After pacifying the Japanese army's front command, Major General Honda, the brigade commander, gradually lost the calmness and confidence that he had at the beginning of the siege.

At this moment, not only were gunfire and explosions heard from the city walls, but guns also began to fire in the city.

At the beginning, it was only one or two o'clock, and in less than half an hour, gunfire was spread throughout the entire Pingding.

"Sir, something happened to the artillery unit!" A messenger ran in screaming, gasping for a terror report.

"Ten minutes ago, someone attacked the artillery position, dozens of gunners were killed, and all the artillery was lost!"

Major General Honda was only a little worried, but after listening to the messenger's report, he became panicked. He grabbed the messenger's collar and stared at his eyes and asked: "Do you know who did it? There are nearly a hundred artillery troops, how could it be killed suddenly? What does the military police squadron do for food? Didn't they let the whole city be martial law? Why are there still enemies attacking the artillery positions!"

The messenger shook his head: "I don't know if I don't know!"

"The artillery position cannot be contacted by phone, so Bei Yi was ordered to check the situation. When he arrived there, the artillery position had not seen a single living person except for dozens of gunner bodies, and the artillery was gone!"

The Chief of Staff frowned, thought for a few seconds before replying: "General, there must be a National Salvation Army sneaking in early to pacify and cooperate with the siege troops to attack us."

"As far as I know, this is the way of fighting used by the National Salvation Army to capture and pacify the last time."

"Now the artillery is gone, even if we find the artillery that the enemy snatched away, it is a pile of scrap iron, no one can use it!"

"Without artillery support, the city defense forces can only passively be bombed under the attack of enemy siege artillery fire. The casualties will definitely increase dramatically, greatly reducing our time to defend the city!"

Major General Honda becomes more and more panicked as he hears it, and the expression on his face becomes heavier and heavier.

Before he could answer the conversation, the command department heard the sound of rapid footsteps again. When he looked up, he saw a military policeman rushing in with a panic expression on his face as if he had survived the disaster. He was anxious to report if he didn't stand firm.

"Report to the general, there are a large number of enemies lurking in the city. They hid in the dark and did not attack us. The military police squadron was unable to defend themselves. They lost a small team in less than half an hour and needed reinforcements urgently. Otherwise, the remaining military police would definitely not be the opponent, and they would be killed by the enemy in more than half an hour."

The artillery position was raided by unknown enemies, and he had not yet troubled the military police squadron.

Now they actually came over and told their military police squadron was not the opponent of the national rescue army. Major General Honda couldn't help it, staring at the messenger and cursing.

"A bunch of juveniles, stupid pigs..."

"More than 100 fully armed soldiers could not solve the problem of the enemy lurking in the city, and they were beaten to death by the opponent. This was simply a shame for the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire."

"Go back and tell you the squadron leader, I don't have a soldier to reinforce the military police squadron, I can only reinforce your three light machine guns. I ask the military police squadron to solve all the internal forces within half an hour, otherwise military law will deal with it!"

The messenger was very disappointed, but no matter what, he finally did not return empty-handed.

With three machine guns joining, the firepower of the military police will increase by at least 20%, which can be regarded as an explanation to the squadron leader.

"Dingling..." The messenger's figure disappeared at the command office when the phone rings suddenly rang.

The telephone soldier grabbed the microphone without waiting for it to ring for the second time: "Moshimosi, this is the front-line command!"

In less than a minute, the telephone soldier put down the microphone.

I was a very serious person just now, but in the blink of an eye, I became silent.

It seemed that he was frightened and ran to Major General Honda in a hurry.

"General, the troops stationed in the east of the city requested reinforcements..."

"The enemy was fighting too hard. The siege troops launched an attack under the cover of mortars. The city defense troops could only defend the city to death with artillery fire. In just over half an hour, more than 100 people were killed and injured."

"There are less than a hundred soldiers left in the east of the city now. If the enemy launches an attack at any cost, the troops will be wiped out at most ten minutes."

Major General Honda was so angry that he could no longer speak, his eyes were red, as if he could spit fire.

The Chief of Staff's expression was also very heavy. After waving his hand to signal the telephone to leave, he immediately analyzed to Honda: "General, the troops in the east of the city have suffered heavy casualties. I guess the troops in the south of the city and the west of the city are similar, but I haven't had time to report it yet."

"There is no other troops in the entire county town except for an infantry squad in the command headquarters and more than 200 people stationed in the north of the city."

"Even if the city wall is really broken through by the enemy, we cannot send troops to reinforce them."

"The troops returning to the county town on the front line must arrive at three or four in the morning at the earliest. The county town will definitely not be able to hold on at that time. I suggest that we give up the pacification and break out from the north gate."

"First preserve the living power, wait until the front-line sweeping troops come back to fight back, take back the pacification, and then annihilate the enemy who attacked us in the pacification city!"

If Honda usually hears this, it will definitely drag the person who said this out to death on the grounds of disrupting the morale of the army.

But at this moment, not only did he not kill anyone, he didn't even make any fire.

After a minute of silence, he spoke: "Retreat as advance, this may be a good idea."

