The instructor continued to explain: "Before the troops were divided, Commander Kong promised us... In the next three months, no matter how many weapons and ammunition the garrison regiment seizes in Wangdu County, the main force of the regiment will not take a bullet or a rifle, and it will all belong to us!"
"Captain Kong also promised that as long as the guys have the ability, he won't care if the garrison is expanded to 3,000 people!"
"We must seize the time and unconditionally cooperate with the regiment commander to conquer Wangdu County, seize all the weapons and ammunition stored by the Japanese, expand the troops, and buy more training time for everyone!"
"At that time, we will also learn about the main force of the regiment...the regiment headquarters will be equipped with a mountain artillery company, the battalion will be equipped with a mortar company, the company will be equipped with a firepower platoon, and the platoon will be equipped with a firepower squad... Each main force battalion will be expanded into a reinforced battalion with a scale of 1,000 people! "
The commander of the fifth company was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. When the Duer Regiment was still the Duer Brigade, he was also the battalion commander, a veritable main battalion. As a result, the total number of troops in his hands was only more than 400, and he couldn't even think about mortars. Dare to imagine, it is only equipped with two heavy machine guns and five or six grenade launchers.
I didn't expect that when I became the battalion commander of the garrison, I would have the opportunity to control a thousand-man troop, with a mortar company and a counterweight machine gun platoon...
This is something he never dreamed of before, but now he has the opportunity to make his dream come true.
He immediately assured the political commissar: "Please rest assured, political commissar, the Second Battalion promises that we will not regret it..."
"As long as the regiment headquarters needs it, we can always join the fight!"
At the Japanese garrison headquarters in Wangdu County, the captain was looking at the telegram just sent from Baoding with a bitter look on his face, feeling disappointed and helpless!
Counting every Japanese in the city, even if all the guns were fired, there wouldn't be enough for 300 people.
Use this small amount of troops to defend the county town. As long as there are enough siege troops, no military god will be able to defeat you.
After reading the telegram three times, he ordered with a stern face: "The imperial army is insufficient in strength. We can only place our hope of protecting the county on the Chinese!"
"Pass my order. The police and special agents in the city will all be adapted by the imperial army and participate in the defense of the city!"
"Each city wall is guarded by an infantry squad and a company of the Imperial Alliance Army... All other troops are stationed at the headquarters for maneuver. No one can mobilize without my order!"
"Wangdu County will be under martial law throughout the city from today. No one can enter or leave without my order. Anyone who violates the order will be subject to military law!"
At eleven o'clock in the evening, more than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops were heading towards Wangdu County in the dark. Deng Jingye was walking in the middle of the team. After the ambush ended during the day, he had made up his mind.
Rest well outside the city tonight, and arrange for the troops to sneak into the city in squad units at dawn.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the city are insufficient. As long as two platoons of troops are available to respond, he is 80% sure of taking it down.
As a result, before the troops set off, he received bad news about martial law in Wangdu County.
The troops could not enter the city, and the internal and external pincer attack plan could only be terminated.
Deng Jingye could only retreat to the next best thing and continue to attack the county by force.
If Baoding ignores Wangdu County and does not send reinforcements here, the garrison is still more than 50% sure of winning.
As soon as it got dark, he took his troops and all the heavy equipment and rushed to the county town, trying to start the siege as soon as possible.
The problem of insufficient troops in Baoding is only temporary. Maybe in three days or five days, they will have enough troops to reinforce Wangdu County.
The sooner the garrison launches an attack, the greater the chance of capturing the county seat.
At one o'clock in the morning, Deng Jingye rushed outside Wangdu City, commanding the troops to set up artillery while observing the city.
The fourth company commander carefully came over and reminded: "Captain, we only have less than one company of troops here. You don't want to attack the city now!"
Deng Jingye did not put down the telescope he held in his hand. He observed and replied: "We really can't take down the county town, but we can consume the Japanese and puppet troops in the city and reduce the pressure for the general offensive!"
"There are less than three hundred little devils left in the city..."
"If we can kill more than a hundred of them through sneak attacks, there will be at most thirty or forty Japs left in each direction of the county. As long as the siege firepower is strong enough, we will definitely take them down!"
"I have sent someone to inform the political commissar that we will bring all the second and third battalions over in two days!"
"Everyone has only one mission in these two days: to eliminate as many Japanese and puppet troops as possible at the minimum cost."
"All mortars are aimed at the city head. After hearing the order to fire, each gun fires five rounds rapidly. After the shooting is completed, it moves to the next city gate!"
"The four companies attacked the city, set up all the light and heavy machine guns we brought, pointed them at the city, and made a posture that we were going to attack Wangdu County, and attracted all the Japanese and puppet troops stationed on the city wall to the city!"
"Everyone, hurry up... we will start taking action in twenty minutes..."
At the top of the city at the east gate of Wangdu County, a platoon of puppet troops and more than a dozen little devils were standing scattered on the top of the city. Some people were yawning, holding on to the sleepiness that kept coming, staring at the outside of the city with wide eyes. .
Some people just can't help it and seize every moment to squint their eyes to catch up on sleep.
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
Harsh gunshots suddenly rang out outside the city. Six or seven Japanese and puppet soldiers who stuck their heads out from the top of the city fell to the ground. The other Japanese and puppet soldiers quickly shrank their bodies behind the battlements and looked out of the city from the battlements. The rifles on board were already in their hands, and they were aiming towards the outside of the city through the battlements...
The machine gunner half-crouched behind the machine gun, opened the safety, pulled the bolt, held the handle of the gun with one hand, supported the magazine with the other, supported the butt of the gun with his shoulder, and looked out of the city through the sight of the machine gun, ready to shoot at any time.
"Dongdongdong..."
The sound of heavy machine gun fire sounded at the same time, and seven or eight tongues of machine gun fire suddenly appeared in the dark night. Some were long, some short, some thick, some thin. The flying bullets whizzed against the battlements, and the gravel flew...
Many bullets flew to the top of the city through the battlements, killing several Japanese and puppet troops.
"Baga... the enemy is attacking... someone is attacking us, fight back quickly!" The Japanese soldier Cao Chang who stayed at the top of the city shouted loudly. He pulled the trigger of the rifle at the same time. As for whether he hit the target, only God knows.
The garrison less than fifty meters away from the city wall was in chaos. The Japanese and puppet troops rushed out of the barracks in disheveled clothes, picked up their equipment and rushed towards the city.
The officers mixed in with the crowd were cursing as they ran, urging their men to speed up.
After a while, the Japanese and puppet troops at the top of the city surged to more than 140 people. The Japanese squad leader hid behind a battlement and observed the enemy's situation through the shooting hole.
Seven or eight light and heavy machine guns were aimed at the top of the city and fired wildly. Seventy or eighty Eighth Route Army soldiers held guns and formed a line of skirmishers to move towards the top of the city. There were also soldiers holding explosive packs in an attempt to blow open the city gate.
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His brows immediately furrowed into a big "Sichuan" sign, and he ordered while watching: "The enemy has at least one reinforced company, equipped with three heavy machine guns..."
"They started to attack. All the city defense troops opened fire and stopped them at all costs..."
The sparse counterattack firepower at the top of the city suddenly became denser, and the attacking troops outside the city also stopped at this moment. Just as the team leader was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the explosion of "rumbling..." rang directly in his ears.
