When the morale of the troops was high, Li Hong did not order the troops to continue the siege, and there were many reasons for consideration.

For example, the planes of the security regiment have been fighting for too long and are already running out of ammunition.

Although the devils outside the city have been eliminated, there are many little devils and puppet soldiers in the city, and the enemy has a certain combat effectiveness.

Moreover, the walls were well defended, and the enemy built a large number of firepower fortifications along the city, which was not conducive to the attack of the security regiment.

Of course, the most important point is that there are still many civilians in the city, and the guns have no eyes, and once the fighting starts, there will definitely be many innocent civilian casualties.

Just now, the bombers of the security regiment bombed the city walls everywhere, many city walls collapsed, and many civilians in the city escaped from the collapsed corners.

After carrying out the bombing mission, the pilots of the security regiment immediately left the skies over Gucheng County and returned to the flight base.

Subsequently, Li Hong summoned the main officers of each battalion to the headquarters.

The first phase of the campaign has ended, and the positions outside the city have been completely controlled by the security regiments.

Next, they had to discuss together how to attack the city and prevent the enemy from reinforcing the city.

……

Gucheng County, the headquarters of the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

The battle outside the city ended, and the devil signal soldiers hurriedly reported the battle situation to the brigade commander Kameda Noro.

"Report to the general, the heavy artillery positions in our city have been attacked by the bombers of the security regiment, but the casualties and losses of the artillery units are not large!"

"Report to the general, the position in the eastern suburbs has been completely lost, and the defenders have suffered heavy casualties!"

"Report to the general, the position in the southern suburbs has also been lost, and the captain of the Yamaguchi Wing and a group of imperial officers and soldiers have all been killed!"

The devil communications soldier reported the situation one by one to the brigade commander Kameda Noro.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Kameda Noro sat down in his seat angrily, so angry that he couldn't even speak.

"Bagaya Road, our defense line outside the city is so strong, so quickly the whole line collapsed and the position was lost......"

Kameda Noro has a dead expression, and he is now doubting life.

Is his troops too weak, or is the security corps too strong?

Originally, Kameda Noro was very confident in his elite troops, and he also equipped the troops outside the city with a lot of heavy artillery.

According to the devil commander's estimate, no matter how strong the opponent's combat power is, it will be no problem for the little devils outside the city to hold it for ten days.

However, no one expected that in just two days, the defense depth of several thousand troops and more than ten kilometers would collapse in this way.

All the devil officers in the command, and the brigade commander were in the same mood, and they were very shocked by the speed of the attack and the combat effectiveness of the security regiment.

At this time, Kameda Noro was no longer in the mood to listen to his subordinates' detailed reports on the losses of the troops outside the castle, and he was most worried about the defense of the castle now.

A devil intelligence officer stood up and said: "Report to the brigade commander, the main reason why the security regiment was able to conquer our position so easily was that they had combat vehicles on the ground and bombers in the air, and moreover, the security regiment was equipped with many large-caliber artillery pieces with very fierce firepower......

The chief of staff of the devil said slowly: "We are on the defensive, the security regiment is on offense, and the defense is not good for us, which limits the use of our own heavy firepower weapons, and besides, our weapon firepower cannot compete with the security regiment at all." ”

Kameda quickly calmed down, he also knew that the matter had come to this, and it was useless to be angry.

He humbly asked the chief of staff of the devil: "Yamashita-kun, at present, our 11th Brigade has lost its position outside the city, and the situation is very bad, how should we defend it next?" ”

The chief of staff of the devil thought for a while, and said cautiously: "General, once the position outside the city is lost, the artillery fire of the security regiment can be directly extended to the city, and the most deadly thing is that our air defense fire is not enough, and the bombers of the security regiment can break into our airspace to bomb." ”

The chief of staff of the devil immediately talked about the passive situation brought about by the loss of positions outside the city, and the loss of defensive positions outside the city will threaten all the enemies in the city with artillery fire.

Kameda Noro nodded, and he asked the other party to continue.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is a huge difference in strength between us and the security regiment, once the security regiment attacks the city on all fronts, our troops will not be able to hold it at all, at present, reinforcements from Ping'an County and other places are reinforcing us, we should immediately ask the headquarters for more fighter support."

The devil officers in the command have no objection to the suggestion of the devil chief of staff.

Immediately, Kameda Noro ordered the signal soldiers: "Send a telegram to the commander immediately, my 11th Brigade and the Security Regiment fought a bloody battle outside Gucheng County, and the troops outside the city suffered heavy casualties, please ask the commander to immediately mobilize aircraft to support the battlefield." ”

"Also, immediately send a telegram urging reinforcements and ask them to speed up the march!"

"Ha Yi !!"

Several devil messengers received orders to immediately go and draw up telegrams.

……

Outside the city of Gucheng County, the front command of the security regiment.

Li Hong discussed with his subordinates the battle plan for the siege of the city for a while, and then he arranged combat missions for Mei Youcai and Dong Guiqing.

"Mei Youcai, you lead your battalion to set up an ambush in the area of Gejia Village to block the 107th Wing of the Japanese Army!"

"Lao Dong, you take the brothers of the independent battalion to be responsible for blocking the puppet army combat regiment from Huangji Town, and you can survey and choose the blocking point by yourself!"

"You two immediately set off with the troops!"

"Yes, !! group"

The two of them responded loudly, and then walked out of the headquarters.

Li Hong's arrangement of combat missions in this way was all well thought out.

After all, the independent battalion had just been formed, and its overall combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Japanese army, so the devils of the 107th Wing could only be handed over to Mei Youcai's battalion to deal with.

Dong Guiqing's troops are familiar with the offensive path of the puppet army, and it is most suitable to use them to deal with the puppet army.

After Li Hong finished arranging the combat mission, suddenly, he thought of something again.

The enemy stationed in Ping'an County originally only had the 107th Wing of the Japanese Army, as well as a part of the puppet army, and the Japanese army in Ping'an County went to reinforce Gucheng County, so the enemy's strength in the city must be empty.

The snake of the 107th Wing of the Japanese Army has already come out of the hole, and if it sends troops to take advantage of the situation to attack Ping'an County, the 107th Wing will definitely not be able to return to the aid halfway through the march.

So, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take over Ping'an County.

Thinking of playing Ping'an County, Li Hong quickly thought of Li Dayeju.

The mountainous area around Ping'an County is the activity area of Li Yunlong's troops, and if he is asked to cooperate in the seizure of Ping'an County, the other party will definitely agree.

Soon, Li Hong asked the signal corps to send a telegram to Li Yunlong's department of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

Li Hong lit a cigarette and sat quietly in the headquarters waiting.

Li Yunlong is a wolf who wants to eat meat when he sees it, and as soon as he hears that there is meat to eat, he naturally beats the little devil more actively than anyone else.

Before a cigarette was finished, there was a call back from the independent regiment.

"The regimental seat, the independent regimental headquarters calls back."

The communications soldier translated the contents of the telegram and hurriedly handed it to Li Hong.

Telegram content: Thank you Brother Hong for having meat to eat and still miss my brother, recently I said why there is a smell of meat on the side of the nose, Ping'an County This piece of fat meat is eaten by Lao Li......