Lei Jian looked at the east and showed that it was gray, and in more than an hour, from the towering Iron Camel Mountain in the east, a round of rising sun would erupt, and the time was exactly 4:57, he stood up and ordered the messenger beside him: "Launch three signal flares, order the battalions of the four city gates, and launch an attack on Laiyuan City." ”

Three signal flares suddenly rose into the air, three colored arcs cut through the gray sky, and a company sent by each battalion that had approached the Four City Gates, under the command of the deputy battalion commander, suddenly broke out into fierce gunfire, and the battle to attack the Four City Gates began.

The enemy who was holding the city gate was awakened from his slumber by the sudden sound of gunfire in the confusion, and under the supervision of the commander of the defending city, he immediately put into his position and launched a fire counterattack against the attacking Eighth Route Army.

Zhang Ting's 1st Battalion and 2nd Company, which attacked the East City Gate, used three grenadiers to launch three waves of grenades at the city gate in succession, and launched an attack on the city gate amid the sound of grenade explosions.

The little devils guarding the city tower, exerted light and heavy machine gun firepower, launched the most fierce fire counterattack against the attacking Eighth Route Army, and the soldiers who rushed to the front were shot one after another and fell in a pool of blood, and the deputy battalion commander Cui Kai shouted: "Cross cover, retreat immediately." ”

As soon as they attacked, they immediately retreated and gave up the attack when they were blocked by enemy fire, which is too incredible for the attacking soldiers, how can there be such siege tactics? It's like a one-touch break.

The devil on the tower of the city saw that with powerful firepower, the attacking Eighth Route Army troops, the commander of the Japanese army defending the city not only pouted and shouted arrogantly: "The Japanese Imperial Army is invincible, and the Eighth Route of the Earth is trying to capture Laiyuan City, it is simply hitting a stone with an egg, and it is not self-sufficient, hahaha." ”

Although Commander Sakata was arrogant and boastful on the surface, he could attack Laiyuan City three times for the Eighth Route Army, break through the city gate twice, and counterattack the first time in the northwest corner, and see that he was surrounded by two regiments of the Eighth Route Army.

The second time was a company of the Eighth Route Army, disguised into the city to touch the garrison headquarters, suddenly launched a sneak attack, killed and wounded a squad of the Japanese army guarding the headquarters, under the rapid reinforcement of the Japanese army in the city, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army of this company, skillfully maneuvered with the enemy, and the whole piece was broken into the streets and alleys with the enemy to catch cats and cats, and killed a few lone enemy puppet soldiers when they seized the opportunity.

The Japanese troops stationed in the city were attacked and attacked by the Eighth Route Army twice, and the losses in the city were heavy, causing great casualties to the troops.

At two o'clock in the afternoon of September 3, Sakata Dazuo kept receiving reports from the four gates of Chengguan: The large troops of the Eighth Route Army were deployed at the four gates of Chengguan, and had surrounded Laiyuan City, and they were about to launch a strong attack.

Sakata Osa pouted and said: "Tubalu delusional attempt to conquer my Laiyuan City is simply hitting a stone with an egg, I will make them die a miserable death, order the troops defending the city, take strict precautions, once Tubalu launches an attack, with the strongest firepower, all the Tubalu will be wiped out outside the city." ”

After giving the order, Sakata Osa was not at ease, he took a few officers and personally boarded the position of the gate tower of the four cities to check the firepower and defense, and he must not take it lightly, and be sure to block the attacking Eighth Route Army outside the city, causing the greatest damage to the Eighth Route Army.

In order to ensure that the city gate was not breached, Sakata Osa ordered the troops in the city, leaving a small team of Japanese soldiers and a company of puppet troops to be responsible for the security of the city, and all other troops were enriched to the city gate position.

It was past midnight, and the Eighth Route Army outside the city had not yet launched an attack.

Time passed little by little, the little devil guarding the four city gates, highly concentrated, was staring at the movements of the Eighth Route Army outside the city all the time, three o'clock passed, the Eighth Route Army had not launched an attack, it was almost five o'clock, it was about to dawn, and the Eighth Route Army hidden in the night outside the city seemed to have disappeared.

The Japanese puppet army, which was already very tired of defending the city, really couldn't hold on, some squatted in the position of the city tower with guns, and some leaned against the city wall, dozing off.

Just when the enemy's puppet army was physically tense to the limit, and it was about to dawn, and there was no eight-way attack, most of the Japanese puppet army defending the city began to slack off under extreme fatigue.

Lei Jian, who was hidden in the night outside the city, looked at his watch, and when the time reached 4:57, he decisively gave an order, ordering each battalion to send a company to attack Laiyuan City with the heaviest firepower.