"If the National Salvation Army wants to pacify the city, I will give it to them. As long as the troops are in hand, we can take it back at any time."

"After the National Salvation Army was conquered, it would take a long time to destroy the remaining enemies we left in the city."

"When they completely occupy and pacify, the front-line sweeping troops have returned to pacify. We unite the troops, surround pacify, close the door and fight dogs, and wipe out all the enemies that were pacified by the attack."

The Chief of Staff was particularly worried that the brigade commander would not listen to advice and gritted the bullet and fought the national rescue army to the end in Pingding City.

Seeing him accepting his proposal, the worry on his face was quickly replaced by surprise, and he complimented according to Honda's words: "Sir, wise."

"Pingding City not only stocks up one month of combat supplies for the front-line sweeping troops, but also the command center for the entire sweeping battle was stationed in the city. In case of an accident, it will be a big blow to the front-line sweeping troops."

"I think no matter what accident happens, our command system cannot be messed up."

"Since you, the brigade commander, agree to break through, I will arrange now: let the city defense forces alternately cover the evacuation positions, all retreat to the north of the city to gather, and we will fight out from the north of the city!"

Major General Honda agreed to break through, but did not agree with the Chief of Staff's way of breaking through, and opposed it without hesitation: "This breakout is too passive, and it is difficult to use the pacification county to drag the siege troops."

"Appoint the city defense troops in the south, east and west directions to rush half of the troops to gather in each direction to gather in the north of the city, and join the command center to break through. The remaining half of the troops continued to hold their positions, fighting and retreating, and finally stayed in the city to fight street battles with the siege troops, drag them into the city."

"The military police squadron is most familiar with the terrain in the city, and they also stayed to fight street battles."

"The other troops gathered in the north of the city, broke through in twenty minutes and fought out to pacify."

Although the brigade commander's hero cut off his arm was cruel, it was very beneficial to the entire battle situation. The Chief of Staff thought for a moment and agreed: "The chief is wise, so let's make arrangements for the humble position now."

After saying this, the Chief of Staff suddenly thought of something and looked at Honda again: "Brig Commander, should we order the left-behind troops to blow up the arsenal at a critical moment after we break through and retreat?"

"Millions of bullets and more than 20,000 shells are stored in it. If they are captured by the National Salvation Army, their strength will definitely be further increased."

"There are also grain and other materials in the grain warehouse, which must not be put into the hands of the National Salvation Army! Should the troops arrange explosives in advance, and all of them will be blown into ruins at critical moments!"

"Can't blow it up!" Major General Honda vetoed unexpectedly.

After hearing these three words, the Chief of Staff instantly showed a stunned and shocked expression on his face.

If he had not been standing in front of him, he would have almost suspected that the brigade commander had been bribed by the enemy.

Staring at Major General Honda, he exclaimed with confusion: "Why, if these ammunition and materials are captured by the National Salvation Army, their strength will definitely become stronger and stronger. Isn't this a capital enemy?"

"The Front Command has also specifically emphasized this issue to us. When fighting behind enemy lines, the supplies, weapons and ammunition that the troops cannot take away would rather be blown up than be seized by the enemy, so as to prevent them from using war to support the war."

"Sir, do you violate the order if you don't bomb the ammunition and grain warehouses?"

Major General Honda shook his head and scolded: "Baga! Who told you that I don't bomb the ammunition depot? The weapons and ammunition inside will be stolen by the National Saving Army."

"We are watching outside Pingding City. There are still seven or eight thousand imperial troops on the front line to Pingding. If the National Salvation Army really has the opportunity to occupy the ammunition depot and material depot, they will not have the chance to transport food, weapons and ammunition away."

"Believe me, there will be no problem with keeping the ammunition and grain warehouses. They will be occupied by the National Rescue Army for a few hours at most, and then they will be back in our hands."

"If the front-line sweeping troops do not return to the rescue in time, we are watching outside the city, and the national rescue army will not even think of transporting weapons and ammunition out to pacify. At worst, I will find a way to blow it up when the time comes!"

"In my plan, it is very likely that the National Salvation Army will be surrounded by the rescuing troops in Pingding City before they have time to occupy the ammunition and grain warehouses."

"What they need to consider at that time is not how to take down the ammunition depot, but how to break through and escape under our heavy siege."

The Chief of Staff understood a little, and thought for a while and replied: "Brig Commander, you left the military police squadron and half of the city defense forces in the city to fight street battles. You can not only cover the command center's breakthrough, but also drag the siege troops into the quagmire of street battles, so that the siege troops cannot completely occupy and pacify them. Even if they take down the ammunition depot and grain depot, they will not have the chance to transport them out and seize them."

"As long as we take back the county town in time, the ammunition and grain warehouses will be returned to our hands."

Major General Honda nodded, as if he was very confident in his thoughts. A smile flashed from the corner of his mouth: "Not only will the ammunition and grain warehouses return to their original owners, but the enemies who attack Pingding City will also be destroyed by us."

"Go and issue an order immediately, the command center brings important documents and radio stations and leave. The faster the better, the better, break through the north gate in twenty minutes."
Chapter completed!