"Boom ......"

In the violent explosion, a three-meter-wide gap was blown out of the courtyard wall.

More than a dozen guards escorted the chief of staff out of the courtyard and rushed towards the arsenal.

After running less than 200 meters, five or six imperial troops rushed towards them, followed by more "military police", shooting at the imperial troops in front of them while rushing, presenting to the chief of staff a picture of the imperial army chasing and killing the imperial army.

The chief of staff reacted after a moment's pause, and ordered in a hurry.

"The gendarmes in the back must have pretended to be the Eighth Route Army, setting up positions on the spot to meet the imperial army in front."

"They rushed over from the arsenal and must have known what was going on there."

Although they were answered, only two of the six men escaped.

Seeing the rank on the shoulders of the chief of staff, Chief Cao, one of the two devils, was about to cry with excitement, and immediately reported: "Sir, the arsenal is finished." ”

"The Eighth Route Army disguised itself as a patrol to sneak attack the arsenal, and our captain couldn't guard against it, and he was killed before he could touch the gun."

"You have escaped by patrolling outside the arsenal, and you must avenge our captain and recapture the arsenal."

The chief of staff's heart jumped, and his face instantly became heavy.

The arsenal was lost, and there was no need to continue the plan to establish a headquarters in the arsenal.

As for recapturing the arsenal, he didn't dare to think about it.

The guards, staff officers, and officers around him all added up to less than forty people, and they were only armed with two light machine guns, less than twenty rifles, and the rest were all self-defense pistols.

There were well-fortified fortifications at the entrance to the arsenal, and two heavy machine guns were also erred.

Even if there is only one squad of the Eighth Route Army guarding there, it will be an egg hitting a stone when he rushes over.

Don't talk about retaking the arsenal, if you don't do it, everyone's life will be lost there.

At this moment, the chief of staff thought of the artillery position not far away, where there were more than two hundred imperial gunners and a squad of guard units.

What's more, it was heavily guarded, and the guard troops had built a lot of guard positions around the artillery positions, which the Eighth Route Army would certainly not be so easy to capture.

The chief of staff's eyes lit up, and he quickly ordered: "Let's go to the artillery position......

"The troops were put on heightened alert, formed into battle formations and slaughtered the artillery positions, where a new command was established."

The chief of staff was fortunate that the reconnaissance company and the assault team in the city were too busy clearing out the remnants of the enemy and occupying ammunition depots and supply warehouses to care about them.

Thirty or so devils went very smoothly and easily entered the artillery position.

Walking into the artillery headquarters, before he could catch his breath, the herald from the city wall came in on his heels.

Seeing that the chief of staff was anxiously reported: "Sir, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce, the troops have suffered heavy losses, and they urgently need artillery support. ”

"We also need a large number of light and heavy machine guns, and the light and heavy machine guns that the command has reinforced to us have been destroyed by shells during the battle."

The wing commander stood next to him and reminded: "Chief of staff, there has just been a problem with the ammunition depot, and there is definitely no way to replenish them with light and heavy machine guns." ”

The front made two demands to the command, and if they were not met, they would definitely mistakenly think that they were abandoned by the command, and then affect the morale of the troops.

Now the second request cannot be met by themselves, so they can only agree to their first request.

He made a decision on the spot: "Go back and tell your captain that there are no light and heavy machine guns for the time being, but I will give him three mortars." ”

"The artillerymen will return to the battlefield with you, and they will be under the command of your captain."

Artillery is too important, with them, the brothers do not have to fight under artillery fire, and the losses will definitely be greatly reduced.

The herald was afraid that the chief of staff would regret it, so he withdrew the order just now and hurriedly replied: "Thank you, sir, I will take the artillery back now." ”

In less than half an hour, the chief of staff sent out twelve mortars to assist in the defense of the city.

The artillery positions of the Nuoda were almost emptied, and only four mountain guns, two infantry guns, and four mortars that had been brought out of the arsenal before the war.

"Boom ......"

An even more violent explosion suddenly came from the direction of the south gate.

The chief of staff rushed out of the headquarters and saw more than a dozen clouds of black smoke rising from the city, wrapped in fireballs.

The "boom......boom" explosion sounded again, this time more violently than before.

The face of the leader of the mountain artillery squadron standing next to him quickly turned pale, and he shouted: "Sir, it's mountain artillery." ”

"The Eighth Route Army is attacking the south gate with mountain artillery, and there are at least four of them, and at least ten mortars."

The chief of staff frowned, did not speak immediately, and held a telescope to look in the other three directions of the county.

The same gunfire continued, and the cannon rumbled.

But compared to the South Gate, the sound of their cannons there was obviously much weaker.

The chief of staff's expression became more and more solemn, and he analyzed very seriously: "The south gate must be the main direction of the Eighth Route Army, and their artillery fire is concentrated there. ”

"Immediately find their artillery positions, mountain artillery squadrons, infantry artillery squads, and mortar units, and counterattack as quickly as possible, kill them, and reduce the combat pressure of the defending troops."

The siege headquarters outside the city, half of the mountain artillery to participate in the battle was ordered by Li Hao personally.

How many artillery pieces and types of artillery are equipped by the Japanese puppet army in the city, Li Hao knows in his heart.

After there were mortars on all four walls to participate in the battle, Li Hao immediately ordered half of the mountain artillery to participate in the battle, trying to force out the remaining artillery of the devil.

The reason why he didn't order all the mountain artillery to participate in the battle was because he was afraid that after all the nine mountain artillery pieces were exposed, he would scare the little devil and dare not fight back.

"Woo...... Boom ......"

Screams soon rang out over the battlefield, and a few seconds later there was an explosion from the artillery position.

Li Hao knew that the devil had been fooled, and immediately ordered: "The artillery found the artillery position of the devil in the city, the heavy mortars, and the remaining mountain artillery, all of which participated in the battle." ”

"I'm going to raze the devil artillery position with five salvos!"

The Japanese artillery headquarters, listening to the rumbling sound of artillery firing outside, the tense nerves of the chief of staff were obviously relieved.

In the eyes of most Japanese, the Chinese lack heavy weapons.

As long as the artillery units of the Imperial Army opened fire, the Eighth Route Army would definitely not be an opponent.

The chief of staff also had such thoughts: he was very confident that the artillery of the Eighth Route Army must not be the opponent of his own artillery.

After a few minutes of artillery battles, the winner is definitely himself.

As long as the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army are killed, relying only on the infantry, it is absolutely impossible to take Huaiyuan County, and he has the hope of holding out until the reinforcements arrive.

Just when the chief of staff was dreaming, the explosion of "boom ......" suddenly sounded in his ears.

He is also a battle-hardened veteran, and at least he can distinguish between the sound of artillery and explosions.

Immediately shouted: "Where did the explosion come from?" Is there something wrong with the artillery position! ”

A staff officer was just about to run out to see what was going on, when an artillery lieutenant rushed in and reported with fear: "Sir, we are being targeted ......"

"The Eighth Route Army is also equipped with large-caliber mortars, and the mountain artillery is not the four we just judged, at least twice as much."

"It's too dangerous here, it could be covered by artillery fire at any moment, you have to leave immediately."

"Boom ......"

The second round of shells fell from the sky, and the nearest washed shells were only fifteen meters away from the headquarters, and a strong air wave swept over like a shock wave storm, and the two guards at the door were directly blown over and smashed to the ground, with a painful face.

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