If you withdraw yourself, the soldiers still fighting nearby will definitely withdraw as well.
Even if I give them a fatal order to defend their position, leaving them to retreat will affect their morale and morale, thus affecting their combat effectiveness...
As a result, several hundred meters of defensive holes appeared in the city walls on both sides of the gap, giving the Eighth Route Army an opportunity to approach the city.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, he must live and die with his subordinates.
Without even looking at the guard captain, he shook his head and refused: "I can't leave. The guards must go up and block the oncoming Eighth Route Army."
"The brigade commander just promised to send two more squadrons. As long as we hold on for ten more minutes, the reinforcements will be in place. We can use our superior strength to kill all the Eighth Route Army who have attacked the city and turn defeat into victory."
The guard captain didn't know where the captain's confidence came from. The war situation had deteriorated to this point and he still wanted to turn defeat into victory.
However, the military order could not be violated. Faced with the almost murderous gaze of the commander, he decisively commanded more than thirty subordinates to rush towards the gap.
The battle at the gap has become intense.
The intercepting firepower of the little devil was too strong, and the bullets swept over like no money, wreaking havoc in the gap.
Many warriors had their heads blown out as soon as they emerged from behind the gap, without even seeing the shadow of their opponents.
In just two or three minutes, corpses had already fallen on the ground in the gap, and they were so densely packed that they looked particularly intrusive.
The company commander who had just led the charge was in the middle of the crowd, and almost all of the soldiers who died were his subordinates.
Before the charge, there was a full infantry company. Some people were sacrificed on the charge, and dozens of people were killed here. Now it has been reduced to a reinforced platoon, with a loss of more than two-thirds of its troops.
The company commander saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.
He gritted his teeth with hatred for the little Japs hiding a few hundred meters away, wishing he could tear them apart with his hands, but the gap was too far away from them, so he couldn't think of any way to rush past them, so he could only hide behind the gap and hold on.
Some say they can retreat.
It's not that this idea has never appeared in the company commander's mind, but it passed by in a flash and was rejected by him in an instant.
After finally rushing to the gap, if the troops retreat and rush again, it will be equivalent to repeating the sacrifice just now, and the casualties of the troops may be even greater.
Although the enemy's interception firepower behind the gap was very fierce, they only had light and heavy machine guns, and were rarely equipped with grenades, let alone mortars.
As long as the battalion commander brought up the mortars in time, he would be absolutely sure to suppress the opponent's firepower and advance into Datong City.
"Company commander, the mortars and heavy machine guns are coming!" The long-lost good news finally reached the company commander's ears.
The solemn expression on his face immediately relaxed.
When he saw dozens of gunners running over carrying mortars and ammunition, he was so excited that he didn't talk nonsense and looked forward to orders from them.
"Have you seen the firepower of the heavy machine gun hiding behind the courtyard wall two hundred meters away? Set up the cannon immediately and kill them!"
"The heavy machine guns are ready to fire. If a few fire points are blown up by artillery, they will fire. Suppress the remaining light machine gun and rifle firepower of the little devils, cover our advance into Datong, and occupy the yard near the gap."
Half a minute later, the first batch of six mortars that came up as reinforcements were set up.
Stand in a row behind the gap.
"Each gun fires three rounds rapidly, fire!" the commander of the artillery company who led the team ordered to pay close attention to the firepower point.
"Boom boom boom..."
The gunfire sounded, and the mortar shells flew parabolically in the air toward the Japanese heavy machine gun positions.
Soon, several balls of flames shot up two hundred meters away, and a heavy machine gun named Zheng Huan misfired on the spot.
The soldiers finally showed their long-lost smiles. The company commander had the most exaggerated reaction. He punched the mound in front of him in excitement and shouted: "Yes, just blow it up like this. The artillerymen continued to fire and blast away all the Japanese hiding there."
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The artillery company commander was not idle. He squatted half-crouched behind the gap in the city wall, raised his right thumb, and measured the new shooters while observing the impact point.
As soon as the three rounds of mortar fire were completed, a new order was issued: "All mortars will be moved fifty meters to the left, the range and elevation remain unchanged, each gun will fire three rounds rapidly, and continue to fire..."
Six mortars blasted four heavy machine guns. No matter how quickly the enemy reacted, they could not escape the fate of being destroyed.
In two minutes, all four heavy machine guns were silent.
"Heavy machine guns cover and fire, infantry prepares for assault... mortars continue to fire, free fire..." the company commander who led the attack gave a decisive order.
Six heavy machine guns blocked the gap and fired at the Japanese together. The firepower was even more intense than the intercepting firepower just now.
Most of the Japanese were hiding behind the courtyard wall and shooting at the gaps. There were no bunker fortifications.
After the heavy machine gun fire, bullets were like rain, slamming into the brick wall where they were hiding.
Although most of the bullets were stopped by the brick wall and sparks flew everywhere, many bullets still flew into the yard against the top of the wall.
If a Japanese enemy happened to show up from behind the courtyard wall, his head would definitely be blown off.
The soldiers who reacted quickly hid behind the courtyard wall, letting bullets fly above their heads, but they did not show their heads.
Of course, if they think this is safe, they are totally wrong.
The six mortars continued to fire. From the positions of the light and heavy machine gun fire points, it was possible to roughly determine where the Japanese infantry was hiding.
The cannonballs flew towards them one after another as if they were free of charge.
The courtyard wall can block the bullets flying towards you, but it cannot block the artillery shells falling from the sky.
Fire continued to splash on the devil's back, causing bursts of screams.
"Comrades, fight with me..." The company commander who led the team seized the opportunity to get up from behind the gap, shouting and running through the ruins where the gap was located as quickly as possible.
Dozens of warriors followed closely behind, and it took half a minute for more than thirty warriors to successfully enter Datong City, hide behind a broken wall, and finally gain a foothold.
The covering heavy machine guns and mortars seemed to see victory beckoning to them again, and fired desperately at the Japanese defense line, covering the commandos to continue their attack.
More than thirty soldiers were divided into two and slowly approached the Japanese defense line along the broken wall.
Whenever you come across any houses or yards along the way, no matter whether there are any Japs hiding inside, use two grenades to greet them.
In the "rumbling..." explosion, the Japanese in several yards near the gap were quickly eliminated.
The remaining Japanese on the defensive line were forced to retreat continuously.
The subsequent attacking troops took the opportunity to cross the gap, rush into Datong City, and join up with the company commander who rushed in first.
On top of the city, the guard's counterattack was meaningless except for increasing casualties.
In less than two minutes, the commandos wiped out all of them at the expense of more than 20 soldiers.
After the battle, the troops who stormed the city continued to attack, constantly approaching the captain's command position.
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