"Boom boom..." Several huge explosions were heard on the city wall, and a sudden explosion occurred in the little devil's military camp. The quiet night was suddenly broken. 18 shells were fired, except for six shells. According to the coordinates provided by the special operations brigade,
Accurately hit the Jaap's military camp. The remaining 12 shells all accurately hit the city wall. At the same time, with the special attention of the two shells, the wooden city gate of Baoding County, which is not particularly strong, fell on the first
In one round of shelling, it was blown to pieces by two shells.
At this time, the artillery regiment had enough strength to launch a large-scale artillery attack. Because in the battle that had just wiped out the Sakata Regiment, the independent division had captured enough artillery shells, enough for the soldiers of the artillery regiment to spend a good time.
The Japanese troops being cared for by the artillery shells did not feel so comfortable. The city wall cared for by 12 cannons was already in a sea of fire. Although the soldiers who reacted, they lay on the city wall as much as possible and hid in the corners to avoid the raindrops.
of cannonballs, but soldiers continued to be hit and torn into pieces.
More importantly, the dozens of heavy machine guns installed by the Japanese army on the city wall were ruthlessly restored to their original parts amid the continuous explosions of artillery, or they were thrown high off the city wall.
It fell into a pile of scrap metal. What frightened the Japanese army more was not the falling artillery shells, but the boxes of ammunition and boxes of grenades placed next to the heavy machine guns. The ammunition boxes that were accurately hit by the shells were all without exception.
Everything was ruthlessly detonated and became a terrifying killer on the city wall.
The explosion of artillery shells, bullets flying in the sky, and various grenades that were constantly detonated instantly turned the city wall into a hell on earth. A squadron of little devils were constantly being consumed in this hell on earth.
Compared with the hell on earth on the city wall, the Japanese military camp, which was cared for by six artillery pieces, was not much better at this time. With the explosion of the first artillery shell of the artillery regiment, the little Japanese in the entire military camp were awakened almost at the same time.
The first thought of the awakened kid was that the county town had been attacked. So, under the leadership of their respective squad leaders, most of the Japanese soldiers picked up weapons and ammunition and ran outside the house without bothering to put on their clothes, preparing to reinforce the city wall.
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However, they forgot that the powerful mountain artillery shells can only exert their greatest power in open areas. Therefore, those soldiers who had just ran out of their barracks, without exception, were all knocked to the ground by flying shrapnel, or
He was knocked to the ground by the violent air wave.
"Baga, the Chinese are going to attack the county town. Reinforce the city wall immediately. Hurry, rush out..." Seeing the shells falling continuously from the military camp and more violent explosions coming from the direction of the ruins city gate, the Japanese captain reacted immediately.
Come over and order the soldiers behind you to rush out of the barracks desperately to reinforce the city gate defenders. Just like this, in the military camp where shells were constantly falling, the little devils rushed out of their barracks one after another desperately...
When all the troops rushed out of the barracks, the Japanese captain sadly discovered that his brigade of more than 900 people had lost nearly a hundred people in the artillery fire just now. However, the captain did not hesitate at all, because the direction of the city gate was more difficult.
The sound of violent explosions was urging him. You must know that on the continuously exploding city wall, only one of his own squadrons of imperial troops was holding on. If he did not reinforce it immediately, the consequences would be disastrous.
"Bagheya Road...immediately reinforce the city wall, all troops run forward..." Facing the city wall in a sea of fire, the Japanese captain complained, and then led the remaining 800 people to the city wall.
He ran towards the city wall.
Of course, as the shelling outside the city began, more than 200 members of the special operations brigade were also acting together. Before the battle began, the more than 200 members of the special operations brigade used the cover of Japanese military uniforms to ambush only the
Around the Baoding material warehouse defended by more than 800 puppet troops. Watching the groups of puppet army patrols passing in front of them, the soldiers were very anxious, fearing that they would hide for too long and eventually expose their targets.
Finally, the shelling outside the city began, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. As the explosion of the shells sounded, Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special operations brigade, also issued the order to start. Immediately, ambushes lurking in various traffic arteries and rooftops
The members of the special operations brigade were dispatched one after another, neatly eliminating a puppet military camp patrolling the periphery of the material warehouse, and slowly approaching the material warehouse.
