The thick elm city gate slowly opened in front of Wang Xuexin, and two small groups of Japanese soldiers with guns in hand immediately rushed out. After exiting the city gate, they skillfully spread out left and right and lay on the ground to provide cover for Wang Xuexin and his party.
Wang Xuexin was a little flattered. This was the first time he was greeted with such a standard, especially when he was greeted by Japanese soldiers.
The monk also muttered: "Damn it, we need to prepare a few jars of wine to catch the wind and wash away the dust, right? Can we finish the drinking before we fight?"
Wang Xuexin replied: "How long have you been thinking about wine? Can't you kill all the Japanese before you drink?"
The monk said with a "hehe" smile: "That makes sense. After the beating, it will all be mine!"
The tank slowly passed through the city gate and drove into Yucun.
Wang Xuexin composed himself, opened the hatch cover and stuck his head out. He calmly waved his hand and shouted to the Japanese on both sides, "Long Live Long Live." The Japanese cheered and loudly responded, and many people on both sides also saluted Wang Xuexin.
At this moment, Wang Xuexin quickly took a look at the situation inside Xiayu Village: the Japs were mostly concentrated at the ground wall and gun towers at the rear, and there was an open space about a hundred meters in front, followed by a series of mud houses.
These mud houses were supposed to belong to fellow villagers, but they had apparently been expropriated by the Japanese.
Wang Xue noticed that the side walls of these mud houses had been drilled with perforations by the Japanese. There were machine guns in the perforations, and the black muzzles of the guns were pointing towards the city wall.
This is a very clever arrangement.
Keeping the earthen houses far away from the city wall can prevent the enemy from directly entering street fighting after breaking through the city wall.
At the same time, this 100-meter-long open space can also give the Japanese soldiers enough space to fight back and counterattack. Once the Eighth Route Army blows through the earth walls and invades the city, they will face the bunkers transformed from the inner earth buildings.
Obviously, the earthen house is the second line of defense for the Japanese.
Wang Xuexin was secretly glad that he had chosen to disguise himself and sneak into the city.
Otherwise, if a tank is used to attack, the most likely outcome is that the tank breaks in and the infantry is blocked, so it is only a matter of time before the tank is bombed.
Wang Xuexin didn't know at this time that he also saved the Hundred Battle Group.
The Baizhan Regiment didn't know what was going on inside Yucun. The regiment leader Li Changfu planned to blow up a gun tower and then enter through the gap.
This plan is indeed applicable to a city wall with only one line of defense, but in this situation... if the soldiers break through the gap, they will become the target of the enemy's machine guns.
"Keep going!" Wang Xuexin continued to wave and ordered over the intercom: "Get to the earthen house and turn around!"
The monk responded and drove the tank toward the earthen house in an unhurried manner.
There is no doubt that the earthen house is the best foothold. As long as the earthen house is occupied, a large group of Japanese soldiers at the city wall will be attacked from both sides.
Looking for an opportunity, Wang Xuexin winked at Daniel, who had been following him under the tank.
Daniu's guard platoon is an infantryman with shoulder straps selected by Wang Xuexin.
Wang Xuexin put a lot of thought into choosing these people.
The difficulty is that most of the soldiers have no awareness of cooperating with the tanks. They all do as they please. Even the soldiers of the Seventh Company are not surprised.
This is a big problem. Wang Xuexin brought these thirty or so people in because he wanted them to protect the tank. It wouldn't make much sense if he only focused on rushing and fighting.
Wang Xuexin thought about it, isn't there still a guard named Daniel? They usually do security work, so they have some sense of security!
Thinking of Wang Xuexin, he called Da Niu and asked: "If there is a fight, you can use the tanks as targets to protect them and prevent the Japanese from getting close. Can it be done?"
Daniel slapped his chest: "Of course it can be done, isn't that what we do?"
Therefore, all the soldiers who rode shoulder straps were guards. However, there were not many in the guard platoon who could ride shoulder straps, so they replaced them with a few who knew how to ride shoulder straps.
Daniel was also smart. He understood Wang Xuexin's eyes at this moment. He nodded and waved his hands without saying a word, and led the soldiers to ride on their shoulder bags and cross the tank to prepare.
Standing on the turret, Kitahara Taro was originally looking at the supporting troops with a smile on his face and a look of relief on his face. He secretly sighed that this troops came in time and solved Yucun's urgent need.
But it was a bit strange to see the tanks continuing to drive towards the mud house. Shouldn't they stop and ask about the situation? They should at least find out where the headquarters is and report it first!
Looking at the motorcycles again, they were scattered around the earthen house, seemingly preparing for an attack. Taro Kitahara's expression changed and he said something bad.
"Nakamura-kun!" Taro Kitahara waved to the staff officer: "Searchlight!"
The staff officer responded and turned the searchlight to the earthen house to shine on the motorcycle.
The moment the light beam shone on the "reinforcements", Beihara noticed that the "reinforcements" were nervous and tightened their grip on their rifles, and some even wanted to lie down out of habit.
So Beihara confirmed it and shouted: "Asshole, these are enemies, destroy them!"
However, it was only then that it was discovered that it was too late.
The tank had turned around at the earthen house, and the turret slowly turned around to aim at the city gate. With a "bang", the city gate that was about to close was shattered into pieces. Those who had just left the city flew into the sky with the city gate.
The Japanese who were withdrawn from abroad.
These devils never understood until their death why they risked their lives to cover the tanks entering the city, and then pointed their guns at them!
At the same time, Daniel and others also took action.
They had originally dispersed and prepared in front of the earthen house. As soon as the cannon sounded, they raised their rifles and rushed into the earthen house. Then with a few "bang bangs" they eliminated the Japanese soldiers stationed inside. Many of them even took out their hidden weapons.
The box cannon on the car was particularly useful in street fighting. A burst of "bang" sound knocked down all the Japanese inside.
Soon, all the machine guns on the perforations were replaced with machine guns brought by the soldiers...
The Japanese used crooked machine guns, while the soldiers all used the more advanced Type 96, so of course they had to be replaced.
The sound of machine gunfire soon started, and the whole earthen house was "clacking" with flames.
The Japanese who stood at the city wall all used the earthen wall as a trench, and each one showed their backs in front of the soldiers. Although they had been warned by Beiyuan, there was no way to avoid the open space of more than 100 meters in the middle, and the gunshots were heard.
As soon as it rang out, a large piece fell down with a scream.
Not to mention the Type 89 heavy machine gun in the tank. The bullets poured like raindrops in the direction of the Japanese. Many Japanese were beaten into a hornet's nest before they even understood what was going on.
Taro Kitahara stood on the turret and shouted hysterically: "Explosion team, blow up the tank immediately!"
Beiyuan realized the crisis. If these enemies who had sneaked in were not dealt with as soon as possible, he and everyone in Yucun would be doomed.
But all this is in vain...
Wang Xuexin also noticed this turret because it actually shined searchlights on our soldiers and discovered clues in advance.
This also shows that there is probably a commander, or at least one smart devil, in this artillery building.
So, after Laojiu knocked down the city gate with one shot, Wang Xuexin gave instructions: "The left turret, second floor!"
The second floor was where Taro Kitahara was. He stared wide-eyed as the black muzzle of the Type 97 tank turned toward him. In the end, he only had time to say: "These bastards..."