Garrison regimental headquarters, Hong Linfeng walked in with a solemn face.

"Regiment commander, your judgment is right, the Japanese army has begun to break the situation."

"Early this morning, devil planes appeared in the sky over all the strongholds in the base area."

"At ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese puppet troops in the nine strongholds came out at the same time, and under the cover of the aircraft, they evacuated the strongholds with weapons, ammunition and a small amount of supplies, and burned all the materials that could not be taken away."

"There are planes in the sky to cover, and the retreating Japanese puppet army is all mules and horses, and the marching speed is very fast, and our troops can only harass them along the way with guerrilla warfare."

"Judging from the marching direction of these Japanese puppet troops, their targets are Laiyuan, Guangling, Weixian, and the three county seats."

Li Hao's face sank at that time: "Stay in Qingshan, I'm not afraid of no firewood, and the little devil will continue to shrink and defend this trick!" ”

"Once they decide to trap the three county towns, in front of the four or five meter-high city walls, our flying thunder artillery will no longer be a threat to them, and they can only use heavy artillery to attack the city."

"The Japanese have built a large number of reinforced concrete fortifications in the three county towns, and at this point, the little heavy artillery shells we have in reserve will definitely not be enough. Moreover, the casualties of the siege were too great to be fought unless absolutely necessary. ”

Hong Linfeng proposed: "Commander, can it be like the first time we took Laiyuan City." ”

"Besiege first without attacking, and then find an opportunity to lure out the Japanese puppet army in the city, gather and annihilate it, and wait for the city to be insufficient and the defense is empty before launching an attack, it will definitely be much easier."

Li Hao shook his head and replied, "It's difficult!" ”

"The retreating Japanese puppet army has been fighting for half a year, and they are very familiar with each other, they are too cautious."

"If it weren't for the fact that we dug blockade ditches and used a large number of flying thunder cannons, they would definitely have been holding their strongholds and not coming out, just like nails taking root in our base areas."

"Now their forces are more concentrated, and the county towns they defend are larger, stronger, and in better conditions than their original strongholds."

"There was another time before when the troops out of the city were wiped out and Laiyuan City was captured by us, and the precedent is there, and it will definitely not come out."

"In this case, it is not a problem for them to take root in the three counties for two or three years."

Hong Linfeng was anxious: "Regiment leader, we must not let them take root in our base all the time." ”

"Otherwise, the main force of our garrison regiment will be dragged in the three county towns, and if there is any military operation, we must worry about problems in our rear to avoid the enemy on the back of the troops."

Hong Linfeng furrowed his brows and fell into deep thought.

The chief of staff's concerns were clear to him, but this time the Japanese army was obviously fully prepared to shrink the defense, and it was too difficult for the garrison to break the situation.

"You can only find a way from the ammunition!" This is the only way Li Hao can think of, and he doesn't dare to guarantee that it will be successful.

Frowning and analyzing: "There are a large number of people living in the three county towns, and they want to live and eat, so we can't prevent grain from entering the county seat." In this case, the road of forcing the Japanese puppet army to leave the county seat by cutting off food will not work. ”

"Weapons and ammunition are not good, once the Japanese puppet army in the county is used up, it can only be drawn from the rear, or transported by ground, or airdropped by plane."

"The volume of aircraft is limited, and it is difficult to ensure the consumption of thousands of troops by relying only on airdrops, and their ammunition will definitely be in short supply at that time, which will then affect the combat effectiveness of the troops. Therefore, eighty percent of the Japanese army will choose ground transportation. ”

"And then our chance came."

Hong Linfeng immediately said: "I understand, the troops took the opportunity to gather heavy troops, beat them to transport troops, intercept these weapons and ammunition, and cut off the ammunition supply in the three county towns." ”

"Without ammunition, the guns in the hands of the devils will become burning sticks, and no matter how strong the bunkers and turrets on the city wall are, they will be useless, so we can take the opportunity to launch an attack and take the three county seats."

