This understanding had been formed before the war, and it was unified, and as soon as the artillery battle began, although according to the so-called Civil Affairs Bureau, there were still many residents in the residential areas of the city that had not yet been evacuated, but intelligence showed that there was "probably" a regiment of the enemy stationed there, and they were coercing these residents, otherwise the inhabitants would not have run away when they faced the threat of war during the war years. In addition, there is a "probable" presence of enemy observation posts on the walls - waiting for our troops to make plans to protect the population from artillery strikes. The British are very aware of this truth, that is, the use of residential areas to make you, the so-called African People's Army, afraid to carry out a full-scale operation, and to be forced to fight with us in the street - this is the use of residential areas for military purposes, and naturally we must resolutely crack down.

Everyone understands very well that these innocent people must be protected, and they also understand that the enemy must be dealt with a ruthless iron fist to deal a devastating blow, but since ancient times, it is impossible to have both fish and bear's paws, and can only be full of regret, "tears" with the most fierce artillery fire, to destroy the enemy. As a result, the 105-millimeter shells, which were enough to cut off the hill by several meters, were aimed at the city by the artillerymen on the various artillery positions without hesitation. Geriola's order is very vague, and the execution of each artillery position is naturally uneven, and when the artillery fire on the inside of the city, the smoke on the city wall gradually recedes, and the city that originally stood in the grassland is now only left with broken walls.

When the shells landed in the residential area, sawdust and gravel rose into the sky, and the sacks and oil drums filled with sand and gravel that the British were preparing to use for a decisive battle against the African People's Army in the residential area flew up and down under the blows of artillery fire, and then fell, tearing the sacks apart and lifting out a large amount of muddy sand. A large number of British corpses and servants lay in a scattered manner, and there were very few real residents.

The tank groups spitting thick black smoke also drove out of their respective positions, drove to a place close to the city, and assembled, and groups of African People's Army soldiers began to assemble behind the tanks, and after the soldiers set up the offensive formation, the drivers in the cockpit of the tank began to step on the accelerator continuously, and the tanks then made a "boom" sound. The on-board machine gunner next to the driver also hung up the cartridge and opened the bolt to shoot at any time, and the tank gunner also picked up the shell and waited for the shell to be loaded. Then the whole force began to move forward.

"Hey...... Commissars, tank divisions and infantry divisions are on the move! Jeriola grinned and said:

While observing the effects of the artillery bombardment of his own artillery and admiring the coordinated combat formation of the army's tank units and soldier units, several army commanders were also observing the attack on the city in front of them through binoculars at several observation ports not far from the headquarters. Only the commissar was sullen on the sidelines.

"Hmm...... Field tanks, machine gun fire support squads, storming blasters, that platoon is already close to the city wall, the news says that there is only one reinforced brigade defender in the city, and the artillery fire has been blown up just now, we are now going up two divisions, isn't it the same as playing? These people attacking this city is like going out in a group, and compared to us hard-working people, it is really happy! A military commander grinned and said:

At this time, another army commander used his high-powered telescope to carefully observe the situation of the army's attack, while watching the small boat under the cover of artillery fire, approaching the city, the army commander was still commenting: "Yes, yes, the tanks and infantry have already arrived in the city, and the resistance fire in the city is scarce, so I said that there is no need to send any tanks to spend fuel and energy...... The tank gun fired, eh! Those gunners did a really good job, and the power of this tank gun is also good...... Wait,, what's that? Women's white shirts? How could there be that thing. It's not from our army. ”

"Wait, what ladies white shirts? Let me see! The sullen political commissar on the side couldn't help sulking after hearing the words of the military commander, and when the military commander said it, his curiosity was aroused, and he hurriedly picked up the telescope hanging on his chest, held it up to his eyes, and quickly rotated the focus knob. Forehead...... That's a white flag with a white coat, a white flag, right? They surrendered before we stormed the city?! ”

Putting down the binoculars, the political commissar and Jeriola glanced at each other, and the two of them smiled helplessly.

Didn't they all say before that the British army was still relatively capable of fighting? Why did you change your mind today? At the moment, they had only fired a few shots, and before the soldiers had fired a single bullet from their rifles, they surrendered with the clothes of the woman they had found out of nowhere. The two senior officers, who were still enthusiastic and excited just now, don't know what to say now, what is the use of such a "battle" for the offensive operations to be launched by the tank troops? It's a pure waste of fuel, a waste of feelings. You have to make two strokes of it.

At this time, the political commissar smiled bitterly and said to Jeriola: "This is too much, it has no reference value for us." I'm afraid the casualty figure is that a few soldiers who didn't look at the road and fell into the explosion crater when they attacked, so as not to hurt their feet and necks. ”

Jeriola nodded: "Yes, but we should be glad that there were no casualties in the offensive battle, and it would be bad if there were casualties." I'm afraid that today this is only a special case, a special case under special circumstances, to prove that the defenders in the city really have no intention of fighting, and under our blows, those defenders have lost their souls; Second, since the beginning of our army, it has been a series of battles - this British has been scared by us, this does not need me to say that you also know, Western Europeans have a common problem, that is, the will to fight is very indomitable, and they are really far from the legendary brave and good at fighting. That's a good thing, because it's going to be much smaller and less difficult for us. This also saves the chairman from settling accounts with me all day long in front of me. ”

After hearing this, the political commissar nodded, remembered something again, nodded and said: "Perhaps, I hope the British in the back are not very belligerent, Chairman, I don't want to lose the battle." ”

"Okay, we hard-working people don't want cats to move around in this room where the cannon goes off and the scum is all over the house, go out into the city to have a look, get into the joy of those division commanders, and make us invincible in the future." Jeriola says:

The whole battle lasted less than two hours, the sun had not fully risen to the center of the sky, and the sunset shone on this city full of broken eaves and broken walls, giving the city a more bloody color, which was originally a lifeless city, but was so indiscriminately bombarded by artillery, and now only the broken walls remained, and it looked even more dilapidated.

Then several people entered the city with great interest, but when they saw the broken Baixiang in front of them, they suddenly lost Yaxing. But everyone is still thinking about it in their hearts, because history has proved that the battle cannot be solved by artillery fire. Even if the victory can be achieved, the casualties of the troops will not be too small, and the field battle may not be able to destroy all the enemy troops. But as soon as the sound of artillery stopped, the volunteers came out again. So in the end, it's a decisive battle between man and man.