Chapter 1314 It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice
"Boom boom boom..."
A group of three mortar shells hit the top of the city like nothing, causing fire to fly and thick smoke to billow.
Japs and weapons were constantly blown out of the city and smashed outside the city.
Three heavy machine guns were set up in the offensive position, staring at the gaps in the battlements blasted by mortars and firing as if the bullets were free.
Some flew up to the top of the city close to the crenellations and shot the Japanese and puppet soldiers who wanted to show their faces.
Some hit the city wall bricks, causing sparks to fly and dust to fly...
More than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops were lying more than a hundred meters outside the city. Seeing that the counterattack firepower from the top of the city had weakened, they immediately got up from the ground and continued to charge forward with their guns in hand.
"The Eighth Route Army is coming. Fight back. Everyone, please fight back..." Lieutenant Japanese hid behind the battlements and observed the battle through the battlements. Seeing that the Eighth Route Army started to attack again, his nerves suddenly became tense and he shouted loudly.
As an excellent commander, he had already guessed that the Eighth Route Army was launching a feint attack outside the city.
Even so, he did not dare to neglect at all when faced with the oncoming Eighth Route Army.
The defenders at the top of the city were getting fewer and fewer as they fought, and no one knew when their feint attack would turn into a strong attack.
If they rush to the foot of the city wall while they are not paying attention, blow open the city gate and rush in, with the strength advantage of the Eighth Route Army, they can take down the city wall in a one-on-one war of attrition.
Therefore, he must treat every attack of the Eighth Route Army carefully.
Even if it is a feint attack, we must do our best to defeat them and not give them a chance to get close to the city wall.
But this way, the troops have to face another problem.
In order to prevent the attacking troops from getting close to the city wall, everyone had to fight against the mortar shells thrown by the Eighth Route Army.
Originally, there were three mortars on the city wall. Three against three, they would definitely be able to hold back the opponent and prevent them from bombarding the city head so unscrupulously, killing and injuring their own men.
However, there were only a dozen mortars in the city in total. In order to achieve the purpose of concentrating firepower to deliver a fatal attack to the opponent, three mortars were directly transferred to the city for unified command by the headquarters.
The grenades could not reach the Eighth Route Army artillery positions.
Facing the three mortars that were firing continuously outside the city, the lieutenant was helpless and could only suffer the bombing together with his men.
Seeing the Eighth Route Army advancing closer and closer, the six or seven light machine guns accompanying the attack began to fire. The lieutenant became more anxious than before and shouted loudly.
"We also fired light and heavy machine guns to resolutely repel them..."
Ten minutes later, the Eighth Route Army retreated, leaving as quickly as it came, disappearing from the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
There were many corpses on the top of the city, including those from the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army. Two light machine guns and one heavy machine gun were also blown up.
This is the price paid by the Japanese and puppet troops for counterattacking under artillery fire.
In just a few minutes, three mortars fired at least thirty rounds at the top of the city.
One artillery shell can kill one Japanese puppet soldier, and thirty artillery shells can kill thirty enemies.
Including those killed by light and heavy machine guns, it was equivalent to a feint attack in which the Japanese and puppet troops lost fifty people.
The siege battle did not end with the retreat of the Eighth Route Army. The lieutenant rested for less than two minutes before a new Eighth Route Army appeared in the offensive position, giving them no chance to breathe.
I was shocked and quickly ordered: "Send all the wounded down, and the others will be ready to fight."
"The messenger immediately went to the headquarters to report that we need artillery support and a large number of light and heavy machine guns."
The deputy captain of the Japanese garrison headquarters rushed in with a panic look on his face: "Sir, something happened in the city!"
"The gendarmerie, the secret service, and the police are all finished."
"Beizi led more than thirty guards and just rushed out of the headquarters less than 300 meters away when they encountered a patrol, wearing gendarmerie uniforms and holding gendarmerie weapons. Beizi was about to go over to greet them and ask them what they knew.
I don’t know where the Eighth Route Army who entered the city are hiding.”
"As a result, everyone had an automatic pistol and started shooting at us..."
"Only then did I realize that they were the Eighth Route Army in disguise."
"Standing more than ten meters away from us, they raised their guns and fired at the same time. More than thirty warriors were killed and injured before they had time to lie down."
"The remaining soldiers lay on the ground and did not hide. The Eighth Route Army did not give us a chance to counterattack. After greeting us with their automatic pistols, they threw grenades at us."
"Of the thirty warriors, only three escaped, including the humble ones, and the others all died."
"The Eighth Route Army that attacked us didn't give up and kept chasing us from behind."
"Da da da……"
Before the deputy captain finished speaking, gunshots rang out at the entrance of the command post, and at least four light machine guns fired at the same time.
"Sir, there are enemies attacking the headquarters. They are equipped with two light machine guns and have very strong firepower." A Commander Cao broke into the headquarters and reported.
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and rushed out of the room. As he ran, he held the rifle on his back in his hand, preparing to join the battle at the front door.
The news the vice-captain brought back was shocking.
The chief of staff's first reaction was disbelief.
There must be three hundred people in total including the gendarmerie, the special service, and the police.
Although it cannot be said to be well-equipped, it can definitely meet the standard of one gun per man.
It has been less than an hour and a half since the siege began. Although there are constant gunshots in the city, they are not intensive.
No one could have imagined that more than 300 people would be wiped out in such a sporadic attack.
He didn't believe it until shots started fired at the command post.
If the patrols in the city are still there, the Eighth Route Army will never dare to attack the headquarters.
There are many security forces here, well equipped, and they will definitely not be able to take them down in a short time.
The nearby patrols will definitely come over when they hear the gunshots, otherwise they will be attacked from both sides and be wiped out here.
Now that they are directly attacking the headquarters, it shows that they no longer have any worries.
The chief of staff's expression became more and more solemn, but he did not speak. The commander next to him became anxious.
"Chief of Staff, if the patrol team is finished, the Eighth Route Army in the city can do whatever they want, attack the headquarters, occupy our material warehouse, and cooperate with the offensive troops outside the city to attack the city wall from both inside and outside."
"We must respond immediately, otherwise we will not be able to survive the arrival of reinforcements."
The chief of staff knows these issues clearly.
But the troops at hand were too few, and it was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw. He had no solution to these problems.
"Da da da..." There was also a burst of gunfire from the back door of the headquarters, including machine guns and rifles.
In less than a minute, the gunfire moved from the back door to the backyard.
The guard captain immediately understood what was going on and quickly reported: "Sir, the guard has taken away half of the troops. There is only one combat unit and one light machine gun left in the backyard. It will definitely not last long."
"The Eighth Route Army may attack here at any time. You must move and leave here immediately."
"Blow the headquarters wall and let's fight out!" the chief of staff finally spoke, ordering with a murderous look on his face.
"Go directly to the ammunition depot, where there is half a squad of guard troops, and establish a new headquarters there."
"Send someone to contact the garrison on the city wall. Send fifty people from each direction into the city to wipe out the Eighth Route Army inside, and then defend the top of the city."
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