Facing the enemy's heavily manned material warehouse, it would be impossible to take credit for it, because a strong attack would not only cause heavy losses, but would also bring a large number of daily retaliations. As the captain of the brigade, Liu Xiaogang still used the method used by the special operations brigade to attack by surprise.
...So, at a corner, Liu Xiaogang led a small team disguised as Japanese soldiers. They swaggered onto the road and began to run quickly towards the door of the material warehouse...
"Stop, there is an important military area ahead...No advance..." Just when Liu Xiaogang and others were approaching the warehouse with the help of their military uniforms, a voice came from the opposite position, followed by a burst of gunfire.
The sound of bolt.
"Baga... We were sent by the brigade commander to help you defend the warehouse. Can't you hear the gunfire at the gate of the city and that the Eighth Route Army is attacking the county? The brigade commander is afraid that the Eighth Route Army will sneak into the county and destroy us.
I sent my team here to get the supplies. Get out of the way immediately, otherwise we will die..." Liu Xiaogang did not ask the troops to stop, but in the usual arrogant tone of the Japanese army, he directed his troops not far away.
There was a burst of curses from the puppet army position.
"Ah...it's Taijun...Brothers, get out of the way right away. It's the imperial army coming to help us guard the warehouse. Get out of the way." Seeing that the people being blocked were actually the imperial army. The puppet army commander for a while
Nervous, he quickly ordered the soldiers to get out of the way, and at the same time, he personally walked out of the position to greet the enemy.
"Yoshi, you have a very good conscience. As long as you help us fight against the Japanese Imperial Army and defend the warehouse, the Imperial Army will not treat you badly. Now order all your soldiers to defend the perimeter and leave the inner position to our Imperial Japanese Army."
Just let the army defend, execute it quickly..." Seeing the commander of the puppet army, Liu Xiaogang became excited and ordered in unskilled Japanese.
"Yes, Your Excellency, squad leader, we will give up our position immediately..." The leader of the puppet army cursed in his heart, but still reluctantly ordered his more than 500 soldiers to leave the position and walk towards the outer positions. And just behind those puppet soldiers
As soon as they walked out of the position, a small group of well-trained imperial troops following Liu Xiaogang quickly occupied the position and took control of all the light and heavy machine guns.
"You are the leader of the puppet army, Wang Guiwang! Now I order you: let all your people put down their weapons. Otherwise, the pistol in my hand is not a joke." Seeing a small team following him
All the soldiers were already in place. Captain Liu Xiaogang took out his pistol, put it against his head, and said softly.
"Ah... Taijun, have you made a mistake... We are the security army, our own people..." Suddenly I heard the imperial army next to me speaking Chinese, but Wang Gui, the commander of the puppet army, had not yet reacted.
Come here, he said eagerly.
"Haha, the people I want to fight are your security forces. Let me tell you! We are not the Taijun you talk about. We are the Special Operations Brigade of the Independent Division of the Eighth Route Army that specializes in fighting little devils... Now you have been completely surrounded by us. Don't want to
All the dead put down their weapons, hurry up..." As he spoke, more than a hundred fully armed soldiers suddenly appeared from behind hundreds of puppet soldiers. Almost every soldier had a pistol, submachine gun, or light gun in his hand.
machine gun....
"Ah...you are the Eighth Route Army...Brothers, please surround them for me..." However, before the shocked puppet army commander finished his order, the barrel of the pistol in Liu Xiaogang's hand was
Stuffed it directly into his mouth.
"Order your soldiers to put down their weapons, otherwise you will be the first person to be killed here. You must see clearly that we are surrounded by people from the Eighth Route Army..." Liu Xiaogang glared at this ignorant man.
As the commander of the regiment, he pointed to a circle of heavily armed special forces members and said.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu""
Being so close, I was immediately frightened to the point of peeing. My legs softened and I knelt on the ground, begging for mercy to Liu Xiaogang beside me.
