"Nani? Is it really under siege? Whose troops attacked Liaocheng at night at this time of the morning? What a daredevil! ”

Ushijima Masaaki was furious and very angry. Liaocheng is the place under his own jurisdiction, and it has been a long time since a large number of enemy troops have attacked the city, and at this time, it is still a night attack before dawn, and he simply treats his squadron as nothing.

Nitta Sheng continued in a condensed voice: "Your Excellency the report, the Imperial Alliance army has been broken up by the sudden cannonballs from outside the opponent's city, and all the city gates have reported that they have been attacked by enemy artillery. And there are enemy infantry infantry artillery to attack the city, I'm afraid the situation is a little wrong! ”。

Ushijima Masaaki's face changed drastically, and at this time, the sound of guns outside gradually increased, clearly indicating the scale of attack at least one of the enemy's main regiments. Otherwise, the gunfire in the direction of the four gates of Liaocheng would not be so fierce.

"Bagaya Road, order the imperial army at each city gate to resist me, resist! Xintian-kun, you go to the south gate to see in person, which enemy army is attacking Liaocheng? Hurry up and drop! Ushijima Masaaki anxiously ordered Nitta Sheng, at this time, first resist the enemy's onslaught on the city, and then make the next step.

Ushijima Masaaki was confident that there was a reinforced squadron of Japanese troops in the city guarding Liaocheng, and even if the regular army of thousands of Chinese troops attacked the city, it would be able to withstand it for at least half an hour. After all, according to Ushijima Masaaki's previous battles against one or two regiments of the National Army, they only defeated the other side head-on with the strength of one squadron, although Ushijima Masaaki was surprised that Liaocheng was attacked by the enemy at this time, but after giving the counterattack order, his mood stabilized and he issued an order to deal with it in an orderly manner.

Seeing that Ushijima Masaaki had regained his calm expression, it affected the squadron adjutant Lieutenant Nitta Sheng, and he also gave the order with a heavy pause: "Hai, Your Excellency Squadron Leader, obey your orders!" Subsequently, Xin Tiansheng hurriedly went out to the headquarters and rushed to the south gate to supervise the battle and command the counterattack, to find out which Chinese army was the enemy army attacking the city outside the city.

Nitta was promoted out of the headquarters, Ushijima Masaaki frowned, and immediately waved his hand to a Japanese staff officer at the squadron headquarters: "Call immediately, contact Dong'e City, and Feicheng, and report to them that Liaocheng has been attacked by a large number of Chinese troops." The enemy's artillery fire was fierce, and there were at least 15 mortars of more than 80 mm caliber, and the infantry artillery coordinated to storm Liaocheng 4. Liaocheng is in danger, ask for reinforcements! ”。

"Your Excellency Squadron Leader, our phone is no longer available, and we can't contact the outside world! Lieutenant Nitta sent maintenance troops out of the city to check the telephone line before he came back, Your Excellency Squadron Leader! The Japanese staff officer reported in a low voice.

At this time, as the sound of guns in the direction of Liaocheng's four gates became more and more intense, at this time, Ushijima Masaaki suddenly trembled, "Bagaya Road, it should be the unknown branch army that attacked Liaocheng and cut off the telephone line for Liaocheng to contact the outside world, Bagaya Road, it must be like this!" Ushijima Masaaki's face changed dramatically.

The Japanese staff officer who reported also heard Ushijima Masaaki's words, and was a little flustered and whispered urgently: "Your Excellency Squadron Leader, what should I do?" Nearby, the closest to Liaocheng is only Tangyi, Boping and the Imperial Association Army in several places can be reinforced nearby. It's just that our telephone lines have been cut off by the enemy and we can't contact them for reinforcements! Your Excellency Squadron Leader, what should I do? ”。

"Bagaya Road, you are a soldier and officer of the Empire. Don't panic, call again, be sure to contact the outside world. By the way, you personally find a few good hands, imperial warriors who are familiar with the terrain, and secretly risk death to get out of the city, be sure to hurry on foot and contact the Tangyi defenders to reinforce Liaocheng! There are Imperial Cooperative Army in Tangyi City, even if they are afraid and do not move, they directly call the Imperial Cooperative Army Headquarters in the city and ask for reinforcements from the Imperial Army in Dong'a, Gaotang and other places. Hurry up and drop! After thinking about it, Ushijima Masaaki said with a solemn look at the Japanese staff officer in front of him.

