Outside Taiyuan City, it has been almost two hours since the independent brigade and guard regiment attacked the city wall.
No matter which direction, the casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops were very high.
Of course, the independent brigade and the guard regiment also suffered heavy casualties. After all, they were the attacking party. Even if their attacks were tentative, as long as they broke out of their positions and were exposed to the guns of the Japanese and puppet troops, the troops would suffer casualties.
Unavoidable.
Behind a mountain ridge less than 500 meters away from the north gate of Taiyuan City, Wang Ping had been staring at the city head with a telescope for almost half an hour, but he was still motionless.
Yang Xiong, who was standing nearby, saw it and was anxious in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak for fear of interrupting Wang Ping's thoughts.
You know, the guard regiment has lost almost a battalion through continuous attacks.
The north gate city wall still stands tall and motionless in front of everyone.
More importantly, it is now two o'clock in the morning, and there are still four or five hours before the Japanese planes will arrive on the battlefield. If they cannot break through the small north gate, the attacking troops will have to withdraw from the battlefield in embarrassment.
Yang Xiong knew that there were three useless heavy artillery pieces behind the attacking force.
Ordinary mountain artillery can't damage the small north gate city wall, but heavy artillery can certainly do it. Yang Xiong really wanted to remind Wang Ping whether he should order the heavy artillery battery to fire now, cover the troops and attack hard, and rush into Taiyuan City.
At this moment, the communications platoon leader suddenly ran over.
"Regiment commander, chief of staff, urgent call from the military region, please let us report the battle situation!"
"Also, the military region reminds us to pay attention to the time. When the time comes, we must retreat and we cannot be reluctant to fight!"
Wang Ping, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke: "It seems that the military region is also anxious!"
"Chief of Staff, how many Japanese and puppet troops do you think are still on the city?"
"There must be six to seven hundred people!" Yang Xiong replied thoughtfully. Then he stared at Wang Ping, waiting for him to give an order.
"Six to seven hundred people, then we can start taking action!" Wang Ping finally made a decision and began to issue orders.
"Chief of Staff, inform all the artillery units that are cooperating with us, including the heavy artillery battery at the back, to fire immediately as soon as I give the order. Even if the city wall cannot be destroyed, the bombs will be blown so that the Japanese can't stay on top of the city!"
"Send all the explosive packets I asked you to prepare to the tank. Today, I will prepare a tank bomb for the Japanese!"
After saying that, Wang Ping led the guard platoon towards the back where the tanks were.
A dozen soldiers who had brought explosives packs were surrounding the tank and pointing, while Yang Xiong, who was following Wang Ping, still had an expression of incomprehension on his face.
Tank bomb, Yang Xiong has been a soldier for so long and has never heard of this word before.
But after seeing the confident smile on Wang Ping's face, although he was full of doubts, he still chose to believe Wang Ping, and then followed Wang Ping all the way to the tank.
Although Wang Ping looked down upon the thin-skinned tank in front of him, no matter what, a tank was a tank.
Thinking that it would turn into a pile of scrap metal in a few minutes, Wang Ping couldn't help but show an expression of pity and heartache on his face.
However, this complicated expression was quickly put away by him. Compared with the equipment of Taiyuan Arsenal, a tank is obviously nothing!
Moreover, the Eighth Route Army still mainly engages in mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare. Even if the tanks are brought back to the base area, they will not be of much use.
Thinking of this, Wang Ping didn't waste any time, climbed directly onto the tank, and got in.
"Chief of Staff, please pass the explosive packets to me one by one!" Wang Ping, who emerged from the turret, suddenly ordered.
It didn't take long for nearly a thousand kilograms of explosives to be loaded into the tank. The entire inside of the tank, except for the driver's position, was filled with explosives!
"Order the artillery to fire immediately. The bombardment cannot stop without my order!" Wang Ping, who re-emerged from the turret, ordered decisively.
Soon, a violent explosion sounded at the top of Taiyuan City.
Wang Ping didn't waste any time. He got into the tank, started the tank, and then drove the tank towards the city gate.
Thinking of the tank that had turned into a powder keg, and then looking at the tank that was constantly adjusting its direction and rushing towards the city gate, Yang Xiong immediately reacted.
"Captain, it's dangerous, come down quickly, you can't go..."
No matter how Yang Xiong objected from behind, the moving tank showed no intention of stopping. It continued to adjust its direction and rushed towards the city gate.
After adjusting for almost a minute, the tank was less than 400 meters away from the city gate.
Just when Yang Xiong was so nervous that his heart was about to rise to his throat, the tank suddenly accelerated. Wang Ping, who was worried about him, also emerged from the turret, jumped off the tank with a roll, and quickly retreated to the trench.
"Captain, you scared me to death just now. You will definitely not do such a dangerous thing again!" Yang Xiong said with lingering fear when he saw that Wang Ping was intact.
"Stop talking nonsense and keep an eye on the tanks. Whether you can advance into Taiyuan City depends on the tank bombs in front of you!" Wang Ping ordered with a frown, his eyes never leaving his eyes as he rushed forward, blowing out black smoke.
tank.
Wang Ping was fine, and the nervousness in Yang Xiong's heart was immediately replaced by anticipation and excitement.
If a tank filled with explosives hits a city wall and explodes, Yang Xiong is sure that no matter how strong the city wall is, it will be blown apart.
Only now did Yang Xiong fully understand the true meaning of the tank bomb mentioned by Wang Ping.
The tank rushed forward with a roar. When it was still 150 meters away from the city, the huge roar finally made the Japanese aware of it.
Bullets, grenades, and grenades were thrown at the tank as if they were free of charge.
Although there was no Eighth Route Army behind the tank, even a fool knew that there must be something wrong with the tank that suddenly rushed over from the Eighth Route Army's position.
Seeing that the tank was hit with sparks flying, but it still rushed forward with a roar. Wang Ping breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered.
"Shoot, everyone shoot, suppress the enemy firepower on the city!"
The tank charged very fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was less than fifty meters away from the city gate.
At this time, the grenades dropped by the Japanese from the top of the city exploded around the tank like rain. Not long after, the tank was enveloped in thick smoke.
If the roar of the tank hadn't continued to reach Wang Ping's ears, Wang Ping would have thought the tank had been stopped by the Japanese bombing.
But even if Wang Ping lost the figure of the tank, his eyes were still fixed on the city head, motionless.
Attentive people will notice at this time that Wang Ping's clenched fists due to nervousness have started to break out in cold sweat!
You know, Wang Ping originally wanted to prepare a car bomb for the Japanese.
However, the protection of the car bomb is too weak, and it may lie down on the road, or it may be detonated directly on the road.
Hearing that the Independent Brigade had captured a Japanese tank at the airport, Wang Ping had an idea and immediately thought of using the tank to prepare a tank bomb for the Japanese!
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