"Okay, as long as you weirdly order your men to put down their weapons, I will spare your life. Immediately order your men to put down their weapons...quickly..." Liu Xiaogang smiled when he saw the leader of the puppet army kneeling on the ground.
Said with a smile.
"Yes, Grandpa of the Eighth Route Army...Brothers, we are now surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. Brothers, you can see clearly that the Eighth Route Army outside the city is attacking the city now, and the little devils in the city will be finished sooner or later. Everyone.
Listen to me, put down the weapons in your hands, the Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially... Come on, put down your weapons..." In the end, under the persuasion of the puppet army commander and the threat of the black holes around him, all the soldiers
All put down their weapons.
"Captain, all the puppet troops have laid down their weapons. We have killed 287 of them and captured 565 of them... What should we do with these prisoners?" Wang Hong, the leader of the first squadron, pointed at the leader of the puppet army who was sitting on the ground in fear and asked.
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"They go to the warehouse to find a closed room, trap them in groups of two, and lock them all up. But they have to leave a team and five machine guns to guard them. If they do anything dishonest, I will shoot them. Anyway,
We don’t like to take prisoners..." Liu Xiaogang said loudly on purpose. However, in the eyes of the hundreds of prisoners in front of him, the Eighth Route Army commander in front of him was like a god of murder. After listening to what he just said, there were originally
Some of Erxin's prisoners immediately calmed down.
"Yes, Captain..." Wang Hong immediately understood what Captain Liu Xiaogang meant. Soon, he found a large enough and airtight warehouse in the back warehouse and locked all the prisoners in it.
"Order the First Squadron to guard the material warehouse, and the others will follow me in. We will attack the Japs headquarters later, and we must have weapons at hand. After entering, give me a good search, do you hear me?
..." Liu Xiaogang ordered after seeing the problem of solving the prisoners.
"Yes, Captain..." As he said that, Liu Xiaogang had already led everyone into the warehouse compound... Although everyone had a certain understanding of the scale of the Japanese army's material warehouse, after truly seeing its scale
, was still shocked by him, everyone stared blankly at the supplies piled up like a hill in front of them.
"Captain, the main storage items in the compound are some military uniforms, cloth and grain. All weapons and ammunition are in the warehouse..." The captain of the Second Squadron came to Liu Xiaogang with a record board and said.
"Okay, let's go into the warehouse..." Just like that, Liu Xiaogang took everyone into the warehouse for almost ten minutes before returning with a full load. When they came out, almost all the two teams had changed their clothes. There were more than 110 people in the two teams. Except
In addition to a few snipers, there are a total of 6 mortars and 6 heavy machine guns. As for the remaining people, almost everyone has a light machine gun. As for the bullets, let alone the bullets, it is enough for the special operations brigade to defeat the little devils.
General Headquarters.
At this moment, the little Japanese commander-in-chief, who was worried about by the special operations brigade, was indeed in a mess. As the highest officer of the command, Major General Katsuzo Kitamura, was standing in the brightly lit command headquarters and furious. Because he got up in a hurry, the company even
I didn't even have time to wear the military uniform.
"Bagaya Road, the intelligence department is all for nothing. Why do so many Chinese troops suddenly appear under Baoding City, but our intelligence personnel did not find anything. Baga, you all must apologize to His Majesty the Emperor...
." Major General Katsuzo Kitamura, the commander of the brigade, slapped Major Ichiki of the Intelligence Section in front of him.
"Hi...Hi..." The chief of the Intelligence Section endured the burning pain on his face. Although his face was full of grievances, he couldn't help but nod when he saw the angry commander.
"Staff, why haven't the staff reported to me the situation of the Chinese people outside the city..." Maybe it was because his hand hurt. The brigade leader finally stopped and faced the staff members rushing in and out of the conference room.
, asked loudly.
"Reporting to your Excellency, the brigade commander, we have investigated clearly. The Chinese troops outside the city are the rapid reaction brigade of the Eighth Route Army's independent division... And the battle on the city wall is very fierce now. The Eighth Route Army's artillery fire is very fierce. Launch the artillery fire.
