"Brigade commander, guard the south gate: the devils of Yongtai Gate have at least two squadrons, and they are very well armed and equipped. It is estimated that seeing that we are focusing on attacking, we transferred part of our forces to the head of the city to block the attack, and our attack did not go well. ”

The attack on Yongtai Gate, the south gate of Datong, lasted less than three minutes, and the attacking force was quickly repulsed by the Japanese troops defending the city.

At this time, Zhang Dabiao, who had withdrawn, reported to Li Yunlong in the temporary command headquarters set up a few hundred meters outside the southern city.

Li Yunlong bowed his head, he had already seen through the binoculars that he had dispatched a regiment of Zhang Dabiao to tentatively storm the south gate, but was quickly repelled by the devil defenders. In this case, Li Yunlong probably expected it.

"Da Biao, you cooperate with the second regiment and attack a few more times, but don't attack!" Li Yunlong smiled and sneered.

Zhang Dabiao can also be regarded as a roundworm in Li Yunlong's stomach, and then he had a flash of inspiration, "Brigade commander, is this to consume the ammunition of the little devil?" ”

"Not bad!"

Li Yunlong nodded and said: "Datong is an important town in northern Jin, and the city walls are tall and thick. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if the Japanese army relies on a small number of troops to defend to the death, we will suffer heavy casualties if we attack strongly. Fortunately, the number of Japanese defenders in the city at this time is not large, so we will consume some of the Japanese ammunition first. Or rather, the tired defenders of the enemy! ”。

"Understood, Brigadier Commander!" Zhang Dabiao nodded, and then left with brisk steps, returning to the army to command the battle.

At this time, at this time, the captain of the Japanese garrison brigade, Fukuda Taisheng Shaozuo, who had just personally commanded at the south gate and repelled the joint tentative onslaught of the 1st and 2nd regiments of the siege independent brigade, was hiding behind the battlements. The siege soldiers of the independent brigade who retreated outside the city through the battlement, the old devil secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was already about half past four in the morning, but it was still at least three and a half hours before dawn. With the current situation, more than 10,000 Japanese reinforcements from the 77th Brigade of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, which went north from Zhongtiao Mountain, may not be able to arrive at Datong City before dawn.

Himself, Fukuda Taisheng Shaozuo, who knew the general situation, understood that he was already a lone army at this time!

"Click!!

The sound of walking behind him came, and Fukuda Taisheng looked back and saw that it was Captain Ichiro Hirata, the chief of staff of the brigade, and this guy was also a partner who had worked with Fukuda Taisheng for many years.

It's just that in the night, Ichiro Hirata's face is also very bad. Although there were searchlights at the head of Datong City, the Japanese troops defending the city could illuminate the outside of the city and assist the Japanese army in counterattacking. But the number of troops is too small, which still makes Ichiro Hirata feel a little bad.

"Captain, repelled the siege of the Independent Brigade? How many times has this been? Ichiro Hirata squatted down and whispered to Taisheng Fukuda.

Futian Taisheng pointed to the outside of the city and said in a condensed voice: "It is worthy of eating several elite divisions of the empire, as well as the headquarters of the 31st Brigade of the 110th Division that was raided and killed in Yangyuan County yesterday. The Eighth Route Army of the Independent Brigade is really strong, attacking the city like fire, and it is very familiar with retreating. This is the third time that the south gate has been attacked, although under the illumination of the searchlight, it can be roughly seen that the enemy troops besieging the city are at least two or three thousand people each time, but I don't believe that Li Yunlong will attack the city like this! ”。

"Nine times out of ten, they are testing my firepower to defend the city!" Ichiro Hirata is also a devil officer with rich combat experience, and after a little thought, he understood the intention of the independent brigade outside the city to attack the city many times, although it seemed to be fierce, but it only fought for a while and then withdrew. E-Book Workshop

Fukuda Taisheng nodded, this is also his analysis.

"Chief of Staff, have you done mobilizing the Imperial people in the city?" Fukuda Taisheng then asked.

Hirata Ichiro said in a condensed voice: "After being hastily surrounded by the soldiers of the Independent Brigade near the city, I received an order from the military headquarters, and I have sent people to mobilize all the forces in the city that are doing business, the samurai of the empire, and the expatriates to temporarily integrate into the combat troops. At present, it has been counted, and a total of about 3,000 living forces have been obtained. Moreover, most of them are in the prime of life, and they can go to the head of the city to participate in the defense of the city and block the siege of the independent brigade! ”。

"How's the deployment?" Fukuda Taisheng nodded, finally some good news.

Hirata Ichiro looked outside the city without leaving a trace, and the independent brigade outside the city under the darkness of the night had not immediately resumed the siege, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "The humble post has deployed the organized 3,000 temporarily organized garrison troops to the four gates. Among them, the north gate did not have many troops to defend the city, so more than 1,000 troops were deployed there to defend the city. The rest of the west gate was placed with five hundred, and so was the east gate, and here at the south gate, a thousand men were brought by the humble position himself! With the addition of two squadrons, relying on the strong city walls, it should be able to block the onslaught of the independent brigade! ”。

"Yo Xi! That's good! ”

Fukuda Taisheng smiled bitterly and continued: "The 313 Wing was wiped out too quickly, and the Independent Brigade went all the way north from Huairen and defeated the 313 Wing at the Kouquan River. immediately chased the 313 Wing to Maojiasoo Town, but did not expect that the rest of the 313 Wing would be destroyed in Maojiasoo Town in the end. Now, it's our turn! Chief of Staff, to be honest, I am afraid that we will not last long with one infantry brigade alone, plus 3,000 soldiers who have not undergone much training organized from their sleep on the spot! ”。

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

Suddenly, about five or six hundred meters outside the south gate, a cannon shell whistled and bombarded the south gate.

Without waiting for Hirata Ichiro to speak, the head of the South Gate suddenly exploded.

The two old devils immediately panicked, this is at least the size of two artillery brigades concentrated on bombing the south gate.

"Captain, get out of the way! Retreat, hide! Hirata Ichiro roared angrily, and then pulled the somewhat coerced Fukuda Taisheng and hurriedly ran down the city and hid in a hidden place.

Not long after the two old devils hid in the anti-artillery hole, the head of the South Gate and its city wall were hit by artillery fire from the artillery battalion of the Independent Brigade on a large scale.

Yes, Li Yunlong sent the first regiment and the second regiment of the Independent Brigade to take turns to attack and test the south gate in order to test the firepower of the Japanese defenders at the Yongtai Gate at the south gate. Immediately, after roughly testing the firing point of the Japanese army at the south gate, he ordered Wang Chengzhu's artillery battalion to launch a concentrated bombardment.

As the whistling shells rained down on the south gate, the devils on the city were bombed one by one and cried for their fathers and mothers. Although the Datong city wall is strong, under the concentrated bombardment of modern artillery fire, a large part of the strong city wall can be bombed to pieces.

And at this time, Fukuda Taisheng and his chief of staff Ichiro Hirata were also trembling in the anti-artillery hole by the artillery fire outside!

"Report to the captain, chief of staff, no! The city gate and the right side of the city gate were bombarded by the artillery fire of the independent brigade to open a gap in the city wall more than ten meters wide! Thousands of men and horses of the Independent Brigade have already stepped on the artillery fire and charged. In less than a minute, a devil soldier staggered to the anti-artillery hole where the two old devils were hiding, and he didn't have time to pause.