"Boom..." A bunker on the far left of the Japanese frontline exploded first, and the bricks and stones that made up the bunker flew around like a goddess scattering flowers.
Along with a thick black smoke rising from the explosion point, a bunker nearly two meters high has been blown into a pile of ruins!
"Rumble...Rumble..."
After two more explosions, the remaining two bunkers were also blown up.
"Come up with me, occupy the Jaap's forward position, and continue to attack the Linfen City wall!" the company commander with an excited expression on his face ordered decisively.
More than thirty corpses of Japanese and puppet soldiers scattered on the battlefield and those buried in the ruins of the bunker showed the first company the results of their attack of more than half an hour.
Half of the tasks assigned by the battalion commander were completed in such a short time, and the first company commander was very happy.
The instructor was also very excited. The smooth start made him confident about the upcoming battle. He stared at his partner and asked: "Old Zhou, how shall we fight next!"
"Old rules, light and heavy machine gun cover, riflemen crawl forward, then dig trenches, and show the enemy that we want to approach the city wall by digging trenches, forcing the little devils to fight on the wall!"
"Artillery platoon, aim at the top of the city and fire freely. Fire wherever there are many Japanese and puppet troops!"
"Also, the old rules agreed to by the regiment leader cannot be broken. All mortars participating in the battle cannot stay in the same place for more than one minute from the time of firing!"
On the top of the city, the face of the Japanese squadron leader was very ugly, as gloomy as if he was about to bleed.
Most of the infantry squad, plus three machine gun groups, were gone. The strong fighting power displayed by the Eighth Route Army outside the city frightened him, and at the same time made him doubt whether he could hold on to this place.
Fortunately, the adjutant's words cheered him up again.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army attacking us seems to have only one company and no follow-up troops!"
"Nani?" The squadron leader immediately raised his telescope and stared outside the city, not missing the slightest movement.
Soon, his gloomy face looked much better.
He breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Bagya Road, the Eighth Route Army underestimated our Imperial Japanese Army. It is simply wishful thinking to break through the East Gate fortifications with just one company. Even if they have firepower superiority, it is useless.
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As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of Eighth Route Army riflemen stepped out of the position and appeared in the squadron leader's field of vision.
"They plan to approach us again by crawling forward, and then dig trenches to get closer to the city wall and shorten the attack distance!" The squadron leader, who had regained his confidence, made a judgment with a frown.
Then he ordered: "All light and heavy machine guns will fire immediately to kill these Eighth Route Army troops!"
On the city wall, which was less than a hundred meters long, seven or eight shooting holes suddenly appeared. A gun barrel protruded from each shooting hole, and then spit out a thick tongue of flame nearly half a meter long.
"Da da da……"
The intertwined bullets quickly formed an airtight net of bullets above the rifleman's head.
Even if many soldiers were lying on the ground, the bullets fired from the front still drilled several bloody holes in their backs~
"Machine gunners, fight back... Others, spread out on the spot and fight back with rifles!" the company commander ordered decisively.
Seeing that the rifleman in front of him who had been shot by the Japanese had stopped, he lay down on the ground and took out his engineering shovel to dig a hole along his body, piled the soil in front of him to block the bullets, and then continued to expand the hole into a single soldier bunker, and then put the single soldier in it.
Soldier bunkers were connected into trenches.
The first company commander continued to order: "The old rules of machine gunners are to block one Japanese shooting hole with one heavy machine gun and two light machine guns, and one infantry squad will deal with each shooting hole, distracting the Japanese heavy firepower, covering the attacking troops and digging trenches, leaving the little Japanese behind."
The troops below are pushing up the city wall!"
The first company commander's tactics were very effective. Seeing the Eighth Route Army's individual bunkers outside the city digging deeper and deeper, and even starting to form trenches, he finally couldn't help but give the order.
"The second team went up to the city wall and shot down the Eighth Route Army hiding in the bunker. We must not let them dig trenches!"
"The artillerymen will also come up, and together with the grenades, they will blow up the Eighth Route Army who are digging trenches for me."
The first company commander, who had been staring at the battlefield, also followed the order: "Artillery platoon, freely choose the target for bombardment, and fire immediately!"
The enemy and we were firing at each other around the city walls and fortifications, with shells, bullets, and grenades coming and going. It was very lively.
There were casualties every minute, including the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese and puppet troops.
After fighting for nearly two hours, the third regiment of the direct brigade came over one after another.
"Captain Jin, what are you doing!" Looking at the chaotic siege battle in front of him, the commander of the third regiment asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Kincaid quickly expressed his thoughts.
Anyone who can become a regiment leader in the Eighth Route Army will definitely have good commanding skills, and they are all militants.
The decision was made with almost no hesitation: "Our Third Regiment cannot miss such a good training opportunity ~ Battalion Commander Jin, the Third Regiment is also participating. Your assault battalion is tired after fighting for such a long time, so you can take a rest!"
The number of veterans in the third regiment was only 30%, and they had not experienced a major battle. If they rashly joined the siege battle and launched a storm, the casualties of the troops would definitely be huge.
The third regiment leader is very aware of his shortcomings.
Now a good opportunity to make up for his shortcomings was presented to him. In order to avoid too many casualties in the subsequent storming troops and to accumulate some siege experience for the troops, the Third Regiment Commander decisively seized this opportunity to train troops.
On the east wall of Linfen City, the squadron leader holding a telescope raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Bageya Road, the Eighth Route Army still has follow-up troops! Their reinforcements are coming, at least one battalion! We will continue to strengthen our counterattack firepower,
Otherwise, we will definitely not be able to prevent them from shortening the attack distance by digging trenches, and then the city wall under our feet will be in danger!"
"Move another team up to the city wall and be sure to stop them. As long as we hold on until dawn, they will retreat!"
The second lieutenant next to him did not carry out the order, but reported with an embarrassed look on his face: "Sir, we have no one left. The remaining Imperial Army and Imperial Alliance Army are all on the city wall!"
"Bageya Road, this troop strength is simply not enough. Contact the headquarters immediately and request reinforcements. I need at least two squads of reinforcements here!"
Major Gao Tian and Captain Baotian both stared at the city defense map with worried expressions.
Just now, the brigade leader who stayed behind in Xiangfen finally returned to the store.
It was this reply that made them lose all confidence in guarding Linfen City.
There are no reinforcements in the surrounding counties, and the fastest reinforcements all the way will not arrive in Linfen City until tomorrow afternoon.
This means that they have to rely on the remaining soldiers in their hands to hold on until dawn.
Captain Baotian is the commander and is more aware than Major Gao Tian of the bad situation Linfen City is currently facing.
Linfen City is large and has many and strong fortifications, which are both advantages and disadvantages. But for the current defenders, the usual advantages have become disadvantages!
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