In the explosion, the Japanese artillery was blown to pieces.
A dense barrage of artillery shells exploded in the artillery position, blowing all the artillery and artillery into the sky. Several artillery shells even hit the Japanese ammunition and caused explosions. The explosion only caused a small mushroom cloud to rise from the artillery position, and the entire
Yuncheng shivered under its shock wave.
This does not mean that the artillery of the Jinsui Army fired accurately, but that the Japanese had to expose their position for a long time because they had to use artillery fire to block the city gate... This can be said to be a taboo in artillery battles.
The most important thing for artillery is "quick, accurate and ruthless".
To put it simply, after discovering the enemy's artillery position, the artillery observers can accurately calculate its coordinates within one or two minutes and then guide the artillery to implement artillery coverage accordingly.
Otherwise, the enemy's artillery is likely to move and the opportunity to annihilate the enemy will be lost.
Therefore, the Japanese artillery should have moved its position after firing a few rounds. This is the most common thing artillery does... fire one shot and change the location.
But the situation of the Japanese at this time did not allow them to move... Once they moved, it meant that they would not be able to block the city gate with artillery fire, and the Eighth Route Army tanks would rush into the city.
So the Japanese artillerymen could only hold on where they were.
This gave the artillery observers of the Jinsui Army enough time. They calculated it more than ten times from multiple angles. Two artillery positions even test-fired three artillery shells to correct the trajectory... This is very important in artillery battles.
Rarely, the enemy artillery basically does not give the opponent time and opportunity to test fire.
But it happened to be there right now.
There is enough time to calculate and test fire, but if you still can't hit it, it will be a pile of waste.
As a result, all three Japanese artillery positions suffered heavy losses at that moment. The artillery was blown up and down, the artillerymen were blown away, and the artillery shells fell all over the ground. There was blood and mess everywhere.
The Japanese artillery battalion captain was also injured. He hid in the bunker with blood on his face and reported loudly to Ikegami Kenji in a hoarse voice: "Your Excellency, Colonel, we are under enemy bombardment, we are under enemy bombardment! Please transfer!"
This request should be said to be reasonable. If we don't move, I'm afraid the whole army will be annihilated.
But Kenji Ikegami's side was unable to move the artillery.
Because he saw through the telescope that the tanks of the Eighth Route Army were "rumbling" up in the smoke, and the gunshots on the trains in the city were still ringing... If the artillery were to be transferred at this time, it would mean that the city gate would be closed.
fall.
Therefore, Ikegami Kenji gritted his teeth and ordered over the phone: "Cheer up, you bastard! Continue the bombardment. You are not allowed to move without my order. You must persist until the last moment!"
"Yes!" the artillery battalion captain responded mechanically. He looked around desperately, took a deep breath before jumping out of the bunker and shouting to his subordinates: "Get up, continue the artillery fire! The last moment has arrived, take all the
All the shells were fired..."
Before he finished speaking, there was only a "woo" sound. A shell came and blew the artillery battalion commander into the sky on the spot, and then he fell heavily onto the mount of a 75mm field gun.
The artillery captain, who was covered in blood, struggled to stand up, but found that he could no longer feel his hands and feet. He only saw a few panicked faces of his subordinates. They seemed to be shouting something with their mouths open in front of them, but they couldn't hear them.
to any sound.
Then another artillery shell came over, and the field artillery turned over, pinning the artillery battalion commander below.
After that, the Japanese artillery did fire a few rounds, but only a few rounds, and then there was no sound.
Of course, these rounds of artillery shells did not hit the tank heading towards the "Little North Gate".
So t26 led groups of soldiers into the city gate.
After entering the city gate, T26 turned on its full power and moved forward at the fastest speed.
This is because the small north gate is relatively narrow. As long as one tank is destroyed, it is likely to block the passage. At this time, you should pass quickly. Even if it is destroyed, you should leave more space for other tanks outside the city gate.
At this time, the reconnaissance company on the train was in danger.
This is not because the reconnaissance company lacks firepower, or the reconnaissance company does not have enough bullets, nor does it mean that the soldiers are not brave enough.
Instead, the Japanese kept rushing forward, and the corpses were piled up layer by layer, until they were piled up into a hill more than 40 meters away.
This hill provided a good cover for the Japanese who came later...The Japanese hid behind it and fired their grenades.
The Japs were pretty good at shooting grenades. The width of the train carriage was only over two meters, so the Japs were able to blast the grenades into the carriage one by one.
In the explosions, the reconnaissance company also suffered a lot of losses.
A grenade even hit the monk.
Fortunately, the monk was quick-sighted. He dragged the sandbag over and put the grenade on it, thus saving his life.
As the firepower of both the enemy and ours waxed and waned, several Japanese soldiers rushed up screaming and holding explosive bags... The best way to deal with a fortification like a train, especially if there were several tanks on it, was to use
Blow it up with explosives, and other methods will not work.
Therefore, this has really come to a critical moment. As long as the artillery of the Shanxi-Sui Army fires later, or the Japanese artillery fire can persist for a while, the battle between the scouts at the city gate is likely to turn into a brutal hand-to-hand fight or a grenade explosion.
In battle.
Just then...
The T26 opened from the city gate with a bang, and then with a "boom", it blew up the Japs into the sky.
Then, without any orders, he adjusted his direction and pushed back toward the Japanese.
The monk shouted excitedly: "Comrades, our troops are coming, follow the tanks and charge!"
"Come on!" the soldiers shouted, jumping out of the train and launching a counterattack against the Japanese.
It was indeed time to counterattack at this time, because tanks and troops continued to enter from the small north gate, and the reconnaissance company should open a wider space for them to avoid being pushed back by the enemy again.
The Japanese were stunned by the counterattack of tanks and submachine guns on the spot. After a little resistance, they turned around and fled into the city. Even though Kenji Ikegami roared loudly from the top of the city, it was of no avail.
In fact, this cannot be regarded as the Japanese being greedy for life and fear of death, but seeing the tanks pouring out of the city gate one after another, they knew that it was wishful thinking to block the city gate anymore, so they planned to withdraw into the residential area and fight with the Eighth Route Army.
Fighting in the street.
Ikegami Kenkichi was a little wishful thinking that he could keep the enemy out of the city, or he was unwilling to do so, and at the same time he didn't know how to explain it to his superiors.
But seeing the soldiers retreating into residential areas in groups, he had no choice but to order: "Retreat!"
Then he led his men at the top of the city to retreat along the city wall to the rear.