"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! -"

More than a dozen artillery shells landed at the east gate of Pingding County and exploded. The continuous explosions were as terrifying as the earth falling apart. Countless shrapnel flew wildly along with the explosion shock wave, destroying everything including the city gate and buildings.

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Under the firelight, the entire city gate building collapsed, disintegrated instantly, and turned into ruins.

Various broken masonry and rubble were scattered everywhere.

As for the dozens of Japanese and puppet troops who were waiting in formation near the city gate tower, they were blown up to the point where their bodies were completely gone. They didn't even have a chance to call for help or scream.

Some Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers who were a little further away were also thrown away by the raging shock wave of the explosion. They smashed heavily under the city wall several meters high and turned into a pile of rotten flesh.

After one salvo, Langya's team members quickly controlled the artillery mounted on the armored train to launch a second and third salvo...

For a time, the entire buildings inside and outside the East City Gate were destroyed one after another, explosions continued, and scarlet fires rose into the sky one after another.

At first glance, the entire east city gate was engulfed in a sea of ​​fire, and the raging fire turned half of the sky red.

Among them, the ballistic trajectory of the howitzer was a parabola, falling diagonally onto the city wall, while the ballistic trajectory of the two 75mm high-level dual-purpose cannons was a straight line.

Of course, it is not entirely a straight line. As the distance increases, coupled with the effect of gravity, the trajectory of the projectile is strictly a parabola, but the arc of this parabola is smaller than that of the howitzer.

a lot of.

The shells from these two cannons hit the front of the city wall, blasting bullet holes in the front.

Originally, the power of a 75mm cannon was not enough to destroy a city wall nearly two meters thick.

But it is precisely because of the assistance of these two cannons that the explosive destructive power of the 105mm caliber howitzer and 150mm caliber heavy howitzer has been greatly improved.

One frontal blast and one bombardment from above. In just a few rounds of bombardment, the east city gate was blown down by one or two meters.

The broken masonry collapsed and piled up a buffer zone one or two meters high under the city. Although it was not high enough to join a new group of soldiers, they rushed directly to the city wall.

But with just a few more rounds of bombardment, the buffer zone formed by the collapsed masonry would be enough to pave a road for a new group of soldiers to rush straight into the city.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! -"

The bombardment of the armored train continued, round after round. The large-caliber artillery shells that were so extravagant that Li Yunlong had never seen them were now like free rocks.

However, Li Yunlong didn't feel bad because this thing didn't belong to him, but to Wang Chengzhu.

What's more, even if he doesn't use it, when the Japanese air force is dispatched at dawn, the armored train will definitely be destroyed. Now it is just a waste.

At the same time, thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers from the 772nd Regiment, 771st Regiment, and 769th Regiment who were rushing along the Zhengtai Highway heard the earth-shattering explosion from a long distance away.

"The city is under attack. The new regiment has begun to attack the city!"

"Quick, speed up the march!"

"Hurry up!"

The battalion commanders kept urging the soldiers to move faster. Although they captured Pingding County in time, it was not the first county captured by the Eighth Route Army, but today was the first time they attacked a county occupied by the Japanese army and garrisoned.

, not to mention how excited they were, they didn’t want to miss it.

And the thousands of soldiers of the new regiment, led by the battalion commanders, quickly rushed towards Pingding City...

Within the county seat.

The citizens in the city have been woken up from their sleep by the huge explosion. Many people were scared and turned pale, looking for places they thought were safer to avoid being affected by the flames of war.

Among them, the most worrying ones are naturally the local tyrants and evil gentry.

They betrayed their country and sought glory, and made friends with the Japanese and puppet soldiers in order to gain protection from each other.

Therefore, they were much better informed and knew that the Eighth Route Army was about to attack the county town.

They have naturally heard of what the Eighth Route Army is like. They are a group of people who hate evil as much as they hate it.

This group of local tyrants and evil gentry also knew that they had bullied men and dominated women in their lives and had done many evil things. If they fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, they would never be able to get away with it.

Especially those local tyrants and evil gentry who had framed and betrayed the Eighth Route Army, causing them to be persecuted by the Japanese. They knew very well that if the Eighth Route Army invaded the county town, they would definitely seek revenge on them.

At this time, this group of local tyrants and evil gentry who usually ran rampant in the countryside and were high and mighty, now looked sad, and they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. They no longer had the majesty of the past.

It is impossible to escape from the city. The Eighth Route Army is currently attacking the city. If they escape from the city, wouldn't they be hitting the enemy's guns?

Isn’t that lighting a lantern in a latrine and looking for death?

Besides, even if the Eighth Route Army didn't kill them, the Japs guarding the city would never let them go.

Because if they do this, it is tantamount to disrupting the morale of the army, and it is impossible for the Japanese to open the city gate.

Therefore, the only thing these local tyrants and evil gentry can do is to pray that the Japanese garrison can guard the county and continue to keep them safe.

Of course, the most anxious people in pacifying the county at the moment are definitely not the local tyrants and evil gentry, but the Japs guarding the city, especially Kogoro Watanabe, the captain of the Watanabe Squadron.

Due to the chaos in his diet and work schedule for two consecutive days, the devil got angry and had diarrhea, a dozen times in one night.

One of them, before I had time to run to the hut, it sputtered and fell directly into my crotch.

At this moment, the little devil was squatting in the latrine and enjoying himself.

While he was enjoying himself, a sudden earth-shaking explosion sounded. The old devil tightened his anus in fright. He didn't even care about whether he had pooped or wiped clean. He picked up his pants and ran straight out of the latrine.

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When I was at the door, I happened to bump into the squadron deputy Nojiri Shinpei.

As soon as Watanabe Kogoro saw Nojiri Shinpei, he asked: "Nojiri-kun, what's going on with this explosion?"

Nojiri Shinpei reported eagerly: "Squadron Captain, it was the China-Tu Eighth Route Army who controlled the Imperial Army's armored train to attack the East Gate."

"Originally, the sentry at the East City Gate had called to warn you a few minutes ago, but...it's just that you, the squadron leader, were in the latrine, and my subordinates thought that you would be over soon, so they didn't report it.

But now, I have to come and report because the artillery fire is too fierce."

"Let's go back to the headquarters!"

When Watanabe Kogoro heard the sound, the expression on his face became even more ugly. He crossed Nojiri Shinpei and went straight to the headquarters...
Chapter completed!