The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 558 Depends on long-term interests (second update)

Flames splashed, smoke billowed, and more than a dozen soldiers hiding behind the battlements fell down in an instant.

The squad leader was heartbroken, staring at a pair of big red eyes and ordered urgently: "It's a sudden artillery attack, everyone quickly hide... Get down... Boom..."

Before the order was finished, the second round of shells had already fallen from the sky.

Within the field of vision, another dozen soldiers were blown over, and fell to the ground without moving.

The other Japanese and puppet troops hurriedly got down, but the top of the city was bare, and there was not even a bunker to hide in.

The only way for the Japanese and puppet troops to avoid artillery fire was to lie down, but they could not completely avoid the fragments of shells flying overhead. As long as the bullets hit them close enough, even the most common shells would still kill them.

Half a minute later, the sudden artillery fire coverage stopped abruptly, the sound of machine gun fire outside the city also stopped, and the attacking troops disappeared from the sight of the Japanese and puppet troops at the same time.

The leader of the devil squad didn't know what the Eighth Route Army's purpose was, and while ordering the troops to strengthen their guard, he reported the situation to the garrison headquarters...

An hour later, Deng Jingye and his troops appeared outside the south gate.

"You must guard the east gate for me, and don't give the Eighth Route Army any chance!"

"General, Wangdu County is at stake and may be captured by the Eighth Route Army at any time...Compared with the Qinggang stronghold, it is more dangerous there...Or we should change the attack target, first attack Wangdu County, and then attack the Qinggang stronghold."

The fourth company commander immediately came over: "Commander, why don't we stop fighting..."

Clenching his fists, he began to curse: "Tell the garrison in the east of the city... from now on, we must strengthen our vigilance, and be prepared to defend against artillery at any time!"

"Baga..." The captain's eyes were red with heartache.

At this time, no matter how stupid the captain was, he knew that the Eighth Route Army outside the city had no strength to conquer the county town, and was consuming a large amount of troops inside the city through artillery raids.

Outside the north gate of Wangdu County, all the light and heavy machine guns brought by the troops had been fired, and the feint attacking troops also rushed out, but the number of Japanese and puppet troops stationed at the top of the city did not increase. There were only three machine guns and ten or twenty rifles firing.

Without being reminded by the adjutant, he ordered with a calm face: "Contact all the city defense troops immediately. From now on, the troops at the head of the city cannot exceed 30 people. The more dispersed the formation, the better, so as to reduce the losses of the troops in the artillery raid of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Twenty shells were exchanged for the lives of more than a dozen Japanese and puppet soldiers. We can still afford this deal!"

The moment the telephone soldier grabbed the receiver, everyone in the headquarters looked at him.

"Let the artillery company continue to fire...but change the previous five rounds of rapid artillery fire to two rounds!"

The captain still didn't nod: "Wait a little longer..."

"As long as the headquarters restricts the strength of the troops at the top of the city, no matter how fierce the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army raids us, the loss of troops will be within a controllable range!"

"You can't just use artillery in a siege battle. Without the cooperation of infantry, no amount of artillery can capture Wangdu County!"

The commander of the Japanese Army Garrison Command in Wangdu County was also taken aback by the surprise attack in the east of the city.

"Dozens of shells only exchanged the lives of a dozen Japanese and puppet soldiers. It's a loss!"

The adjutant looked at the captain and suddenly interrupted: "Sir, judging from the sound of the exchange of fire just now, the siege troops have very strong firepower. Nine mortars have been dispatched, and a large number of light and heavy machine guns are participating in the battle, but their strength does not seem to be many!"

A staff officer flattered and said: "The Eighth Route Army will definitely take the opportunity to enter the city and capture the county..."

There was an artillery raid of the same scale in the three firefights, and each artillery attack caused nearly 50 casualties to the city defense forces.

The adjutant confirmed his judgment even more, and hoped that the captain would limit the troops at the top of the city and reduce the losses of the city defense forces in the artillery raid.

"No, let's continue our feint attack on Wangdu County!" Deng Jingye replied after thinking for a while.

The attack they encountered was exactly the same as that of the East Gate.

"Since the devils feel that we are wasting their strength, then continue to feint!"

"No..." Major General Zhang Gu put down the telegram asking for help, looked at the sand table and replied calmly.

"No..." The captain refused without hesitation.

"There is always only one platoon of soldiers at the head of the city... Five rounds of artillery shells hit the past, and it is not bad to kill a squad of Japanese and puppet troops!"

At 1 o'clock in the morning, there was also the sound of intensive firefights at Ximen, which also lasted for [-] minute and then stopped.

Deng Jingye frowned immediately, and shook his head to analyze: "It's not right, the little devils should have seen the real purpose of our wanting to consume their troops!"

At the beginning, they used firepower to raid the top of the city, and then dispatched infantry to feign an attack. After forcing all the Japanese and puppet troops to the top of the city, five rounds of artillery shells roared in, exhausting their strength.

"We have to guard against the captain's worries... Just to be prudent, we should continue to defend the city!"

"After the devils are completely relieved, they suddenly launch a general attack and catch them by surprise..."

"What if your guess is wrong, and the Eighth Route Army takes advantage of the fact that we don't have enough troops on the top of the city and suddenly launches a general attack?"

"Send another telegram to Baoding City: Wangdu County has been attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The opponent is equipped with a large number of mortars and light and heavy machine guns, but the troops are insufficient!"

"The Eighth Route Army's feigned attack on the city is just your guess, without any real evidence!"

Just as he was about to send someone to check the situation, the sound of firefighting stopped, and then the phone of the headquarters rang.

"We can do whatever we want!"

"I will send 50 people from the reserve team to reinforce them..."

"The city defense force has suffered nearly 200 casualties. Please send troops to reinforce us as soon as possible from the brigade headquarters!"

"As long as the offensive is strong enough, there is still a high chance of breaking into the city!"

"It's very likely that the Eighth Route Army did this on purpose to make us feel that they were bluffing and reducing the troops at the top of the city... Then they suddenly launched a general attack and caught us off guard!"

There were not many defenders in Wangdu County, and more than 50 people were lost at once. Although it was not to the point of injury, it was still a huge loss.

An hour later, there was also the sound of intensive firefighting at the south gate of Wangdu County, which lasted less than a minute before completely stopping.

"But they killed 29 people in the artillery raid just now, seriously injured 11 people, and more than ten people were slightly injured, 16 of whom were from the imperial army..."

After 1 minute, I put down the microphone and watched the team leader nervously report: "Sir... the Eighth Route Army attacking the garrison in the east of the city has retreated!"

Baoding Japanese Army Brigade Headquarters, after reading the telegram for help from Wangdu County, the deputy subconsciously wanted to change the action plan that the brigade head had decided.

"I think the real purpose of the Eighth Route Army outside the city's attack on the county seat is to surprise us and consume our troops, not to attack the city..."

"We can't just look at the short-term interests and ignore the long-term interests!"

"Taking back the Qinggang stronghold is not only related to the safety of Baoding, but also related to the safety of all materials, weapons and ammunition going south, and even more related to whether the many garrisons in North China can get ammunition supplies in time, and there is no room for any mistakes!"

"In the face of the big situation, it doesn't matter if Wangdu County is lost!"

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