At night, the guns and cannons roared, and all kinds of bàozhà came and went. At this time, the chief of staff of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, who rushed to the west gate on a three-wheeled motorcycle, and soon met the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the direction of the inner city to report the enemy situation on the street of Qingyuan.

"Nani? There is an enemy army attacking the city? Whose troops dared to attack Datong City, which was heavily garrisoned by the imperial army at night? Di Bujia Gui Dazuo was taken aback when he heard this, and he was immediately very angry.

Could it be that the reality of Datong was known by the enemy, and he deliberately chose this time to attack the city at night?

The Japanese herald hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the situation is not good. The enemy forces attacking the West Gate were at least one regiment or more, and the enemy soldiers were elite and skilled in battle, and they had already used the bàopò method to blow open the West Gate Gate. Now, nearly 1,000 enemy troops have entered the city. Our 3rd Infantry Brigade hastily assembled and suffered heavy casualties from the enemy's superior light firepower. Our captain has ordered the second squadron to form a second line of defense to the bell tower first, and the captain has sent a humble post to ask for reinforcements! ”。

"Baga Ya Road! It is really an arrogant Chinese who dares to attack the heavy city of Datong garrisoned by the imperial army. You go back immediately and tell Kurata Kotaro that you must resist and stop the other party's attack! I'll report to the division commander right away! The sound of gunfire is approaching, and it is very violent, and the Tsutsumi Bujia Gui Daisa, who is familiar with the battlefield, knows that the battlefield is not far from him, and at this time it is useless to continue to gallop towards the west gate, so he will return first and report the enemy situation to Ryosuke Tsuya.

The Japanese herald paused and said, "Hayi, Your Excellency Chief of Staff!" Humble duty understood! Then he turned around and galloped back to the direction of the West Gate.

And Di Bujia Gui Dazuo listened to the roaring guns with solemn eyes, and hurriedly asked the Japanese motorcycle riders to hurry back to the division headquarters in the inner city.

Just when he heard that Ximen was under siege by the enemy, he hurriedly returned to the division headquarters and reported urgently to Ryosuke Shitani, the battle of Ximen was already white-hot.

After breaking through the city gate, Li Yunlong commanded more than 1,600 troops to enter Datong City from Qingyuan Gate. Kotaro Kurata hastily assembled and killed hundreds of Japanese troops who were first killed by the firepower of an assault cluster formed by chōngfēngqiāng and light jīqiāng, and suffered heavy casualties.

After that, Li Yunlong waved his army and attacked fiercely, directly along the main road of West Street, and then divided his troops to attack and advance in a roundabout way in the direction of Nancheng and Beicheng.

"Tutu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu !!! Tu

The cheerful machine qiāngzǐdàn poured frantically towards the Japanese blocking troops, and the Japanese defenders of Ximen who hastily came from their sleep in the night of the dense rain of bullets rushed to collapse.

At this time, the Japanese army headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 40th Wing of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army in the direction of the West Gate of Datong had suffered nearly 500 casualties.

The huge casualties made the captain of the devil brigade, Kurada Kotaro Shaozo, who had succeeded in the casualties, twitch his face and was very shocked.

The speed and firepower of the opponent's attack are simply beyond Kotaro Kurata's understanding of Chinese soldiers.

"Your Excellency Shaozuo, the situation is not right. This is not the troops of the Jin Sui Army, this is the troops of the Eighth Route Army! Moreover, it is also the regular army of the Eighth Route Army, and its combat effectiveness is too strong, and its firepower is also very fierce. The tactical skills are very skillful, and the tactical coordination of each is very accurate. Our casualties are too great, the dry tower in the northwest corner has been lost, and the few imperial warriors patrolling and guarding the city wall have all been killed! At this time, Kotaro Kurata, who was beaten and retreated, heard the urgent report of the chief of staff of the brigade, Miyazaki Rihisa, who had rushed to the front in front of him in the dense rain of bullets.

