At 8 a.m. on the morning of 18 March, the 1st Reserve Regiment, which had been resting in Lan County, began to take action.

Under the leadership of the regiment commander Sun Weiguo, the main force of the first regiment entered Baode County, and the three infantry battalions quickly advanced towards the county seat of Baode County, and at nine o'clock in the morning, the armored company under the leadership of the company commander Yin Jinshan went to the city of Baode County, and nine tanks began to shell the city wall.

As shells began to explode on the city wall, the battle of the first regiment to attack Baode County officially began.

"Where did Sun Weiguo get the courage, he dared to fight Baode County, which was heavily guarded by the Japanese army, didn't his troops just be replenished? What does this Sun Weiguo want to do, he won't be naïve to think that siege and defense are as simple as defense? ”

"This Sun Weiguo simply has no time to stay idle, this time he attacked Baode County and even I, the division commander, don't know, if he kid takes Baode County, everything is easy to say, if he can't take Baode County, I have to rectify him."

"Vice President Peng, this Sun Weiguo is a bit nonsense, an infantry regiment that has just been replenished will go to Baode County, you must know that the main force of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division fought in Lan County, but it took three days and three nights to barely annihilate the Japanese army, I think Sun Weiguo is going to lose the battle this time."

"Chief Yan, if you ask my opinion, I personally think that Sun Weiguo will conquer Baode County, I don't know how to say it, Sun Weiguo seems to have a very magical place, he always seems to be able to create miracles."

"Send a telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, a press conference will be held at the commander's headquarters soon, if the 120th Division can conquer Wuzhai County or Baode County, I will ask the Eighth Route Army for credit, and at the same time I am willing to give the Eighth Route Army the equipment of an artillery regiment."

When the matter of the attack on Baode County by the Reserve First Regiment began to be known by all parties, all sides expressed different opinions.

At this time, Yin Jin's first battalion, Fu Tao's second battalion, and Qin Xianliang's third battalion all began to arrive at the designated location, and the three infantry battalions besieged Baode County from the southeast, south, and west, and the north was the gap deliberately left by Sun Weiguo, and the armored company and reconnaissance company were concealed near the north gate of Baode County.

The location of Baode County is very good, surrounded by mountains on three sides, there is a big river in front, it is a dangerous place, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After the troops were deployed, Sun Weiguo did not give a plan to storm the county, he changed into clothes, and took Zhu Jianwei, chief of staff, Li Jiaxin, artillery commander, and Zhao Lin, staff officer of the regiment headquarters, to the front line of Baode County to check.

The walls of Baode County are three meters high and are made of bluestone bricks, and it is difficult for ordinary shells to blow up the walls.

It can be said that China has not stopped from the beginning, a skirmish every three years, a large-scale battle every ten years, and there has never been a time when there is no war in all dynasties, which has caused many counties in China to have city walls, and the city walls are not only very high, but also very strong.

When the Japanese attacked the city, most of them had to send planes to bomb the breach.

THE FIRST RESERVE REGIMENT IS WELL EQUIPPED, AND THE ARTILLERY COMPANY HAS EIGHT 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS, BUT IT IS NOT A SIMPLE MATTER FOR THESE EIGHT MOUNTAIN GUNS TO BLOW UP A GAP IN THE CITY WALL, AND THE TROOPS WANT TO LAUNCH A STRONG ATTACK, EVEN IF THEY CONQUER BAODE COUNTY, THE CASUALTIES OF THE TROOPS WILL DEFINITELY EXCEED 1,000.

"Regiment commander, I always feel a little strange, the Japanese troops have a lot of dangerous places to defend, but now they are cowering in the county seat, the county town is besieged by us, and the Japanese army has become a turtle in an urn." Zhu Jianwei looked at the county seat, and he said with a puzzled face.

"It is very likely that the Japanese army intends to stick to the county seat and wait for reinforcements, after all, there are still Japanese troops in Hequ County and Biguan County, and there are three cavalry divisions of the puppet army, and the puppet army troops can be reinforced at any time, I think they know that our troops have no experience in attacking the city, so they will stick to the county seat."

Zhao Lin held a telescope and glanced at the county seat, and he expressed his opinion.

Sun Weiguo stood there and did not express any opinion, he held a telescope to observe the situation in the county.

At this time, people began to speak on the city wall, and a large iron horn was also exposed to everyone's sight.

"Captain Sun Weiguo of the First Reserve Regiment of China Listen, our captain Hideaki Okamoto knows that your Reserve First Regiment does not have any siege experience, although your troops have achieved the record of annihilating Japanese troops several times, but it is just a fluke, our Okamoto Shaozo has already issued an order to deploy only three infantry squadrons on the city wall, and our machine gun squadron will defend in the city. We, Okamoto Shaosa, firmly believe that an infantry squadron of the Imperial Japanese Army can fully cope with the attack of one of your battalions. ”

The very smooth Chinese dialect came from the tin loudspeaker, and when they heard the words of the little devil, many soldiers of the first regiment of the reserve could be said to be excited.

Where had they been provoked like this, and after a while, the three deputy battalion commanders came to Sun Weiguo, and they came to ask Sun Weiguo to give an attack order on behalf of the battalion commanders.

"Regiment commander, give us a battalion of base artillery support, we promise to enter the county within an hour, one of their infantry squadrons wants to single-handedly challenge our battalion, the little devil is so arrogant that there is no boundary, one of our battalions dares to fight one of their brigades."

Liu Jingnuan, deputy commander of the first battalion, stood in front of Sun Weiguo, and he said in an excited tone.

"The little devil is just underwhelmed, the regiment commander, our second battalion is ready, you have issued a combat order, you can't let us watch the little devil provoke here, they have a brigade stationed in the county, we will eat them."

Wang Tieniu, deputy commander of the second battalion, said even more anxiously, he was eager to immediately attack the county seat.

"Sun Weiguo, the commander of the First Reserve Regiment of China, listen, our captain knows that you can hear our shouts. Your people are a group of pigs, and our captain said that if we deploy three infantry squadrons on the city wall and you still don't dare to attack, then we will deploy three infantry squadrons on the city wall, and you cowards are nothing more than that. ”

At this time, the city wall once again sounded the little devil's fluent Chinese, and the little devil was still provocative.

Hearing the words of the little devil this time, even a very calm officer like Huang Guohua, the deputy commander of the third battalion, was a little angry.

"Interesting, this little devil is not simple, he called Tian Wu, the company commander of the engineer company, over. LI JIAXIN, SIX 82MM MORTARS AND EIGHT 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS WERE DEPLOYED IMMEDIATELY, I WANT TO SEE IF THE LITTLE DEVIL JUST DEPLOYED AN INFANTRY SQUADRON ON THE CITY WALL. ”

Sun Weiguo looked at Li Jiaxin beside him and ordered, and at the same time, a herald quickly returned to the regiment headquarters.

After a while, Tian Wu, the company commander of the engineer company, quickly rushed over.

"Tian Wu, it is very likely that the Japanese army has set up a minefield, and the artillery will shell the city wall for a while, you take someone over to take a look, if there is a minefield, withdraw it immediately, don't be careless, this little devil is not simple."

After seeing Tian Wu arrive, Sun Weiguo said softly.