Taro Yoshino glanced at everyone in the conference room, asking for the opinions of the other devil officers and generals.

Then, without waiting for the others to express their opinions, he asked the old devil Dohihara-kun, "Dohihara-kun, what is your opinion?" ”

The devil is a joint operation of two divisions, and it is useless for Taro Yoshino to propose an attack alone, and the old devil has to express his position.

Without the slightest hesitation, Doto-fu nodded and said, "Yoshino-kun, since our heavy artillery and armored units have arrived, then we can attack next!" ”

Yoshino Taro saw that the other officers and generals had no objections, and slammed his fists on the conference table, and immediately knocked on the deployment of the attack on Xuzhou.

"Okay, Tufeiyuan-kun, since everyone has no objections, then our two divisions can deploy their own combat missions."

Taro Yoshino stepped out of the conference table and led the other officers and generals to a simulated map of the sand table that had just been drawn.

Judging from the topographical structure of the sand table map, this is a scaled-down Xuzhou City, and the city gates are marked in detail around the city wall.

Yoshino Taro picked up the baton, pointed to the east gate of Xuzhou City, and said to Tu Fei Yuan seriously: "Tu Fei Yuan-kun, my battle plan is to attack on both sides at the same time, my 9th Division will attack the east gate of Xuzhou, and the 14th Division will be responsible for attacking the north gate, I don't know what you think?" ”

The old devil looked at the sand table map, observed the terrain of Xuzhou for a while, and then agreed with Taro Yoshino's offensive strategy.

"No problem, Yoshino-kun, you are in charge of the east gate, my 14th division will attack the north gate, and we will attack Xuzhou City together!"

Yoshino and Dotoka reached a consensus, and soon, they began to give instructions to the combat troops below.

Although the little devil is a little arrogant, the enemy is not stupid, and if he does not find out the deployment and firepower of the defenders of Xuzhou, the devil's army will not attack easily.

After a meeting and discussion, the devil commanders of the two divisions decided to send a unit to feint to attack Xuzhou first, to test the combat effectiveness and firepower of the defenders of Xuzhou City.

In the past, the attacks of the devil's elite divisions were all fierce and fierce, and they attacked the city with great slashes, and there were almost no cities that could not be captured.

It's just that after the fiasco of Taierzhuang, the little devil troops learned a heavy lesson.

The enemy became cautious in fighting with the troops of the National Army in the 5th Theater, and no longer dared to rush forward with merit, and adopted a steady and steady combat strategy.

In addition to being cautious, the main reason for such a careful attack of the little devils is that the artillery and armored units have just arrived, and they will not be able to establish a good heavy artillery position for a while and a half.

After about an hour, the front-line combat units of the two divisions of the devil were assembled, and each sent a team of more than 300 people to charge up to Xuzhou City.

Before the devil troops could attack, Taro Yoshino and Dofu walked to the mountain outside the headquarters, and the two of them took binoculars and looked at the suburbs of Xuzhou in the distance.

The Devil Frontline Commander led the Devil soldiers to quickly approach the forward position outside the city.

"Imperial soldiers, attack forward, ducks and chickens give !!"

"Imperial soldiers, charge forward, duck and chicken give !!"

The little devil soldiers have a very strong execution, and once the commander shouts the order to attack, they will never drag the mud and water.

More than 600 little devils attacked from the north gate and the east gate at the same time, and the enemy took up arms and kept the battle formation moving forward by the cover of the surrounding covers.

Guarding the outskirts of the city were the 1st and 2nd battalions, which had a defensive line of two or three kilometers long and could completely block the Japanese frontal troops from attacking Xuzhou City.

The first battalion commander Hu Baldan and the second battalion commander Wang Desheng saw the little devil troops attacking, and they immediately talked on the phone.

Wang Desheng turned out to be the deputy commander of the first battalion, and Wang Desheng and Hu Bald had a tacit understanding on the battlefield, so Li Hong asked them to guard the outer defense line of Dongcheng together.

Hu Bald took the phone and reminded loudly: "Wang Desheng, this should be the little devil's fire reconnaissance unit, you ask your brothers in the second battalion not to act rashly, let's wait for the regiment seat to ask for instructions." ”

Wang Desheng replied in a respectful tone: "Battalion Commander Hu, I know that I have already given an order to my brothers just now, and you are not allowed to shoot without an order!" ”

After all, Wang Desheng used to be Hu Bald's deputy, and over time, Wang Desheng developed a kind of obedience and respect for Hu Bald.

The two exchanged words for a short while, and soon hung up the phone.

More than 300 little devils attacking the north gate scattered in a straggler formation, and the enemy moved and fired while cautiously attacking the front of the position.

"Bang Bang !!"

"Da !!"

The little devil took the initiative to shoot, provoking the officers and soldiers of the fifth battalion of the security regiment guarding the position.

The little devil was really daring, not only shooting at the positions of the fifth battalion, but also firing mortars from time to time by the devil artillery in the back.

Zhou Wenxun, the commander of the fifth battalion of the security regiment, went to a military school before, knows how to arrange troops, is full of strategy, and knows the offensive tactics of the little devils.

Zhou Wenxun stood in the battalion headquarters, observing the attacking enemy through a telescope.

He could see at a glance that this was the little devil's fire reconnaissance unit, and Zhou Wenxun did not order the troops to counterattack immediately.

If the defenders of the security regiment counterattack at will, and all heavy firepower weapons are used, then the firepower will be exposed, and Zhou Wenxun will naturally not fall for the little devil.

At this time, Li Hong was also observing the enemy's attacking troops from the commanding heights in Xuzhou City.

Li Hong did not alert the front-line troops, nor did he give instructions on the task, because the battalion commanders of the battalions of the security regiment had rich experience in actual combat and had certain military talents.

If any battalion commander couldn't even analyze that this was a little devil's fire reconnaissance unit, then Li Hong would definitely kick him into the dung pit and choke him to death.

Li Hong observed the situation outside the eastern city for a moment, and then he moved his scope to look outside the northern city.

The devil attack force outside the northern city was very arrogant, and kept shooting to provoke the soldiers of the fifth battalion guarding the position.

Seeing that the soldiers of the fifth battalion did not return fire, the little devil accelerated the speed of the charge and attack.

It didn't take long for hundreds of little devils to move to less than 500 meters away from the forward position of the fifth battalion.

When the devil troops entered the best offensive distance, the devil commander ordered: "Set up a machine-gun position, and the grenadier group set up a position, quickly!" ”

According to the commander's order, the devil soldiers quickly used the surrounding terrain to quickly establish a fire position.

"Sudden !!"

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

Dense machine-gun bullets, as well as mortar grenades, flew towards the forward positions of the fifth battalion.

Zhou Wenxun saw that the little devil was getting closer and closer to the position, and the firepower was getting more and more fierce, and he thought quickly in his mind.

If the fifth battalion wants the firing points on the position not to be exposed and reduce casualties, then the most effective way is to simply and rudely counter-suppress the enemy's attack.