Night slowly enveloped the entire battlefield, and Datong City was no exception.

In the fortifications of the city, every Japanese puppet army became nervous.

During the day, there were planes over the battlefield to cover, and the Eighth Route Army did not dare to besiege the city.

Now that it's dark and the planes are gone, they will definitely swarm and surround Datong and then attack.

Everyone can feel that there will be a fierce battle waiting for them tonight.

Hold the fortifications of the city, and everyone still has a chance to live.

If you can't hold it, let the Eighth Route Army break through the city fortifications and kill into the city, and everyone will die.

"Sir, ...... Eighth Route Army"

On the eastern city wall of the city, less than ten minutes after the plane left, the exclamation sounded in the ears of Captain Shaozuo.

"Where?" Shao Zuo hurriedly raised his binoculars and looked out of the city.

About a kilometer away, I don't know where a large number of Eighth Route Army came out, densely packed.

Some with guns, others with sapper shovels, ran towards the walls like wolves.

Shao Zuo was taken aback by this group of Eighth Route Army, and thought that they were going to attack, so he hurriedly ordered: "Everyone enter the position and prepare for battle!" ”

"The enemy rushed five hundred meters outside the city, and all light and heavy machine guns were fired."

"Herald, contact the command headquarters for me immediately, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has been killed!"

The captain was very fortunate that the Eighth Route Army did not directly attack.

When there were still 500 meters to go from the city wall, they all stopped.

The man with the gun lay on the ground on guard, the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly at the head of the city, and the sapper with the shovel began to dig on the ground to repair the fortifications.

"Sir, they're building an offensive position!" Report from the squadron leader.

The captain was anxious in his eyes, if this was in peacetime, in the face of this situation, he would definitely order the artillery to open fire as soon as possible to prevent them from repairing their positions, and at worst, he could kill some Eighth Route Army.

But not today, the reconnaissance unit of the Eighth Route Army was shelled in the morning, and only one of the six mortars under his command was blown up, and it was not the opponent of the Eighth Route Army at all.

There is no point in continuing to fire except to die in vain.

forcibly suppressed the anger that was surging out of his heart, and ordered with a reluctant face: "The troops are on alert, as long as the Eighth Route Army does not continue to attack, we will not move." ”

"Haven't the heralds contacted the command yet? I want to talk to Your Excellency General on the phone. ”

"The Eighth Route Army is likely to launch an attack on Datong City tonight, our artillery is seriously insufficient, and we must have support to hold here."

The brigade command has become a mess.

Not only in the east of the city, but also in the other three directions of Datong, a large number of Eighth Route Armies appeared.

After discussing it, they all pushed the defensive line to a position of 500 meters outside the city, dug trenches, and established offensive positions.

There were too many soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and if there was no means to stop them, it would take them less than three hours to repair the offensive position and then attack Datong City.

Seeing that all his subordinates had panicked and nervous expressions, and some people had pale faces, as if Datong City had been broken through by the Eighth Route Army, the brigade commander was not too nervous, and he was slowly nervous by this atmosphere.

The mood became more and more irritable, and he was very dissatisfied with the war room and scolded: "What are you panicking, the sky hasn't fallen yet." ”

"We have nearly 4,000 garrisons and more than 1,000 armed expatriates, as well as strong fortifications, and a arsenal full of weapons and ammunition, and it is not so easy for the Eighth Route Army to take Datong."

"In addition, I will tell you another good news: the military department has agreed to cooperate with us in the defense of Datong City."

"As soon as it dawns tomorrow, the 2,000 troops assembled by the military headquarters will enter the garrison base and destroy their lair."

"The morning after tomorrow, there will be 3,000 troops to kill the garrison base area, a total of 5,000 people."

"The remaining troops of the garrison regiment are certainly not opponents. If they continue to storm Datong, the base area will be devastated. If you want to keep the base area, you must withdraw your troops from Datong, and even if you go back, you can only keep part of the base area, and in the end, not only will you not be able to take Datong, but you will also lose your wife and lose your troops. ”

"So we will win this battle."

"As long as everyone holds out for three days, the Eighth Route Army, which attacked us, will definitely withdraw."

The panic in the command was not alleviated.

Three days is not a long time.

If they were facing an ordinary Chinese army, most of the officers here would have the confidence to hold Datong City.

Don't say three days, five days is fine.

But their opponent was a garrison regiment, well-armed, combat-ready, and heavily armed with the Eighth Route Army.

Before the siege began, they used a trick to eat half of the defending troops, which was too mysterious.

As for the fortifications of the city, they were really strong, but only against ordinary artillery and light and heavy machine guns.

In the face of heavy artillery, no one dares to guarantee how long it will last.

Seeing that everyone didn't react much, the brigade commander knew that he had just said it in vain.

In fact, the encouraging words just now were ostensibly for his subordinates, but in fact for himself.

Against the fierce enemy of the garrison regiment, he didn't have much confidence.

Although Datong had been tightly surrounded by the garrison regiment, the radio station and the outside world had not been interrupted, and the information outside the city was still continuously collected into the hands of the brigade commander, including the news of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province.

A garrison regiment is difficult enough, and the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin is also involved, and the brigade commander is even less confident.

But in front of his subordinates, no matter how confident he is, he must pretend to be full of confidence, otherwise Datong will really be finished.

But he is also a man who does not admit defeat.

If you want your troops to have troops, you want to be equipped with equipment, and you also have foreign aid, and you will definitely not be willing to fail.

After reviewing the enemy situation summarized by the deputy chief of staff, a general idea slowly appeared in my mind.

In order to defend Datong, we must restore everyone's confidence as soon as possible.

Only with the morale and morale of the army can the troops have the confidence to hold Datong.

And the best way to restore morale and improve confidence is to win the battle, so the city defense troops must block the first round of attacks of the Eighth Route Army, and then they have the capital to talk about other things.

The brigade commander was very satisfied with this operational idea, stared at the map and began to give an order: "Deputy Chief of Staff, order all the policemen in the city to go up the city wall and divide into four to reinforce the city defense garrison." ”

"The expatriate armed forces drew 400 people out and divided their troops to reinforce the four city walls."

"Make sure that there are 1,200 garrisons on every wall."

"The remaining expatriates are armed into four squadrons, ready to go to battle at any time."

"The gendarmerie is responsible for security in the city, except for the imperial army, no Chinese can appear on the streets, otherwise there will be no mercy."

"The Eighth Route Army likes to arrange internal response in the city the most, and I don't want to see Datong City lost because of internal response."

"In addition, from the armed expatriates and all the city defense forces, the artillerymen were drawn to form a temporary artillery unit, and all the mortars left in the arsenal were used, and ten mortars were provided for artillery support on each wall."

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