Chapter 287: Breaking the City
For Beichuan Yong, Li Yunlong's name has been heard many times, but he didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army attacking the city outside the city was very likely to be the troops of the new regiment.
"Boom, boom!" Just when Kitagawa Yong replied to Tatsuya Kotani, the city wall on the left side of the east gate was less than ten meters away from the city gate, and a gap in the city wall about five or six meters wide was suddenly blown open.
Kitagawa Yong was so shaken by the huge explosion that he almost fell into a, but soon even the old devil saw a huge gap that exploded more than ten meters from the city wall on the left side of the city gate.
"Bagaya Road, Xiaogu-kun, you take people and block the gap in the city wall for me, hurry up!" Beichuan Yong didn't bother to pay attention to whether the enemy army outside the city was Li Yunlong's army or not, at this time, the city wall was blown up, and the enemy army outside the city attacked the east city, then it would be a big trouble!
Tatsuya Kotani was also shocked at this time, and the city wall was actually blown up by the Shina army.
"Ha Yi, Your Excellency Shao Zuo!" Tatsu Kotani also said with a heavy pause, and immediately rushed away. At this time, there was no other care, so first block the city wall that was unfolded by the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, outside the eastern city of Yuci, Li Yunlong stood less than 150 meters away from the eastern city gate, and under the cover of a low slope, he took a telescope to observe the progress of the attack of the siege troops.
"Okay, sound the west. is worthy of Zhou Hua, who has fought many battles! Special mother, sure enough, there is a way! Ordered Zhang Dabiao to attack in relay and break through the gap. Order Duan Peng's special combat team to give me fire cover. Order Wang Chengzhu's artillery team, give me artillery cover, kill! Li Yunlong's series of orders came out immediately.
"Yes, Captain!" A herald standing beside Li Yunlong immediately stood up and saluted, then turned around and rushed to herald.
After Li Yunlong captured the Yuci Dongcheng Railway Station, his troops concentrated their forces and stormed the Yuci East Gate.
Because of the failure of the city, a company under the command of Zhou Huasuo, who was close to the city gate, was only able to launch a strong attack in advance, and then it evolved into a fierce battle of more than 800 men and horses to storm the Japanese defenders at the east gate of Yuci.
However, the Japanese defenders at the east gate of Yuci had more than 700 defenders, and they were still elite troops, so the battle had been fought for about five minutes.
Although this is not much time, once the headquarters of the 205th Brigade of the Japanese Army in the city reacts and mobilizes the defenders in the other three directions to the east gate, it will be troublesome.
Li Yunlong could only take the risk of using the tactic of attacking the east and attacking the west, and used part of his troops to storm the city gate and attract the firepower of the Japanese defenders. On the other hand, they sent troops to the left side of the city gate, digging tunnels and preparing to use a large number of explosives to blow up the city.
Now, the blasting of the city wall has finally succeeded.
At the sound of the order, the city wall near the left side of the blasted city gate, although only five or six meters wide, was enough for the new regiment to attack more than enough.
"Tutu, tusk, tusk!"
Duan Peng's special combat team also stepped forward at this time, approaching both sides of the blasted city wall, covering the attack of the rest of the infantry fighters with the fire of submachine guns.
At this time, the city heads on both sides of the gap in the city wall were full of Japanese soldiers, but there were not many. After all, in the violent explosion, the Japanese army had already suffered heavy casualties, and when the reinforcements did not arrive, the city wall was blown open in the breach, and at least one infantry squad of Japanese soldiers was lost.
"Sir, I can't stand it! The firepower of the Chinese army is too strong! We can't hold it! Tatsuya Kotani, chief of staff, the adjutant of the 21st Infantry Brigade of the 11th Wing of the Japanese Army, who rushed to one of the castles on one side of the gap in the city wall where the wall had been blown open, heard the report of the captain of the Japanese squad defending this section of the wall.
Tatsuya Kotani had just led two infantry squads to the head of the city on the side of the gap in the city wall that had been blown up, and he got such a report, and his face was immediately gloomy.
At this time, the bullets whizzed from under the city, and Tatsuya Kotani was also a person who was afraid of death, and his head shrank.
"Bagaya Road, Resist, Resist, Shoot, Kill! Resist! You drop. Take someone immediately, take the sack, and give me a resist! Although Kotani Tatsuya is afraid of death, but the current situation is different, and he must resist it, so he can only bite the bullet and command the captain of the Japanese squad guarding this section of the city wall to counterattack the men and horses of the two infantry squads he brought.
The Japanese squad leader immediately paused and said, "Hayi, sir!" ”。
It's just that at this time, Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire seemed to have turned in the direction, focusing on bombing two gaps in the city wall that were blown up, especially the side of the city where Kotani Tatsuya also arrived, and it was even more gunpowder smoke and fog that was bombarded by artillery fire, obscuring the sight of the Japanese army at the head of the city.
The troops of the two battalions of Zhang Dabiao and Zhou Hua, with nearly seven or eight hundred people at this time, were concentrated under the cover of the third battalion commander Ma Wenhai's department, and attacked towards the gap in the city wall that had been blown up.
The battle was very fierce, and the Japanese desperately resisted, but the strong attack of the main battalions of the two new regiments, and soon under the cover of Wang Chengzhu and other machine gun fire, the troops entered the city.
Yuci is known as the south gate of Taiyuan, although the city wall is tall and thick, but the Japanese defenders in the city are only 4,000 people, of which the city wall defenders, the Japanese defenders in each direction are only six or seven hundred.
Zhang Dabiao and Zhou Hua, who were besieging the city, commanded the troops to attack the city, and soon divided their troops to attack the city wall and continued to fight directly into the depths of the city.
"Haha, damn it, the little devil is really arrogant! There are no barricade fortifications in the depths of the city, and Made, she really thinks of it as her own home! Brothers, kill! You, hurry up and report to the regiment commander. Our unit has entered the city and is attacking the Japanese brigade headquarters! Zhang Dabiao had already entered the city with a battalion at this time, ignoring the threat of the Japanese defenders on the city wall behind him, but directly led the army to attack the depths of the city.
The soldier stood up and said, "Yes, battalion commander!" He turned around and rushed out.
Zhang Dabiao then continued to lead the army to attack, and at this time, Zhou Hua led the special battalion into the city after the artillery fire of Wang Chengzhu and others suppressed the Japanese defenders on both sides of the gap, and then according to the battle plan, the Japanese defenders attacked the city wall.
"Made, go to the city, kill me!" Zhou Hua was also very excited, although this little devil had seen through the bombing of the city, but the devil was in a hurry, and there was very little time to react. I saw Zhou Hua and Zhang Dabiao's battalion enter the city and divide their troops to attack the Japanese army.
At this time, many soldiers of the new regiment were attacked at the gap, and the Japanese troops who defended the city were terrified, especially the captain of the 21st Infantry Brigade, Kitagawa Yong, who happened to inspect the garrison of the Japanese garrison in Dongcheng, also received the news that the gap in the city wall could not be held at this time.
"Bagaya Road, a bunch of rubbish! Evacuate! Retreat into the city and hold on! "At this time, the city has been broken, and it is useless to hold on to the city.