"Division commander, the Eighth Route Army is defending against the city walls, and one of our exploratory attacks has ended. Because the forward troops were not equipped with artillery and could not threaten them, they kept our attacking troops close to 50 meters before firing, and then smashed them with grenades, and without even using machine guns, they repelled our attacking troops...... "The squadron leader of the forward unit reported very aggrieved.

"However, although the opponent's firepower was not tested, one thing is certain, there are at least two companies of the Eighth Route Army guarding the city wall......"

Lieutenant General Ito's face showed a look of both fanaticism and excitement.

"In other words, at least one battalion of the main force of the Eighth Route Army has gathered in Xiangfen City~"

"Great, all the guerrillas we encountered along the way were the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and they were all passively beaten. Although the loss of troops was not large, it was a huge blow to our morale. Now we have finally met the main force of the Eighth Route Army and are willing to fight us...... No, we're going to kill them this afternoon......"

"Artillery, immediately set up all the artillery we brought, I want to let the Eighth Route Army defending the city taste the taste of being bombed......"

"Immediately contact the two nearest infantry brigades, quickly move closer to us, surround Xiangfen County, and don't let a single Eighth Route Army slip through the net!"

The chief of staff next to him reminded: "Division commander, do you want to contact the aviation...... The walls of Xiangfen are not very strong, and they will definitely not be able to withstand the bombing of the air force......"

Lieutenant General Ito shook his head and replied, "No need to ...... for the time being."

"We haven't attacked yet, we don't even know if the other side has a permanent firepower point, we don't have a bombing target when we call the aviation forces over, and we will be laughed at by the aviation forces for our incompetence and cowardice!"

"The troops were ready immediately, and in half an hour the siege began......"

A few kilometers away, the former enemy headquarters of the new regiment, the condescending terrain advantage, allowed Wang Ping to clearly see every move of the devils outside Xiangfen City.

"Commander, the little devil also looks up to our garrison too much! As soon as they came up, they set up artillery, twelve large-caliber mountain guns, twelve field guns, and completely leveled the Xiangfen city wall......" Zhong Chenggong reminded with a frown.

"The city wall is not so fragile~ The efforts of the engineer company in the past ten days are not something that can be destroyed by a single cannonball!" Wang Ping replied confidently.

"Besides, I don't plan to rely on a city wall to resist the devils to the end, withstand their two attacks, and after causing them a lot of casualties, the troops will retreat to the city to fight street battles with the little devils!"

Zhong Chenggong raised his eyebrows and asked: "No~ Regiment leader, didn't you say that the little devil won't suffer in the same thing and won't fight with us in the street?" And Xiangfen City doesn't fight, and there is no room for street fighting! ”

"Not being fooled doesn't mean that little devils don't fight in the streets~" Wang Ping explained with a calm face.

"In the first battle of Linfen, the little devil only sent an infantry brigade into the city, and he did not carry heavy weapons, and he was not ready to fight with us in the streets, and then he was caught off guard by our lurking troops, and suffered heavy casualties!"

"This time is different, the little devil will definitely prepare for a street fight with us in advance, and then enter the city, gradually advance, and occupy Xiangfen little by little. Instead of the battle to Linfen, the troops dispersed as soon as they entered the city, giving our lurking troops a chance to break through. ”

"Also, after our troops retreat into the city, if they don't fight this street battle, there will be no way to take Xiangfen!"

