Chen Zhengyu should be considered a person who knows Zhou Cheng's personality very well. No matter what, as long as he makes up his mind, he will not be able to pull back ten horses.

His decision just now was difficult to understand, but it had already been said, which means that the leader had made up his mind.

As the chief of staff, it is best to understand it. If you can’t understand it, you have to find a way to understand it. Anyway, you can’t drag the regiment commander down.

His eyes were fixed on the sand table, thinking about the leader’s decision just now, and it took a long time to figure it out.

Hurry up and tell Zhou Cheng his analysis: "Captain, I think you are right: If the Japanese and puppet troops really prepared some conspiracy for us in Jinzhong County, for the safety of the national rescue army, we will sooner or later cheat this conspiracy and then fight back against tit."

"Since this battle will be fought sooner or later, it must be sooner rather than later!"

"The main force of the Japanese and puppet army is still fighting with the Eighth Route Army along the railway and the major transportation routes, and has no time to take care of us. The conspiracy they prepared at this time will definitely not be too big, and our losses in action will be very small. If the Japanese and puppet army freed up their hands to deal with us, the conspiracy they prepared will definitely be very big, and our losses in action will also increase!"

"I'll call Huang Hu now and agree to their combat plan!"

Zhou Cheng was very happy, and the Chief of Staff's explanation just reached his heart.

Several subordinates also showed thoughtful expressions at this moment, obviously all of whom were convinced by the analysis just now.

Since this decision no longer needs to be explained by himself, Zhou Cheng immediately began to issue an order: "In addition to agreeing to Huang Hu's request for battle, the regiment headquarters must also take action!"

"The Third Battalion has no mission yet. The correspondent immediately went to notify the battalion commander of the Third Battalion. The troops gathered immediately, brought all weapons, equipment and ammunition, and set off in half an hour."

"There are less than 2,000 remaining soldiers in the Shouyang Garrison, and most of the soldiers joined the National Savior Army for less than half a month. If there is a little accident in their operation, the outcome will definitely be very miserable."

"I personally led the Third Battalion to reinforce Huang Hu to ensure that the participating troops can attack and retreat to defend!"

"If the attack fails, you must bring the Shouyang garrison back to the defense zone!"

"Chief of Staff, go to Jinzhong with me, Deputy Commander Tang stays in Yangquan."

At six o'clock in the morning, looking at the brighter and brighter sky around, Huang Hu decisively withdrew his troops back to the camp.

He didn't sleep all night and spent most of his time staring at the city wall.

What he saw alone: ​​last night, no less than 30 Japanese and puppet troops were bombed into the sky by artillery shells and finally smashed outside the city.

Because the city wall in Jinzhong is too high, his location is three or four meters lower than the city head, and there is no way to see the situation on the city head head.

However, people with a little military knowledge know that soldiers who can be bombed into the sky by shells generally stay next to the bullet point, and the number is very small. There must be more soldiers who are slightly farther away from the bullet point, and the killing radius of mortar shells is far more than five meters, which means that there are no shells that are bombed, but there must be more Japanese and puppet troops killed and injured by the bomb!

This is just the loss of the Japanese and puppet troops in Jinzhong on a city.

If the losses in the other three directions were added together, the losses of the Japanese Jinzhong garrison would definitely exceed 300 people last night...

With this result as a foundation, the general attack tonight will definitely be very easy.

Huang Hu couldn't help but feel happy when he thought of this.

As soon as the Japanese army command center in Jinzhong County and the Shouyang garrison retreated, the Japanese and puppet troops defending the city began to count the damage and then sent it to the command center!

The Japanese captain's hands slapped the table were red, but the anger that was pressing down on his heart still surged upwards without a slight decline.

"Ba..." After reading a new battle report handed over by the adjutant, the captain was so angry that he punched the table again, and began to curse: "Bageya Road, the city defense force is a bunch of stupid pigs!"

"The National Salvation Army lost so many troops before the general attack began. Can't they see that the National Salvation Army is consuming their troops by relying on the attack? Why don't you leave more reserves during the battle?"

The captain was already slandering, and after a few yells, he fell into deep thought with a calm face.

The adjutant didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only find a way to divert the captain's attention, otherwise he would sooner or later become his target of venting.

