Baoshan East Gate.

In order to break through the defenders' defenses in one fell swoop, thousands of Japanese soldiers were swarming towards the city gate in an offensive formation.

At the same time, Japanese infantry guns, mortars, tank guns, and heavy machine guns were already firing in order to provide sufficient fire cover for the attacking troops.

On the city wall, there was a continuous rain of heavy machine gun bullets, which filled the air with smoke and dust, and the debris of masonry on the outer wall fell down.

"Boom!"

An infantry artillery shell landed not far from Yao Ziqing and exploded violently, setting off a large area of masonry fragments that "swished" and flew in all directions.

A few pieces of shrapnel flew almost past Yao Ziqing's ears and head, but he ignored it, held his glasses, and stared at the enemy troops swarming in the mountains and fields outside the city.

When the enemy entered his effective range, Yao Ziqing immediately roared and gave the battle order: "Brothers, fire!" Hit me hard!"

And he himself was the first to pull the trigger.

"Bang!"

The sound of gunfire was an order, and hundreds of warriors on the walls opened fire.

At this time, the city wall had already been blown open with a gap about five or six meters wide, and the strategic purpose of the Japanese army was to break through from here.

Therefore, most of the defenders' firepower was concentrated in front of this gap in the wall.

More than two dozen devil infantry who rushed to the front were immediately wiped out, and they were beaten into a hornet's nest one after another, and fell down screaming.

Just as the vanguard of the devils rushed to a place less than 50 meters away from the city wall, the bombardiers immediately rounded their arms and threw the grenades out with all their might.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom! - "There were several explosions, and these devils suddenly exploded into screams and fell to the ground one after another.

At the same time, several field guns deployed in the city also opened fire one after another, and the scorching shells swept over the city wall, fiercely shooting at the devil attack troops outside the city, and instantly blew up a large area of the devil.

However, the soldiers of the artillery platoon did not have Yang Jing's strength, so after several rounds of bombardment, they did not destroy a single devil tank.

"Yaga! Fight back, fight back! Hundreds of meters away, a devil Shaozuo who was in charge of supervising the battle waved his sword hoarsely, roaring and urging the attacking troops to return fire, and at the same time calling his own artillery to find out the enemy's artillery position and counterfire it.

Suddenly, thousands of devils fired back and charged forward.

There are many devils, and the firepower is naturally denser than that of the defenders.

A large number of hot bullets whistled in, hitting the city walls and the ruined buildings in the city, and splashed smoke and dust as they landed.

In particular, the devil's tank guns are even more deadly to the threat of the defenders, and almost every time the cannon hits, many defenders will be blown up from the city walls.

Beside Yao Ziqing, a machine gunner was hit by a stray bullet and fell on his back in a pool of blood, and the machine gun suddenly fell silent.

Yao Ziqing was so dumbfounded with hatred that he hurried over quickly, he pushed away his sacrificial subordinates with grief and indignation, picked up the Czech light machine gun that had been stained red with blood, and roared fearlessly: "Little devil, come on!" Grandpa will send you to the western sky!"

With that, he decisively pulled the trigger, and the light machine gun let out a deafening roar, and a dense burst of hot bullets whistled out, hitting the devil like a storm.

"Ahhhh Six or seven devil soldiers couldn't dodge and fell to the ground one after another.

After firing the bullets in the magazine, Yao Ziqing took out a new magazine from the body of the sacrificed subordinate, loaded it and continued to shoot wildly at the Japanese army.

Feeling the heroic performance of the commander, the soldiers could not help but boost their morale, and they all fought hard to fire back.

"Quick! Keep reloading the shells! ”

In the city, the artillery positions of the defenders, the artillery platoon commander kept his subordinates speeding up the artillery, and they couldn't use the field artillery and mortars in their hands as rapid-fire guns.

"Huh!"

"Hey! Who! ——”

At this moment, a shrill and piercing sound of breaking wind came.

The platoon commander's face changed, and he immediately shouted hoarsely: "It's not good, it's a devil's shell, quickly dodge!" ”

However, before his words fell, several devil shells fell heavily.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! ——”

The next moment, the shells exploded, and suddenly set off a dazzling fire above the defenders' artillery positions, swallowing up more than 20 artillerymen, along with the two field guns, and killing and wounding one after another.

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On the city walls, without artillery support, the situation of the defenders became more and more critical.

Seeing that the army of devils had rushed to the city, Yao Ziqing's adjutant Zhao Ming hurriedly said: "Battalion commander, I'm afraid it's not a way to go on like this!" The devil's tank is too much of a threat to us, so why don't we retreat to the city and engage in street battles with the devil? ”

Yao Ziqing flatly refused: "No, the devil's strength is more than several times that of our army, if we let them attack the city now, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable for us!" ”

Zhao Ming continued: "Then why don't I go to the West Gate and invite the commander of a company over, I believe that with his miraculous artillery skills, he will definitely be able to kill the devil's tank!" ”

Yao Ziqing again: "No, in today's battle, I have already made up my mind to die, our task is to contain the Japanese army and create a chance for the company commander to break through!"

If you invite a company commander now, won't the sacrifice of the brethren and our previous efforts be in vain? ”

Zhao Ming stopped talking.

Instead, he picked up a submachine gun and poured all his anger on the charging devils.

At this time, a devil tank had already rushed to the gap in the city wall.

On the city wall, the defenders, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately lit several 10-kilogram explosive bags and threw them into the gap in the city wall.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

One of the explosives packets landed on the top cover of the Devil Tank accurately, and the raging shock wave directly lifted the tank turret out.

The devil tank crew in the cabin was also bombed to death inside.

"Tubu!"

However, the devil's retaliatory firepower quickly hit.

Before the defenders had time to enjoy the joy of blowing up the tank, they had already been shot one after another and fell in a pool of blood.

The devil's mortar and grenadier also adjusted the angle of fire one after another, pouring shells one after another towards the broken wall.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the devil's tanks once again joined forces with the infantry and swarmed towards the gap in the city wall.

"Boom!"

However, just as the devil tank was about to rush into the city, something in the shape of a pot lid suddenly flew from the city and landed behind the gap in the city wall, and immediately exploded violently.

The raging shock wave directly tore apart the devil's thin-skinned tank.

The ghost soldiers who attacked with the tanks were also affected, either blown away by the raging shock wave, or hit by broken tank parts, all screaming and falling in a pool of blood.

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