"How many shells are needed, have you calculated." Hong Linfeng asked.

He Jun hesitated for a moment and replied: "The entire section of the city wall is covered with machine-gun bunkers made of reinforced concrete, and crossfire can be formed between the bunkers and the bunkers to shoot our attacking troops from different directions. ”

"When it comes to siege, it's almost useless to destroy just one or two of these bunkers."

"We have calculated that we must destroy all the hidden forts on the 500-meter wall in front of us at once, so that we can send our troops to the foot of the city wall with minimal casualties, blow up the city wall, and kill into the city."

"There are at least thirty machine-gun bunkers within the five-hundred-meter walls."

"Hidden in peacetime, exposed in wartime."

"Although the heavy artillery is powerful and has a long range, the hit rate is low, and it is too difficult to accurately hit a bunker inside the city wall, and it takes several shells to hit the bunker at the same time to completely destroy it."

"According to the calculation that a bunker needs fifty shells, we must prepare at least 1,500 shells to completely destroy all the bunkers in a siege direction and cover the troops to enter the city."

"Hiss ......"

Hong Linfeng gasped and shouted, "Fifteen hundred rounds, it's too much." ”

"If these shells are put on the field battlefield, they will be enough to reimburse an infantry wing of the Japanese army."

"It's a great loss to destroy dozens of hidden forts here and kill one or two hundred Japanese puppet troops."

"Regiment commander, we can't afford to fight such a war of attrition."

"That's why I brought the armored company here." Li Hao replied.

Pointing to He Jun's hand-drawn city defense map, he analyzed.

"The Japanese puppet army did not know that we had chariots in the battle, and in order to avoid our powerful artillery fire, their direct-fire artillery must have been hiding in the city, and there were only light and heavy machine guns and mortars on the fortifications of the city, which created an excellent opportunity for us to raid the city walls."

"The tank company was divided into three, with one tank and two armored vehicles for each assault detachment, covering the attack of an infantry platoon, and at the same time raiding three points on the city wall, blowing a hole in the wall with explosives."

"Three infantry platoons climbed to the head of the city from their respective breakthroughs, occupied the breakthrough, and then attacked and advanced to both sides, expanding the breakthrough, covering the follow-up troops to kill the city, and completely occupying the city fortifications."

"The whole offense has to be fast enough."

"After the Japanese puppet army learns that we are attacking the city with chariots, they will definitely send reinforcements. We must take the fortifications of the city before the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army arrive and cover the entry of the main force into the city. ”

In Hunyuan City, the Japanese puppet army did not know that they had become a piece of fat that the garrison was about to swallow.

At ten o'clock in the evening, guns rang out on time outside Hunyuan City.

It was the gunfire of the Hunyuan Independent Battalion feinting to attack the county seat and consuming the ammunition of the garrison.

At the Japanese headquarters, more than a dozen officers, large and small, did not react, as if the gunfire outside the city did not exist, and they did their own thing in an orderly manner without being affected in the slightest.

This kind of sneak attack has been going on for almost half a month, every night, and they have become accustomed to it.

If they don't hear gunshots one day, they will be surprised.

At one o'clock in the morning, the gunfire along the city wall continued, without the slightest intention of stopping.

The lights at the headquarters were obviously much dimmer, and except for the three staff officers on duty, everyone else fell asleep, completely unaffected by the sound of gunfire.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Suddenly, a piercing scream rang out outside the city.

The brows of a staff officer on duty quickly twisted, and there was a hint of bad premonition.

As soon as I got up from my seat, the explosion of "booming ......" sounded and was deafening.

The staff officer who stood up first immediately shouted: "It's heavy artillery, the Eighth Route Army that feints to attack us outside the city has dispatched heavy artillery, which has never been done before, immediately inform the commander that the Eighth Route Army's attack tonight must be extraordinary." ”

The quiet command instantly became lively.

Staff officers, officers, one by one, were woken up and put into combat mode.

"Boom ......" When Commander Shaozo walked into the war room, the cannon sound on the first line of the city wall had already sounded, and there were four city walls, which was deafening.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army, which attacked us outside the city, used at least eight heavy artillery, eight mountain artillery and infantry artillery, as well as more than a dozen large-caliber mortars." The artillery staff officer was the first to report.

Shao Zuo judged with a calm face: "Eight Grid Tooth Road, the various artillery pieces equipped by the Hunyuan garrison do not add up to so much, and the Eighth Route Army must want to capture Hunyuan with such a big posture." ”

His brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he stared at the artillery staff officer and asked: "Can our artillery fight back, find a way to knock out a few of their artillery positions, make an example, defeat the offensive spirit of the Eighth Route Army, and by the way, improve the morale of the troops defending the city." ”

The artillery staff officer shook his head and replied: "No, we only have mountain artillery, infantry artillery and small-caliber mortars, and no matter the number of artillery pieces, caliber and range, they are more than one grade worse than the garrison regiment." Even if they could get to their artillery positions, it would be suicide to open fire rashly. ”

"It is recommended that the artillery stay still for the time being, and stay to fight the siege troops of the Eighth Route Army, so that they will play a greater role in the defense of the city."

Shao Zuo had expected this result a long time ago, and his frowning brows did not change in any way.

Not with the other officers on the side.

Hearing that the Eighth Route Army was heavy artillery and heavy mortars, and that they didn't even have the ability to counterattack, many people's faces turned pale at that time.

Although the faces of others did not turn pale, their faces clearly showed expressions of worry and panic from the bottom of their hearts.

This scene was all seen by Shao Zuo.

Then force yourself to calm down and say loudly, "Calm me down." ”

"Isn't it heavy artillery and heavy mortars? We have built a large number of reinforced concrete fortifications along the city wall, and we will definitely be able to withstand it. ”

"Unless the garrison is willing to pay thousands of heavy artillery shells in Hunyuan, their siege posture will not be able to take it no matter how sufficient."

As soon as he finished speaking, the phone of the command rang.

A staff officer picked up the microphone in a panic, listened to it for less than half a minute, the worried expression on his face disappeared, and then he reported happily.

"Commander Yingming, your judgment is right, even if the Eighth Route Army attacking us has heavy artillery, it will not be able to take Hunyuan City."

"The garrison in the east of the city reported that the damage to the reinforced concrete fortifications by the heavy artillery and heavy mortars of the Eighth Route Army was very limited, and all the troops went into the fortifications without much loss. They were confident that they could hold off all the attacks launched by the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Yo Xi ......" Shao Zuo, who pretended to be calm, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he ordered: "Draw four hundred people from the reserves, reinforce the four city walls respectively, and ensure that there is a squad of the Imperial Army and two companies of the Imperial Allied Army in each direction." ”

"Other troops are on standby outside the command headquarters to reinforce the battlefield at any time to prevent accidents."

"Order the special service team, the gendarmerie, all to patrol the streets, and put the whole city under martial law, to prevent the Eighth Route Army hidden in the city from taking the opportunity to make trouble."