The command room of the 31st Division Headquarters.

Call after call came in from various infantry regiments.

Suddenly grabbing the phone, the chief of staff called out: "Hey! Is this the 182nd Regiment?"

"Oh! The Japs were discovered at Dongmen, I know!"

"Hey! What's going on with the 183rd Group?"

"I know, Ximen also discovered the Japanese!"

"What? Like the East Gate, the West Gate was not bombarded by the Japanese!"

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"Hey, hey, hey! How's it going, Group 181?"

"Listen to the sound of artillery, the North Gate is being bombarded by Japanese heavy artillery! OK, I will ask the master for instructions!"

After hanging up the phone, the chief of staff shouted: "Master! The Japs have begun to attack Taierzhuang! According to the reports from the infantry regiments, the Japs are only conducting a feint attack on the East Gate and West Gate!"

Frowning slightly, Liang Shanhao shouted: "The North Gate position was bombarded by the Japanese heavy artillery. From this we can see that after the Japanese heavy artillery was destroyed, their artillery fire was insufficient!"

The chief of staff shouted: "Yes! That's why they concentrated their heavy artillery and focused on bombarding the north gate, in order to open a breakthrough and collapse our Taierzhuang defense!"

Liang Shanhao shouted: "So, the defensive pressure of the 181st Regiment is huge!"

The chief of staff shouted: "Regiment! Should we send troops to reinforce the 181st Regiment!"

Waving his hand to the chief of staff, Liang Shanhao shouted: "Unless absolutely necessary, not a single soldier in the reserve team is allowed to be moved. That is what our 31st Division can only use at the last moment!"

With a hint of worry in his eyebrows, the chief of staff shouted: "Master! If the 181st Regiment can't withstand it anymore, the Japanese will rush into Taierzhuang!"

Liang Shanhao shouted: "If you can't stand it, you have to stand up for me. The battle has just begun, so don't say you can't stand it anymore!"

The chief of staff shouted: "Having said that, we have to consider what to do if the city wall fortifications are lost!"

Liang Shanhao groaned and shouted: "Tell the 181st Regiment that if the city wall is lost, then retreat to the second line of defense according to the original plan and fight street battles with the Japs!"

After a sudden pause, the chief of staff shouted: "Yes!"

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The city wall position of the 3rd Battalion of the 181st Regiment.

Hearing the gunshots of the warning sentries, Battalion Commander Cao raised his voice and shouted: "Everyone is here, the little devils are coming up! Get up to the tower! Hurry!"

Upon hearing the order, the soldiers of the third battalion climbed up the tower one after another.

As soon as we entered the position, the Japanese suppressive fire came over!

Da da da!

During the movement, several soldiers were accidentally knocked down by stray bullets.

Crouching down, Battalion Commander Cao helped him close his eyes.

Pulling the gun bolt suddenly, Battalion Commander Cao shouted: "Damn it, pay attention to your concealment. You were killed by a stray bullet before the battle even started. It's not cost-effective. You'd have to kill three Japs before you die!"

Aiming the weapons in their hands at the little Japs far away from the city wall, the soldiers shouted: "The battalion commander is right, no matter what, we have to kill enough of them!"

While talking, the Japanese soldiers had already entered the 400-meter position.

Suddenly putting down the telescope in his hand, Battalion Commander Cao shouted at the top of his voice: "One platoon leader, one platoon leader!"

He ran over with his waist stooped, and the platoon leader shouted in response: "Batalion Commander!"

Battalion Commander Cao shouted: "The devils have entered the effective range of the mortars and I will blast them to death!"

After agreeing, the platoon leader quickly returned to the mortar position.

After a while, rows of mortars roared past the head of Battalion Commander Cao, and then hit the Japanese battle formation 400 meters away.

Rumble!

As balls of dazzling red fire exploded, the little devil who rushed at the front was blown to pieces.

Suddenly attacked by artillery fire, the Japanese commander responded immediately.

