After saying that, the commander looked at the chief of staff on the side: "How many people have the troops of the National Salvation Army gathered?"

The Chief of Staff has been busy with this matter these days. No one knows the latest situation of the sweeping troops better than him. He immediately replied: "There are two infantry brigades of imperial troops and one regiment of imperial troops rushing on the way. Other sweeping troops have been in place and can rush to Jinzhong County at any time!"

The commander was not satisfied with the result and frowned and ordered: "Contact these three troops immediately and be sure to arrive at the assembly ground before noon tomorrow!"

"At 12 noon tomorrow, all the sweeping troops will be dispatched and marched towards Jinzhong County. They will surround Jinzhong County before dark, and will surround the main force of the National Rescue Army and their regiment commander Zhou Cheng in the city."

"As soon as the day comes, the whole army will launch an attack together and strive to take down Jinzhong County in one day!"

The Chief of Staff knew that the commander wanted to take the opportunity to block Zhou Cheng in Jinzhong City and kill him. He quickly took the order: "Please rest assured, Chief, we will definitely surround Jinzhong County before dark tomorrow. Even if Zhou Cheng grows wings, don't try to slip away from our noses!"

“I’ll give orders to the troops now, so that they can hurry up and hurry up.

A military meeting was held in the former Japanese wing command center in Jinzhong City.

Compared with the meeting a few hours ago, the number of cadres participating in the meeting this time was a total of one-third less, and they were all battalions and above cadres left by Zhou Cheng in the city.

Chief of Staff Chen Zhengyu and Deputy Commander Tang Yufeng also left, leaving Zhou Cheng alone in the main position.

"Comrades, if we want to fight the next tough battle, there are still many people to do. Our opponent, the Japanese and puppet troops, may come to attack us at any time, so God has less time left for us. To put it short, I won't talk nonsense to you, and I will directly assign combat missions."

"The first battalion of the main force is responsible for the battle in the east of the city, the second battalion of the main force is responsible for the battle in the west of the city, the pacification garrison is responsible for the battle in the south of the city, and the Shouyang garrison of the city is responsible for the battle in the north of the city!"

"After the Japanese and puppet troops surrounded Jinzhong County, they will definitely launch a round of tentative attacks first, detect our troops and firepower, and then attack with force. I ask you to send a company of troops to defend the city wall."

"First defend the city, repel the tentative attack of the Japanese and puppet troops, and then defend the castle, and put the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops in the siege closer. If you don't take action, you will have to severely damage the Japanese and puppet troops and anger them."

"We dug twenty-five machine gun castles on each wall. In order to kill a few more Japanese and puppet troops, we can put them into use in three installments!"

"Eight machine gun castles were exposed at one time. The exposed castles were targeted by heavy artillery and aircraft of the Japanese and puppet army and immediately moved to other castles to continue fighting against the Japanese and puppet troops."

"After all the castles were exposed, the troops defending the city wall immediately retreated to the city and fought street battles with the Japanese and puppet troops based on the fortifications built in the city."

"In order to save yourself and eliminate more Japanese and puppet troops, from now on, all participating troops in the city will enter the position, be familiar with their defense areas, and figure out every hole through the wall and shooting hole on the battlefield."

"At the same time, we will formulate the retreat and transfer routes when we fight against the Japanese and puppet troops, and require that every yard we defend will have more than two retreat routes!"

"In addition, we also need to use the gap between the Japanese and puppet troops who have not yet begun the attack to church the soldiers in street fighting!"

"You must be very unfamiliar with the word street fighting, but street fighting is not difficult to fight. To put it bluntly, street fighting is actually a use of the complex buildings in the city to fight mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare with the enemy."

"There are no tactical and tactical restrictions. As long as you can kill the Japanese on the battlefield, you can fight whatever you want."

"Cold guns and cold cannons, use favorable terrain to ambush the Japanese and puppet troops, raid the Japanese and puppet troops, and even bury landmines, and take the initiative to attack... These methods of play can be used in street fighting."

"In a word, while preserving their strength, each unit will kill the Japanese without hesitation."

The third battalion commander Liu Shuihe was anxious and asked anxiously while Zhou Cheng was drinking water: "Captain, other troops have tasks, what are our third battalion doing?"

Zhou Cheng blurted out: "Retain your energy and be ready to fight back against the Japanese and puppet troops entering the city at any time!"

"We have built so many street fighting fortifications in the city, so we must fight a good battle with the Japanese."

"When the street fighting is halfway through, I will ask you to counterattack the Japanese and puppet troops at the appropriate time and break into their occupied areas, creating a complex situation where there are me in the enemy and I in the enemy."

"In this way, their artillery advantage will lose its effect in order to avoid accidental injury, and the aircraft dare not launch attacks on the ground casually. We can use the terrain advantage and battlefield initiative to hunt Japanese and puppet troops everywhere, consuming their troops little by little until most areas in the city are controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops before evacuating the county town."

