Chapter 1100 Your Excellency, Commander, street fighting is useless!
"boom……"
Captain Zhou personally led the security company to storm a street facing the east gate of Shijiazhuang.
Facing the barricade fortifications 300 meters away, he did not let the troops launch a probing attack. The mountain cannon was in place and destroyed it with a single shell.
The sandbags piled into the bunker were instantly blown apart and flew everywhere. The four or five Japanese and puppet troops hiding behind the barricade were blown over together. Two of the little Japs and the light machine guns they were equipped with were blown away directly in the explosion.
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Captain Zhou took the opportunity to introduce to the guard company commander beside him: "Now you know why I didn't let you send people to attack the barricade, and just let the mountain artillery bombard you?"
"The kid hid a light machine gun behind the barricade and fired suddenly. Even if the attacking troops reacted quickly, they would kill and injure several people."
"In order to capture Shijiazhuang, Brigadier Li has prepared enough artillery and shells for us."
"I stress again, in the following street battles, we must not fight against enemies that we can defeat with artillery shells.
"If the shells are gone, we can still seize them from the Japs. If the soldiers' lives are gone, then there is nothing."
The guard company commander replied seriously: "Commander, don't worry, I understand everything..."
After saying that, he turned his attention to the street ahead.
Since the Shijiazhuang garrison decided to fight a street battle with the Eighth Route Army in the city, there must be a lot of firepower points hidden in the yards on both sides of the street.
If the attacking force wants to strike first, they must find these firepower points before the Japanese attack and destroy them with mountain artillery. Otherwise, the attacking force will surely suffer a lot of casualties.
"Mountain artillery squad..." the company commander suddenly ordered to the mountain artillery squad leader beside him.
"Immediately aim at the 150-meter courtyard wall in front. There is a shooting hole that the little devil took out. There must be enemies behind it. Let me kill them..."
"boom……"
The explosion sounded very close to the courtyard wall pointed by the guard company commander. The nearly two-meter-high courtyard wall was simultaneously blasted with a two- to three-meter-wide gap. The blasted bricks and stones were flying everywhere like a goddess scattering flowers.
It is conceivable that even if the Japanese and puppet troops hiding inside were not hit by the artillery shells, the blown bricks and stones would still cause them considerable casualties.
"Captain Wang, do you want to fire another shot..." the artillery squad leader asked the guard company commander while adjusting the design angle of the mountain cannon.
The guard company commander shook his head and replied: "It's not necessary..."
"If there are really little Japs in the courtyard, even if the shot just now didn't kill them all, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops will move immediately and will not stay in this exposed courtyard."
"Aim at the wall next to the courtyard and let someone fire there..."
"Boom boom... boom boom boom..."
After the mountain artillery accompanying the team's attack fired eight shells in a row, Commander Wang of the guard company gave the order to attack.
More than a hundred soldiers spread out in battle formation, rifles in hand, bent over, staring at the surroundings with vigilance, ready to lie down at any time.
"Da da da..." The cold gun that Captain Zhou was most worried about appeared.
A string of machine gun fire suddenly sounded from a blasted courtyard. Bullets flew out of the gap and instantly penetrated the bodies of the two soldiers.
Because the sneak attack was so sudden, the two soldiers were hit by bullets without even having time to react. They screamed and fell in a pool of blood.
"Boom boom boom..."
Three explosions rang out simultaneously in the courtyard where the gunfire had just been fired. Commander Zhou knew that this was the credit of the flanking troops.
With them here, as long as the Japanese and puppet troops lurking on both sides of the street dare to reveal their targets, they will definitely be killed immediately, without any chance of escape.
"The troops continue to move forward, strengthen their alert, and fire if they find a target..." Commander Zhou gave a serious order.
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Japanese Army Shijiazhuang Garrison Headquarters.
Major General Fujita was in a very bad mood.
Since the east gate of Shijiazhuang was breached, within half an hour, the other three city gates were breached one after another.
All three city defense forces were severely damaged, and only a handful of troops successfully retreated into the city, which meant that the Shijiazhuang garrison dropped sharply from more than 10,000 people at the beginning to more than 7,000 people today.
One thousand, five hundred men were deployed in each direction of the city for street fighting, and the remaining one thousand men were used as mobile troops to prepare for emergencies. This was all the military power left in the hands of Major General Fujita.
However, the Eighth Route Army's losses in the siege battle were only a handful. According to reports from the city defense troops who retreated into the city, the Eighth Route Army's casualties in the siege battle totaled less than a thousand people.
Moreover, they captured the city head, entered Shijiazhuang, and then continued to attack the center of the city, engaging in street fighting with themselves, leaving no chance for them to breathe.
It was difficult for Major General Fujita not to be angry.
He only has one idea now.
I hope that the next street battle can turn defeat into victory, severely damage the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops, recover some losses, and buy more time for me to defend Shijiazhuang.
Dreams are good, but reality is very cruel.
Just when Major General Fujita was looking forward to the street battle, an accident happened.
A lieutenant from the front line rushed in with a panicked face, gasping for air, his uniform was torn, and his arm was still tied with gauze.
Perhaps it was because he rushed all the way to the headquarters and exercised too vigorously that the wound burst. The gauze tied to his arm was stained red with blood, and blood continued to seep out.
Seeing Major General Fujita, it was as if he had found his backbone. The panic expression on his face obviously relaxed, and he was very anxious to report.
"General..."
"The Eighth Route Army used a large number of artillery in street fighting...many of our soldiers were killed by one of their artillery shells before they even had time to join the battle..."
"The Eighth Route Army also sent troops to climb over the wall and attack the center of the city..."
"After our soldiers launched an attack on the Eighth Route Army, according to the plan, they should immediately withdraw to the next street fighting battlefield and continue to sneak attack on the Eighth Route Army..."
"But the Eighth Route Army who climbed over the wall to attack didn't give us this chance at all!"
"The soldiers were exposed to the Eighth Route Army as soon as they opened fire, and then they used grenades and machine guns to attack us from the flanks. As a result, the participating troops had no chance to move to the next street fighting battlefield to join the battle..."
"The Eighth Route Army attacking the east of the city dispatched a main force regiment to fight with us in street battles. They attacked ten alleys and streets in company units at the same time. Each main force company strengthened a mountain field gun or infantry gun, two or three mortars, and two or three mortars.
Heavy machine gun..."
"When encountering suspicious targets, use heavy machine guns and artillery to launch long-distance attacks."
"When I came to the headquarters from humble position, the Imperial Army and the Imperial Associated Army responsible for fighting street battles in the east of the city had already suffered nearly 200 casualties, but the Eighth Route Army that attacked us only suffered less than 100 casualties."
"If we continue to fight like this, I'm worried that even if all the troops fighting in the streets in the east of the city are exhausted, we won't be able to kill many Eighth Route Army troops. Please tell me, sir."
Major General Fujita's mind quickly recalled the battle scenes reported by his subordinates.
It was obvious that the Eighth Route Army had guessed that they were going to fight with them in street battles, and had made relevant preparations in advance, otherwise they would not have been able to fight so well.
