At three o'clock in the afternoon, Colonel Jiangchuan had already figured out the strength of the surrounding national rescue army.

The National Salvation Army was in a very good mood: in order to take down the logistics base of the Imperial Army, the logistics supply of the sweeping troops were cut off, so that the Imperial Army could not encircle and suppress them as planned, which was enough money.

The National Rescue Army discovered by the Light Rescue Army, and the National Rescue Army that had not found traces, the troops they counterattacked Jinzhong were likely to have more than 8,000.

This is more than 70% of the main force of the National Salvation Army. If they are eliminated outside Jinzhong City, this combat achievement alone can directly be promoted from the position of Captain of the Colonel's Regiment to the Major General Brigade Commander.

After quickly reporting this situation to the military headquarters, Colonel Jiangchuan began to make a final arrangement for the Jinzhong County.

In order to be able to hold the National Salvation Army, severely damage them, and avoid the National Salvation Army's attacks being abandoned halfway.

The Jinzhong garrison did not receive any support for a long time, so he had to rely on his own strength to withstand the attack of the National Rescue Army and persevere until the reinforcements encircle the National Rescue Army.

This is also a task assigned to him by the commander himself.

At this moment, the entire Shanxi garrison was paying attention to Jinzhong County and staring at his every move. He could not help but treat the battle carefully.

"Chief of Staff, have the troops protecting the arsenal and material warehouse arranged?" Corps Chief of the corps, Colonel Ekawa, opened his mouth and set his sights on the ammunition and material warehouses in the city.

The Chief of Staff knew what Colonel Jiangchuan was worried about, and pointed to a few points on the city defense map and answered confidently: "Please rest assured that our newly built arsenal and material warehouse will never repeat the same mistakes and will be destroyed by the military artillery fire of the country-saving country again!"

"In order to prevent being taken away by the enemy, our eight warehouses are scattered in different locations, and each warehouse has an infantry team to guard against each other. The military police also has a team that focuses on patrolling the surrounding areas of the warehouse, and no Chinese are allowed to approach the warehouse!"

"Eight infantry squads also received the order to strengthen alert from the corps command to ensure that no fly can fly into the warehouse from under their noses!"

"In addition to the guards that directly protect the warehouse, our mountain artillery brigade, heavy artillery brigade, three mortar squadrons, and three infantry artillery brigades, all ready for combat."

"If the National Salvation Army plans to repeat the same trick and continue to use artillery fire to destroy the warehouse at a long distance, the more than 60 artillery we have prepared will definitely give the National Salvation Army artillery troops a fatal counterattack, causing them to compensate their wives and their troops!"

Ammunition supply is one of the two major reliances for defending Jinzhong.

The reason why the Imperial Army gave up Jinzhong last time was that the county garrison lost its ammunition supply and played a decisive role.

As long as the troops' ammunition supply does not have any problem in this battle, the chances of winning by defending Jinzhong County will be several points higher.

After hearing this good news, Colonel Jiangchuan couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. But soon he thought of another question, and the smile on his face flashed and became serious again.

If you want to defend Jinzhong, you need another support: the troops!

Without troops, no matter how much ammunition is stored in the city, it will be a pile of garbage and will not be of use!

But there were more than 7,000 troops in his hand, and there were more than 2,000 people in it, which was the Imperial Army that he didn't like much.

Before the military headquarters decided to send troops to reinforce Jinzhong, it would not have more soldiers or soldiers in its hands, and a team of more than 7,000 people would have killed one of them in the next battle.

Now there is no problem with ammunition supply. As long as the problem of military force in the city is solved, the damage to combat is reduced, and the limited troops last longer, you will be absolutely sure to defend Jinzhong and delay the national rescue army.

Colonel Jiangchuan thought of it and ordered it while studying the city defense map: "Chief of Staff, immediately notify us of the Imperial Army stationed outside the city and ask them to retreat to the county town immediately."

"They were the first to be attacked after the National Salvation Army launched an attack, and they must have been attacked first!"

"The Imperial Army's troops are too scattered, poorly equipped, weak combat power, and have no danger to defend, and no heavy weapons to cooperate in combat. If you continue to stay there, there is only a dead end. It is better to retreat to Jinzhong and rely on the existing fortifications in the city to fight defensive battles with the National Rescue Army!"

"Even if the final result is not enough to escape death, they will definitely cause more damage to the National Savior Army when fighting in the city than outside the city."

"Time doesn't wait for anyone, so they must retreat to the county before dark, otherwise they will have no chance to retreat after dark!"

