In the night, Lei Jian lightly touched Wang Xiaoliang, who was sitting next to him, and said angrily: "You have made great progress recently, but you just don't take the hostile situation I analyzed against you seriously.

I said very clearly before, detached a force to attack the four gates of Laiyuan City, one is to contain, the other is to harass, cooperate with the three divisions to attack the city and seize the land in the Lingqiu and Qujiabao areas, pull out the enemy strongholds, and eliminate the Japanese army's outer positions, did you hear it clearly this time? ”

"Then what do you mean by watching part of the company attack the city and fight, and the main force has been hiding behind to watch the excitement?"

"Wang Xiaoliang, don't worry, you are fighting the battle, the opportunity is not ripe, then you kid will lead the troops and beat me hard, do you understand?"

"Captain Lei, when will it be?" Wang Xiaoliang continued to ask puzzled.

Lei Jian pretended to be relaxed and said: "Three days, let's insist on attacking the city here for three days, during which if the devils come out of the city from any of them, our siege company will lead the Japanese puppet army to the ambush circle of the main force, and at that time, is it much easier to fight?" ”

"Then what if the little devil is not fooled, he just sticks to the city gate and does not come out?"

"Xiaoliang, if the enemy puppet army is not fooled and does not leave the city, then before we evacuate, I will find a way to knock the enemy puppet army hard to frustrate its spirit, and call the Japanese commander of Laiyuan City to squat in the city like this and dare not come out."

When Wang Xiaoliang heard Lei Jian say this, he excitedly asked, "Commander, let's talk about it first." How do you want to hit the enemy puppet army in the city and make everyone ....... ”

"It's almost dawn, quickly find me Director Zhang Ping of the Electrical Investigation Department." Lei Jian put aside Wang Xiaoliang's continuous questioning and said to Xiao Liu, the correspondent next to him.

A few minutes later, Zhang Ping ran to Lei Jian's side, and without waiting for him to ask, Lei Jian ordered: "Director Zhang, how is the battle of the three divisions going by telegraph." ”

Lei Jian said to the commanders of the battalions around him: "Order the siege troops to withdraw from the battle, withdraw five hundred meters outside the city, hide on the spot, seize the time to rest, and prepare for another battle." ”

The four companies that were attacking the city gate received orders to quickly withdraw from the siege targets and fight, and soon there was not a single soldier of the Eighth Route Army outside Laiyuan City, and what remained outside the city was gunpowder smoke and flames, which were still spreading and burning.

The commander of the Japanese army defending the city found that the Eighth Route Army besieging the city had retreated as soon as it was dawn, and immediately reported to Commander Sakata excitedly.

Sakata shook his head and said to the chief of staff: "Ono-kun, the commander of the Tsuchibachi Road is a very shrewd guy, repeatedly postponed the attack time, and waited for my troops to be slack, and then dispersed the attack with a force, the sky is not yet bright, this cunning guy, in order to escape the heavy casualties of the daytime attack, immediately withdrew from the siege battle in time, it is really a guy who makes people have to be careful." ”

"Sakata-kun's analysis is very clever, the attack of the Eighth Route is too incomprehensible, this kind of war of attrition is indeed not the combat style of the Eighth Route Army, I suspect that there must be a big conspiracy here."

"What conspiracy? Please say it, Ono-kun, we will analyze together, and as long as we find out the next conspiracy of the Commander of the Dirt Eight Road, we can actively deal with it. ”

Chief of Staff Ono frowned, and said tentatively: "Ono-kun, Tubalu has raided and destroyed Laiyuan City, Dongtuanbao, Zhongzhuang, Sanjia Village, and Yuanshan of the Imperial Japanese Army.

If the commander of the Tubalu tries to conquer Laiyuan City, which is occupied by our Imperial Japanese Army, he will definitely concentrate superior forces to attack our city gate, instead of the main force being hidden and some companies scattered to attack the city. ”

Sakata Osa felt the same way, he fought with the Eighth Route Army many times, so the hostile two sides fought, the siege tactics adopted by the Eighth Route Army were too superficial, and they were not done by a mature commander at all, and there must be a big conspiracy in this.

But I couldn't figure it out for a while, these two guys' thinking was limited to an impasse, and they couldn't get out.

At this moment, the phone in the room rang suddenly, and Sakata Daisa and Chief of Staff Ono, who were unprepared, not only looked at each other tremblingly.

