An M24 grenade exploded next to the ruins of a collapsed bunker. After the explosion, two Eighth Route Army soldiers wearing gray military uniforms slowly poked their heads out from the recesses on the side. The two of them came from the left and right sides in tacit understanding.
Touched it.
When the two saw two Japanese soldiers lying motionless in a pool of blood, the vigilant look in their eyes did not disappear. Instead, they raised their Type 38 rifles with bayonets and stabbed the two corpses respectively.
After the corpse still didn't respond, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After fighting the Japanese for so many years, the Eighth Route Army at this time no longer regained the innocence it had during the Battle of Pingxingguan.
The Battle of Pingxingguan can be said to be the first time the Eighth Route Army fought against regular Japanese troops.
When the battle came to an end, the health workers of the 115th Division went to bandage the wounded Japanese soldiers, but they disappeared.
It turned out that the Eighth Route Army at that time lacked understanding of the Japanese army and did not know that the average Japanese soldier had a short knife hidden in his body. They took advantage of the Eighth Route Army health workers to stab them when they were approaching, resulting in the death of many Eighth Route Army health workers.
After suffering this kind of loss, the 115th Division's attitude towards the Japanese wounded has undergone great changes. Unless it is absolutely necessary, the soldiers of the 115th Division generally will not take the initiative to capture prisoners or treat the wounded.
"What... Most of the Japanese troops in Dongzhimen have retreated to the city? Only a few troops are left to resist?"
After receiving reports from several battalion commanders in succession, Captain Yang not only did not feel happy, but his mood became even heavier.
As a commander who has been in the army for many years, he certainly knew that the reason why the Japanese army retreated was not because of cowardice, but because the top brass of the Japanese army had decided to place the decisive battle in the city.
Thinking of this, he raised his telescope and took another look at the soldiers rushing towards the city, because he knew that after this battle was over, many familiar faces would definitely disappear from this world.
East Street is the main road of Taiyuan, connecting Dongzhimen in the east and Nanmen in the south. This street, which is more than ten meters wide, is the essence of Taiyuan City. In addition to the numerous commercial banks on both sides of the street, the provincial government, headquarters and other Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi
The First Army, military and government offices were all located on the street. As the Chinese army launched its attack on Taiyuan, schools and government offices in the city became the garrison of Japanese troops.
As Dongzhimen was intentionally abandoned by the Japanese army, the 686th Regiment became the first unit of the coalition forces to rush into Taiyuan City. While they gained everyone's attention and honor, they also encountered the most tenacious and craziest counterattack by the Japanese army.
As an army deeply baptized by the spirit of Bushido, the Japanese army is undoubtedly crazy, because as long as they can remember, they have been told that when they grow up, they must fight for the Emperor and the Empire of Japan, even if they die fighting for it.
Strong winds were blowing, and Taiyuan, which had not rained for several days, looked extremely dry.
Amidst the smoke and dust in the sky, thousands of people carrying rifles with bayonets, bamboo swords, spears and other weapons and wearing various costumes rushed towards the 686th Regiment from all directions.
These people were not regular Japanese troops, but ronin, businessmen or members of the pioneering group temporarily recruited by the Japanese army in Taiyuan City.
Others did not join the Japanese army, but the bad things they did were no less bad than the Japanese army.
Under the guise of "maintaining law and order," they drove away the local Chinese people and forcibly occupied their farmland and homes.
The most unacceptable thing is that they will force the Chinese who have lost their land to work for them and exploit their labor force unscrupulously.
It can be said that the so-called Japanese pioneering group, merchants and ronin accompanying the army are no different from a group of vampires. Their treatment of the Chinese people can be described as "smashing the bones and sucking out the marrow".
On the surface, these people are ordinary expatriates, but in their hearts they are no different from soldiers in the army. They are all war tools educated in militarism, and their minds are full of absurd ideas of serving the emperor.
"Half a year as emperor!"
These teams, composed of pioneers, rogues and businessmen, brandished crude weapons and rushed towards the soldiers of the 686th regiment who had just entered the city.
The continuous gunshots and gunfire coming from outside the city not only did not frighten these people who have been poisoned by the Japanese government for a long time, but instead became more excited, with bloodthirsty eyes in everyone's eyes.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Just as they were shouting slogans and rushing towards the 686th Regiment, there was a harsh whistling sound above their heads. This was the shriek of artillery shells tearing the air. The sharper whistling sound was the 75-caliber artillery shells with higher muzzle velocity, and the dull ones were
It's a 105 howitzer shell, and the "woo, woo" sound is a mortar shell.
In an instant, dozens of grenades and mortar shells fell one after another on the charging team on North Street. The rain of steel bullets instantly covered East Street. The originally excited roars suddenly turned into howls, and the howls and screams suddenly became loud.
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This round of artillery fire came from the artillery battalion outside the city. Although the Joint Command had issued an order not to shell residential buildings in Taiyuan City, the artillery battalion also played a trick. They only extended the artillery fire. As for why it was extended
Once inside the city, the gunners were all novices, so the error was a bit large.
"Da da da……"
A machine gunner leaning on the stone fence of a shop on the street was pulling the trigger desperately. The Czech light machine gun in front of him kept pouring out tongues of flame.
Hot bullet casings continued to fall on the stone pavement along the barrel of the gun. The spacious street in front of them was like a slaughterhouse. The teams composed of ronin and pioneering groups could not pass through the line of fire composed of machine guns and grenades.
The smoke and dust that obscured the view had faded. The high lethality of various 6.5mm hollow-point bullets and 7.9mm pointed bullets at close range was fully exerted on this street. The charging Ronin and the men of the pioneering group were hit by bullets.
, the bullets rolling around dragged out their lungs and scattered them on the people behind them. Before the people behind them could react, they were hit by another bullet. The wounded dragging their stumps in the street howled desperately.
Slowly, the dust and smoke in the sky were blown away by the strong wind, and the appearance of the street that was originally obscured by gunpowder smoke and dust was clearly displayed in front of the siege troops.
This street, which was more than ten meters wide, was now filled with corpses and wounded people. There were painful groans and calls for help everywhere, and the street was almost covered with blood flowing everywhere.
Even the soldiers of the 686th Regiment who saw this scene were a little stunned. They were all wondering, who are these people wearing various costumes? And some sharp-eyed soldiers even saw some among the corpses.
Elderly children and women.
Seeing this, the hearts of many soldiers trembled. Although they all hated the Japanese, when they saw with their own eyes that there were women and minors among the people they killed, it still aroused the feeling in their bones.
Kind.
A health worker looked at the company commander next to him, with a questioning look in his eyes.