In order to prevent myself from having a happy mood, the corps leader quickly walked to the phone and ordered: "Immediately connect to the garrison in the east of the city, I will talk to their commander in person..."

The captain put down the microphone two minutes later, and then his mouth was so happy that he couldn't close.

He looked at the captain of the garrison and said: "The garrison in the east of the city has been confirmed that there are only more than 1,200 national rescue troops appearing outside the city. They are setting up artillery positions and building temporary offensive positions. They will launch an attack in about twenty minutes..."

"I just said that although the National Salvation Army is very powerful, our own troops are not vegetarian."

"Judgement from the strength of the National Salvation Army: the blocking troops we sent successfully completed the task and used two defensive positions to successfully kill nearly two thousand National Salvation Army, creating excellent conditions for the next large-scale counterattack."

The captain of the garrison was puzzled. The news reported by the garrison in the east was too unexpected, and it was completely contrary to his thoughts and ideas.

If the corps leader had not called to confirm that the news was true, he would have thought that the garrison in the east of the city had read it wrong.

After hearing the provocation similar to preaching by the corps captain, the garrison captain finally became suspicious of his judgment.

In the face of facts, I had to lower my head: "The officer is wise, and I have indeed made a wrong judgment on the job."

"If the National Salvation Army that appeared outside the city really attacked all the main forces of the National Salvation Army in Shouyang, then we will definitely win this battle tonight. I think the counterattack troops can be dispatched!"

The captain of the corps was very happy to be convinced and lowered his head and admit his mistake, but did not agree to the garrison captain's proposal, but took a serious look at the watch.

"It's four in the morning now, and it will be dawn in two hours. The counterattack troops will need an hour to fight from the lurking point to the outside of the city. If they set out now, the enemy and us will fight to the decisive battle at 5 in the morning."

"It was still dark at that time, so it was not ruled out that some national rescue troops would escape under the cover of night."

"In order to wipe out all the national rescue troops attacking Shouyang, to capture them all in one place, and to reduce the combat pressure after the counterattack troops entered their defense zone, I decided to postpone the decisive battle for half an hour."

"It will not be so dark at 5:30 in the morning. The decisive battle will be large in more than ten minutes. Without the cover of night, facing several times the encirclement and suppression of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Army, the chances of the National Salvation Army will definitely be slim."

"Send a telegram to the counterattack troops immediately: Let them set out now, reinforce the battlefield at normal marching speed, and participate in the battle on time at 5:30 in the morning. This marching has a very small impact on their physical strength, and can ensure that the troops have enough physical strength to participate in the battle."

"The city defense forces and reserve forces are all ready for combat. As long as the National Salvation Army approaches the city wall, they will resolutely use a pneumatic gun to repel them."

"The baggage team immediately dispatched ten light machine guns from the arsenal to send them to the garrison in the east of the city. The National Salvation Army put the artillery in the east of the city, and that must be their main attack direction."

"The city defense forces lost a light machine gun to supplement them with one to ensure that they have enough counterattack firepower to repel the attack of the National Rescue Army."

After the captain of the garrison proved that his judgment of the battle situation was higher than his own, the captain of the garrison was not only no longer resistant to the garrison leader's decision, but was still looking forward to it, wanting to see what other amazing tactics and tactics he could come up with.

The orders and arrangements just now did not disappoint him.

The issues the team leader considered were indeed more thoughtful than himself.

If you follow your own ideas, let the counterattack troops march and reinforce the battlefield now, and attack the National Rescue Army outside the city in an hour. With the cunning degree of the National Rescue Army, there will definitely be many troops who will escape under the cover of the night.

The arrangement of the wing captain avoided such accidents.

After dawn, the participating troops can observe the entire battlefield.

If a National Salvation Army wants to escape in the chaos, it can immediately draw several times of its troops to kill and surround them and wipe out them all...

In admiration, he quickly received the order: "Please rest assured, please make arrangements for the humble position now, so as to ensure that the rescue army outside the city cannot escape."

The two battalions of the Xiyang Garrison and the direct troops of the National Salvation Army were outside Shouyang City, with less than 1,300 people.

When Dong Fei held up a telescope to observe the city wall, the artillery company commander suddenly ran over, excitedly reporting with expectation: "Captain, the artillery is ready, all artillery aims at the city wall, and can fire at any time."

The deputy captain standing next to him became eager to try it out as soon as he heard it: "Captain, fight!"

"Information shows that there is only one regiment of puppet troops and less than 400 remnants of Shouyang garrison. As long as we find a way to kill hundreds of Japanese devils, the remaining puppet troops will definitely flee and attack us directly!"

Some people may think that the deputy captain is too arrogant.

Under normal circumstances, troops with a superior strength of four or five times dare not fight a tough battle at will.

The Japanese and puppet troops in the city had a total of more than 1,500 people, and the national-saviors were less than 1,300. The siege troops had not as many troops as defending the city. It would be more difficult to capture the county town than to climb to the sky.

In fact, it is not true that the deputy captain is so confident.

Judging from the force, the National Salvation Army did not have the chance to take over Shouyang County.

