In the face of a new round of attacks by the Eighth Route Army, the brigade commander was not as calm as he was half an hour ago.

Walking around the war room in a panic, every time the combat staff officer brought bad news, his face became a little more solemn.

This main attack came too suddenly, and it was exactly the same as Li Hao's judgment: it caught all the city defense troops in Datong by surprise.

By the time they reacted, the defending forces had suffered more casualties in just a few minutes than the two feints of the Eighth Route Army in the first half of the night.

"General, the east of the city has been attacked by the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army, and a gap has been blown out of the city wall, and the defending troops are organizing troops to fill the gap, but their troops are too small and they urgently need reinforcements!" A staff officer put down the phone and trotted all the way over to report.

"What about the other three directions?" The brigade commander asked with a calm face.

With the advent of heavy artillery and the dozens of vehicles that the Eighth Route Army had assembled at the East Gate before, the brigade commander was already 80 percent sure that the East Gate was the main direction of attack of the garrison regiment.

As long as the intensity of the attack on the other three directions is not large, he will use all the forces of Datong City to reinforce the East Gate.

If the number of troops is still insufficient, he will also send troops from three other directions to reinforce the east of the city.

A staff officer just put down the phone and hurriedly reported: "General, the west of the city has been fiercely attacked by at least 2,000 Eighth Route Army of the Eighth Route Army, and they are equipped with more than a dozen mortars alone, as well as a large number of light and heavy machine guns. ”

"Because after the five mortars were transferred, the remaining five mortars have been destroyed under the counterattack of the superior artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, and the remaining two are engaged in a hard battle with the opponent, which is not an opponent at all."

"In this case, as soon as the light and heavy machine guns we set up on the head of the city fire, they will be named by the mortars of the Eighth Route Army......"

"The offensive has just begun, and we have already lost ten light and heavy machine guns and a large number of troops."

"The enemy, under the cover of light and heavy machine guns and mortars, is constantly approaching the city walls, and may rush to the foot of the city walls at any time to carry out blasting."

"I hope the command can send some light and heavy machine guns to make up for the battlefield losses."

The brigade commander's face instantly became gloomy.

This result was the exact opposite of what he had in mind.

Originally, it was thought that the east of the city was the main direction of attack of the Eighth Route Army, and the pressure was the greatest, but the other three directions were only feinted by the Eighth Route Army, and the pressure was very small.

The Eighth Route Army, which didn't want to attack them, was so ruthless, and directly turned the feint attack into the main attack, and attacked forward with a deadly posture.

As a result, his plan to reinforce Dongmen from them had to be declared bankrupt before it had even begun.

After a long sigh, he looked at the deputy chief of staff and asked, "Immediately arrange for someone to transfer five heavy machine guns and ten light machine guns from the arsenal to the west of the city as quickly as possible." ”

"Hey!" The deputy chief of staff hurried to arrange.

Unexpectedly, the combat staff officer who had just reported did not leave, and looked at the brigade commander with an expression of wanting to speak.

After the deputy chief of staff left, he continued to report: "General, the garrison in the west of the city said one more thing!" ”

"In the previous battle against the feint attack of the Eighth Route Army, they lost more than 400 men."

"Now the Eighth Route Army's attack intensity is getting bigger and bigger, the attack firepower is getting more and more fierce, and the casualties of the troops are rising in a straight line."

"If the Eighth Route Army continues to maintain this offensive, there will be a defensive hole in the west of the city in another hour because of the great loss of troops."

"Please arrange the troops at the headquarters and be ready to reinforce Ximen at any time."

The brigade commander exclaimed in disbelief: "What did you just say? The strength of the garrison in the west of the city is not enough? ”

The communications staff officer did not dare to lie about the military situation, and affirmed in the face of the murderous gaze of the brigade commander looking at him.

"Yes, they reported that the offensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army was too fierce, and soldiers were wounded and killed every minute."

"Less than ten minutes after the start of the general attack, they had already suffered nearly a hundred casualties."

"If there were no reinforcements, they would have suffered more than half of the casualties in an hour, and there would be a lot of holes in the walls that stretched for nearly a kilometer."

The heavy expression on the brigade commander's face slowly turned into panic.

The reserves in his hand are limited, one east gate is enough for him to be annoyed, and now there is another west gate, unless he has the ability to scatter beans into soldiers, it is impossible to reinforce two city gates at the same time.

After thinking about it, I still felt that the pressure on the garrison in the east of the city was greater.

They had to face not only heavy machine guns and mortars several times their size, but also mountain artillery, more than a dozen heavy guns.

If there were no reinforcements, it might not even last half an hour.

A decision was quickly made in his mind: "Call the garrison in the west of the city immediately, there are no reinforcements, but I can replenish them with fifteen light and heavy machine guns to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army at all costs." ”

After speaking, the brigade commander looked at several other staff officers and asked, "How is the situation in the south and north of the city?" Can they divide their forces to reinforce the east of the city? ”

"General, there's news in the south of the city!" A staff officer reported immediately.

"They were attacked by more than 1,000 Eighth Route Army, although the number of troops was not many, but the offensive firepower was very fierce, at least fifteen heavy machine guns, at least fifteen mortars, and the loss of equipment and troops was very large, and they were in urgent need of support."

The brigade commander was even more panicked than just now, and before he could speak, another staff officer ran over to report.

"General, the garrison north of the city reported that they were attacked by nearly three thousand Eighth Route Army, and the opponent's offensive firepower was very fierce, and the troops suffered heavy losses, so continue to reinforce."

"General: The garrison in the east of the city has reported urgently, the troops have suffered heavy casualties, and they can't almost plug the gap blown up by the heavy artillery." As soon as a staff officer put down the microphone, he reported in a hurry.

The brigade commander panicked and immediately ordered: "Hurry up and transfer two squadrons from the reserve to reinforce the east of the city, and now go and give an order, we must plug the gap and prevent the Eighth Route Army from entering Datong City." ”

A staff officer rushed out of the war room to give orders, and the brigade commander looked at his slowly disappearing back, and his face did not return to calm.

After thinking for a while, he continued to order: "The remaining two squadrons of the reserve also go to reinforce the east of the city." ”

"Build a temporary line of defense behind the gap blown up by the Eighth Route Army."

"In case the city defense garrison doesn't plug the gap, let the Eighth Route Army come in."

"These two squadrons must guard the temporary defense line for me, cooperate with the garrison in the east of the city to eliminate all the Eighth Route Army entering the city, and turn the east of the city into a meat grinder to eliminate the living forces of the Eighth Route Army."

The deputy chief of staff rushed back after giving the order, and just happened to hear these orders and hurriedly reminded them.

"General think twice, the reserves of the four squadrons, after all of them are sent out, we will have no one in our hands, in case there is another accident, we can't solve it if we want to?"

The brigade commander did not know this truth.

But he couldn't think of anything else but to do it.

The top priority now is to defend the eastern part of the city, and only by winning this battle can everyone have the opportunity to talk about the future.

If the eastern part of the city is not defended, it is useless to keep more reserves in hand.

It is better to send all these reserves out to fight the enemy, and maybe they can survive the desperate situation and turn defeat into victory.

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