Many times, a combat idea only needs a reminder to open up the brain, and Hong Linfeng is such a person.

The brows that were still frowning just now immediately stretched, and there was an expression of sudden realization on his face.

He had already seen through the thoughts in Li Hao's mind, and immediately asked: "If the little devils divide their troops and station them outside Laiyuan City, we will eat their garrisons outside the city first, and then attack Laiyuan City at the end, which is similar to breaking each one." ”

Li Hao nodded and continued: "There is one more point: we have an advantage that none of the little devils in Laiyuan City have!" ”

"Heavy artillery!" Hong Linfeng shouted, his reaction speed was very fast, and a smile appeared directly on his face that suddenly came to his senses, as if he had seen the picture of the garrison taking Laiyuan City, and continued.

"We can give full play to the advantage of heavy artillery, smash with cannonballs, and wipe out the troops of the devils stationed outside the city at the minimum cost."

"It's the same when attacking a city, try to kill devils with cannonballs."

"After our pre-war evacuation, Laiyuan City occupied by the little devils is an empty city, so you don't have to worry about accidentally injuring the people during the siege, and you can use heavy artillery on a large scale."

"Before the war, we had more than 1,000 heavy artillery shells in our own reserves, plus more than 2,000 captured in two battles, all of which were smashed into Laiyuan City, which will definitely hit the little devils inside and cover the infantry to take Laiyuan City."

Li Hao continued: "If nothing else, this attack will bring us a windfall. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, it's been a long time since the garrison has captured a large number of puppet soldiers."

"As soon as the retreating troops from several surrounding counties arrive, the number of puppet troops in Laiyuan City will exceed 5,000 people. In the style of the Japanese, they will definitely be arranged to guard the outside of the city, and their own people will guard the safest inside the city. ”

"These puppet troops were all drawn from other parts of North China by the Japanese army, and their combat effectiveness was quite good. If we can take a large number of prisoners, we can use them to make up for the shortage of the main force, instead of sending guerrillas who have only undergone simple training, thus greatly reducing the pressure on the source of troops in the base areas. ”

Outside the city of Datong, dense Japanese puppet army locusts pounced on the city wall of Datong.

Behind the attacking troops, dozens of mountain artillery pieces were fired in three rows, filled with gunsmoke, constantly roaring, and firing shells at the city.

"Weng Hum ......" three planes came to the battlefield and rushed towards the city with a roar.

With a piercing scream, three bombs broke away from the fuselage and smashed into the city.

In the explosion of "booming ......" shaking the earth, the flames splashed everywhere and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air.

The defenders stationed at the head of the city, the sandbags, logs, and the bricks and stones used to build the city wall were blown up into the sky like toys, and finally smashed inside and outside the city wall.

"Woooooooooo......oo Rumble ......"

The second plane began to drop bombs, and three bombs smashed on the top of the city again and exploded, and the smoke and dust that filled the city wall so tightly that nothing could be seen.

Suddenly, a "boom ......" sound of collapse sounded on the battlefield, and the ancient city wall collapsed without withstanding the continuous bombardment of shells and aerial bombs.

In the thick smoke of gunpowder, a hole more than twenty meters long appeared in the middle of the city wall.

Datong, who had been guarding for a day and a night, finally opened its arms to the Japanese puppet army.

The division commander stood at the lookout of the command headquarters, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he was very satisfied with the battle situation in front of him.

Putting down the binoculars, he glanced at the equally excited subordinates around him and began to give orders.

"The artillery concentrated all its artillery to attack the gap in the wall, and after five minutes the artillery fire extended to hit the defenders who wanted to plug the gap."

"The 6th Infantry Brigade assaulted, and the chariot squadron took cover, and entered Datong from the gap."

"The Icheon Wing is ready for an assault, and when the Sixth Brigade enters the city, they set off and enter the city through the gap. Quickly resolve the remnants of the enemy and occupy Datong. ”

At the headquarters of the garrison regiment, Zhou Liang hurriedly walked in with a serious face.

"Regiment commander, political commissar, this is a clear telegram that the radio station has just received, Datong City has been captured by the Japanese, and the defenders have been wiped out, part of it has been wiped out by the Japanese puppet army, and part of it has been captured."

"It's time to come or it's coming!" Wang Hong replied with a long sigh.

"Commander, we can't wait, we must hurry up and take Laiyuan City, the little devil has not much time left for us."

"After taking Datong, the Japanese army will definitely divide its forces to take several surrounding counties, and then establish a new occupation area with Datong as the center."

"When they gain a firm foothold in Datong and digest the results of the battle, they will definitely send troops eastward and continue to attack and sweep us together with the Laiyuan City garrison."

Li Hao thought for a while and began to give an order: "Send a telegram to the first battalion and report the situation there immediately, the more detailed the better." ”

"Reconnaissance company, intelligence department, seize the time to find out the latest deployment of Japanese troops in Laiyuan City."

In less than half an hour, the return call from the first battalion arrived.

After reading the telegram, Wang Hong's face sank: "Regiment leader, the situation in Datong is very bad. ”

"The first battalion reported that their reconnaissance platoon had been active in the area of engagement and was aware of the entire course of the battle."

"The speed of the Japanese puppet army's movement is too fast, and there are planes and tanks to cover, many Jin Sui troops were raided before they had time to prepare for battle, dead to death, captured prisoners."

"They judged that the Japanese army had captured more than 10,000 garrisons in Datong, and they had also captured a lot of wealth."

"According to the usual practice, these more than 10,000 captives will either be reorganized into the Imperial Allied Army by the devils, let us Chinese fight the Chinese, and they will sit on the profits of fishermen, or send them to the coal mine as absenteeism and free mining."

"In addition, there are more than 2,400 Jinsui troops who have withdrawn to our base area, including a deputy division commander and two regiment commanders, and there are 129 officers above the platoon level, and the rest are ordinary soldiers and squad leaders."

"Battalion Commander He, please ask for instructions, do you want to send them to leave the base area on the mountain road and return to the team."

"Yes!" Li Hao replied without thinking about it: "Forming a good fate with Jin Suijun will definitely be useful in the future." ”

"In addition, tell He Jun to strengthen vigilance, send more scouts in the direction of Datong, closely monitor every move of the little devil, and report immediately if there is a situation."

"Next, our focus is to take Laiyuan City, and the Datong direction must remain stable."

At the headquarters of the Japanese army brigade in Laiyuan City, the brigade commander was very excited.

I have just received a telegram from the headquarters of the front army: In half a month, the main force that takes Datong will be able to completely control there, reorganize the prisoners, and form the Imperial Allied Army, and then you can divide your troops and march eastward, and together with yourself, you can flank the garrison regiments in front and rear, and completely annihilate them.

The deputy chief of staff of the brigade suddenly reminded.

"General, according to the reconnaissance, the main force of the garrison regiment has signs of moving towards Laiyuan City."

"They definitely want to continue attacking Laiyuan City and pull out our nail in their hinterland."

"The imperial army's joint sweep of them will not start until half a month later, so we must hold Laiyuan City for at least half a month, and not give the garrison a chance to take us."

The excited expression on the brigade commander's face was gone, his face returned to seriousness, and he looked at the Laiyuan city defense map and fell into deep thought.

"The only thing the garrison can threaten us is heavy artillery." Two minutes later, the brigade commander suddenly spoke.

"We don't have heavy artillery, and in the face of their heavy artillery attacks, we don't even have a chance to return the phone, so we can only be beaten passively."

"As long as we solve this threat, I won't be afraid of the garrison coming over."

"It's not good that we can also use offensive and defensive battles to consume a large number of troops in the garrison regiment."

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