But there are many factors that determine a battle. In addition to military strength, firepower also accounts for a large proportion.

The Xiyang Garrison had its own artillery company, equipped with two mountain cannons and six mortars.

In order to paralyze the Japanese, the artillery company had been hiding in the mountains for training, but now it only appeared on the battlefield to attack Shouyang.

When the Japanese army captured the second blocking position, the cavalry troops seized all the artillery equipped by the Japanese and puppet troops through raids.

In order to increase the siege strength of the Xiyang garrison and make the Japanese and puppet troops in the county feel the pressure, Zhou Cheng strengthened all these artillery to the Xiyang garrison.

Therefore, the artillery equipment of the artillery company directly turned into six mountain cannons, two infantry cannons, and 14 mortars.

After the siege began, the artillery troops only needed to shoot one round to shoot 22 artillery shells of various caliber.

Based on a hit rate of 50%, there were eleven shells hitting the city.

If you fight a few more rounds, the city will be bombed with artillery fire. No matter how many Japanese and puppet troops there are, they will be blown into a pile of minced meat.

Moreover, in order to be able to leave the city and cooperate with the counterattack troops to fight, the Japanese defending troops wiped out the national rescue army outside the city, and the city gate was not completely sealed.

As long as the garrison is willing, a few mountain cannon shells can blow the city gate to pieces.

The troops took the opportunity to enter the county town and fought street battles with the Japanese and puppet troops at close range. In addition to the Japanese who could cause some trouble to the troops, the puppet troops would almost not pose a threat to the siege troops.

So if the Xiyang garrison really wants to attack Shouyang, the more than a thousand garrisons in the city will definitely not be the opponent.

But Dong Fei did not agree with this proposal to win.

His real purpose in coming to Shouyang was not to take down Shouyang, but to force the Japanese and puppet troops in the city to transfer their counterattack troops lurking several kilometers away into the battlefield.

If the fight is too fierce, the county town will be taken down in a short time, and the counterattack troops lurking in the mountains will definitely be scared away.

He shook his head and ordered: "Don't worry, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in the city cannot escape. We will slowly waste our time with them and strive to eat them with the minimum casualties."

"Didn't hundreds of shells seized from the second defensive position of the Japanese and puppet troops just now? It will be used all of them on the Japanese and puppet troops in the city later."

"The artillery first fired a fire attack for half a minute, and then the Second Battalion launched an attack to attract all the Japanese and puppet troops that were hiding to the top of the city. The artillery then fired a fire attack for half a minute, and tried to use artillery shells to eliminate all the Japanese and puppet troops in front of us."

"Boom..."

The long-lost explosion finally rang, and the captain was very happy to hear it.

The sound of cannons all came from the east of the city, indicating that the main attack direction of the National Salvation Army was indeed there, exactly the same as what I judged.

As long as the entire battle was not out of his control, the corps leader would have the confidence to fight back the national rescue army, defend the county town, and persist until the counterattack troops arrived.

After only five minutes of happiness, the command center's phone rang.

The captain of the corps stopped his subordinate who wanted to answer the phone, grabbed the microphone and put it in his ear. The receiver immediately heard the anxious call for help from his subordinates.

"We are the Dongmen City Defense Force, and our troops have suffered a lot of losses. Please support..."

After hearing this, the team leader's first reaction was that he had heard it wrong.

The East Gate is the main attack direction of the National Salvation Army, and I deliberately increased their defensive forces from more than 200 to 400.

They also transferred a large number of light machine guns to ensure that the troops have a steady stream of blocking firepower.

In his plan, it would be fine if so many troops rely on the city wall fortifications for an hour.

As a result, they couldn't hold on for even five minutes, which was too unexpected.

The dissatisfaction and anger in the brigade captain suddenly surged up and cursed at the microphone without hesitation: "Bageyalu, what are you doing for? You knocked out hundreds of people in just a few minutes. Pigs are not as stupid as you!"

The squadron leader on the other side of the microphone heard the voice of the corps captain, and his tone immediately became respectful.

I was very anxious to explain: "Sir, please calm down. The attack on our national rescue army is too cunning."

"They cooperated very well in infantry and artillery. In order to prevent the National Rescue Army from approaching the city wall, we had to fight against artillery fire."

"Their artillery fire is even more fierce, and their heads are high. The city is bare and there is not even a bunker. One shot is blowing a large area. The National Salvation Army only launched three and a half minutes of artillery fire and killed and injured more than 100 of us."

"If there are no reinforcements, our remaining troops will be almost blown up to twenty minutes!"

The captain of the regiment understood the tactics and tactics that the National Salvation Army was using as soon as he heard this. He realized that the National Salvation Army wanted to consume the strength of the city defending troops through artillery attacks, and the infantry attacked the city after almost the same battle.

Just like the Imperial Army used the Imperial Army to consume a large amount of their troops, the only difference was that the identities of the two sides were slightly exchanged.

After figuring it out, the corps captain decisively suppressed his anger and ordered to the microphone: "I don't care what you do, I must reduce the casualties of the troops, especially to control the casualties of the Imperial Army. I will transfer two hundred Imperial Army troops to you, and I must hold on for another hour."

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