At ten o'clock in the evening, the siege had not yet begun.

The offensive positions outside the city had been fully formed, and light and heavy machine guns were set up on the positions one after the other, and the muzzles of the guns were pointed directly at the head of the city.

In the trenches behind the machine guns, there were all figures of the Eighth Route Army walking back and forth.

A little farther away was the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army, with mortars, infantry and mountain artillery, which far outnumbered the defenders at the head of the city.

On the east side of the city, all the Japanese puppet troops were nervous.

Some people squatted in the corner of the wall with guns to rest and replenish their strength, some people lay at the battlements with guns, keeping an eye on the outside of the city to prevent anyone from sneaking up, and some people knelt on the ground praying something...... The atmosphere was very tense.

The captain's command position was under the city gate, nervous and anxious, walking back and forth with his hands behind his back.

After walking around the table again, he asked again: "Hasn't the Eighth Route Army outside the city moved yet?" ”

"Nope!" The lieutenant squadron leader shook his head and replied.

"Is that weird?" The captain's face was full of puzzlement.

Then with a worried face, he analyzed: "If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would definitely launch an attack as soon as I built a blocking position." ”

"During the day, we have aircraft reinforcements, they have no way to attack, they can only use the night time to attack the city, now that the offensive position has been repaired, one minute late to attack, and the siege time left for the Eighth Route Army tonight will be one minute less."

"They must understand this truth, but if they don't attack, is there any conspiracy in this?"

The captain of the squadron shook his head and replied with a frown: "I can't figure out what they think. ”

"But as long as we're prepared, we'll be able to hold the city even if they have a plot."

The group leader nodded by default, then stared at the squadron leader and asked, "Have all the reinforcements sent by the command have been arranged?" ”

"The general is right, after the siege battle begins, we must concentrate all our forces to repel the first round of the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and we must fight beautifully."

"It can not only improve the morale of the troops, but also severely damage the offensive spirit of the Eighth Route Army, killing two birds with one stone."

The squadron leader was very satisfied with his arrangement, and looked at the captain and replied confidently: "All the policemen who support us are handed over to the management of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and a soldier of the Imperial Cooperative Army keeps an eye on one policeman to ensure that their battlefield is not chaotic." ”

"The armed expatriates are specifically focused on the Imperial Allied Army and the police, and are responsible for supervising the battle, so as to free up more Imperial troops to participate in the frontal resistance battle."

The captain was really satisfied with this arrangement, and couldn't help but nodded: "That's it!" ”

"In addition to the vigilant troops, the rest of the army should seize the time to rest!"

"Although I don't know why the Eighth Route Army didn't attack the city immediately, I can be sure of one thing: there must be a bad battle waiting for us tonight."

The commander of the city defense force only needs to think about how to hold the city without losing it.

The brigade commander in the command headquarters cannot.

He not only had to consider the defense of the four city walls at the same time, but also whether there were any hidden troops of the Eighth Route Army in the city, and whether the Eighth Route Army had other better means to deal with him......

At this moment, he was also thinking about why the Eighth Route Army had not yet attacked the city, and he was worried.

happened to answer a sentence: After the Eighth Route Army attacked the city, it was afraid that some troops would not be able to stop it, and if they did not attack the city, they were worried that they would have other conspiracies!

As long as the danger of Datong is not lifted, his heart will not be able to settle down.

After really not understanding the reason, the brigade commander could only pin his hopes on the intelligence officers outside the city: "Is there any news from the intelligence department?" ”

"Find out what the Eighth Route Army is doing outside the city as soon as possible? It's too strange to surround Datong and not attack, we must find out what kind of medicine they sell in their gourds? ”

Ten minutes later, a communications staff officer ran over and reported: "General, the latest information just sent from outside the city!" ”

"The Eighth Route Army is collecting cars in various battlefields, and then gathering to the east of the city, the purpose is unknown!"

"Are they going to attack the city with cars?" A staff officer suddenly shouted.

Seeing that everyone was staring with a surprised expression, the staff officer thought that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly shut up.

This idea also popped up in the brigade commander's mind, and he stared at the staff officer who had just spoken and asked, "Why do you have this idea?" ”

The staff officer hurriedly replied: "I have studied more than a dozen battles fought by the garrison regiment, and one of them used a car. ”

"They loaded a large number of explosives bags in the compartments, covered them with sandbags for protection, and then drove the car into the city wall."

"More than 1,000 pounds of explosives exploded at the same time, and finally blew a gap in the city wall."

"In addition, the car can be used as mobile cover for the attacking troops."

"Rushing to the middle of the city wall and the offensive position of the Eighth Route Army, even if it is destroyed by us, the Eighth Route Army can still hide behind and launch an attack on Datong, shorten the attack distance, and reduce casualties."

The thoughts in the head of the brigade commander slowly formed a clear operational idea.

Then, as if in a movie, I turned what I thought of into a picture, and one scene after another appeared in front of me.

After the start of the offensive, dozens of cars wrapped in sandbags rushed out of the offensive positions at the same time.

The defenders of the city desperately blocked, shells, bullets, and shot out like money.

But because of the lack of firepower, it is certainly not possible to stop all the dozens of cars at once.

It only takes two or three minutes, and dozens of cars will be all over the Eighth Route Army's offensive road.

Because the car was filled with sandbags, even if the city defense troops completely destroyed the car with shells, the wreckage and the piled up sandbags would still be turned into cover, covering the Eighth Route Army commandos approaching the city wall step by step.

If the defending force is too unlucky and does not destroy all the cars within the allotted time, some cars will actually crash into the city wall.

If there were explosives in the carriage, the walls would have been blown open.

The Eighth Route Army can go all the way from the gap to Datong, and the Datong defense line that they have worked so hard to lay out will be over......

The more the brigade commander thought about it, the more solemn his expression became, and he was very sure that the Eighth Route Army would attack like this, otherwise the big war was imminent, they were not ready to attack, what were they doing in the rear to collect so many cars?

It was completely unthinkable that these cars were used by the garrison regiment to retreat.

Hurriedly ordered: "Since these cars are all concentrated in the east of the city, the east of the city must be the main direction of attack of the Eighth Route Army." ”

"It is very difficult for ordinary infantry to directly destroy a car wrapped in sandbags, except with artillery."

"Order the south of the city, the west of the city, and the north of the city, and transfer five mortars each to reinforce the east of the city."

"If the Eighth Route Army really attacked the city with cars, all the artillery would be fired, and they would be destroyed in the shortest possible time, and the cars would never be allowed to get close to the city walls."

"Also, the arsenal has stockpiled several anti-aircraft machine guns, all of which are sent to the defenders east of the city."

"The Eighth Route Army can use them to destroy our armored cars, and we can also use them to intercept cars and retaliate with them."

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