Continuous gunshots began to ring out from the top of the city, and all the flying bullets flew towards the Second Company!
Their skirmisher line was very sparse, but they still suffered casualties in the face of the bullets fired from the front!
Because the agreed artillery bombardment had not started, the Second Company could only continue to rush forward in the face of the bullets flying towards them!
"This time it must be a real attack!"
Seeing that the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops had rushed to a position 100 meters outside the city, and had suffered many casualties, but still continued to rush forward as before, the chief of staff's tense nerves completely relaxed, and he shouted happily!
"The troops will increase their firepower output and attack the Eighth Route Army outside the city head-on. Kill them. At the very least, we will inflict heavy damage on them!"
"Fire with a grenade, hit the tail of the attacking troops, and use grenades to block their retreat, forcing them to attack but not retreat!"
When the Independent Regiment attacked the position, Hong Linfeng remained calm and did not give the order to fire!
He was waiting. All the Japs must climb up the city wall and then enter a fighting state. At this time, the artillery fire could cause greater casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops!
The moment the Japanese chief of staff gave the order, as the chief of staff of the independent regiment, he also gave the order!
"Fire, same as before, one minute of artillery fire!"
"Batalion Commander Chen, the mortar platoon will be under your command in one minute. Cover the second company and give me a real attack. True and false, false and true can make the enemy confused about our strength and then be frightened by us!"
"But the enemy is powerful. It is obviously impossible to break through the Lingqiu city defenses with one attack! So you must control the casualties of the troops. If you scare the Japanese, pull back the second company, and then let the third company come up. Try another method.
Continue to attack Lingqiu City!"
"Woooooooo..."
The scream silenced all the sounds on the battlefield!
The second company that was attacking quickly fell down, all lying on the ground!
Lieutenant Colonel, who was looking excited and dreaming of having his second company killed by him, changed his face again!
He shouted with a look of disbelief: "How is it possible that the Eighth Route Army is not afraid of accidentally injuring their attacking troops when they fire artillery now?"
Seeing that the Second Company outside the city were all lying on the ground motionless, the Chief of Staff did not want to believe this fact, but what he saw with his eyes and what he heard with his ears could not be deceived, so he had no choice but to accept it!
On the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops were close at hand, and the shelling came suddenly. A temporary retreat was obviously unrealistic!
If the attacking Eighth Route Army suddenly launches an attack while the troops are retreating, and braves artillery fire to fight all the way to the city gate cave, then it will suffer a big loss, and the city gate cave may be bombed!
After thinking for a while, he bit the bullet and ordered: "Everyone hide on the spot, the Eighth Route Army is firing again!"
"Keep an eye on the attacking troops outside the city to prevent them from taking advantage of the situation and suddenly attacking us!"
There is no cover on the bare city!
When a cannonball hits, the flying cannonball fragments will not encounter any obstacles, and the damage range is greatly increased!
Although the bombardment only lasted for one minute, the results were twice as high as before!
When the independent regiment attacked the position, Chen Bing decisively took over the command of the troops and ordered with a serious face: "The mortar platoon continues to fire, the heavy machine guns provide cover, and the second company continues to attack!"
"One or three grenade launchers are also firing to cover the attacking troops!"
The remaining Japs at the top of the city also entered fighting mode at this time!
Shooting at the second company with the shells that kept falling overhead!
The grenadier soldiers were not idle either. In addition to continuing to block the retreat of the second company, they also allocated half of the grenade launchers to engage in firefights with the grenade launchers of the first battalion that provided fire cover!
The strong fighting power of the Japanese is fully demonstrated here!
Although the troops suffered heavy casualties, they still caused more than one platoon of casualties to the Second Company in a short period of time!
The grenades that kept flying towards the grenade positions of the first battalion also achieved great results!
The entire battalion was equipped with nine grenade launchers, but only three were left. In order to avoid the entire army being destroyed, they had no choice but to be cowardly!
Chen Bing's face was very ugly, and the war situation had worsened far beyond his imagination!
Unexpectedly, without the artillery fire, the troops had no room to fight back in front of the powerful Japanese army, and could only be beaten passively!
Fortunately, the Japanese and puppet troops in the city were not equipped with any heavy weapons, otherwise the First Battalion and the Mountain Artillery Battalion alone would not be able to pose a threat to them!
Immediately ordered: "The first and third companies will cover, the second company will retreat immediately, no more fighting!"
Hong Linfeng added in time: "The mountain artillery battalion also fired. Don't be afraid of accidental damage. Suppress the blocking fire of the Japanese and puppet troops on the top of the city and cover the retreat of the second company!"
"Compared with accidental damage, the enemy's counterattack fire on the city top caused greater casualties to them!"
Ten minutes later, the first round of the battle between Hong Linfeng and the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff ended, with both sides winning or losing!
In terms of tactics, Hong Linfeng won, while the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff lost because he had no combat experience and underestimated the enemy!
In the head-to-head battle, the Japs won, losing for the second time in a row due to lack of combat effectiveness!
Just in terms of casualties, the Japanese obviously lost the battle!
A garrison squadron, an infantry squad, and a company of the Imperial Association Army, more than 300 people, less than 150 survived in the end, with a total of more than 190 casualties!
The Independent Regiment was not much better. The second company suffered more than half of its casualties, and the grenadier soldiers suffered most of its casualties. A total of more than 100 people were lost, and more than 90 people were directly sacrificed. One company was lost in one battle!
"Chief of Staff, the enemy's combat effectiveness is stronger than we thought, especially if they rely on city defenses to hold on! If there is no mountain artillery battalion and only infantry charges, I am not sure that I will pose a threat to them even if I have a tenfold strength advantage!"
Hong Linfeng affirmed: "Yes, this is what our regimental commander repeatedly confessed before we divided our troops!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops in Lingqiu City do not have mountain artillery, but only three mortars from the garrison. If we want to put pressure on them, we must use more mountain artillery. And this is our only advantage compared to the defenders!"
"The casualties of the attacking troops just now were a bit heavy. Next, we must pay attention to avoid such heavy casualties again!"
"Order the Third Company to prepare for attack!"
"Each soldier prepares a shovel. This time I will use the old method of digging trenches to deal with them this time, forcing the Japanese to remain exposed on the top of the city. We will try our best to take advantage of our artillery fire and try to blow them all up again!"
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"At the same time, we can use trench digging to get closer to the city wall and shorten the attack distance. This will also put greater pressure on the Lingqiu defenders. Force them to ask for reinforcements from the front-line mopping up troops to achieve our combat goals!"
Chen Bing's calm face quickly showed a smile, his eyes lit up and he shouted!
"Good idea. If I were a little devil commander, I would definitely be scared when I saw the trenches extending towards the city. Then I would kill our troops who were digging the trenches at all costs. Then we could use artillery shells to attack them and put them to death.
They exploded into pieces!"
On top of the city, the atmosphere was very solemn!
Except for a few security troops, everyone else carried their guns on their backs and assisted the medical soldiers in rescuing the wounded, carrying corpses, and clearing positions!
If corpses are left on the battlefield, the morale of the troops will definitely be greatly affected!
So as soon as the battle is over, everyone will seize the time to move the bodies away and then focus on processing them!
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