Compared to the tense atmosphere inside the city, the atmosphere of the attacking troops outside the city was obviously much more relaxed.

The 12th Regiment, which had been afraid of attacking fortified positions before, has now become full of confidence and is looking forward to the early arrival of the offensive time.

In the offensive position at the north gate, the commander of the 12th Regiment Wang was wandering around the offensive position, looking for people while boosting the morale of the troops.

All fighters who had fought heavy machine guns and artillery were the ones he was looking for.

In the position of the third company, the commander of the artillery company that had just been formed was asking the commander of the third company to ask the commander of the third company.

"What's the noise? At present, the enemy is not good at leading the troops, and it will cause chaos for me. The soldiers all watched, and the two company commanders shouted so loudly, aren't they afraid of being laughed at? Wang Tuan strode over and scolded.

On the surface, it sounded scolding, but there was not the slightest anger in the tone, obviously the regiment commander was in a good mood at the moment, and he didn't really reprimand these two subordinates.

The commander of the third company seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly reported: "Regiment commander, Company Commander Zhou is too bullying. Lao Wang is the platoon commander of the third company, and he can be promoted to deputy company commander if he fights another battle, and he will leave if he says he wants to go, what should he do with the third company? ”

"If the artillery company wants an ordinary soldier, or a squad leader, I will definitely not frown."

"But Lao Wang can't do it, without him, the third company and the second platoon are equivalent to losing the backbone, and the combat effectiveness will definitely fall down."

The commander of the artillery company didn't feel embarrassed at all, and followed the report: "Regiment commander, I heard that Platoon Commander Wang used to be the leader of the artillery squad. ”

"Because the cannon was blown up by the devil, and then he changed to become an infantryman."

"If Platoon Commander Wang goes to the artillery company, I plan to make him the deputy company commander and one artillery platoon commander, and I will also have a platoon commander, and the two platoon commanders of the artillery company will be together."

The commander of the third company was reluctant to release people, and the artillery company was in urgent need of such talents, so Commander Wang was embarrassed.

After thinking for a few seconds, he stared at the commander of the artillery company and asked, "This Wang platoon commander is really so powerful!" ”

"Yes!" The commander of the artillery company affirmed: "He alone can lead several gunners who are halfway home, and there is no problem at all in commanding three guns to participate in the battle at the same time." ”

The siege battle can start at any time, and the artillery company is the protagonist of the feint, and it must be formed immediately.

Which is more important, you can see it at a glance.

Commander Wang quickly made a decision, looked at the commander of the third company and ordered: "Give the platoon commander Wang to the artillery company, and in order to make up for the losses of the third company, I will supplement you with two light machine guns." ”

Half an hour later, the artillery company finally had enough more than 50 gunners, divided into two platoons, each equipped with four mortars.

Commander Wang was very excited, he had been in the position of regiment commander for almost three years, and he had always dreamed of having an artillery company, but it never came true.

At the beginning, he was the commander of the local army, and there were more than 500 people in the regiment, and the mortars were not even thought about, and there was only one heavy machine gun, not even a chassis.

In order to go to the battlefield, I had to ask a carpenter to make a shelf as a temporary site, and it was very troublesome to change it for another in a battle.

After slowly developing the unit into an independent regiment, the total strength also expanded to 800 men, but there were still no mortars, only a heavy machine gun platoon, equipped with three heavy machine guns, anyway, finally there was a heavy weapon that could be used.

A year ago, the Independent Regiment was reorganized into the 12th Regiment, and the total strength was expanded from 800 to 1,400.

With the support of the higher authorities and his own capture over the past year, the heavy machine gun platoon was finally expanded into a firepower platoon, and there were three mortars that he thought about day and night, but he was still far from the dream of forming an artillery company.

Tonight, that dream finally came true.

More importantly, when the troops took over the position, the chief of staff promised himself: to fight this battle well and occupy Datong City, he would definitely replenish the 12th Regiment with two infantry guns or mountain artillery.

