In Baode County, four infantry squadrons were deployed by Hideaki Okamoto on the four walls of the county seat, and machine gun squadrons were also scattered on the city walls.

A Japanese second lieutenant fluent in Chinese was constantly provoking through a tin horn, and the Japanese seemed eager for the 1st Reserve Regiment to launch a quick attack.

The headquarters of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army was located in the center of the county, which was originally the seat of the county government.

In the headquarters of the Japanese army, Hideaki Okamoto, who was wearing the uniform of the Japanese army, listened to the report of the signal corps sent by the four infantry squadrons.

Knowing that the Chinese forces still did not attack, Hideaki Okamoto couldn't help but show a little puzzled expression on his face, and he glanced at the map.

"Continue to provoke the Chinese troops, we must let them lose their minds and launch a fierce attack, and in addition, notify the fourth squadron stationed at the North City Gate, let them reconnoiter the movements of the China troops outside the city, and the China troops will definitely deploy troops on the outskirts of the North City Gate to intercept us."

After looking at the map for a while, Hideaki Okamoto immediately began to give orders.

What he did was carried out according to the plan of Kunomura Momoyo, and Hideaki Okamoto also knew that Hotoku Prefecture was definitely going to give up.

However, the Japanese army deployed a minefield outside Baode County, and Hideaki Okamoto hoped that by provoking the Chinese troops, the Chinese troops would attack, thereby inflicting heavy casualties on the Chinese troops, but so far, the Chinese troops still have no intention of taking the bait, which surprised Hideaki Okamoto.

"Your Excellency, Captain Wing, I am Hideaki Okamoto, at present, the main force of the first regiment of the reserve of China has begun to assemble outside Baode County, but so far they have not attacked the county seat, they seem to be waiting for something, now the county town has been surrounded by the Zhina troops on three sides, the only gap is at the North City Gate, but I estimate that the China Army will definitely ambush and ambush us at the North City Gate."

When Hideaki Okamoto pondered why the 1st Regiment had not launched an attack for a long time, the 13th Wing called Momoyo Naganomura, and Hideaki Okamoto hurriedly picked up the microphone and made a report on the situation in Hotoku County.

Although the first reserve regiment besieged the county seat of Baode County, the various units did not cut off the contact between the Japanese troops in accordance with Sun Weiguo's order.

Sun Weiguo's idea was very simple, if he really couldn't defeat the county town that the Japanese army was holding, he could still use the Japanese army in the county town as a bait to attract Japanese reinforcements and concentrate his forces to fight Japanese reinforcements, so he would not cut off the connection between the Japanese army.

But Sun Weiguo would not have thought that Nagashima Momoyo of the 13th Wing of the Japanese Army was not an ordinary Japanese commander, and now Kunomura Momoyo could communicate directly with Hideaki Okamoto by phone, which was very conducive to Kunomura Momoyo's direct command of the operation.

"The troops will hold on until noon and withdraw from the county, I will send the Mongolian cavalry division to assist you in breaking through, Okamoto-kun, please be sure to carry out the operation according to my plan, the troops will have certain losses, but we will bring greater losses to Sun Weiguo's troops, the second brigade stationed in Hequ County has begun to move, and they will be stationed in the preset position before noon."

Momoyo Kunomura encouraged Hideaki Okamoto on the phone, and he asked Hideaki Okamoto to follow his plan.

"Hey, Wing Commander, I'll definitely follow your battle plan." Hideaki Okamoto readily agreed.

The two ended the conversation, and Hideaki Okamoto looked out with a pensive expression on his face.

"To continue to provoke the Chinese troops, we must let them hurry up and attack, notify the transport squadron, and prepare for evacuation."

After Hideaki Okamoto pondered for a while, he began to give orders, and the signal soldiers in the brigade headquarters began to walk out, and they quickly conveyed Hideaki Okamoto's orders to the devil soldiers on the front line.

"It seems that Sun Weiguo, the commander of the first regiment of the reserve of China, is a turtle with a shrunken head, he does not dare to let a battalion of the Chinese army fight with one of our infantry squads, the officers and soldiers of the first regiment of the reserve of China, you should quickly lay down your arms and surrender, as long as you choose to surrender, the imperial army can guarantee the safety of your lives. Anyway, you don't have the guts to attack the city, so I advise you to surrender as soon as possible. ”

On the south gate of Baode County, the second lieutenant of the Japanese army who knew Chinese was constantly provoking.

The officers and soldiers of the first reserve regiment can be said to be full of anger, if it were not for the strong discipline of the first reserve regiment, I am afraid that these soldiers would have started to operate a long time ago, but Sun Weiguo did not give the order to attack, and the soldiers could only endure in the starting position.

"Platoon commander, why hasn't the attack order been issued yet, where has our troops suffered such a, the little devil really doesn't know how thick the sky is, the 109th Division has suffered heavy losses by us, this time the 26th Division dares to call us out, according to me, just attack it directly, destroy this little devil, let them dare to call us like this."

The second battalion was deployed on the departure position at the South City Gate, and a squad leader with a submachine gun and an angry expression on his face came to the platoon commander and said.

"The order given by the regiment commander, you kid dare to disobey, isn't the battalion commander honestly listening to the provocation of the little devil? Go back and wait, the regiment commander is the master who does not suffer, and sooner or later the regiment commander will give the order to attack. The platoon commander took a puff of his cigarette and said in a calm tone.

AS SOON AS HIS WORDS FELL, THE SOUND OF ARTILLERY BEGAN TO SOUND, AND EIGHT 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS OF THE ARTILLERY COMPANY AND NINE 82MM MORTARS OF THE THREE MACHINE GUN COMPANIES BEGAN TO FIRE AT THE SAME TIME, AND ONE SHELL AFTER ANOTHER BEGAN TO HIT THE CITY WALL.

One grenade after another smashed accurately on the city wall, and a small number of devil soldiers who did not pay attention to concealment were injured and killed, but most of the hidden devil soldiers did not suffer much damage, but the shooting of the cannonballs suppressed the devil soldiers.

Tian Wu led an engineer platoon to advance cautiously, and the sappers cautiously tested with wooden sticks, and the engineer company was very short of professional equipment.

The engineers undertook many tasks, such as laying mines and clearing mines, building bridges and building positions, but even the engineers in the Japanese army lacked professional equipment, not to mention the engineer units of the Eighth Route Army.

Fortunately, Tian Wu was born as a college student, and after some discussion with Sun Weiguo, he found some local ways to replace it.

"There's a minefield ahead, so be careful." Tian Wu's wooden stick touched the hard mine, and he hurriedly shouted.

The mines set up by the Japanese soldiers need to be suppressed with sufficient force to be detonated, and the slightest touch of a wooden stick will not detonate the mine.

Tian Wu immediately lay on the ground, and he began to clear mines according to the method taught to him by Sun Weiguo.

After digging out a mine, Tian Wu received an order from Sun Weiguo to evacuate, and he immediately left the minefield with the engineer platoon.