"Sir, you're talking about artillery?" The chief of staff suddenly realized and shouted!

"The artillery equipped by the garrison regiment is all from capture, except for the flying thunder cannon, and after subtracting the loss in peacetime operations, the number of siege mountain guns and heavy mortars left must be very limited!"

"In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the attacking troops, they can only concentrate all the limited artillery in the hands of the attacking troops, and then the latent troops will have no artillery!"

"Without artillery, it will be difficult for a group of recruits to capture our stronghold, and it will cost a lot of money!"

"In order to mitigate the losses, they can only lurk outside the stronghold, waiting for us to leave the stronghold ourselves!"

"As long as we don't move, these troops can't do anything about us!"

The more the chief of staff spoke, the happier he became, and he almost said the four words "press the troops!"

The commander suddenly interrupted: "Don't be too happy too soon! ”

"Those sleeper forces really don't have the strength to take those strongholds, but the eight attacking forces that have already entered our hinterland are capable!"

"I don't know where their ultimate offensive goal is, but as long as they achieve their goal, stop attacking and turn around and kill back, those strongholds will still be taken!"

The chief of staff was anxious again, and analyzed with a frown: "We can wait for dawn and contact the aviation to come over to reinforce us and attack the garrison regiment from the air to attack the troops!" ”

"Yes, that's it!"

"There are less than five hours left before dawn, and no matter how strong the fighting force is, those attacking troops will take a few strongholds at most!"

"Although the nearby strongholds and county towns can't draw out four infantry brigades, one brigade can definitely be drawn!"

"An infantry brigade is equipped with a certain number of Imperial Cooperative Army, and the troops are divided into eight routes, and they will attack the attacking troops of the Eighth Route Army with aircraft reinforcements!"

"Although the Eighth Route is equipped with a large number of artillery, in front of the aircraft, those artillery pieces must be vulnerable!"

"Plus many of them are new recruits, as long as the battle doesn't drag on until night, we can definitely win!"

The army commander shook his head and asked with a serious face: "What if these eight attacking troops don't fight us, go around in circles with us in the forest, fight guerrillas, and drag on until dark?" ”

"This ......"

The chief of staff was blind, racked his brains and thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of a solution!

Finally, he replied with a long sigh: "Sir, if this is the case, there is no way to humble your position!" ”

"We have too few troops, especially the independent mixed brigades, which have not been in place until now! If they're here, none of this is a problem, and the troops can go out now to encircle and suppress the attacking troops and dump them all! ”

The commander shook his head and denied: "No, we don't have a lot of troops at all!" ”

"There are also two troops, and they are stationed in the hinterland of the garrison regiment base area, you seem to have forgotten the chief of staff!"

After speaking, the commander pointed to the small flag representing Guangling and Laiyuan counties on the sand table with his baton!

The chief of staff's eyes lit up at first, but soon became dim, and he replied helplessly!

"Sir, it's not that they have forgotten them, it's that they have no possibility of being transferred at all!"

"The garrison regiment has deployed a large number of troops outside the city, and has also strengthened a lot of heavy weapons, waiting for them to leave the city!"

"Now that we order them out of the city, isn't that a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?"

The army commander replied confidently: "In the past, it was indeed a sheep's mouth, especially after they were equipped with a large number of flying thunder cannons!" ”

"But not after tonight!"

"I just said that the strength of the garrison regiment is insufficient, both in terms of the number of artillery and their limited strength!"

"Remember what I said more than two hours ago?"

"As long as we confirm that there are indeed troops of the Eighth Route Army lurking around the remaining strongholds of the defensive line, we will have a way to break the enemy, and we will solve the problem from the strength of the garrison regiment!"

"This is the telegram you just sent me, and immediately count how many lurking troops in the garrison regiment have been reported!"

In less than two minutes, the chief of staff finished counting, and his face was rekindled with hope, and he reported excitedly: "Sir, there are more than 5,000 lurking troops in the telegram that have been received, and there must be a lot of water in them, but 3,000 people must be indispensable!" ”

"Plus the stronghold that has not yet been reported by telegram, there must be four thousand people!"

"If you add the eight attacking troops that have entered our occupied area, the garrison regiment has already mobilized more than 7,000 troops tonight, and it is possible to have 8,000 people!"

"According to the intelligence, the main force and local troops controlled by the garrison regiment add up to only 10,000 people, and if you remove 8,000 people here, the troops in Hunyuan can't move, and if you remove more than 1,000 people, the three counties of Laiyuan, Guangling, and Lingqiu will be empty!"

"There are only a few hundred local troops left to maintain law and order!"

"Sir, I see what you mean, we are short of troops, and the garrison regiment is even less strong!"

"If the garrisons of Guangling and Laiyuan counties take the opportunity to make trouble in the hinterland of their base areas, they can directly destroy their base areas and cut off the foundation for their survival!"

"Then turn around and kill the defense line, cooperate with the remaining garrisons of the defense line, and flank those lurking troops before and after, then they will definitely be finished!"

