Chapter 1111 The garrison wants to storm Laiyuan City!
Artillery shells continued to hit the trenches, blowing away the soldiers inside.
Under the firelight, the lieutenant could see clearly.
A pair of eyes immediately became hot, and without thinking much, he continued to order: "The shelling is useful. The artillery on duty will continue to fire and kill all the Eighth Route Army hiding inside."
"Stop the shelling..." ordered the captain who rushed over after hearing the sound of artillery.
By the time the smoke from the shells cleared, the shelling area had been bombed into a mess, and several holes had been blown out of the unfinished consumption.
But after searching the entire area, the captain only saw three Eighth Route Army corpses.
Anger suddenly emerged, and he looked at the lieutenant on duty and cursed.
"Bageya Road, do you know how to fight? The Eighth Route Army only used mortars. Do you know how many rounds the artillery team fired just now?"
"Each cannon fired nearly thirty rounds, and the four cannons added up to more than a hundred rounds."
The lieutenant hesitated and defended: "Sir, please calm down. I tried to shoot with a heavy machine gun, but it didn't work."
"If the Eighth Route Army built an offensive position there, their heavy machine gun fire could hit the city top directly, threatening the safety of the garrison at the top of the city. That's why I ordered the artillery to fire to prevent the Eighth Route Army from digging trenches there."
The captain continued to scold: "It will explode, but you have used too many shells."
"Yesterday, the team leader repeatedly confessed at the meeting: We will not have any foreign aid after we are trapped in Laiyuan City. Every time we use the ammunition in reserve, we will lose one round. Therefore, the troops must save ammunition in the next battle and cannot squander it like before.
Already."
"According to your style of play, more than a hundred artillery shells will be consumed for a dozen Eighth Route Army troops. The more than 3,000 mortar shells stored in the entire county will be used up in a month at most. By then, all the mortar shells in our hands will be used.
The mortars will turn into scrap metal. If the Eighth Route Army actually attacks the city, how can we fight against the Eighth Route Army?"
The lieutenant couldn't find any other reason to defend himself, so he could only lower his head and say nothing.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army in the trench has not been killed yet, they have started digging again." A second lieutenant next to him suddenly shouted.
In the trenches that were not yet connected, the captain only saw shovelfuls of soil being thrown out one after another and piled up near Laiyuan City.
At a glance, there was not a single Eighth Route Army figure visible in the trench that stretched for nearly a hundred meters, not even a head was exposed.
"Bagya Road!" The captain couldn't hold back and cursed loudly.
Facing the Eighth Route Army hiding in the trenches, he could not think of any other way to kill them except mortars.
But judging from the shelling just now, the effect was not very good. More than a hundred shells only killed a few Eighth Route Army troops. It can be described as a waste of shells.
Thinking of the regimental commander's order asking everyone to save ammunition, the battalion commander decisively suppressed the order to continue firing.
Then he ordered in a deep voice: "Ignore them."
"If the Eighth Route Army is determined to dig trenches there, we can't stop it even if we use up all the artillery shells in our inventory. Moreover, the number of Eighth Route Army destroyed is very limited, so the gain outweighs the loss."
"Taking a step back, even if the Eighth Route Army built the trenches, the impact on us would be very limited."
"Their thunder cannons cannot throw explosive packets onto the city from more than 200 meters away. Ordinary mortars have limited lethality and cannot destroy our city defenses."
"As long as everyone hides in the fortifications, there will be no problem with safety."
At one o'clock in the morning, under the watchful eyes of hundreds of pairs of eyes, the trench was finally dug.
The battalion leader first saw a ball of flames shooting out of the trench, and then heard an explosion of "Boom...".
"It's a flying thunder cannon..." the captain shouted, then a sneer flashed across his lips as he looked outside the city.
He was very confident in the judgment of his superiors. From a distance of more than 200 meters, it was impossible for the flying thunder cannon to throw the explosive package onto the top of the city.
"Rumble..."
Sure enough, under the gaze of the captain, an explosive package the size of a millstone rolled and hit the ground more than 20 meters away from the city wall and exploded.
The fire splashed, thick smoke rose into the sky, and the exploded soil flew everywhere like flowers. Some clods of soil flew directly to the top of the city.
The sneer on the captain's face became even thicker: "I just said that the thunder cannons more than two hundred meters away will never threaten our safety. Apart from wasting the explosive packets and listening to the sound, it is of no use."
"Everyone has entered the fortifications and is hiding. After the thunder cannons lose their effect, the Eighth Route Army will probably continue to attack us with mortars."
"Boom, boom, boom..." As soon as he finished speaking, four shells hit him.
The captain's judgment was correct, but he couldn't laugh.
The moment the artillery shell exploded at the top of the city, the sound of heavy machine gun fire rang out from the trench more than 200 meters away. Judging from the sound and fire, at least six of the Eighth Route Army were dispatched.
The bullets hit the masonry battlements, causing sparks to fly and rubble to fly everywhere. It looked particularly scary.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is rushing toward the city wall carrying explosives!" a soldier nearby shouted.
The captain was frightened by the scene outside the city. Several Eighth Route Army troops jumped out of the trenches and approached the city wall like monkeys.
Although only a blurry figure could be seen, the bulging explosive pack on his back was still clearly visible.
"What does the Eighth Route Army want to do? Are they planning to attack Laiyuan City directly and use explosives to blow open the city wall?" the captain shouted.
Then he ordered: "Whatever the purpose of the Eighth Route Army is? Their attacking troops must not be allowed to get close to the city wall."
"The troops will fight back immediately and kill them."
"Mortar fire, destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine gun firepower point..."
To the north of Laiyuan City, the Japanese and puppet troops defending the city also heard some strange noises.
After three consecutive flares were launched into the air, they finally knew what was wrong.
Nearly 400 meters away from the city wall, the Eighth Route Army dug three trenches at the same time.
Each section is less than thirty meters long and has not continued to grow longer, but soil is constantly being dug out of the trench.
"Who can tell me what the Eighth Route Army is doing there?" the captain on duty shouted with a puzzled look on his face.
After a long time, a lieutenant reported: "Sir, will the Eighth Route Army dig tunnels all the way to the foot of the city wall, and then use explosives to blow open our city defenses?"
"I've heard of this style of play before."
"The Eighth Route Army in central Hebei often used this method to attack the strongholds and gun towers garrisoned by the Imperial Army. They dug tunnels directly beneath the gun towers and then blew them up with explosives!"
"Nani?" The captain's brows immediately wrinkled, and the frown became deeper and deeper.
If this is the case, then the problem is huge.
After staring at the trenches for an hour, the trenches still did not become longer, but the excavated soil not only did not decrease, but more and more, almost forming a wall near the county seat.
Cold sweat began to break out on the captain's forehead, and he shouted with a stern face: "The Eighth Route Army must be digging a tunnel. If they succeed, they can send explosives to the foot of the city wall through the tunnel, and let us all be wiped out together with the city wall. We must not let them conspire."
Succeeded.
The lieutenant who just answered the question of digging the tunnel asked: "But sir, they are underground and we are on the ground. We don't even know which direction the tunnel goes or where exactly it is. How can we stop it."
"Also, as long as they dig the tunnel deep enough, aerial bombs dropped from planes may not be able to destroy it."
“The Imperial Army in central Hebei usually prevented them from digging tunnels to their strongholds by digging deep blockade trenches or digging wells inside their strongholds, listening to the sounds to determine the specific location of the tunnels, and then confronting the Eighth Route Army to dig tunnels and blow them up.
and under the turrets. But Laiyuan City is so big that it is almost impossible to prevent them from digging tunnels to the foot of the city wall using the same method."