"Boom boom boom..." At exactly ten o'clock in the evening, the cannons of the Unique Battalion sounded on time on the head of Pingdingdong City.

In less than a minute, explosions were heard all over the south and west of the city.

The Japanese enemy command center was suddenly in chaos, and the rapid phone ringing sounds continued to ring in the room.

The telephone soldier just put down the microphone and called a new phone...

"Report to the commander, the east of the city was attacked by a large number of mortars. At least one battalion's enemies approached the city gate under the cover of artillery fire. The city defense forces suffered heavy casualties. Please reinforcements!" A telephone soldier ran to Major General Honda in panic and reported.

The telephone soldier who had finished the report left, and a staff officer who had just put down the microphone rushed over: "Sir, the south of the city was also attacked by a large number of mortars, and at least one battalion of enemies approached the city gate. The opponent was equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns. The troops on the city were injured and injured, so I requested support."

After the staff officer finished reporting, the telephone soldier who had just left came again: "Sir, the west of the city was also attacked by a large number of mortars. The enemy attacked the west of the city had at least two battalions, equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, and the troops garrisoned at the city were greatly damaged..."

Looking at the distribution map of enemy and us who had already marked on the sand table, the Chief of Staff immediately expressed his thoughts: "General, this is the most commonly used method of siege: three sieges are missing one!"

"Following the number of heavy weapons and offensive posture of the enemy's equipment, I must have wanted to pacify it in one battle. No matter what the enemy is in attacking our outside city, they cannot be captured by them, otherwise the front-line sweeping troops will lose ammunition supplies. General, you will also be in danger, causing the sweeping troops to become in chaos because of the loss of command."

Major General Honda nodded with a heavy heart.

The opponent is too strong, and he only takes more than twenty mortars and two or three thousand troops, so it is definitely not a bluff.

Immediately began to issue an order: "Send a telegram to the four-way sweeping troops immediately, and the troops will immediately return to Pingding County to counter-surround our enemies from outside. I want to destroy them outside Pingding City and find out what their identities are!"

"Notify all the city defense forces that no one can take a step back without the command. Then draw three infantry teams from the reserve team to reinforce the east, west and south of the city, and keep in touch with them at any time. If any troops lack light and heavy machine guns, send someone to them immediately!"

"The artillery troops left behind in the county town will fight back immediately. First, concentrate firepower to counterattack the enemy in the east of the city, destroy their artillery troops, and then find a way to counterattack the enemy in the other two directions. If the artillery is not enough, draw directly from the arsenal."

"The military police force is martial law in the whole city. No one except the troops cannot appear on the streets, otherwise there will be no mercy."

"Pingding City is attacked, and the enemy's intelligence personnel lurking in the city will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble. We must prevent problems before they happen and not give these people the opportunity to sabotage."

Once the Japanese war machine is running, its efficiency will become surprisingly high. After all, no one wants to be sent to a military court because of delays in doing things...

In less than a few minutes, more than a hundred military policemen appeared in the streets and alleys of Pingdingcheng.

Several bullies who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to rob were shot to death by them as soon as they came out of a merchant. Many ordinary people saw this scene through the cracks in the door. Some clapped their hands and some were frightened, but everyone had the same idea.

The county town has been martial law by the Japanese. No matter who it is, now they will hit them in the gun and seek death by themselves when they go out.

Find something to support the door of the house immediately, which can not only prevent chaos and make the family feel more secure.

But this situation did not last long and was broken by the sound of a string of pistols.

Several pistol bullets suddenly flew out from a courtyard wall in the alley, and five military policemen in a row were killed in an instant.

The remaining three military police quickly scattered and hid in the corner closest to them, raised their rifles and fired at the position where the gun was just fired.

The bullet hit the brick wall and said, "Bang..." and made a sound, but the other party did not respond. If it weren't for the two corpses lying upside down in the middle of the alley, no one would have thought that a raid had just happened here.

With a wave of his hand, the three Japanese men stood up from the darkness, bent over, held their guns, stared at the front with a vigilant look on their faces, and then slowly surrounded the guns at the location where they had just fired...

One minute later, three gendarmes occupied the place where the attacker had just been hiding, but behind the courtyard wall, there was nothing except a few bullet shells that were still emitting heat.

"Baga! The enemy who attacked us ran away and chased us immediately. We must kill them!"

