Chapter 733 Still falling for the Eighth Route Army (Second update)
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Chapter 733 Still falling for the Eighth Route Army (Second update)
The captain breathed a sigh of relief.
The first round of artillery fire scared him.
Explosive packets the size of millstones fell from the sky like rain, and with the thunderous explosions, two to three hundred subordinates disappeared in an instant.
According to this rate of loss, the more than 1,500 garrison troops stationed in the east of the city only need to be hit by the explosive packs fired by the Wulun flying thunder cannons, and they will be completely killed or injured.
Fortunately, the chief of staff issued a retreat order in time, which reduced the casualties of the troops to the current sixty or seventy people.
Otherwise, I won’t be able to defend the east gate despite my great strength.
Immediately ordered: "From now on, a maximum of four hundred people will come up to the city. The number of losses on the battlefield will be replenished from within the city."
"Let everyone be more alert and keep an eye on the Eighth Route Army outside the city."
"Prevent them from attacking the city with their chariot skills."
"If the Eighth Route Army dispatches infantry, report to me immediately."
After saying that, he sat down on the ammunition box.
He was too nervous just now, but now that he has finally solved the problem, he decided to relax.
As a result, before his butt was still hot, a new round of explosions reached his ears again.
Compared with just now, the explosion at this moment was much smaller in both sound and power.
"Captain, we were attacked by Eighth Route Army mortars." A second lieutenant team leader reported in a loud voice.
This incident made the captain's nerves tense again, and his nervous heart hung in his throat at the same time.
The Eighth Route Army did not use its good flying thunder cannons, but suddenly switched to less powerful mortars to attack the city. There must be some unknown conspiracy in this.
He immediately poked his head out of the crenel, trying to figure out the real purpose of the Eighth Route Army's sudden change in fighting style.
“Dong dong dong… da da da…”
Dozens of machine gun fire suddenly erupted from the offensive position two hundred meters away.
Densely packed bullets flew towards us, most of them were blocked by the battlements, and sparks flew from the brick walls, while a few flew up to the top of the city close to the battlements.
A few unlucky guys were lucky enough to be hit and fell into a pool of blood screaming.
This accident made the captain feel even more uneasy.
The city defense troops hid behind the battlements, and no matter how fierce the Eighth Route Army's light and heavy machine guns fired, they could not injure a few people.
Their current combat goal is to consume the troops garrisoned at the city head.
Fire from light and heavy machine guns obviously cannot achieve this goal.
But the Eighth Route Army did this.
There must be a conspiracy here that I don't know about.
"The Eighth Route Army came out..." A cry of surprise brought him back to reality.
At the offensive position outside the city, more than 300 Eighth Route Army troops suddenly rushed out of the ditch, divided into three groups, and simultaneously launched an attack on the city gate opening and the city walls on both sides.
The troops were distributed in skirmish lines, armed with rifles and machine guns, and their assault speed was extremely fast.
In the blink of an eye, he rushed forward ten or twenty meters.
The captain was fooled by Li Yunlong's actions.
Didn't it mean that the Eighth Route Army would not storm Baoding tonight and would only use artillery fire to consume the strength of the city defense troops? What happened to the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops that suddenly appeared outside the city?
He felt that he had been tricked by the Eighth Route Army again.
Quickly order: "Start grabbing..."
"All the remaining troops opened fire. We must use the strongest firepower to repel them."
"The Eighth Route Army must not be allowed to get close to the city wall."
This sentence was added temporarily by the captain. He saw many soldiers holding explosive bags among the attacking troops.
What if they rush to the foot of the city wall or the city gate?
Seven or eight explosive bags combined can blast a large hole in the city wall.
City fortifications are another trump card he uses to defend the east gate. If a gap is blown through the city wall, making this trump card useless, his chances of defending the east gate will be reduced by at least 30%.
"Da da da...dong dong dong..."
The brigade captain's ears immediately rang with the sound of intensive firefights. The brigade captain himself also set up a light machine gun, put his shoulder on the butt of the gun, loaded the bullets, and fired wildly at the Eighth Route Army outside the city.
"Pa bang bang..."
Several bullets were fired head-on, hitting the battlements in front of him hard, sending rubble flying everywhere.
The captain was so frightened that he quickly squatted down and retracted his head.
The bullet just now could have passed through the shooting hole ten centimeters lower and hit his head.
Not everyone of the soldiers who were firing on the city had such good luck.
In just ten seconds, eight or nine people fell around him, most of them light and heavy machine gunners.
The main force of the garrison in the east of the city is hiding in the city and standing still. There are only more than 300 people at the top of the city, equipped with more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns.
The Eighth Route Army outside the city was equipped with thirty or forty light and heavy machine guns. Relying on their numerical advantage, two machine guns fired at one machine gun at the top of the city.
Even if the Japanese had the battlements to hide in, casualties would still be inevitable.
This is only what he saw with his own eyes. There must be more casualties that he did not see.
The east gate city wall is very long. It is also night now. You can see at most a hundred meters away with your eyes, but you can't see clearly any further away.
Faced with this dangerous situation, the captain became anxious.
Immediately, he forgot the military order from the headquarters that only 30% of the troops should be left at the top of the city, and ordered behind him with an anxious look on his face.
"No, the Eighth Route Army has begun to storm the city."
"The troops at the top of the city are limited and the firepower is too poor. They will definitely not be able to stop the Eighth Route Army's siege troops."
"Immediately notify the troops in the city to go to the city wall to join the battle."
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In the offensive position of the only regiment, Li Yunlong was holding a telescope and staring at the city head motionless.
Judging the strength of troops through firepower is his most basic quality as a soldier.
Seeing that the casualties of the attacking troops were increasing, and the city wall was getting closer and closer, but the counterattack firepower on top of the city did not increase, he became anxious.
I was afraid that the Japanese and puppet troops at the top of the city would not be fooled.
In this case, the feint attack troops will sacrifice themselves in vain.
Just when he was hesitating whether to withdraw the feint attack troops, the heavy machine gun fire points at the city head suddenly increased by two, and the light machine gun fire points also increased by four or five.
His face lit up and he ordered with excitement: "The little Japanese reinforcements are coming to the top of the city."
"The thunder artillery unit is ready to fire."
"Light up immediately after receiving the order to fire."
"We must not let the Japanese and puppet troops escape this time."
When giving the order, Li Yunlong's attention never left the city.
He wanted to wait until all the Japanese and puppet reinforcements arrived on the city before opening fire.
At that time, the density of personnel was the highest. As long as the torpedo cannons were fired accurately, a single explosive pack could kill twenty or thirty Japanese and puppet troops.
The firepower of light and heavy machine guns on the top of the city is still increasing, indicating that the number of manpower on the top of the city is still increasing.
When will the firepower of light and heavy machine guns stop increasing and the flying thunder cannons will be able to start firing?
"Get ready..." Li Yunlong looked forward to the order.
"Fire the artillery...move after the shooting is over. Don't let the little Japanese artillery target you..."
"Rumble..."
The sound of explosions was heard endlessly, and in just three seconds, more than fifty explosive packets were pushed out of the gasoline barrels and hit the city head at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Li Yunlong had seen the wonderful scene of the thunder cannon explosion more than once, and at this moment, he was still excited to see it.
I wish I could grab a machine gun and rush to the top of the city right now to kill the little devils.
The captain of the Dongmen Little Devil Squadron looked angry, and his mood was completely opposite to Li Yunlong's.
I never expected that after all my calculations, I ended up falling into the Eighth Route Army's path and suffered heavy losses.
Watching his subordinates being blown away one after another, the pain in my heart was simply worse than being cut by a knife.
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