"Sun Xingbang, you have fought so many years of wars in vain. You have forgotten such simple common sense. You blindly ordered the soldiers to attack without underestimating the enemy's situation. You are irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers. Chief of Staff,
Remember this matter to me, and I will settle the accounts with you after the war." Seeing Sun Xingbang stand up, Liu Hua certainly didn't have a good tone and couldn't help but cursed at him.
"Commander, now is not the time to worry about this matter. Let's first think of a way to deal with the hundreds of little devils in front of us. If nothing else happens, the last remaining soldiers of the little devils will definitely gather in their headquarters. Let's
We must seize the time." Seeing Liu Hua with an angry face, Chief of Staff Li Qing quickly comforted him.
"I will keep this account in mind first, and I will definitely punish you well when the time comes..." After hearing what the chief of staff said, Liu Hua felt much better and said harshly.
"Yes, sir..."
"Chief of Staff, bring me all the mortar companies outside the city immediately. Let me bombard the Japanese headquarters for ten minutes. I don't believe it anymore. Is it the little devil's fate or mine?
The cannonballs are hard." Liu Hua ordered loudly.
"Yes, division commander..." The chief of staff turned around to convey the order. In less than twenty minutes, when a glimmer of light appeared on the horizon, three mortar companies finally arrived at the periphery of the Japanese headquarters and began to
Mortars were set up. Thirty-six mortars, plus a dozen captured grenades, were all aimed at the front and rear compounds of the Japanese headquarters under Liu Hua's order, waiting for the division commander's personal order to issue an artillery attack.
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"Don't save ammunition for me, blow up the little devil's headquarters and fire..." Seeing the mortars in front of him that were ready for battle, Liu Hua ordered loudly without any hesitation.
"Boom, boom, boom..." A dull sound of mortars coming out sounded. Dozens of shells, with a huge whistling sound, flew out of the barrel, quickly passed over the heads of the soldiers, and headed towards the Japanese army.
The headquarters smashed through. In less than a few seconds, there was a burst of intensive explosions in the headquarters.
"Boom, boom, boom...ahhhhhh...Bagh Ya Road..." The explosion of mortars, the screams of soldiers, and the curses of officers immediately passed through the Japanese commander
The sound of the strong courtyard wall reached the ears of the soldiers a hundred meters away.
"Okay, good fight, kill these little devils who are worse than beasts..." Seeing the Japanese headquarters that had been completely covered by artillery fire, every one of the soldiers lying on the ground clapped their hands and applauded.
With a smile and bright eyes, he looked at the Japanese military headquarters where explosions continued to occur, as if he was watching a movie.
The ten-minute shelling passed quickly. During these ten minutes, more than 300 artillery shells were fired into the Japanese headquarters by the soldiers of the artillery company. As the shelling ended, explosions continued just now.
The Japanese military headquarters finally slowly became quiet. But the gun barrels that were sticking out of the shooting holes just now had already shrunk to no one knows where.
"Order the troops to start attacking and eliminate the remaining enemies at the Japanese headquarters..." Seeing the Japanese headquarters with billowing smoke, Liu Hua showed no pity. He faced several regiment commanders around him who were waiting for orders.
He ordered loudly.
"Yes, division commander... Comrades, go ahead, avenge your fallen comrades and kill all the little Japs..." As each commander came out of their hiding spot, one by one they were already ready to attack.
The commandos showed off their polished bayonets one after another and rushed towards the Japanese headquarters, which had no life left at all.
"Boom..." A huge explosion sounded. The heavy iron door of the Japanese military headquarters lost its function in an instant amidst the explosions of more than a dozen cluster grenades and fell crookedly to the ground.
"Da da da... rush..." Under the cover of a burst of light machine gun fire, the soldiers rushed into the headquarters one after another. However, at this time, all combatants in the entire headquarters, including the Supreme Commander of Taiyuan,
.After ten minutes of artillery bombardment, almost all losses were lost, leaving the infantry with only the task of cleaning the battlefield....
