"Regiment commander, according to reconnaissance, the enemy army in Liaocheng City has only one Japanese reinforced squadron and one battalion of puppet troops, with a total strength of about seven hundred. The city gates have been closed everywhere, and most of the puppet soldiers patrol and guard the city, just like the enemy army in Dong'an. ”

In the woods outside the southern city of Liaocheng, Duan Peng, the captain of the special combat team who was investigating the situation of the enemy troops in Liaocheng, reported to Li Yunlong with a solemn look in his eyes.

At this time, around Li Yunlong, there were also the main commanders such as Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, and Zhou Hua, the commander of the independent battalion, all gathered together, and they all heard Duan Peng's report, and their expressions were solemn.

The strength of the Japanese puppet army in Liaocheng seems to be a bit much, more than 700 people, including a reinforced squadron of the Japanese army.

Li Yunlong bowed his head and motioned to Duan Peng: "The Japanese reinforced squadron in the city, which Japanese army unit does it belong to?"

"Regiment commander, according to the confessions pryed out from the mouths of several captured puppet soldiers, the Japanese squadron in Liaocheng is subordinate to a certain unit under the command of the independent 5th brigade under the direct control of the 12th Army of the Japanese army. The combat effectiveness is relatively strong, and the little devil of this reinforced squadron is about three hundred people, and the main force of the squadron is stationed in the hidden caves behind the city gates. If things change, you can always go to the castle and fight back. According to the confession of the puppet soldiers, there are about seventy or eighty people in the hidden soldier caves behind the four city gates in the north, south, west and east of Liaocheng, who are responsible for supervising and suppressing the puppet army units patrolling the city head and city gates. Duan Peng pointed to the map of the enemy's defensive deployment in Liaocheng, which was simply drawn on the ground, and reported.

As soon as Duan Peng finished speaking, everyone was very dignified. It seems that they also need to besiege the city from all sides, and if they are partially escaped by the Japanese troops in Liaocheng City, they will inevitably leave traces. At that time, Iida Sadagu got the information that his side had killed Liaocheng, and he could mobilize Japanese fighters to bomb in the air at any time after dawn.

Although the cavalry is very mobile, it will also suffer heavy casualties once it encounters bombing and strafing by enemy planes in the air.

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong was still thinking about using the method of attacking and occupying Yanzhou and Dong'e, but it was estimated that it would not work.

"Okay, the hidden soldier caves behind the city gates are defended by seventy or eighty Japanese troops to suppress the puppet army. And in each direction of the city gate, there are at least nearly two hundred puppet troops. Although we can concentrate artillery fire to attack the city according to the previous method of attacking Yanzhou and Dong'e, some of the enemy soldiers in the remaining three directions will inevitably escape from the city. My method was to attack the city on all sides, with more than 2,000 of our cavalry, divided into four parts, each with more than 500 men and horses. Wang Chengzhu! ”

Li Yunlong thought about it, but still said, and then pointed to the artillery captain Wang Chengzhu on the side.

I saw Wang Chengzhu responding: "Commander! ”。

"Doesn't your artillery unit now have twenty mortars? Divide into four teams and cover each unit to attack the four gates! Although the Japanese army has a reinforced squadron, for them, the artillery strength is bound to be no stronger than yours. When attacking the city, as long as the light and heavy machine gun fire points of the enemy at the head of the city are suppressed, it is bound to be extremely easy. Li Yunlong said in a condensed voice.

Wang Chengzhu replied in a low voice: "Understand, regiment commander, ensure that when the city is sieged, the enemy's firepower at the head of the city will not exceed a minute to pose a threat to our siege brothers." ”。

"Good!"

