"Captain, good news!" Investigation company commander Chen Weixing hurried over with a smile on his face.
"At eight o'clock in the morning, an infantry brigade suddenly came out of Lingqiu City and marched back to Laiyuan City."
Li Hao's first reaction was to replace the little Japanese raccoon cat with the prince, making himself mistakenly believe that Lingqiu's troops were empty, attack there, and then severely damage the garrison in Lingqiu City.
They had used this style of play before, and the defensive team had suffered heavy losses and had to defend against it.
As soon as Chen Wei finished speaking, Li Hao frowned and asked.
"Are you sure that those who went to Laiyuan City were all Japanese and not puppet soldiers in disguise?"
"I'm sure!" Chen Wei replied very definitely.
"I personally took people to test their combat capabilities. They reacted very quickly in battle and their marksmanship was also very accurate. The puppet army will never reach this level."
"And those people are all bow-legged, short, but very strong. There is no way they are puppet soldiers pretending to be soldiers."
Wang Hong frowned and asked: "Captain, what is this little devil doing? Why can't I understand?"
"Lingqiu City is the home base of our defense regiment. If we want to counterattack, we will definitely attack there first. There is no way the little Japs don't know that."
"Under normal circumstances, the little devil should continue to strengthen Lingqiu's troops and not give us the opportunity to take advantage of it. Why did it all turn around all of a sudden?"
"Abnormality must be accompanied by monsters!" Li Hao thought for a moment and replied.
"There have been more than 8,000 puppet troops stationed in Laiyuan City for more than 8,000 days. Whether these more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers return will not have any impact on the defense of Laiyuan City, so they are definitely not returning to defend Laiyuan City."
"That little devil went through so much trouble just to show weakness."
"If this is the case, the mixed brigade that the little devil just transferred is not as simple as we thought, and the plan is not small."
Hong Linfeng also understood, frowned and analyzed: "Try us to attack Lingqiu City by showing weakness, and then gather and annihilate us outside Lingqiu City!"
"Eighty percent of it is like this." Li Hao affirmed.
Following the change of subject, he continued: "However, this is also an opportunity for us."
"Our counterattack plan is to attack Lingqiu first."
"Only when Lingqiu, the base camp of our defense regiment, and the people in the base area are retaken from the hands of the Japs, will the people in the base believe that our defense regiment is not defeated, regain confidence in us, and continue to support us."
"Previously, the puppet troops were stationed in Lingqiu for more than 3,000 days. It is so close to Laiyuan that it is difficult for us to make a quick victory before reinforcements arrive."
"It's better now. Without an infantry brigade, the defense will definitely be greatly reduced, and we will have the opportunity to win a quick victory."
Hong Linfeng reminded: "Captain, are you going to take advantage of the situation?"
"Don't miss this opportunity!" A cunning look flashed across Li Hao's face.
"This is an excellent opportunity for us to capture Lingqiu. If we miss it, we may not be able to wait again."
Hong Linfeng didn't think so, and quickly reminded: "What about the little devil's conspiracy?"
"Captain, you just said that there must be monsters when things go wrong. If the little devil suddenly mobilizes his troops, there must be a conspiracy we don't know about."
"If we attack rashly before we understand it clearly, we will probably be fooled 80% of the time."
"We are not afraid even if we are fooled!" Li Hao answered confidently.
Then he explained: "Political Commissar and Chief of Staff, please don't forget that this is the base area of our garrison, our own territory. The Japanese army only really controls a few isolated cities. As long as they leave the county, no matter what they do, they cannot escape the base area."
The eyes of the common people."
"With so many pairs of eyes watching, even if the little devils have a conspiracy, we can discover it immediately and then respond to prevent them from succeeding."
"This matter is settled."
"Second Battalion, Third Battalion, Independent Battalion, First Company and Second Company of the Heavy Artillery Battalion, attack Lingqiu."
