At the Baoding Garrison Headquarters, Major General Kawasaki rarely sat down to rest for a while. Cun Shangzhongzuo stood aside with a very relaxed expression: "General."
"After the main force of the city defense troops evacuated the city wall, the casualties caused by the Eighth Route Army's flying thunder artillery to our army plummeted."
"At this rate of losses, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to reach Baoding City even after ten days of attack." Major General Kawasaki smiled happily.
Fortunately, my mind changed at that time and I thought of flying thunder cannons, otherwise the city defense force would have lost more than a thousand people.
The good times didn't last long. Just half an hour after relaxing, a thunderous explosion once again reached the headquarters from the top of the city.
Major General Kawasaki received the news ten minutes later, and an angry expression flashed across his calm face. Gritting his teeth, he couldn't curse a word for a long time.
After a full five minutes of silence, he spoke: "When the enemy changes, we will change. We cannot always be led by the Eighth Route Army. The city defense forces must adjust their deployment immediately."
"As far as I know: the explosive packets fired by the thunder cannon mainly kill people with shock waves."
"It's very difficult to directly destroy weapons and ammunition."
"Let the city defense troops place all the light and heavy machine guns on the city wall, leaving only four hundred people to defend the city head."
"After being attacked by the Eighth Route Army infantry, all light and heavy machine guns participated in the battle."
"Let the Eighth Route Army mistakenly believe that the main force of the city defense force is on top of the city."
"Trick them into using thunder cannons to attack the city."
"Consumption of gunpowder in their hands."
"A thunder cannon consumes more than ten kilograms of gunpowder once fired."
"The Eighth Route Army deployed more than two hundred flying thunder cannons outside the city."
"A single salvo consumes more than two thousand kilograms of gunpowder."
"Even if black powder is used, it's still a huge expense."
"From dark until now, the Eighth Route Army's flying thunder artillery unit has consumed six to seven thousand kilograms of various gunpowders."
"I don't believe they have more gunpowder than they can use up." At eight o'clock the next morning, Japanese aircraft appeared over the battlefield on time.
The scene of the two planes being blown up yesterday is still vivid in my mind. No matter how stupid they were, the three planes that rushed over would not repeat the same mistake. They kept circling back and forth at an altitude of 400 to 500 meters without lowering their altitude.
This scene made Major General Kawasaki jump to his feet with anger. But there is no way. Yesterday, two planes were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army because of his fault, which caused the Aviation Command to suffer a big loss. Today, they were unable to work hard and no one was speechless.
Maybe it was to look good, maybe it was to cope with Okamura Neji's military order. After circling for more than 20 minutes, the three planes began to attack.
The bombs were dropped from an altitude of 400 to 500 meters. After dropping the bombs, they evacuated the battlefield without stopping for more than a minute. As for the Eighth Route Army offensive positions shrouded in smoke, they hid as far away as possible.
The higher the bombing altitude of the aircraft, the lower the bomb's aiming point. More than a dozen aerial bombs flew down from an altitude of several hundred meters, and only half of them landed on the Eighth Route Army's offensive positions. As for whether they hit the trenches, only God knows.
The bomb with the largest bombing error actually landed in the corner of the city wall. It hit the city wall with only ten meters to go, frightening Major General Kawasaki into a cold sweat, and he cursed at the aviation troops in the sky who had already begun to retreat.
"Stupid pig, coward..."
"When the battle is over, I will definitely go to the front army headquarters to complain to them in person."
"The Eighth Route Army did not bomb, but instead threw the bomb next to the city wall, almost blowing up the city wall."
"Are they here to reinforce the Baoding garrison, or are they here to help the Eighth Route Army?"
"It's so irritating..." Cun Shangzhongzuo was very angry and comforted: "General..."
"The aviation force is a bunch of guys who succeed in nothing but fail in everything."
"As long as the smoke created by the Eighth Route Army does not dissipate, they will not dare to drop bombs at low altitude, so it is better not to come."
"Lest we also become frightened and fear that they will accidentally injure our own people." Major General Kawasaki did not answer immediately.
Although the aviation bombing just now was not satisfactory, it almost killed one of its own people. But after all, there were still several bombs falling on the Eighth Route Army's offensive positions.
A blind cat can kill a lot of people even if it kills a mouse. If aviation reinforcements are refused, the Eighth Route Army will have to destroy them on their own.
If you kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, the Baoding garrison will definitely lose a lot of people in the battle. Calculating this, it would be better for aircraft reinforcements to arrive.
Although the results are not great, mosquitoes are still meat, so it is better than relying on oneself. He immediately shook his head: "The aviation reinforcements cannot stop."
"If one plane kills ten Eighth Route Army troops, more than a dozen aircraft reinforcements every day can help us kill at least one company."
"If we were to destroy a company in an offensive and defensive battle, we would not be able to lose even an infantry squad." At this point, Major General Kawasaki suddenly thought of last night's battle and asked immediately.
"After adjusting the strength and firepower of the city defense troops, will the losses be big in the second half of the night?" Cun Shangzhongzuo's angry expression on his face was immediately replaced by a smile, and he said happily: "The losses are very small."
"Your method is very useful."
"The Eighth Route Army conducted a total of three rounds of artillery fire coverage in the second half of the night. The four city defense troops lost more than 500 people. On average, each city defense force only lost more than 100 people."
"More than 1,600 people were lost in the first half of the night, and they were also covered by artillery fire three times."
"The casualties have been reduced by more than 60%."
"Although the Eighth Route Army suffered no losses, they fired six rounds of explosives and consumed more than 13,000 kilograms of various types of gunpowder."
"Launched the last round of artillery fire at 2:30 in the morning."
"No matter how provocative we are from now on, the flying thunder cannons will no longer participate in the war."
"I think the Eighth Route Army may not have much gunpowder left."
"If we continue to fight like this, we will definitely be able to defend Baoding."
"No...just guarding Baoding is not enough..." Major General Kawasaki suddenly interrupted. His eyes were filled with light, as if he had thought of something.
He slapped his hand on the battlement in front of him and said with excitement on his face: "We still have to find a way to counterattack the Eighth Route Army in the wing and hit them hard."
"Last night's adjustment not only reduced the losses of the city defense troops, but also made the Eighth Route Army mistakenly believe that we suffered heavy casualties, which led to the idea of underestimating the enemy."
"In the past, we always underestimated the enemy and were caught off guard by the Eighth Route Army's ambush."
"This time I decided to retaliate in kind and make the Eighth Route Army less vulnerable to the enemy."
"We set up an ambush in Baoding City to catch them off guard and take the opportunity to severely injure them." Cun Shangzhongzuo's mind turned quickly and he instantly understood the brigade commander's little thought: "General, you want to take the opportunity to show weakness and arrange an ambush to ambush them. In Baoding City.”
"Suddenly join the battle when the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong launches its general offensive, and catch them off guard."
"Not bad..." Major General Kawasaki nodded.
"The Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong does not know our true casualties."
"It's no problem to take the opportunity to hide two thousand ambush troops."
"During the decisive battle between the two sides, our army suddenly had two thousand more troops, which not only boosted morale, but also became the last straw to crush the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong."
