"Eight checks of tooth road, lying down, hidden!" Seeing the overwhelming new mass of cannonballs coming from outside the city, a devil squad leader standing at the head of the West Gate shouted miserably.

Fortunately, the devils who defended the West Gate were the most elite devil soldiers under Yonekura Kotaro, and they also fought more battles.

The scene of the shelling is not unfamiliar, and there is no need for the devil squad leader to roar, all the devil soldiers at the head of the West Gate City saw a new ball of shells smashed in the sky one by one.

For a moment, they were desperately looking for a place to hide, holding their heads and praying that the shells would not fall on their side.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

Wang Chengzhu's artillery fired shells that soon smashed into the city of Chifeng West Gate, and the violent explosion immediately spread all over the city.

One by one, the shells exploded, the fragments of the shells flew everywhere, and the smoke of gunpowder suddenly covered the city.

The shelling lasted for at least five minutes, and the Japanese soldiers of the two squadrons of the devils at the head of the city of Ximen were crying for their fathers and mothers, holding their heads and hiding still.

Ryintaro Fujita, chief of staff of the brigade who was urgently dispatched from the headquarters of the city and was sent by Yonekura Kotaro to personally supervise the battle and defend the west gate, held a telescope on the roof of a ten-story house in the west castle less than 300 meters away from the west gate to observe the battle situation.

"Eight grid tooth road, at least ten or more infantry guns! It's a big trouble this time! The corners of Fujita Rentaro's mouth twitched, and the Japanese brigade defending the city was only one artillery squadron, four Type 92 infantry guns, and less than ten 60 mm caliber mortars.

With this artillery strength, I'm afraid it can't suppress the opponent's artillery position outside the city!

"Chief of Staff, the enemy is attacking the city!" A devil staff officer standing beside Rentaro Fujita pointed to the outside of the West Gate and said in a condensed voice.

Since the roof of the house where Fujita Rentaro was located was higher than the height of the West Gate Castle, the telescope and the favorable conditions of the building height made it possible to see the new attack outside the castle from a high position.

When Rentaro Fujita heard this, he immediately picked up the binoculars again and looked at them, and his eyes were immediately solemn.

I saw that under the cover of Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire, the first battalion and the second battalion of the new regiment formed two wings and attacked the west gate on the left and right.

"Order all artillery and mortars to bombard the outside of the West Gate to block the opposing infantry, quickly." Fujita Ryintaro was a little anxious, and on the ground outside the West Gate City in the telescope's sight, at least three or four thousand soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were killing in a mighty manner, and the tactical movements were very skilled, and at first glance they were the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army.

It seems that Li Yunlong's troops are really not to be underestimated, no wonder they can eat half of the men and horses of the 3rd Division.

Judging from a small tactical move, the proficiency of the opponent's soldiers is definitely stronger than the devil soldiers of the Japanese garrison brigade stationed in Chifeng, not a little bit.

"Hay, Chief of Staff." The devil's staff officer answered the question with a heavy pause, and then walked to the side and called to inform the devil artillery that it was time to launch an artillery counterattack.

With the order of Fujita Rentaro, the artillery squadron and mortar detachment of the Japanese garrison brigade in Chifeng City were all concentrated not far from the West Gate of Chifeng.

"Boom, boom, boom!!" The little devil's cannonball shot out of the city and landed on the ground outside the West Gate. Good Chinese

Li Yunlong, who was commanding the first and second battalions to attack the west gate of Chifeng, sneered when he heard the artillery counterattack of the devils in the city, "Made, is it finally an artillery counterattack?" ”

"Pillars, suppress the devils' artillery positions for me and eat them! Cover the siege troops, quick! At this time, Li Yunlong was still standing behind Wang Chengzhu's artillery position, and he also saw the artillery counterattack in the little devil city, and waved his hand with a sneer.

Wang Chengzhu actually heard Li Yunlong's order in the deafening sound of artillery fire, and shouted: "Look, regiment commander! The little devil's artillery counterattack is not strong, and we have locked the devil's artillery position and suppressed it within five minutes. ”。

"Okay, quick!" Li Yunlong shouted and laughed.

It's just that although the artillery counterattack of the devils in the city is not stronger than Wang Chengzhu's artillery strength, it also poses a certain degree of artillery threat to the first battalion of Zhang Dabiao's division and Shen Qun's second battalion who are attacking the West Gate.

Wang Chengzhu then quickly concentrated part of the artillery fire to the Japanese artillery positions in the city to carry out a rapid artillery attack, "Hit me, blow him up!" ”

After adjusting the coordinates of some of the shelling, Wang Chengzhu shouted fiercely, and in an instant, at least eight shells smashed by the 92-type infantry guns captured from the little devil roared towards the city of Chifeng Xicheng.

In the West Gate Castle, Rentaro Fujita, who was standing on the roof to observe the battle, suddenly heard the sound of piercing cannonballs whistling in the sky, and he was instantly terrified.

I saw that Fujita Rentaro immediately looked at the sky, and his face turned pale, "It's not good, the new regiment is shelling the artillery position, hurry up, order the artillery to transfer!" ”

However, in the midst of Fujita Rentaro's roar, the artillery under the command of Wang Chengzhu counterattacked the Japanese artillery position, and the shells fell whistling, even the devil staff officer who heard Fujita Rentaro's order picked up the phone on the table to inform the devil artillery position in the west city that it was already too late.

"Boom, boom!! Boom Boom Boom !! ”

The huge explosion exploded in an instant less than a few hundred meters away from the West Gate in the West Castle, and the huge explosion power also affected the building where Fujita Rentaro was, shaking and shaking.

And in less than a few seconds, the artillery position of the little devil suddenly exploded even more violently. The huge column of smoke from the explosion rushed straight into the air for more than 50 meters, and the smoke and dust of the bombing were billowing from the devil's artillery position.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, Martyrdom!" Shocked by the huge power of the explosion, Rentaro Fujita, who almost fell and ate a mouthful of dust on the roof, got up and saw the huge column of smoke on the artillery position, and immediately knew that it was the explosion caused by the artillery counterattack of the new regiment hitting the artillery position of the little devil.

At this time, without waiting for Fujita Rentaro to get angry, he picked up his devil staff officer and pointed in the direction of the west gate, frightened.

"Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff, the West Gate has been blown open! The enemy has stormed the city! ”

When Rentaro Fujita heard this, he immediately picked up the binoculars and looked at it.

I saw that after the artillery position in the Devil's City was suppressed by Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire, under the cover of most of the artillery fire, the first battalion of Zhang Dabiao's department and the second battalion of Shen Qun, the two most elite troops of the new regiment, attacked together and entered the city from the west gate that was blown open by artillery fire.

The devils defending the west gate of Chifeng only have two squadrons and less than one battalion of the Imperial Army, and the total strength is only more than 800 people.

As Li Yunlong ordered Wang Chengzhu to use artillery fire to suppress the devil defenders at the head of the city, the new elite troops of the two battalions entered the city in one go.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, transfer the reserve team forward, recapture the West City Gate for me, hurry up!" Fujita Rentaro, who supervised the battle of the West Gate, still had the reserves brought in after assembling from the vicinity of the brigade headquarters, and at this time he had to pull it up to recapture the West Gate first.