Lieutenant Commander Yamaguchi is so ruthless and very powerful.
The task of sending people to death as cannon fodder is left to the Imperial Alliance Army, which can also consume some of the strength of the garrison.
The most powerful Japanese troops stayed behind to fight in the streets, dragging the garrison inside Lingqiu City, waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and then gather together to annihilate them.
This battle plan is perfect. If it encounters other Chinese troops or other Eighth Route Army, Lieutenant Commander Yamaguchi will definitely win.
However, the result is different when encountering the garrison.
This does not mean how powerful the defense group is in combat or how well-equipped the equipment is, but because Lingqiu City is the territory of the defense group and has been operating as a base camp for two or three years. They are more familiar with the terrain inside than the little Japs who have just arrived.
In addition to testing a unit's combat effectiveness and fighting will, a street fight also has a decisive factor that determines victory or defeat, and that is the familiarity with the street fighting battlefield.
Lieutenant Commander Yamaguchi thought of everything except this one point.
In Laiyuan City, the brigade leader was awakened from his sleep.
I was originally angry, but when I heard that the main force of the garrison had appeared and was attacking Lingqiu City, my anger suddenly disappeared, and I rushed towards the war room with eyes shining.
"General, these are two telegrams sent by Lieutenant Colonel Yamaguchi." The chief of staff picked up the two telegrams and introduced them.
"A report to us on the battlefield situation. We hope that the reinforcements will attack immediately and block the garrison in Lingqiu, without giving them a chance to break out and escape."
"One is to report to us their latest combat plan."
"First let the Imperial Army defend the front of the city for three hours, then let the garrison enter the city, and use the remaining Imperial Army and the garrison entering the city to engage in street fighting to hold them back."
"Yo Xi!" The brigade leader nodded with satisfaction.
Then he ordered: "Reply a telegram to Mr. Yamaguchi: I completely agree with their battle plan. The reinforcements will set off immediately. If everything goes well, they will arrive at Lingqiu in five hours."
Then he looked at the chief of staff and asked: "Are the reinforcements ready?"
"Hi!" the chief of staff replied with a nod.
"The chariot squadron, the cavalry brigade, and the two infantry brigade have been assembled and ready to go at any time."
"Because the Eighth Route Army attacking the city is equipped with heavy artillery, I took the initiative to order the heavy artillery brigade to assemble and stand by. If the general agrees, they can set off together."
"Agreed, all reinforcements will set off now." The brigade leader did not hesitate.
"Chief of Staff, you personally lead the team. You must seize this opportunity and annihilate the garrison in Lingqiu City."
"Rumble..."
The cavalry brigade was the first to fight out of Laiyuan City. More than five hundred cavalrymen were like a torrent, rushing towards Lingqiu City along the road.
Just after running two kilometers along the road, the last cavalry team suddenly broke away from the team and quickly spread out in a warning formation. The horse rifle was in the hand. The machine gunner jumped off the horse and rushed to the high ground next to the road. The machine gun was set on the ground.
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Everyone stared at the surroundings with vigilance.
The main force of the cavalry brigade continued to advance. After walking two kilometers, another cavalry squad was left on guard on the road...
It was only then that the Japanese infantry, tanks, tanks, and heavy artillery towed by cars slowly drove out of Laiyuan City and marched toward Lingqiu along the road that the cavalry had just passed.
After rushing to the cavalry brigade and leaving the location of the first cavalry squad, the cavalry squad quickly assembled, then mounted their horses to pursue the main force of the brigade and continue to shoulder the important task of protecting the road.
Outside Lingqiu City, the defense group's attack has been going on for almost two hours.
Under the joint bombardment of heavy artillery and medium mortars, two large gaps with a width of more than 20 meters were blown out of the southern wall of the city.
The east wall of the city was also in danger of being blown down and could be blown down at any time.
"Boom boom boom... boom boom..."
The heavy artillery roared again, and this time along with the explosion came the sound of the city wall collapsing.
Less than two minutes later, a correspondent came over in a hurry: "Regiment commander, chief of staff, a thirty-meter-long gap was opened in the east of the city. The third battalion and one company have occupied the gap and are attacking on both sides of the gap to expand the breach."
, covering the troops entering the city."
"Report to the captain, the second battalion has entered Lingqiu City!" The leader of the second battalion's communications squad rushed over to report in person.
"Captain, we won this battle!" Hong Linfeng shouted, with excitement on his face.
In his opinion, the city's defeat meant that the battle was nearing its end.
The city defense battle just now was so fierce, with more than 300 heavy artillery shells fired. Even if the Japanese and puppet troops stationed at the top of the city were not completely wiped out, there were not many left.
As long as the troops rush into the city, they will definitely be wiped out like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and the battle will be over quickly.
The serious expression on Li Hao's face slowly relaxed and he smiled without saying a word.
His ideas coincided with those of the chief of staff.
Although the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is very strong, in the face of heavy artillery, no matter how powerful the combat effectiveness is, it is weak and vulnerable.
As long as the Japanese and puppet troops were really guarding the city just now, they would have suffered heavy casualties after such a fierce bombardment.
After the garrison entered Lingqiu City, all they needed to do was to deal with the remaining enemies and end the battle quickly.
Just as everyone was getting more and more excited, communications platoon leader Zhou Liang suddenly rushed over from behind them, interrupting the two sweet dreams.
"The regiment commander, the chief of staff, and the reconnaissance company sent out an urgent call. A large number of Japanese troops were dispatched from Laiyuan City to reinforce Lingqiu. They are on their way over. The march is very fast."
"There is a cavalry brigade, a chariot squadron, two infantry brigade, and a heavy artillery brigade."
"The cavalry brigade went first, leaving a large number of cavalry along the way to protect the road and not give us the chance to destroy the road."
"According to the current marching speed of the Japanese army, it will take at most four hours to reach the outside of Lingqiu City."
Hong Linfeng immediately frowned and analyzed seriously: "Captain, these reinforcements must have been prepared in advance."
"There are more than 3,000 infantry, cavalry and artillery troops. If they are assembled temporarily, they will definitely not be so fast."
"I judge that these reinforcements are the conspiracy hidden behind the scenes by the little devils."
"Luring us to attack Lingqiu by showing weakness, luring the snake out of its hole, then sending heavy troops to reinforce Lingqiu, and annihilate us in Lingqiu City."
"However, the little devil obviously underestimated the combat effectiveness of our defense group, especially its ability to attack difficult targets."
"At the current attack speed, our battle here will be over before the little Japanese reinforcements arrive."
Li Hao nodded, agreeing very much with Hong Linfeng's analysis, and then began to issue orders: "Chief of Staff, order the Second Battalion, Third Battalion, and Independent Battalion to continue to strengthen the offensive and strive to end the battle within two hours, and then retreat and let the little devils
The reinforcements came to nothing."
"Order the special agent battalion, mobile battalion, and cavalry battalion to set off now and find favorable terrain to establish a blocking position five kilometers northeast of Lingqiu City."
"If an accident occurs in Lingqiu City and a quick victory cannot be achieved, the blocking position must block the Japanese reinforcements for half an hour to buy time for the attacking troops to retreat."