"Reporting to the division commander, the headquarters has been completely occupied by our army. From the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan, all the soldiers, a total of more than 350, were wiped out by our army, and no one escaped. This is the command knife of the Japanese Major General Commander." Soon, the cleaning was done.
Shen Qinghua, the leader of the first regiment who played in the battlefield, came to Liu Hua with a Japanese command knife and reported loudly.
"Okay, great. Order all units to continue their efforts and strive to eliminate all Japanese and puppet troops in the city before noon. Chief of Staff, please immediately send a report to the headquarters and the Military Commission that our department has successfully occupied Taiyuan City..." Zhang
Hua ordered loudly.
"Yes, division commander..." the chief of staff replied with excitement, turned around and was about to run to the radio station still outside the city. And just when the chief of staff was about to leave, a battalion led by Gao Yuan was already attacking in large numbers.
Under the cover of artillery fire, a Japanese squad stationed at the north gate was successfully eliminated. At the same time, following the sound of shelling in the city, the attack came to the Japanese headquarters.
"Report to the division commander and chief of staff. The second division has successfully annihilated one and a half Japanese troops leaving the city. General Bin Sanyuan, the supreme commander of the Japanese garrison in North China, committed suicide. This is his command knife, epaulettes and gun." Gao Yuan ran to Liu Hua.
In front of him, he reported loudly. At the same time, he took out the three trophies found from General Bin Sanyuan.
"What, this is Bin Sanyuan's command knife. Bin Sanyuan committed suicide..." After listening to Gao Yuan's words, Liu Hua and Chief of Staff Li Qing asked almost simultaneously.
"Yes, Commander, General Bin Sanyuan has committed suicide. This is his command knife..." Gao Yuan said quickly when he saw the surprised expressions of the division commander and chief of staff.
"Quickly, tell us in detail, what's going on...?" Liu Hua quickly asked after hearing Gao Yuan's exact answer.
"Division commander, it's like this. Less than two hours after the army launched the general offensive, a group and a half of little Japs quietly escaped from the north gate in an attempt to break out. However, without hesitation, these more than a thousand
The little Japs just happened to get into our ambush circle. After more than an hour of fighting, after the troops paid more than 800 casualties, the more than a thousand little Japs were wiped out. The Supreme Commander of the Japanese North China Garrison
General Guan Bin Sanyuan happens to be among these little devils." Commander Gao Yuan said excitedly.
"Commander, we really made a lot of money this time. Not only did we capture Taiyuan City, but we also eliminated a Japanese general. This is the highest Japanese commander who died on the Chinese battlefield since the Anti-Japanese War. In addition to Itagaki who was eliminated earlier.
Lieutenant General Seishiro, we have eliminated a general and a lieutenant general..." After hearing Gao Yuan's answer, the chief of staff first exclaimed.
"Quick, Chief of Staff, report the victory to the headquarters and the Military Commission immediately. Our *** division captured Taiyuan and eliminated General Bin Sanyuan, the supreme commander of the Japanese garrison in North China..." After listening to Gao Yuan's report, Liu Hua was also excited and shouted loudly
commanded.
"Yes, Commander, I will send the report right away..."
With the departure of the chief of staff, the gunfire throughout Taiyuan City began to slowly weaken. As the special operations brigade joined the street fighting, the speed at which the troops eliminated the remaining enemies in the city was significantly accelerated. In addition, some
With the help of brave citizens, in less than half an hour, all the little Japs hiding in every corner of the city were plundered and all fell to the guns of the soldiers.
"Reporting to the division commander, the remnants of the enemy in the city have been basically eliminated. We have controlled all the city gates and started to clean up the battlefield." Soon, as the gunfire stopped, the commander of the first division, Sun Xingbang, came to Liu Hua and shouted loudly.
reported.
"Okay, order the troops from the first and second divisions and two regiments to quickly clean the battlefield and maintain public security in the city. The first and second regiments of the rapid reaction brigade will immediately leave Taiyuan City and deploy defenses on all roads 20 kilometers away. Specific details
Arrangements will be made by the chief of staff immediately. The Third Regiment of the Rapid Response Brigade, under the leadership of local people, will immediately imprison all remaining expats in the city, confiscate all Japanese-owned assets, and at the same time, make statistics on all military supplies we have seized in the city.
