Chapter 562: Che Mingyu
"Fire!"
“……”
With Liu Gen's order, the soldiers of the artillery battalion who had been prepared for a long time immediately opened fire, and at the same time, Liu Gen also controlled a mortar to attack the devil's turret. There are several exposed windows on the devil's turret, and Liu Gen needs to shoot cannonballs into the turret in order to inflict enough damage on the devils in the turret.
The night still had an impact on Liu Gen, and the moment the first shell fired, Liu Gen realized that this shell should not be able to successfully hit the devil's window. After adjusting the angle of the mortar slightly, Liu Gen took a shell from the hands of the soldiers behind him and attacked the devil turret again.
"Bang"
This time, the cannonball successfully flew into the devil's turret, and the cannonball exploded, and a muffled sound was heard.
In the turret, the cabinet that reacted was just about to launch a counterattack, when it saw a cannonball flying into the turret, which happened to land in the middle of the devils who had just gathered, directly hitting these devils hard. Without waiting for these devils to make any more moves, two shells fell into the turret again, making it impossible for the devils in the turret to organize an effective counterattack.
At the same time, Battalion Commander Zhang led the soldiers to rush to the vicinity of the Devil's Gun Tower, seeing this, Liu Gen directly transferred the target of the shelling, with Battalion Commander Zhang's presence, the Devil's Gun Tower, which could not be organized to effectively counterattack, would inevitably be easily taken.
The soldier who stayed behind Liu Gen was a little stunned, and when he handed the cannonball to Liu Gen, he also paid attention to whether Liu Gen successfully hit the target, and naturally saw that Liu Gen successfully hit the cannonball into the devil's turret. As a member of the artillery battalion, the soldier knew how difficult it was to get a cannonball into the devil's turret.
In the entire artillery battalion, there is not a single person who can do this, but what about Liu Gen? It seems to be very relaxed.
The other soldiers of the artillery battalion also noticed that Liu Gen had fired a cannonball into the devil's turret, but because of the battle, even if the soldiers were very curious about how Liu Gen did this, they didn't have time to ask Liu Gen. Liu Gen had taught the soldiers of the artillery battalion before, but the soldiers of these artillery battalions had not seen Liu Gen shoot with their own eyes, and they were somewhat suspicious in their hearts.
And now, the soldiers of the artillery battalion no longer have the slightest suspicion, and they can see that the devil turret, which could not be organized to effectively counterattack, was easily taken by Battalion Commander Zhang and the soldiers.
Before Liu Gen came to the 120th Division, the soldiers of the artillery battalion also fought the Devil's Turret, and they clearly knew that the Devil's Turret was a difficult bone to gnaw, and it was not easy to take the Devil's Turret. But today's battle made the soldiers realize the key role that artillery can play in attacking the devil's turret.
If Liu Gen hadn't succeeded in driving the cannonballs into the Devil's Turret, then if he wanted to take the Devil's Turret, he could only use the lives of the soldiers to pile up, and wait until a soldier successfully approached the Devil's Turret and put the explosive bag at the bottom of the Devil's Turret to detonate it, so that it was possible to take the Devil's Turret. But now? There is Liu Gen, but there is no need for soldiers to risk their lives to do such a thing.
It can be said that with Liu Gen's presence, it was much easier for the soldiers to attack the devil's turret.
Half an hour later, the battle in Warm Springs ended, and the soldiers of the infantry battalion were quickly cleaning up the battlefield while taking over the defense of Warm Springs. The devil's turret was built very strongly, and even if Liu Gen successfully drove the cannonball into the turret, it did not cause much damage to the turret, and it could continue to be used.
Before the Eighth Route Army attacked the Devil's Turret, after the attack, the Devil's Gun Tower would be blown up by the explosives package, or an obvious gap would be blown up, which was not conducive to the Eighth Route Army continuing to rely on the Gun Tower for defense. Of course, in the past, the troops of the Eighth Route Army attacked the Devil's Artillery Tower just to get some weapons and equipment.
As for staying in the devil's turret for defense, it is naturally impossible.
Now it is different, as the 120th Division took several county towns in the surrounding area, Liu Gen and his soldiers successfully took Nuanquan Town, so naturally there is no need to choose to evacuate. Next, the defense of Warm Springs Town will naturally become the top priority, and the two complete turrets will play an important role in the defense of Warm Springs Town.
"Comrade Liu Gen, we found some information on the devil's march from the devil's turret." Battalion Commander Zhang hurriedly came to Liu Gen's side and handed over a detailed piece of information to Liu Gen.
Liu Gen took the information and looked at it carefully, this was a Japanese piece of information, and it was the information that the Devil's Independent Mixed Brigade mobilized troops to Liulin County. From the intelligence, Liu Gen could see that during these two days, the devils would send a large number of troops to Liulin County, saying that Liulin County's defense was very tight, and the devils failed to take Liulin County in a short time.