Colonel Jiangchuan is very powerful.

In order to ensure the safety of Jinzhong County, he arranged half a regiment of the Imperial Army outside the city.

Although their combat effectiveness is not very good, they will definitely lose if they fight a field battle with the National Savior Army. However, if they defend the city under the supervision of the Imperial Army, half of the Imperial Army's Imperial Army will have no problem with the Imperial Army's two infantry squadrons.

After the battle to defend the city started, they joined the defending troops and they could have two more reserve teams of infantry squadrons in their hands.

But he never expected that the National Salvation Army would go ahead of him.

The chief of staff of the corps found a commemorative force. He had just arranged the task for them, but before they could even make them set off, a string of "bangbang..." gunshots suddenly came to the command center.

The gunshots appear and disappear from time to time, and it sounds like they are at least five kilometers away from the command center.

But after deducting the command center's more than 1,000 meters away from the city wall, only more than 3,000 meters were left.

This means that the location of the gun outside the city is less than four kilometers away from the city wall. If the infantry marched quickly, they can reach the city gate in half an hour.

What made them even more worried was that the sudden gunfire did not come from one direction.

After listening carefully, I found that gunfire sounded in all directions of Jinzhong County.

The sounds sounded almost the same, appearing and disappearing from time to time, and were very messy!

"Dingling..." The phone from the command center suddenly rang.

The telephone soldier guarding next to him quickly grabbed the microphone and covered the microphone in less than half a minute and said with a nervous report: "Captain of the corps, the report of the garrison in the east of the city, a cavalry unit rushed towards the city gate quickly. The gunshot just now were the level where this cavalry unit attacked us on the road!"

In the next two minutes, several telephones of the command headquarters rang one after another, just like a war.

As soon as the telephone soldier put down the microphone, the new phone immediately came in. He was very busy, which made them not have the chance to report to Colonel Jiangchuan.

But Colonel Jiangchuan soon received news that the National Rescue Army was invaded from all directions in the county.

The good mood brought to him by the warehouse safety instantly disappeared without a trace. He clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the table, gritting his teeth and cursing angrily.

"Bageya Road, the National Salvation Army is indeed a very difficult opponent!"

"They want to use the cavalry's speed advantage to quickly attack the inspection level we built outside the city, kill to the city gate, block all the Imperial Army arranged outside the city, prevent them from entering the city, and take the opportunity to consume the strength of our defending troops!"

When the chief of staff first heard the news, he thought the National Salvation Army was too stupid. He actually sent troops to attack Jinzhong County in broad daylight, and the cavalry who were the most incompetent in siege were dispatched. Aren’t they afraid that planes would kill the cavalry from the sky?

After listening to the analysis of the corps captain, he realized that he had underestimated the command ability of the National Salvation Army.

These cavalrymen actually came to encircle the Imperial Army, which was much more clever than what I had just made a judgment.

But he still felt that the Air Force could help solve all the problems.

The planes have never encountered enemies on the Chinese battlefield. They attacked from the sky and the ground. Unless the Eighth Route Army cavalry hid in the forest, they would not be able to escape the planes' pursuit anywhere they fled.

He quickly expressed his thoughts: "Captain of the corps, why don't I contact the air force to reinforce us immediately, blow up the national rescue army blocked at the city gate, and then gather the troops arranged outside the city together, and enter the county town under the cover of the plane!"

"No matter how powerful the cavalry unit of the National Salvation Army is, it is impossible to be an opponent of the aircraft. With the help of the Imperial Army, half of the regiment of the Imperial Army rushed in to a battalion!"

"Damn it!" Colonel Jiangchuan shook his head and looked at the Chief of Staff and cursed without hesitation.

"Are you a fool to be a national rescue army? They dare to send cavalry to encircle the imperial army outside the city during the day. They must have thought of this a long time ago and prepared a solution to it!"

"Aircraft can only exert their maximum power when attacking cluster targets. The cavalry's assault speed is so fast. Do you think they will gather together and wait for the plane to explode?"

"Although I don't know much about the National Rescue Army, I heard from the intelligence department that they were told. If I were the commander of the National Rescue Army, I would definitely let the cavalry operate separately."

"In order to prevent the outside of the city from being taken over by the National Rescue Army, there was no one to report the news. Almost all the Imperial Army of half the regiment operated independently in platoons and was scattered within twenty kilometers of the surrounding area."

"They are not equipped with heavy weapons. Many infantry platoons and light machine guns are not equipped. They only have about thirty rifles. The field combat capability is very poor. They encounter twenty or thirty national-savior infantry on the field battlefield, not even the opponent, let alone cavalry!"

