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The chief of staff became happier the more he thought about it, and felt that the war zone had found another good opportunity to consume a large amount of national rescue troops.

Looking at the communication staff member waiting for his reply in front of him, he looked expectant and orders: "Immediately reply to the National Savior Army. As long as they execute the orders of the war zone and gather 4,000 main forces to defend Jinzhong County, the war zone promised that their medicines would be shipped in place immediately!"

In the Taiyuan Japanese Army headquarters, the Japanese here finally learned about the news that Jinzhong County was occupied by the National Salvation Army, and they also learned about the telegrams and telegrams between the Second World War Zone and the National Salvation Army.

In the second half of the night, the telephone contact between the military headquarters and Jinzhong County was discontinued. Not long after, the radio contact between the two sides was also discontinued.

Under normal circumstances, the Japanese would definitely feel that the Jinzhong garrison was in an unexpected situation, so they immediately sent troops to Jinzhong to reinforce it. At least they would have to send troops to Jinzhong to find out why the telephone and radio contact between the two sides were suddenly interrupted.

But the Japanese army was too confident, especially the two military chief officers, the commander and the chief of staff.

When he decided to use Jinzhong as a bait to severely damage the national rescue army, the commander and chief of staff specifically deduced the entire combat plan on the sand table, and also deduced it several times.

The results were all the Imperial Army and the National Saving Army were defeated!

They even proposed the establishment: even if the National Salvation Army dispatches all troops to attack Jinzhong, the Jinzhong garrison can rely on its own strength to persist for more than three days.

Since we knew that Jinzhong County was attacked by the National Salvation Army, the two men had never worried about the safety of the Jinzhong garrison. As for why the contact between the two sides was interrupted, it was probably because the command was attacked and the telephone line and radio station were destroyed... After dawn, the military headquarters sent planes to reinforce Jinzhong to send them a new radio station, and the two sides could get in touch again!

It was not until the intelligence department cracked the telegrams between the Second World War Zone and the National Salvation Army that the commander learned that the Jinzhong County had been captured by the National Salvation Army and that the entire army of the garrison in the city had been destroyed.

"Sir, I can't figure it out! The total strength of the troops stationed in Jinzhong is more than 7,000. He needs heavy artillery, heavy artillery, ammunition, and strong city defense fortifications to stick to it. How could it be impossible to defend for a night? This is too unreasonable. Something must have happened, but I can't figure out!" The Chief of Staff stared at the sand table and studied it back and forth twice but couldn't figure out how the National Rescue Army captured Jinzhong.

The commander was puzzled. A few hours ago, he was full of confidence in the Jinzhong garrison defending the county town, thinking that they could withstand the attack of the National Salvation Army at least three days, and relying on the Jinzhong County to kill three or four thousand National Salvation Army, creating opportunities for the main force to siege the National Salvation Army.

I didn't expect that my big talk was slapped in the face by the latest news sent by the intelligence department just a few hours after I said it.

After confirming that the entire army of Jinzhong garrison was really destroyed, the commander, like the chief of staff, stared at the sand table and studied the combat plan that the Jinzhong garrison was implementing, hoping to find the cause of this defeat...

But no matter how he studies or deduces it, he can't find any problem.

After hearing the Chief of Staff and seeing that the Chief of Staff did not come up with any clues, the commander frowned deeper and began to pace back and forth in the war room with his hands on his back. The atmosphere in the war room became more and more depressing.

This question is related to whether the National Salvation Army used new killer weapons when attacking Jinzhong County.

If they really mastered the killer weapon that the military headquarters did not know, the Imperial Army rashly went to Jinzhong County to fight them to the decisive battle, and they would probably suffer a great loss.

Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.

Before we figured out this issue, the Imperial Army's operation to wipe out the National Salvation Army must temporarily stop.

At this moment, the deputy chief of staff suddenly reminded: "Sir, is it possible that the National Rescue Army has hidden ambushes in Jinzhong City in advance, and the ambush cooperates with the siege troops to attack our defending troops inside and outside."

"No matter how solid Jinzhong County is or how strict the defense system is, as long as there are internal problems, Jinzhong County will become vulnerable."

The Chief of Staff immediately objected: "It should not be this problem."

"After we took back Jinzhong, in order to prevent the National Salvation Army from hiding troops in the city, the Jinzhong garrison sent people to sort out the Chinese people in the city. For this reason, the military headquarters also specially transferred the troops that broke through the Jinzhong county town back to Jinzhong."

"They are local snakes in Jinzhong County and are familiar with all the situations in Jinzhong City. If there are really some strange faces in Jinzhong County, they will definitely not be able to escape their eyes."

"I am sure that after the National Salvation Army evacuated Jinzhong County, it must have left many of its own people in the city, and there is no doubt about this."

