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The battalion commanders of several battalions of the independent regiment had been following Li Yunlong for a long time. When Li Yunlong gave such an order, they immediately understood and started the operation of "lubing the enemy deep".
The first step is to clear a piece of land in the city near the city wall to serve as an ambush site.
This land can be an open space or a civilian house. Usually the Eighth Route Army chooses civilian houses. If it is an open space to create an ambush circle, it will be too obvious, and the Japanese will enter cautiously and be less likely to be fooled.
Residential houses were much better in this regard. As soon as the Japanese saw that there were buildings in front of them that could be used for cover after breaking through the Eighth Route Army's defenses, they immediately swarmed in without much thought. Little did they know that these residential buildings had actually been tampered with.
The second step is to deploy troops around the ambush area and prepare. There are many types of the latter, such as laying mines in civilian houses, directional targeting, explosive packs, etc.
Li Yunlong often does this kind of thing. The advantage of this kind of ambush is not only to kill the enemy, but also to make the Japanese hesitate psychologically... If once, the Japanese really break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line and rush into the city, at this time they will feel
You will wonder: Did the Eighth Route Army deliberately let them in again? Was it another ambush? Have these houses been tampered with again?
Because of these worries, the Japanese could have massacred all sides at this time, but they became cautious and did not dare to advance rashly. The Eighth Route Army could use this time to fill the defense gap.
After making these preparations, Li Yunlong gave an order, and gaps in the city wall's firepower appeared one after another. Some parts actually exploded: a loud noise brought up a cloud of flames and smoke, and then the Eighth Route Army's machine guns stopped firing. It looked like
The Japanese artillery fire accidentally hit the target accurately.
In fact, this was the effect created by the Eighth Route Army detonating the explosives themselves.
At this time, the Japanese artillery observers were probably confused: I didn’t seem to have instructed artillery fire to bomb this part, so why did it explode?
But on the battlefield and in the dark night, artillery shells were flying overhead. Who knows whether they were fired by artillery or how they were exploded. Anyway, the enemy's firepower points were blown up, leaving gaps in the defense line.
The Japanese infantry didn't think much about it, and rushed in through the gap with a shout.
After rushing into the gap, the first thing I did was to rush into the civilian house and use its cover to engage in street fighting with the Eighth Route Army...
Lin Fangtaro received a long list of good news one after another:
"The First Battalion breaks through the enemy's defense line!"
"The third battalion breaks through the enemy's defense lines and enters the city!"
"The second brigade entered the city and started street fighting!"
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According to Lin Fangtaro's thinking, the 110th Division has more than 10,000 people, and they have been fighting the Eighth Route Army on the Luliang Mountains for a long time. If they rush into the city and start a street fight with the Eighth Route Army, it basically means that the battle is over!
Under normal circumstances, this is indeed the case, because street fighting involves close combat between the enemy and ourselves in civilian buildings. Although the Eighth Route Army has repeating rifles that are more advantageous in such battles, it cannot withstand the influx of Japanese soldiers like a tide.
However, this is not a normal situation.
Tokibayashi Yoshitaro actually had doubts, because why did three directions break through the enemy's defense line almost at the same time? Isn't this a coincidence?
But Yoshitaro Hayashi didn't think much about it. After all, the troops had already entered the city. Whether it was a blessing or a curse, they had to fight to see if it was a blessing or a curse.
Soon, Lin Fangtaro verified his guess.
Suddenly there were explosions and gunshots in the city, and the three brigades that broke into the city were all ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.
What's even more frightening is that even their entrance and retreat were blocked by the Eighth Route Army's firepower... It is not difficult to block an entrance with firepower. It does not require troops to be directly deployed in the gap to block it tightly.
, just need to arrange a few machine guns and a few mortars diagonally on both sides, and then a crossfire will be formed to block the reinforcements from the outside and block the enemy's escape from the inside.
Needless to say, what happened to the Japs who were blocked in the city. They thought they came in to fight in the street, but in fact they were simply used as targets:
Most of the houses that looked like they could be used as cover had explosives buried in the load-bearing walls. It would have been fine if the Japanese didn't enter, but once they entered, they collapsed into ruins with a loud "bang" and even dug graves.
All the effort is saved.
Some houses that are not filled with explosives will also be mined.
Some are jumping mines that send steel balls flying around when they explode, and some are pressure mines that can blow up the compartment above your head and smash it down. The most damaging one is actually one that is linked to an incendiary bomb.
Combination mine... This kind of mine is actually very simple. It is an ordinary mine plus an incendiary bomb from a rocket launcher.
Soldiers all know that bazookas cannot be fired accurately from a distance, and there are certain risks when firing bazookas. The shooter must stretch out his upper body to shoot and is easily hit by the enemy.
A combination mine like this can perfectly solve these problems.
As soon as the explosion exploded, the whole house was ablaze with flames from inside, and it was so red that it was like a torch was lit in the dark night.
And because houses usually have wooden partitions, beams, roofs and furniture, the fire will not be extinguished in a short time, and the fire will even reach the sheltered houses and continue to burn.
Therefore, he gave the Eighth Route Army soldiers an excellent light source to keep the enemy in the light and our army in the dark.
The Japs in the three ambushed brigades had different reactions. Two of the brigades chose to continue charging towards the Eighth Route Army's defense line, while one brigade chose to break out and return from the original route.
Neither is a good choice.
The former was almost a suicide charge towards the Eighth Route Army's defense line.
The Japanese were also very stubborn. They took advantage of the cover of darkness and charged towards the Eighth Route Army's defense line with grenades and explosive packets in hand.
They also know that the rifle is almost useless at this time... The bolt-action rifle fires too slowly, and it is difficult to aim at the target while running. To shoot, you usually have to suddenly stop and raise the gun to shoot, but doing so is the enemy's
The target will not only fail to hit the target, but will also be easily taken away by a bullet from the enemy.
It is better to keep running. If the enemy wants to hit, he will have to consume more bullets. If he can run a few dozen meters away, he may throw the grenade into the enemy's house.
However, the Eighth Route Army was well prepared for this. The defense line they set up was usually behind an empty street, which meant that the Japanese had to rush through an unobstructed section... Originally there were obstacles here, such as stones, abandoned walls, etc.
, but they were all cleared out by the Eighth Route Army.
In wartime, sometimes it is this little detail that determines life or death, and soldiers do not dare to be careless in this regard.
The Eighth Route Army was well prepared, but the Japs had to pay a heavy price for this. The Japs rushed up in rows, shouting, and soon they were knocked down in pieces in a pool of blood.