"Gao Cang changed his style of play!"

In the headquarters of the First Army Division, Zhao Zhiguo has been worried since the opening of Heyun County.

The battle progressed several times slower than he expected, and the casualties among soldiers also exceeded expectations.

If we continue to fight, when the troops recapture Heyun County, one of the main brigade will be crippled, and the losses of the remaining assisting troops will not be small.

If the fighting continues, Zhao Zhiguo and the others are likely to be unable to dismount.

Zhao Zhiguo did not want to attack Heyun County twice.

The first attack failed and the troops retreated, just to verify the weakness of the Japanese defense.

Once the Japanese army is redeployed, all the previous reconnaissance and plans by Zhao Zhiguo and others will be cancelled.

Therefore, although the battle in Heyun County is difficult, they must persevere.

Suddenly hearing that Gao Cang had changed his playing style, Zhao Zhiguo raised his head and looked at Yao Pengju.

"Our troops are transporting artillery shells and explosive packages from the Japanese arsenal to the Japanese military camp. After making these arrangements, the commandos holding the Japanese military camp will retreat to allow the Japanese army to reoccupy the military camp," Yao Pengju said.

"This is a good idea, who thought of it?" Zhao Zhiguo asked.

"A staff officer under Gao Cang originally planned to use the artillery regiment to carry out precision bombing of Japanese military camps, but a staff officer suddenly proposed this method, and Gao Cang decided to give it a try."

"This staff officer is good. Let's find a way to get him to the headquarters." Zhao Zhiguo said.

"It depends on what effect it will have next. If this explosion can cause the Japanese troops stationed in Heyun County to lose half of their troops, we will really kick the door open to regain Heyun County." Yao Pengju said.

"The remaining Japanese troops are still difficult to deal with."

The remaining more than a thousand Japanese troops will continue to resist in the city.

However, after the plan is successfully implemented, the battle will indeed be much easier.

Moreover, the soldiers of the First Army Division will control more areas in Heyun County. The smaller the scope of the Japanese army's activities, the worse their mobility will be.

The Japanese army also needs a certain area to airdrop supplies!

When most of the supplies dropped by the Japanese army fell on the heads of Chinese soldiers, the little devils would not continue to drop supplies.

"After the plan is successful, we can at least see the dawn of victory." Matthew said, "Do you want to read the telegram from the headquarters?"

Mathewin walked into the room with a telegram.

"Just tell me." Zhao Zhiguo said.

"The troops in Gangcun's hands have already rushed towards other Eighth Route Army troops. The headquarters hopes that we will end the battle in Heyun County as soon as possible."

Other Eighth Route Army troops do not have as good weapons and equipment as Zhao Zhiguo's troops, and their combat effectiveness is also weaker.

Facing the Japanese army who were armed to the teeth, they could only deal with the Japanese army. If they wanted to confront the Japanese army head-on, the losses would inevitably be greater.

In other words, the other Eighth Route Army could buy time for Zhao Zhiguo to attack Heyun County, but they could not eliminate Gangcun's mobile force for Zhao Zhiguo.

"Heyun County cannot be impatient. The more impatient it is, the more likely it is that problems will arise!"

"There is another bad news!" Matthew said.

"Tell me, is there anything more painful than now?"

"While the Japanese army sent troops to harass our army, they also dispatched bombers to bomb our army's positions east of Heyun County."

"How many casualties are there?" Zhao Zhiguo asked.

"The Japanese army used heavy aerial bombs, including incendiary bombs. Burning white phosphorus was everywhere on our defensive positions."

White phosphorus sticks to the skin and will keep burning.

Many soldiers escaped the heavy bombs of the Japanese army and did not escape the incendiary bombs of the Japanese army. They were burned beyond recognition.

"In the first round of Japanese bombing, we suffered casualties from more than half of the company." Matthew said, "The casualties were not huge, but the surrounding Japanese troops who made sneak attacks were waiting for opportunities."

If there are a large number of casualties on the position, small groups of Japanese troops around will take the opportunity to make a surprise attack.

"This little devil is really a beast. He makes bombs in all kinds of ways just to kill people." Yao Pengju was very angry.

What Yao Pengju was angry about was not the various murderous weapons produced by the Japanese army, but the fact that they had no means of countermeasures.

There was no way to counter the Japanese army, so their soldiers had no choice but to fight with flesh and blood.

"What are Zhu Hao's Fourth Brigade doing?" Zhao Zhiguo asked.

"Still on standby!" Yao Pengju said.

Zhao Zhiguo originally wanted to keep Qin Dongsheng's second brigade and Zhu Hao's fourth brigade to deal with the mobile force in Gangcun's hands.

Now that most of the mobile forces in Gangcun's hands have been attracted by other units of the Eighth Route Army, Zhao Zhiguo no longer needs to guard against Gangcun's mobile forces in the short term.

"Give electricity to the Cavalry Regiment and the Fourth Brigade, and have them penetrate deep into the Japanese defense zone, forcing the little Japs to return for reinforcements!"

Heyun County must not be broken through by the Japanese army. Once Japanese military supplies enter Heyun County, the battle will be delayed indefinitely.

"Telegram to Gao Cang that a breakthrough must be opened in Heyun County tonight. If this consumption continues, the main force of the first brigade will be exhausted."

The first brigade is the main force. If it is disabled, it will take a long time to restore its combat effectiveness.

After Zhao Zhiguo and others regained Heyun County, they opened the door to the Gangcun defense area. He needed to ensure that his troops had sufficient combat effectiveness and could enter the Gangcun defense area at any time to harm the Japanese troops.

Let the Japanese army's active offensive in North China become passive defense.

Gangcun definitely did not want the Japanese army to lose the advantage of taking the initiative to attack on the battlefield.

Once the attacking troops switch to defense, the little devil's hope of achieving a comprehensive victory will become very slim.

Gangcun is the same as Zhao Zhiguo. He is no less worried about Heyun County than Zhao Zhiguo. On the contrary, his heart is heavier.

Most of the mobile forces in his hands had to go to other directions for support, and there was not much force in his hands that could threaten Zhao Zhiguo's troops.

The only advantage was the Japanese air power.

Gangcun wished that their planes could take off more than a dozen times a day and bomb the Chinese army non-stop.

Obviously, the Japanese aircraft are not nuclear-powered. They need to fly, refuel, load bombs, and inspect the aircraft.

Various tasks meant that the number of sorties the Japanese army could take off every day was limited.

"The Chinese army did not make much progress in Heyun County today. Our army can still hold on in Heyun County, and there is great hope that it can hold on for more than five days."

Gangcun hopes that Heyun County can persist for a longer period of time.

The longer Heyun County held out, the more time the Japanese army had to gather its forces after driving out other units of the Eighth Route Army, and continue to implement Gangcun's original plan.

"Tell the squadron to check everything tonight. Our plane will take off at dawn and airdrop supplies to Heyun County."

Gangcun also firmly believed that as long as the supplies were sufficient, Zhao Zhiguo would have to pay several times the Japanese casualties if he wanted to capture Heyun County.
Chapter completed!