"Faced with such a unit, the National Salvation Army can easily assault a platoon of the Imperial Army by dispatching two cavalry squads!"

"I guess the National Salvation Army outside the city will only leave a cavalry platoon to block the city gates. The remaining cavalry will act independently in squads and take the initiative to attack, and each defeat the Imperial Army we arranged outside the city. It will not take long to kill them all."

"If the National Rescue Army really acts as I said just now, how much do you think we can play a role in the National Rescue Army's cavalry after we call the plane?"

The Chief of Staff did not respond immediately, but he had already recognized the analysis of the wing captain.

He frowned and asked with a reluctance, "Then we can only watch the National Salvation Army block half of the Imperial Army outside the city and eliminate it?"

"According to your analysis just now, if the cavalry troops outside the city really act separately and take the initiative to attack the Imperial Army outside the city, they will not be able to leave the base."

"The troops rely on positions to defend the garrison, and even if they are not a cavalry opponent, they can cause some damage to the cavalry in battle."

"It's not possible to leave the base. Without the protection of the position, they don't even have the chance to fight back in front of the cavalry. The opponent can kill them with one assault, and they will die in vain!"

"Captain of the regiment, I will now send a messenger out of the city to inform all the Imperial Army that they must hold their positions and wait for assistance. No one can retreat without the command of the command!"

The commander shook his head again: "Forget it, I don't think it's important to have your order or not!"

"The cavalry of the National Salvation Army is not stupid. If the Imperial Army arranged outside the city does not leave the garrison, they will definitely not use their most difficult attack to eat them. Instead, they will surround them and wait until the infantry is dispatched before they can deal with them."

"So we can hardly achieve the goal of relying on hundreds of Imperial Army to consume the strength of the national rescue army!"

"As for those hundreds of Imperial Army troops, when facing the main force that the National Rescue Army is about to be dispatched after dark, they will most likely choose to surrender. If you send a messenger out of the city now, not only will you not be able to save the situation, but you will also ruin the lives of more than a dozen messengers in vain!"

"Order all internal teams in the city to be more alert and be ready for combat!"

"The National Salvation Army now sends cavalry to surround the Imperial Army that we arranged outside the city, which means that their general attack is about to begin, otherwise they would not be stupid enough to send cavalry out in advance to alert the snake!"

When the commander of the regiment, Colonel Jiangchuan was about to continue speaking, a telephone soldier put down the phone and hurried towards them: "Sir, the Dongmen City Defense Force reported that the cavalry troops of the National Salvation Army who were fighting outside the city were divided!"

"There are only one platoon of cavalry outside the city, and they are patrolling around the city gate in squads. The remaining cavalry suddenly divided their troops, and now they are outside the city, with unknown purpose of combat!"

"They must be going to raid the Imperial Army that we arranged outside the city!" After hearing the report, the chief of staff thought of the corps captain's analysis just now, and blurted out as the telephone soldiers said.

After saying that, he immediately looked at the captain of the regiment immediately, with admiration in his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh: "Captain of the regiment, you are so powerful. The current actions of the cavalry of the National Saving Army are indeed exactly the same as your judgment just now. You really divided your troops to raid the Imperial Army!"

After hearing the compliments from his subordinates, the corps leader couldn't laugh at all.

After making this judgment just now, Colonel Jiangchuan didn't want him to become a fact, and he especially hoped that he had made a wrong judgment.

But things went against my wishes, and the actions taken by the cavalry troops of the National Saving Army were exactly the same as their own judgment.

This shows that the opponent's command ability is very strong. I don't know whether it is better than you, but I will definitely not be weak with you.

Facing this bad news, even if I make the right judgment, Colonel Jiangchuan couldn't laugh out loud, and he was even a little worried.

He looked at the Chief of Staff and replied unhappily: "What's so happy about this!"

"The more this happens to the National Salvation Army, the more it means they are more difficult than our expectations!"

"It's getting dark. You can go to the city defense fortifications in person and check if there are any loopholes in our defense."

"The military police are all patrolling the city. From now on, the whole city is martial law. Unless I hold an order issued by myself, no one can patrol the city, otherwise there will be no mercy to kill!"

"There is a saying in China that solid fortresses are all breached from the inside. Jinzhong was occupied by the National Salvation Army for more than a month. It is not ruled out that their intelligence personnel were hidden in the city as internal responders."

"If such people emerge in the battle to defend the city, the military police must destroy them as soon as possible!"
Chapter completed!