There is a city wall in Liulin County, which was left over from the past. After the Japanese occupied the county, some reinforcement and repairs were carried out.
Now, the city wall has become an important support for Captain Chen to defend Liulin County. With the city wall, it can at least delay the Japanese for enough time. Unless the Japanese directly mobilize enough heavy artillery, they can destroy the city wall of Liulin County in the shortest time.
"Buzz buzz" "Buzz buzz"
"Captain, the Japanese plane is coming."
Captain Chen looked into the air and could see several black spots in the sky approaching Liulin County quickly. They were Japanese fighter planes. There were not many Japanese fighter planes coming. Originally, Captain Chen thought that the Japanese might attack
A dozen or more fighter planes were dispatched at a time to attack.
But now there are only a few Japanese fighter planes coming, which means that the pressure on Liulin County's defense is not as great as expected.
But even so, Commander Chen still didn't dare to look down upon it in the slightest. Considering the situation of the Eighth Route Army, it didn't have enough air defense power and there was no way to deal with the incoming Japanese fighter planes.
At this time, Captain Chen suddenly thought of Liu Gen. He had heard about Liu Gen's record of killing several Japanese fighter planes. If Liu Gen was in Liulin County, he might still be a certain threat to the Japanese fighter planes.
As for the current artillery in Liulin County, they are not as capable as Liu Gen, so naturally they cannot pose a threat to Japanese fighter planes.
Captain Chen shook his head. He knew that it was impossible for Liu Gen to stay in Liulin County. Even if Liu Gen was willing, the bosses at the headquarters and Yan'an would not agree. Captain Chen just thought about it.
Knowing how dangerous Liulin County's next defense would be, Liu Gen was a talented person, and he didn't want Liu Gen to have any problems.
"Is everything arranged? Let the comrades hide and avoid being discovered by the Japanese fighter planes." Captain Chen asked.
"Everything has been arranged. The people in the county have been evacuated. Those who were evacuated and those who did not want to be evacuated entered the air-raid shelters." A soldier replied.
After occupying Liulin County, Commander Chen carried out the transfer and evacuation of the people in the county. Most of the people obeyed the soldiers' arrangements, but only a few die-hards made some noise.
"Very good!" Captain Chen nodded with satisfaction.
When the Japanese fighter planes arrived in the sky over Liulin County, they found that Liulin County was exceptionally quiet. This made the Japanese pilots realize that the Eighth Route Army had long been prepared for the air attack. But even so, the Japanese fighter planes still swooped down quickly and attacked
All the aerial bombs in the magazine were thrown out.
Aerial bombs roared down from the sky and landed in Liulin County. Loud explosions continued to sound. Some buildings were directly destroyed by the Japanese shells. Fortunately, under the aerial bombs dropped by the Japanese, except for a few who were unwilling to hide in
Apart from the people in the air defense facilities, there were not many casualties.
Among them, several aerial bombs landed on the city wall of Liulin County, leaving obvious gaps. The destructive power of the aerial bombs was too great, and even the city wall would be difficult to avoid being affected.
After the bombing, the Japanese fighter planes left immediately. Without finding any trace of the Eighth Route Army troops, the Japanese pilots naturally no longer had the need to control the fighter planes to dive and shoot. It was a complete waste. The Japanese fighter planes could use
There were not many, and when no trace of the Eighth Route Army soldiers was found, it was impossible to achieve enough results.
When the Japanese fighter planes left, the soldiers quickly appeared on the city wall. Some soldiers remained alert, while other soldiers quickly repaired the gaps in the city wall. The city wall was an important defense facility for the soldiers of the desperate special agent group to resist the Japanese attack. Repairing the city wall was still very difficult.
Necessary.
There was not much time left for the soldiers to repair the city wall. Twenty minutes later, Japanese troops appeared one after another in the sight of the soldiers of the desperate special agent group. Looking from the city wall, we could see that the Japanese used a lot of troops, with three types of troops.
There were four brigades, and the only good thing was that we didn't see any heavy artillery among the Japanese troops.
If the Japanese really carry heavy artillery, then Commander Chen must consider evacuating Liulin County as soon as possible. After all, Liulin County is a fixed target for the Japanese heavy artillery. As long as there are enough artillery shells, then the Japanese can completely
Repeatedly bombarded Liulin County with artillery shells.
"Let the soldiers get ready! There will be a fierce battle next!" Commander Chen put down the telescope in his hand, his face looking quite ugly.
From the telescope, Captain Chen could see that the Japanese chose to divide their forces. The four Japanese brigades directly chose to attack four aspects of Liulin County. It could be seen that these Japanese were very confident and prepared to eat up the Eighth Route Army in Liulin County.
force.
Compared with the Japs, Commander Chen's troops are somewhat insufficient. He only has about 2,000 troops, and the Japs' attacking troops are twice as many as his. But even so, Commander Chen still has certain capabilities in defending Liulin County.
Confidence, without being able to easily destroy the city wall of Liulin County, it would be difficult for the Japanese to exert much strength advantage.
