"The mortar group is ready to ......fire at any time," a company commander shouted at the top of his voice.

A few seconds later, another company commander got up from the ground: "Large-caliber mortar groups are ready for battle!" ”

"The mountain artillery group is ready for battle!" The commander of the third fire company stood up from the ground.

"Five minutes of rapid fire from all gun emplacements...... Open the artillery ......" the artillery commander waved the command flag and ordered loudly.

"Boom ......"

A few seconds later, the dull sound of artillery was heard in the position.

Cannonballs of different calibers drew different arcs in the sky, screaming and flying towards the city.

After two hours of bloody fighting, more than half of the garrison of less than 400 people in the south of the city had already suffered casualties, and there were less than 200 people left.

At this moment, they all gathered at the head of the city to meet the next attack of the Eighth Route Army.

After the scream reached the squadron leader's ears, his face quickly turned pale.

He was a battle-hardened veteran, and as soon as he heard the sound, he knew it wasn't a few shells.

Thinking of the artillery strength used by the Eighth Route Army in the artillery battle just now, cold sweat broke out from his forehead like rain.

The artillery of the Eighth Route Army is too strong, mountain artillery, and large-caliber mortars are all big killers.

If they all gathered to attack the south gate, it would only take a few minutes, and the walls under their feet would be covered with artillery fire, and the remaining less than 200 people at the head of the city would only depend on luck in the end.

As soon as the words "concealed ......" came out of the squadron leader's mouth, the explosion of "boom, boom, boom ......" sounded in his ears, which was deafening.

Not far away, a mountain artillery shell smashed right on the battlements.

At the moment when the firelight splashed, the brick and stone battlements were directly blown to pieces, and the heavenly maidens smashed everywhere like scattered flowers.

Many soldiers in the vicinity were not hit by the shells, but they were hit by the flying bricks and stones, and they were about to die.

The squadron leader lay on the ground, feeling the whole city tremble in the explosion, the bounce point was getting closer and closer to him, and the storm-like waves of air swept over his back, swept past, and roasted his back over and over.

At this time, the squadron leader's pale face already showed a desperate expression, and the whole person involuntarily began to tremble.

The first round of artillery shells from the Eighth Route Army was so lethal, if this shelling lasted for another two minutes, or five minutes, he didn't dare to imagine what the city would be blown up into, and how many people would be left in the army?

The artillerymen who were firing the cannon didn't care about that.

Everyone was trying their best to get the shells out.

The acrid smoke had completely enveloped the artillery positions, and not a single gunner had withdrawn from the battle.

Even though his body was blackened and his nasal cavity was stimulated to cough constantly, he still held his ground and continued to fire at the city wall.

The squadron leader was lucky enough to hide behind the battlements and survived the shelling.

Before the explosion in my ears stopped, I heard a nearby soldier shouting: "The Eighth Route has begun to attack, at least one battalion of troops." ”

The squadron leader quickly got up and looked out from the battlements.

Nearly 308 Route Army attacked in a straggler line, and the troops approached the city wall.

On top of the attacking position, at least nine heavy machine guns spewed tongues of fire and fired bullets at the city.

"Woooooooooo......oo Horn ......"

At the same time, a red flare rose into the sky and exploded, and the dazzling white light could be seen clearly for several miles.

"The Eighth Route Army is going to attack ......" This is the subconscious judgment of the squadron leader after seeing the signal flare.

He drew his command knife and shouted, "Is there anything still alive?" The Eighth Route Army is here, and immediately prepare for battle! ”

Seeing that there were two soldiers moving next to him, holding their guns, and getting up from the ground with difficulty, the squadron leader immediately ordered: "You two go left and right to wake up all the people who are still alive on the city wall, the Eighth Route Army is rushing over, we must kill them, otherwise we will all die!" ”

There were more than sixty of them that could still move on the walls, and the rest were either killed or seriously injured and incapacitated.

They all knew that life and death depended on the battle in front of them, and everyone fought very hard, wanting to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

At this moment, a platoon of the Eighth Route Army approached them from inside the city.

Because of the serious shortage of troops, as long as the soldiers who can move are all concentrated on the city wall by the squadron leader, they fight to the death, so the devil has no defense against his back.

Thirty scouts, all the way unimpeded, easily touched the city full of corpses.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

After rushing up to a squad, the platoon commander who took the lead opened fire first, raised the box gun, and fired at a machine-gun group directly in front.

Not to be outdone, the other fighters stared at the devil in the back and shot at him.

In an instant, more than a dozen devils in front of everyone were all killed.

"The first squad rushes to the left, the second squad rushes to the right, and the third squad opens the city gate and kills ......" The platoon commander jumped up from the ground like a leopard, shooting as he rushed.

The advantages of the box gun's strong firepower, long firing range, and high shooting accuracy are vividly brought into play here.

For many days, the puppet army realized that there was danger behind them, and just as they were about to turn back, the bullets had already drilled two holes in their backs.

The garrison regiment attacked the position, Hong Linfeng held a telescope and stared at the city, without blinking his eyes.

Seeing that the fire on the top of the city suddenly weakened, and the city gates were opened, he immediately realized that the receiving troops had begun to move, and had already succeeded.

Putting down the binoculars, he excitedly ordered: "The gates of the city are opened......"

"The heavy machine guns stopped firing, and the troops went in. Occupy the county seat ......"

At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, the chief of staff ran to the commander after leaving the telecommunications room and reported in a low voice: "Commander, we still haven't contacted His Excellency the Chief of Staff by radio. ”

"Contact has been lost since the chief of staff sent a telegram that the county town was attacked!"

The army commander's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he found the telegram sent by the chief of staff before, and analyzed it after reading it several times in a row.

"It shouldn't be!"

"Judging from the telegram sent to us by the chief of staff in the afternoon, he is very confident in holding the county seat."

"I trust the judgment of the chief of staff, he said that if he can hold out until reinforcements, he will definitely be fine, so there must be something wrong?"

"The radio station was blown up?" The deputy chief of staff analyzed.

The commander thought for a moment and replied: "It's not impossible!" ”

"Remember Yi County? The county town captured by the garrison regiment half a month ago. ”

"According to the report of the chief of staff of the Imperial Allied Army and the captain of a squad of the Imperial Army who broke through the siege: The Eighth Route Army sent troops to lurk in the city in advance, and also brought a mortar."

"After the siege began, the latent troops fired at close range with mortars, blew up the telecommunications room of the headquarters on the spot, and cut off all contact between the county town and the outside world, causing the front army headquarters to learn two days later that Yi County was captured by the garrison regiment."

"There is an eighty percent chance that the Eighth Route Army attacking our logistics base will be troops sent by the garrison regiment, and they are likely to repeat their old tricks."

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