Chapter 207 Follow Staff Huang to have meat to eat
The first battalion's offensive position, regimental commander Kong Jie, chief of staff Li Wensheng, and battalion commander Shen Quan... all looked at the attack scene on the battlefield with joy.
"I finally know why the little Japs are so invincible on the frontal battlefield that they can fight against all odds!" Kong Jie said with emotion as he watched.
"Faced with the powerful artillery advantage, if there is no sufficiently complete defensive position, no amount of troops can stop their attack!"
"The troops that were bombed today were replaced by little devils. Their training and combat effectiveness far exceed that of our Chinese army. They were still howling like ghosts and wolves after being bombed, and they had no resistance!"
Li Wensheng agreed: "It's better to fight for wealth!"
"The infantry suffered almost no casualties, but the artillery alone caused heavy casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops..."
"Judging from the battlefield situation, the First Battalion will definitely be able to advance into Jinzhong in one go with this attack!"
"It's just that our Eighth Route Army has no logistical support, and its weapons and ammunition basically come from captured...the artillery shells are missing every time. It will definitely be difficult for us to have the opportunity to fight a war of wealth like this in the future!"
Kong Jie shook his head and objected: "I'm not as pessimistic as you!"
"Huang Yu told me: No one knows what will happen in the future..."
"As long as we fight every battle in front of us and develop our troops carefully... maybe we can even build an artillery battalion in two years!"
"A year ago, our independent regiment didn't even have a mortar!"
"Can you imagine that a year later we would not only have established an artillery battery, but also be equipped with thirty or forty artillery pieces, large and small?"
After saying that, he ordered Shen Quan: "Let your artillery company fight to its heart's content..."
"There is a medium-sized arsenal in Jinzhong City, which stores a large number of artillery shells. As long as the troops win Jinzhong quickly, the weapons and ammunition there will be ours!"
"After the troops enter the city, mountain artillery and mortars must follow..."
"When encountering the Japanese and puppet army's street fighting fortifications, use mortars to blow them up if they can. If mortars can't blow them up, use mountain cannons. You must not use human lives to fill them!"
"There are only five to six hundred little devils in the city. If we eliminate them, Jinzhong County will be ours!"
"We will win this battle. The only uncertainties are how much time it will take and how much price we will pay!"
"The new troops brought out of the base area have been replenished. The smaller the losses of the troops in the siege battle, the greater the noise we will make in the subsequent battles, and the greater the intensity of support for the base area!"
Shen Quan answered confidently: "Captain, don't worry..."
"I have already given instructions to the siege troops... Don't rush forward after entering Jinzhong. Wait until the artillery and heavy machine guns are all in place before advancing steadily!"
"But I'm worried that the speed is too slow..."
"In case the Japanese realize that they cannot defend Jinzhong and want to defeat all odds, they send people to destroy the Jinzhong arsenal..."
"Then we won't get any benefits from attacking Jinzhong!"
Before Kong Jie answered, Li Wensheng on the side smiled and replied: "You don't need to worry about this question..."
"Has the regiment commander made arrangements earlier... From the moment the troops started to attack the city, there were already troops to raid the Jinzhong Arsenal..."
"The Japanese troops are limited, and no matter how hard they try, they can't get close to the arsenal."
Chen Quan suddenly thought of the assault company that left last night, and quickly asked: "Is it the assault company..."
"Commander Huang is particularly good at interspersed raids. If he takes action, he will definitely be able to seize the arsenal!"
Kong Jie shook his head and replied: "Staff Huang and the Assault Company have other tasks...it was the Third Guard Company that attacked the arsenal..."
"Didn't you realize that the guard battalion lost one company more than half a month ago?"
Shen Quan immediately showed a curious expression and chased Kong Jie and asked: "Captain, can you tell me what Staff Huang's mission is?"
"I feel like you are planning some big plan again... If you still need troops to participate in the war, you must not forget the first battalion!"
"As long as you follow Staff Officer Huang, you will definitely have meat to eat!"
Kong Jie did not answer Shen Quan's question... but a mysterious smile quickly flashed across his face: "Don't talk about these useless things here..."
"As long as you can win Jinzhong quickly, you will still have a chance to participate!"
"Rumble..."
The artillery fire from the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment continued, and the eastern city wall had been blown into a sea of flames, turning the sky above them red...
You can see the Japanese and puppet troops being blown away from the city without a telescope.
Captain Yongchuan had just been hit by a cannonball, and the flying fragments pierced his shoulder blades, and the blood instantly stained his sleeves red...
If his subordinates had not helped him to stop the bleeding and bandage him urgently, he would have lost too much blood and collapsed at the top of the city.
But he was no better at this moment, his face was pale and there was no blood at all!
Half-crouching behind the battlements, he observed the battle outside the city while shouting at his subordinates, asking them to increase their firepower output to block the Eighth Route Army's siege troops.
"boom……"
Another artillery shell fell from the sky and hit three meters behind him... The flying fragments did not encounter any obstruction and easily penetrated into his back.
Captain Yongchuan was not so lucky this time.
Along with the shell fragments, there was a strong air wave that blew him away in an instant and hit the city stamped hard, causing secondary damage. Captain Yongchuan also fainted at this moment...
"Rumble..."
The first battalion's artillery attack continued, but the Japanese and puppet troops in the east of the city lost their command.
Coupled with the fact that they suffered heavy casualties and their morale was low... the morale of the military was suddenly in chaos...
