The dull sound of shooting from a vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun suddenly sounded in the south direction of the city, less than 500 meters away from the inner city.
A hail of bullets chased the little devil more than a hundred meters ahead.
Every meter the Japanese advanced, one person was shot and fell to the ground.
The Japanese captain who defended the inner city happened to be guarding here. He watched helplessly as the Eighth Route Army's pursuing troops shot and killed the Imperial Army's retreating troops with machine guns, but there was nothing he could do.
The opponent is a tank, with rough skin and thick flesh.
The most powerful weapon in my hand is the infantry cannon. Although it can destroy tanks at close range, it is not deployed here.
Although mortars are very powerful, they are still far from destroying tanks.
The only thing that can be done is to open the city gate and pray that the retreating troops will run faster.
At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to prepare for battle and block the Eighth Route Army infantry behind the tanks.
Without infantry cover, no matter how powerful the tank was, it would not dare to attack the inner city of Taiyuan alone.
"Open fire, block the Eighth Route Army outside the city, and cover the retreating troops entering the city..." As soon as the infantry following the tank rushed to a position two to three hundred meters outside the city, the order to fire came from the mouth of the battalion leader.
The command sword in his hand slashed forward with all his strength.
More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns mounted behind the battlements opened fire immediately, the bullets hitting the tank's protective steel plate with a crackling sound, and sparks flying everywhere.
Several soldiers who were close to the tank were knocked over at the same time and fell to the ground without moving.
"The tanks continued to fire until the Japs entered the city..."
"If you fire two rounds at the city gate tower, how many Japanese can you kill?"
"Others immediately evacuate the Japanese fire damage range..."
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At the Shanxi Garrison Headquarters located in the inner city, Yoshio Iwamatsu also heard the sound of close firefights coming from the south of the city.
It sounded like it was right on the edge of the inner city.
A bad feeling quickly came to mind.
"Jingle Bell……"
A telephone connected to the inner city wall suddenly rang. All the officers, including Yoshio Iwamatsu, looked at the telephone soldier who answered the call, making him so nervous that he almost dropped the microphone in his hand.
"Moxi Moxi..."
As the telephone soldier talked and listened, his expression kept changing like the changeable weather.
The moment he put down the phone, his face was gloomy, obviously the news he received was not good.
Yoshio Iwamatsu hurriedly reported without waiting for him to speak: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"The troops withdrawn from the south of the city have entered the inner city..."
"But only more than fifty people entered the inner city alive."
"Report from troops defending the inner city."
"The Eighth Route Army drove tanks and chased behind the retreating troops. Many soldiers died on the retreat..."
"If they hadn't shot back in time to repel the Eighth Route Army's pursuing troops..."
"It is very likely that none of the troops stationed in the south of the city will be able to retreat!"
"Your Excellency, Commander..." Another messenger rushed to Yoshio Iwamatsu in a panic.
"The humble position comes from the north of the city..."
"We encountered the Eighth Route Army interception force on the way back. They were equipped with tanks and mortars..."
"We are advancing lightly and are not equipped with any anti-tank weapons. No matter how we attack, we cannot break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line..."
"The captain asked me to make a proposal to the commander..."
"Without the reinforcements from the south and north of the city, the inner city will definitely not be able to defend itself!"
"Please Commander, please lead your troops to break out from the east of the city immediately..."
"We will hold back the Eighth Route Army attacking from the north of the city at all costs and buy time for the headquarters to break out."
After hearing this, the chief of staff seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw in despair, and immediately proposed to Yoshio Iwamatsu.
"Your Excellency Commander... I think this method is very good..."
"Since the inner city cannot be defended, it is better to break out..."
"We will retake Taiyuan from the Eighth Route Army after the mopping up troops from northwest Shanxi return."
"As long as the headquarters is still there, Commander, you are alive, and the troops are still there, Taiyuan will be lost if it is lost."
"It's better than the headquarters and Taiyuan being occupied by the Eighth Route Army."
"We still have a reinforced brigade..."
"The Eighth Route Army in the east of the city has just experienced a bloody battle. The troops have lost their troops and are very tired..."
"We launch a sudden counterattack from there. We will definitely be able to catch the Eighth Route Army off guard and rush out of Taiyuan City..."
It's not that Yoshio Iwamatsu never thought about breaking out.
But if he does this, he will definitely lose face as the commander, and his position as commander of the Shanxi garrison will become more and more unstable.
Maybe after this battle is over, he will be transferred away, and all the blame for Taiyuan's crimes will be thrown away.
But at least you won't have to die if you do this.
If you choose to defend the inner city when you don't have enough troops, you may not even be able to see the sun tomorrow morning.
Only when a person is alive can he have everything. When he dies, everything is gone.
Yoshio Iwamatsu firmly believes in this truth.
As long as he is alive, he will lose his position as commander of the Shanxi garrison. It won't matter how many battles he wins in the future, he will regain this position.
He made a decision immediately: "Then abandon Taiyuan and break out from the east gate..."
"Contact all the troops we can contact..."
"Let them choose their own opportunity to break out...if they get out of Taiyuan, they can survive..."
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On top of Taiyuan's east gate city, Li Yunlong was observing the battlefield below.
He fought here for several days and nights, and lost not only one but two battalions of his troops. He finally captured it today.
"Captain..."
A battalion commander under his command suddenly ran over: "There are about 500 remnants of the Japanese and puppet army garrison in the east of the city. They really scattered and fled towards the inner city. Should we immediately divide our forces to pursue them?"
Li Yunlong blurted out an order: "Of course..."
"Not even a single soldier or a small devil from the east of the city can be allowed into the inner city..."
"All the soldiers who can still move stand up for me and work hard to eliminate the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops in the outer city."
"The chariot troops entering the city are pursuing together..."
Less than ten minutes after the battalion commander left, the sound of firefights began to sound around him. The longer the time passed, the farther away he became.
It means that all the remaining puppet troops want to return to the inner city to save their lives.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
At a critical moment, an explosion suddenly attracted Li Yunlong's attention.
In order to catch up with the Japanese and puppet troops as soon as possible, the pursuing troops all advanced lightly and did not carry heavy weapons.
The shells that exploded at this moment must have been fired by little devils.
My heart tightened, and I frowned and asked, "Fuck..."
"The war has come to this point. Is it possible that the remnants of the little Japs still have the strength to kill us and turn around?"
As he spoke, he raised his telescope.
Under the darkness of night, the fireballs exploded by the artillery shells were particularly dazzling, directly illuminating the battlefield.
Li Yunlong frowned after looking at it for a few seconds, and said solemnly.
"Something's wrong..."
"The pursuing force was attacked by at least ten mortars."
"Even if the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops in the east of the city were equipped with mortars, there wouldn't be so many..."
"There are other Japanese and puppet troops who attacked us..."
"The investigation team will go to investigate immediately..."
"Other pursuit troops should strengthen their vigilance and keep a distance from the Japanese and puppet troops. They must not advance alone!"