At a critical moment, he thought of the breakout order issued by the military headquarters in the middle of the night, and caught a life-saving force and quickly reported: "Sir, it's over. No matter how much we curse and dissatisfied, we cannot change the bad situation in Jinzhong County, and we cannot make those subordinates killed by the National Salvation Army come alive!"

"The military headquarters called us last night to reinforce us during the day. As soon as the plane arrived, we organized troops to evacuate from Jinzhong County! It is dawn now, and the reinforcement plane should be coming soon. We should organize troops immediately to ensure that we can leave as soon as the plane arrives!"

The captain also knew that the Jinzhong County Town under his feet could no longer be defended.

Unless you get a large number of heavy weapons, ammunition, and continuous reinforcements out of thin air... Otherwise, if you guard here for one more day, the Jinzhong garrison will lose hundreds more people, and no matter how many troops there are, they will not withstand such consumption.

After receiving the withdrawal order from the military headquarters last night, the captain was the first to agree.

But because the National Salvation Army was attacking Jinzhong County at that time, there were guns and bullets everywhere around the county town, maybe there were ambushes hidden outside the city.

If the breakout happened to hit the national rescue army pocket and there was no airplane escort cover in the air, then it would be a disaster.

So the captain suppressed the idea of ​​evacuating Jinzhong County immediately and decided to wait until the national rescue army withdraws its troops at dawn and then evacuate the county after the escort plane is in place.

Finally, he had to wait until dawn, and the war damage report from the city defense forces suddenly angered him, and he was even a little overwhelmed by anger. He forgot to retreat for a moment!

After the Chief of Staff reminded him, he remembered this incident and his attention was also shifted from the report of the war damage to the retreat order of the military headquarters.

He had long since wanted to stay in Jinzhong. He recalled the retreat plan he had already thought of last night and began to issue an order: "The remaining troops in the city gathered to the west of the city immediately, and we retreated from the west of the city!"

"Take all the materials, weapons and ammunition that can be taken away, and blow up directly if you can't take away. You must never fall into the hands of the National Savior Army!"

"After the reinforcement of our aviation troops arrived, we immediately conduct low-altitude reconnaissance around the county town. After there is no danger, we will cover us to evacuate Jinzhong County!"

In the temporary garrison of Shouyang garrison, except for a few guard posts patrolling around, everyone else, including Huang Hu, was sleeping heavily, accumulating energy and energy for tonight's total attack!

"Captain, there is something wrong!" The sirens of the platoon leader suddenly rang out at the door of the tent where the command center was located.

Huang Hu didn't sleep too hard. His voice suddenly came into his ears through the tent and started from the bed like a conditioned reflex: "Didn't I let you stare at Jinzhong County? Why did you come back suddenly? Could it be that less than a thousand Japanese and puppet troops in Jinzhong City still dare to make trouble at this time!"

"No, captain!" The platoon leader of the investigation shook his head and reported.

"At 9 o'clock in the morning, two planes came to Jinzhong County, but they were not the transport planes we had seen before!"

"After surrounding Jinzhong County, the west gate of the county was suddenly opened. More than 800 Japanese and puppet troops carried stretchers, led mules and horses, and Japanese drove cars. Under the escort of two planes, they rushed out of Jinzhong County and headed straight for Taiyuan!"

"When the west gate was opened, a large number of explosions sounded in the city, and it sounded like the Japanese and puppet troops were bombing something!"

A surprised expression flashed on Huang Hu's face: "No, the Japanese plan to lose their car and protect their coach. Don't want to go to Jinzhong County!"

After saying that, he looked at the platoon leader of the investigation and asked: "Have you sent someone to follow the Japanese and puppet troops to break through the siege!"

The platoon leader of the investigation quickly nodded: "I sent an investigation squad. I asked them to send an investigator back to report the situation every five kilometers ahead until the Japanese and puppet troops retreated into Taiyuan City!"

"That's good. You go back to Jinzhong County first and find a way to send a reconnaissance squad to find out the truth and reality in the city. If the Japanese and puppet troops have really given up Jinzhong and there is no Japanese and puppet troops in the city, we will immediately enter the city to occupy Jinzhong County to prevent some sluts and Japanese and puppet troops from causing trouble in the city and harming the people!"

