"Bang... boom..." Suddenly, a huge crash sounded at the city gate, and then there was an explosion that shook the earth and the mountains.
Then everyone saw a fireball mixed with a lot of thick smoke rising into the sky at the city gate. The unmoving city wall collapsed instantly like paper!
"It exploded. The tank really exploded, commander!" Yang Xiong opened his mouth with a look of shock on his face and didn't react for a long time.
Immediately afterwards, more excited shouts began to sound around him.
"The city wall collapsed, the city wall was blown down!"
Wang Ping also witnessed all this. After a flash of excitement quickly flashed across his face, he decisively ordered: "Chief of Staff Yang, blow the charge horn and the troops begin to charge into Taiyuan City!"
"Yes, leader!" Yang Xiong finally recovered from the shock and ordered with huge surprise on his face.
"Comrades, blow the charge horn, attack with the whole army, and kill me..."
There were not many Japanese and puppet troops at the top of the city, but more than 200 people were instantly killed and injured in the explosion.
The remaining Japanese and puppet soldiers who were alive were stunned when they saw the huge gap that suddenly appeared in the city wall.
Although Japanese officers shouted and encouraged them to block the gap, the Eighth Route Army's offensive firepower was too fierce.
Dozens of light machine guns followed the attacking troops in the attack, and the heavy machine guns behind them provided fire cover. From the beginning of the attack, the whizzing bullets never stopped, flying into the city close to the broken arm of the city wall that had been opened in the city wall.
Many Japanese and puppet troops were just driven into the gap by the Japanese officers. Before they could hide, the bullets turned them into a hornet's nest.
Not to mention, every cannonball falling from the sky was fatal to them.
"Comrades, charge with me!" the battalion company commander scattered in the team shouted loudly.
Everyone knew that they had to compete with the Japanese for time and quickly seize the gap in the city wall before the Japanese could react.
"Prepare grenades! The machine gunner continues to fire, and the machine gun fire cannot stop!" the battalion company commander continued to shout.
The surviving Japanese and puppet troops on top of the city also saw soldiers from the guard regiment rushing towards them.
The Japanese officer was also anxious. He waved his command sword and shouted loudly to the surviving subordinates around him.
"Throw the grenade and blow them up immediately with the grenade!"
If someone is timid and keeps giving orders, these officers will chop them with their command swords.
Soon, intermittent gunshots rang out from the city wall where the explosions had not stopped, and grenades emitting white smoke were continuously smashed off the city wall.
The test belonging to the guard group finally began at this time, and people were constantly being killed by bullets and grenades!
"Don't stop, keep attacking, rush over and we will win!" The battalion and company commanders in the middle of the team all stared with red eyes and shouted loudly.
"The machine gunner continues to fire. If the front is sacrificed, the back will make up for it. The firepower cannot stop. Suppress the enemy's firepower!"
"The rifleman threw a grenade and killed the Japanese on top of the city!"
"Throw grenades at me, throw out all the grenades on your body!"
Bullets from both sides were flying back and forth, grenades and grenades were flying up and down, exploding constantly, consuming each other's opponents' strength.
In the end, the guard regiment won. After losing nearly a battalion of troops, there were more than 300 Japanese and puppet troops left at the top of the city. More than 200 people were directly killed by the bombing, and the remaining more than 100 people lost the courage to continue to defend.
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Facing the soldiers of the guard regiment who were so close, they immediately collapsed. No matter how the Japanese officers yelled and cursed, they dropped their weapons and fired into the city.
"Captain, rush in!" Yang Xiong shouted with excitement.
Wang Ping was not happy at all. He had witnessed the entire attack process of the Guard Regiment. It can be said that after this battle, even if the Guard Regiment did not lose its combat effectiveness, it would have lost more than half of its troops. It would not be possible in a few months.
Recover.
However, there was no time for Wang Ping to think about these issues.
The troops entering the outer city directly meant that the Taiyuan Arsenal, located near the north gate of the outer city, opened its arms to them.
Without saying a word, he immediately ordered: "Chief of Staff, go up in person, take all the soldiers who can still move, and quickly occupy the arsenal!"
"Correspondent, immediately send a telegram to the three regiment commanders: The North Gate has been breached, and the Japs in other directions will immediately retreat on their own. Each of the three regiments will leave one battalion to attack the inner city to keep the pressure on the Japs in the inner city!"
"The security companies of each regiment stayed behind and occupied the pharmacies, banks, and chambers of commerce controlled by the Japanese in the outer city, and took away everything they could!"
"Other troops took the captured cars and carts and quickly gathered at the north gate, and they had to be fast!"
"Also, order the arsenal technicians and baggage troops behind to enter the city immediately. I want to evacuate the Taiyuan arsenal!"
"Finally, send a telegram to the military region. The troops have occupied the predetermined target and are reaping the results!"
At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, as soon as he received the telegram from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the deputy chief of staff smiled. Then, with his subordinates looking at him with strange eyes, he rushed into the war room excitedly.
"Boss, it's a success. Commander Nie's operation was a success!"
The deputy commander snatched the telegram, and after reading it, a heartfelt smile appeared on his tense face.
"Okay, now that the war has started, we have achieved more than half of the success. The next step is to call back Lao Nie from our Harvest Games base area and ask them to seize the time and retreat after finishing it. They must not be reluctant to fight!"
"Yes, boss!" The deputy chief of staff did not hesitate and immediately handed the telegram to a combat staff officer to send the telegram.
Then he continued: "Also, our intelligence personnel in southwestern Shanxi sent a telegram that the troops of the Second Theater Area active there have moved!"
"The situation is the same as your analysis, boss. Sure enough, Yan Xishan sent three divisions of the Central Army to intercept the Japanese reinforcements. In order to prevent Chiang Kai-shek from gossiping, his Jinsui Army also moved and directly attacked the Japanese army due to the troop transfer.
Launch a counterattack through the exposed gap!"
The deputy commander-in-chief was stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted: "If I guessed correctly, the three divisions of the Central Army must have been unable to work hard. As for the Jinsui Army, they should be able to achieve some results!"
"Boss, you are right!" the deputy chief of staff affirmed.
"The three divisions of the Central Army were repulsed as soon as they came into contact with the Japanese reinforcements. Then the Japanese directly dispatched an infantry brigade to hold them back!"
"Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army broke through the Japanese defense line in just one hour, and is now expanding its results. I am worried that Yan Xishan should be able to recapture several county towns from the Japanese this time!"
"As long as there are results, Yan Xishan is not afraid of Chiang Kai-shek's criticism, and Chiang Kai-shek has no reason to criticize him. He is worthy of being the king of Shanxi, and he is easy to calculate. However, Chiang Kai-shek is shooting himself in the foot this time, and he cannot express his sorrow.
!" The deputy commander immediately understood what Yan Xishan was thinking and said with emotion on his face.
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