The Japanese bombardment continued, and within two minutes, the Xiangfen city wall was covered with gunpowder smoke and billowing smoke from the shell explosion.
Since he could not see the situation inside the city, Wang Ping could only stare. The confidence he had a few minutes ago was greatly reduced by the powerful power of the Japanese heavy artillery.
"Jingle Bell……"
Suddenly, the phone rang behind me.
Before the communications officer could react, Wang Ping turned around and picked up the phone and put it to his ear.
"I'm Wang Ping...how is the situation in the city?"
"Report to the head of the regiment, your order just now was too timely. As soon as the troops moved, two anti-artillery holes built on the city wall were blown down. However, there was still a platoon that moved a little slower, and the anti-artillery holes were collapsed by the bombing.
The hole is buried, all sacrificed~"
"In addition, the troops also lost nearly a platoon of troops during the transfer..."
Before the Japanese attack even started, the troops lost two platoons, and they were the main platoon. This was definitely a huge blow to Wang Ping.
His face turned livid all of a sudden, and he hesitated and asked: "Can the machine gun bunker we dug inside the city wall withstand the attack of the Japanese heavy artillery!"
"Okay... Captain..." The answer finally came from the receiver, which made Wang Ping breathe a sigh of relief.
"So far, all the machine gun bunkers are intact. But for safety, I still asked the machine gunners to temporarily withdraw!"
"That's good!" Wang Ping regained confidence on his face.
Then he ordered into the microphone: "Batalion Commander Jin, although the power of the Japanese heavy artillery far exceeds our estimate. However, you have machine gun bunkers and a sufficient number of grenades and hand grenades. Therefore, the mission given to you by the regiment headquarters is not
Change, withstand two Japanese attacks, then retreat to the city, and cooperate with the three newly formed garrison battalions to fight street battles with the Japanese!"
"Captain, please rest assured and promise to complete the mission!" Jin Kai's firm and powerful reply soon came through the receiver.
Heavy artillery is different from ordinary artillery. Both the cost and maintenance are much higher than ordinary artillery. Therefore, even if the Japanese are well-equipped and have their own military industry system, heavy artillery is still a treasure to them.
The twelve heavy artillery fired for ten minutes before being stopped by Lieutenant General Ito.
"The field artillery bombardment continued for five minutes. The first and second squadrons of the guard brigade immediately entered the starting position. After the field artillery bombardment stopped, they launched an attack directly under the cover of the mortar squadron and heavy machine gun squadron to break through the wall of Linfen City.
, rush into the city and capture the defenders!"
"Hi!" the chief of staff next to him replied loudly, and then motioned to the combat staff behind him to give the order.
Lieutenant General Ito hesitated for a moment and continued the order: "Contact the remaining two infantry brigades of the 137th Regiment, rush to Xiangfen City as quickly as possible, and then surround Xiangfen City for me to prevent an Eighth Route Army from breaking through..."
The sound of artillery on the battlefield gradually weakened, and the attacking troops of the two squadrons came into Lieutenant General Ito's field of vision.
A dozen mortars from the mortar squadron stared at the city head and continued to fire. A dozen heavy machine guns were lined up in a row, firing bullets at the city head continuously.
Everything seems to be moving in your favor.
"Division Commander, the Eighth Route Army on top of the city has begun to counterattack...there are almost no machine guns, and the strength seems to be only one company~"
"Of course!" the division commander replied arrogantly.
"The power of heavy artillery is not comparable to that of ordinary mountain artillery... I guess these Tubal Road have never seen heavy artillery, and they still defend against our heavy artillery according to the standard of defense against ordinary artillery. As a result, the power of our heavy artillery is too great, so we directly let them defend themselves.
The fortifications lost their effectiveness, and then the troops were lost, leaving only this few troops to hold on to the city wall..."
The chief of staff strongly agreed with this approach and replied with a compliment: "The division commander is wise, it must be for this reason!"
"The Eighth Route Army's city-defending troops suffered heavy casualties under our heavy artillery attack... Beizhi believes that we should take advantage of this opportunity to take down the city wall in one go and charge into the city!"
"Yoshi..." Lieutenant General Ito was very satisfied with this answer.
"Send a signal to the attacking troops immediately. There are not many Eighth Route Army troops defending the city. Let them strengthen the fortifications and break through the city wall!"
Under Lieutenant General Ito's watch, the distance between the attacking troops and the city wall quickly shortened from one hundred meters to fifty or sixty meters.
Just when they thought victory was in sight, more than a hundred grenades and hand grenades emitting white smoke suddenly appeared from the top of the city where there were only sporadic gunshots.
Immediately afterwards, these grenades and grenades dropped like rain.
"The artillery continues to fire... and there are grenades. Counterattack immediately and use artillery shells and grenades to kill the Eighth Route Army at the top of the city. As long as we kill them, the city will be ours!" Lieutenant General Ito ordered hurriedly.
The Japanese reacted quickly. Soon, the explosion of artillery shells was louder than the explosion of grenades, and thick smoke covered the city.
Lieutenant General Ito still underestimated his opponent.
In the violent explosion, although there were a lot fewer grenades thrown from the city, they did not stop.
People in the attacking troops continued to be killed in the explosions. Within a few minutes, more than half of the two squadrons were killed or injured. The remaining soldiers were all lying on the ground, waiting for the artillery to kill the remaining Eighth Route Army at the top of the city and stop advancing~
"Retreat...order the attacking troops to withdraw..." Lieutenant General Ito made a decision quickly.
If the stalemate continues, even if the attacking troops can capture the city wall, the troops will suffer heavy losses, which is not cost-effective.
"Heavy artillery brigade, field artillery brigade, be ready...the troops will fire when they retreat fifty meters, without giving the Eighth Route Army at the city head a chance to move~"
"This time I will kill them completely so that they can defend the city wall without any problems at all..."
After leaving nearly two hundred corpses behind, there were more than a hundred Japanese remaining. Lieutenant Ito looked at a pair of gloomy eyes and retreated in embarrassment, and then a violent explosion enveloped the entire battlefield again.
The enemy headquarters of the new regiment saw Jin Kai repelling the Japanese attack without using the machine gun bunker. A smile appeared on his face. The ear-piercing screams and violent explosions immediately froze the smile on his face.
"The Japanese are too cruel. They are obviously targeting our troops defending the city... Commander, after this shelling, the troops who were guarding the city wall just now must have suffered heavy losses..." Zhong Chenggong said with a solemn face.
"The leader of the Japanese division is very cunning and ruthless... While we are trying every means to consume them, he is also seizing every opportunity to attack us and consume us. And now this bombardment is because he does not waste any soldiers.
A perfect opportunity to kill most of our infantry company with just one artillery shell..."
"There is no way, we don't have heavy artillery, we can only watch the Japanese use heavy artillery to blast our soldiers... When we have heavy artillery, sooner or later I will let the Japanese taste the feeling of being bombed, and the body will be torn directly by heavy artillery shells
The taste of minced meat…”
"Captain, reinforcements from the two Japanese brigades are here!" As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer rushed in and reported.
"More than two thousand Japs have joined the battle... Chief of Staff, the real pressure on the assault battalion and the three new battalions has only begun now... Contact Jin Kai and Li Wen immediately to get them ready!"
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