Chief of Staff Ono paused for a moment, walked quickly to the telephone, grabbed the phone and didn't ask, when he heard the fierce gunfire coming from the phone, and a male duck shouted on the phone: "Hurry up, please Sakata Osa listen to the phone." ”

Sakata was standing not far away, and he had already heard the fierce gunfire on the phone, he frowned and looked at Ono and asked, "Ono-kun, where did the call come from, how could there be such a fierce gunfire on the phone?" ”

"Report to Sakata-kun, I haven't heard it yet, but I just ask you to answer the phone."

"Whoa, chop, whoop......."

A stern scolding came from the phone: "Bastard, you are so incompetent, the siege troops of Tubalu have no ladders, no aircraft and artillery, can they fly into the city with wings?" Your gates are lost, take them back for me quickly, bastard, quickly. ”

Sakata was scolded by the phone who didn't know which peak it was, and just wanted to refute, there was a big scolding on the phone: "A group of stupid pigs, bastards, the south city gate is lost, the east city gate is lost, and now only the north city gate and the west city gate are insisting, do you understand?" ”

As soon as he heard that the East City Gate and the South City Gate were lost, and the Eighth Route Army entered the city, Sakata Dazuo covered the microphone, looked at Ono eagerly and asked: "Chief of Staff, how did Shangfeng know that the east gate and south gate of Laiyuan City were lost?" Why didn't mine know? ”

As soon as Ono heard that this matter was a big fuss, the east and south gates of Laiyuan City were lost, and his two commanders were still kept in the dark, and now Shangfeng directly called to hold him accountable, Ono was so frightened that his legs trembled, and the beads of sweat on his head were dripping down in strings.

Sakata asked respectfully into the microphone, "May I ask if the chief is ......." ”

"Sakata-kun, Sakata-kun, I am Watanabe Daisa, the commander of Lingqiu Castle, my Lingqiu Castle is engaged in street battles with the Tubalu army at this time, and the east and south gates are lost, please see the honor of all soldiers of the Japanese Empire, hurry up for reinforcements, please hurry up for reinforcements."

Sakata was reprimanded by the front on the phone, and he was so frightened that he trembled, and he really thought that the east and south gates of his Laiyuan City were broken through by the Eighth Route Army. At this time, I was greatly relieved to hear a request for help from the microphone.

He couldn't help but scold angrily in his heart: "Watanabe-kun, you bastard, you went crazy on the phone, shouting that the east and south gates were lost, and I thought I was ...... Laiyuan City." ”

"Bantian-kun, I'm really sorry, now I'm in a hurry in Lingqiu City, I don't have time to apologize to you, for the sake of being alumni of the military academy, I beg you to send reinforcements immediately, hurry up, okay? Please. ”

Sakata couldn't refuse, so he had to make a sincere tone and said: "Senior brother, I am at the fourth gate of Laiyuan City, and I am being attacked by a brigade of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and all my troops in the city have landed in the city to counterattack, and I will immediately adjust the deployment and give you an answer as soon as possible." ”

He put down the phone with a 'click', wiped the sweat on his head and said: "Ono-kun, the commander of the Lingqiu Imperial Army, Watanabe Daisa, is in an emergency on the phone, Lingqiu City, the east and south gates have been broken through by the Dirt Eight Road, and they are fighting in the streets at this time, asking for rapid reinforcements from our department, what do you think?" ”

As soon as Chief of Staff Ono heard that Lingqiu County had been broken through the two city gates, and at this time the county town was in an emergency and urgently needed reinforcements, this cunning guy suddenly had a flash of wit in his mind, and not only exclaimed: "Sakata-kun, I guess that outside Laiyuan City, the commander of Tubalu planned a vicious plan. ”

"Say it quickly."

"Haiyi, Bantian Dazuo, outside the city, the Eighth Route surrounds my Laiyuan City, and adopts a small force to attack our four city gates, with two main purposes, first, to contain and harass our troops stationed in the city, cover the other main force of the Eighth Route Army, and storm Lingqiu County, so that our troops cannot send reinforcements.

Second, that is, once our troops stationed in the city send troops to reinforce Lingqiu, the main force of the Eighth Route Army hidden outside the city will take advantage of the weakness to enter and conquer our Laiyuan City. ”

It's not that Sakata Osa didn't think of it, but he didn't bring it up in time, in fact, he didn't want to say it too clearly, and he was afraid of falling into the chief of staff's tongue in the future. ”

Ono is not a stupid person, and immediately said with an idea: "Everything is in accordance with Sakata-kun's high opinion, as long as you give an order, I will carry it out immediately." However, I only propose that Sakata-kun report the tense situation in Laiyuan City to the brigade commander, and that no matter how the upper peak orders act, which will cause unforeseen consequences, our troops stationed in Laiyuan City will have room for maneuver. ”

(End of chapter)