Kurata Kotaro's expression sank, and in the darkness, the flames of the bàozhà illuminated the battlefield, and the face of the old devil was also seen by Miyazaki Rihisa.

I saw Kurata Kotaro wave his hand and said: "Stop the troops from fighting and retreating, shrink the troops and retreat to the bell tower." I have ordered the second squadron leader, Kamoku, to rush to the bell tower within five minutes of the attack to form a second line of defense. In addition, people have been sent to request reinforcements from the headquarters of the inner city division. Remove! ”。

"Understood, Your Excellency Shaozuo!" Seeing that the captain Kurada Kotaro said in an orderly manner, the old ghost Captain Zǐgōng Captain Saki Rihisa was also secretly relieved, and Shangfeng stabilized him and had a countermeasure.

Subsequently, Miyazaki Rihisa personally led a guard unit to organize the rest of the Japanese Third Brigade to fight and retreat, and retreated to the defense line of the bell tower.

In the darkness of the night, the remnants of Kurata Kotaro's Japanese army quickly stabilized their positions and retreated steadily to the bell tower defense line under the command of the old devil Kurata Kotaro.

The rapid retreat of the Japanese army also made Li Yunlong see it for the first time.

"Made, worthy of being the Japanese army under the command of the seventeenth division of the little devil, quickly stabilized his position when he was attacked. Zhang Dabiao! Li Yunlong put down the binoculars in his hand and shouted to Zhang Dabiao, who was commanding the battle on one side.

Zhang Dabiao was excitedly directing his troops to attack forward at this time, and when he heard Li Yunlong's fierce shout, he ran over after dodging the guns and bullets from the Japanese army on the opposite side, "Regiment commander, you look for me!" ”。

Li Yunlong said solemnly: "The Japanese troops in Datong City are worthy of being the troops under the command of the Devil A Division, and their combat effectiveness and reaction speed are very strong and fast. You command a battalion, and you must defeat the retreating Japanese army, so as not to give the remnants of the Japanese army retreating from the West Gate a chance to breathe. Also, there are at least six or seven hundred remnants of the Japanese army at the West Gate, and from the map of the city, the remnants of the Japanese army at the West Gate must be retreating to the bell tower quickly, which is the commanding height on Qingyuan Street, a small city, you kid must take him down for Lao Tzu as soon as possible! Can it be done? ”。

"Well, Captain! Mission completion guaranteed! Zhang Dabiao saluted Li Yunlong in the dark.

Li Yunlong nodded, didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked Zhang Dabiao to go back and quickly lead a battalion to continue the onslaught. In order to strengthen the assault force of Zhang Dabiao's troops, Wang Chengzhu's artillery was coordinated with the attack of the first battalion, and strive to annihilate the remnants of the Japanese army at the West Gate as soon as possible and seize the commanding height of the bell tower.

Zhang Dabiao, who returned to the army, directly commanded a battalion of more than 700 people to attack and advance in the direction of the bell tower at night. Because the troops of the Eighth Route Army were usually good at night fighting, and the units of the new regiment also had experience in night street fighting, they quickly stuck to the tail of the remnants of the Japanese army under Kurada Kotaro and pursued them all the way to the bell tower.

The Japanese blocking front of this clock tower was completed in a hurry, using some sacks, obstacles to form a blocking position, and when the old devil Kurata Kotaro had just led the remnants to retreat to the bell tower defense line, Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire and Zhang Dabiao's infantry attack came one after another, and for a while, the bell tower area hit by bullets and shells was splashed with fire, and the flames of the cannonballs rose to the sky, illuminating the places around the bell tower.

The fierce battle of the bell tower officially began, and at this time, in the headquarters of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army in the inner city of Datong, Ryosuke Tsuya, who had already sensed that something was wrong, quickly received an urgent report from the Tsuki Bujia Gui Dazuo, and was shocked for a while.