There are at least one artillery regiment of artillery, and the captain of the fourth battalion has led his troops to reinforce the defenders on the city wall." Seeing the angry-looking Major General Katsuzo Kitamura, the chief of staff replied in a low voice.
"Bagoya Road...Independent Division...Why is it the Eighth Route Army Independent Division again? Aren't they in Taiyuan? How come they came to our Hebei Province. Communications staff officer, immediately send a message to the First Battalion of Bantian Regiment and Matsui Regiment.
Report and ask them to quickly reinforce the county town. In addition, give combat orders to the artillery regiment outside the city and ask them to fire immediately, launch a counterattack, suppress the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire, quickly..." After hearing the words of the chief of staff, the brigade commander was full
His face was shocked, but he still ordered calmly.
After issuing all the orders, Major General Kitamura Shengzo breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the stool behind him without saying a word. However, he did not know that the news that shocked him even more had not yet come.
"Your Excellency, Commander, we cannot contact the artillery regiment outside the city. It seems that the phone line was cut off by the Eighth Route Army..." After calling the artillery regiment several times, the call was still not connected.
The communications staff officer had no choice but to put down the phone and tell the shocking news to the brigade commander who was lying on a stool with his eyes closed to relax.
"Nani...Baga...you don't know how to call on the radio, hurry up, use the radio...call the artillery regiment to counterattack immediately, order the Sakata regiment to come back for reinforcements immediately, hurry up..." Brigade Commander Kitamura
Major General Shengsan opened his eyes and roared loudly at the communications staff officer in front of him.
"Hi, Commander..." The communications staff officer quickly left this powder keg that could explode at any time.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, the radio station cannot contact the Sakata Wing. Our radio station has lost the function of sending and receiving signals... and has lost all contact with the outside world..." Just when Major General Kitamura Katsuzo just closed his eyes.
, another communications staff officer came to report.
"Nani, have you lost contact with the outside world? Baga, how is it possible, how is it possible... Hurry, get me through the call of the North China Headquarters immediately, hurry, or you will die..." The brigade leader said no.
He roared in disbelief.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, all our radio stations have lost the function of sending and receiving signals. Around us, there is a high-power radio station that is constantly sending out electrical signals of the same frequency as ours, making our signals almost
Cover them all..." Looking at the angry-looking brigade commander, the communications staff officer explained in a low voice.
"Baghaya Road...how could this happen? How could the Eighth Route Army have such advanced equipment? It's impossible. Now I'm ordering the communications department not to stop for me, and to continuously call the Bantian Wing and the North China Garrison Headquarters...
"Chief of Staff, I want to know the current battle situation at the gate of the city right away..." After hearing the words of the communications staff, the brigade commander had the desire to kill, but he still endured it, slowly regained his senses, and ordered
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"Hi, Commander..." The communications staff officer was so frightened that he ran away.
"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the report of Captain Matsui, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army outside the city is too fierce. In the just shelling, an imperial squadron patrolling the city wall was almost completely shattered. In addition, the Eighth Route Army attacked the Matsui Regiment.
The military camp of the Fourth Battalion launched a bombardment for more than ten minutes, causing more than 100 casualties of the Imperial Army. Now there are a total of 800 Imperial Army soldiers of the Fourth Battalion on the city wall who are resisting heroically. Among them, Captain Matsui has personally led the Imperial Army.
The team's logistics personnel and the wing's guard squadron came over for reinforcements. In addition, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops were also found at our north gate, and they carried a large number of mortars. The defenders of a small team at the north gate were in danger and requested support.
." The chief of staff quickly reported the current battle situation to the brigade commander in front of him, Major General Katsuzo Kitamura.
"Hey, Zhang of the Matsui Regiment is indeed an outstanding soldier of our Empire of Japan. Now we order the Baggage Regiment to send 300 troops to reinforce the North Gate and resolutely block the attack of the Eighth Route Army at the North Gate. In addition, the remaining 600 troops of the Baggage Regiment are
Under the command of the commander of the regiment, as a reserve force in the county, we are ready to reinforce the commander of the regiment Matsui at any time." Major General Kitamura ordered while looking at the city defense map.
"Hi, Commander, I'll go give the order right away."