Ten minutes ago, the reconnaissance platoon sent back the news from the former enemy headquarters of the Laishui Independent Regiment: The Japanese soldiers entered Laishui in two ways, and each road had a reinforced brigade and a battalion of puppet troops, with a total strength of 1,500 people.

"Commander, aren't we showing weakness? Why did the devil send so many troops over! "The chief of staff could not understand why the Japanese army would deal with the Independence Regiment with such fanfare.

The political commissar thought for two minutes and replied: "We are indeed showing weakness, but the devil is not stupid." ”

"Take Laishui County, kill more than 2,000 puppet troops in Laishui, and after two battles, the devils will definitely be impressed by us."

"To be cautious, it's not surprising to send two brigades over at once."

The regimental commander agreed: "I agree with the analysis of the commissar. ”

"If I were a devil commander, I would do the same, and I would transfer more troops for a counteroffensive."

"As for our weakness, it will definitely have an effect."

"If you let the devils know the current equipment level and combat effectiveness of the independent regiment, and know that there is also a cavalry battalion hidden in Laishui, the devils who killed in Laishui will not be two brigades, but three, or even four brigades."

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and Laishui County has been taken down by us, isn't it just the devil of the two brigades? Nothing to be afraid of. ”

"If you can't swallow one bite, it's a big deal to eat it in several bites, and slowly consume it with them."

"Chief of Staff, I'll give you the guard company, three more heavy machine guns, three mortars, set off now, plus a company that already exists in the east, to deal with the Japanese puppet army in the east, and hold them back at all costs to prevent them from getting close to the county seat."

"The other troops will follow me, deal with the Japanese puppet army in the north, and attack them first!"

"Commander, how are you going to fight?" The commissar asked with a worried look on his face.

The enemy's strength is too strong, and if he doesn't understand the regiment commander's thoughts, he doesn't have any bottom in his heart.

The head of the regiment did not hide it, pointed to Laishui County on the map and replied: "It's the county seat under our feet." ””

"Battalion Commander Zhou commanded the cavalry battalion to annihilate the Laishui garrison, and the battle gave me a lot of inspiration, and I decided to repeat the old trick."

"The devil must have killed the independent regiment with the purpose of annihilating it, and if they know that the independent regiment has decided to defend Laishui County, they will definitely attack desperately."

"I will order the garrison to deliberately abandon the fortifications of the city, put some devils into the county seat, and fight them in the streets."

"There will be fewer devils left outside the city, and vigilance will be lowered."

"The cavalry battalion took the opportunity to kill it and raided the remaining little devils outside the city from behind."

"As long as we can take out the devil artillery and heavy machine gun troops, the firepower advantage will come to our side, continue to fight, and the independent regiment will win."

The Japanese puppet army on the North Road stopped along the highway and killed outside Laishui City at five o'clock in the afternoon.

The captain of the devil brigade held up the binoculars, and he could clearly see the light and heavy machine gun barrels of the Eighth Route Army running back and forth on the city, sticking out of the battlements......

A few minutes later, the commander of the reconnaissance unit ran over: "Report to Your Excellency, Captain, we have arrested a few Chinese who escaped from the city outside the city, and they confessed that there are still nearly 1,000 Eighth Route Army in the city, equipped with many mortars and heavy machine guns. ”

"Judging from humble duties, these Eighth Route Army are the main force of the independent regiment."

"The heavy weapons must have been captured from the Laishui garrison."

"Yo Xi ......" the captain said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It must be that our assault speed is too fast, and the independent regiment was blocked by us in the county seat before it had time to retreat." ”

"Order the troops to prepare for the attack immediately, and strive to take the county seat before the Songling Brigade comes over, kill the independent regiment, and enjoy this battle merit alone."

"At that time, our Binqi Brigade will become the hero of the North China Front!"

"The first squadron of the infantry sent two squads and two heavy machine guns to return to the east gate for a feint, the first and second squadrons each sent a squad and two heavy machine guns to feint from the south gate, and the second squadron left two squads and two heavy machine guns to go to the west gate for a feint."