"But there are definitely not many troops they stay in Jinzhong City, at most no more than one company, and they are scattered in every corner of the city, otherwise these ambushers would definitely not be able to escape the eyes of Jinzhong garrison."

"Take a step back, even if they really ambush a company in the city, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of these troops is, it will affect the offensive and defensive battles of more than 10,000 people!"

The Chief of Staff’s analysis is reasonable and well-founded.

In the face of absolute strength, a company of troops was thrown into the battlefield where more than 10,000 people could not even splash, and they would be swallowed up completely by their opponents in an instant.

After hearing this, the deputy chief of staff smiled bitterly on his face, his face full of anticipation: "The chief of staff is right, I took it for granted!"

"A company of ambush is really nothing to the Jinzhong garrison with more than 7,000 troops. As long as they dare to emerge in the city, we will immediately swallow up the scum without even leaving any residue!"

At this moment, the commander who was paced back and forth in the war room suddenly stopped: "Don't rush to deny it!"

"We seem to have overlooked two issues!"

"After the siege of the National Salvation Army started, the city defense troops, artillery troops, and guard troops in certain important positions were not many troops that could be used to maneuver in Jinzhong."

"So the ambush of the National Salvation Army in the city does not need to face more than 7,000 Jinzhong garrisons. Their opponents are less than 2,000 mobile troops!"

"Let me think about it carefully: after the siege war begins, if the National Salvation Army's offensive is strong enough, it will severely damage the city defense forces in a short period of time, and force the Jinzhong garrison to draw some mobile troops to reinforce the city. The National Salvation Army's ambush may have less than a thousand mobile troops to face!"

The Chief of Staff shook his head and decisively expressed different opinions: "Captain, I think this is impossible!"

"We calculate based on the reserve team of two thousand people, and reduce the artillery and guard forces, and every direction of the county town can be divided into seven or eight hundred city defense forces. From the telegram intercepted by the intelligence department, the National Salvation Army should have taken Jinzhong at one or two o'clock in the morning."

"Under normal circumstances, after the National Rescue Army enters Jinzhong County, the battle in the city will last at least an hour, which means that the National Rescue Army breaks through the city defense fortifications in the early morning and enters the county."

"The ambush of the National Salvation Army wants to attack inside and outside, cooperate with the siege troops to seize a section of the city wall and cover the main force into the city. Their action will be earlier."

"This means that two or three hours after the Jinzhong County was attacked, the Jinzhong garrison had to draw mobile troops to reinforce the city. Only in this way can the mobile troops in the city be reduced to a few hundred people, and the ambush of the National Salvation Army also have the opportunity to escape the encirclement of mobile troops and cooperate with the siege troops to seize the city!"

"I think the National Salvation Army cannot have the strength to severely damage the garrison in the city for two or three hours, let alone force the garrison in the city to draw mobile troops to reinforce the city?"

"No! They have it!" The commander shook his head, with a calm face and analyzed it seriously.

"The artillery units of the National Salvation Army are very strong. If they concentrate all artillery fire and attack the city head, the city defense garrison will definitely pay a huge price in a short period of time!"

"If the National Salvation Army takes the opportunity to launch a strong attack on the city head, in order to prevent the National Salvation Army from approaching the city wall, the Jinzhong garrison must send troops to reinforce the city head."

The chief of staff was convinced by the commander, but there was another problem in his mind that he had not solved it.

After thinking for a while, I continued to ask: "Sir, even if the Jinzhong garrison draws mobile troops to reinforce the city, there are still hundreds of mobile troops in the city. In addition to the guards and military police from all over the country, it will definitely be fine to collect a thousand people."

"The National Salvation Army has only one thousand ambushed soldiers. Even if they bloom everywhere, they cannot be the opponent of so many of us!"

The commander doesn't think so: "Chief of Staff, it seems that you are not thorough enough in your research on the National Salvation Army!"

"Information shows that in addition to local troops and main troops, the National Salvation Army also has a small force with particularly strong combat power."

"I heard that this army is elusive and is particularly good at fighting in the Imperial Army occupied areas."

"There is information that although the total strength of this small unit is only one reinforced platoon, if used properly, their combat effectiveness is no less than two companies, and sometimes even more than one battalion."

"In addition to this small unit, the combat effectiveness of the reconnaissance company directly under the National Salvation Army is also very strong."

"It is said that all the elite troops who did not select the small group of troops remain in the reconnaissance company, so every soldier in this reconnaissance company can be the squad leader when he reaches the main force."

"If the National Salvation Army hid these two troops in Jinzhong City in advance as ambushers, even if they could not defeat the mobile troops left by the Jinzhong garrison in the city, they could still fight them out of power, and then distribute some of their troops to cooperate with the main force to capture the city!"

