrison at all costs and wait for them to come over and then surround and annihilate them together."
Chen Wei, commander of the reconnaissance company at the headquarters of the Xiaolizhuang Garrison Regiment, appeared in front of Li Hao again. Although he was very tired and breathing heavily, his face was very excited, and he was obviously bringing good news.
"Captain, the tanks staying with the heavy artillery brigade have moved. All the tanks have gathered together, and a reinforcement squadron has also come over."
"All twelve heavy guns of the heavy artillery brigade are set up, and the gunners are on standby. They seem to be ready to participate in the battle."
Communications platoon leader Zhou Liang suddenly rushed in: "Captain, the Japanese and puppet troops in the east of the city have also moved."
"Retreat to a position one kilometer away from the city wall and wait for instructions from the mobile battalion and air defense battalion that are harassing them, whether they want to fight out."
Just as he handed the telegram to Li Hao, his subordinates sent a new telegram to Zhou Liang.
"It's a telegram from the chief of staff," Zhou Liang reported.
"The little Japs in the south of the city wanted to break out, but they used firepower to block them back. So far, the attack is going well."
Li Hao snorted and replied: "The little devil has seen our battle plan."
"If you want to break out, regroup your troops and wait for reinforcements."
"But I only realized it now. It's obviously too late."
Li Hao's face became more and more serious, and then he began to give orders.
"Contact the Chief of Staff and the Third Battalion Commander Huang Sheng: The troops will speed up the offensive pace. The battle must be completed within two hours, and the Japanese and puppet troops in the south and west of the city will be completely annihilated. Then reinforcements will be reinforced in the east of the city to annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops there?"
"Tell them that as long as they can annihilate all the Japs, I will replenish them with as much ammunition as they lose."
"Order to monitor the mobile battalion, air defense battalion, and cavalry battalion of the Japanese and puppet troops in the east of the city. If the Japanese and puppet troops do not move, they will not move. If the Japanese and puppet troops move, they will be held back."
""We also need to be ready for battle: I judge that the tank squadron and the reinforcement squadron that the Japanese have already assembled will march urgently to reinforce the Japanese and puppet troops in the west of the city and relieve them."
"Chen Wei, take action now. Bring the thunder artillery platoon and hold them back for me halfway. They can neither reinforce the west of the city nor return for reinforcements."
"The heavy artillery battalion aimed at the Japanese heavy artillery position. According to my order, it fired a two-minute burst of artillery fire at the fastest rate of fire. Then it changed the target and launched a five-minute burst of artillery fire on the Japanese and puppet army assembly area in the north of the city, killing the little Japanese there.
The explosion will make them unable to fight."
"The fourth and fifth companies of the cavalry battalion are ready for battle to raid the Japanese heavy artillery positions."
"After the bombardment started, it took two minutes to approach the Japanese heavy artillery position. As soon as the bombardment stopped, they immediately attacked, entered the position in the shortest time, and killed the remaining Japanese and puppet troops without giving them a chance to react."
"After completing the mission, one company will be left to protect the heavy artillery position, while the other company will continue to fight and assault the Japanese and puppet army gathering area in the north of the city."
"The second and third companies of the guard battalion and the heavy artillery battalion, under the cover of the heavy artillery battalion, attack the Japanese and puppet army gathering place in the north of the city. Two infantry companies, one cavalry company, and one heavy artillery battalion try to kill them."
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