"Captain, the Japanese have returned to the rescue. Two infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade and one field artillery squadron, with a total strength of nearly 3,000 people, were all drawn from the central army!" The reconnaissance company commander Tang Guangxin reported as soon as he rushed into the front enemy command center, looking excited!

"The commander of the Japanese Division is worthy of being a lieutenant general who has fought for more than ten years. He is cautious, decisive, and has a view of the overall situation..." Wang Ping couldn't help but sigh. Although this was a compliment to his opponent, he was still not stingy with the words of praise he could think of in his mind.

"And it's very cunning!" the political commissar next to him added.

"He drew nearly 3,000 troops at one time, but he did not draw people from the left and right sweep troops, but all of them were drawn from the powerful middle army. In this way, although there were a lot of fewer guard troops around him, the big net that encircled us was still indestructible, and there was no loophole for us to drill!"

Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong interrogated: "There is still our actions tonight, and the pressure in all aspects has not been reduced at all!"

"Not afraid!" Wang Ping answered confidently.

"I never thought the Japanese would mobilize troops in the action tonight..."

After saying that, Wang Ping walked to the map and asked, "Chief of Staff, the Japanese will be able to come outside Xiangfen City at noon today. Our troops will be arranged in place!"

Zhong Chenggong did not answer immediately, but confirmed again: "Captain, are you really planning to defend the city?"

"I originally planned to fight street battles with the Japanese, but when I was guarding Linfen, the street battles had been used, and the Japanese suffered a great loss. I am sure that if I use street battles again this time, the Japanese would definitely not be fooled. So I decided to defend the city directly!" Wang Ping did not hide his thoughts.

"So many Japanese soldiers have to kill our base, and they have to consume them almost before they will take the initiative to end this encirclement and suppression battle!"

"Also, the Japanese have been fighting all the way, and the damage to our base is too great. Many villages have been burned to ashes by them. Therefore, this anti-encirclement and suppression operation must be ended as soon as possible and forced the Japanese to withdraw from our base. If nothing unexpected happens, the decisive battle tonight and the city defense in the afternoon are the turning point of this anti-encirclement and suppression operation. If it is fought well, the Japanese will withdraw their troops as soon as tomorrow dawn tomorrow!"

When the political commissar Huang Yuanqiang thought of the regiment commander's decision to fight against the Japanese in Xiangfen City, he was also worried, but he finally chose to support him.

The street battle in Linfen was also the leader repeatedly insisted on fighting, and finally won.

Now that Wang Ping is resolutely persisting, Huang Yuanqiang is very hesitant and worried, he finally chooses to support the group leader.

Before, Wang Ping had not revealed to everyone how to defend the city. Now that the Japanese are about to kill, there is definitely no need to continue hiding it. He also needed Wang Ping to come up with more reasons and ideas to increase his confidence in fighting this battle. After hesitating for a while, he reminded him.

"But the Japanese have heavy artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and airplanes. They fight with them head-on in broad daylight. Don't let the tiger's teeth be pulled down, but they are eaten by the tiger in one bite!"

"The Japanese have been fighting for so long but haven't met our main force. They must have hoped that we will defend the city and fight to the decisive battle with them!"

Wang Ping quickly explained: "Political Commissar, all the threats you said exist, and they are all the fatal advantages of the Japanese against us."

"But don't forget that we have to face their advantages whether it's fighting with the Japanese during the day, at night, or night battles and mobile wars that we are good at."

"Mobile warfare, night warfare, if we want to consume the Japanese and make them feel pain, we must take the initiative to attack. Compared with active attack, the city may cause us less casualties, and the losses caused to the Japanese will be greater!"

"Our casualties are small, and the Japanese suffer great losses. This is a very critical reason why I decided to defend the city here!"

Huang Yuanqiang nodded in agreement, but after a few seconds he found another problem.

"Captain, under the same circumstances, I will definitely be like you, and I am more inclined to defend the city! As long as there are sufficient fortifications and sufficient ammunition reserves, and the battle to defend the city can definitely cause very heavy casualties to the opponent, and even force the opponent to retreat directly!"

"But our next battle to defend the city is to fight during the day, and the Japanese will definitely dispatch planes to attack us from the air!"

"If I defend the city at night, I will be confident that I will fight head-on with the Japanese!"

A smile suddenly flashed across Wang Ping's face and replied: "I also want to fight at night, but the key to the problem is that the Japanese are afraid of our night battle. It is impossible to move at night, let alone take the initiative to attack us!"

Then the topic changed and followed and added: "As for the plane problem of fighting Japanese soldiers during the day... Don't worry, political commissar, I already have a solution!"

Seeing the leader's words so confident, Huang Yuanqiang could only let go of his inner worries and gritted his teeth to answer.

"Since that's the case, the leader, I'll be crazy with you this afternoon~"

Zhong Chenggong looked at the conversation between the two, showed a stunned expression, and then exclaimed.

"Captain, political commissar...you are all crazy..."

After a morning of march, the troops were not attacked by any sneak attack, and Lieutenant General Ito did not hear a gunshot.

Almost all senior Japanese officers of the Central Route Army believed that the Imperial Army was outside Xiangfen City, with tanks and heavy artillery. The Eighth Route Army guarding Xiangfen City must have fled and had no time to sneak attack them.

"The division commander, although the Eighth Route Army has strong combat effectiveness, it never fights tough battles with the Imperial Army face to face. In order to avoid our plane strikes, we basically don't fight with us during the day. There is still an hour left to be outside Xiangfen City. It is exactly one o'clock in the afternoon, and the Eighth Route Army will definitely not choose to fight with us at this time."

"Judgement on humble responsibilities, Xiangfen County must be an empty city now, and we are waiting for us to occupy it."

Lieutenant General Ito shook his head and replied: "That's not necessarily!"

"Have you forgotten the experience of Linfen City? We also think of Linfen City as an empty city. But as a result, the Eighth Route Army lurked a large number of elite troops in the city, killing one of our brigades in one battle is even greater than the loss of us launching a large-scale encirclement on the front battlefield!"

"Xiangfen City is very small, and there is not enough area to fight street battles, so the Eighth Route Army is very likely to use Xiangfen City to fight street battles with us. However, I always feel that the New First Regiment cannot hand over Xiangfen City so easily. We will definitely have a fierce battle in Xiangfen City!"

"Baopao... dada..."

The troops walked forward for another half an hour, and when they could see the city walls of Xiangfen City with their telescopes, a string of gunfire suddenly came from the vanguard troops.

"Sir, the vanguard troops reported that they encountered the Eighth Route Army blocking troops outside Xiangfen City..."

"They are organizing troops to attack to test the opponent's troops and equipment!"

"The New First Regiment is crazy... They really plan to fight us head-on in broad daylight to fight a city defense battle?" The Chief of Staff was stunned for a moment, exclaiming in disbelief.

Ito Nakatsuki had to calm down a lot and directly ordered: "The troops should speed up and arrive at the battlefield as soon as possible... Regardless of whether there are Eighth Route Army in Xiangfen or not, we will take Xiangfen before dark and spend the night in the city!"

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