Liu Hua thought for a while and ordered.
"Yes, Commander, are there any other tasks..." Sun Xingbang nodded and continued to ask.
"By the way, I estimate that when we attacked too far, the commander of Taiyuan must have asked for help from the surrounding areas and the Japanese troops in the Pingjin area. Now that it is dawn, we have to guard against the Japanese aircraft. We ordered the air defense company to immediately occupy the
Prepare for air defense at all commanding heights. In addition, the special operations brigade, in order to reduce the losses caused to us by the enemy's bombing, let them create thick smoke for me in Taiyuan City so that the little Japanese can't find the bombing target." Liu Hua then ordered.
"Yes, Commander..."
As the order was issued, various units immediately began to take action, especially the air defense company that received the combat mission. Due to the complete annihilation of the Japanese Fifth Division, 12 anti-aircraft machine guns were seized, plus the ones just discovered in the Taiyuan material warehouse.
12 anti-aircraft machine guns. At this time, the number of anti-aircraft machine guns in the entire anti-aircraft company had reached an astonishing 36.
After receiving the order, Wang Kai, the commander of the air defense company, immediately led the air defense company, which was almost a battalion, and began to set up defenses at various commanding heights in the city and set up anti-aircraft machine guns, preparing to give Japanese aircraft that might be reinforced a head-on attack.
The special operations brigade used a large amount of seized gasoline to start creating thick smoke in every corner of the city. Even the temporarily mobilized militia and ordinary people, under the guidance of the soldiers, began to burn straw outside the city to create thick smoke.
.In less than an hour, with the joint efforts of thousands of soldiers and civilians, the entire sky above Taiyuan City was almost completely covered by thick smoke.
Looking at the thick smoke only a few hundred meters high above his head, Liu Hua believed that unless the Japanese planes dropped bombs at low altitude, even if the planes came, they would not cause much damage to the soldiers on the ground. And if the Japanese planes
If you are flying low, the 36 anti-aircraft machine guns of your own anti-aircraft company are definitely not vegetarian.
"Buzz buzz..." What did you say? Just when Liu Hua was standing on the wall of Taiyuan City, thinking about how to deal with the Japanese aircraft later, there was a huge roar, from far to near,
Slowly it reached my ears.
"Commander, it's not good, the little devil's plane is here, go back to the headquarters..." Hearing the roar of the plane engine, several guards following Liu Hua couldn't help but feel nervous, and quickly rushed Liu Hua
Surrounded in the middle. At the same time, the guard platoon leader also quickly reminded Liu Hua.
"Haha, Xiao Wang, don't worry. Look, the entire Taiyuan City is now shrouded in thick smoke. Do you think the Japanese plane can see us? Don't worry..." Seeing the nervous guard platoon leader
, Liu Hua quickly explained.
At this time, a Japanese flight formation was flying in the sky. It was none other than a flight squadron reinforced by Shijiazhuang Airport, which was too far away. And the reason why the 12 aircraft of this squadron arrived so early was
, that was all because General Bin Sanyuan, the supreme commander of the Japanese garrison in North China, was wiped out by the Japanese division.
When the commander-in-chief of Shijiazhuang received the telegram requesting help from Taiyuan, he didn't take it too seriously. Because he knew that with the capabilities of the Eighth Route Army and Taiyuan's city defense, it would be absolutely no problem to hold on for a few days. However,
, when he learned that General Bin Sanyuan, the supreme commander of the North China Garrison, was also surrounded by the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan, he immediately became anxious.
Just when the sky was just getting dark, the supreme commander of Shijiazhuang personally felt the presence of the Shijiazhuang Military Airport. Regardless of the still dark sky, he forcibly ordered a squadron of aircraft to take off to reinforce the Taiyuan defenders. At the same time, he ordered all remaining aircraft in the entire airport to prepare
Prepare to take off and be ready to reinforce Taiyuan at any time.
