The captain shook his head and looked at the adjutant who replied dully: "We can't break out!"
"There are only more than 150 troops stationed in each direction of the county. A lot of people must have been killed in the artillery raid just now. Even if the other directions of the county are still in our hands, the number of troops is less than 100, and they are all called the Imperial Alliance Army.
Lord!”
"If they rely on city fortifications to hold their position, they can still fight; if they give up their fortifications and rush out of the county to fight the Eighth Route Army, don't even think about it!"
"Immediately distribute weapons and ammunition to all soldiers and officers in the headquarters, and prepare for a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army... When the city is alive and people are alive, the city will die and people will die!"
"It's over..." The adjutant collapsed on the ground, his face full of despair.
The atmosphere in the headquarters became increasingly depressed, and many people's faces turned pale.
"Da da da……"
The sound of light machine gun fire suddenly sounded at the entrance of the headquarters. A guard ran in in a panic and shouted to the commander from a distance: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army has reached the headquarters!"
"They have too many troops and very strong offensive firepower. We are no match for us. You must move immediately. If you don't leave, it will be too late... Ta-ta-ta-ta..."
As soon as the guard finished speaking, the sound of machine gun fire rang out behind him, and then he fell with a plop at the door of the war room, with two bloody holes on his back that kept bleeding out.
The troops are there, the equipment is there, and there are several mountain cannons and infantry cannons to help out.
But his luck ended there.
"Bang bang... bang bang..."
It's different now.
Just as he was about to get up from the ground, four grenades with white smoke flew in from the front door, and one of the grenades rolled right next to him.
Moreover, the war has been going on so far, and the city's garrison still has no trump cards to use.
"Bring me the thunder cannon!" Huang Qi decided to make a surprise move and use another attack to capture Mancheng County.
Comparing the two sides, apart from the terrain advantage, all other advantages lie with the garrison.
There were less than 500 troops garrisoned throughout the city, including the puppet troops. Their morale was low and their morale was disorganized.
The sound of machine gun fire was getting closer and closer, bullets passed through the windows and flew into the war room.
Eight explosive packets the size of millstones were pushed out of the gasoline barrel by the air waves generated by the burning gunpowder, and rolled towards the city.
Mancheng, dozens of kilometers away, was also very lively, with rifles, mortars, mountain artillery... it was like a symphony that had not stopped since half an hour ago.
After one round of shooting was completed, the soldiers on the side immediately put the second propellant into the gasoline barrel, covered it with a wooden board, placed the explosive package, and finally lit the propellant fuse...
As soon as the second round of explosive charges was launched, dozens of gunners dropped their thunder cannons and retreated as fast as they could...
The Japanese and puppet troops in the city were dead or injured, and almost all the soldiers who could still fight were concentrated on the top of the city.
Many Eighth Route Army troops also fell outside the city wall, but the offensive morale of the troops was not affected at all.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the city have been exhausted, and there are not many left. As long as everyone works harder, it will be a matter of time before they take over the county seat.
In this case, the flying thunder cannon will not be able to play its trump card.
The guard who knocked down the captain tried to kick him away, but the grenade gave him no chance.
It is conceivable that with the impact point as the center, all the Japanese and puppet troops within a dozen meters on the left and right sides must have been killed. Even if they did not die on the spot, they would lose their combat effectiveness...
After rescuing them, Huang Qi begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother, and tried every means to persuade them to join the garrison. In addition, he recruited several local guerrillas, and the total strength of the city's garrison suddenly expanded from 200 to 800.
They are all veterans who can immediately go to the battlefield.
Before he could even take a step, a ball of fire rose up in front of his eyes, and a thunderous explosion sounded at the same time, and then he collapsed to the ground unconscious.
This was modified by him using gasoline barrels captured during the stronghold raids.
A series of earth-shaking explosions rang out on the west wall of the city. Three of the explosive charges hit the top of the city, and an orange-red fireball rose into the sky, reaching a height of more than ten meters.
"Boom boom boom..."
The desperate adjutant was the first to be shot. Two bullets passed through his chest, and blood gushed out like a fountain. He fell to the ground and stopped moving.
Previously, there were many Japanese and puppet troops in the city, and they also had mortars to assist them. If they used the thunder cannons rashly, not only would they not be able to cause a fatal attack on the Japanese and puppet troops, the Japanese mortars would also destroy the thunder cannons immediately, which would easily cost the wife.
Break troops.
After clearing out the strongholds outside the city with lightning speed, they launched a siege that night.
If the gunners had not withdrawn in time, the artillery fire coverage just now would definitely cause them huge casualties.
The captain was thrown to the ground by a guard, and the bullet flew past his scalp, almost causing his head to explode.
He had about the same amount of troops as Deng Jingye, but he had great luck when clearing the strongholds outside the city. He rescued more than 400 prisoners of war from one stronghold who were about to be escorted to Peiping.
They come from several battlefields and are all veterans who are unwilling to join the puppet army and become traitors.
"Rumble..."
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Half an hour later, the city had been bombed into a mess, and there were dilapidated gaps everywhere.
The corpses of the Japanese and puppet soldiers who were killed by the bombing were lying on it in various postures, and many corpses were hung directly on the top of the city. It was too horrible to see.
Huang Qi made a plan in his mind, and without doing any fancy things, he directly pulled the main force of the regiment outside the city and stormed the whole city.
As long as one round of thunder cannon fire severely damages the Japanese and puppet troops on top of the city, even if they are bombed by Japanese mortars, they will not be able to block those gaps. The attacking troops will be able to take advantage of the situation to attack the top of the city and capture the entire city.
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Just after running a few dozen meters, the sound of artillery shell explosions sounded behind them. The two thunder cannons were blown away instantly, and the barrel of one of the thunder cannons was blown to pieces, making it useless...
"Da da da……"
Huang Qi, the commander of the third battalion of the Duer Regiment, suddenly became the commander of the Mancheng Garrison Regiment.
"Fire...boom, boom, boom..." Huang Qi's order sounded at the same time as the sound of the thunder cannon firing.
The sound of grenade explosions sounded in the front yard of the headquarters at the same time. The two guards wanted to go out to fight. As soon as they rushed to the door and didn't have time to raise their guns, the air wave generated by the explosion of grenades instantly overturned them...
The surviving Japanese and puppet troops were hiding behind the intact battlements. Except for the Japanese troops who were desperately shooting outside the city, the puppet troops were all trembling with fear. Unless the little Japs pointed their guns at them, they had to fire two shots outside. As for whether there were any
After hitting the target, only God knows where the bullet went.
When the flying thunder artillery position was baptized by Japanese artillery fire, the entire city had turned into a hell on earth.
The second round of explosives also had one that hit the top of the city. Together with the three explosives that hit the top of the city just now, a section of more than 200 meters long no man's land was blasted directly at the top of the city...
"Blow the charge... The whole regiment, from me down, launches an attack, striving to capture the county seat in one surprise attack... Charge..." Huang Qi held up the box cannon and rushed out of the bunker at the head of the pack.
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