Watanabe Kogoro looked at the sergeant in front of him in astonishment: "Nani? What did you say? You said that the east city gate wall had collapsed two meters, and almost every shell fired from Tubal Road hit accurately.

It’s on top of the city wall, and it’s still the same location?”

"Hi Yi!" The Japanese military officer nodded heavily.

The squadron deputy Nojiri Shinpei next to him also had a look of disbelief on his face when he heard this, because they knew very well how difficult it is to operate a 150mm caliber howitzer.

With the level of the Japanese army's elite artillery, it is not difficult to hit and destroy the target.

Firstly, the destructive power of the 150mm caliber howitzer is huge. With one shot, all living things within a radius of 50 meters will be reduced to ashes. Those further away will also be killed by shrapnel and shock waves.

Even if they are lying on the ground, the huge shock wave coming from the ground will shock the target to the point of damaging its internal organs.

Also, artillery generally does not bombard with a single gun, but fires in volleys.

Therefore, it is not difficult to destroy the target.

But even the Japanese army's elite artillery couldn't make the artillery shells land in the same position continuously.

Especially the target is the city wall. This raised target is far more difficult to hit than the flat ground.

If the firing angle is slightly higher, the cannonballs will fall outside the city; if the firing angle is slightly lower, the cannonballs will fall inside the city.

However, the Eighth Route Army's artillery did something that even the elite artillery of the Japanese army could not do. How could this not shock Kogoro Watanabe and Shinpei Nojiri, who had always been arrogant and boasted that the quality of their Japanese troops was invincible?

After waiting for several seconds, Nojiri Shinpei recovered from his huge shock and immediately asked: "Squadron Captain, once Tubal Road completely blows down the city wall, they will immediately launch an attack. What should we do now?

"

Watanabe Kogoro's determination was obviously much stronger than Nojiri Shinpei's. He said with a stern face: "Even if Tubali blasts a gap in the city wall, they can only launch an attack from this gap.

As long as we concentrate our firepower and block this gap, then instead of becoming a breakthrough point for Tubal Road, this gap will become their burial place!

Besides, it’s almost dawn!”

At the end of the sentence, a sinister look appeared on Watanabe Kogoro's face.

"Hey! Squadron leader." Nojiri Shinpei paused again.

…

Who is Li Yunlong?

Not only is he famous for not being afraid of death when fighting, he is also very smart. Whenever the battle situation is unfavorable, he can always come up with good ideas to turn the situation around and avert danger.

In the TV series "Bright Sword", although sometimes many of Li Yunlong's strategies seem very reckless, such as taking the initiative in the battle of Cangyunling, or concentrating troops to storm Ping'an County.

But in fact, before taking action, Li Yunlong had already weighed it in his mind. The soldiers of the New Regiment (Independent Regiment) were not incapable of sacrifice, but Li Yunlong would never let their sacrifices be in vain because of his strategic mistakes.

Another example is when Cheng Xiazi's 772 Regiment besieged the Yamazaki Brigade on Lijiapo. They attacked several times in succession. Not only did they fail to capture it, but they also lost a large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers.

But as soon as Li Yunlong's independent regiment was replaced, the situation immediately reversed.

This undoubtedly illustrates a problem, that is, although Li Yunlong is uneducated, his brain is definitely very flexible and easy to use.

Therefore, the Japanese squadron leader could think of using machine gun fire to intercept the siege troops, and Li Yunlong naturally thought of this too.

Of course, he would not let the new regiment and the soldiers of the other regiments rush forward blindly to die.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! -"

The artillery carried by the armored train opened fire one after another, and huge explosions occurred one after another, causing the ground to tremble continuously, as if an earthquake was coming.

After nearly half an hour of continuous bombardment, the city wall near the East City Gate was finally blown down, creating a gap more than 10 meters wide and nearly 4 meters deep.

Although the gap is still two or three meters high, the masonry that collapsed from above has formed a buffer zone outside the city. Although the troops cannot march normally like on the ground, they can no longer rush into the city through this buffer zone.

Any questions.

While the armored trains continued to bombard the east city gate, the battalions of the New Regiment had gathered at the foot of Pingding City. At the same time, the artillery company was in place and launched an extended attack on the city wall to ensure that there were no remaining Japanese puppets on the wall.

Military presence.

Seeing that the time was right, Li Yunlong immediately stopped the bombardment of the armored train, and then issued the order to attack.

The 1st Battalion, as the vanguard, bore the brunt of the attack.

It is worth mentioning that the new regiment and battalion now have nearly 2,000 troops. Although it is only an emergency unit in name, in terms of strength or combat effectiveness, it is no less than some regiment-level combat units of the Eighth Route Army, and even more so.

It is far stronger than those newly formed groups.

The gap created by the explosion was only more than 10 meters wide, and it was obviously impossible for all the soldiers of a battalion to rush up.

Zhang Dabiao first asked the machine gunners to set up their machine guns and prepare fire cover at any time, and then asked each company to advance forward in turn.

When the first company of soldiers climbed to the highest point of the gap, they did not cross the city wall and rushed directly into the city.

Instead, he immediately climbed up the city walls on both sides.

It must be said that their choice was undoubtedly very wise, because almost as soon as they emerged from the high point of the gap in the city wall, a burst of fierce gunfire rang out in the city.

"Tu tu tu tu!"

"Da da da da!——"

In an instant, dense bullets poured in like a gust of wind, although most of the bullets either hit the collapsed masonry or flew directly from above the gap.

But some bullets still hit the new group of soldiers who rushed up.

"Uh-huh!"

"Uh-huh, uh-huh..."

Several people were shot in the head and immediately rolled down the slope.

This is war! Even if you are prepared, even if you represent justice, there will still be casualties.

"hidden!"

"hidden!--"

The other soldiers immediately stopped advancing and lowered their heads.

Some soldiers relied on the gaps as bunkers and launched counter-suppression against the Japanese firepower points in the city.

The soldiers who rushed up the city wall also set up guns on the wall to fight back.

In terms of equipment configuration, the Watanabe Squadron, the gendarmerie, and the security regiment that defended the city were far inferior to the New Regiment, or even far inferior to a battalion of the New Regiment.

Especially machine gun fire.

Suppressed by the firepower of the First Battalion, the Japanese in the city had to lower their heads to avoid or move their positions. In this way, the firepower was suddenly reduced a lot.

Taking this opportunity, the remaining warriors immediately accelerated their advance and spread from the city walls on both sides.

At the same time, several blasters also entered the city gate cave with explosive bags.
Chapter completed!