"Nani? Already lost two squadrons of troops? ”

Hearing this, Jio Sato was taken aback, his expression was stunned, and then he said incredulously.

"It's only been less than fifteen minutes, and you've actually lost two squadrons of troops?"

The chief of staff of the 9th Brigade, Kenjiro Kawaguchi, nodded, and said helplessly: "The defenders of the Independent Regiment outside the East Gate City do not seem to have many troops, but they have built a circular defensive position on the periphery of the moat. ”。

"Brigade commander, look!!"

As he spoke, Kenjiro Kawaguchi pointed to the defensive position held by the third battalion and one company of the Independent Regiment, and said with a solemn expression: "The defensive position constructed by the enemy is in a wavy shape, and the two wings that are constantly protruding and the defensive trenches in them are very easy to exert the machine gun fire that protrudes the two wings. ”。

"Due to the close proximity of the engagement, the artillery fire of the two artillery squadrons belonging to the brigade could not provide effective artillery support to the more than 3,000 imperial troops of the 19th Infantry Wing, which was responsible for attacking the east gate, in such a close combat situation."

"In this way, casualties will inevitably increase!"

Haruo Sato is not blind, of course, he saw how tricky it was to see the position defended by the three battalions and one company of the independent regiment guarding outside the East Gate.

I have to say that the defensive positions of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army are not many levels higher than the fortifications built by the Jin Sui Army and the Gui Army.

But for Sato, it's very uncomfortable.

Who would have thought that Tubalu would actually defend the city and play so slippery?

At this time, the rumbling sound of guns brought the silent Jio Sato back to reality.

"The casualties are too fast!"

Sato Jio was silent for half a minute, and then gritted his teeth and said: "The enemy artillery fire counterattacked in the city, blowing up the follow-up troops of the siege. ”。

"If this fight continues, the casualties of the 19th Infantry Wing will be too great."

Kenjiro Kawaguchi stubbornly continued to suggest: "Brigade commander, you must withdraw for the time being. ”。

"For another fifteen minutes, I'm afraid it won't be the loss of two squadrons."

When Haruo Sato heard this, he couldn't help but look at the hillside in front of Nakamura Zhenxiong's headquarters in the rear.

I saw that the figure of Zhenxiong Nakamura was vaguely visible.

"Order the siege troops to retreat slowly, and send someone to report to Nakamura Zhenxiong, saying that the casualties of the 19th Infantry Wing are too fast, and they must be withdrawn first, let the artillery carry out heavy artillery fire, and clear the fire points of the enemy troops defending the city."

Haruo Sato gritted his teeth, and then ordered Kenjiro Kawaguchi.

"Yes, brigade commander, I will immediately send someone to report to His Excellency the General!!"

Kenjiro Kawaguchi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately paused.

Jio Sato nodded, but his face was of course not good-looking now.

Kenjiro Kawaguchi hurriedly sent someone to report to Nakamura Zhenxiong, and at the same time sent troops to order the 19th Infantry Wing of the devil who attacked the east gate to slowly withdraw from the battle, of course, under the cover of artillery fire.

"Boom, boom!!"

Soon, the artillery fire covering the slow retreat of the besieging devil troops fiercely shelled the defensive position of Ning Yi's headquarters of the third battalion and one company of the independent regiment, and the explosion was a continuous artillery smoke.

It is now between 10:30 and less than 40 a.m., and the weather is good during the day.

The artillery bombardment of the devils, Li Yunlong, who was watching the battle from the eight-story roof of the East Gate City, said solemnly.

"Damn, the little devils still have a lot of artillery!"

Li Yunlong muttered to himself with a solemn face.

"Commander, look, the devils are retreating!"

Suddenly, Wei Dayong, the guard standing beside Li Yunlong, had a good look in his eyes, pointed to the army of devils who were attacking the city outside the East Gate and was slowly retreating, and immediately shouted.

Li Yunlong immediately held up the binoculars and took a look.

"Hey, it's really retreating!"

Li Yunlong laughed, knowing that the devil could not withstand the casualties of the siege, and this was to stop the siege temporarily.

"Order Wang Huaibao, command three battalions and one company, give me concentrated firepower to fight hard, and strive to leave some devils behind!"

Li Yunlong smiled at Wei Dayong.

"Yes, Captain!!"

Wei Dayong also smiled, directly picked up the phone on the table of the command headquarters and directly sent the order to Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion.

Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, also saw it for the first time, and without waiting for Li Yunlong's order, he directly commanded Ning Yi to launch fire and shoot with all his strength through the field phone connected to the company.

Ning Yi also received a call from Wang Huaibao in the front-line position, and immediately commanded the troops to output full firepower.

"Da Da Da, Bang !!"

Under the command of Ning Yi, hundreds of soldiers of the three battalions and one company of the independent regiment on the defensive positions on the periphery of the moat outside the east gate concentrated all the light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenades in their hands, and fiercely fired at the devils who were slowly retreating.

Although the devils slowly retreated, Wang Chenghai, the commander of the artillery company of the independent regiment in the city, concentrated the artillery and mortars in his hands and dealt an artillery blow to the devils who were organizing the retreat, and cooperated with the defenders outside the city to carry out a fierce fire strike.

All of a sudden, the slowly retreating devils were chased and beaten by the artillery fire of the defenders, and they were bombed, and the casualties were heavy!

At this time, Nakamura Zhenxiong, who was holding a telescope on the hillside in front of the military tent headquarters to observe the siege, saw that the devil soldiers besieging the city were retreating, and immediately became angry, "Eight Geya Road, why did the siege troops withdraw?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the chief of staff, Kita Taijiro, was bowing his head and listening to the devil soldiers sent by Jio Sato report the reason for the retreat.

"yes, I see!"

Kita Taijiro waved his hand and waved his hand to the ghost soldiers who had ordered the retreat of the retreating ghost soldiers sent by Sato Hakuo to report that the siege was unfavorable, and then took a few steps forward to Nakamura Zhenxiong's side, and said in a condensed voice: "Division commander, Sato Osamu sent someone to report, The casualties of the 19th Infantry Wing besieging the city have been as high as two squadrons. ”。

"The enemy defending the city outside the east gate has too much firepower to quickly break through the enemy position, but will suffer too many casualties under the machine gun and artillery fire of the enemy defending the east gate."

When Nakamura Zheno heard this, he didn't wait for Kita Taijiro to continue his next words, and said angrily: "So Sato Haruo didn't wait for the order of the command headquarters, and ordered to stop the siege without permission?" ”。

"Yes, division commander!"

Kido Taijiro nodded and said helplessly.

"Hachigayalu, what is Jio Sato doing here?"

When Nakamura Zhenxiong heard this, he immediately said angrily: "How can there be no casualties in the siege? ”。

"I only lost two squadrons of troops, and you retreated for me?"

"This is the ...... of the Empire?"

Without waiting for Nakamura Zhenxiong to finish the last few words, a devil staff officer hurriedly arrived, ran up the hillside, and suddenly stood up in front of Nakamura Zhenxiong and Kita Taijiro: "Report to Your Excellency General, Chief of Staff, Okamoto, commander of the 15th Brigade, and the 15th Brigade launched a fierce attack on Liujiazhen at the same time. ”。

"Encountered a roundabout flank attack by the second battalion of the independent regiment defending Liujia Town, and the siege troops suffered heavy casualties."

After a pause, the devil staff officer continued to hurry, "The 15th Brigade has suffered more than 2,000 casualties!" ”

(End of chapter)

Lewen