Smoke bombs exploded in the distance.

Rows of Type 92 infantry cannons also continued to fly towards the city.

The mortars of the 181st Regiment could only explode randomly.

Even so, many Japanese soldiers were still killed by the bombing.

But at this time, the Japanese had no choice but to rush forward because this was a military order.

Although they are beasts, the Japanese soldiers have iron-clad discipline.

If the Japanese did not have iron-clad discipline, it would be impossible for the Japanese to win at Lushunkou.

Today, the Japanese still want to rely on iron discipline to achieve results in Taierzhuang.

Braving mortar fire, the Japanese formed a loose line of skirmishers and attacked the north gate of Taierzhuang desperately.

300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters!

At a distance of 100 meters, Battalion Commander Cao clearly felt that the Japanese firepower had increased!

Rub rub rub rub!

Da da da!

Bang bang bang!

Everything!

The Japanese soldiers kept attacking the third battalion's city walls and fortifications with all kinds of weapons.

For a moment, the soldiers were beaten so hard that they couldn't even lift their heads.

He raised his Dezo 20-gun gun and fired at the Japanese soldiers. Battalion Commander Cao raised his voice and shouted: "Brothers, hold on to me. Let's defend according to the city wall. If the Japanese want to rush up, it won't be that easy!"

While talking, three more soldiers were knocked down by the Japanese grenade!

Battalion Commander Cao shouted: "Damn it, second platoon leader, second platoon leader!"

He ran over with his waist stooped, and the second platoon leader shouted in response: "Battalion Commander! What's the order?"

Secretly observing the position of the Japanese grenade, Battalion Commander Cao shouted: "Did you see the Japanese grenade at 13 o'clock?"

Looking along the 13 o'clock direction, the second platoon leader nodded.

Battalion Commander Cao continued to shout: "The Japanese grenades are a big problem. The battle only started for fifteen minutes, and we have lost one heavy machine gun group and two light machine gun groups! Find some sharpshooters and knock them out for me.

them!"

The second platoon leader shouted in response: "Yes!"

After a while, in the fierce battle at the top of the city, three sharpshooters from the 181st Regiment were silently looking for their hunting target.

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There is a big stone 100 meters away from the north gate.

With a sudden wave of the Southern Type 14 pistol in his hand, the Japanese commander hissed: "Warriors of the 11th Regiment, you idiots, you idiots, you idiots! Bomb the grenades in the eleven o'clock direction.

China Army machine gunner!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a Mauser rifle bullet flew over the Japs commander's head.

The Japanese commander felt an irresistible vibration in his head.

Fortunately, the Japanese commander had brought a steel helmet, otherwise he would have had a scratch on his forehead.

Suddenly squatting down, the Japanese commander yelled: "Huatian-kun, have you found any snipers from the China Army?"

Moving the barrel of the gun to search for the target, Private Hanada shook his head at the commander.

Suddenly throwing a smoke bomb in front of the stone, the Japanese commander shouted: "Quickly, find me the sniper of the Chinese Army and kill him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two Japanese who were operating the grenade were shot at the same time.

Bang! Bang!

This shot was so accurate that a tofu-like substance burst out from every prisoner's forehead.

The picture made the Japanese captain feel very uncomfortable.

The Japanese captain was about to say something when the explosion from the direction of the city tower sounded again.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three accurate bursts of fire destroyed the enemy's other two grenade groups.

At this moment, the Japanese snipers also discovered the approximate location of the Chinese Army's sharpshooters on the tower.

Looking back slowly, Private Hanada made a sign to several other snipers.

First-class soldier Hanada nodded slightly, and several Japanese snipers quickly moved to suitable sniping positions.

On the city wall, the three sharpshooters of the 181st Regiment were carrying out a hearty killing spree, and the Japanese fell one after another.

The sharpshooters temporarily forgot the sniping principle of shooting once and moving to another location.
Chapter completed!