In order to be able to take Liulin County as soon as possible, the devil commander who was in charge of attacking Liulin County applied for support, and this is why there is this order to mobilize troops. Nuanquan Town is not far from Liulin County, so Nuanquan Town also needs to transfer some troops to Liulin County for support.
It can be said that Liu Gen and others were able to easily take Nuanquan Town, which also had a certain relationship with the troop deployment of the devils in Nuanquan Town.
"It seems that the defense of the divisional death special service group in Liulin County is very good, which will make the devil can only continue to draw troops to Liulin County."
"This information will be sent to the division headquarters immediately, and the devils will transfer troops, what should we be able to do to prevent the devils from transferring troops so easily." Liu Gen said with a smile. Liu Gen was a little worried about the defense of Liulin County, after all, the 120th Division's defensive strength in Liulin County was not much, but now through the information of the devil, Liu Gen did not have too many worries.
Judging from the continuous deployment of troops by the devils, we can know that the devils do not have a very good offensive method against Liulin County, so they can only draw a large number of troops to attack. Being able to let the devil draw so many troops is enough to show that there is no big problem with the defense of the Death Secret Service Group in Liulin County.
"Well, I think so too, I can't let the devil transfer troops so easily." Battalion Commander Zhang also spoke.
Liu Gen took out the military map, and quickly checked it on it, he needed to find a suitable location, the only way for a devil to go to support Liulin County. With the strength in Liu Gen's hands, as long as he doesn't encounter the devil's infantry brigade, then there is still no big problem.
What's more, Liu Gen has an artillery battalion in his hands, and he doesn't have to think about firepower at all when he does it against devils.
"When I found local comrades, I wanted to know more about the situation in this area, especially the terrain problems." Liu Gen said to Camp Commander Zhang.
Battalion Commander Zhang nodded and left quickly, he needed to find local comrades for Liu Gen. Tonight's battle made Battalion Commander Zhang see Liu Gen's ability, and he believed that with Liu Gen's leadership, he would definitely be able to win the battle. Besides, the division headquarters had already had an order, Liu Gen was in charge of the command, and Battalion Commander Zhang only needed to obey.
Two hours later, an order came from the division headquarters, asking Liu Gen to lead the soldiers to find fighters, delay the advance of the devil troops to support Liulin County as much as possible, and buy more time for the defense of the division headquarters death task force in Liulin County. The defensive pressure of the Death Squad in Liulin County is already very great, and too many devil troops cannot be put in the past.
Liu Gen was still very happy to get the order from the division headquarters, and before receiving the order from the division headquarters, even if he had the idea of fighting the devils, he couldn't act easily. Now that he has received an order from the division headquarters, whether to fight the devil or not can be completely decided by Liu Gen.
Liu Gen did not act rashly, in his opinion, he did not know enough about the surrounding devil troops, and he also needed to hurry up to find the only way for the devil troops to support Liulin County, so as to achieve the purpose of delaying the speed of the devil troops.
After questioning some local comrades, Liu Gen learned more about the situation in the surrounding area, and also found the way for the devil troops who came to support from the direction of Fenyang.
Fenyang is far away from Liulin County, except for a small number of devils who can reach Liulin County today, most of the devil troops should arrive in Liulin County tomorrow afternoon. Of course, all this needs to be established when these devil troops are not blocked, and it is naturally impossible for the devil troops not to be blocked.
As far as Liu Gen knows, the devil troops who went to support the battle in Liulin County and Xi County in all directions today were blocked, which made the devil troops in Liulin County and Xi County slightly insufficient, and they were unable to take the two county seats of Liulin County and Xi County today. In order to block the troops that the devils went to support, all units of the 120th Division transferred a part of their troops to conduct blocking battles.
At the same time, the militias of the county brigades and district squads in each region were organized and launched a blockade against the reinforcements of the devils. In terms of weapons and equipment, the units of the Eighth Route Army cannot be compared with the devils, but in terms of terrain, the comrades of the various units are undoubtedly more familiar. With his familiarity with the terrain and the placement of a large number of mine traps, he successfully delayed the reinforcement of the devil troops.
At three o'clock in the morning, Liu Gen woke up the resting soldiers, leaving a company of soldiers in Nuanquan Town, and then took the remaining soldiers in the direction of Che Mingyu.
Chemingyu is the location chosen by Liu Gen to block the attack, and it is also the only way for the reinforcements from the Fenyang direction to go to Liulin County.
Battalion Commander Zhang did not have any opinion on Liu Gen's choice to block the devil's reinforcements in Chemingyu, and he also asked the local comrades, so he naturally knew that Chemingyu was the best choice to block the devil. What's more, Che Mingyu also belongs to the old revolutionary base area, and the blockade of the devil's reinforcements here can also get the close cooperation of the people.
At six o'clock in the morning, Liu Gen and others successfully arrived at Che Mingyu, and at the first time, Liu Gen contacted the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Che Mingyu, preparing to join them to block the devil reinforcements.