"Zhao Shanhe, how are you preparing?"

At half past four in the morning, before dawn comes, the darkest time of the day, and the time when people are most asleep.

At this time, in the county seat of Sanqiao County, the lights were dim, there was silence, and occasionally a few dog barks were heard, which seemed very clear.

Zhang Qingshan took the second and third battalions of the assault regiment to the forest about a mile outside the east gate of Sanqiao County, and after meeting with the people of the assault company, the first thing he said when he saw Zhao Shanhe was that he was concerned about whether they were ready to blow up the section of the city wall in front of them, after all, this was related to whether the city wall could be directly broken and whether it was a key place to reduce casualties.

"Commander, I've been ready for a long time, just waiting for your words. ”

Zhang Qingshan nodded with satisfaction, took out his pocket watch, looked at the time, and ordered Zhao Shanhe: "The feint attack is about to start, and it will inevitably wake up the enemy at that time. ”

"Yes!"

Looking at Zhao Shanhe, who soon disappeared into the night, Zhang Qingshan touched his pocket watch with his right hand, but prayed in his heart that this battle must be smooth...... The general arrangement of the combat plan was as follows: While the 4th Battalion stayed behind in Qinglong Mountain, it sent a company and Pigeon Mountain men and horses to join up with the Guerrilla Brigade of Renxian County to attack Tongren County at 5 o'clock this morning. Once the county seat was captured, the county seat was handed over to the management of the county guerrilla brigade, and the first company and the pigeon mountain men and horses set up an ambush on the only main road between Tongren County and Sanqiao County in the northeast direction to block the little devils who had been defeated by Sanqiao County.

The operational plan for attacking the county seat of Sanqiao County was as follows: The guerrilla brigade of Sanqiao County drew 50 men and made a feint attack on the north gate of the county seat at 4:30 a.m. At the same time, the county guerrilla brigade and 200 people drawn from various militia squads in the county formed a force of 300 men and set up an ambush on the main road southeast of the county seat, blocking both reinforcements and the defeated enemy in the county seat of Sanqiao County.

At 4:50, the 1st Battalion launched a half-truth feint attack on the west gate of the county town - it was necessary to make the little devils think that they were the main force and were really attacking the county seat, in order to confuse the enemy and disturb his judgment.

At five o'clock, the assault regiment blew up the eastern section of the county seat (the original plan was to blow up the east gate of the county seat, but now it has been slightly modified and changed to a section of the city wall more than 40 meters south of the east gate of the county town - the secret passage is here). Immediately, the second and third battalions of the assault regiment broke into the county as the main force of this battle...... Attack on three sides, first fake, then half-true, and then true, this can be regarded as learning the means used by the little devil when he attacked Qinglong Mountain, but the first two times were feints, and the last was a thunderous blow. Not for anything else, just to confuse the little devil so that he can't tell the true direction of the assault regiment's main attack.

Then, the assault company attacked the northern part of the Little Devil Barracks (the back gate of the Little Devil Barracks), and the third battalion attacked the southern part of the Little Devil Barracks (the main entrance of the Little Devil Barracks). The second battalion attacked the west gate section of the county town and joined up with the first battalion outside the city to contain the enemy...... Eventually, everyone met at the Little Devil Barracks.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon, it came to 4:30.

"Hit!"

"Bang, bang, bang......"

"Da! da! da......"

At the sound of an order, gunshots suddenly rang out outside the north gate section of Sanqiao County, instantly breaking the tranquility of the county.

The county guerrilla brigade that feinted was small in number, and the sound of rifles was not dense, but the only light machine gun was particularly prominent.

Interestingly, because the enemy blocked the north gate, so only a small number of men and horses were sent to guard here, after hearing the gunshots, they immediately seemed a little panicked, and then, after a few guys shouted in Chinese, "The assault regiment is coming to attack us, quickly return fire", the people on the city wall panicked and returned fire - it turned out that the guards of this section of the city wall were all two devils.

However, because of the darkness, the number of people on both sides is small, and there are some signs of tacit understanding in the fight, but it seems that the two sides are fighting very resolutely and lively: if you don't attack the city, I won't go down to the city, everyone shoots at each other, and it is the past to deal with it. Of course, the second devil immediately reported to the little devil and asked for an increase in troops, which would definitely exaggerate the number of attackers at the North Gate.

And the choice between 'scaring the snake' and 'raiding', there was a lot of controversy within the assault group at that time.

The disadvantage of startling the snake is naturally that it alarms the enemy and cannot achieve the purpose of a surprise attack.

The advantage is that on the premise of using their own sufficient troops, they can divert the main force of the little devils, so that the main force of the assault regiment can attack smoothly.

The advantage of a raid is that it can catch the enemy off guard and achieve the purpose of attacking the county.

The disadvantage is that although a section of the city wall can be successfully blown up, so as to smoothly attack the county, but, according to the fierce combat style of the little devil, it is bound not to collapse without fighting spirit as soon as the city wall is broken like the two devils, that is to say, it is bound to form a street battle with the main force of a commando regiment - among all conventional offensive and defensive battles, street fighting is the most brutal and has the largest casualty rate.

