"Regiment commander, the devil has come back to help, two infantry brigades, a cavalry brigade, and a field artillery squadron, with a total strength of nearly 3,000 people, all of whom were drawn from the Central Route Army!" As soon as the reconnaissance company commander Tang Guangxin rushed into the front enemy headquarters, he reported, with an excited face!

"The commander of the Devil Division is worthy of being a lieutenant general who has fought for more than ten years, cautious, decisive, and has a view ......of the overall situation," Wang Ping couldn't help but sigh with emotion, although this was a compliment to the opponent, he still did not hesitate to praise the words that he could think of in his head.

"And very cunning!" The commissar next to him added.

"Nearly 3,000 troops were drawn at a time, but he didn't draw people from the left and right sweeping troops, and all of them were drawn from the powerful middle route army. In this way, although there are many fewer guards around him, the big net that encircles and suppresses us is still indestructible, and there are no loopholes for us to drill! ”

Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong said: "And our operation tonight, the pressure on all sides has not been reduced at all!" ”

"Don't be afraid!" Wang Ping replied confidently.

"Tonight's operation, I never thought that the devil would transfer troops......"

After speaking, Wang Ping walked to the map and asked, "Chief of Staff, the devil will be able to come outside Xiangfen City at noon today, and our troops are all in place!" ”

Zhong Chenggong did not answer immediately, but confirmed again: "Regiment leader, do you really plan to defend the city?" ”

"Originally, I was going to fight with the little devil in the street, but the street fight had already been used when I was guarding Linfen, and it also made the devil suffer a big loss. I'm sure that if you use street fighting again this time, the devil will definitely not be fooled. So it was decided to defend the city directly! Wang Ping did not hide his thoughts.

"With so many devils killing into our base area, we have to consume them almost to the point that they will take the initiative to end this encirclement and suppression operation!"

"Also, the devils have killed all the way, and the damage to our base area is really too great, and many villages have been burned to ashes by them. Therefore, this anti-encirclement and suppression operation must end as soon as possible and force the devils to withdraw from our base areas. Not surprisingly, tonight's decisive battle and the afternoon's battle to defend the city were the turning points in this anti-encirclement and suppression operation. Fight well, tomorrow at dawn, the little devil will obediently withdraw from the army! ”

Thinking of the regiment commander's decision to fight with the devils in Xiangfen City, political commissar Huang Yuanqiang was also worried, but he finally chose to support.

The street battle in Linfen was also won by the regiment commander who repeatedly insisted on fighting, and finally won.

Now that Wang Ping is so insistent, although Huang Yuanqiang is very hesitant and worried, he finally chooses to support the head of the regiment.

Before, Wang Ping had not revealed to everyone how to defend the city, but now that the devils are about to be killed, there is definitely no need to continue to hide it. And he needed Wang Ping to come up with more reasons and ideas to increase his confidence in fighting this battle, and reminded after hesitating.

"But the devil has heavy artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and aircraft support. In broad daylight, I had a hard time with them, don't tiger teeth are not pulled out, but I am eaten by the tiger in one bite! ”

"The devils haven't touched our main force for so long, they definitely want us to defend the city and fight them a decisive battle!"

Wang Ping quickly explained: "Political commissar, you said that all those threats exist, and they are all fatal advantages of devils against us. ”

"But don't forget, whether it's fighting with devils during the day, or at night, or the night battles and sports battles that we are good at, we have to face these advantages of them."

"Sports warfare, night warfare, if we want to consume the devils and make them feel pain, we must take the initiative to attack. Compared with taking the initiative to attack, defending the city may cause us fewer casualties, and the losses caused to the devils are even greater! ”

"Our casualties are small, and the devil's losses are large, which is a key reason why I decided to defend the city here!"

Huang Yuanqiang nodded in agreement, but after a few seconds, he found another problem.

"Commander, under the same circumstances, I must be the same as you, more inclined to defend the city! As long as there are strong enough fortifications and sufficient ammunition reserves, the defense battle is well fought, and it is definitely possible to inflict very heavy casualties on the opponent, and even directly force the opponent to retreat! ”

"However, our next battle to defend the city is to fight during the day, and the devils will definitely send planes to attack us from the air!"

"If it's defending the city at night, I also have the confidence to fight the devil!"

A smile suddenly flashed on Wang Ping's face, and then he replied: "I also want to fight at night, but the crux of the problem is that the devils are afraid of our night battle, and it is impossible to go out at night, let alone take the initiative to attack us!" ”

Then the conversation changed and he added: "As for the issue of the planes that fight the little devils during the day...... Don't worry, Commissar, I already have a solution! ”

Seeing that the head of the regiment said so confidently, Huang Yuanqiang could only let go of the worries in his heart and gritted his teeth to answer.

"In that case, Commander, I'll go crazy with you this afternoon~"

Zhong Chenggong looked at the conversation between the two, directly revealing a stunned expression, and then exclaimed.

"The head of the regiment, the commissar...... You're all crazy......"

During the morning's march, the troops did not come under any sneak attack, and Lieutenant General Ito did not hear even a single shot.

Almost all the high-ranking officers of the Central Route Army believed that the imperial army was outside Xiangfen City, there were tanks and heavy artillery, and the Eighth Route Army guarding Xiangfen City would definitely flee from the wind and have no time to sneak attack them.

"Division commander, although the Eighth Route Army has strong combat effectiveness, it has never fought tough battles face-to-face with the imperial army, and in order to avoid the attack of our aircraft, it basically does not fight with us during the day. There is still an hour before we can reach the outside of Xiangfen City, and the time is exactly one o'clock in the afternoon, and the Eighth Route Army will definitely not choose to fight us at this time. ”

"Judging from the humble position, Xiangfen County must be an empty city now, just waiting for us to occupy it."

Lieutenant General Ito shook his head and replied, "Not necessarily!" ”

"Have you forgotten the experience of Linfen City? Linfen City is also considered by us to be an empty city. But as a result, the Eighth Route Army lurked a large number of elite troops in the city, and the loss of one of our brigades in a single battle was even greater than the loss we had in launching a large-scale encirclement and suppression on the frontal battlefield! ”

"Xiangfen City is very small, and there is no large enough area for street fighting, so it is very unlikely that the Eighth Route Army will use Xiangfen City to fight street battles with us. But. I always felt that it was impossible for the new regiment to hand over Xiangfen City to us so easily. We will definitely have a fierce battle in Xiangfen City! ”

"Bang bang bang...... Dadada......"

The troops walked forward for another half an hour, and when they could already see the city wall of Xiangfen City with binoculars, a series of gunshots suddenly came from the forward troops.

"Sir, the forward troops report that they have encountered the blocking force of the Eighth Route Army outside Xiangfen City......"

"They are organizing troops to attack as a way to test the opponent's strength and equipment!"

"The new mess is crazy...... Are they really going to fight us in broad daylight to defend the city? The chief of staff was stunned for a moment, and exclaimed with an incredulous expression.

Lieutenant General Ito was much calmer and ordered directly: "Speed up the troops and rush to the battlefield as soon as possible...... Regardless of whether Xiangfen is held by the Eighth Route Army or not, we must take Xiangfen before dark and spend the night in the city! ”

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