As a result, as soon as the captain ran more than a hundred meters away, the explosions in his ears stopped, leaving behind craters, wounded, dead soldiers, and burning tents...
The adjutant ran over with a disgraced face and looked at the captain with a concerned look on his face. Yu Ji reported: "Sir, the tent where I rested was blown up. Fortunately, I moved in time, otherwise I would have turned into a corpse!"
"The Eighth Route Army's two consecutive rounds of artillery fire only lasted half a minute, making it clear that they did not want us to lock them in!"
"If we can't find a way to kill them, they will definitely continue to use artillery fire to sneak attack us from a long distance before dawn!"
"Sir, why don't we retreat? It's too dangerous here!"
"The camp is surrounded by trenches. Although it makes it more difficult for the Eighth Route Army to attack us, it also limits the scope of the troops' activities!"
"More than a thousand troops are concentrated in this small area. The Eighth Route Army fired fifty or sixty artillery shells at us every time it launched an artillery raid. A blind cat can kill a mouse even if it kills many of us!"
The captain's head immediately shook like a rattle: "No, we must not leave the station unless absolutely necessary!"
"The more than 3,000 imperial troops commanded by the deputy brigade commander are no match for the Eighth Route Army. If they really set up a dragnet outside the garrison, our small number of troops will not be enough to put a gap in their teeth."
"After that, he stared at the smoke-filled artillery fire coverage area and asked: "Calculate the losses immediately... How many people did we lose in the artillery raid just now!"
The adjutant had just rushed out of the artillery fire coverage area and knew what he was doing. As soon as the captain finished asking the question, he blurted out the report: "More than thirty people were killed and more than ten people were seriously injured. The direct losses should not exceed fifty people!"
"Then it'll be fine!" the captain said with a sigh of relief.
"The Eighth Route Army fired fifty or sixty artillery shells and only caused less than fifty casualties to us... Even if they launched ten more artillery raids before dawn, our losses would not exceed three hundred people!"
The adjutant immediately countered: "Sir, you have made a mistake in your calculations!"
"One artillery raid caused us fifty casualties. Ten artillery raids could at least cause us five hundred casualties. How could it be three hundred!"
The captain shook his head and explained: "I calculated correctly..."
"Now we still have more than a thousand people, and the density of soldiers in the station is very high. A sudden artillery attack can cause us fifty casualties!"
"When the casualties of the troops exceed 200, the density of soldiers in the station will become lower, and the casualties caused by the sudden artillery fire will naturally decrease!"
"In addition, the Yizhong Eighth Route Army does not have its own military production equipment, and all the artillery shells they hit us came from captured..."
"One burst of artillery fire fired more than 50 shells, and ten bursts of artillery fire added up to more than 500 shells!"
"Our ammunition reserves cannot withstand this rate of consumption, let alone the ammunition supply that relies entirely on captured Eighth Route Army troops!"
"I guess they will stop the bombardment due to lack of ammunition after four or five more rapid artillery attacks!"
The adjutant did not think about the problem as comprehensively as the captain. He patted his head and said: "The captain is wise!"
"Even if the Eighth Route Army has enough artillery shells to attack us from a long distance, the losses of the troops will become smaller and smaller... It's too much to worry about because of the humble position. We really don't need to take the risk of evacuating the station!"
"I will now arrange for the troops to rescue the wounded, disperse and rest, and try my best to reduce the losses of the troops in the sudden artillery attack!"
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Outside Wangdu County, Deng Jingye's direct artillery barrage has been going on for almost two nights, and the number of artillery strikes has been slowly reduced from the original five rounds to the current one.
The political commissar and other troops of the garrison arrived outside the city three hours ago. They only rested for two hours before being dragged to the battlefield by Deng Jingye!
"Captain Wang... have you seen the city wall and city gate in front of you?" Deng Jingye pointed at the city wall and asked the commander of the newly formed mountain artillery company of the Wangdu County Defense Regiment.
"The commander wants me to blow him up?" Captain Wang rubbed his hands and asked with his eyes shining.
"Blow up the city gate and gate tower first!" Deng Jingye ordered!
"Concentrate the artillery fire to bombard the city head again, so that the Japanese can't stay on the city gate tower, and cover the fourth company and the guard platoon to enter the county town!"
"In addition to mountain artillery and infantry artillery, I will strengthen three mortars for you... The other mortars will be divided into groups to attack other city gates to disperse the Japanese and puppet forces in the city!"
"How about it? Do you have the confidence to complete this important task?"
Company Commander Wang is a veteran artilleryman of the Duer Regiment. He used to be the artillery platoon leader when the Duer Regiment was still the Duer Brigade, but he only commanded three mortars. Now he is assigned to command four mountain cannons and two infantry cannons.
With three mortars and an entire reinforced company of artillery, no one knew whether he could handle the task.
In fact, not only Deng Jingye had no confidence, but even Company Commander Wang himself felt a little guilty.
The mission given to him by the regiment commander was not only as simple as firing cannons, but also to completely suppress the Japs on top of the city and reduce the pressure on the infantry to attack the city.
This is the most difficult part. The artillery fire must be accurate, and the rate of fire must be fast enough so that the city is bombarded continuously, so that the Japanese and puppet troops have no chance to raise their heads and fight back.
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He stared at the city head for a while before replying: "Commander, please rest assured, I will personally bomb the city gate tower to ensure that the first shot hits..."
"Three mortars came close to fire, and fired shells at the top of the city at the fastest rate of fire!"
"After blowing up the city gate and gate tower, the six infantry cannons and mountain cannons immediately raised their gunners and called out the battlements one by one where the little Japs were hiding. They tried to blow up all the battlements near the city gate within two minutes, so that the Japs on the top of the city could be freed.
There is no way to hide, and we are all exposed to the guns of the attacking troops!"
Deng Jingye patted Company Commander Wang on the shoulder and said, "Then I'll give you two minutes. After two minutes, the fourth company will launch an attack and strive to enter the county seat with one assault!"
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as early morning arrived, the four walls of Wangdu County were attacked at the same time, and violent explosions sounded like thunder on the top of the city.
The Japs were the same as before. Except for the guard posts and patrols who were ready for battle, the other Japanese and puppet troops were hiding in the camp and on standby.
"Rumble..."
A series of more violent explosions sounded at the east gate of Wangdu County at the same time.
The fire splashed, and the two heavy gates were instantly blown to pieces. The city gate tower was also turned into a pile of ruins in the explosion. The seven or eight Japanese and puppet troops hiding there were buried in the ruins before they had time to make any reaction.
"Rumble..."
The bombardment continued, and mortar shells continued to destroy the Japanese and puppet troops on the top of the city. Mountain artillery and infantry artillery stared at the battlements and blasted them. After a while, seven or eight battlements were blown to pieces, and the Japanese and puppet troops hiding behind the battlements were simultaneously destroyed.
blown away!
The captain of the Japanese garrison headquarters did not take the attack seriously at first. He felt that the Eighth Route Army was repeating its old tricks and attempted to continue to consume the city defense troops through long-distance artillery attacks.
As soon as the mountain artillery and infantry artillery entered the battle, he realized something was wrong.
Get up from the bed and go straight to the war room.
The adjutant on duty ran towards him at the same time, and the two collided face to face!