"Unless they are willing to raze Xiangfen to the ground with artillery shells and aerial bombs, but although Xiangfen is not big, it will take tens of thousands of shells to raze it to the ground. The shells of the little devils did not come out of thin air, they were all transported from the Northeast and even Japan little by little, and the devils in front of us definitely did not bring so many. ”

Zhong Chenggong first nodded in affirmation of Wang Ping's analysis, and then asked very incomprehensibly: "Since you know that the devil will be ready to enter the city and fight with us in the streets~ Then you let the three newly formed main battalions enter the city, don't you let them die?" ”

Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "It's not to die, it's to train soldiers!" ”

"Isn't it true that more than half of the soldiers in the three newly formed main battalions have no weapons, and if we fight this battle well, we will have weapons. And there is a direct team with them in the city, and I also issued five grenades and grenades to each of them, and there will definitely be no problem! ”

"And street fighting is not as simple as you think, Chief of Staff...... Anything can happen inside, and even if the devils are well prepared and get artillery, tanks, and armored vehicles into the city, we have a chance to inflict heavy damage on them! ”

Speaking of this, Wang Ping's face suddenly flashed with an arrogant expression full of excitement, and then he stared at Xiangfen City, which was a few kilometers away, and shouted.

"Didn't the little devil always think that our Eighth Route Army was a coward and too captured? This time, I just want to go through a face-to-face battle to defend the city, a street battle prepared by the devils, and tell them that they are not the opponent of our Eighth Route Army head-on, and our Eighth Route Army can still defeat them! ”

A staff officer suddenly rushed in, and when he saw Wang Ping, he gasped and reported.

"Regiment Commander, urgent information sent back by the reconnaissance company!"

"The other two reinforced brigades of the encirclement and suppression troops in the middle of the devil suddenly turned around and came to Xiangfen City to kill, the marching speed was very fast, and there was still half an hour to arrive."

"The commander of the devil division wants to encircle and annihilate our defending troops in Xiangfen~" Wang Ping immediately made a judgment.

Then he exclaimed with joy, "Well comes; The more we come, the more devils our garrison will kill this afternoon! ”

Three or four thousand infantry, more than a thousand cavalry, plus heavy artillery and tanks, attacked a small county town with only more than two thousand defenders, Zhong Chenggong didn't know where Wang Ping's confidence came from.

Seeing that the political commissar who had opposed with him before did not speak, the anti-dialogue that the chief of staff had just thought of was swallowed back by him as soon as it came to his lips.

"Boom ......"

Despite the distance of several kilometers, the violent explosion of heavy artillery shells was still deafening.

"This is a little devil heavy artillery test firing again! It seems that our opponent can't wait, and the other two reinforced brigades are in a hurry to attack Xiangfen and take down our defending troops before they can kill them! Wang Ping frowned and made a judgment, and then raised his binoculars to look at the battlefield.

The bullet impact point was still nearly 100 meters away from the city wall, but the huge black smoke column that rose into the air still made Wang Ping feel the powerful power of the heavy artillery.

In less than two minutes, more than 20 thick black smoke columns rose around the city wall, and four or five of them rose directly on the city wall. Then, after almost ten seconds, a series of violent explosions reached Wang Ping's ears.

The power of the heavy artillery was too great, and although Wang Ping had been mentally prepared, he was still frightened when he saw the huge gap in the city wall that the cannonball exploded.

His face instantly became serious, and then he ordered with a frown.

"The devil's attack has begun, immediately connect the phone of the assault battalion Jin Kai, I want to talk to him on the phone!"

As soon as he received the microphone handed over by the communications staff officer, the sound of a violent explosion caused by a new round of shelling by the devils was pierced through the earpiece.

"Regiment commander, I'm Jin Kai, the commander of the assault battalion, please instruct!" Then Jin Kai's voice rang in the phone receiver.

"There are no instructions...... Time is pressing, I said you just listen...... The power of the devil's heavy artillery is far beyond my imagination, and the machine gun bunkers we build inside the city walls may not be able to withstand it. Therefore, during the heavy artillery bombardment of the devils, except for the observation post, everyone else must stay away from the city wall, and they must be dispersed as much as possible in squads...... Execute it now, take advantage of the interval between shelling, and the troops will immediately retreat! ”

"Yes...... The head of the regiment ...... "Jin Kai's affirmative answer soon came from the earpiece.

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