Seeing the Chief of Staff frowning and falling into deep thought, I did not immediately recognize my analysis, the Commander continued.

"What I just said was my own assumption, but this possibility is not ruled out!"

"Now that Jinzhong County is lost, we think that the combat plan of the National Salvation Army will be unable to continue to be implemented inside and outside Jinzhong County."

"But our encirclement and suppression of the national rescue army cannot stop."

"As long as we figure out the way to capture Jinzhong for the second time, and make sure that the National Salvation Army has no other killer weapon, the troops will immediately send troops to attack Jinzhong first, and then break into the area they occupied!"

"Chief of Staff, you should mobilize the troops according to the original combat plan and gather the troops near Jinzhong first."

"After the general attack order from the military headquarters is issued, the sweeping troops will immediately send troops to encircle Jinzhong and retake Jinzhong!"

After giving the order to the Chief of Staff, the commander immediately looked at the intelligence officer beside him.

"No matter how much you pay, I must figure out how the National Salvation Army captured Jinzhong County for the second time before dark tomorrow, otherwise military law will be carried out!"

"Contact the air force immediately, and send an aircraft to bomb the arsenal and material warehouses in Jinzhong City as soon as it dawn, destroying all the weapons, ammunition and food that we have existed there in advance. Otherwise, the National Salvation Army would definitely use those weapons and ammunition to attack us in reverse, which would be too frustrating."

"The intelligence department cooperates to guide the bombing targets for the aviation force!"

In Jinzhong City, as the sky slowly turned brighter, Jinzhong County, which had been bustling for a night, became quieter.

All the food, weapons and ammunition in the warehouse have been cleared, and not even a single bullet is left.

In order to prevent the Japanese from exploding the wrong place, Zhou Cheng deliberately asked the guard company to prepare a large amount of materials that can produce black smoke outside the warehouse.

They were ignited as soon as dawn, and dozens of black smoke of different sizes rose from the ground, and after reaching a height of 100 meters, they began to spread around, and finally connected into a piece, like a black cloud covering the warehouse, blocking the Japanese pilot's vision.

This can make the Japanese mistakenly believe that the National Salvation Army wants to protect the arsenal through thick smoke, and then concentrate firepower to attack the arsenal, preventing Japanese planes from bombing Jinzhong County because they have no targets!

Zhou Cheng had just arranged the black smoke from the arsenal when the artillery battalion commander Tan Wei suddenly ran over, and his whole body was like eating candied fruit, and his mouth was so happy that he couldn't close.

"Captain, you've made a fortune. This time we've made a fortune! From now on, the artillery battalion can be called the heavy artillery battalion!"

"What heavy artillery battalion?" Zhou Cheng didn't understand yet.

Tan Wei quickly explained: "We seized four 105mm caliber mountain cannons, five 120mm caliber mortars, and a total of nine heavy cannons from the Japanese."

"If they are equipped with artillery battalions, at least they can form a heavy mountain artillery company and a large-caliber mortar company!"

Zhou Cheng's eyes immediately lit up.

The troops seized 2,000 105mm caliber mountain cannon shells in the arsenal. He was worried about how to use these shells. Tan Wei immediately came over and told himself that the National Salvation Army also had 105mm caliber mountain cannons, and it was hard to be unhappy.

In order to avoid hearing it wrong, Zhou Cheng asked nervously: "You are sure that the 105mm caliber mountain cannon is seized!"

Tan Wei nodded immediately: "Confirm, the barrel is thick and thick, and the cannon body is much heavier than the mountain cannons we equipped. At first glance, it is 105 mm caliber, and 356 shells were seized!"

"We also seized a large number of artillery parts from the original heavy artillery position of the Japanese. There are four intact gun barrels inside, all of which are 105mm caliber. Maybe we can assemble two more doors with parts!"

"That's great!" Zhou Cheng clenched his fists and shouted excitedly.

The artillery of the National Salvation Army is already very strong. It requires mountain cannons, field cannons, and several large-caliber mortars, which can easily destroy ordinary fortifications during combat.

But if you encounter a city wall of seven or eight meters high as Jinzhong County, even if the mountain cannon shells hit the top of the city directly, they can only destroy some battlements, which will be difficult to cause a devastating blow to the city wall.

Compared with the 75mm caliber mountain cannon, although the caliber of the 105mm mountain cannon is only 30 mm larger, the power of the shell is multiplied. After such shells hit the city head, it will definitely cause a destructive blow to the city wall.

When encountering siege wars, the troops only need to use heavy artillery to destroy the city wall. There is no need to dispatch suicide squads to blow up the city wall with gunpowder like before, greatly reducing the casualties of the troops.
Chapter completed!