"Contact the nearby patrol team and surround this house immediately. We search from house to house, otherwise they will run out and attack us and continue to sabotage the city, which will affect the troops' determination and morale to defend the county town!"

A few minutes later, more than 20 military policemen who were active in this area surrounded them, surrounded several yards where the attackers might have been hiding, and then searched in groups of three Japanese.

"Smack it..."

The familiar and annoying gunfire reached the Japanese again, and the two gendarmes fell down.

The other military police who were searching were in an uproar because the gunfire just now came from behind everyone and was not in the yards surrounded.

This means that there are many enemies hidden outside the encirclement. The gendarmerie must immediately divide their troops to encircle and suppress him, otherwise the enemy will definitely hide behind everyone, suddenly fire a few shots to everyone, slowly consume everyone's troops!

"Split two patrols to encircle the enemies behind us, kill them now, hurry up!" The second lieutenant with the highest rank in the search team ordered.

The two Cao Chiefs immediately led four troops to turn around and surrounded the gun in half and rushed towards the position where the gun had just been fired.

"Smack it..."

The sound of box cannon shooting sounded again, and the sound came from another square line. The lieutenant just prepared to ask about the situation and received a report from his subordinates: "Sir, there are enemies hidden in the east of the encirclement, and there are two people, each with a pistol, and three soldiers were killed by them during the sneak attack..."

"Bageyalu..." The second lieutenant was so angry that his teeth were trembling, clenched his fists, and ordered with murderous intent: "Split two search teams to encircle them and kill them..."

Although there were less than 30 intelligence personnel lurking in Pingding City and the Eighth Route Army underground party, the Punishment Army had been captured by the National Savior Army, the main force left a lot of weapons for them when they retreated, and with the support of the reconnaissance team, they were very well equipped.

Everyone was equipped with a short gun and two grenades, and each had five long guns and a light machine gun in the city, which was very suitable for sneak attacking enemies in the streets and alleys.

When the military police were fooled by them, the reconnaissance team and the reconnaissance company entering the city had already divided into two groups, slowly touching the Japanese artillery positions and ammunition depots.

The Japanese artillery positions were arranged in a military camp, with a wide view here and a wide enough place. It would be fine to set up a hundred artillery pieces.

There are not many artillery troops in the city, and the two mortar squads sent out last night were reduced. There is currently an infantry artillery squad and a mortar squad, with a total of six artillery pieces. This strength is definitely not the opponent of more than 20 mortars in the siege troops outside the city.

In order to gather the artillery to counterattack the enemy, the Chief of Staff transferred all the gunners who could fire the left-behind troops here, and then brought out all eight mortars and two mountain cannons in the ammunition depot to form an artillery group with sixteen artillery.

Each cannon is equipped with a qualified gunner, and the remaining gunners are replaced by ammunition hands, and all the missing ammunition hands are replaced by puppet troops.

Originally, more than 200 Japanese were stationed in the artillery position, which was the only reserve team left in the county.

As a result, Major General Honda ordered reinforcements, and more than 200 people were instantly transferred, and more than 160 people were transferred, and the remaining team was also transferred to the front enemy command center to stand by and join the battle at any time.

Therefore, in the huge artillery position, except for dozens of gunners and ammunition players, a group of puppet troops acting as coolies, and a single guard force responsible for protecting them.

The six members of the reconnaissance team were on the front line, and while the gendarmerie was fully attracted by the underground party and intelligence personnel, they walked through the streets and alleys like ghosts. More than 30 scouts followed closely and slowly touched the Japanese artillery positions.

"Boom boom boom..."

The sound of artillery soon sounded at the artillery positions in front, which meant that the Japanese army had begun to counterattack the artillery that was firing in the siege troops.

Everyone's march speed increased a lot without realizing it, because the Japanese and puppet troops were all focused on the artillery, and the group did not encounter any resistance and easily touched the artillery position.

The puppet army was carrying shells amid the Japanese's scolding. The gunner squatted half-squatted beside the cannon filled with smoke, constantly repeating the firing actions in his hands, and shooting out the deadly shells...

"Boom boom boom..." The moment the new round of artillery sounded, several members of the reconnaissance team lurking in place decisively fired.

Under the cover of cannons, the crisp gunshots did not attract anyone's attention.

The only few soldiers carrying guns around the position fell to the ground.

