"Commander, good news!" Chen Weixing, the commander of the reconnaissance company, hurriedly ran over, his face full of smiles.

"At eight o'clock in the morning, an infantry brigade suddenly came out of Lingqiu City, and the army marched back to Laiyuan City."

Li Hao's first reaction was that the little devil Tanuki changed the prince, so that he mistakenly thought that Lingqiu's troops were empty, attacked there, and then severely damaged the garrison in Lingqiu City.

They have used this style of play before, and the garrison regiment has also suffered a big loss, so they have to guard against it.

As soon as Chen Wei finished speaking, Li Hao asked with a frown.

"Are you sure that the people who go to Laiyuan City are all devils, not puppet soldiers pretending?"

"I'm sure!" Chen Wei replied in the affirmative.

"I personally led people to test their combat effectiveness, and the response to the battle was very fast, and the marksmanship was also very accurate, and the puppet army would definitely not reach this level."

"And those people are all ring-legged, short, but very strong, it is impossible for the puppet army to pretend."

Wang Hong frowned and asked, "Commander, what kind of trouble is this little devil?" I can't understand it. ”

"Lingqiu City is the lair of our garrison regiment, if we want to counterattack, we will definitely be the first to attack there, it is impossible for the little devil not to know."

"Under normal circumstances, the little devil should continue to strengthen the strength of Lingqiu, and don't give us a chance to take advantage of it, how can it all be reversed all of a sudden."

"There must be a demon when abnormal!" Li Hao thought for a moment and replied.

"There are more than 8,000 puppet troops stationed in Laiyuan City, and whether these more than 1,000 devils go back or not has no impact on the defense of Laiyuan City, so they are definitely not here to return to Laiyuan City."

"That little devil is so troublesome, there is only one purpose to show weakness."

"If that's the case, the mixed brigade that the little devil just transferred is not as simple as we imagined, and the plan is not small."

Hong Linfeng also understood, frowned and analyzed: "Tempt us to attack Lingqiu City by showing weakness, and then gather and annihilate us outside Lingqiu City!" ”

"Eighty percent of the time." Li Hao affirmed.

After a moment of conversation, he continued: "However, this is also an opportunity for us. ”

"Our counteroffensive plan is also to hit Lingqiu first."

"Only by retaking Lingqiu, the base camp of our garrison regiment, and the people in the base area believe that our garrison regiment is not defeated, regain confidence in us, and then continue to support us."

"There were more than 3,000 puppet troops stationed in Lingqiu before, and it was close to Laiyuan, so it was difficult for us to fight quickly before the reinforcements arrived."

"Well, now that there is one less infantry brigade, the defense will definitely be greatly reduced, and we will have a chance to fight quickly."

Hong Linfeng reminded: "Commander, do you plan to do it?" ”

"Don't miss the opportunity!" A hint of cunning flashed on Li Hao's face.

"This is a great opportunity for us to take Lingqiu, if we miss it, we may not be able to wait any longer."

Hong Linfeng didn't think so, and hurriedly reminded: "What about the little devil's conspiracy? ”

"Commander, you also said just now, there must be demons when it is abnormal, and the little devil suddenly transferred troops, and there must be a conspiracy hidden in it that we don't know about."

"Before we figure it out, we will attack rashly, and eighty percent will be fooled."

"Even if we are fooled, we are not afraid!" Li Hao replied confidently.

Then he explained: "Political commissar, chief of staff, don't forget, this is the base of our garrison regiment, our own territory, the Japanese army really controls only a few isolated cities, as long as they leave the county town, no matter what they do, they can't escape the eyes of the people in the base area." ”

"With so many pairs of eyes staring, even if the little devils have a conspiracy, we can find out at the first time, and then react to prevent them from succeeding."

"That's it."

"The second battalion, the third battalion, the independent battalion, the first company of the heavy artillery battalion, the second company, attack Lingqiu."

"The remaining three companies of the special service battalion, the mobile battalion, the cavalry battalion, and the heavy artillery battalion serve as the reserve of the whole army, guarding the perimeter and dealing with possible emergencies."

"Reconnaissance company, keep an eye on the little devils in several counties around Lingqiu, and report to me as soon as possible, regardless of any changes."

"The political commissar mobilized local guerrillas, especially the guerrillas and local troops around several isolated cities, and together with the reconnaissance company, to keep an eye on the Japanese puppet army in the base area, and report any situation immediately."

"It's five o'clock in the afternoon, and I'll give you five hours to prepare, and at ten o'clock in the evening to attack the city on time."

The Japanese garrison headquarters in Lingqiu City, the former garrison regimental headquarters, Yamaguchi Nakasa has gone to sleep.

Suddenly, the sound of ......machine gun fire rang out over the city.

It's a faint story, but his years of military career have made Yamaguchi more wary of gunfire than usual.

As if frightened, he got out of bed, put on his military uniform and walked to the war room.

"Dada...... Bang bang...... Rumble ......"

When I walked to the war room, the gunfire was already very dense, there were light and heavy machine gun fire, there were also rifle fire, and there were many shell explosions in between, and there were walls on all sides.

"Sir, the South Gate has been attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and the other side is armed with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars...... "A staff officer put down the telephone and reported.

"Report to the sir, the east gate is under attack, and the enemy is armed with mortars."

"Boom ......"

Several particularly violent explosions suddenly rang out, interrupting the reports of his subordinates.

"It's a large-caliber mortar......" the artillery staff officer shouted.

"Boom ......"

Before the words fell, a series of more violent explosions followed, and everyone could clearly feel the ground under their feet trembling a few times, and the light bulb just installed above their heads also shook a few times, which showed how powerful these explosions were.

Many people were blindfolded and shocked.

Except for the artillery staff, a flash of fear quickly flashed on his face, and then he shouted: "It's heavy artillery, sir, the Eighth Route Army has dispatched heavy artillery to attack us." ”

At this time, the fool could also see the determination of the garrison to capture Lingqiu City, and Yamaguchi Nakasa did not wait for a report, and made a decision very decisively.

"Immediately contact the commander of the Laiyuan City Brigade, Lingqiu City was besieged by the heavy troops of the garrison regiment, and heavy mortars and heavy artillery were dispatched, they were fooled, please ask the brigade commander to act according to the original plan and gather the main force of the garrison outside Lingqiu City."

After dictating the contents of the telegram, Yamaguchi Nakasa shifted his gaze to the map of the castle defense in front of him.

If you want to encircle and annihilate the main force of the garrison regiment, whether the reinforcements can arrive in time is one thing, and whether you can hold Lingqiu City is also very important.

If Lingqiu City is lost, this battle plan will definitely go bankrupt, and he will be the sinner of the entire mixed brigade.

So this kind of accident must not happen.

After watching for half a minute, Yamaguchi Nakasa began to give orders: "The garrison that attacked us was equipped with heavy artillery, and defending the city would be bombed to death, so I decided to put them in Lingqiu City to fight, so that they could see the hope of taking Lingqiu City, and then they would attack us at any cost." ”

"We can also hold them back with street fighting, so that they can't easily retreat."

"But before the street fighting, the head of the city must hold out for at least three hours before letting them in."

"Otherwise, the garrison group will definitely be able to see that there is a conspiracy here, and they will not dare to rush in."

"Order, the Imperial Cooperative Army is a company unit and defends the city wall. There is only an order, and no one can take a step back. ”

"The imperial army stationed at the four gates each drew an infantry squad to supervise the battle, and those who violated the order were engaged in military law."

"Artillery squadrons, heavy machine-gun squadrons, give them fire cover."

"All the other imperial troops entered the city and used the complex terrain in the city to build street battle fortifications."