An earth-shaking explosion sounded in the city gate, indicating that the indestructible Linfen City was opened by the Eighth Route Army.
The armored vehicle passed through the thick smoke and rushed into the city gate, preparing to rush into Linfen City in one go.
"Da da da……"
As soon as he moved, a string of bullets flew over from the city. A soldier from the guard company was caught off guard and fell to the city gate after being shot.
"The Japs in the city are prepared. The armored company will make a frontal assault, and the guard company will follow up and fight in!" Zhou Ze, who was in the combat armored vehicle, decisively took over the command of the commando team and ordered loudly.
"Armored vehicle, shoot, kill the little Japs standing in front of us!"
"The guard company covers and protects the armored vehicles. The little devils must not be allowed to get close to the armored vehicles..."
Zhou Ze's command vehicle took the lead, leading a guard company of five or six soldiers, who got into the city gate and then attacked into the city.
As soon as they rushed out of the city gate, a temporary defense line made of sandbags appeared in front of everyone.
"Continue the assault and kill them..." Zhou Ze ordered with a sigh of relief.
As long as the Japanese didn't set up artillery in front, Zhou Ze didn't worry about his own safety.
What Zhou Ze didn't expect was that just as the armored vehicle was about to kill him, the Japanese in front of him moved first.
Dozens of little devils, holding explosive packets, rushed towards him from all directions.
"They want to blow up our armored vehicles, and the little devils are fighting in a trapped beast... All the machine guns are firing, kill them..."
"The guard company shoots to protect the armored vehicle..."
The four machine guns of the armored vehicle, plus the submachine guns and light machine guns equipped by the guard company, instantly created an airtight bullet net around the armored vehicle.
Dozens of Japanese death squads fell to the ground in less than a minute.
At this time, two more armored vehicles rushed out of the city gate.
The three armored vehicles cooperated with each other and led the guard company towards the Japanese temporary defense line.
At the Japanese Army Brigade Headquarters in Xiangfen County, Major General Kawaguchi, the brigade commander, stood in front of the map in silence for almost half an hour without saying a word or even moving. The sound of gunfire coming from outside the city, although extremely
Dense, but for Major General Kawaguchi, it has almost no effect.
"Rumble..."
Suddenly, a series of more violent explosions came over. Because the explosion point was too close to the headquarters, the ground under their feet began to tremble slightly.
The chief of staff on the side finally couldn't help shouting: "It's an artillery position. The artillery shells stacked in the artillery position must have been detonated by the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells outside the city... The artillery is finished, and relying solely on infantry is definitely no match for the Eighth Route Army... The brigade
"We can't wait any longer. You must make a decision early on what to do next!"
"It's indeed over!" Major General Kawaguchi finally spoke, with a look of despair.
"Linfen City was attacked, and we were attacked again. The Eighth Route Army wants to wipe out the snobbery of all the imperial troops in Linfen!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a communications staff officer rushed in. He didn't have anything in his hand, but his expression was very ugly.
Major General Kawaguchi seemed to have anticipated something. He stared at him and asked, "Did something happen to Linfen City?"
"Hi!" the communications staff officer replied with his head lowered, not daring to look into Major General Kawaguchi's eyes.
"Just now, our radio contact with Linfen City was suddenly interrupted. No matter how we called, the other party did not respond. Moreover, several radio stations in Linfen City called, but there was no movement!"
The desperate expression on Major General Kawaguchi's face did not waver. He waved his hand and ordered: "No need to call... Linfen City is too big and the garrison is small. It is beyond my expectation that Linfen City can be defended until now. I am sure that Linfen City has been
It was broken through by the Eighth Route Army!"
After the communications staff officer left, the chief of staff became anxious.
"General, Linfen City is occupied by the Eighth Route Army, what should we do?"
A self-deprecating smile quickly flashed across Major General Kawaguchi's desperate face, and then he replied: "In addition to holding on, Chief of Staff, do you think we have any other way out?"
"I understand what you mean. You want me to break out of Ximen, which has never been attacked. But have you ever thought about what we would do if we leave the county and are attacked by the Eighth Route Army again? By then, even the capital that is holding on will be gone.
No!"
"There is also a city wall for protection here. When we get outside the city, we don't even have the most basic trenches for a day!"
"Order all the garrison troops to defend to the end. No one can take a step back without my order!"
"Also, distribute weapons and ammunition to everyone at the brigade headquarters. At the critical moment, we also have to go to the battlefield!"
"In this battle, we lost Linfen City and all the combat supplies of the two frontline field divisions for nearly half a year. Coupled with the loss of thousands of imperial troops, even if we exit the battlefield alive, we will be destroyed.
The front army sent it to a military court. Rather than doing this, it is better to die here directly!"
"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning and very good at hiding its strength. Now I finally understand why a good situation deteriorated to this point in a few days, and even we ourselves had to lose our lives for it. All this is because we underestimated the enemy.
, caused by not understanding one’s opponent!”
In the former enemy headquarters outside Xiangfen City, the explosion from inside the city also reached the ears of Commander Chen and the staff.
"Chief of Staff, we have killed the Japs artillery in the city, and then it is the turn of the Japs infantry on the city wall. Tonight, no matter what, we must kill the Japs brigade leader and avenge the people who were killed by the Japs planes!
Commander Chen ordered with excitement on his face.
"Yes, this brigade leader must be killed and the people in the base area must be given an explanation!" the chief of staff affirmed.
Then he added: "There are a total of twelve mountain guns, four infantry guns, plus twenty or thirty mortars. Our Eighth Route Army has never had a precedent of so many artillery being concentrated in one battle, and there is still sufficient ammunition and powerful shells.
Fight!"
"Okay...I'll go give the order right away." Commander Chen replied happily.
"In the past, we, the Eighth Route Army, were bombed when we fought against the Japs. The Japs suppressed us and fought. Tonight, we will also let the little Japs have a taste of what it feels like to be bombed!"
"Order, the mountain artillery unit is divided into three companies, divided into three, to bombard the south gate, north gate, and east gate respectively, and four infantry guns to bombard the west gate. The mortars are divided into four to participate in the battle. Ten minutes of artillery preparation, the bombardment is over.
After that, the troops launched an attack with all their strength. Each battalion and regiment were not divided into main attackers and assisters. Whoever entered Xiangfen County first would be the main attacker!"
"After the attack begins, mortars and heavy machine gun units will attack with the team and provide artillery support to the infantry at any time!"
Soon, the four gates of Linfen City were covered by the strong explosion generated by the explosion.
Japanese and puppet troops were constantly blown out of the city wall in the explosions and smashed to the ground.
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