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Huang Hu brought a main battalion into the county town and officially took over Jinzhong.

Half an hour later, Zhou Cheng brought the main force Third Battalion into Jinzhong County.

Because this is the east gate of Taiyuan, it is very close to Taiyuan and has convenient transportation. A large number of merchants pass by here to rest, so the prosperity of Jinzhong County is no less than that of Yangquan County.

Before the general attack began, the Shouyang Guard took down Jinzhong County without a single shot and bullet.

This was a great victory that everyone would be happy about.

But Zhou Cheng did not look particularly happy after hearing the news.

Especially after entering the city, looking at the houses in confined on both sides of the street and the empty streets ahead, my face became more and more serious.

Chen Zhengyu's expression is similar to Zhou Cheng.

He had already recognized the group leader's analysis of Jinzhong County.

Jinzhong County is very important to the Japanese. According to principles, we should try our best to prevent the national rescue army from capturing the place, but the result is exactly the opposite.

The Jinzhong County was in danger these days, and the limited garrison might be killed at any time. It was strange enough that Taiyuan had not sent reinforcements here.

The leader then felt that the Japanese were using the conspiracy to prepare for Jinzhong County, and he also recognized this analysis very much.

To this day, Taiyuan not only did not send reinforcements to Jinzhong, but also ordered the Jinzhong garrison to give up the county town and retreat to Taiyuan, and acted as if he had given up the county town of Jinzhong, which was even more strange.

Japanese people are not stupid and will definitely not do stupid things that are unfavorable to them.

Giving up Jinzhong County is undoubtedly a very stupid decision, but the Japanese did so, which further proves that the leader's analysis is correct.

The Japanese must be using Jinzhong County to plan some conspiracy, otherwise they would not have given up such an important strategic location!

From the beginning of entering the city, he and the regiment commander began to observe the surrounding buildings, hoping to find some clues from it to prove his judgment, or find clues about the Japanese army's conspiracy in Jinzhong.

Disappointedly, the two men walked from the city gate to the original Japanese command center without any discovery.

Huang Hu was particularly excited. He didn't expect the victory to come so suddenly, and the troops had not lost a soldier and a bullet.

Since entering the city, my mouth has never been closed because of my happiness.

Seeing Zhou Cheng’s face excited report, “Report to the regiment commander, the Shouyang Garrison has taken over the Jinzhong County. I also sent two companies to maintain order in the city, arrest Japanese and puppet military spies, and maintain public order. So far, our National Rescue Army has completely controlled the Jinzhong County.”

"The only regret is that we did not seize any spoils in this battle."

"The materials and weapons and equipment that can be taken away in the city were taken away by the Japanese and puppet troops, and those who could not be taken away were blown up before they left!"

"There is another thing: Jinzhong County is bigger than I thought, because it is the East Gate of Taiyuan, which is very important. After the Japanese occupied Jinzhong, they began to build a large number of permanent firepower points and fortifications in the city."

"The Shouyang garrison only came to more than a thousand people. Although they took over four city gates, due to insufficient troops, they cannot take over the large number of fortifications built by the Japanese and puppet troops in the city for the time being!"

"I learned a little bit that at least three thousand people are needed here to fully control Jinzhong County!"

"There is not enough troops?" Zhou Cheng did not immediately respond to Huang Hu after hearing these words. The soldier's sixth sense made him feel that these words were extraordinary. Maybe it was related to the conspiracy of the Japanese and puppet troops.

He walked quickly to the map, stared at Jinzhong County and looked over and over again, and suddenly looked up and asked Huang Hu.

"If I give you three thousand elite troops to defend Jinzhong County, and the Japanese send planes and heavy artillery to attack Jinzhong, can you defend it!"

Huang Hu didn't understand why the team leader suddenly had such a question, but he still answered honestly: "I will definitely not be able to hold on!"

"No matter how strong the fortifications in the city are, they cannot withstand the bombing of planes and heavy artillery."

"If the Japanese really send planes and heavy artillery to attack us, the troops defending Jinzhong will definitely be made by the Japanese and puppet troops, and they will not even have a chance to break through!"

"What if there are four thousand people? Can you defend Jinzhong County?" Zhou Cheng seemed a little unwilling to give up and stared at Huang Hu and continued to ask.
To be continued...