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As for the troops he sent out to support the front line, it was more like a stupid "refueling tactic"
One troop went up, and another troop was blocked midway. Then, most of the troops were crippled by enemy blocking troops that were almost everywhere in the middle of the support process.
When they reached the front line, they did not hold out for long before they fell into a rout.
When morning came, Suematsu Shigeshi heard the only good news from last night to now.
Their command system was finally repaired by engineers. At this time, Suematsu Shigeshi was finally able to contact the frontline troops, and he was also able to fully mobilize the troops using telephones and radios.
In the short three hours since he lost communication, Xia Yang had already mobilized his troops and done too many things.
During these three hours, he was like a blind man, not knowing what the enemy was doing. Or they know what the enemy is doing but are unable to mobilize troops to deploy.
In the past three hours, he basically lost the real-time command of the troops. All orders can only be transmitted through people.
"Call the forward positions immediately to see how their situation is." Suematsu Shigeshi said.
"Yes, your Excellency, division commander." said the Japanese staff officer.
After the communication was restored, the few remaining positions of the Japanese army reported the situation of the positions to Suematsu Shigeshi as soon as possible.
At this time, the Japanese troops were on the periphery, with only three positions remaining. Several other positions had been completely lost in the enemy's overnight attack.
However, the situation in these three positions is not optimistic now.
Because their three positions were attacked by the enemy on three sides, only the side with their backs against the city wall had no enemy troops deployed.
The reason why these three positions have been able to hold on until now is mainly because they are relatively close to the city wall. The firepower on the city wall can support them to a certain extent.
In addition, the support troops from last night gave them a very important additional force.
Otherwise, like other positions, they would have lost their position during last night's attack.
"Division Commander, Chief of Staff Your Excellency"
At this time, a staff officer from the General Staff Department received a telegram and hurried to Suematsu Shigeshi.
"What happened to the chief of staff?" Shigeshi Suematsu asked.
"Hehe is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor." After the staff officer finished speaking, his eyes showed sadness.
Hearing this, Suematsu Shigeshi suddenly felt a sense of loss.
He and Isoda Saburo have worked together for many years. Now that Isoda Saburo died on the battlefield outside the city, he was naturally very sad.
Suematsu Shigeshi used the dim light of the morning to see large numbers of corpses lying on the vast battlefield outside the city wall.
The blood flowing from the corpses has turned black, and the entire battlefield outside the city is like a wheat field burned by wildfire, with the ashes of life everywhere.
The statistics of casualties have not yet been released, but Suematsu Shigeshi knew that they must have suffered heavy losses at night.
In addition to the heavy loss of troops, the massive loss of their peripheral positions was even more difficult for Suematsu Shigeshi to accept.
"Inform the troops to strengthen the defense of the city wall. At the same time, prepare for street fighting. We must try our best to delay the enemy's attack." Suematsu Shigeshi looked at the devastated battlefield and ordered in a very heavy voice.
On the position established by the independent regiment, Xia Yang and Li Yunlong were walking on the position filled with Japanese corpses.
"Are the independent regiment's losses serious?" Xia Yang asked Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong looked at the city wall of Hunyuan County in the distance and said: "There are about five hundred casualties, which is acceptable. Some soldiers, after simply bandaging the rear, asked to join today's daytime attack."
Xia Yang said: "Let the wounded have a good rest. Today at noon, we will launch a general attack on the city wall of Hunyuan County."
Li Yunlong said: "Commander Xia, don't tell me, the weapons and equipment you gave our independent regiment to support before are really useful. Especially those heavy machine guns, the rate of fire is much faster than the Type 92 of the little devil. ¡±
Xia Yang smiled and said, "When we conquer Hunyuan County, we will have more equipment to support you."
"That's easy to say, we Lao Li like to do this kind of business." Li Yunlong said with a smile.
"However, it will be difficult for us to deal with the little devil if he sticks to Hunyuan County. Do you have any good ideas?" Xia Yang asked.
He wants to achieve the greatest victory at the least cost. After all, after they captured Hunyuan County, they had to attack Datong, a military town in northwestern Shanxi.
If there are too many casualties in Hunyuan County, then they will face the problem of insufficient troops in subsequent operations.
"Commander Xia, I also thought about it last night. In fact, we can dig trenches. Use zigzag trenches to get closer to the enemy's city wall. Once we reach the attack range of the rocket nest, we can go directly under the city wall. Use rocket nests to bombard enemy walls."
Xia Yang said: "This is an idea. Your independent regiment will start digging the trench immediately."
Li Yunlong looked at the remaining positions of the Japanese army in the distance and said: "Where are those positions of the little devil? What should I do?"
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"Commander Xia, do you mean to ignore the Japs' positions and directly break through their city walls?" Li Yunlong asked.
Xia Yang said: "Yes, I have asked the howitzer regiment to move their position forward, in order to knock down the city wall of Hunyuan County."
"Okay, Commander Xia, then we, Lao Li, will lead the brothers from the Independent Regiment to dig trenches."
After the soldiers of the Independent Regiment and other troops rested for a long time, they began excavation work.
These trenches were dug very deep and took on a zigzag shape. In this way, they were able to avoid the firepower of the Japanese army at the top of the city. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com