"Boom!" The grenade suddenly exploded under the instructor's butt. The violent explosion blew him out of the city wall. The heavy machine gun shooter next to him was not spared either. He was hit by two fragments and fell to the shooting position, covered in blood and flesh.
Although the explosion alerted many Japanese and puppet troops around them, no one would have thought that enemies would attack them on the city walls.
After taking a painful glance at the explosion scene, I directly regarded the explosion as a grenade fired from a grenade, and then continued to do whatever I was supposed to do.
However, as the platoon leader took action, various explosions sounded one after another at the top of the city.
In less than a minute, all the Japs on the top of the city were blown up, and many officers of the Royal Association Army were also killed. Seven or eight light and heavy machine guns were either blown up or lying on the top of the city, with no one to control or shoot.
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There were explosions just now, but they were definitely not so intensive and not so targeted.
"When did the artillery shells fired by the Eighth Route Army become so accurate? It's like they have eyes, designed to bomb our officers and light and heavy machine guns!" A company commander who was still alive realized something was wrong.
"Boom..." At this moment, another explosion sounded not far away.
The violent explosion directly blew away a machine gun and machine gunner, and then smashed them outside the city wall.
The company commander of the Imperial Association Army immediately reacted: "No, this is a grenade explosion, and it is impossible for the artillery shells and grenades fired by the Eighth Route Army to fall directly behind the city stamps."
"No, there must be enemies sneaking in on the city wall. Be careful, there is the Eighth Route Army around us..."
"Bang~" Before the company commander could finish his words, an Eighth Route Army soldier hiding on the city wall fired decisively, and a bullet blew out his head.
Immediately afterwards, a cry of surprise sounded at the top of the city.
"Eighth Route Army, there is an Eighth Route Army on the city wall. The Eighth Route Army is coming to kill us. Everyone, run for your lives!"
The one who said these words was undoubtedly the Eighth Route Army hidden on the city wall.
"Boom, boom, boom..." In order to further increase the panic and chaos of the Imperial Army at the city's head, several veterans threw a few grenades into the area where there were many Imperial Army soldiers.
In the violent explosion, seven or eight Imperial Army soldiers fell into a pool of blood screaming.
"There is an Eighth Route Army. There is an Eighth Route Army on the city wall. Everyone, run!" An Eighth Route Army pretended to be frightened and shouted.
The Imperial Alliance Army was leaderless and did not have much morale in the first place. After such instigation, some people were indeed killed and injured by grenades from unknown sources. In order to survive, they suddenly panicked.
When he saw a soldier holding a gun and preparing to fire into the city, he immediately ran away without saying a word.
"Don't stop talking nonsense, stop all of them and keep fighting. The reinforcements from the Imperial Army will be coming soon!" There were still a few surviving Imperial Army soldiers who insisted on guarding the city wall.
When these people show up, they will be shot to death with several bullets at the same time.
Death, panic, instigation... Under the influence of various factors, the more than 200 Imperial Army soldiers left at the south gate completely lost the courage to continue fighting, and then fled into the city like bereaved dogs.
"Bang, bang, bang!" In order to further intensify their panic, several Eighth Route Army soldiers directly picked up a machine gun that they had dropped and started shooting.
The whizzing bullets killed the last few Imperial Army soldiers in one stroke.
The Imperial Army soldiers who had survived the attack immediately panicked and ran forward as hard as they could, shouting: "The Eighth Route Army is coming, everyone, run for your lives!"
"Open the city gate immediately to welcome the main force into the city. The Japanese reinforcements are coming. We must rush into the city before the Japanese come!" A flash of surprise quickly flashed across the face of the leader of the platoon, and then he ordered with a serious face.
"The others and I are chasing after the Imperial Alliance Army, trying to get them to collide with the Japanese reinforcements and buy time for the main force!"
The battle outside the South Gate was personally directed by Commander Chen.
Because the defensive firepower of the puppet troops at the top of the city was too strong, a battalion was suppressed as soon as it rushed more than 100 meters outside the city. Then it had to stop and exchange fire with the defenders at the top of the city, consuming their strength bit by bit.
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Just when Commander Chen looked anxious, thinking about whether to send another battalion up to speed up the attack, the closed gate of Laiyuan City was opened.
"The latent troops must have opened the city gate!" Captain Chen exclaimed with surprise on his face.
Then he gave a loud order: "The bugler blows the charge horn, and the first battalion immediately attacks and rushes into Laiyuan City! Assault on the Japanese headquarters in Laiyuan City!"
"Order the Second Battalion to also attack, rush into Laiyuan City, and directly attack the Japanese arsenal in Laiyuan City!"
When the entire Laiyuan City was shrouded in gunfire, Major General Ono's station was particularly quiet tonight. There was no sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army until eight o'clock in the evening, and there was no sign of Eighth Route Army activity around.
"The independent regiment must have suffered heavy losses after fighting for a day, and they have no soldiers or artillery!" Xiao Zhi secretly thought, and he was full of confidence in the decisive battle that was about to begin tomorrow.
In order to prevent the disabled independent regiment from escaping at night, Ono sent a special telegram to the troops stationed outside the mountain before going to bed, asking them to be more vigilant and not let the small Eighth Route Army troops break through and slip away.
Just when he was about to have a good night's rest, the chief of staff suddenly broke into his tent.
The whole person seemed to have been hit by something, and he reported in a panic: "General, something happened! Laiyuan City, Laiyuan City was attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and is in danger!"
Ono was stunned for a moment, and then showed an expression of disbelief.
"Impossible. In the entire Laiyuan territory, apart from the independent regiment we are attacking, where is the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Is it possible that the independent regiment we are attacking is deliberately bluffing in Laiyuan City to force us to return reinforcements?"
"No, it is really the main force of the Eighth Route Army. There are at least two regiments. They are also equipped with a large number of artillery and light and heavy machine guns. They have strong combat effectiveness. The defending troops suffered heavy losses after holding on for less than ten minutes. Please ask for reinforcements!)" the chief of staff shook his head and answered.
Seeing that Ono still had an expression of disbelief, the chief of staff immediately stated his conclusion.
"General, I'm worried that the troops attacking Laiyuan City are the troops from the First Military Division of the Eighth Route Army. They must have taken advantage of our main attack on the Independent Regiment, found out about Laiyuan City, and suddenly launched an attack!"
"We only have one infantry brigade and one regiment of the Imperial Army in Laiyuan City. Laiyuan City is so big, we definitely can't hold it for too long!"
"Also, we have stored a large amount of weapons, ammunition and food in Laiyuan City. Once these equipment and ammunition are seized by the Eighth Route Army, they will be able to arm at least three regiments. In any case, these equipment and materials cannot fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army."
Ono was awakened immediately and strode to the map.
After staring at the map for almost a minute, he shouted angrily and unwillingly: "Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army really knows how to pick the time!"
"Seeing that the Independent Regiment is about to be wiped out, I am not willing to retreat now!"
The chief of staff was also reluctant, but reason told him that he must retreat. Otherwise, after the independent regiment was eliminated, the Eighth Route Army could immediately use the captured equipment to form three more independent regiments to deal with itself. More importantly, once Laiyuan City was occupied by the Eighth Route Army
Occupation would definitely be a great shame for the imperial army!
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