Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Therefore, the final choice for this siege was not to besiege the city from all sides.

After discussion, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region ultimately decided to encircle three sides and leave one behind. The Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding were too numerous, and the current Jin-Cha-Ji forces, numbering around 17000, were too numerous to be taken down in one fell swoop. Even if they could be taken down in one fell swoop, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region deemed it uneconomical if the casualties were too high.

The puppet troops, in particular, were indeed weak in combat. But if you truly cornered them, leaving them no chance of survival, they would fight you to the death. Therefore, you had to leave them a loophole, a way to escape. As long as you gave them a way to escape, a chance to survive, they would absolutely flee.

What the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region wants is Baoding.

What we want is to capture Baoding and connect the surrounding bases.

And they were attracted by the large amount of military supplies that Baoding had, which was the reason why the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region wanted to take over Baoding.

Besides, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops were not afraid of these Japanese and puppet troops fleeing from Baoding.

Because this time they surrounded three sides and left one gap, the only opening they had was the East City Gate. If they escaped through the East City Gate, they would have entered the Eighth Route Army base. Where else could they go?

In Hebei Province, the Japanese puppet army controlled only a few major cities, but all other areas were controlled by the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region was not afraid of them escaping, as they could be slowly eliminated no matter how they tried.

During this period of development in Hebei, the Jin-Cha-Ji army captured a number of infantry guns. Although they did not have any heavy artillery, these infantry guns were still very good. They bombarded the Baoding city walls.

The Baoding city wall is actually not that strong.

Back in the days of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the allied forces demolished much of Baoding's city walls and gatehouses. Later, Yuan Shikai rebuilt the southern gatehouse and the southern city walls. However, Baoding was plagued by constant wars, and each battle resulted in damage to the city walls.

Before the July 7 Incident, the Nationalist army rebuilt the city wall to strengthen defense.

However, during the Battle of Baoding, the city wall was severely damaged by the Japanese army. Later, the Japanese army found the wall useful and repaired it. As a result, the Baoding city wall is no longer as strong as before.

But Baoding is an important city after all.

Even though the city wall has gone through so many twists and turns, it is still much stronger than the walls of some small cities.

The power of the infantry artillery was still insufficient, or the level of the gunners on the Eighth Route Army side was not enough.

Although there were holes blown open in some places, the holes were not big.

Furthermore, Baoding was different from Zhangjiakou. Baoding's moat circled the city walls, making it extremely difficult to attack. Originally, Yang Quanwu and Huang Yong had planned to do the same thing as the Eighth Column's attack on Zhangjiakou: dig a tunnel and use a large amount of explosives to demolish the city walls.

However, digging a tunnel is not easy because there is a moat and water is easily seeping in.

Fortunately, we have dealt with the East Asian Alliance Autonomous Army and are trying to persuade them to rebel.

So the troops dug trenches while approaching Baoding.

The north gate of Baoding.

At the edge of the kilometer-long city wall, Wang Tianxiang whispered to Jing Renqiu, "Have you arranged the explosives?"

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems. There are two tunnels, each filled with a thousand kilograms of explosives. We can definitely blow a twenty to thirty meter hole in the city wall and kill a lot of the Japanese soldiers there.

"That's good."

Wang Tianxiang knew that it would be difficult to prepare for the uprising in such a hurry.

Especially since there were two Japanese squadrons around him.

So Wang Tianxiang and Jing Renqiu discussed it and decided to emulate the Eighth Route Army's method of capturing Zhangjiakou. This was because the Eighth Route Army's capture of Zhangjiakou was so well-known. Many people were analyzing how the Eighth Route Army captured Zhangjiakou. It was also revealed that the Eighth Route Army had dug tunnels, buried large amounts of explosives under the city walls, and blew the walls down. This made many Japanese soldiers nervous, fearing that the Eighth Route Army would resort to the same tactics again.

But still the same sentence.

The current Eighth Route Army troops do not have the conditions that the Eighth Column had back then.

The 8th Column, without any Japanese or puppet troops around it, laid siege to Zhangjiakou for two full months. Precisely because of this ample time, the 8th Column leisurely spent over a month digging several tunnels from the outside. Other Eighth Route Army units simply wouldn't have had that kind of time.

Wang Tianxiang wanted to learn the Eight Verticals, but it didn't need to be as complicated as the Eight Verticals.

He had been guarding the northern part of the city, as the civilian houses on this side had been requisitioned during the fighting. He directly arranged for his men to dig a tunnel starting from the houses closest to the city wall. They didn't need to dig far, and within a few days, they had dug a tunnel directly under the city wall. They were deployed right where the Japanese troops were.

"It's almost time."

Wang Tianxiang looked at the time and raised his right hand.

This was a signal Wang Tianxiang sent to his people.

Wang Tianxiang was extremely cautious about this battlefield uprising. After discussing it with Li Chenghua, the two decided to only bring along those they absolutely trusted, fearing leaks. As for the others, he would coerce them into joining the uprising.

By then it will not be their turn to agree or disagree.

"boom"

"boom"

Two huge explosions were heard on the north city wall.

The city wall collapsed.

Two openings of about 15 meters each appeared.

The Japanese army was horrified.