Liao Longfei, the commander of the engineering company, stood up from his seat, looked at Zhou Cheng with anticipation and asked: "Captain, what is the mission of our engineering company? We finally encountered a big battle to kill the Japanese. This time, no matter what we said, the engineering company should be able to shrink to the rear and standby! "

Zhou Cheng immediately replied: "Your mission is also very important. Once it is completed, our next counter-sweep will definitely be much easier to fight!"

"After the street fighting, the defending troops will evacuate the city's county town from three tunnels. The task of the engineer company is to spread gunpowder across these three tunnel entrances and surrounding areas. After the Japanese and puppet troops enter this area, they will detonate them and destroy all the Japanese and puppet troops within the tunnel entrance and range, making the Japanese feel that the defending troops and their attacking troops have died together!"

Time flies quickly, and at around 4 pm the next day, Japanese cavalry were active outside Jinzhong City.

Three planes providing fire cover are coming to the sky above Jinzhong County to prevent the National Salvation Army from taking the opportunity to break through...

At around 5 p.m., a Japanese army from a regiment rushed outside Jinzhong City.

They were surprised not to attack immediately, but instead divided their troops to establish a defense line outside Jinzhong City and surrounded Jinzhong County.

Half an hour later, another Japanese army from the infantry regiment rushed outside Jinzhong City.

At 6:30 pm, the Imperial Army of the three regiments rushed outside Jinzhong City to assist the Japanese army in digging trenches outside the city and establishing a blockade circle.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, mountain artillery brigade, cavalry brigade and chariot troops all rushed outside Jinzhong City...

More than 4,000 elite troops of the National Salvation Army were surrounded by Japanese and puppet corpses in Jinzhong City.

The Second World War II Command Center, after reading the latest information sent by the intelligence department, the Chief of Staff was particularly happy.

The war zone's repeated actions against the National Salvation Army ended in failure, which also led to the National Salvation Army becoming stronger and stronger. When the chief of staff was almost losing confidence, God actually gave himself a good opportunity to decide to defend the National Salvation Army to the death. This is tantamount to a great thing that a pie fell from the sky.

Now the Japanese army has gathered more than 10,000 people to surround Jinzhong County, and dispatched heavy artillery and chariot troops. There are only more than 4,000 national rescue troops guarding the county town. No matter from any aspect, the national rescue troops will undoubtedly be defeated in this bloody battle.

More importantly, Zhou Cheng was also trapped in Jinzhong City.

Zhou Cheng is the soul of the National Salvation Army. If it is destroyed by the Japanese and puppet troops in Jinzhong City, the remaining National Salvation Army will definitely fall into a chaotic situation of no leader, morale will plummet, and morale will be chaotic.

At this time, the deputy commander of the National Salvation Army sent to the National Salvation Army raised his arms and shouted, holding the appointment letter of the National Salvation Army, he would definitely take over the position of the National Salvation Army as a natural commander and take over the command of the National Salvation Army.

By then, the war zone will be able to really take the national rescue army into its pocket and use it whatever it wants.

The Chief of Staff couldn't help but feel happy when he thought about the benefits the situation in front of him.

He ran into the commander-in-chief's office with an excited look on his face. He rushed out ten minutes later. The smile on his face was stronger than when he entered. You don't have to guess that he was praised at the commander-in-chief's office and walked with wind.

Go straight to the telecommunications room, force yourself to calm down, and command in your calm tone as possible: "Immediately reply to the national rescue army and ask them to defend Jinzhong County to fight back the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops!"

"The war zone promised that their medicines would be shipped in place within three days. Please pay attention to receiving them."

After sending the telegram, he immediately found the intelligence officer: "Send someone to send a message and an appointment document to the deputy commander of the National Salvation Army."

"Zhou Cheng and more than 4,000 main force of the National Salvation Army were surrounded by the Japanese and puppet troops in Jinzhong City, and they would most likely be eliminated there by the Japanese!"

"If Zhou Cheng died in Jinzhong City in battle, he would immediately take out the appointment documents given to him by the war zone to take over as the commander of the National Salvation Army, take down the command of the National Salvation Army, eliminate the stubborn resisters within the National Salvation Army, and completely grasp the National Salvation Army for use by the National Salvation Army!"

The intelligence officer did not immediately receive the order and hesitated for a moment and asked back: "What if the Japanese and puppet troops continue to attack other defense areas of the National Salvation Army after taking over Jinzhong County?"

"Our seizing the command of the National Rescue Army now will definitely cause a certain degree of civil unrest to the National Rescue Army, greatly reduce its combat effectiveness, and finally the Japanese are cheaper!"

The Chief of Staff replied confidently: "You don't understand this!"

"Zhou Cheng led 4,000 elite troops of the National Salvation Army to defend Jinzhong County. Although he could not escape death, with Zhou Cheng's command ability and the combat effectiveness of the National Salvation Army, he could definitely severely damage the Japanese and puppet troops before his destruction."