Li Yunlong nodded and continued to order Zhang Dabiao and the others: "It is less than fifteen minutes before dawn, and we need to attack and occupy Liaocheng within fifteen minutes." According to the information obtained by Duan Peng's reconnaissance, there is only one Japanese squadron in Liaocheng, and Tangyi, Guanxian County in the west of Liaocheng, is not guarded by the Japanese army, as long as it is guarded by the imperial army of the little devils. There are not many troops, and the combined strength of the puppet army in the two cities is only about 400 people. Therefore, as long as we break through Liaocheng, the situation is enough to maintain safety! Two minutes later, the artillery bombardment began under the cover of the artillery fire of Wang Chengzhu's small detachments and attacked the city. In this battle, it is necessary to deal with the Japanese puppet army in the city, and no one is allowed to escape! ”。

"Yes, Captain!" Zhang Dabiao and others replied in a low voice, and then dispersed one after another, commanding all the troops to surround Liaocheng.

At this time, Liaocheng was still shrouded in night. On the top of the city, a burning fire was erected with braziers, and the puppet soldiers patrolling back and forth with torches on the head of the city told the enemy army who tried to attack Liaocheng at night that it was impossible to succeed.

In the city, in the headquarters of the Japanese squadron, the leader of the Japanese reinforced squadron in Liaocheng, Captain Masaaki Ushijima, was constantly condensing and wondering to the squadron adjutant Shintiansheng: "Xintian-kun, what's going on?" A minute ago, the phone couldn't get through? ”。

"Hay, Your Excellency Squadron Leader, I can't get through to the phone anymore. It is estimated that the telephone lines were crushed due to heavy snowfall. The humble post has already sent maintenance troops out of the city for maintenance, please rest assured that it will not be long before the phone will be connected. Xintian Sheng paused heavily, not thinking at all that the phone could not be connected because someone wantonly sabotage.

Ushijima Masaaki nodded, thinking about this reason. Because the telephone line is not working, there have been several times before because the heavy snow has broken the telephone line, so the telephone is basically the reason. As for whether there is an enemy cutting the telephone line, Ushijima Masaaki is not aware of it. After all, since Ushijima Masaaki was stationed in Liaocheng to guard it, Liaocheng has rarely been attacked by guerrillas. After all, Ushijima Masaaki was in charge of commanding the Liaocheng Japanese puppet army to sweep out of the city, so that the nearby guerrillas had to evacuate the Liaocheng area.

"Okay, if the phone is connected, contact Dong'e Cheng and order them to strengthen the guard. Li Yunlong's troops have been killing the Imperial troops in the Qufu area, and although our Liaocheng is located in a remote place in the western part of Shandong, it is difficult to ensure that Li Yunlong's cavalry will be very troublesome if they move north! Be careful, Nitta-kun! Ushijima Masaaki said in a condensed voice, instructing the old devil Nitta Sheng.

Xintian nodded heavily: "Hai, Your Excellency Squadron Leader, obey your orders." ”。

At this moment, there was a deafening explosion in the direction of the four gates. The sound of gunfire suddenly rang out, startling the old devils of the two command headquarters not calm down all of a sudden.

"This is? It's not good, there is an enemy army attacking the city, hurry up, Xintian-kun, hurry up and call the defenders of each gate to see what the hell is going on? Ushijima Masaaki walked out of the headquarters gate and looked outside. I saw that there were flames in the sky above the city gate, and the sound of explosions and guns continued, and when I heard that there were enemy troops attacking Liaocheng at night, I quickly turned my head and ordered to the adjutant Xintian Sheng.

Nitta Sheng hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Yes, Your Excellency Squadron Leader!" Immediately, the old devil hurriedly picked up the phone on the table of the command headquarters, kept shaking it, and called the Japanese puppet army defenders at each gate.

In less than half a minute, Nitta Shengsheng hurriedly said to Ushijima Masaaki: "Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, each gate has encountered an unknown enemy attack, and in each direction of the other party's city gate, at least five mortars are bombarding the city. The Imperial Army at the head of the city has collapsed, and the Imperial troops in the direction of the gates have blocked the city gates and are fighting to the death at the head of the city!"