At the command of the Japanese garrison in Heshun County, Major Sakuragi was inviting several officers who retreated to the county town during the day.

He wanted to fight back the attack of the National Rescue Army in the next battle to defend the city, which was inseparable from the support of these officers, otherwise no matter how many troops in the city were able to exert their combat effectiveness.

While everyone was eating and drinking, the adjutant who stayed in the war room suddenly ran in, his expression was very nervous, and he could tell at a glance that something was wrong.

Major Sakuragi's heart skipped a beat and he quickly stood up and asked, "Is the National Rescue Army already killed outside the city!"

The adjutant immediately nodded and replied: "Sir, wise! We found a large number of signs of the National Salvation Army outside the city, including in four directions. We cannot tell where the main attack direction of the National Salvation Army is."

At this time, Major Sakuragi was so worried that he could not continue to eat. He rushed to the war room and ordered: "The National Salvation Army has come out of the city, and they all go to the war room with me. There will definitely be a tough battle waiting for everyone tonight, and everyone must be prepared!"

When Major Sakuragi hurried into the war room, a telephone soldier just put down his microphone.

Seeing the captain coming in, a serious face quickly flashed out of his serious face.

When Major Sakuragi saw it, he felt a little secretly screamed.

Several telephone soldiers have been following their veterans all the time. They have encountered all kinds of storms and waves. The news that can change their expressions will definitely not be small, and it is bad news.

Before Major Sakuragi spoke, the telephone soldiers had already run to him to report: "Report to the commander, the North Gate garrison reported that the National Salvation Army gathered outside the North Gate had more than one battalion, and was equipped with mountain cannons and mortars, with very strong offensive firepower. The troops stationed at the North Gate only had more than 300 people, most of which were the Imperial Army. They were equipped with only one heavy machine gun and eight light machine guns. If they were tolerant, they would definitely not last long!"

Major Sakuragi stared at the city defense map and made a decision after thinking about it: "The National Salvation Army attacking us came from the Xiyang Garrison, with a total strength of about 2,000. A battalion of troops appeared in the north of the city, indicating that the main attack direction of the National Salvation Army was the North Gate!"

After the analysis, he stared at a captain who had just entered the city during the day.

"Kato!"

The officer named quickly stood up and looked at Major Sakuragi with a serious answer.

"Hi, I am here. Please give orders to the superior. Our Kato Squadron will definitely live up to the superior's high expectations and complete the task smoothly!"

Major Sakuragi did not say a word of unnecessary nonsense and ordered on the spot: "Take your people with you immediately to reinforce Beimen, cooperate with the Beimen City Defense Force to defend the county town to the death. You must never let a national rescue army come in."

"In order to increase your defensive firepower, I will ask the logistics and logistics troops to send you two heavy machine guns and five light machine guns!"

Upon hearing the order, Captain Kato's confident smile became stronger and he immediately promised: "Thank you, sir, for these light and heavy weapons, I promise that many troops of the National Salvation Army will send to attack the North Gate without any return. None of them will be left!"

Major Sakuragi nodded with satisfaction, stared at the city defense map for another two minutes, and then continued to order: "Noda-kun, bring your people to reinforce Ximen immediately. I heard that there were many soldiers of the National Savior Army coming out there. Without my order, no one can step back!"

After all the troops entering the city during the day were arranged, Major Sakuragi took a break from his busy schedule and returned to his position.

Seeing that all his subordinates showed worried eyes, he felt very dissatisfied. He felt that these people were too useless and couldn't help but scold, "Everyone cheer me up."

"Now the advantage of troops, equipment, firepower, and terrain advantages... are all on our side. What's there to be afraid of? As long as we work together and fight to the death, we will definitely be able to block the attack of the National Savior Army and defend Heshun County!"

Major Sakuragi was very confident in saying this and was full of confidence in the subsequent battle to defend the city.

On a pile of earth slopes more than 600 meters outside the south gate, the artillery company under the Xiyang Guard Brigade was setting up artillery here.

Originally, the artillery company was equipped with only two mountain cannons and eight mortars, but Zhou Cheng actually used the scene of the National Salvation Army to attack the Unique Gang and tricked more than ten artillery pieces from the Japanese.

Although half of the artillery was given to the Independent Regiment, the National Salvation Army still had eight direct-firing artillery pieces in vain.

In order to increase the attacking strength of the four garrisons, Zhou Cheng placed all eight artillery pieces on the garrison.

Therefore, the number of artillery equipment of the Xiyang Guard Brigade directly increased to four mountain cannons and eight mortars.

Two mountain cannons and four mortars were arranged on this small mound outside the south gate, preparing to attack the Japanese and puppet troops at critical moments.

The remaining two mountain cannons and four mortars were scattered in the other three directions of Heshun County, creating the illusion that the four directions of the county town were the main attack directions of the National Salvation Army, and then dispersed the Japanese troops.

As for the main camp that was active outside the North Gate, it was Dong Fei who was setting up a suspicion with the Japanese to confuse them.

More than 100 people in the team of more than 500 people were prisoners who had just been captured during the day, and more than 100 were militia units transferred from the defense zone overnight. The real main force was one reinforcement company with more than 200 people.

Dong Fei was standing not far from the artillery position, and the correspondent kept coming to report the latest progress of each company.

"Report to the captain, the eighth company and the militia forces that cooperated with their attack, the artillery troops are ready to fight and can launch an attack at any time!" A correspondent ran over to report.

"Captain, the Ninth Company is also ready for attack!" Another correspondent came over to report.

The deputy captain next to him suddenly said, "Captain, I think it's almost done. After all, our heavy weapons are not as good as the main force. It takes a lot of time to consume the Japanese and puppet troops, and then launch a total of them. If the attack is too late, I'm afraid I won't have enough time!"

Dong Fei nodded and ordered confidently: "I notify all participating troops to launch an attack on Heshun County in twenty minutes, according to the original plan. Whether it is the backlash or the main attacking force, I will show the posture of the main attacking force, so that I mistakenly believe that we do not distinguish between main attack and backlashing force, and advance in all four directions to launch an attack together!"

"The artillery troops should not save me shells. The Japanese have reserved a large amount of weapons and ammunition in Heshun County. As long as we can fight quickly, quickly take down the county town, and occupy the arsenal, the weapons and ammunition there will definitely be enough to supplement all our losses."

"After the attack began, the Japanese and puppet troops gathered everywhere, firing fires wherever there were many Japanese and puppet troops. Each mountain cannon had to shoot forty shells and eighty shells for the mortars, so that the Japanese and puppet troops could also taste the taste of being bombed!"

"The artillery in the south of the city will not move at first. After the Japanese and puppet army artillery starts to counterattack, the artillery in the south of the city must be fatal. Kill the Japanese and puppet army units for me, and then shell out the Japanese and puppet army infantry to the fullest!"

"It's 9:40 p.m. We will launch an attack at 10 o'clock to try to consume half of the Japanese and puppet troops before 3 a.m.."

"I just calculated that everyone has four hours of attack time. If you want to kill half of the Japanese and puppet troops, you have to kill 100 Japanese and puppet troops in each direction every hour. With our current equipment level and ammunition reserve, it should be easy to complete."

As soon as the general attack time arrived, everyone immediately concentrated their troops and firepower to launch an attack from the south gate, broke through the city defense of the Japanese and puppet troops, rushed into the county town, and headed straight to the arsenal. They occupied the place first, and then collected the remaining troops!"
Chapter completed!