It was only after asking about the wounded soldiers who had been sent out of the castle that Major General Tokutaro Nakajima learned what had happened to the squadron that had broken into the castle. Originally, after this squadron broke into the city, it was preparing to disperse according to the standard street fighting tactics of the Japanese army, and the situation of the tactical group was developing in depth.

The gasoline barrels that suddenly fell from the city gate behind him exploded, and the team that was about to climb the city wall and clear the city head was cremated en masse. In other words, the unlucky ones were not only blocked in the hole of the city gate, but the squad that was the first batch of troops to enter the city in the second echelon. One of the first squadrons to enter the city lost a squad before even the shadow of the enemy could be seen.

When the remaining Japanese troops hurriedly dispersed, they were met with intensive fire from more than a dozen machine guns. When the Japanese soldiers, who were somewhat out of reach, wanted to get into the nearest house to resist, or to avoid the fire from the Eighth Route. But he found that all the houses around the city gate were hung with strings on the doors and windows.

Whether you're flipping through a window or kicking a door, there's always a stick* waiting for you. The most outrageous thing is that after entering a house, a three-man Japanese tactical team did not make a noise or touch anything*. Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, a Japanese soldier who entered the room just straightened his waist.

The rifle in his hand accidentally touched a New Year's painting pasted on the wall. This is normal for Chinese who are still in the Spring Festival period, and as long as there is a tile to cover their bodies during the New Year, they will stick a New Year painting on the wall according to their wishes, or send a New Year painting of Guanyin.

This New Year's picture of a few Japanese soldiers, no one cared. As a result, no one expected that when the gun in the soldier's hand touched this New Year's painting, a * suddenly fell from the beam on the top of the New Year's painting. As a result, none of the three Japanese soldiers could escape, and two were killed and one was seriously injured.

The surrounding friendly neighborhood combat team wanted to rescue the wounded. Of course, when this courtyard was entered before, there was no explosion. The explosion came from inside the house, and it is estimated that the three unlucky eggs have cleaned up the house for themselves. In this damn, everywhere* place, such a house should be relatively safe.

A detachment of Japanese troops with the same idea rushed over collectively in the name of rescuing their comrades. As a result, when the three of them stepped over before, an explosion sounded at the door, which was still fine. and triggered a series of explosions throughout the courtyard, as a result of which an entire detachment, that is, a Japanese soldier of an infantry squad, did not run out.

Not only everywhere, but especially in positions that could serve as points of fire for light and heavy machine guns, were laid *. And in the alleys leading to the city, there are large well-camouflaged pits covered with small pits, and the pits are also buried*, or sharpened wood. As long as you fall into it, there is absolutely no one good.

A reinforced squadron of Japanese troops, without even seeing the face of the Eighth Road, suffered nearly two-thirds of the casualties. In the case of a fire in the back, * on the left and right, there is no way to move forward and no way to retreat. Adhering to the usual offensive concept of the Imperial Japanese Army, the Japanese army simply attacked along the only street in the county.

In fact, it's not that this Japanese army really has that much courage, and it's not that they are really not afraid of death. The remnants of the Japanese army have long been frightened, and they have long had no will to fight. From all the officers to the non-commissioned officers to the soldiers, they all want to quit as soon as possible.

But the people behind him, as well as the firewood that was still falling from the city wall, and*, they had no way out. Continuing to attack forward was also a helpless move by these Japanese troops, but also in order to be able to survive. At least for them, there is still a glimmer of hope for the rush forward.

As a result, faced with a large amount of crossfire, it was almost impossible to move forward. Moreover, the scattered Japanese troops had to face attacks from the ground, rooftops, and even underground from the ground at the same time. In the houses around the north gate, a small hole has been dug in many houses. The eight roads hidden inside were thrown out as soon as the Japanese soldiers entered the house*.

Now all the members of their squadron are here now. It's just that everyone went in standing up, and now they all lie down when they come out. And these people who are lying down, the people who are out of breath account for the vast majority. There were less than twenty people still panting.

After listening to the description of the wounded, Major General Nakajima Tokutaro hated the roots of his teeth. Even the city could not be entered, and nearly three squadrons were lost, plus a part of the artillery. This is in the midst of all the siege operations of the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield since the September 18 Incident. In the face of such a slap-sized county, it is the first time that such a heavy loss has occurred.

Major General Nakajima Tokutaro, who was very angry, although he was also angry, he did not lose his mind like his subordinate. He quickly readjusted the attack plan and readjusted the deployment of troops. He changed the focus of the attack from the original east gate to the north gate.

I don't know what exactly the major general thinks, maybe he intends to get up from where he fell. Or think that the Eighth Route defenders at the North Gate at this time have basically exhausted their tricks, and they can't play any tricks anymore. The north gate may be a key point in the current eight-way defense, and it is relatively easy to start from here.

It is even possible that this Major General Nakajima Tokutaro still hoped that the defenders of the original castle would destroy all the ammunition in the castle before the entire army was destroyed. In the previous battle of the Eighth Route, most of their ammunition had been consumed. As long as you break through on your own, you may not encounter too strong resistance.

