"Your Excellency Commander, the National Salvation Army won't want to attack Shimen, right?" The Chief of Staff proposed a very bold assumption.

At first, the commander thought that this assumption was impossible. As he thought about it, he thought of more and more evidence to prove this assumption. Thinking of the garrison with only more than 3,000 people left in the stone gate, his face instantly sank.

Decisive order: "Import all city defense forces to be more alert and be prepared for combat."

"Each unit sends out all the scouts in its hands, and it is important to use the shortest time to figure out the reality of the national rescue army outside the city. If the national rescue army is so arrogant that it dares to come to Shimen to act wildly, I don't mind turning the Shimen into a meat grinder to eliminate the national rescue army!"

Before the news of the scout came back, several explosions came from the east of the city. The telephone soldier put down the microphone and looked very heavy: "Commander, the garrison in the east of the city was attacked by the National Salvation Army. The enemy had at least one strengthening battalion, equipped with a large number of mortars and mountain artillery. The city tower was blown down at the beginning of the battle!"

"Boom..." Before he finished speaking, a series of more dense explosions came directly from the east of the city.

The commander pushed away the telephone soldier and rushed out of the war room and looked towards the east of the city.

The fireballs rising from the sky above the city wall have already shone the sky red. The commander is not a professional artilleryman, and he can still feel the power of the opponent's artillery fire.

The artillery staff climbed onto the roof and observed the east of the city with a telescope, and reported while reading: "Commander, the enemy who shelled the east of the city is equipped with at least eight mortars and six mountain artillery pieces. The artillery strength is no less than that of an artillery brigade of our army!"

"The east end of the city has been covered with artillery fire, and the troops defending the city must have suffered a lot of losses!"

After hearing this, the commander began to give orders: "Bageya Road, the National Salvation Army will definitely want to take down the stone gate while our troops are insufficient!"

"Notify the artillery troops in the city to counterattack immediately to reduce the combat pressure on the troops stationed in the east of the city."

"Another draw an infantry squadron from the reserve team to strengthen the defense in the east of the city and make up for their losses just now!"

"The telegram ordered several troops who were preparing to encircle the National Rescue Army in the mining area to immediately approach the Shimen, surrounded the National Rescue Army outside the Shimen City, and attacked them inside and outside to eat them!"

The Chief of Staff hesitated and reminded: "Why don't you wait a little longer? What if this is a plan for the National Salvation Army to attack the east and west, and we will drop the troops to Shimen and they will evacuate the mining area from other places?"

The commander replied firmly: "Don't wait!"

"The National Salvation Army gathered outside the city and there was a large squad of artillery. If the National Salvation Army really planned to attack the east and west, these troops would definitely be wiped out by us here. Chief of Staff Do you think the National Salvation Army will watch us kill so many of their troops?"

"Especially those artillery were captured by the National Salvation Army from us. If it is destroyed, their combat effectiveness will definitely drop significantly, and it will be much easier to encircle them!"

"Boom..." The sound of cannons from the west of the city suddenly reached the war room, interrupting the commander's words before he finished speaking.

The artillery staff lying on the roof immediately reported: "Commander, the National Salvation Army that shot the west of the city was also equipped with at least one brigade of artillery, including mortars and mountain artillery!"

"Report to the commander!" The telephone soldier rushed out of the war room in a hurry: "The west of the city was also attacked by the National Salvation Army. The city defense forces said that there were at least one thousand national Salvation Army attacking them, and the artillery fire was very strong. The troops were caught off guard and suffered huge losses!"

The commander immediately asked the chief of staff: "Do you still think this is a plan for the national rescue army to attack the east and west?"

The Chief of Staff shook his head: "More than 2,000 National Salvation Army and more than 20 various artillery have appeared outside the city. The National Salvation Army will definitely not let so many troops come to Shimen to die. Your judgment is correct!"

"Nei will send telegrams to the reinforcements now and set up a large net for the National Salvation Army outside the Shimen!"

