Jiro Shomura, the leader of the garrison who was sleeping heavily in Taikang Castle, heard a loud explosion, and the knock on the door outside became even more violent.

"Captain, Captain, my defenders are under attack, my defenders are under attack!" The screams suddenly erupted, and I felt very frightened when I listened to them.

Shomura Jiro hurriedly got up, pushed open the door of the house, and roared angrily: "Eight Geyalu, steady, what's the situation?" ”。

"Captain, listen, the south gate was under fierce siege by an unknown enemy army, and the artillery fire was fierce. The defenders of the south gate called to ask for reinforcements, but encountered heavy bombardment by unknown artillery fire outside the city, and the defenders at the head of the city suffered heavy casualties, asking for reinforcements, asking for reinforcements. "The person who came was the devil staff officer on duty, with horror in his eyes.

Namura Jiro looked up to the south and saw that the flames that exploded in the direction of the south gate lit up the entire sky.

The sound of gunfire suddenly began to dense from the south gate, and the other three Taikang gates all started to shoot suddenly, and it seemed that they were attacked by a powerful enemy army.

"Eight checks, steady your foot. Give me orders, hold on, and drip! Shomura Jiro said urgently, pretending to be calm.

"Hay, Captain! Obedience! The staff officer on duty of the devil said with a heavy pause, and then walked away.

After the devil staff officer on duty hurriedly walked away, Nakamura Jiro hurried to the devil brigade headquarters in the city under the escort of several devil guards.

At this time, the brigade headquarters was already in a panic, and the sound of guns and artillery made the devils who were familiar with the battlefield understand that the artillery fire of the incoming enemy army was fierce.

With the artillery fire of the defending troops, I am afraid that it will not last long.

"Captain, the situation is not optimistic! The south gate has been under heavy artillery fire from an unknown enemy, and has now been bombarded for three minutes. The three squadrons of the Imperial Army at the head of the South Gate and more than 1,000 Imperial Allied troops were bombed and suffered heavy casualties. According to the latest call from the defenders of the South Gate, the adjutant of the brigade, Chief Nakamura, has been killed, and the two squadron leaders have also been killed, leaving only the 2nd Squadron Leader to command the rest of the South Gate defenders to hold on to help. Seeing that Namura Jiro rushed to the headquarters, Matsushita Lang, the chief of staff of the duty team, urgently and simply reported the battle situation.

Shomura Jiro nodded, pretending to be calm and condensed: "How many people are there at the South Gate now?" ”。

"According to the report of the commander of the 2nd squadron, there are less than four hundred imperial troops and five hundred imperial allegiance troops left. All the rest were bombed and suffered heavy casualties, and part of the Imperial Alliance troops at the south gate fled into the city at night. ”

Matsushita Lang continued to condense: "In addition, the other three gates of Taikang were attacked by the enemy army almost at the same time, and the strength was as high as two or three thousand. My troops defending the city are short of troops, and I'm afraid they won't be able to hold out for long! ”。

"Didn't it mean that our division and regiment had already moved south from Chenliu to request the front army headquarters to send troops to reinforce our two cavalry brigades? According to the time, they have already continued to go south through Qi County, right?" Shomura Jiro said in a condensed voice, thinking of the cavalry troops.

Matsushita Lang nodded and said in a condensed voice: "Yes, but far water can't quench the thirst of the near, according to the current strength and firepower of the incoming enemy army, the unknown enemy army outside the city that suddenly surrounded Taikang has exceeded more than 10,000 people." Moreover, it has strong combat effectiveness, fierce firepower, and is very familiar with attack tactics. The captain of the brigade felt that it was possible that the main force of Li Yunlong's southbound cavalry army was attacking Taikang. We're in big trouble! ”。

"Nani? How can it be. ”

When Shomura Jiro heard this, he couldn't be calm anymore by pretending to be calm.

Li Yunlong's troops resounded inside the devil. You must know that Li Yunlong's department, which killed many imperial princes and annihilated several elite divisions of the imperial army and many elite troops, is terrifying.

For Li Yunlong's southward cavalry army, Namura Jiro didn't want to fight them!

Don't look at the devil defenders in Lanfeng and other places who were all attacked by the other party with fierce attacks, and they were all wiped out!

Now the enemy army attacking Taikang is actually Li Yunlong's southbound cavalry army, which simply makes Shangmura Jiro feel cold!

Matsushita Lang saw that Namura Jiro didn't believe it, and said bitterly: "Captain, listen to the current cannons, there are at least twenty or more 70 mm caliber guns. Judging by the current number and firepower of enemy partisans around us, it is simply impossible to be guerrillas. It could only be that Li Yunlong's southbound cavalry army had such momentum. ”。

"Damn!"

I thought about it. Namura Jiro finally understood where such a powerful artillery bombardment came from, "Immediately order the defenders of all gates to defend them to the death, and block them!" Especially at the South Gate, all the reserves directly under the command were sent to the South Gate for reinforcements, and the enemy's key attack was the South Gate. ”

"Hay, Captain." Soon, a devil staff officer answered, and then went to deploy.

At this moment, Matsushita Lang spoke up: "The situation is urgent at the moment, and I suggest that we immediately contact the Imperial Cavalry troops heading south and request urgent reinforcements." ”。

"Good! Chief of Staff, you immediately send a telegram to General Ishida, who is commanding the cavalry reinforcements, informing us of the current situation. We can still hold it for a while, but we can't hold it for a long time, so I ask General Ishida to speed up and reinforce our department. Hurry up and drop! Namura Jiro said in a condensed voice.

"By the way, report the battle situation of Li Yunlong's cavalry army to the division headquarters to encircle and attack Taikang, hurry up!"

Matsushita Lang immediately paused: "Yes, Captain." ”。 Then he walked to the side and asked people to set it up.

At this time, the sound of gunfire outside the command department of Namura Jiro suddenly intensified, especially the gunfire and shouting in the direction of the south gate, which became more and more intense.

Hearing this, the old devil Namura Jiro was frightened, the other party came too fast, it was simply unguardable.

"Eight Geyalu, how can you beat me Taikang?" Listening to the loud sound of the explosion, Namura Jiro was already very shaken about whether he could hold Taikang.

Listening to the sound of gunfire, there must be more than twenty enemy artillery pieces besieging the city!

With such a powerful artillery force, it can directly crush the firepower of Taikang's own defenders.

Under such artillery bombardment, the Japanese army defending the city and the Imperial Allied Army may not be able to hold out for long.

Sure enough, at this time, the battle at the south gate of Taikang was very fierce.

Wang Chengzhu concentrated artillery fire to bombard the south gate of Taikang, covering the soldiers of the first brigade of Zhang Dabiao's headquarters to begin the siege.

The south gate was quickly blown open by artillery fire, and among Wang Chengzhu's artillery were elite artillery fighters who could break through the city gate with direct artillery strikes.

Two minutes after the shelling, an artillery soldier directly blasted open the south gate with his superb artillery tactics, and then all the soldiers of Zhang Dabiao's first brigade took advantage of the artillery regiment's artillery fire to extend the cover and take advantage of the situation to attack the city!

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

"Da !!"

The sound of guns and cannons continued to unfold at the south gate, and the huge siege directly annihilated and defeated the devils at the south gate and the remnants of the imperial army.

As the south gate was breached, a large number of soldiers stepped on the ruins to attack the city, and the defeated soldiers chasing the south gate went deep into the city!