I saw the Japanese staff officer pause heavily and said: "I understand, Your Excellency Squadron Leader, obey your orders." Immediately, this Japanese staff officer hurried to deal with the matter ordered by Masaaki Ushijima.

At this time, more than 2,000 people under Li Yunlong's command, who attacked Liaocheng, were under the cover of Wang Chengzhu's artillery detachments, and launched a fierce attack on the four gates of Liaocheng.

"Boom, boom!"

One by one, the whistling cannonballs swept over Liaocheng, which was still dark at this time, and then smashed heavily into the head and gate of the four gates of Liaocheng, and then exploded into a ball of fire.

Fragments of shells flew everywhere, and the Japanese soldiers who hit the fragments suffered heavy casualties. At this time, the Japanese soldiers suffered heavy casualties on the heads of the cities in Liaocheng, and the Imperial Alliance troops defending the city had been blown up.

Although soon the Japanese squads in the cave behind the city gate were dispatched to the head of the city to suppress the Imperial Alliance army and did not retreat, but due to the artillery fire of Wang Chengzhu outside the gate, a full five mortars launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the city head, and the Japanese puppet soldiers who also blew up were crying for their fathers and mothers, and suffered heavy casualties.

"Kill me, brothers! Within ten minutes, take Liaocheng! Above! Li Yunlong sneered and observed the battle situation in the woods less than two hundred meters outside the South Gate City, and then issued a strict order again, ordering all troops to launch a fierce attack, and Liaocheng must be conquered within ten minutes.

With the issuance of Li Yunlong's strict order again, Zhang Dabiao's troops and Zhou Hua's troops who were besieging the city outside the city gates, Sun Desheng's cavalry company, and even Duan Peng's special combat team also dispatched elite special snipers to knock out the shooters of the Japanese light and heavy machine gun fire points who were firing fiercely at the head of the city, so as to cover the siege soldiers of the city storming the city.

At this time, at the head of the South Gate, the squadron adjutant Xin Tiansheng, who hurriedly rushed from the squadron headquarters in the city to the head of the South City, braved the bombardment of Wang Chengzhu's squad and observed outside the city with a telescope against the wall in the midst of the rain of bullets.

"Baga Ya Road, is it the Eighth Route Army, so many cavalry? It's not good, it was Li Yunlong's main cavalry force of the Eighth Route Army who killed Liaocheng. ”

After observing for a while, I saw that the uniforms of the enemy soldiers besieging the city belonged to the Eighth Route Army, and the besieging soldiers outside the city had at least a lot of cavalry galloping around, and they wanted to gallop into the city after the city gate was breached.

At this time, there was no Japanese cavalry in the city to hedge and counterattack.

"You drop, immediately report to His Excellency the squadron leader, it was Li Yunlong's Eighth Route Army that attacked Liaocheng! There are so many cavalry on the other side that we can only hold on and wait for reinforcements! Nitta grabbed the nearest Japanese soldier and shouted urgently.

The little devil soldier replied sharply, "Hay, sir! Immediately, he left in a hurry.

And soon, Masaaki Ushijima, who got an urgent report from the old devil Nitta Sheng, was shocked in the squadron headquarters, "Bagaya Road, no, Li Yunlong's troops have no way to even do it to His Excellency Commander Iida in Jinan City." Will we be able to withstand the attack? ”

Thinking that he couldn't resist it, Ushijima Masaaki was no longer calm at this time, and hurriedly waved his hand to let a Japanese soldier in the command come forward and give an urgent order: "Immediately ask His Excellency the commander of our independent 5th brigade in Gaomi City for tactical guidance!" ”。