The night and smoke of gunpowders were shrouded in the accident, and the busy Japanese gunners did not notice the accident and were still focused on the movements in their hands. Some were responsible for firing the gun, some were responsible for releasing the barrel, and some were responsible for loading the bullets...

"Boom..."

The cannon sounded again. This time, the few people did not shoot again. They rushed out of the hiding point with their weapons and ran very fast.

More than thirty scouts followed closely, firing at the Japanese on the artillery positions while rushing, while the puppet troops carrying artillery shells were skipped by them.

The puppet army's combat effectiveness was not strong at all. Now they have no weapons and their combat effectiveness is almost zero. There is no need to waste bullets on them.

"Someone attacked...the guards stopped them! Hurry!" A Japanese artillery soldier shouted in fear when he discovered the danger.

After a quick glance around, the frightened facial expression was instantly covered by despair.

In a few seconds, several gunners and ammunition were already shot by their hands, and blood was flowing from the corners of their mouths fell to the ground.

As for the guards he was thinking about, he searched for a while but couldn't find a single person.

The enemy who attacked the artillery position had rushed to twenty or thirty meters away, and each of them had a pistol or submachine gun, and they ran and shot, continuing to shoot comrades on the position.

"Hearing..." The two bullets were not noticed and easily penetrated into his chest. The violent stinging sensation spread rapidly throughout his body. Then he felt that his chest was filled with blood, pressing against his lungs, making him unable to breathe fresh air.

After taking a few breaths of force, before recovering, my physical strength had disappeared for half of my life. In the end, I couldn't stand firmly and fell to the ground with my back...

On the battlefield east of the city, shells fell from the sky like rain. Although the shooting accuracy was not high, two or three shells were still hit on the city head in each round of shooting.

The sandbag bunker piled around the heavy machine guns is no match for the mortar. As long as the shells hit the side, the sandbags weighing dozens or hundreds of pounds will still be blown into pieces. The Japanese hiding behind the sandbags are like toys, either blown away or blown into minced meat...

"Bageya Road, the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce. If they don't suppress their siege artillery fire, no matter how many soldiers guarding the city, they will be killed!" The Japanese squadron leader who was guarding the east of the city looked red and shouted in pain.

It was only two minutes after the siege war began. More than twenty shells had been hit on the top of the city. One shell killed a soldier, and more than twenty subordinates were killed and injured.

The real casualties of subordinates in the shelling were obviously greater than they expected.

Just now, a shell hit a heavy machine gun position just 30 meters away.

In the splashing flames, the heavy machine gun was instantly overturned, and sandbags piled up around them were blown up at the same time. Five machine gunners and ammunition players hiding next to the sandbags were blown to death and injuries, and two of the soldiers were blown out of the city on the spot...

It is equivalent to killing five of his subordinates and a heavy machine gun when the enemy shoots a shell...

The shelling in front of me has just begun. If the siege troops bombard the city for another ten minutes, their subordinates will be blown up.

Looking at the fires rising from the city, the squadron leader, who was getting more and more heartbroken as he grew older, decisively ordered: "Except for the guard post, all the others evacuated the city, and the light and heavy machine guns were carried away!"

The Japanese act was the best way to avoid artillery fire, but good luck did not always accompany him.

Less than two minutes after the troops evacuated the city, the guard post sent him a red flag: "Sir, the enemy has begun to attack, with at least one company of troops, and four or five heavy machine guns to cover the attack!"

"Boom boom boom..." The explosion on the city wall did not stop, which means that the siege troops would likely attack the city wall under the cover of artillery fire.

Although this behavior is very risky, many siege troops will be accidentally injured by artillery fire during the attack, as long as someone successfully rushes into the city gate, destroys the city gate with explosives, or blows up the city wall directly, the east gate will fall, and the price of accidental injury is worth it.

So this is a risk worth taking.

In order not to give the siege troops any opportunity to take advantage of, the Japanese and puppet troops who had just evacuated the city had to rush up to the city again, blocking the siege troops with the shells fired by the siege troops, and not giving them the opportunity to get close to the city wall.

Although the casualties caused by this attack were very large, the squadron leader could not think of any other way.

"Swish..." with a sound of "Swish...", pulling out the command knife, with a heartache command: "Everyone goes to the city wall, prepares for battle, and blocks the enemy's siege troops at all costs."
Chapter completed!