At this time, the 12 combat aircraft overhead in Taiyuan were the squadrons ordered to take off by the supreme commander of Shijiazhuang.
"Your Excellency, squadron leader, according to the flight schedule, we are already over Taiyuan. Why didn't we see the Taiyuan city wall..." Just when the squadron leader was worried about getting up so early to fly, the deputy squadron leader of the formation frowned.
He asked with a frown.
"Nani? We've arrived in Taiyuan. Why didn't we see Taiyuan City? Did we fly in the wrong direction..." After hearing the deputy captain's question, the squadron leader knew that the battle was urgent, so he quickly cheered up and looked outside.
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"Reporting to your Excellency, squadron leader, there is a large amount of thick smoke in front of us on the right side. It is suspected to be from Taiyuan City..." Just as the squadron leader was thinking about what to do, a squad leader reminded.
"Nani? White smoke...Yoshi, there must be white smoke created by the cunning Eighth Route Army, trying to block our view with white smoke. Warriors of the empire, let us use bombs to teach these people a lesson
Help the Chinese people and let them taste the power of our imperial aerial bombs." Seeing Taiyuan City dimly shrouded in white smoke, the squadron leader showed a smile on his lips and ordered loudly.
"Hey, your Excellency, squadron leader, let the Chinese soldiers have a taste of the power of the Japanese Empire..." the vice-captain said.
In the blink of an eye, a formation of 12 aircraft had already flown over Taiyuan City. However, due to the thick smoke, the Japanese pilots could only see the faint Taiyuan City through the gaps in the thick smoke.
It was impossible to carry out bombing, let alone provide cover for the Japanese troops in the city.
"Bageya Road, squadron leader, the white smoke created by the Eighth Route Army is too thick. We can't see the situation below clearly and cannot carry out bombing..." Seeing the situation in front of him, a squad leader couldn't help but became furious.
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"Baga! The cunning Eighth Route Army. But don't worry, gentlemen, how can such tricks of the Eighth Route Army stop our excellent Imperial Army of the Great ***? The Eighth Route Army's rudimentary equipment and almost no anti-aircraft weapons are in front of our air force.
You will only get a beating. Warriors, follow me into the thick smoke and teach these cunning Eighth Route Army a lesson." Seeing Taiyuan City looming beneath the plane, the squadron leader said disdainfully.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Squadron Leader..."
"Yoshi, order, the formation will be divided into small groups to attack. The first small group, prepare to attack with me..." The squadron leader ordered loudly into the walkie-talkie. He flew his own fighter plane with two wingmen,
Drilled into the clouds below the plane.
"Buzz buzz..." As the roar of the aircraft engine became louder and louder, the formation led by the squadron leader quickly rushed into the thick smoke and appeared in the sight of the soldiers. At the same time, as the Japanese aircraft
With the appearance, the people in Taiyuan City became panicked and began to run around.
"Yo Xi, the Chinese are just like that. They are so panicked before we drop bombs. They are really a cowardly nation. All teams should pay attention, choose suitable bombing targets, and prepare to attack." Seeing the panicked people in Taiyuan City, Zhong
A hint of a sinister smile appeared on the captain's lips, and he shouted an order into the intercom.
At the same time, he also took two wingmen and began to form a bombing formation at an altitude of less than 500 meters, diving toward the rapidly marching Eighth Route Army troops not far away.
However, what the Japanese army did not expect was that at this time, their flying altitude was less than 500 meters. At an altitude of 500 meters, not only was it within the range of the firepower of 36 anti-aircraft machine guns, but it was also almost a matter of seriousness.
Within the range of the machine gun.
At this time, no less than nearly a hundred light and heavy machine guns were steadily aimed at the Japanese aircraft preparing to bomb, waiting for the order to fire at any time.
Wang Kai, the commander of the air defense company, was standing on an air defense position, looking at the 12 aircraft that were getting bigger and bigger in the sky. And right next to him was a defense and control position composed of six anti-aircraft machine guns that had just been captured.
.Six machine guns, under the command of the soldiers, aimed their black muzzles steadily at the approaching Japanese aircraft.