A string of flames suddenly shot out from the end of the street, and thick bullets swept towards the Second Battalion Company in a fan shape like a meteor.
"hidden……"
The company commander had quick eyes and quick hands. The moment he fell to the ground, he shouted loudly.
The speed of the bullets was so fast that the four soldiers were caught off guard and were beaten into pieces and fell to the ground.
Blood gushes out from the blood hole the size of a fist, which is particularly brutal.
"Boom boom..."
The company commander punched the ground with a heartbroken expression on his face, and shouted loudly: "Machine gun cover, grenade fire, kill the machine gun fire points in front of me."
"Boom boom boom..."
The machine gunner who followed him immediately came over and wanted to get close to shoot, but before the gunshot could be heard, an explosion rang in his ears.
One of the explosion points was very close to the company commander. He could clearly feel the air waves sweeping past him from behind, singeing his hair. Then he felt a heartbreaking sting that quickly spread from his thighs throughout his body, and he was injured.
Big beads of sweat broke out from his forehead and dripped on the ground like running water.
There are reasons for being nervous, and there are also reasons for the wound being too painful.
"It's a grenade..." The company commander suppressed the pain from his thigh and yelled through gritted teeth.
"There are little devils hiding around us, hiding in the yard next to us."
"The troops were divided into squads, and they separately entered the courtyard to search, eliminate the little Japs inside, and then scaled the wall from the inside of the courtyard to attack."
The same battle scenes occurred in many places in the city.
After the troops entered the city, things went smoothly at first. As soon as they entered the streets and alleys less than 200 meters in, they began to encounter Japanese soldiers.
Some hid behind the fortifications on the street and used light and heavy machine guns to attack the attacking troops of the garrison head-on. Others hid in the yards on both sides of the street and used grenades and rifles to sneak attack the attacking troops of the garrison!
Li Hao stood on the high ground outside the city, his brows slowly wrinkled, and the frown deepened.
His expression gradually became serious, and was finally replaced by solemnity.
"Something's wrong, there's something wrong with the fighting in the city!" Li Hao suddenly said.
"If there were only a bunch of remnant soldiers left in the city, the gunfire should be getting weaker and weaker. But the gunfire in the city has not become weaker, but is getting denser and denser."
Hong Linfeng also frowned: "There are exchanges of fire from several directions, and they are very dense. A group of remnants will never be able to produce such strong firepower. There must be a main force of Japs hidden in the city."
"I will send someone to contact the offensive troops in the city now and ask what is going on inside."
"No, someone has brought news." Li Hao waved his hand and said while keeping his eyes on Lingqiu City.
"He is the communications squad leader of the second battalion." Hong Linfeng replied.
"Report to the captain, our battalion commander asked me to report: The Japs have hidden a large force in the city and are fighting with us in the streets. The commander of the second company was seriously injured in the crossfire, and the troop casualties were also heavy." The communications squad leader hurried over and gasped.
Qi reported.
Li Hao's expression changed immediately, and he cried out: "No, we underestimated the enemy."
"The conspiracy of the Japanese mixed brigade against us is not that simple."
"Now I understand it completely. They want to drag us in Lingqiu City through street fighting, unable to advance or retreat. They will surround us and annihilate us after the reinforcements arrive. It's a good plan."
"But the little devil made two miscalculations."
"One thing is that street fighting cannot hold back our defense regiment."
"One is that they underestimated the strength and appetite of our defense group."
"Don't the little devils want to lure the snake out of the cave and annihilate us in Lingqiu City? Then I will have a good fight with them in Lingqiu City. I will first besiege the city for reinforcements, and then turn around and capture Lingqiu City."
Li Hao's serious face slowly flashed with murderous intent, and then he began to give orders.
"Order, the Second and Third Battalions, to immediately change tactics, use street fighting to separate the little Japs in the city, and kill them one by one."
"We are more familiar with the terrain in Lingqiu City than the Japs. Even with our eyes closed, we know how to get behind the Japs' street fighting fortifications and surprise them. Therefore, the two main battalions are enough to deal with the Japs inside."
"The independent battalion immediately withdrew and rushed to the blocking battlefield five kilometers northeast of Lingqiu."
"One, two and two companies of the heavy artillery battalion are also going over, as well as the air defense battalion, all of them are going over."
"The Japanese have dispatched armored vehicles and tanks, and anti-aircraft machine guns are a powerful weapon against them."
"Chief of Staff, you stay here and command the troops to continue attacking Lingqiu City. I will go to send reinforcements."
At one o'clock in the morning, the Japanese reinforcements marched all the way and finally arrived five kilometers away from Lingqiu.
"Sir, the firefight in Lingqiu City is still very intensive, which means that the main force of the garrison has been dragged there by Yamaguchi-kun." An infantry brigade captain said with shining eyes.
"Yo Xi..." The chief of staff's judgment was the same.
"Order the troops to continue to speed up. We will be able to rush to the battlefield in the last five kilometers. Relying on the superiority of troops and firepower, we can kill all the main troops of the garrison in one battle and make contributions to the Empire of Japan..."
"Da da da..." A string of machine gun fire suddenly sounded, interrupting the command the chief of staff had not yet finished.
"Da da da... bang bang bang... boom boom boom..."
In just a few seconds, the sound of a series of machine gun fire was replaced by the sound of gunfire as dense as popping beans, which was also mixed with many explosions.
The chief of staff's face immediately became serious, and he judged in a deep voice: "It must be the garrison regiment bringing reinforcements to prevent us from reinforcing Lingqiu and buy them time to capture Lingqiu."
"Order: The artillery squadron and the chariot squadron will cover, the second infantry battalion will attack, strive for a surprise attack, and then march quickly to reinforce Lingqiu City!"
Guarding the defense line was the special agent battalion. Under darkness, a burst of firepower destroyed half of the Japanese cavalry squadron.
There were corpses lying on the road in front of the battle, including those of the little Japanese cavalry and those of war horses.
There were still more than a dozen war horses that were not completely dead. They struggled to stand up, but every effort was in vain. They fell to the ground again, letting out a painful neighing sound.
"Captain, the real attack of the Japs has begun." Liu Senyun reminded while half-crouching in the trench.
"Boom boom boom..."
The bombardment was coming in an instant, and the mortar shells rained down like rain, exploding on the position, with fire splashing everywhere and gunpowder smoke filling the air...
It is certain that in order to achieve a quick victory, the Japanese reinforcements assembled at least twenty mortars to cover the blocking position with artillery fire.
"Rumble..."
Six tanks turned on their lights and made a dull roar as they slowly entered everyone's field of vision.
Behind the tank were densely packed little Japs, holding rifles and swarming towards the position like locusts.
Li Hao calmly ordered decisively.
"Concentrate all heavy mortars to counterattack the Japanese artillery positions and reduce the defensive pressure on the positions."
"All troops are on standby. Place the Japs fifty meters in front of the formation before shooting."
"The air defense battalion entered the position and after seeing the counterattack signal, it first attacked the tanks and then the infantry."
"Concentrate all light mortars and aim at the area fifty to one hundred meters in front of the formation to attack the Japanese infantry."
"When you see the counterattack signal, fire out ten shells from each gun in the shortest possible time, and then move."
"We don't have many shells left. Good steel must be used on the edge of the blade."
"Captain, where are we?" The commander of the heavy artillery battalion, the cavalry battalion, the mobile battalion, and the independent battalion all looked eagerly at Li Hao and other orders.
Li Hao replied seriously: "Stand by!"
"When it's your turn to go to the battlefield, I will definitely let you go to the battlefield."