Chapter 33: The Raid on Zaozhuang (Part II)

In the middle of the night, the cannon roared at the gate of the city, which surprised the Japanese puppet troops stationed in the city. The www.biquge.info hurriedly assembled and ran towards the city gate, but he did not expect that a team had already infiltrated the city and launched a surprise attack on the garrison headquarters.

In the face of the sudden shelling, many little devil officers who had just summoned the garrison headquarters had not yet come to discuss how to counterattack, and they saw that the garrison headquarters was also caught in a burst of artillery fire.

Kobayashi Akiya, who was about to hold a meeting, looked at the room next to the conference room being hit by a shell, and said in the same shock: "Yaga, someone is shelling nearby, quickly, get out and avoid the shelling!" ”

The officers, who were also startled, hurriedly rushed out of the conference room. Even if there are shells falling outside, it's better than staying in a conference room and potentially being buried in it!

The gendarme, who was in charge of the security of the headquarters, soon someone ran over and said, "Your Excellency the garrison, for your safety, we need to take you to transfer as soon as possible." The enemy's artillery fire is fierce, and we are holding back. ”

'Yaga! How did these people get into the city? How did they get here? What do the city defense troops eat? ’

Akiya Kobayashi, who was firmly guarded in the middle by several gendarmes, looked extremely angry when he looked at the shells that hit the garrison headquarters. Under normal circumstances, unless it was heavy artillery, it would be difficult to directly shell the headquarters from outside the city.

The captain of the military police squad who was being trained also felt very aggrieved. After all, their gendarmerie is only responsible for the security of the garrison headquarters, and the patrol and vigilance tasks in the city are the responsibility of the garrison troops, and they are not to blame for this matter!

Just when the mortar and grenadier were pouring artillery fire into the garrison headquarters, Zhao Tiehu, who led the assault team, waved with one hand: "Attack!" ”

A very crisp and neat word, accompanied by the fierce gunfire of the commando, the gendarmes who were guarding and defending outside the garrison headquarters were killed several people in an instant. As the arrow of the commando, Zhao Tiehu rushed to the front as before.

Taking down the machine gun position outside the garrison headquarters, Zhao Tiehu said again: "Grenadier group, prepare grenades!" ”

Zhao Tiehu, who gave the battle order while shooting, also took out a grenade from his body and unscrewed it, held it in his hand and said again: "Ready, pull!" One, two, throw! ”

After a two-second delay, Zhao Tiehu and the grenadier team of the assault team quickly threw the grenade into the garrison headquarters inside the pass wall. After throwing one, Zhao Tiehu took out the second one and continued to play and continue to throw.

After one person threw three grenades, Zhao Tiehu gestured again: "Machine gun group, rush!" ”

Without any hesitation, several machine gunners who had changed their magazines rushed into the Japanese garrison headquarters first. The moment the two machine gunners stormed the headquarters, they pulled the trigger in their hands and poured the bullets into it.

Even if you don't see the shooting target, the fire of two machine gunners can also play a role in suppressing fire. At least the little devils in front of them are likely to be killed as long as they come up.

The machine gunners, who rushed into the garrison headquarters, quickly dispersed and said: "Block, defend!" ”

After setting up the offensive and defensive formation, the little devils stationed at the headquarters also began to exchange fire with the machine gun team. It didn't take long for several combat groups following the machine gun team to follow Zhao Tiehu into the command headquarters smoothly.

'Set up grenadier positions and start shelling!' Other teams, fire cover! ’

Zhao Tiehu, who also rushed into the headquarters smoothly, looked at the stubborn little devil who was resisting in the garrison headquarters, and kept shooting with a 38 big cover. As soon as the gunshots rang out, one of the little devils fell to the ground.

As the assault team successfully stormed the garrison headquarters and established an offensive forward position, the attacking grenadier group also quickly established a position. It wasn't long before several grenadiers began to carry out precision shelling at close range.

When Zhao Tiehu broke through to the garrison headquarters, Li Chengwu, who was feinting outside the city, also kept moving the artillery position and constantly pouring artillery fire into Zaozhuang City. In the face of such a fierce shelling, the guards in the city also did not dare to take the lead easily.

It's just that what makes the defenders of the city curious is that they only saw the constant sound of artillery outside the city, but they did not hear any troops attacking outside the city. The gunshots could really be heard near the garrison headquarters in the city, and the gunshots became more and more dense.

The Japanese troops in the city, who had rushed to the city gate for reinforcements, all rushed to the garrison headquarters after hearing the gunfire from the garrison headquarters. However, before these troops reached the headquarters, they were met with gunfire from both sides of the street.

'Damn it, there's an ambush!' Attack, be sure to rush over, rush! ’

The little devil officer who led the team, facing the blocking troops that suddenly appeared on both sides of the street, naturally knew that these gunmen were here to stop them. And the reason for the blockade was nothing more than to buy time for the troops attacking the garrison headquarters.

In the process, a reconnaissance team wanders around the city, constantly searching for valuable targets for shelling. Signal flares were fired to direct artillery fire outside the city, and these targets were shelled. For a time, many Japanese targets in the city were shelled.

Just when Zhao Tiehu began to lead the assault team to clear out the Japanese troops in the garrison headquarters. The reconnaissance team came to the gate of the city where the artillery fire gradually stopped, and watched the Japanese soldiers hiding on the city wall, and suddenly launched a fierce attack.