"The remaining three companies of the special agent battalion, mobile battalion, cavalry battalion, and heavy artillery battalion serve as the reserve team of the entire army to provide perimeter security and respond to possible emergencies."
"The reconnaissance company, keep an eye on the little devils in several counties around Lingqiu. If there is any abnormality, report it to me as soon as possible."
"The political commissar mobilized local guerrillas, especially the guerrillas and local troops around several isolated cities, together with the reconnaissance company, to keep a close eye on the Japanese and puppet troops in the base area, and report any situation immediately."
"It is now five o'clock in the afternoon. I will give you five hours to prepare and attack the city on time at ten o'clock in the evening."
Lingqiu City Japanese garrison headquarters, former garrison regiment headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel Yamaguchi has fallen asleep.
Suddenly, the sound of "ta da da..." machine gun fire sounded on the top of the city.
The transmission here is already very weak, but his long military career has made Yamaguchi more alert to gunshots than ordinary people.
As if he was frightened, he climbed out of bed, put on his military uniform and walked to the war room.
"Da da da... bang bang... boom..."
When we walked to the war room, the sound of gunfire was already very intensive, including the sound of light and heavy machine gun fire, as well as the sound of rifle shooting, mixed with the sound of a lot of artillery shell explosions, all around the city walls.
"Sir, the South Gate was attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The enemy was equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars..." a staff officer put down the phone and reported.
"Reporting to the commander, the east gate is under attack and the enemy is equipped with mortars."
"Rumble..."
Several particularly violent explosions suddenly sounded, interrupting the reports of his subordinates.
"It's a large-caliber mortar..." the artillery staff shouted.
"Rumble..."
Before he finished speaking, a series of more violent explosions followed. Everyone could clearly feel the ground under their feet shaking a few times, and the light bulbs just installed above their heads also shook a few times. This shows how powerful these explosions were.
Many people were stunned and looked shocked.
Except for the artillery staff officer, a flash of fear quickly flashed across his face, and then he shouted: "It's heavy artillery, sir, the Eighth Route Army has dispatched heavy artillery to attack us."
At this time, even a fool could see the determination of the garrison to capture Lingqiu City. Lieutenant Colonel Yamaguchi did not wait for the report and made a decisive decision.
"Contact the brigade commander of Laiyuan City immediately. Lingqiu City was heavily besieged by the garrison. Heavy mortars and heavy artillery were deployed. They were fooled. They asked the brigade commander to act according to the original plan and gather together to annihilate the garrison outside Lingqiu City.
The main force of the group."
After dictating the contents of the telegram, Lieutenant Colonel Yamaguchi turned his attention to the city defense map in front of him.
If you want to encircle and annihilate the main force of the garrison, whether the reinforcements can arrive in time is one thing, but whether you can defend Lingqiu City is equally important.
If Lingqiu City is lost, this battle plan will definitely go bankrupt, and then he will be the sinner of the entire mixed brigade.
So this kind of accident must not happen.
After watching for half a minute, Lieutenant Colonel Yamaguchi began to give orders: "The garrison that attacked us was equipped with heavy artillery. If you defend the city wall, you will be bombed to death, so I decided to put them into Lingqiu City and let them see that Lingqiu City was taken."
hope, and then they will attack us at all costs.”
"We can also use street fighting to hold them back so that they cannot retreat easily."
"However, before engaging in street fighting, the city must be defended for at least three hours before letting them enter the city."
"Otherwise, the garrison will definitely be able to see that there is a conspiracy here and would not dare to rush in rashly."
"Order, the Imperial Alliance Army takes companies as units to defend the city wall. Only orders, no one can take a step back."
"Each of the imperial troops stationed at the four city gates will select an infantry squad to supervise the battle. Anyone who disobeys the order will be subject to military law."
"The artillery squadron and the heavy machine gun squadron will provide them with fire cover."
"All other imperial troops entered the city and used the complex terrain in the city to build street fighting fortifications."
