"Sir..." The adjutant was knocked almost off his feet. He was afraid that the captain would take the opportunity to get angry, so he didn't give him a chance to speak and rushed to report.
"All four city gates in the county were attacked by mortars, and the east of the city was also attacked by four mountain cannons and two infantry cannons... The city gates and gate towers were both blown up. It seemed that it was not the sheep attack we encountered before!
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The captain didn't answer, and rushed into the war room with a sullen face, giving orders as he walked: "All the troops stationed in the east of the city go to the top of the city and block the Eighth Route Army's attack at all costs!"
"The reserve team will immediately reinforce Chengdong...let them go faster, otherwise Chengdong will be lost!"
The adjutant immediately reported: "I have ordered all the troops stationed in the east of the city to join the battle!"
"But there is no reserve team in the city to reinforce the east side of the city!"
"How come you can use it so quickly?" the captain asked with disbelief on his face.
"Didn't we have a reserve team of more than 200 people two days ago? Where have they gone?"
"All the city defense troops have been replenished!" the adjutant reported.
"In the past two days, the Eighth Route Army launched a total of 19 long-range artillery attacks on the city defense troops, firing more than 400 shells. Two shells killed one soldier of the city defense troops. The total of more than 400 shells could kill more than 200 people.
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"In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the first-line city defense troops, the reserve team has to replenish them in batches!"
The captain became anxious when he heard this: "Hurry up and dispatch ten imperial troops and twenty imperial alliance troops from the west of the city, the north and the south of the city, and march quickly to reinforce the east of the city. Immediately, immediately..."
"The Eighth Route Army has even deployed mountain artillery and infantry artillery. The offensive must be very powerful!"
"The total number of troops stationed in the east of the city is only over a hundred, and they will definitely not be able to hold on for long..."
"Rumble..."
Mountain artillery shells hit the east wall of the city as if they were free. More than thirty battlements had been blown away, and the bare city wall was completely exposed to the guns of the garrison.
"Yes, just blow it up like this. I will blow up all the battlements near the city gate, so that the Japanese and puppet troops on top of the city will lose their hiding place..." Deng Jingye clapped his hands and applauded.
"All light and heavy machine guns are aimed at the top of the city. If you see the Japanese and puppet troops, shoot them!"
"There are at most one hundred and fifty little devils in front of us. If we kill them, the east side of the city will be ours!"
As soon as seven or eight Japanese and puppet troops climbed to the top of the city, they were exposed in front of the garrison because the battlements were bombed. Two heavy machine guns suddenly opened fire. Bullets flew through the gaps in the battlements and flew to the top of the city. Several Japanese soldiers fell to the ground in response.
Everyone was beaten into a sieve, and they were killed on the spot without even having time to scream!
"Comrades, rush with me..."
More than ninety soldiers from the fourth company formed a skirmish line and fought towards the city gate. The Japanese and puppet troops hiding behind the battlements had to show their faces to fight back. However, in this way, they were completely exposed to the guns of the garrison.
"A platoon of mountain artillery aims at a position fifty meters to the left of the city gate building and shoots to kill the machine gun firepower point there!" Commander Wang of the artillery company ordered with his eyes shining as if he had discovered a pile of gold ingots.
Seeing that his subordinates were a little slow in maneuvering the artillery, he immediately walked over and said, "Get out of the way, I'll do it myself..."
Adjust the shooting members, load the ammunition, and fire the gun, all in one go.
"Boom..." Two explosions soon sounded on the top of the city. The sound of heavy machine gun fire suddenly stopped. The machine gun and the machine gunner were blown away. Some hit the top of the city, and some fell on the ground outside the city...
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"The second platoon of the mountain artillery aimed at a position eighty meters to the right of the city gate building and fired two rounds at a very rapid rate. Blow up all the Japanese and puppet troops hiding there!"
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"The infantry artillery platoon continues to blast the city battlements, and the mortar platoon fires freely to eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops near the city gate tower..."
The Japanese team leader stationed in the east of the city was going crazy. Seeing the Eighth Route Army attacking troops getting closer and closer, there were fewer and fewer soldiers still able to fight on the city, so he had to personally set up a crooked gun and shoot outside the city.
He was very smart and knew that there were Eighth Route Army artillery outside the city that was staring at the city. He fired at one place for two or three times and then moved to a new firing hole to continue firing.
Captain Wang of the artillery company commanded the mountain artillery platoon to take action personally, and fired three artillery rounds but failed to kill him.
His eyes were red, and he ordered while firing the cannon: "Second platoon, fire with us... You will fire on the left battlement, and the first platoon will follow me on the right battlement... I will cover the 20-meter city wall with one round of shooting. If you don't believe me, I can't do it."
Get rid of those two little devils!"
"Rumble..."
The four mountain cannons fired at the same time, and the splashing fire was lined up on the top of the city. Nearly ten battlements that were close together were blown away.
The team leader finally wasn't so lucky.
Although he moved to the new shooting position with the machine gun in his arms, he was only six or seven meters away from the old shooting position, which was exactly within the coverage of the four mountain cannons.
The battlements near the city gate tower were all blown up, leaving the Japanese and puppet troops unable to hide. Although the Japanese and puppet troops farther away had battlements to hide in, they would be attacked by two artillery pieces as soon as they were exposed, and no bones were left of the bombed bodies.
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Now even the squad leader is dead, and there is no news from the reinforcements.
Facing one piece of bad news after another, the dozens of remaining Japanese and puppet troops at the top of the city suddenly panicked, especially the puppet troops who accounted for the majority of the troops. Each one seemed to be frightened, trembling all over and huddled on the battlements.
He didn't dare to move from behind, his eyes were full of panic.
"Comrades, kill me!" The fourth company commander took the opportunity to speed up the assault. He held a machine gun in his arms and charged while holding fire. His whole body was as if he had been injected with chicken blood and he ran very fast.
"kill……"
The security squad followed closely behind him and rushed into the city gate in less than two minutes.
"Da da da……"
Two machine guns fired at the same time. Six Japanese and puppet troops were blocking the city gate with sandbags. At the very least, they had to build a temporary bunker. Facing the sudden attack of the Eighth Route Army, they were machine-gunned before they could even put the weapons on their backs in their hands.
Bullets are swept into a sieve...
"Continue to charge with me..." The fourth company commander rushed into the county town first, and conveniently threw the light machine gun that had been exhausted on the ground and replaced it with a loaded box cannon.
"Captain, the fourth company has charged in!" The political commissar did not expect that the battle would go so smoothly tonight. It felt like the city gate had been breached just as the battle started. He looked at the city gate defense line and said with excitement.
"There are no enemies in the city...all the Japanese and puppet troops are concentrated on the top of the city..." Deng Jingye ordered while suppressing his excitement.
"Let the third battalion enter the city immediately, divide the troops into company units, and block the remaining Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall. Don't let them enter the city!"
"The fourth company went straight to the Japanese garrison headquarters and the arsenal as planned...If the Buddha blocks the Buddha, kill the Buddha, and if the ghost blocks the enemy, kill the noble. Take them as quickly as possible, especially the arsenal, which contains all the weapons and ammunition for the expansion of our garrison regiment."
, we must not let the little devil explode!"
The Japanese garrison headquarters was in chaos. Listening to the sound of gunfire getting closer and closer on the street, even a fool knew that the East Gate had been breached by the Eighth Route Army.
"Sir, the east gate is broken. Let's break out before the other three gates are conquered!" the adjutant reminded anxiously as he didn't want to die, looking at the despairing captain.