The defenders of the city, who originally felt relieved and no longer had to worry about the shelling, were also caught off guard in the face of the fierce gunfire coming from behind them. Looking at the attacking troops that forced under the city gates, the defenders at the head of the city also looked very worried.

An officer immediately said: "Blockade, you can't let them rush over, hurry, go down to the city to block!" ”

Li Chengwu, who had been staring at the movement at the head of the city, watched the defenders on the city wall rush to the city one after another, and immediately said: "One row, up!" ”

A platoon of commandos who had been waiting for a long time, led by a platoon commander, began to advance in battle formation with multiple explosives packs. Some of the little devils and puppet soldiers who stayed on the city wall were also shocked when they saw this scene.

'Shoot, shoot, the earth is on the offensive!' ’

Without searchlights, the defenders at the head of the city, although they could not see too far, faced a row of approaching attacks, and they also knew that they could not let the other side get close to the wall. Otherwise, what will happen to them is not good.

The defenders of the city, who had just rushed down the city walls, heard the sound of gunfire from the city walls and immediately realized that there were troops attacking outside the city. In the process, the reconnaissance team also kept pushing into the city walls.

The platoon in charge of the attack, looking at the machine guns fired on the city wall, the platoon commander immediately said: "Sniper team, kill the machine guns on the city wall!" Machine gun crew, fire cover, demolition team, ready to charge! Blow open the gates for me! ”

After some deployment, several soldiers with excellent shooting skills immediately found a shooting position and began to shoot accurately at the little devil machine gunners on the city wall. Looking at the machine gunners who fell one after another, the defenders of the city were equally startled.

There was a little devil officer, looking at the machine gunners who kept falling, and said in the same horror: "Baga, the shooting level of Tubalu is so powerful?" Damn, machine gun fire can't stop, keep going! ”

With soldiers constantly being sent to act as machine gunners, the machine guns mounted by the imps on the city walls were also intermittent. As for the riflemen on the ramparts, under the suppression of the fire of the machine gunners, they also constantly and easily took the lead.

Seeing the success of suppressing the fire on the city walls, several Demomen held explosives packets and began to run in an S-shape around their waists. While dodging the fire of the defenders at the head of the city, he kept approaching the city gate that was not far away.

When the demolition team arrived at the city gate and piled several explosive bags at the city gate, Li Chengwu had already ordered: "Second platoon, third platoon, prepare to charge!" ”

'Yes, Captain! ’

The two combat platoons, also lying in ambush outside the city, quietly waited for the moment of the charge. After a few loud noises, the closed gate of Zaozhuang collapsed. At this moment, the assault team's charge horn sounded.

'Comrades, rush! ’

The soldiers of the two platoons, under the urging of the charge, quickly rushed into Zaozhuang City. At this moment, the Japanese puppet army in the city who was preparing to rescue the garrison headquarters also heard a huge explosion and shouts of killing from the city gate.

'Oh no, the gates are gone!' Damn, what are the city gate guards doing to eat? How can it be so easy for the enemy to attack! ’

In fact, the defenders of the city gate also found it unbelievable at this moment. In their opinion, with their ability, it was impossible for the enemy to storm the city gates. But the problem is that the offensive methods of these attacking forces are weird.

First, the continuous artillery bombardment caused the whole city to shake, and then the surprise attack on the garrison headquarters caused the troops in the city to lose their command and guidance in an instant, and many defenders could only obey the orders of their respective commanders and could not achieve unified command.

Just when the troops in the city were bent on rescuing the garrison headquarters, the troops shelled outside the city suddenly attacked, and it was a combined attack. Under this kind of blow, the defenders of the city naturally could not hold out for long.

Looking at the Eighth Route Army that rushed into the city, the remaining defenders of the city head were quickly defeated. Except for a few puppet soldiers who really surrendered, all the little devils on the city gate were annihilated. And at this moment, Li Chengwu also led the troops into the city.

"Quick, don't stop, rush to the command of the little devils, drag the infantry artillery in, and there are many devils there, bombard there!" ’

Compared with the bulkiness of the mountain artillery, the little devil's Type 92 infantry cannon is undoubtedly lighter, and as long as a few soldiers push it, it can withstand the artillery attack. In the face of this kind of bayonet shelling of artillery, the defenders of the city, who had lost their command, could only retreat one after another.

And at this moment, the people in the city who were completely awakened by the sound of gunfire also looked very incredible in the face of the increasingly fierce battles in the city. In their opinion, there are still troops in Shandong who dare to attack such a military town as Zaozhuang?

Whether they believe it or not, the facts are in front of them. Some military command spy personnel lurking in Zaozhuang also looked incredulous when they saw the troops wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army rushing into the city, and it seemed that it was the Eighth Route Army that attacked Zaozhuang.

After all, the strength of the anti-Japanese war troops in Shandong is still dominated by the Zhongyan army. But even so, most of the Zhongyan Army troops who fought in Shandong stayed in their own guerrilla areas, and rarely dared to provoke the little devils.

And now, the Eighth Route Army, which is only good at guerrilla warfare, dares to attack such a military town as Zaozhuang. This seems a little incredible!