Suddenly erupted in fierce guns and shouts, waking up the tired enemy puppet army from their numbness, and immediately entered the position with their guns in hand, and launched a single fire counterattack against the attack on the four city gates.

Sakata Daisa, who had not fallen asleep after lying down, suddenly heard the fierce gunfire on all sides of Laiyuan City, he bounced from the bed to the ground, rushed to the phone in a few steps, dialed the commander of the four gates to defend the city, and asked about the scale and progress of the Eighth Route Army's attack.

When Sakata heard that the Eighth Route Army was at the gates of the city, and the troops attacking were in one company, and the firepower was fierce, this cunning guy frowned and was puzzled.

During his career with the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army always adopted guerrilla tactics, and was especially good at breaking through the enemy's weakest position with superior forces, attacking it unprepared, and withdrawing after the battle.

However, the commander of the Eighth Route Army made a mistake, and each attacked the four gates of Laiyuan City with a company of troops, one is that the troops are scattered, and the other is that the firepower is insufficient.

Sakata put down the phone, paced in the room with his hands behind his back, and asked the chief of staff beside him puzzled: "Ono-kun, the forces of the Eighth Route Army outside the city are scattered, and it is about to dawn in the sky, and suddenly launched an attack on our Great Japanese Imperial Army and the impregnable Laiyuan City, what the hell did the commander of the Eighth Route Army do?" ”

"Sakata Daisa, I think that the commander of the Eighth Route of the Earth is not a reckless bastard, and launching an attack on my Laiyuan City before dawn is a consistent tactic of the Eighth Route Army to take advantage of the lack of soldiers defending the city and take action unexpectedly.

As for why the Eighth Route Army dispersed its forces and launched an attack on the four gates of Laiyuan City at the same time, instead of concentrating superior forces to attack one of them, I suspect that this cunning commander of the Eighth Route Army surrounded our city with a small number of troops, and when launching an attack at the same time, he tested the military strength and deployment of our defense of the city, and once it was ....... ”

Sakata Osa didn't wait for Chief of Staff Ono to finish speaking, and interjected: "What does Ono-kun mean, the cunning commander of the Eighth Route Army, trying to lure my defending troops to rush out of the city gate and pursue the Tsuchibachi, the Tsuchibachi Road will set up an ambush to besiege and kill our Imperial Japanese Army, is that what you mean?" ”

Ono's two thieves' slippery little eyes looked at Sakata and nodded back: "Sakata-kun is really smart, Ono thinks the same, there is another possibility, that is, when the Japanese Imperial Army kills out of the city, the treacherous Tubalu commander may use the city gate to open wide, and the large army hidden in the night will suddenly take the opportunity to break through a city gate and enter the city to engage in street battles and street battles with our officers and soldiers defending the city, which should be completely possible." ”

Sakata stared at the convincing eyes, looking at Ono a little embarrassed, Ono pretended to be deep and said: "Sakata-kun, Ono's analysis is just a superficial talk, Your Excellency Osa must have a high opinion, and if you say the shortcomings, please don't ...... Your Excellency Osa." ”

"Ono-kun, your politeness, I very much agree with your opinion, order the troops of the four gates of Laiyuan City, hold the city gate, and strike the attacking Tubalu with the most fierce firepower, without an order, no attack, violators of the order will be killed." At the end of Sakata's speech, he slashed down with his raised right hand to show his determination to meet the enemy.

Hidden in the night, the only large army of Lei Jian, at this time did not move, they were all sleeping, these soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who fought continuously and ran for a long distance were really tired, and the sound of guns and cannons came into their ears from five hundred meters away, like a lullaby for the sleepy soldiers, and they slept deeply.

Several regiment leaders sitting next to Lei Jian looked at the gunsmoke and flames in the direction of Laiyuan City, and they didn't know how the troops were attacking the city, and they looked at Lei Jian unsteadily.

Lei Jian listened to the sound of gunfire from the direction of Laiyuan City, looked at the gray and white of the sky slowly letting go, and said to a few people around him: "It seems that the little devil is frightened, and he will not go out of the city to chase and kill the companies that I attacked the four city gates, the sky is about to dawn, and the troops should be ordered to suspend the attack, rest and sleep in concealment during the day, and harass the little devil at night." ”

"Commander Lei, your tactics may be very rare in the entire siege campaign of the Eighth Route Army, which is a very rare siege tactic in which the troops are scattered, one attack is attacked, and the main force sleeps, which is really incomprehensible." Wang Xiaoliang shook his head as he spoke.

(End of chapter)