"Sir, the Eighth Route Army has entered Datong City through the gap in the city wall, and at least one main force company has come in." The herald ran over to report, his face full of despair.

"What are the troops behind eating, two infantry squadrons can't plug a gap in the city wall more than ten meters wide, are they pigs?" The captain didn't expect the gap to go wrong so quickly, and in shock, he shouted with an incredible face. ”

The herald hurriedly explained: "The Eighth Route Army mounted mortars and heavy machine guns on the gap and bombarded the two infantry squadrons. ”

"The two squadrons that plugged the gap had no artillery, and no amount of light and heavy machine guns was enough to blow up, and then the Eighth Route Army came in."

"Eight Grid Yalu, immediately contact the two squadrons just sent by the headquarters, and immediately join the troops that blocked the gap after they are in place, join forces in one place, and drive out the Eighth Route Army that entered the city for me!"

The herald hesitated for a moment.

At this time, the fool also knew: even if the reinforcements sent by the command had four infantry squadrons, it would be impossible to drive the Eighth Route Army that entered the city out of Datong City.

They have mortars, they have heavy machine guns, and they have gained a foothold. In addition to the reinforcements, there are no other heavy weapons, how to fight, can they use flesh and blood to carry their steel shells and bullets!

If you really fight like this, it will not be an attack, but a return for reinforcements to die in vain.

The captain can't manage that much.

His task was to defend the east of the city, and he did not hesitate to run out of troops before receiving the order to retreat.

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will not give up.

As for the hundreds of lives of the reinforcements, they were not at all on his radar in the face of the task.

Seeing that the herald did not move, he became angry on the spot, roaring and scolding: "What are you still doing in a daze." Just give the order as I say, otherwise military law will be involved. ”

"Sir, it's too late!" A squadron leader ran over and shouted, stopping the herald who was about to give orders.

The captain's anger surged up all of a sudden, but he didn't expect his subordinates to dare to contradict his order, and he was ready to curse when he opened his mouth, intending to vent all the anger he had held back on him.

The squadron leader had long expected this scene, and did not give the captain a chance to curse at all, pointing to the outside of the city and reporting: "Another Eighth Route Army is coming towards us, at least a thousand people." ”

"There are more and more Eighth Route Army troops entering the city, there are also heavy machine guns and mortars, and the reinforcements have no heavy weapons, and no matter how many people come to kill them, they are not opponents."

"The Eighth Route Army at the head of the city is not easy to deal with, we have rushed over nearly 100 people, not only did they not block it, but they also wiped out their own army."

"Their assault firepower is too strong, and the troops are constantly rushing to the city, and I estimate that the remaining troops at the head of the city are not opponents when they all rush over."

"Retreat, the city can't hold it."

"Now that we can retreat, we can bring some troops into the city to fight street battles with the Eighth Route Army, if it is too late, we will not even have a chance to retreat, and we will be completely annihilated here by the Eighth Route Army."

"There is no need to wait for dawn at all, Datong City will fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army."

There were more attacking troops that had just emerged outside the city than the troops that had just attacked, and they were densely packed, and there were people everywhere as far as the eye could see.

Looking at the direction of the gap, the guns of the Eighth Route Army became more and more dense.

Through the gunfire, the captain can roughly know: the Eighth Route Army entering the city has controlled a large area.

With these positions, coupled with a steady stream of troops and heavy weapons entering the city, they can definitely attack, retreat and defend.

If he personally commanded the troops to counterattack, without the support of heavy weapons, a full infantry brigade would not have the confidence to drive them out, let alone the reinforcements of the expatriate armed forces.

As the captain of the brigade, one of the few senior officers left in the Datong garrison, he was well aware of the brigade commander's defensive thinking.

As long as the troops held until dawn, the garrison regiment that learned that the base area had been attacked would retreat, and the danger of Datong would be lifted.

If the Eighth Route Army takes Datong before dawn, even if the military headquarters attacks the garrison base on time after dawn, it will not be able to return to the sky.

Therefore, no matter how it is fought, what tactics and tactics are used, as long as Datong still controls the imperial army before dawn, the garrison will lose this battle.

The troops continue to defend the city, and there will really be a situation like what the subordinates said.

The attacking troops wiped out the Datong garrison in the fortifications of the city in a short time, and there were no troops in the city.

Once the battle on the city is over, the besieging troops will be able to break through all the way and take Datong in the shortest possible time.

Now abandon the city fortifications, retreat to the city and fight street battles with the Eighth Route Army, the result will definitely be diametrically opposite.

The biggest advantage is that their artillery superiority will be useless.

The same number of troops stood in front of the Eighth Route Army, and they could hold out at least twice as long.

As long as there are no more accidents in the middle, before dawn, most of Datong City is still under the control of the imperial army.

After daybreak, if the garrison chooses to continue the attack, their base will be devastated.

Even if the Datong garrison is wiped out and Datong City is finally lost, everyone will die well.

Because there was no Datong garrison to hold back the main force of the garrison, it would be impossible for the military headquarters to destroy the base area of the garrison regiment and cut off their foundation.

If the daylight garrison retreats, Datong City will be saved......

Therefore, as long as Datong City is still in the hands of the imperial army before dawn, even if there is only half of Datong City, no matter how the garrison regiment chooses in the end, they will lose.

The anger on the captain's face slowly subsided, and he immediately ordered: "The troops are ready to retreat, and I will personally talk to His Excellency the General." ”

"The order to retreat must be given by the general himself, and the city garrisons in all four directions must be withdrawn at the same time."

The Japanese army headquarters and brigade commander have received the news that the Eighth Route Army has entered Datong City.

At that moment, the whole person seemed to be several years old.

On the surface, the brigade commander's face was still unfazed.

As the supreme commander, he must remain calm at all times and set an example to his subordinates in the command: never give up until the last moment.

At this moment, he was lying next to the city defense map, racking his brains to think of a way to break the game.

But when he thought of the superiority in strength and firepower that the Eighth Route Army had, the methods that came to his mind were all vetoed by him.

The opponent's strength is too strong, and relying only on the existing strength of the Datong garrison, it is simply unable to return to the sky.

At this moment, a call from the captain of the eastern part of the city came.

The brigade commander took the microphone with the idea of a blind cat hitting and killing a mouse, hoping that his subordinates could bring him some surprises.

At first, the expression on the face of the brigade commander was particularly serious.

Listening to this, a smile flashed on his serious face, and then the whole person became relaxed.

A minute later, he began to give an order into the microphone: "I agree with your plan, the troops will immediately abandon the city fortifications, retreat to the city and engage in street battles with the Eighth Route Army, and drag out the battle until dawn." ”

"Even if we die in the end, the garrison will lose its base and be killed by the imperial army in the end, and we will be buried with it."

Putting down the phone, the brigade commander seemed to be a different person, and he became scrappy again.

Looking at a few staff officers, he ordered: "Immediately contact the commanders of the garrisons in the west, north, and south of the city." ”

"The whole army abandoned the fortifications of the city and retreated to the city to fight street battles with the Eighth Route Army, and the longer the battle dragged on, the better it would be for us."

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