Sun Ruikun, who was scolded, realized that his little thoughts had been discovered and no longer dared to make any small moves. He could only honestly urge the troops to step up the attack on Ximen.
Objectively speaking, in terms of fighting will, the Jinsui Army is indeed much worse than the Eighth Route Army. In addition, most of Shanxi's territory is occupied by the Japanese, which narrows the scope of recruitment. The quality of the troops is very poor, so the combat effectiveness is better than that of the Eighth Route Army.
Very different.
But the Jinsui Army is not without its advantages. Although their infantry is not of good quality, their artillery is famous throughout the country.
For many Shanxi people who have been doing business with abacus in their arms since childhood, the instinct of calculation is almost engraved in their bones.
What is the most important thing about artillery? Of course it is computing power.
As early as the Central Plains War, warlords from all over the country were fighting in a melee. When other warlords' artillerymen could only use the most old-fashioned direct-aiming shooting due to poor artillery quality, Shanxi's artillery could already use indirect aiming through calculation.
The so-called direct aim shooting means to shoot directly after aiming the target through the sight within the visual range.
If the sight is damaged, the artilleryman will even open the gun bolt and aim directly from the barrel. This method is a crude method.
Indirect shooting is much more complicated and requires a lot of calculations.
First, an artillery command center must be set up, and a firing direction must be assigned to the artillery according to the mission. This is to use the steering wheel to first measure a firing direction, and then ensure that the firing direction of each artillery in the company is consistent with the firing direction assigned by the steering wheel.
In an era without fire control computers, it required very high skills to skillfully operate an artillery piece. This is why in China in this era, artillerymen were included in the ranks of special forces and enjoyed special allowances. To put it bluntly, people just play
It's high technology.
Therefore, Shanxi artillery is famous throughout China for its high quality.
In order to capture Taiyuan this time, Yan Xishan also spent a lot of money and pulled out half of the artillery.
Under the successive bombardments of five artillery battalions, the Japanese army's west gate was finally breached, and the temporary 47th Division became the second team to invade Taiyuan City.
The day after the temporary division 47 captured Taiyuan City, the temporary division 48 also captured the south gate. In this way, except for the north gate, which they deliberately left unattacked, the entire perimeter of Taiyuan City was covered on three sides.
It has fallen into the hands of the coalition forces.
Jiao Funian was trudging forward in the alley with a 98K rifle in one hand and an M24 grenade in the other. The smoke and dust caused by the explosion were everywhere around him, and the visibility was not even 20 meters.
The reason for this situation is that in addition to the hot weather these days, there is basically no wind, which makes it difficult for the smoke and dust to dissipate quickly in a short period of time.
In this case, the soldiers could only direct the battle under the guidance of the officer's whistle, and he had just lost contact with the troops in a small-scale battle.
Although he could still hear various roars from time to time that sounded like demons from hell coming from around him, he did not dare to rush over because no one could guarantee whether those on the other side were his comrades or Japanese.
No one expected that the fighting would be like this after entering Taiyuan. The Japanese army was weak on the periphery. When the coalition forces entered the street fighting, the Japanese army's resistance became crazy.
First, they organized more than 5,000 expatriates in Taiyuan City, first distributed old sealed guns to them, and finally even distributed cold weapons such as bamboo swords and even spears when the weapons were insufficient.
The two sides fought repeatedly for every street, every alley and even every house. As the most brutal street fighting, the casualties on both sides began to increase rapidly.
Take the temporary 47th Division as an example. There were more than 9,000 people in the division, but more than 4,000 people were killed or injured in just three days. Division commander Sun Ruikun even cried and asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to allow the temporary withdrawal of the 47th Division during a phone call to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Take a break.
But his request was rejected without hesitation by Yang Aiyuan and Sun Chu, because they knew that the casualties of the Japanese troops in the city were no less than theirs.
The casualties of the 115th Division and the temporary 48th Division were also considerable. Commander Lin had repeatedly requested the Joint Command to allow them to use heavy artillery in the city.
Although this request was rejected, Gao Hongming still invested the only armored unit in his hand, and ordered the 3, 4, 5, and 6 battalions of the Liantai Militia to also participate in this meat-crushing battle.
Jiao Funian walked to a two-story building that had been bombed down. Only two half-collapsed walls were left in the house. Suddenly he saw a figure flashing in front of him. He couldn't see the difference in military uniforms in the smoke.
But when the distance between the two parties got closer, Jiao Funian was keenly aware of the yellow cloth floating on the other's shoulder. Without a trace of hesitation, he leaped towards the man's abdomen and stabbed him with a left hand. Amidst the man's screams, he turned the gun
Taking advantage of the situation, he pulled out his bayonet and continued to rush forward.
The reason why Jiao Funian did this is because among all the armies, only the Japanese army installs two hat flaps on both sides of the soldiers' hats. Except for the Japanese army, no other Chinese army has them. This is also an effective way to identify ourselves and the enemy on the battlefield.
method.
After killing the Japanese soldier, Jiao Funian groped his way out of the alley and came to a street. As soon as he reached the street, he heard the crisp sound of submachine gunfire and two explosions coming from the left.
When he heard the submachine gun, his face lit up and he ran quickly following the sound of the gunfire. When he came to the street, he happened to see more than 20 soldiers who could no longer tell the color of their military uniforms were riding on a Panzer IV tank.
Under cover, attack a building.
The firepower of the Japanese counterattack in that building was also extremely fierce. The dense machine gun bullets hit the tank armor and flew in all directions. This also caused the Eighth Route Army soldiers to not dare to get close to the tank for fear of being accidentally hit by stray bullets.
Get hit.
Looking at the Eighth Route Army soldiers not far from him, Jiao Funian did not go over immediately, but stuck his head out from behind and shouted loudly, "Which part is in front?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard two pops, and two bullets were fired less than two meters away from him. He was so frightened that he quickly retracted his head.
Then he heard a burst of curses coming from in front of him, "Damn it, are you deaf? Didn't you hear that you are one of your own?"
"Brothers in the back, please come out. There was a bastard who was too nervous just now. Are you okay?"
Hearing the shouts from the other side, Jiao Funian walked out from the corner with a gun in hand and said angrily: "If I hadn't been lucky, my life would have been ruined here today."
A man who looked like an officer bent down and ran to him and apologized: "I'm really sorry, we are the Third Battalion of the 689th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. Our company was ordered to attack this street, but these little devils are too tenacious and we lost our lives."