Chapter 684 The Eighth Route Army has back-ups, and so do we (second update)
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Chapter 684 The Eighth Route Army has back-ups, and so do we (second update)
Although Li Yunlong's idea was to storm Baoding.
But it's much smarter than the frontal attack I proposed.
Huang Qi obeyed the order and followed Li Yunlong closely.
Watching him relax his brows for a while, and frown for a while, muttering something unknown, I couldn't help but ask: "Deputy Commander..."
"What did you just say..."
"Nothing?" Li Yunlong shook his head.
"Continue to keep an eye on the city and report any changes to the Japanese and puppet troops immediately."
Huang Qi curled his lips and did not answer.
He had clearly seen it just now, but if Li Yunlong didn't say anything, he wouldn't be able to stare and keep asking questions.
"Deputy Commander...there is a situation at the top of the city..."
An exclamation instantly attracted everyone's attention. Li Yunlong and Huang Qi raised their binoculars at the same time and looked towards the city, their expressions becoming nervous.
The Japanese and puppet troops were hiding behind the battlements, but they could still be vaguely seen through the battlements.
Many Japanese and puppet troops evacuated their fighting positions with weapons and ammunition, and the number of gun barrels protruding from the battlements was significantly reduced by 20 to 30%.
Li Yunlong looked happy and said: "Okamura Neji was fooled..."
"Get the troops ready for battle..."
"The attack on the city will begin in twenty minutes. We must capture the city head and enter the city within ten minutes."
After finishing speaking, he warned Huang Qi again: "Do you still remember the mission of the siege troops after they entered the city?"
"Quickly establish a defense line with the city gate as the center to welcome the counterattack of the Japanese and puppet troops." Huang Qi replied immediately.
On the way to Ximen, Li Yunlong explained this matter more than once, and Huang Qi's ears almost felt numb.
"Remember, you must not advance alone..." Li Yunlong was still a little worried and decided to remind him again.
"Don't go crazy and attack all the way forward just because the Japanese and puppet troops in the west of the city were severely damaged by us and there are no Japanese and puppet troops blocking the way in the city."
Then he turned his attention to the guard company: "Your mission is to seize the top of the city and cover the flying thunder cannon troops to set up the flying thunder cannon on the top of the city."
"Whether Commander Huang can hold the city gate, prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from counterattacking, and severely damage the Baoding garrison, flying thunder cannons are the key."
"We must occupy the city head as quickly as possible and leave enough time for the thunder cannon platoon to set up the artillery."
"have you understood……"
Twenty minutes passed by in a blink of an eye. Faced with the continuous probing attacks by the garrison groups all over the city, the Japanese and puppet troops at the top of the city seemed to be numbed, and their counterattack firepower became weaker and weaker.
"It's now……"
Li Yunlong's eyes suddenly became very firm and he gave orders decisively.
"The enemy's vigilance has been exhausted by us. Artillery cover, flying thunder cannons rushed up, and the general attack will be launched in five minutes..."
"The mountain cannon is aimed at the city gate. I must hit it first and destroy the city gate."
"After the explosion, keep an eye on the city gate and kill all the Japanese and puppet troops who want to block the city gate with sandbags."
"The attacking forces are ready for the assault."
"Try to get as close to the city wall as possible during the bombardment."
"As soon as the artillery preparations are over, let me attack the city."
"The machine gunner serves as an assaulter. Before receiving the order to retreat, the troops can only move forward and cannot retreat."
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A company of the Eighth Route Army appeared outside the west gate again, approaching the city in a skirmish line with guns in hand.
The machine gun barrel at the entrance of the deep city battlements immediately sprayed out a long stream of flames, successfully blocking the attacking troops more than 100 meters outside the city.
The Japanese and puppet troops on top of the city have become accustomed to strange things.
As before, except for the light and heavy machine guns, which continued to fire to suppress the Eighth Route Army's feint attacking troops, the other soldiers were hiding behind the battlements and waiting for repairs.
Little did they know that there was something going on inside the more than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops who launched an attack outside the city.
There are only forty or fifty real attacking troops, and the rest are all torpedo gunners.
Lie down on the ground, use your bayonet to dig a hole in the ground, and bury the torpedo cannon launcher.
"Boom boom boom..."
The propellant quickly exploded in the gasoline barrel.
Rapidly burning flames spurted out from the gasoline barrel, and the explosive package in front rolled out and flew towards the city head at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The flames ejected from the gasoline barrels were particularly dazzling, attracting not only the attention of all the Eighth Route Army troops, but also many Japanese and puppet troops.
Machine gun bullets flew towards him, causing sparks to fly from the launch tube.
Many gunners were affected and fell into a pool of blood without moving.
The Japanese and puppet troops could only act arrogantly for a few seconds.
Explosive packets the size of millstones fell from the sky. Although the hit rate was only 20 to 30%, six explosive packets still hit the city head.
"Rumble..."
A thunderous explosion suddenly sounded at the top of the city, and orange-red flames rose into the sky, forming huge mushroom clouds.
In just an instant, more than half of the gunshots on the city were gone.
The pressure of the thunder gun platoon dropped sharply, and the gunner lying on the side immediately got up and refilled the gasoline barrel with propellant and explosive packets...
"Boom boom boom..."
The second round of explosive packets flew out of the gasoline barrel again and rolled towards the city.
This time only four explosive charges hit the city head.
But for the Ximen garrison, which suffered heavy casualties, these four explosive packets were enough to be the last straw that broke their backs.