At that time, the artillery company will really be fully manned, and it can be attacked, retreated, and defended.

The more Commander Wang thought about it, the more excited he became, and he looked at the artillery company and ordered very seriously: "Company Commander Zhou, the battle situation is urgent, I will give you three hours to familiarize yourself with the troops and equipment, and the artillery company will participate in the battle after three hours." Kill the artillery of the little devils in the city first, and then cover the infantry attack. ”

"Eight mortars, four hundred shells, I'll give them all to you."

"I have the final say on how to fight you, I have only one request: to cover the infantry attack at all costs and reduce their casualties."

The atmosphere of the former enemy headquarters of the garrison regiment was more relaxed than that of the offensive position of the 12th regiment.

Especially after thinking of a way to solve the crisis in the base area, without worries, the smile on Li Hao's face has never been interrupted.

As for Datong City, he was not worried.

The surrounding Japanese puppet army has been completely annihilated, and a little farther away is either the base area of the Eighth Route Army or the area occupied by the Jin Sui Army, and the Japanese army must pass through these two places if they want to directly reinforce Datong.

No matter which path the Japanese army chooses, it will be difficult to follow the crisis.

Therefore, Datong City could not get a single soldier to reinforce it in the next three or four days.

As long as the attacking troops are prepared for aircraft bombing, they can slowly clean up the Japanese puppet army in the city and fight as much as they want.

Hong Linfeng rushed into the command quickly, although he was very tired and his mouth was constantly panting, but the smile on his face betrayed his excitement at this moment.

rushed in and hurriedly reported: "The regimental commander's situation is much better than we expected." ”

"I contacted all the troops of the garrison regiment in Datong, and we captured a total of 45 intact cars in the past two nights."

"They'll gather at Command within an hour and be on standby."

"I also ordered the Datong Independent Battalion, which came in advance, to sort out equipment and ammunition."

"As soon as the transporter Chen arrived, they got on the car and transported 900 people back to the base area at a time, and I went back with the first batch of convoys."

"The political commissar has gathered 60 cars in the base area and is on his way to the pick-up point."

"The cavalry battalion was all dispatched to control the entire road in platoons to prevent sabotage by Japanese puppet army spies."

"As long as there are no accidents, we can rush to the Laiyuan front line at twelve o'clock in the evening."

Chief of Staff Zhou stood next to him with a surprised face, and used a car relay to transport the troops back to the base area, this method was too unexpected, and he was also taken aback, and then the whole person was covered with surprise, looking at Li Hao with a thoughtful face.

"Commander Li, this method of transporting troops by car is good."

"The Japanese would definitely not have imagined that as long as you arrange it well, the reinforcement troops will suddenly appear in front of the Japanese puppet army like heavenly soldiers and generals."

"Not only can you catch them off guard, but if you operate it well, you can also hit the devil's attack troops."

Li Hao thought so, and immediately said: "Chief, we have exactly the same idea. ”

"Chief of Staff Hong first took two independent battalions back, and used the method of adding fuel and vinegar to the fight, while showing weakness while blocking the devils, dragging them to the edge of the base area."

"After I led the main force of the regiment in place, I went directly to block their back road."

"It is possible to kill them and then defeat a mobile unit of the Shanxi garrison."

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded and praised: "This idea is very good. ”

"Let's take Datong here, and you will eat the Japanese puppet army attack troops there, and the Japanese puppet army will lose at least 10,000 people in two battles, which is enough for the Guishan West garrison to feel distressed for a while."

"You continue to organize troops here to return to the base area, and I will contact the follow-up troops and ask them to hurry up to the battlefield and not delay the opportunity to attack."

Li Hao stopped Chief of Staff Zhou, who wanted to leave: "The chief doesn't need to be in a hurry, he doesn't necessarily have to launch an attack in the early morning." ”

"After the crisis in the base area is resolved, the initiative on the battlefield has returned to our hands, and we can attack whenever we want."

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