The puppet army completely lost the courage to continue to resist. He threw his weapon on the ground and shivered in the corner with his head in his hands. No matter who came to threaten him and use a gun to fight back, it would be useless...
The Second Company took the opportunity to fight to the foot of the city wall...
Along the city gate hole blasted by artillery fire, use submachine guns and machine guns to clear the way, and rush into Jinzhong...
At the Japanese Army Command in Central Jinzhong, Kazuki Kamikawa, who stayed behind in the county seat, was a young leftist...
As soon as the independent regiment's siege started, he jumped out of bed and rushed into the headquarters in a panic.
Before he could ask questions, the bad news reached his ears that all four walls of Jinzhong County were attacked at the same time.
Kamikawa Shaozuo’s first reaction was that God was kidding him again!
Jinzhong is located in the hinterland of the occupied area, and there are several strongholds around it guarding roads and traffic arteries. If the enemy wants to attack Jinzhong, it must first capture several peripheral strongholds.
But he did not receive any news that the peripheral strongholds were attacked...
This means that the strongholds around the county are intact. Unless the enemy grows wings and descends from the sky to kill outside Jinzhong City, they will definitely not be able to hide from the eyes of the garrison in the outer strongholds.
For an Eighth Route Army that didn't even have an air force, it was absolutely impossible to drop troops from the sky and send them outside Jinzhong City.
So he felt that fighting outside the city was just a joke from God.
It was not until the siege artillery fire became more and more fierce and the troops stationed at the top of the city kept sending telegrams asking for help that he believed that the Eighth Route Army had really descended from the sky and appeared outside Jinzhong City.
"Captain...it has been found out!" A second lieutenant put down the phone to report.
"We can't contact the Xiluo stronghold... The Eighth Route Army outside the city must have come from Xiluo!"
Kamikawa Shaozuo didn't know what happened to the Xiluo stronghold, but this bad news instantly solved all the questions in his mind.
Staring at the city defense map, he began to issue orders: "Judging from the sound of cannons, the enemy's siege artillery fire far exceeds ours!"
"We can only defend the county seat and ask for help from Taiyuan immediately!"
"The two places are very close... As long as the reinforcements march fast enough, they can reach Jinzhong in as little as three hours!"
"Order: All city defense troops must defend their positions, and no Eighth Route Army can be allowed to enter the county..."
"The reserve team was divided into four, and all reinforcements were sent to the city..."
"The Gendarmerie will immediately organize expatriates and pro-Japanese armed forces in the city to help defend the city!"
"The city defense forces also need to find out where the Eighth Route Army that attacked us came from, what their numbers were, how many troops they had, and how many heavy weapons they were equipped with!"
"I'll report it immediately after I find out..."
"I want to report the battle situation to the military headquarters based on the latest enemy situation and request reinforcements!"
The north of Jinzhong City is closer to Taiyuan, and the Jinzhong Arsenal that Kong Jie has coveted for a long time is here.
After Kamikawa Shaozuo's order to mobilize troops spread, the number of more than a hundred Japanese defending the arsenal quickly dropped to more than twenty...
But even so, the Japanese would not allow a puppet soldier to approach the arsenal.
They neither believe in the combat effectiveness of the puppet army nor trust the puppet army.
But the arsenal is very large, and it is difficult to cover everything with just a dozen or so Japanese soldiers.
In order to prevent someone from destroying the arsenal, the Japanese team leader had to violate the taboo of military strategists, further disperse the already small number of troops, guard all the commanding heights of the arsenal, and not allow anyone to approach the arsenal.
This undoubtedly gave the three companies of guards a good opportunity to defeat them one by one.
There are more than 100 people in the Third Guard Company, but their infiltration and lurking missions do not require heavy weapons. All three machine gun squads and grenade squads remained in the base area, and only ten infantry squads came.
The troops were divided into ten groups, pretending to be caravans, ordinary people, transport teams, vendors... sneaked into Yangquan and lurked quietly.
As soon as the siege started, they emerged from their respective hiding spots and gathered around the Jinzhong Arsenal from different directions.
Facing the Japs patrols and guard posts in groups of two or three, the Third Company suddenly took action and eliminated them with lightning speed. Then they established a defense line around the arsenal to prevent the Japs from jumping over the wall and sent people to recapture the arsenal.
, Destroy the arsenal...
Chen Quan did not know that the Jinzhong Arsenal had been captured by the Third Company of Guards. He was marching with a mountain cannon and three mortars to reinforce the Second Company.
After the failure of the city gate, the Japanese and puppet troops did not abandon the east gate...
Immediately set up a defense line fifty or sixty meters away from the city gate, and relied on three light and heavy machine guns to block the second company in the city gate, making it impossible to continue attacking into the city.
"Battalion Commander, there are little Japanese light and heavy machine guns in front of us blocking the road. There will be too many casualties in a forced charge. Have you brought the guns?" the second company commander ordered anxiously.
The longer the troops are stuck here, the stronger the street fighting fortifications built by the Japanese army in the city will become, and the greater the casualties the troops will suffer if they continue to attack. This is an outcome that no one wants to see.
Chen Quan snorted and asked: "I brought all the mountain cannons..."
"The artillery will be the protagonist in the next battle... You guys take a rest first. In the next battle, we can use artillery to bombard it without killing anyone!"
"The artillery is ready, knock out the firepower points of the little Japanese blocking the way in front of me..."