In Captain Chen's view, the Japanese were overstating themselves by doing this. Even if the Japanese troops had a strong combat effectiveness, it did not mean that the Japanese could capture Liulin County in a short period of time.
Soon, the battle in Liulin County began. The commander of the Japanese troops was very proud and had no intention of testing the attack at all. He directly launched an all-out attack on Liulin County. After the Japanese used mortars to bombard each other,
The Japanese soldiers in the opposite direction swarmed towards the city wall.
The combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers is not weak. When charging, they do not forget to find bunkers and make various tactical actions.
But unfortunately, these Japanese soldiers rarely engage in siege warfare. They are the Japanese garrison troops in the occupied areas and have no experience in fighting siege warfare. Even if these Japanese soldiers perform well, they cannot avoid the Eighth Route Army soldiers hiding in the city walls.
There was continuous shooting from behind, and the mortars in the hands of the Japanese were not enough to put enough fire pressure on the city wall.
After the Japanese soldiers rushed to less than 50 meters away from the city wall, the Eighth Route Army soldiers responsible for the defense opened fire. Heavy machine guns and light machine guns fired at the Japanese soldiers at the same time. The Japanese soldiers who were rushing forward could not find enough bunkers.
Thousands of Japanese soldiers fell down, and in less than a minute, hundreds of Japanese soldiers were killed directly.
Before the Japanese commander gave the order to retreat, the Japanese soldiers decisively found bunkers and hid. These Japanese soldiers knew very well that with the firepower exposed by the Eighth Route Army, if they continued to charge, they would be risking their lives. Even if some Japanese soldiers were lucky enough to survive the charge,
Even if you survive, it will be difficult to play a big role.
After seeing the vitality of Liulin County's defense, the commanders of the Japanese infantry brigade became somewhat silent. They realized that it would not be easy for them to capture Liulin County before they could not kill the Eighth Route Army's firepower on the city wall.
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The Japanese commander tried to continuously bombard the city wall with mortars, but unfortunately, the technology of the Japanese artillery was not that good, and the power of the mortar shells was limited, so the mortars did not play their due role.
.Of course, there are also reasons why the Japanese chose to divide their troops.
If these Japs gathered all their artillery, even mortars could have a great impact on the defense of Liulin County. But unfortunately, these four Japs infantry brigades chose to divide their troops, and none of them was powerful enough.
Commander, before, it was still somewhat difficult to unite these four Japanese infantry brigades.
"Comrades, please be more vigilant. Repelling a Japanese attack is nothing. Compared with the Japanese, we don't have much advantage." Captain Chen did not relax, but became more vigilant.
The defensive soldiers naturally understood that they were hiding behind the city wall. Except for the soldiers who were responsible for observing the Japs, the other soldiers did not dare to relax at all. From the attacks launched by the Japs, these soldiers could see the strength of the Japs.
It was sufficient. Compared with the Japanese, they only had a few geographical advantages.
Throughout the morning, the Japanese tried to launch attacks on Liulin County, but each attack was successfully repelled by the defending soldiers.
However, after successfully repelling the Japanese attack, there was no joy on the faces of the soldiers. These Japanese soldiers were very smart. After they realized that they could not capture Liulin County in a short period of time, they organized Japanese soldiers to launch continuous attacks in the form of small teams.
Attack, leaving the soldiers responsible for defense without any time to rest.
The combat effectiveness of the Japs squad is not weak. The soldiers cannot let the Japs squad get close to the city wall, otherwise it will be easy for the Japs squad to open a gap, allowing the Japs to successfully break into the county town. The city wall is the only advantage for the soldiers to defend, unless they have to.
The soldiers were unwilling to give up the city wall easily.
On the city wall in the north of Liulin County, Captain Chen looked tired. The Japanese continued to attack in small groups, which consumed too much energy of the soldiers. At the same time, Captain Chen was sure that the Japanese must be planning a big move. In the afternoon,
Defense is the most critical moment.
This time, the 120th Division took advantage of the Japanese being unprepared and captured five of the Japanese counties in one fell swoop. With the Japanese character, they would definitely retaliate fiercely. In other words, the Japanese counterattack was fierce, and they definitely wanted to kill them in the shortest possible time.
Solving the battle is the only way to ensure the stability of the areas occupied by the Japanese.
The Japanese counterattack needs to achieve certain results. If these Japanese cannot recapture the county occupied by the 120th Division in the shortest time, then other anti-Japanese troops in the Japanese-occupied areas will inevitably take action. Regarding this, the Japanese know very well, and the Eighth Route Army is also very aware of this.
clear.
The current battle requires Commander Chen to lead the soldiers to delay the Japs for enough time. It doesn't need to be too much. As long as there are three days and the Japs have not achieved sufficient results within three days, it will be difficult for the Japs-occupied areas to continue to be peaceful!
What's more, the 129th Division, the 115th Division, and other units of the Eighth Route Army have long been prepared for battle and will launch an attack on the Japanese troops at any time.