"Without those lurking troops, we can concentrate our forces and go to the dumplings of the eight attacking troops without any worries and eat them!"

"In that case, we'll win the battle!"

"Kill the garrison without waiting for the independent mixed brigade to come!"

In the end, the chief of staff's face was already happy, as if he was beckoning to himself again when he saw victory!

The commander directly agreed: "The general idea is correct, but two of the offensive steps must be changed!" ”

"According to your style of play, the troops will destroy their base areas first, and then hit the hidden troops!"

"There's a problem here."

"Our opponents are too cunning, they will definitely be aware of the danger when they hit the base area, and then the strong man will break his wrist and quickly retreat to reinforce the base area!"

"At most, we can inflict heavy damage on the garrison!"

"Change the order of attack and it's different, after the city garrison kills out of the county, kill directly to the defense line, first cooperate with the remaining troops of the defense line to kill the hidden troops of the garrison regiment, and then directly divide the troops, go all the way to make dumplings, all the way to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace, destroy their base area, and cut off their foundation!"

The chief of staff hurriedly complimented: "Wise sir, this method is indeed better than the proposal just now!" ”

This sycophant is obviously the right time!

The commander smiled at that time, and then began to give orders!

"Give an order to the garrisons of the two counties now: first confirm that the garrison outside the city has really left, and then gather all the main forces to kill in the direction, and cooperate with the garrison of the defense line to kill the lurking troops there!"

"The specific battle plan is determined by the two garrison commanders themselves, and there is no need to report to the military headquarters."

"I just want the result, not the process."

"This time I'm going to tell our opponent that if you have too much appetite, you can be killed at any time, and the garrison regiment is the best example!"

The Japanese garrison headquarters in Laiyuan City received an order from the military headquarters, and the commander was very excited!

After two months of shrinking turtles, now I can finally fight out, revenge, and complain!

The whole person seemed to be beaten with chicken blood, and after reading the telegram, he began to give orders to the door of the office!

"Immediately notify all the officers above the squadron level in the county and the officers above the military battalion of the Imperial Association to come to the headquarters for a meeting, and I will give them half an hour, and the military law that has not arrived in half an hour will be engaged!"

"The garrison reconnaissance team will immediately go out of the city to reconnoitre, bring mortars!"

"If the Eighth Route Army is still there, they will definitely be attacked as soon as they leave the city!"

"If there is no attack, the troops will directly touch the vicinity of the Eighth Route Army station, and use mortars to conduct long-distance fire reconnaissance to confirm whether there is still the Eighth Route Army in the station!"

"Tell them that the faster the better, I'll wait for them in the headquarters conference room!"

The conference room was soon filled with more than a dozen officers, large and small, with the lowest rank being the first lieutenant, as well as several junior and middle lieutenants!

There are only four people in the puppet army, one regiment commander and three battalion commanders, sitting in the most corner of the conference room, and their status is not even comparable to that of a captain and squadron leader!

The commander did not hide anything, and went straight to the point and said the order of the military department!

The conference room, which was quiet just now, suddenly became lively, like a powder keg that exploded in an instant!

Especially the devil officers, many people got up directly from their seats, shouting that they wanted to kill and take revenge!

"It's all quiet!" The commander was also excited and ordered decisively!

"I decided to leave the first garrison squadron and the first battalion of the Imperial Association Army to guard Laiyuan City, and all the other troops will attack with me, first kill the defense line, kill the Eighth Route Army there, and then attack the other Eighth Route Army troops!"

"After the meeting, everyone will go back and prepare!"

"All the weapons and ammunition are ready, after receiving the order to attack, be sure to rush to the north gate of Laiyuan within half an hour, and then kill them together!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

As soon as the order was spoken, a few faint explosions came in!

A few devils subconsciously got up from their seats, thinking that something was wrong, and their reaction speed was very fast!

"Don't be nervous!" The commander raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down!

"This is our reconnaissance unit conducting artillery reconnaissance of the garrison outside the city!"

"I'm sure there will be news coming in soon from the observation post at the head of the city to confirm whether the garrison stationed outside the city is really gone!"

"Bang ......"

The knock on the door soon sounded at the door, and then the door of the conference room was pushed open, and the staff officer on duty rushed in with excitement!

"Sir, the observation post at the head of the city called to report that there was no movement after the garrison outside the city was shelled, and there was no one inside!"

Hearing this good news, the atmosphere in the conference room became even more enthusiastic!

Except for the two officers left behind, everyone else stared at the commander with a burning face, and their eyes lit up!

It was also good news for the commander, dispelling the last of his worries

Glancing at the wall clock on the wall of the conference room, he began to order: "It's one o'clock in the morning, I'll give you half an hour to prepare!" Half an hour later, all the attacking troops assembled at the north gate of Laiyuan. ”

"At half past one in the morning, we'll get out on time!"

"The left-behind troops will be on guard from now on, and the entire Laiyuan City will be under martial law, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave until the battle is over!"