"Command!"

Dazuo thought for a long time before he made up his mind: "From now on, all the garrison troops will be on guard, especially at night, and not let a single Eighth Route Army approach the city wall." ”

"Without wasting ammunition, resolutely repel the possible attack of the garrison regiment and ensure the safety of Laiyuan City."

In a mountain col three kilometers outside Laiyuan City, Zhao Wen, the commander of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion, directly built the battalion headquarters here.

As soon as the morning dawned, the four company commanders under his command gathered here to report on the battle situation last night.

Before the division of troops, the independent battalion had three companies, each of which had considerable development behind enemy lines.

After the Japanese army retreated to Laiyuan, Zhao Wen saw the troops after the division for the first time.

The total strength of the best-developed main force company has reached nearly 300 people, and the worst company has nearly 200 people.

Zhao Wen immediately decided to reorganize the entire battalion, expanding a new main force company on the basis of the original three companies to ensure that each main force company had a full strength of 150 people, and finally set up a recruit company to train prisoners and recruits who had just joined the unit.

"Battalion commander, last night we have been forcing the Japanese puppet army to counterattack by feints." The commander of a company reported first.

"Two heavy machine guns and four Tietong loaded with firecrackers forced the posture of six heavy machine guns, forcing the little devils to fight back with mortars and grenadiers, desperately firing shells at the iron barrels. I did the math, the little devil used at least two hundred mortar shells on us last night. ”

"The light and heavy machine guns in the bunkers on the walls have not stopped."

"In the face of our feint troops, bullets were fired like money, and the ground was dusty."

Zhao Wen directly showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Consuming the ammunition of the Japanese puppet army in the city is the most important purpose of this operation, and judging from the report of the first company commander, this task has been completed well for the time being.

Immediately asked the question he was most concerned about: "Are the casualties of the troops large?" ”

"It's not time to actually attack the city, and if the casualties of the troops are too large in order to consume some ammunition, it will be more than worth the loss."

The face of the first company commander was obviously not as good-looking as just now, and he thought for a while before he spoke: "11 were sacrificed, three were seriously injured, and a whole reinforcement squad was lost!" ”

Zhao Wen's brows furrowed at that time: "How could the casualties be so big?" ”

The commander of the first company explained that the casualties were already small.

Although the troops launched a feint, the feint also had to attack, exposing the troops to the enemy's guns.

The Japanese were light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and the ammunition was shot out like money. A blind cat can kill a rat and kill a lot of soldiers.

But the battalion commander was angry, and although the company commander was very aggrieved, he didn't dare to say a word of argument, so he could only keep his head down and not say a word.

Zhao Wen directly shifted his gaze to the second company commander: "What about you? What about casualties? ”

"Report to the battalion commander, the second company lost 12 people, two were seriously injured, and the lightly wounded were not counted." The commander of the second company reported.

Zhao Wen's face was even more ugly, and he looked at the third company commander and continued to ask, "What about you?" ”

"Report to the battalion commander, we did not make a feint and forced the devils to open fire by digging tunnels, but we lost eight of them and seriously injured five ...... in the artillery attack of the little devils," the third company commander reported.

The fourth company commander is a cadre supported by Commander Chen, and he has the least seniority, and he reported without waiting for Zhao Wen to speak: "Battalion commander, our company sacrificed nine people and seriously injured three. ”

Zhao Wen replied with a calm face: "The casualties are too great. ”

"According to this style of play, the ammunition of the Japanese puppet army in the city is indeed exhausted, but our troops will also be consumed."

"When the troops are gone, how can we attack Laiyuan City."

"We all think of ways to reduce the losses of the troops, but we can continue to consume the ammunition of the Japanese puppet army."

"Battalion commander, we can build earth tanks!" The commander of the fourth company proposed.

"Sandbag walls are piled up on top of the carts, people are hiding behind sandbags, and heavy machine gun bullets from a distance of 100 meters will never penetrate the sandbag walls, which I used to use when the old army was fighting strongholds."

"The only problem is that the dirt tanks can't get too close to the enemy."

"Otherwise, a grenade can reimburse the earthen tank, and the fighters hiding behind will not survive."

Zhao Wen's eyes lit up and replied: "This is a good way!" ”

"Our purpose is to scare the little devils, force them to shoot, and consume their ammunition, not to attack Laiyuan City, as long as the earthen tanks are put out and attack dozens of meters forward, the Japanese puppet army on the head of the city will definitely be frightened, and then shoot wildly to prevent us from approaching the city wall."

The commander of a company said: "Battalion commander, we can build more earthen tanks, line them up, and approach the city together." ”

"I don't really attack, but under the cover of earthen tanks, I run under the noses of the little devils and dig trenches, which will definitely scare them."

"I also have an ......idea for digging tunnels," the fourth company commander continued.

"We can strike at us."

"Let the Japanese puppet army mistakenly think that we are digging a tunnel at a point, but the real entrance and exit of the tunnel are more than 100 meters away."

"Transfer all the excavated soil to the tunnel mouth that the Japanese puppet army mistakenly thought, and let them bomb it."

"The real tunnel entrance is hidden during the day, and it continues to be dug at night, so I can't really dig a tunnel to extend under the city wall."

"That's fine!" Zhao Wen had a smile on his face.

"Everyone continues to think that no matter what I do, as long as I can reduce the casualties of the troops, it is a good way."

That night, the garrison regiment was dispatched again.

Not only did they use earthen tanks and flying thunder cannons, but they also dug three secret passages at the same time by striking east and west, extending little by little towards the head of the city.

From ten o'clock in the evening, the gunfire did not stop until five o'clock in the morning.

It was the same on the third night......

After a long time, the Japanese puppet army actually began to get used to it, and every night when they saw movement outside the city, they greeted them with bullets and shells.

Dazuo also slowly got used to it, and he still lay on the bed and slept in the dense sound of gunfire, unaffected in the slightest.

"Woo woo woo ......"

A piercing scream suddenly reached Dazuo's ears.

Dazuo was asleep, still frightened, opened his eyes, jumped up from the bed as soon as he was bone, and shouted: "It's heavy artillery, the heavy artillery unit of the garrison regiment has been dispatched." ”

"They must storm Laiyuan City, otherwise they won't use heavy artillery."

"Order all units to be fully combat-ready."

"Hey!" The deputy who hurried over hurriedly replied, and then followed Dazuo to the war room.

"Boom ......"

When I walked to the door, there was an explosion, and the ground shook.

Da Zuo was sure that the explosion point was very close to the command headquarters, and the whole person became more excited, and continued to shout.

"The garrison regiment is definitely going to storm Laiyuan City, the shelling just now is a test shot, and there will be more intense artillery fire next."

"Inform the troops to prepare for the anti-artillery, the artillery will immediately calculate the trajectory, find the specific location of the heavy artillery units of the garrison regiment, counterattack if they can, and if they can't counterattack, all of them will be on standby, and prepare to shell the attacking troops of the garrison regiment, I will turn Laiyuan City into a meat grinder for a large number of killing and injuring the garrison regiment, and turn it into their grave."