In the end, Zhang Qingshan made a decision and chose the former, because he gave a very firm reason: Can the assault company blend into the city......? In the end, the assault company naturally chose to be able to! Although up to now, the assault company has not been mixed into the city, but because of the existence of secret passages, it is more suitable to achieve the purpose of blowing up a section of the city wall. Therefore, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no matter how perfect the plan is, it cannot catch up with the changes, and no matter how powerful the commander is, he cannot compare to luck. That's why many commanders say: Winning a battle requires one-quarter strength, one-quarter deployment, and one-half luck.

Sure enough!

As soon as the gunshots rang out, there was a cacophony of Japanese and Chinese mixed in the county.

Soon, the originally scarce firelight on the city wall was also added with several times more torches, which illuminated the city wall extraordinarily brightly. Zhang Qingshan and the others can even distinguish with the naked eye those who are little devils and those who are two devils on the opposite city wall. If you have better eyesight, you can see the barrel sticking out of the battlement.

Clear 4:40!

Just when the defenders on the other three city walls were glad that the assault group did not attack them, and relaxed a little, with Liu Bing's order, a battalion launched a half-truth fire attack on the west gate of the county seat.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Three shells exploded on the walls of the West Gate...... In order to confuse the enemy, it is necessary not only to make a big noise, but also to increase the attack of the first battalion, so Zhang Qingshan specially allocated three small steel cannons to the first battalion - in everyone's perception at that time, many people believed that in such an offensive and defensive battle, the place where the shells landed was the main attack of the attacker (although I also wonder why people at the time thought so, but many sources show that this is the case. The second reason is that it was precisely because the shells were expensive that the warlords at that time would not use them when they were fighting with each other...... Such a long time has created this kind of perception for everyone. After all, as soon as the cannonball went off, there were 10,000 taels of gold, which was definitely a true portrayal of the weakness of the country at that time. ）

Therefore, when the three shells exploded on the city wall, the two devils on the city wall immediately panicked. Some people were at least 30 meters away from the shells, but they slipped more actively than those who were nearby; some people were obviously not injured by the bombing, but they had to pretend that they were about to be finished, rolling and wailing all over the ground, which not only made the people watching anxious, but also affected the resistance of others; and some basic officers, such as squad leaders and platoon commanders, were extremely depressed and faced with two choices: they could either be shot and killed by their subordinates indiscriminately, or they could take their subordinates to fire en masse. Especially when the second and third waves of shells fall and explode, this profile is particularly prominent.

In the entire section of the West City, there were wailing and screaming almost everywhere, and there were figures running in a panic everywhere...... In this case, it is like the end of the world, and the instincts of human nature such as timidity, fear, and evasion are brought into full play, and there is no need to attack again with a battalion, just climb the city wall to capture prisoners and break the city.

However, at this critical moment, the quality, ability and experience of the little devils are displayed: a team of about 30 little devils, climbing the city wall, ignoring the bombardment of shells, constantly roaring, smashing the butts of guns, and even beating and kicking along the way, are very ferocious to deal with the two devils, which is in stark contrast to the fear of death and panic of the two devils.

However, I don't know if it's because the translator on the side shouted, "We have the support of the city wall, as long as we hide behind the city wall, we can kill them, what are you afraid of?", or the two devils are afraid of the little devils in their hearts, and this fear seems to be infected in the bones. Under the maintenance of the little devils, the two devils didn't dare to play tricks, so they had to hide behind the wall with their guns, praying that God would bless them to live safely.

For a while, it gradually stabilized. Even if the shells are still exploding, even if they are terrified to death, no one dares to escape. It can be seen how spineless these two devils are, and how afraid of the little devils are in their hearts...... Of course, this is also related to the large number of second devils who came up later.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

"Da! da! da......"

After all, it's not the real main attack, even if it's assigned to three small steel cannons, but there aren't many shells, so you have to save a little, wait a minute, you have to continue to drop bombs on the little devil's head. As a result, the small steel cannons only fired in a few waves before they had to stop for a while and fire at the city walls with rifles and light machine guns.

I don't know if it's because there are more little devils around me, or because the shells have stopped, or because I feel safe hiding behind the wall, anyway, as soon as the shells of the small steel cannon stopped, in the roar of the little devils, under the warning of the sharp eyes of the little devils around them, and under the loud cheering of everyone by the translator, the two devils had to stretch out their guns and shoot back outside the city.

After fighting for a while, maybe it was because they saw that the other party did not directly attack the city, but just shot at each other, and these two devils actually fought more and more steadily, and they felt more and more safe in their hearts...... This was mainly because it was too dark for everyone to see each other, so they had to shoot at the place where the tongue of fire erupted, or where the fire flashed. As for whether it can hit the other side or not, only God knows.

Zhang Qingshan listened to the gunshots, held his pocket watch in his right hand, and silently calculated the enemy's firepower: an excellent veteran can judge the approximate number of the opponent by the intensity of the firepower.

"Commander, it's almost time, it's time to start. ”

Zhang Qingshan opened his pocket watch, looked at it, nodded to Zhao Shanhe, who was looking at him with burning eyes, and said, "Start the general attack!"

"Yes!"

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