The commander stared at the map and asked, "Chief of Staff, how many troops can we gather on the Datong front before noon?" ”

"Two regiments should be fine!" The chief of staff replied.

The commander immediately ordered: "Then send these two regiments over first, and the troops will complete the assembly before noon, and then take the initiative to contact the garrison regiment operating in Datong, and divide the troops into Datong as a company unit to support the garrison regiment." ”

"After entering Datong, the two regiments must obey the command of Comrade Li Hao, otherwise military law will be involved."

"After these two regiments set off, the base area will assemble two more regiments to move to the Datong line, and reinforce them at any time according to the needs of the battlefield!"

"Chief of Staff, you personally go to the front line to supervise this matter, but you can't interfere with Comrade Li Hao's command."

The political commissar suddenly spoke: "Commander, if you send two regiments over at a time, and you are preparing two regiments as reserves, will it be a bit noisy?" ”

The commander shook his head and explained: "Commissar, you underestimate the garrison regiment too much. ”

"Two years ago, when we were attacking together, the main force of the garrison regiment was more than 3,000 people."

"Two years have passed, their base area has expanded at least three times, and some time ago there were surplus weapons from us to exchange materials, do you think their forces will be expanded together?"

"Do you still remember Battalion Commander Huang who exchanged supplies from us during this time, he was originally the commander of the main battalion of the garrison regiment, and now he is the commander of an independent battalion of the garrison regiment lurking in Datong."

"Dare to make trouble in the heavenly palace in the belly of the devil, and also control the territory of several towns, without a thousand people, it will definitely not be able to do it."

"I learned from Battalion Commander Huang that there are four or five such independent battalion garrison regiments."

"So I estimate that the garrison now has at least eight thousand people."

"We only have more than 1,000 people in one regiment, and all four regiments will not be in a hurry."

The commissar gasped and shouted, "Eight thousand? Is this still a regiment? ”

The commander calmly explained: "Of course it is, and there is no fuss. ”

"The northwest of Shanxi is too poor, the population is sparse, and the grain output is low, so the army has not been able to develop, and the main force has grown to more than 1,000 people."

"Like the Yizhong base area, Shandong, there are plains everywhere, densely populated, there is no shortage of food, and a main force regiment is thousands of people at random."

"There are still some base areas, because Chongqing has limited staffing for us, and it is not uncommon for a main force regiment to grow to 10,000 or 20,000 people."

"On the surface, he fought with a regimental number, but in fact, his strength has exceeded one main division."

Seeing that the surprised expression on the political commissar's face slowly regained his composure, the commander continued: "There is another reason why two regiments are directly reinforced, and two regiments are used as reserves. ”

"The garrison must have gathered all their forces to attack Datong, then their base will be empty."

"If the Japanese take the opportunity to kill them, it will be dangerous."

"Send more troops over, in case the garrison regiment wants to divide its troops to return to the base area, the reserves of the two regiments can still go up."

"Chief of Staff, just call back to the headquarters according to the order I just made, Li Hao's kid is smart, he must understand it at a glance."

At the headquarters of the Japanese army brigade in Datong, the atmosphere became more and more tense.

Orders were given to the outposts outside the city to retreat last evening, and it was now noon, and not a single force had entered the city.

The nearest stronghold from Datong is only ten kilometers away, and you should climb into the city.

But these reinforcements seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and there was no news at all.

"General, the garrison in the east of the city reports that there are activities of the Eighth Route Army outside the city...... a staff officer put down the phone and ran to the brigade commander in a panic.

The brigade commander began to be anxious, and while walking out, he ordered: "Go to the east of the city!" ”

Datong City is so big that it took nearly ten minutes to climb to the top of the city by car.

Seven or eight hundred meters outside the city, there were some Eighth Route Army scattered activities.

Some people hid behind the raised rocks and mounds of earth on the ground, guarding with guns, some watched the city, and some wrote and drew in notebooks.

"They're scouting our defenses!" The brigade commander judged with a calm face.

The anger that was pressed in his heart suddenly surged out, holding the command knife in one hand and the telescope in the other, gritting his teeth and ordering: "What are the city defense troops doing, just watching the enemy observe our city defense layout?" ”

"Artillery kill them for me!"

After giving the order, the brigade commander raised his binoculars again, wanting to see with his own eyes that these Eighth Route Army troops were killed.

"Boom ......"

A shell smashed right in the middle of a reconnaissance group, and three Eighth Route Armies were blown up at the same time, and one of the fighters was directly blown away.

The brigade commander was very relieved and shouted: "Just bomb like this, and kill all the Eighth Route Army that is emerging outside the city." ”

Round after round of shells flew out, and everywhere the Eighth Route Army stayed, they were all blown up in smoke.

During the explosion, the anger on the face of the brigade commander visibly subsided.

Staring at the deputy chief of staff, he continued to order: "Tell the city defense garrisons in several other directions that as long as they find that the Eighth Route Army is operating outside the city, they will all be killed by artillery for me......"

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

Before the order could be finished, a series of close-range explosions suddenly sounded in his ears, and they were coming from inside the city.

"Captain of the Protection Brigade!"

The captain of the guard reacted the fastest, rushing to the brigade commander as soon as possible, ensuring that he could instantly knock the brigade commander down in case of an accident.

Although the brigade commander has been in a high position for a long time and has not personally gone to the battlefield for a long time, he has not forgotten the battlefield experience that has been integrated into his bones, and he is very dissatisfied and scolded.

"What's the panic?"

"The bullet point is at least two hundred meters away from us, what's there to be nervous about, what should we do, what should we do, don't gather here?"

That being said, the captain of the guard did not dare to slack off at all.

The nerves have been tense, and I specially found a few good guards to guard the side, and used my body to protect the brigade commander at the critical moment.

As soon as a second lieutenant was arranged, he rushed over: "Sir, the artillery position was counterattacked by artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army......"

The artillery battle lasted for five minutes and ended with a crushing defeat for the Japanese.

There was only one fully formed infantry brigade left in the city, with a squadron of twelve-gun mortars, and the brigade commander brought out some artillery pieces from the arsenal to make up twenty-four.

In fact, there are quite a few mortars in the arsenal, and there are even several mountain artillery.

But there are only so many gunners in a squadron, and no matter how many artillery pieces there are, not only will they not increase their artillery strength, but they will weaken them.

There were six mortars in each direction of Datong City, which were used to suppress the offensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army.

Outside the east gate was Li Hao himself, and the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment and the Laishui Independent Regiment were not equipped with many mortars, but they captured a lot in Chentouling, adding up to more than 20 guns.

The two sides engaged in an artillery battle, and the Japanese army was bound to be defeated.

Upon learning of this result, the angry brigade commander directly threw the telescope on the battlements, like a roaring lion, and scolded loudly.

"Eight Grid Yalu, when did the imperial army become so unbearable, and the strength of the artillery was not even comparable to the inferior Eighth Route Army!"

After scolding, he stared at the deputy chief of staff and began to order: "Call for air support immediately, I will blow up all the Eighth Route Army outside the city." ”

The deputy chief of staff really wanted to remind the brigade commander that when the planes came, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army would have already moved away.

When he hesitated to speak, the brigade commander continued to scold: "What are you still doing in a daze? Is my command not working? ”

The deputy chief of staff could only swallow back the words that had come to his lips, and ran to give orders in a puff of smoke, faster than a rabbit.

The brigade commander's temper was all too familiar to him, his eyes were red, and at first glance, he looked like a crazy gambler.

At this time, if you question his order, even if it is right, you will be scolded with a slap on your face, and if you are unlucky, you will be slapped in the face.

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