"I estimate that the Japanese and puppet troops will have to pay at least 5,000 people to take over the Jinzhong County."

"After the siege, the Japanese would leave two thousand people to defend Jinzhong to prevent another accident."

"In this way, the Japanese and puppet troops wiped out more than 10,000 people from the National Salvation Army, and there were less than 7,000 mobile troops left."

"It would be great if the artillery and baggage troops were reduced, and the real combat troops could have 5,000 people."

"If they continue to attack the defense zone of the National Rescue Army, we can let the National Rescue Army take the initiative to give up two county towns and force the Japanese and puppet troops to separate their troops to defend those county towns. At that time, the Japanese and puppet troops can use to attack will have even fewer troops."

No matter how civil unrest the National Salvation Army is, there are still four or five thousand people. If the losses and defensive forces are reduced, the Japanese offensive forces are no longer as powerful as the National Salvation Army, so they will definitely not dare to attack rashly."

"In addition, the artillery unit of the National Salvation Army was not in Jinzhong City. This artillery unit is very strong, and its overall combat power is no less than that of the two Japanese artillery brigades."

"As long as we master this killer weapon, the Japanese will not dare to attack the defense zone of the National Rescue Army!"

"So your worries are completely redundant. The Commander-in-Chief and I have considered all the risks that may arise in this operation. All you need to do is to execute the order without fail!"

The intelligence officer quickly answered: "Please rest assured to the Chief of Staff, and ensure that the task is completed."

At the Taiyuan Japanese Army Headquarters, seeing the good news just sent by the Chief of Staff, the commander finally showed a long-lost smile on his face.

In order to prevent the cooked duck from flying away from his mouth again, the commander specially confirmed the authenticity of the news with the Chief of Staff.

The Chief of Staff replied confidently: "Please rest assured, your commander, our army has surrounded Jinzhong County and ensured that even a mouse would not escape from Jinzhong County."

"The artillery troops and chariot troops are all moving in place. The artillery troops are establishing artillery positions outside the city to prepare for tomorrow's siege."

"The cavalry brigade and the reconnaissance force are conducting a dragnet-style reconnaissance of 30 kilometers around the battlefield to ensure that there are no hidden troops of the National Rescue Army behind us."

"In addition, they also assembled two infantry brigades as mobile units to block the possible national rescue troops outside the city at any time."

The troops and formations on the battlefield were determined in advance by the military headquarters, and the commander had no objection.

At this moment, he was thinking about something in his mind: Is Zhou Cheng, the commander of the National Salvation Army, still in Jinzhong City?

In his eyes, killing Zhou Cheng is much more cost-effective than killing two or three thousand national rescue troops. He immediately asked: "Where is Zhou Cheng, is he still in Jinzhong City!"

"It's still here!" the Chief of Staff replied extremely firmly.

"From last night to now, our people have been guarding outside Jinzhong City. During this period, the gate of Jinzhong City has been confined and no one has entered or left, so Zhou Cheng and the four thousand elite troops of the National Salvation Army are still in Jinzhong City."

"Just be there!" The sadness on the commander's face disappeared instantly, and he looked at the chief of staff with a serious order.

"In the next offensive and defensive battle, our top priority is to kill Zhou Cheng. As long as we can achieve this goal, it will be fine to kill less national-saviors."

"Contact the front line command immediately: three aircraft will reinforce the Jinzhong battlefield at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning and cooperate with them to attack Jinzhong County."

"When will the front line launch a general attack and how to fight, the front line command will determine it according to the battle situation. The military headquarters only needs the results and do not have the process!"

In Jinzhong City, with the arrival of the Japanese army, the atmosphere of war in the city began to become more and more tense.

The command center was first affected, and there were obviously more correspondents coming in and out than during the day. Several telephones kept ringing, which continuously summarized the situation outside the city.

Deputy Chief of Staff Li Honghui stayed in the city to assist Zhou Cheng in commanding the battle. Faced with news after news, he had been without a stool on his butt for more than two hours. While summing up the enemy situation on the city defense map, he reported the situation to Zhou Cheng.

"Captain, judging from the current deployment of the Japanese and puppet troops, they did not mean to attack us overnight. They should have to wait for dawn to launch an attack. Judging from their troops distribution, they should have attacked us at the same time in four directions, regardless of main attack or assist!" Li Honghui expressed his analysis.

Zhou Cheng neither nodded in agreement nor shook his head against it. He looked over and over again and again several times before speaking: "I agree with your previous analysis. Both the strength and equipment advantages are in the Japanese, and they will have plane support after dawn. Unless the Japanese commander's head is kicked by a donkey, they will definitely choose to attack us after dawn."

"But I don't agree with your later judgment."

"Although the Japanese and puppet troops in the four directions outside the city are similar, their heavy artillery is all concentrated in Ximen, so I think Ximen is their main attack direction, and the other three directions are assists, restraining and dispersing our troops, and opening a breakthrough for the main attacking troops to create opportunities!"
Chapter completed!