The Stone Forest Fort is only two kilometers away from Baoding City, and the explosion sound of mountain artillery shells can be clearly transmitted to the city.

As usual, only a few staff officers on duty were busy at the brigade command, and when the explosion came, everyone heard it.

"It was the explosion of a seven-five-caliber mountain artillery shell, and it was the simultaneous explosion of two shells, and the sound came from the north." Artillery staff was the first to react.

Shao Zuo, the highest-ranking officer on duty, immediately ordered: "Everyone is in place, and the communications staff officer will immediately contact the garrison in the north of the city to find out what happened to the explosion just now, and then report to me?" ”

"Your Excellency the General must have heard the explosion as well, and he will definitely come and ask us."

The communications staff officer immediately grabbed the microphone and contacted the garrison in the north of the city......

On the north tower of Baoding City, a young man hurriedly climbed up, and the captain who was looking out hurriedly handed over the binoculars, and then reported: "Sir, the explosion seems to have come from the Stone Forest Turret." ”

"The humble duty called the Stone Forest Turret just now, but the turret didn't react at all."

"Something must have happened to them!" Shao Zuo analyzed while looking out of the city.

The night was too dark, and there were several small hills between Baoding City and the Stone Forest Fort, although he stood on the city tower, Shao Zuo still didn't see anything.

His brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he immediately ordered: "Send a few scouts to reconnoiter and advance to the Stone Forest Fort, and report back as soon as you find the enemy." ”

"The garrison in the north of the city has all entered positions and is ready for battle."

"Only mountain artillery shells can produce such a violent explosion, and the enemy uses two mountain artillery guns at a time, definitely not just for one stone forest turret."

Less than ten minutes after the scouts left the city, there was a sporadic exchange of fire outside the city.

After a few more minutes, three scouts came into the captain's field of view and rushed towards the city gates.

"It's our own people, let them into the city right away. The troops were ready for battle, the machine guns were loaded, and if there were pursuers approaching the walls, they were resolutely eliminated. A hint of bad premonition flashed in the captain's mind, and he ordered very seriously.

Three scouts were taken up to the tower two minutes later, and one of them was wounded, his face was pale, and he looked like a symptom of excessive blood loss.

"Take the wounded down and bandage, you two report what you detected!" The squadron leader ordered.

Cao Chang, one of the two scouts, immediately reported: "Sir, there are many Eighth Route Army troops outside the city, from the Stone Forest Artillery Tower all the way to the county seat, we encountered their forward troops, only three of the nine scouts came back, and the others were killed while covering. ”

As soon as the report was finished, an exclamation sounded behind the captain: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army has been killed!" ”

On the official road two hundred meters outside the city, several figures of the Eighth Route Army could be faintly seen, squatting on the ground and collecting weapons and ammunition from the corpses of the two scouts.

In less than three seconds, they quickly retreated backwards with their captures on their shoulders and disappeared into the night.

"Fire the flares now!" The group leader ordered.

The Japanese brigade headquarters, the brigade commander, was indeed awakened by the explosion.

The soldier's instincts made him realize that the explosion just now must have been extraordinary.

When I walked into the war room, I asked, "Do you know what happened to the explosion just now?" ”

"Hey!" Staff Officer Shao Zuo hurriedly came over to report.

"Your Excellency General, the garrison in the north of the city reported that the Stone Forest Artillery Tower two kilometers north of the city was attacked, and the enemy used two mountain guns, and the connection between the artillery towers has been interrupted, so it should have been destroyed."

"A large number of Eighth Route Corps have appeared in the north of the city, equipped with mountain artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns, with more than one battalion, and are digging trenches 300 meters outside the city, judging by the enemy's posture, it should be to attack Baoding."

The brigade commander was blindfolded, and asked with a stunned face: "Is the Eighth Route Army crazy?" Only one reinforced battalion dared to attack our Baoding City, and the garrison north of the city was sure that what they saw was true, not the Eighth Route Army? ”

Before Shao Zuo could answer, a communications staff officer who had just put down the phone ran over.

"General, the garrison in the south of the city reported that they also found a large number of Eighth Route Army outside the city, with a total strength of more than one battalion!"

The brigade commander's expression became more and more solemn, and he was just about to speak, when two explosions of "boom ......" suddenly came.

The artillery staff officer hurriedly reported: "It was a mountain artillery shell, and the east of the city was attacked by at least two mountain artillery shells, and the explosion point was less than 500 meters away from us. ”

The "Jingle Bell ......" telephone ringing immediately rang in the war room, very urgently.

"Moses Moses ......," the communications staff officer grabbed the microphone and said, and after listening to it in his ear for less than half a minute, his face changed.

"Sir, the garrison in the east of the city reported that the Eighth Route Army pushed the mountain cannon four hundred meters outside the city and fired suddenly, just hitting the city gatehouse."

"The commander of the garrison in the east of the city and more than a dozen imperial troops were killed on the spot and buried in the rubble."

"At present, the garrison in the east of the city is replaced by a lieutenant, and he is the one who called."

"Jingle Bell ......"

The phone rang again, and after listening for two minutes, the communications staff officer put down the microphone, walked quickly to the brigade commander, and reported with a panicked face: "General, the figure of the Eighth Route Army has also been found in the west of the city. ”

"At least one reinforced company of the Eighth Route Army dug trenches at the gate of the city and established positions, and the rest of the Eighth Route Army divided its troops to kill several artillery towers we had arranged in the north of the city......"

There are Eighth Route Army around Baoding City, and some Eighth Route Army has begun to attack, and fools can also see that the purpose of the Eighth Route Army is Baoding City, where they are located.

But the brigade commander still did not believe in this fact.

The garrison of Baoding City exceeded 6,000 people, and with the supplementary corps escorting the transport team, there were almost 10,000 people.

There are only a few people in the Eighth Route Army, and even if there is a reinforced battalion in all four directions of Baoding, it will not exceed 4,000 people.

Using 4,000 people to fight a 10,000-person military town is definitely an egg hitting a stone, and any accident may cause them to lose their wives and lose their troops.

The Eighth Route Army's combat style has always been to fight when it can take advantage of it, and to slip away if it can't take advantage of it.

The siege battle at hand was clearly inconsistent with their fighting style.

Thinking of this, the brigade commander was very sure that the battle in front of him was not as simple as he imagined.

But the brigade commander was not a timid man either.

The superiority in troops, equipment, and terrain are all in their own hands, and they must not let the Eighth Route Army continue to be arrogant outside the city like this.

"There are scouts in the station, mobilize all the intelligence officers, find out where the Eighth Route Army outside the city comes from, how many troops there are, what kind of equipment they have, and the speed must be fast."

"If their total strength is really less than four thousand, I don't mind letting them taste the strength of the tiger."

Speaking of this, the brigade commander seemed to be a different person, with a murderous aura, looking at the map and falling into deep thought.

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