"The bugler blew the charge bugle, and everyone who could still move rushed with me and rushed into Baoding..."
Huang Qi was the first to get up from the ground, holding the box cannon, and rushed out first.
The guard company rushed forward, trying to protect the regiment leader in the middle of the team.
But Huang Qi rushed too fast, and no matter how hard they rushed, they were always one step behind.
The Japanese squadron leader luckily survived the bombardment.
When the explosive package exploded more than ten meters away, several guards happened to be standing around, using a human wall to save his life.
Before he could react to the dizziness caused by the shock wave, the sound of charging horns had already reached his ears.
I looked up and looked outside the city: hundreds of Eighth Route Army troops were like a group of wild horses, rushing toward the city gate.
"Boom boom..."
Two explosions sounded at the city gate at the same time. The city wall beneath my feet trembled twice in the explosion. Thick smoke billowed out from the city gate. The squadron leader could tell at once that the shells that had just exploded were mountain cannon shells.
The city gate is an iron-clad wooden structure, which cannot withstand the close range shooting of mountain cannon.
Eighty percent of the closed city gates have been blown open.
If the Eighth Route Army offensive troops are allowed to rush into the city gate and enter the city, the entire Baoding will be destroyed.
Quickly pounce on the machine gun team on the side.
The machine gunner was killed, but the machine gun was still good and fell aside.
Stand on the crenel, press the butt of the gun with your shoulder, pull the bolt, and aim at the attacking troops outside the city to draw fire.
While shooting, he shouted: "All city defense troops are counterattacking..."
"Quickly start grabbing and stop the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops at all costs..."
"Everyone shoots..."
The squadron leader's voice almost broke when he yelled, but there were only a few shots fired in response to him.
After a quick glance around, most of the soldiers lay motionless on the city walls, either killed or knocked unconscious and unable to participate in the battle.
"Crack..." The sound of two empty-bore shots quickly reached the squadron leader's ears, and the crooked handle in his hand went silent at the same time.
He fired all the bullets in the machine gun magazine.
There was no assistant shooter around to help load the bullets, so I could only retract the crooked handle and press the bullets into the magazine myself.
The speed is not slower than the machine gunner at all, but Huang Qi's attack speed is faster.
The sudden blocking fire killed and injured many soldiers, but the attack momentum of the city-wide defense regiment was not affected.
While the Japanese squadron leader was changing bullets, he suddenly accelerated his assault speed and successfully rushed into the smoke-filled city gate.
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
Machine guns and box cannons continued to fire forward, suppressing the Japanese and puppet troops in the city who wanted to approach the city gate.
"Boom boom boom..."
Several grenades flew over Huang Qi into the city, and several Japanese and puppet troops who blocked Huang Qi head-on were immediately blown over.
"Machine guns open the way, kill in... click, click, click..."
Huang Qi held a machine gun that the Japanese had left behind in the city gate and rushed forward, the crooked gun in his arms roaring at the same time.
"The guard company is following me, prepare grenades, cover with machine guns, and occupy the city head..." The guard company commander waved his hand and led his men towards the city head.
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When the Japanese temporary headquarters in Baoding learned that the reinforcements had arrived in the east of the city, Neji Okamura's tense nerves suddenly relaxed.
The east of the city is the main attack direction of the Eighth Route Army. If you guard the east of the city, the Eighth Route Army outside the city will be unable to do anything to you.
Their goal of attacking in the east and in the west cannot be achieved.
If the mopping up troops make a breakthrough tomorrow, the Eighth Route Army in the Wing will undoubtedly be defeated.
Thinking of this, Okamura Neji seemed to have seen Victory and waved to him, and the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously.
His good mood lasted less than two minutes when an explosion from the west of the city instantly shattered his dream.
The atmosphere in the headquarters became tense again, and the operator kept calling to the west of the city to ask what happened about the explosion just now.
Several messengers galloped toward the west of the city on fast horses.
If there is a problem with the phone, they can only rely on them to contact the garrison in the west of the city.
Fortunately the call was answered quickly.
The deputy chief of staff personally spoke to them on the phone, and after asking a few questions, he frowned.
Covering the microphone, he reported to Okamura Neiji from afar: "The west of the city was attacked by unknown artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army..."
"More than one battalion of the Eighth Route Army attacked them..."
"The city gate was blown open by the Eighth Route Army's mountain cannon. The city defense troops suffered heavy losses and are in urgent need of reinforcements..."
After finishing speaking, he spoke a few more words into the microphone before putting it down, and walked quickly to Okamura Neji for analysis.
"Your Excellency, Commander, we seem to have been tricked by the Eighth Route Army..."
"They have been preserving their strength from beginning to end..."
"They actually hid an artillery unit and are only using it now. They are too calm."
Okamura Neji waved his hands in annoyance: "What's the use of talking about this now..."
"The Eighth Route Army has backup forces outside the city, and so do we."
"Let the reserve troops march urgently to reinforce the west of the city. We must repel the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops and defend the west of the city."
"Faster."
After the deputy chief of staff left, Okamura Neiji ordered again: "Contact the garrison in the west of the city. I will have a phone call with them personally."
"They are the key to our ability to defend Baoding. There must be no mistakes."
The operator quickly shook the phone.
Half a minute passed, but there was no response from the garrison in the west of the city...
A minute passed, and the call to Chengxi was still not connected...
The operator's hands were beginning to sweat, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not contact the garrison in the west of the city.
I had to bite the bullet and report: "Your Majesty Commander... our... telephone contact with the garrison in the west of the city... has been interrupted..."
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