In less than ten minutes, the remaining two city gates were also attacked by the National Salvation Army.

The rumbling cannon sounded like thunder, resounding across the entire stone gate, causing the Japanese and puppet troops to be frightened.

The commander wanted to use the Shimen as bait at first and surrounded the national rescue army outside the Shimen City, and he had never worried about his safety at all.

As I fought, the confidence and confidence in my heart were shaken and I began to worry about the safety of Shimen.

The National Salvation Army's ability to attack was too strong, far exceeding his estimate.

After only ten minutes of fighting, the city defense troops were blown away by artillery fire.

The commander had no choice but to continuously draw troops from the city to reinforce the city, block the national rescue army outside the city, and persist until the reinforcements came.

But there was one thing he didn't expect that there were already four main regiments of the Eighth Route Army around the Shimen to wait for the arrival of the Japanese and puppet army reinforcements.

The commander of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan did not rest, and stayed in the war room and waited for news.

His eyes were always wandering along the Zhengtai Railway on the sand table.

As long as the main force of the National Salvation Army fails to cross the Zhengtai Railway tonight, as soon as the mobile troops dispatched by Taiyuan are in place, the National Salvation Army will have no chance to return to the defense zone in a short time. The counterattack troops commanded by the Chief of Staff will be unstoppable, and will take down the lair of the National Salvation Army in one battle and cut off the foundation of the National Salvation Army.

"Report to the commander of the army, the Hebei garrison urgently. The Lijiapo stronghold along the Zhengtai Railway was attacked by the National Salvation Army and was captured in just fifteen minutes. However, since the reinforcements heard the gunshots, they took only twenty-five minutes to regain the stronghold and reblock the railway line!"

"The investigation found out that about two cavalry companies crossed the Zhengtai Railway and entered Taiyuan. Please take relevant precautions!"

In the eyes of the commander, the National Salvation Army is the most unlikely unit to infer using common sense.

The telegram said that only two cavalry companies crossed the Zhengtai Railway, and it is very likely that the troops crossed the Zhengtai Railway directly exceeded two battalions.

If the real situation is what I think, the Chief of Staff’s actions to destroy the lair of the National Saving Army will definitely be full of variables.

Just as he was hesitating whether to inform the Chief of Staff of this speculation and ask him to take relevant precautions, another communications officer also came over: "Report to the commander, Shimen was attacked by the main force of the National Salvation Army!"

"Hebei garrison reported that the main force of the National Salvation Army attacked them had at least 5,000 people, more than 50 various artillery pieces participated in the siege, and the figures of the National Salvation Army's chariot troops were also found!"

"The Hebei garrison plans to use Shimen as bait to annihilate the main force of the National Rescue Army."

"I hope we will destroy the old nest of the National Rescue Army as soon as possible, and the two armies will cooperate with each other to completely eliminate the National Rescue Army!"

The commander took the telegram and read it twice in a row before letting it go.

Shimen was attacked by the main force of the National Salvation Army. As long as the telegram has the correct content on the troops and equipment of the National Salvation Army, it is proved that the main force of the National Salvation Army is really in the mining area, and there are indeed very few National Salvation Army who have just returned to Shanxi through the Lijiapo stronghold.

Looking at the deputy chief of staff, he asked: "If the national rescue army uses the fastest speed to cross the Zhengtai Railway, how many troops can it cross in ten minutes?"

The deputy chief of staff thought and analyzed: "Reported to the commander, the telegram said that the Lijiapo stronghold fell after fifteen minutes. The reinforcements began to calculate from the attack on the stronghold, and took twenty-five minutes to regain the stronghold."

"On the surface, there is a ten-minute time difference, but the time the National Salvation Army can use to cross the railway is only five minutes."

"Because the reinforcements can block the Zhengtai Railway with firepower when they are still four or five hundred meters away from the stronghold, and prevent the national rescue army from continuing to cross the railway line."

"Five minutes are very short. The infantry can go over one company and the cavalry can go over two companies!"
Chapter completed!