"Captain, this is a good idea."

"We can let three independent battalions besiege the city, rest during the day, fight at night, and consume a lot of ammunition of the Japanese puppet army through feints."

Li Hao replied: "You can also let the commandos cooperate with them." ”

"The independent battalion cooperated with the intelligence department to eliminate the spies left in the blockade area by the Japanese puppet army as soon as possible, and the heavy artillery battalion was divided into three to reinforce three independent battalions."

"The assault team entered the city in advance, found the ammunition depot of the Japanese puppet army, and used the radio to guide the heavy artillery battalion to carry out precision strikes on them and destroy the ammunition reserves of the Japanese puppet army."

In Laiyuan City, the puppet army of more than 2,000 days began to renovate and strengthen the city fortifications after only one day of rest.

The bunkers, which were originally made of sandbags and logs, were now completely made of steel and concrete.

Behind the city wall, dozens of devil sappers commanded the puppet army to dig holes in the city wall, planning to build dozens of machine gun bunkers in the city wall......

It wasn't until it got dark that the city walls, which had been bustling all day, slowly quieted down.

But the Japanese puppet army patrolling and guarding the city did not decrease.

Patrols searched back and forth to make sure every post was secure.

The light and dark sentinels hid behind the battlements, guns in both hands, their eyes wide, looking out of the city through the shooting holes, without blinking, for fear of missing something.

Several huge searchlights were erected at the commanding heights of the city wall, and the thick lampposts illuminated the ground more than 200 meters outside the city to prevent anyone from sneaking up on the county seat.

"Horn ......"

A gunshot broke the silence of the night, and the quiet city suddenly became chaotic, but it lasted less than ten seconds before it was quiet again.

The patrols, the sentinels, quickly dispersed and pounced on the battlements closest to themselves.

The rifle on his shoulder was already in his hand at some point, the barrel of the black hole sticking out of the battlement hole, and his eyes followed the crosshair to search for suspicious targets outside the city.

Two large searchlights simultaneously shone their light at the suspicious target that had just been spotted by the guard post.

On the wasteland more than 200 meters away from the city wall, more than a dozen black shadows entered the devil's field of vision under the illumination of the searchlight, and they lay on the ground, holding shovels and hoes in one hand, and quickly digging pits in the ground.

In just a few minutes, a small mound had been piled up in front of them, blocking most of their bodies.

"It's the Eighth Route Army, they dig trenches outside the city and set up offensive positions......" shouted the lieutenant on duty.

"Report to the commander immediately, Laiyuan City is likely to be attacked by the Eighth Route Army tonight."

"Heavy machine guns shoot right away, kill them, can't let them set up an offensive position there, it's too close to the wall."

The heavy machine gun fired quickly, but because the firing distance was too long, the mound of earth that was constantly piled up also began to work, and under the cover of night, the heavy machine gun bullets flying like meteors did not hurt the Eighth Route Army there.

The pit gets bigger and bigger, and the excavated soil gets higher and higher.

Soon, a dozen fighters lying on the ground began to half-crouch in the pit and continue to deepen and widen until they could stand in it without being hit by the heavy machine gun bullets fired from the city, and then they stopped deepening, and then dug on both sides at the same time, connecting the separate pits into a trench.

"The artillery on duty opened fire, destroyed those mounds for me, and killed the Eighth Route Army squatting behind." Valuing the machine gun was useless, the lieutenant continued to order with a frown.

The mound was not reinforced, and when the shells exploded, the piled up of dirt was blown away with the flying firelight.

Thirty shells smashed through in a row, most of the mounds were leveled, and the lieutenant's field of vision was coming into view of the trenches on both sides.

"The artillery continued to fire, killed the Eighth Route Army hiding in the trenches, and destroyed the trenches that the Eighth Route Army had not yet built." The lieutenant snorted coldly and continued to order.

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