"The other troops are here with me to attack the north gate."

"The three feint troops must not only hold back the Eighth Route Army on the city wall, prevent them from reinforcing the north gate, but also prevent them from taking advantage of the chaos to break through."

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the siege battle began on time.

Twelve mortars and two infantry guns brought by the Japanese army continued to fire shells at the city.

In the splashing firelight, the sandbags piled on the top of the city, the corpses of the Eighth Route Army, and the weapons set up at the battlements were all blown up into the sky and smashed outside the city.

Within two minutes of the shelling, the smoke of gunpowder covered the city tightly.

After another ten minutes of fighting, many battlements were blown open, and three gaps were blown out of the wall, revealing the earth inside the wall.

The captain drew his command knife and pointed to the city gate and ordered: "The artillery fire begins to extend, the heavy machine gun fire covers it, and the infantry assault ......"

Six heavy machine guns were mounted three hundred meters from the head of the city, lined up in a row, and fired desperately at the city walls.

Nearly two hundred devils and more than a hundred puppet soldiers lined up in three straggler lines and quickly approached in the direction of the city wall.

The regiment commander squatted on the dilapidated head of the city, looking through the shooting holes to observe the outside of the city, his face was heavy, and he gritted his teeth with hatred.

The devil was so ruthless that he fired a salvo of fourteen artillery pieces when he came up, and it took ten minutes to hit him.

In the two years since the formation of the independent regiment, it has never suffered such heavy artillery fire.

At the end of the shelling, two-thirds of the company holding the head of the city was directly knocked out, and less than forty were still breathing.

Looking at the Japanese puppet army that was getting closer and closer, the regiment commander clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and ordered: "The blood debt must be paid with blood." ”

"The artillery company listens to the command of the platoon commander of the cavalry battalion fire company, they have rich experience and can fire accurately."

"Concentrate all the mortars and aim at the devil's heavy machine gun position, see the counterattack signal, fire five rapid shots from each gun, and transfer when the fight is over."

"The blocking troops prepared grenades and grenades, five per person, and when they saw the signal to counterattack, they threw them out as fast as they could, and then retreated to their positions in the city to continue the battle."

Three minutes later, the front platoon of attacking troops was less than thirty meters from the city.

Because the troops were holding the top of the city, they were condescending, and the grenades could be thrown at least forty meters, which meant that the two skirmish lines in front of the attacking troops were completely covered by the grenades.

The regiment commander no longer hesitated, raised the flare gun and decisively pulled the plate machine.

"Horn ......"

As soon as the flare exploded at an altitude of nearly 100 meters, more than 100 grenades and grenades flew out of the city.

The first round of grenades did not explode after they landed, and the second round of grenade rain had already flown out and continued endlessly.

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

The explosion sounded, not particularly violently, but very densely.

"Woooooooooo......oo Boom Boom Boom ......"

Eleven shells suddenly smashed into the heavy machine gun position, the fire splashed, and the two heavy machine gun positions were instantly wrapped in the smoke of gunpowder, and the machine guns were dumb and silent.

The captain of the devil brigade was taken aback.

Looking at the amount of black smoke rising from the heavy machine gun position, he shouted with an incredulous face: "Bage Yalu, how can the independent regiment have so many artillery." ”

"There is only one mortar squadron in the Laishui garrison, and all the mortars were captured by the independent regiment, and there are not so many ...... Do they have reinforcements! ”

A word wakes up the dreamer.

This sentence was that he couldn't understand why so many artillery pieces of the independent regiment appeared casually, but he solved all the doubts buried in his heart at once.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the possibility of reinforcements was higher, otherwise it would be impossible to kill the Laishui garrison with the strength of the independent regiment, let alone capture Laishui County.

Shocked, he immediately ordered: "Retreat, the attacking troops will retreat immediately." ”

"The heavy machine gun squadron will be transferred immediately."

"The artillery fires and finds a way to take out the artillery positions in the city."

"If the Independent Regiment really has reinforcements, there must be a conspiracy for them to defend Laishui County."

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