It is obvious that this Major General Nakajima Tokutaro, although he has not completely lost his mind, but he has lost patience. In the other three directions of Hubei County, he only put the necessary surveillance troops. Most of the troops surrounding Hubei County were mobilized to the north gate.

According to the deployment of Tokutaro Nakajima, the Japanese army mainly attacked the direction of the castle gate. The puppet army concentrated most of its forces and stormed the walls on both sides of the city gate. In order to be able to take Hubei County in one go, the Major General Nakajima Tokutaro mobilized almost all the artillery involved in the battle this time to cover the attack on the north gate.

With the order of Nakajima Tokutaro to attack generally, seven Japanese mountain guns, two field guns, plus the remaining one 105 mm* gun, as well as four 92 infantry guns and seven mortars, launched an unprecedented artillery bombardment on the north wall of Hubei County.

The dense cannonballs completely baptized the entire north and north city walls of the pot. After following the order of Major General Nakajima Tokutaro to raze the town of Hubei to the ground, the artillery fire began to extend into the city. Under your command to attack Tokutaro Nakajima, two Japanese squadrons took the lead, and under the cover of light and heavy machine guns and infantry guns behind them, launched an attack on the front line of the city gate.

On the two flanks of the city gate, there were 300 puppet soldiers in two Japanese infantry squads, with bayonets and muzzles on their backs, carrying tied ladders to attack the city wall. Although the combat effectiveness of these puppet troops is not strong, under the coercion of the muzzle, they have also played a certain level, at least in terms of momentum.

Watching the troops attack on all fronts, Major General Nakajima Tokutaro swore that after recapturing the county seat of Hubei. He wanted to unscrew off the head of Li Ziyuan and make a specimen and put it in the toilet bowl of his residence. He was completely returned to him for his repeated humiliation of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Today's battle for Hubei County is not only a shame for the 62nd Division, but also a great shame for him, Major General Nakajima Tokutaro. The actions of the Eighth Route Commander on the opposite side deeply humiliated his dignity as a major general of the Imperial Japanese Army. If you don't cut the eight-way commander on the other side with a thousand knives, it will be difficult to solve the hatred in his heart.

Under the personal supervision of this Nakajima Tokutaro, the Japanese puppet army's attack posture this time can be described as full. The number of troops invested at one time almost exceeded the total number of troops in the city. It's just that when the Japanese puppet army climbed the city wall, they found that the city wall was empty. The Japanese puppet army, which was led by artillery fire and rushed into Hubei County from the city gate, did not encounter any resistance.

That is to say, the Japanese puppet army that launched the attack was full of strength, and hit it with a fierce fist, but it hit the air. The Japanese puppet army that had not yet waited to climb the city wall, and the Japanese puppet army that rushed into the city cheered. At the same time as a burst of dense shells smashed over, a violent explosion occurred on the north city wall of the entire Hubei county.

A full 1,000 kilograms, plus a large amount of * explosion power, will completely blow up the northern city wall of Hubei County, which is still barely supported under the heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army. More than 600 puppet troops climbed the city wall, plus after they climbed the city wall, followed by two squadrons of Japanese troops preparing to deploy along the city wall, and a heavy machine gun squadron was almost all spared.

The bombed bricks and tiles flew everywhere, even flying hundreds of meters away. The shock wave from the explosion can be felt by anyone from a distance of several kilometers. Within a radius of more than ten kilometers around the entire Hubei County, they all felt flickered. Many people thought there had been an earthquake.

Not only the Japanese puppet army that attacked the city wall, but the rubble and rubble that were lifted were either buried alive or blown into the sky. Even the Japanese artillery positions, as well as the new command post, were shattered by the shock wave generated by the violent explosion. All kinds of artillery were thrown into disarray by shock waves and strong vibrations.

Just before the Japanese army woke up from the explosion, the dense artillery sound in the city sounded again, and with the sound of the cannonballs, pieces of shells smashed into the Japanese artillery position. The Japanese artillery position, which had not yet reacted, was blown into a sea of fire by shells from inside the city.

The eight roads on the opposite side did not take into account the service life of their own guns at all, and were firing almost at a speed that exceeded the highest standard of the rate of fire. As for the artillery that came at them in the city, all the Japanese artillery clearly heard the ballistic sound of the Type 94 and Type 41 mountain guns, as well as the Type 91* guns.

It's just that I can hear it clearly, but the problem is that the ability of the other side of the eight roads to take advantage of the void is too strong. The explosion on the northern wall was like a signal, and the artillery of the eight roads in the city immediately opened fire. And the first round of shells hit the artillery positions. Before the Japanese artillery could react, the shells had already fallen on the positions.

The Japanese army did not know that in Hubei County on the opposite side, the Eighth Route had already set a ruler for all the targets in and around the county seat. In particular, according to Li Ziyuan's order, Zhou Tong made all the locations where artillery and heavy machine gun positions could be set up, and the selection of targets was the top priority.