"No...why did the gunfire outside the city stop?" Yamamoto asked with a frown as he climbed up to the top of the city.
As he spoke, he raised his telescope and looked outside the city...
The offensive position of the New Second Regiment has been dug more than 100 meters outside the city. With the help of the telescope, even a rifle on the position can be seen clearly!
Seeing that there were still more than a dozen heavy machine guns in position outside the city, Colonel Yamamoto's face instantly became extremely serious.
The New Second Regiment suddenly stopped attacking but did not retreat, which meant that they were planning a bigger offensive.
I continued to observe the enemy's situation, trying to see something from the offensive positions outside the city, but the Eighth Route Army dug their positions too deep, and except for a row of dark muzzles, not even a single person could be seen.
"Sir, I feel that the Eighth Route Army is planning a larger-scale attack. Why don't we let the city defense troops withdraw to the foot of the city wall to prevent them from suddenly concentrating artillery fire on the city head?" the garrison captain suggested cautiously.
Yamamoto did not answer, and turned to look at the garrison squadron on the other side of the city: "You know the strength of the Eighth Route Army outside the city better than we do. What do you think?"
"Sir, I don't think this is necessary!" The squadron leader was very excited when he spoke to the captain for the first time. He quickly expressed his thoughts, hoping to get Yamamoto's attention.
"Be specific?" Colonel Yamamoto thought the same way and asked directly.
"I have already figured out the situation of the Eighth Route Army outside the city through daytime fighting!" the squadron leader explained.
"Their total strength is about over a thousand, equipped with four mortars and one mountain cannon... Two of the mortars have been destroyed by us..."
"With all the remaining three artillery pieces participating in the battle, they will not be able to cover the city with artillery fire, nor will they threaten our safety!"
"Then what do you think the Eighth Route Army outside the city is planning?" Colonel Yamamoto continued to ask.
The squadron leader shook his head and said: "The Eighth Route Army's siege firepower is limited, and there are only so many siege methods that can be used!"
"I suspect that they are redeploying their troops. When the time comes, all troops will be dispatched to launch a direct attack on Ping'an County, leaving us unable to defend ourselves!"
Colonel Yamamoto responded: "If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, 80% of the time I would choose to fight like this!"
"They have advanced their offensive position to more than a hundred meters outside the city. If they attack quickly, they can rush to the foot of the city wall in 10 or 20 seconds. If all the city defense troops withdraw behind the city wall to avoid artillery fire, and the Eighth Route Army suddenly launches an attack, they will definitely not be able to reach the city in time.
Fight with your head!"
"If the Eighth Route Army takes the opportunity to send explosive packets into the city gate, blow up the city gate, and blow a gap in the city wall, then Ping'an County will be finished!"
Colonel Yamamoto's last words were to the garrison captain.
Before he finished speaking, the guard captain's face became particularly ugly, and he said with regret: "I didn't think carefully about my humble position, and I almost missed a big event. Please punish me, sir!"
Now is the time to employ people. Colonel Yamamoto will definitely not be upset because of this trivial matter. He shook his head and said: "Forget about the punishment..."
"If you have any suggestions next, you must consider them thoroughly!"
"You are the captain of the Ping'an County Guard. Any decision you make may affect the security of Ping'an County and the lives of hundreds or thousands of soldiers. You must be extremely cautious and make no mistakes!"
"Thank you, sir..." the guard captain said gratefully.
"Pa bang bang..."
Just when Colonel Yamamoto raised his telescope again and was about to re-observe the enemy situation outside the city, three red flares suddenly flew into the sky from the offensive position outside the city...
It drew three beautiful parabolas. After flying to the highest point, three groups of brilliant red lights burst out, which was very dazzling.
Not only could the Eighth Route Army outside the city see it clearly, but Colonel Yamamoto also saw it.
My heart skipped a beat, and I shouted subconsciously: "The city defense troops are ready for battle... The Eighth Route Army seems to be starting to attack the city!"
“Dong dong dong… da da da…”
The sound of light and heavy machine gun fire sounded outside the city at the same time. At a glance, at least ten light and heavy machine guns were spraying flames.
"Tick-tick...tick-tock..."
The loud sound of the charge horn also reached Colonel Yamamoto's ears, and the densely packed Eighth Route Army poured out of the offensive position and charged towards the city wall like a wave.
"Comrades, rush..."
Screams, gunshots, charging horns, explosions... quickly rang out, like a symphony that suddenly played, attracting everyone's attention instantly.
Colonel Yamamoto was no exception. He drew his command sword and pointed toward the outside of the city and shouted!
"Open fire, all light and heavy machine guns open fire... grenades and mortars also join the battle, stop the Eighth Route Army, and they must not be allowed to get close to the city wall..."
"shooting……"
The guard captain was stunned by the scene before him, with cold sweat covering his forehead.
Fortunately, my suggestion of avoiding artillery fire was not adopted by the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, they would have been able to enter the city gate with a single assault, but the city defense troops had not yet rushed to the top of the city...
But his reaction was very fast, and he started to take part in the command in a flash.
He ran to a heavy machine gun and shouted: "There are more Eighth Route Army troops in the northeast, fire in the northeast and kill them..."
"The blocking firepower here is too weak. A light machine gun will be brought in immediately..."
"What do grenadiers do for a living? Why don't they shoot and knock out the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine gun firepower!"
But at this moment, a scene that shocked all the Japanese appeared.
As soon as the gunshots on the city top rang out, the 568th Route Army troops who rushed out of the offensive position all fell to the ground as if they had agreed.
Colonel Yamamoto was confused, not knowing what the new second regiment meant by attacking like this.
"Boom boom boom..."
A series of dull explosions suddenly sounded in the offensive position of the New Second Regiment, immediately attracting the attention of all Japanese and puppet troops.
I saw a large amount of flames suddenly erupting from the place where the sound had just been heard, just like setting off fireworks.
Before Colonel Yamamoto could react, six explosive packets the size of millstones had entered their field of vision and were flying towards the city at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Rumble..."
A thunderous explosion suddenly sounded above everyone's heads. Six explosive packets exploded into six balls of fire above the city. The Japanese and puppet troops hiding under the explosive packets were either killed or injured, or were stunned on the city top.
Suddenly lost combat effectiveness...
"Bagheya Road is full of explosives..." The squadron leader of the garrison in the east of the city was the first to react.
"How is it possible? Who knows how the Eighth Route Army threw the explosive packets onto the city!" the guard captain said with a look of disbelief on his face.
"It's a flying thunder cannon!" Colonel Yamamoto was well-informed and quickly thought of a new weapon developed by the Eighth Route Army himself.
"Using a gasoline barrel as a gun barrel, the air wave generated by the explosion of gunpowder pushed the explosive package out of the barrel and flew towards the city. The longest range was more than 300 meters..."
"I heard this tone when I was in the military department. The military department also asked the arsenal to imitate it. After the test firing, it was found that the shooting accuracy of the thunder cannon was too poor and the range was too close. It was not as good as our grenade launchers... so there was no