Because they already understood that it was the Eighth Route Army that used explosives to blow down the city wall. The Japanese reacted quickly. Since the city wall was opened, they quickly deployed new defensive positions behind the opening.

The Japanese army had only one thing to worry about.

The Eighth Route Army troops attacking the city took advantage of this opportunity and broke in through this opening.

It's a pity that they pay no attention to the people around them.

"Da da da

“Boom boom boom, they just came down from the city wall and entered the position behind the wall.

Behind them, there was a sudden burst of machine gunfire, mortars, and grenade launchers. This was thanks to the heavy weapons that Nozoe Changde had previously distributed to the puppet army. A large number of mortars, grenade launchers, and light and heavy machine guns arrived at the troops.

Now Wang Tianxiang and Li Chenghua arranged their own troops in the back and used these heavy firepower to greet the Japanese army. The Japanese army was only two squadrons here, and dozens of people were killed or injured in the big explosion just now.

There are only about 300 troops now.

The troops arranged by Wang Tianxiang and Li Chenghua were hit by heavy firepower.

The Japanese army was completely unprepared.

They were shot in the back, and instantly many people were killed or injured. At this time, Wang Tianxiang stood up and shouted, "We are all Chinese. Why should Chinese fight Chinese? I am going to rebel today."

"Rebellion, rebellion. Fight the Japs!"

"Attack the Japs!"

Wang Tianxiang had already arranged his own people to cooperate with him to create an atmosphere.

At this time, Li Chenghua, commander of the First Brigade, also shouted: "We are not traitors, we are fighting the devils!"

"Attack the Japs!"

At this time, many people are actually confused.

They didn't know how this had happened. But the situation was tense, and the troops were already engaged in a firefight with the Japanese. There was no time for them to think. Furthermore, after the city wall collapsed and Wang Tianxiang and Li Chenghua's troops opened fire on the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army troops outside the city had already rushed out of the trenches.

very close.

These troops will be able to rush in in just a blink of an eye.

What choice did they have at this point? They could only be coerced by Wang Tianxiang and Li Chenghua. Regardless of whether they wanted to participate or not, they had no choice but to join the uprising. This became known as the "Baoding Uprising."

Their uprising directly determined the fate of Baoding.

Wang Tianxiang and Li Chenghua immediately ordered the city gates to be opened, so that three openings appeared on the north gate to allow troops to enter the city. The Eighth Route Army also reacted very quickly. The troops attacking the city from the north gate were the main force of the first division, and they were also the first-class main force, the First Regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Army.

As the top main force in the first division for many years, they are also in the lead this time.

The moment the wall collapsed, they rushed out of the trenches and rushed in. Then, they worked with the East Asian Alliance Autonomous Army to wipe out the remaining Japanese troops. As the 3st Regiment entered Baoding, the 20rd and th Regiments followed suit.

The troops of the Second Brigade are the elite of the First Division.

It doesn't waste any time at all.

In a short period of time, 10,000 troops had already rushed into Baoding.

Chapter 482: Conquering Baoding

The north city wall was blown down.

Ye Fuchangde, who was in the command room, also heard it. In an instant, he concluded that the Eighth Route Army was using the method of digging tunnels and blowing up the city walls again.

This made him very angry because he had told the people guarding the city gate to pay attention to whether the Eighth Route Army was digging tunnels.

When completely unprepared, it is indeed easy for the city wall to be blown down by this method. However, if you are prepared, this trick can actually be prevented. For example, when the Red Army attacked Ganzhou, the Nationalist troops defending Ganzhou were able to break through this trick.

At that time, Ma Kun organized a group of blind people to listen for sounds. As long as there is a tunnel, there will be sounds.

In fact, there is no need to do this.

As long as they carefully manipulated the key positions and then listened to the sound, they could break this trick. Ye Fuchangde didn't understand why he had emphasized so much and asked them to pay attention to the Eighth Route Army digging a tunnel, but why did the Eighth Route Army still succeed?

There were two explosions in succession, meaning two sections of the city wall had collapsed. If the breach had been larger, defense would have been much more difficult. So he immediately dispatched a squadron to support the North City.

He did not believe in the combat effectiveness of the puppet army.

His expectations for the puppet troops were low. As long as they held their positions and could fire their guns to help, that was enough. The real fighting would be left to his own people. So, he instantly decided to send in reinforcements.

They sped up to support North City.

Unfortunately, halfway through their journey, they ran into an assault group.

The First Regiment had already predicted that the Japanese would receive reinforcements. Therefore, they deployed troops halfway along the road, waiting for the Japanese reinforcements to arrive. When the Japanese reinforcements were running over, a large number of light and heavy machine guns suddenly appeared on both sides of the road.

They fired at the Japanese army.

The Japanese reinforcements never thought that they would be ambushed in the city, so they were completely unprepared while running.

There were heavy casualties in an instant.

Those who reacted quickly immediately ran back, crawling and rolling, leaving more than a hundred people behind.

"General, this is bad. The Eighth Route Army has entered the city.

"what?"

Nozoe Changde was stunned.

He was in complete disbelief. The Eighth Route Army had only been attacking Baoding for a few days, and they had already broken into the city?

"General, it's true. We encountered Eighth Route Army troops in the city. They have strong firepower and a large number of light and heavy machine guns.

"idiot."

Nozoe Changde was very impatient.

Now how to do?