Chapter 1126 If you don't make a move, it's already deadly.
Outside Hunyuan East City, looking at the city wall that had been completely shrouded in artillery fire, Li Hao ordered with a serious face: "The troops press forward and push the offensive position to two hundred meters outside the city to cover the firing of the thunder cannon."
"Bang bang bang..."
Three signal bombs were launched into the sky at the same time, bursting into three dazzling white lights over the battlefield.
Outside the east gate, more than a hundred soldiers rushed out of their positions, bent at the waist and carrying engineering shovels, forming a skirmish line and approaching the city wall.
At the Japanese military headquarters in Hunyuan City, several phones rang at the same time.
A second lieutenant put down the phone and hurriedly reported: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army outside the east gate has begun to attack!"
The major asked with a serious face: "How many people are there? Are the casualties of the East Gate garrison heavy? Can the city defenses still be used?"
"There are more than a hundred people!" replied the second lieutenant who was reporting.
"The destroyed city fortifications are all superficial positions. The machine gun bunkers we built inside the city walls are all intact. There are less than 30 garrison casualties. We are fully confident to block the Eighth Route Army's attack and defend the east gate."
"Yoshi..." The serious expression on the major's face was quickly replaced by excitement.
He stared at the second lieutenant with gleaming eyes and ordered: "Call the garrison at the east gate. The enemy cannot shoot unless they rush to the machine gun bunker 150 meters away from the city wall."
"Those machine gun bunkers are our trump card for defending Hunyuan City. If we don't take action, we will severely damage the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops. Only in this way will we spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build them in vain for several months."
"Hi! I'm here to give them orders now." The second lieutenant replied quickly, grabbed the phone and started calling.
"Sir: The Eighth Route Army at Ximen has also begun to attack. There are more than a hundred people, and at least two heavy machine guns provide fire cover." Another second lieutenant put down the microphone and reported.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army at the south gate has also begun to attack the city..." a commander Cao reported.
"Orders..." Major interrupted decisively, not letting his subordinates continue, and then began to issue orders.
"All city defense troops must stick to their positions. No one can take a step back without my order."
"Unless the Eighth Route Army offensive troops rush 150 meters outside the city, the machine gun bunker cannot be moved."
Outside Hunyuan City, because the Japanese army did not use machine gun bunkers, more than a hundred people easily rushed to a position more than 200 meters away from the city wall.
Lie down on the ground, pick up the engineering shovel and start digging the hole!
The digging speed of more than a hundred people was very fast. In less than half an hour, the individual bunkers were dug, and then they began to extend to both sides, connecting the individual bunkers together...
After the Japanese command headquarters learned that the Eighth Route Army had begun digging trenches outside the city again, the major was not anxious at all and answered easily.
"Let them dig."
"It's only a few hours before dawn. Even if they have thousands of people taking turns to fight, they can't dig the trenches to the foot of the city wall before dawn."
"After daybreak, no matter how many trenches they dig at night, they will be blown to the ground by us, and their efforts will be in vain."
"So if they want to capture Hunyuan City, they must send out infantry to attack us."
"As long as they attack, they will be exposed in front of our machine gun bunker and wait in line to be eliminated by us."
After nearly an hour of waiting, the sound of explosions reached the command headquarters again, which was not only more violent than before, but also more intensive.
It sounded like dozens of heavy cannons firing at Hunyuan at the same time.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army has assembled a large number of thunder cannons to attack the city wall." A second lieutenant covered the microphone and reported.
The Major's heart suddenly relaxed after mentioning it.
He snorted and replied: "It seems that the Eighth Route Army attacking us has no other tricks."
"In front of the solid fortifications of Hunyuan City, we can only repeat the same trick, using thunder cannons to blast a gap to cover the infantry assault."
"But they underestimated the strength of Hunyuan City."
"The explosive package fired by the thunder cannon can only cause damage to the city wall if it hits the city head accurately, but the probability is too low, and the damage is only to the surface fortifications and cannot damage the machine gun bunker inside the city wall."
"If it hits the wall of the city wall, the explosive package will definitely be bounced off, and finally fall to the ground and explode. Then it will not damage the city wall."
"So the siege method adopted by the garrison has almost no effect on us."
"Order all city defense troops to hold their positions and strengthen their vigilance. The explosive packets fired by the Eighth Route Army's thunder cannons cannot hurt them."
Outside Laiyuan City, looking at the city wall that had been completely shrouded in artillery fire, Li Hao's face was as serious as ever.
Whether the troops can enter Hunyuan City depends on the next attack.
He raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Speed up the firing speed of the thunder cannon."
"Heavy artillery, heavy mortars, mountain artillery, all fire. I want to use the sound of artillery to cover up the roar of the tanks and not give the Japanese and puppet troops time to react."
"The commandos will begin their attack in three minutes."
"The chariots provided cover, and the infantry rushed to the foot of the city wall with lightning speed, used explosives to blow open the city wall, and then occupied the top of the city."
"The light mortar group is ready to fire."
"Shoot immediately after the gap is opened, and use artillery fire to cover the walls on both sides of the gap to prevent the Japs from counterattacking the gap and cover the commando team to occupy the gap."
"Rumble..."
Amidst the violent explosion, the commandos set off.
Three tanks and six armored vehicles were divided into three groups, each leading a platoon of the Eighth Route Army out of the offensive position.
Under the cover of gunpowder smoke and gunfire, the Japanese and puppet troops hiding in my squad did not notice these nine steel behemoths.
It wasn't until the commandos rushed fifty meters to the city wall that the heavy artillery, heavy mortars, and thunder cannons all stopped firing in order to avoid accidental damage. Only then did the roar of the tanks reach the ears of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Through the dissipating smoke, we finally saw the approaching tanks and armored vehicles outside the city.
"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is equipped with tanks. Shoot immediately to stop them." The Japanese officer in the bunker shouted with a look of shock on his face.
"Da da da……"
The heavy machine gun beside him opened fire rapidly, and bullets flew towards the tank as if they were costless.
In the blink of an eye, the tank body was hit with sparks flying everywhere.
However, the tanks rushing towards us were not affected and continued to approach the city wall.
The Eighth Route Army hid behind tanks and chariots, just enough to avoid the bullets fired from the machine gun bunkers without any casualties.
The Japanese officer saw this and was anxious in his heart. He raised his eyebrows and continued to order: "Immediately report to the headquarters that the Eighth Route Army has dispatched tanks and tanks to attack us. We request artillery support. Only rapid-fire artillery and direct-fire artillery can destroy these tanks.
Kill the attacking troops."
"The machine gunner continues to shoot, and the others prepare grenades and follow me to the top of the city."
"When the enemy Eighth Route Army approaches, we use grenades to blast the infantry behind.
"Boom boom boom..."
Seven or eight grenades fell from the sky, and seven or eight soldiers following the tank were knocked over before they could react.
This scene happened to be caught by Li Hao. He raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Fire with light mortars. Aim at the top of the city. Kill the little Japs above and cover the commandos as they approach the city wall."
"Notify the commando team to use the second plan to blow up the city wall."
