At four o'clock in the morning, Li Hao rushed to the outside of Baoding with the former enemy headquarters of the garrison regiment.

The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth main battalions had already surrounded Baoding tightly, and all the mortars they had just captured were taken out before they could be warmed up in their hands, and they were set up outside the city in groups of two or three to fire shells at the head of the city.

If the Japanese fired back from inside the city, the gunners would immediately abandon the artillery and retreat, and the nearby artillery would send at least twice as many mortars in response.

This is a war of attrition, and a large number of artillery pieces are destroyed every moment, both from the devil and from the Eighth Route Army.

In order to strengthen the offensive firepower of the attacking troops, the Baoding garrison emptied all its family resources and borrowed a large number of heavy weapons from the weapons and ammunition that went south.

After Baoding was besieged for the second time, plus the heavy weapons brought back to the city by the attacking troops, there were only 28 mountain artillery and heavy artillery and 49 mortars left in the whole Baoding, which also included all the remaining artillery in the weapons and ammunition going south.

On the other hand, the garrison regiment captured 64 mortars, and they were blown up when they were bombed, so it didn't matter.

The artillery battle lasted less than an hour and ended with the Japanese troops voluntarily withdrawing from the battle, allowing the Eighth Route Army to hit the shells at the head of the city, but not firing the artillery.

Several main battalion commanders were not vegetarians, and immediately ordered the troops to launch a tentative attack on the city, forcing the devils to the city and continuing to fire artillery, taking the opportunity to consume their vital forces.

The guard battalion took half an hour to set up the front enemy headquarters, and after listening to the reports of several battalion commanders, Li Hao began to give orders as soon as he entered the command headquarters.

"This kind of small fight is too slow, and it is difficult for the little devil to feel pain in a short period of time."

"The offensive must be strengthened immediately, so that the devil will be in pain before he will ask for reinforcements to the surrounding counties."

He Jun said with a nonchalant face: "Regiment Commander, I don't think that's necessary." ”

"In the first half of the night, we killed and wounded more than 2,000 little devils outside the city, and it would be good to have more than 4,000 puppet troops in the city now."

"As long as the heavy artillery battalion and armored company are in place to cover our entry into Baoding City before dawn, we will win this battle."

"We are lurking in Yi County, we should keep it and use it later."

Li Hao shook his head and explained: "Baoding is not Datong. ”

"Don't look at Datong City is bigger than Baoding, but if you really want to fight, Baoding will definitely be more difficult to fight than Datong."

"In addition to being a military town, Datong is also very economically developed, and a large number of Japanese live in it."

"Except for the city walls, which are a little higher, and the outside of the city are full of pillboxes and turrets, there are almost no fortifications inside the city."

"Baoding is different, the Japanese army has operated it as a military town from the beginning."

"In addition to the outside of the city and the fortifications of the city are full of pillboxes and artillery towers, the city is full of military warehouses, checkpoints, and bunkers where the Japanese puppet army hoarded supplies."

"After the troops enter the city, there will definitely be a tragic street battle waiting for everyone, and it is almost impossible to end the battle in a short time, and it will have to pay a huge price, these are the results that I don't want to see."

"If we can find a way to send Neiying into Baoding City, we can use a two-pronged approach to block all the enemies at the head of the city and destroy them."

"In this way, we can save people from street battles that cost lives."

Several battalion commanders were convinced, and Hong Linfeng immediately asked: "Regiment commander, how can we strengthen the offensive?" ”

"Let the armored company and the anti-aircraft battalion be in a company!" Li Hao decided.

"Didn't the armored company have several armored vehicles in conjunction with the guard battalion to protect the regimental headquarters? Move them all to the front. ”

"The mountain artillery and large-caliber mortars equipped by several main battalions were all concentrated at the west gate, and together with the air defense battalion company, they covered the armored company to attack the city. Battalion Commander He, you are responsible for cooperating and scaring the little devils in the city. ”

At the head of the northern city of Baoding, more than a dozen sentries huddled behind the battlements, looking nervously outside through the battlements, observing the enemy's situation, and praying that the shells falling above their heads would not fall on their sides.

"Boom ......"

Not far away, a series of explosions sounded, and in the flying firelight, a sentry was blown away in an instant, and the battlements used as cover for the sentry were blown to pieces, flying everywhere along with the sentry's corpse.

The explosion point was at least thirty meters away from the sentry, which certainly did not threaten him, but it still startled the sentry.

He's a veteran and battle-hardened.

I have seen everything from grenadiers to howitzers, and I have seen all kinds of artillery of any caliber, and when I heard it, I knew that the few shells that had just exploded were not ordinary.

Ordinary mortar shells would never be able to explode such violently, and it was impossible to blow up a half-meter-thick battlement with a single shot.

"There are large-caliber mortars joining the fight!" The sentry subconsciously exclaimed.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Before he could finish speaking, another explosion sounded not far away.

This series of explosions was even more bizarre, with only a few shells hitting the city, most of which hit the outer walls of the city walls.

In the flying firelight, the battlements hit by the cannonballs were all shattered without exception, and the cannonballs that smashed on the main body of the city wall should not be underestimated.

The sturdy wall tiles were blown out of a dent, more than ten centimeters deep, and if a cannonball hit this dent, the loess in the wall would be blown out.

"The mountain artillery unit of the Eighth Route Army has also participated in the battle, are they preparing to storm Datong!" The sentry was frightened again, and screamed dumbfounded.

Then he rushed towards the troops behind the walls like the wind, intending to report his findings to the captain.

The captain also heard the cannon sound more intensely than before, and the soldier's sixth sense made him realize that the next battle must be extraordinary.

Before the sentry could come, he rushed up to the city with some of his soldiers and collided with the sentry.

"Captain, the Eighth Route Army has attacked our mountain artillery and large-caliber mortars, and I think they may launch a strong attack at any time."

"I hear you!" The captain replied with a calm face.

Without stopping, he continued to run towards the city with his troops.

Rushing up to the city, the explosion was already loud, and everywhere there was billowing smoke and splashing fire.

The captain couldn't help but flash a hint of fear, fortunately the troops were not in the city just now, otherwise this wave of artillery fire alone would have lost more than half of his troops.

Before he could rejoice, another exclamation sounded in his ears!

"Armored vehicles, armored vehicles are rushing towards the city."

"Armored fighting vehicles!"

A look of incredulity flashed across the captain's face, and he took three steps and two steps, and hurriedly ran towards the battlement.

For ordinary infantry, armored vehicles are invincible.

Although it is impossible to enter Baoding City, it can cover the infantry to approach the city and let them destroy the city wall with explosives packs.

The most powerful weapon in his hand is a mortar, and there are only four left, and it is too difficult to hit an armored vehicle in motion.

Therefore, when the captain heard the words armored vehicle, he showed a shocked expression, and then slowly became worried.

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