Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The devil's movements were very obvious, and they were even showing it to everyone without even hiding it from others. So, Xing Weiguo, Zheng Changfeng, Guo Zhongmin, and even Kong Jie and others in the east all looked unhappy. The devil's behavior was somewhat provocative, and it depended on how you responded.

"Commander, Deputy Commander Xing called and said that 39 of our comrades died in the recent bombing! Another 23 comrades were injured!" Someone at the temporary command post of the New Second Regiment reported to Kong Jie.

"Not counting the loss of those buildings, half of the comrades in the company have lost their combat effectiveness!" Kong Jie sighed and said, "Tell Deputy Commander Xing that the plan has changed. Just defend the county town."

Kong Jie didn't finish his words. Xing Weiguo only needed to guard the county, but they didn't plan to send more people to the county! Even the original idea of ​​stabbing the enemy's retreat was eliminated at this moment. There were too many enemy soldiers. If they attacked rashly, they would not only fail to eliminate them, but also get themselves involved.

Therefore, Kong Jie and his men hoped that the Japanese would disperse their forces and then reinforce Yangquan from different places. Doing so would increase the task of guarding the base, but it would also disperse the Japanese forces, making it easier to defeat them one by one. Even if they could not defeat them one by one, they could equalize or even surpass the Japanese forces in some areas!
Kong Jie's words soon reached Xing Weiguo's ears. Old Xing knew that his captain was about to take action, so he decided that he could not sit idle either.

"Signalman, order the artillery company to open fire immediately and bomb the Japanese who are working! No matter what the Japanese are going to do, blow them up first and do nothing else!" After taking another look at the Japanese who were still working hard, Xing Weiguo finally made up his mind.

Five minutes later, on the city wall, the nine artillery groups of the New Second Regiment Artillery Company fired one shell after another. Then, the second and third shells flew out one after another. However, after firing a total of 9 shells, they stopped bombing and hurriedly changed their positions.

Chirp, chirp...Boom, boom...The Japanese soldiers who were working behind the sandbag wall were in trouble. The mortar shells that fell from the sky exploded beside them, killing more than 100 Japanese soldiers at once.

"Damn it, the Eighth Route Army has so many mortars! Retreat, retreat, the Eighth Route Army doesn't have many artillery shells, so we can fight a war of attrition with them!" At the bombing site, a major officer belonging to the 36th Division, 36th Engineer Regiment, issued the latest order.

So, the Japanese left a sandbag wall, a shallow trench and 600 bomb craters at 27 meters, and then retreated to 800 meters to continue working.

Seeing this, Xing Weiguo did not order anyone to stop the Japanese. Even when the Japanese dragged back the bodies of those who were killed in the explosion, Xing Weiguo did not order to continue the bombing.

"We can't bomb too hard. What if the Japanese think we are too powerful and send all their troops into the base? The base doesn't have too many dangerous terrains to defend. The Japanese can easily push through our base like a swarm of locusts! If that happens, all the pressure will be on our regiment commander!" Xing Weiguo said this to the company commanders around him.

While Xing Weiguo was talking, Kong Jie also took action. But a team of more than 100 people rushed out from the mountain in the east, attacked the Japanese engineers together, and then returned to the base. This was clearly a routine to lure the Japanese to the base.

Lao Kong's operation shocked the Japanese and also shocked the cadres of the main regiment.

"Is Lao Kong crazy? If we really lead the Japanese to the base, although we can stop their reinforcements, the casualties will definitely be huge! Letting the Japanese go is the right thing to do!" Zheng Changfeng said. "Captain, no matter what the Japanese choose, we must be prepared to fight them! I think, even if the Japanese enter the base, we can still get in and fight them there!" Shu Youtuan said on the side.

"Wait and see... Damn it..." As Zheng Changfeng was speaking, he heard the sound of shells breaking through the air, and then Shouyang City was bombed again! But this time it was a bombardment by mountain artillery shells, which were not as powerful as aerial bombs! Moreover, most mountain artillery shells were direct-fire shells, and they did not cause any impact on the city.

However, the southern part of the city was unlucky! 24 mountain cannons bombarded the city wall, and the wall was immediately blown to pieces, with smoke and dust billowing.

After the 24 mountain guns finished their 5-minute bombing, the Japanese did not continue the bombing, but waited in place. At the same time, the engineers continued to fill sandbags, set up defense lines, and dig trenches... It seemed that digging trenches was the meaning of their existence.

"Captain of the 5th Company, take your men and replace the 4th Company's position! Although the Japanese have not made any further moves, I feel that the real battle is about to begin!" Xing Weiguo continued to make arrangements.

"Yes, Commander!" The commander of the 5th Company and his men replaced the position of the 4th Company and allowed the 4th Company, which had been bombed twice, to go to the north to rest.

Just as they were changing guard, the Japanese troops who came later by train finally trotted to the front of the engineering regiment. At first glance, there were more than 1000 people in the team, just like an infantry battalion. The key point is that this infantry battalion actually brought 4 Type infantry gun combat groups, and they set up the guns on the spot as soon as they stopped.

"If the enemy didn't have a mountain artillery position behind them, and we didn't know the location of the mountain artillery position, we would have to bombard them hard this time!" On the northern mountain, Wang Zixian cursed the enemy fiercely in his heart as he watched the enemy gathered together. Although the battle had not yet reached them, the artillerymen were watching their own position being bombed but had no way to deal with the enemy, which made them feel uncomfortable.

"Battalion Commander, I suggest sending out an artillery observer with a radio to check the location of the Japanese artillery positions!" At this time, Lai Fu from the artillery battalion's close combat guard company spoke.

"Captain Lai, you are right, we need to have our own eyes!" Wang Zixian thought about it and decided to follow Lai Fu's suggestion. He sent out a platoon of soldiers to protect three artillery observers and head directly south across the railway to the New Second Regiment.

"What? Directing the artillery battalion's fire?" After hearing the news over the phone, Kong Jie immediately turned around and said, "Go to a company and take over the artillery observer! This battle is going to be a mess!"

Here, the artillery observer was still walking south, but the new infantry captain of the Japanese ordered the artillery to fire again. Amid the roar of artillery fire, a squadron of Japanese broke away from the main force and headed towards Shouyang. That's right, the Japanese finally launched a formal attack, and it was a squadron at the beginning. (End of this chapter)