The night came very late, it was still bright after eight o'clock, and the town of Shimen was still in silence.

The Japanese troops were still hovering outside the town, and they seemed to have no intention of attacking, but the first company of the Jibu Battalion in Shimen Town was ready to defend.

All the people in the town have been transferred to the tunnels, and now only the officers and soldiers of the first company of the Jibu Battalion are guarding in the town.

Trucks and straddle motorcycles have been hidden, and armored vehicles have been hidden in the streets, ready to be used in battle.

The Japanese troops outside the town were overwhelmingly superior, but the officers and men of the first company in the town had no fear, and they were actively preparing for battle.

In the previous attack on the county seat of Xiyang County, the troops of the Jibu Battalion conquered the county seat of Xiyang County without any heavy weapon support, and killed Qin Yashang, the commander of the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Army.

At 8:40 a.m., the Japanese troops began to move, and the 7th and 8th Independent Infantry Brigades of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade as the main attack began to appear on the outskirts of the town, while the 44 guns of Ikuta Kumi's artillery wing were also aimed at Shimenkou Town, and they would be ready to fire shells at any time.

At 8:50 a.m., Major General Nakanomura Momoyo, Major General of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army, sent a staff officer who was proficient in Chinese to the outside of Shimen Town, and the staff officer began to launch a psychological offensive.

"Officers and soldiers of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, on behalf of His Excellency General Naganomura Momoyo, Major General of the First Brigade of the North China Front Army, I officially declare to you that as long as you lay down your arms and walk out of the defensive position, the Imperial Army will guarantee the safety of your lives, and at the same time, we will ensure the safety of the people in the town. Please think carefully about the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Shimen Town, laying down your arms is the best choice, whether it is for yourself or the people in the town, only by laying down your arms will there be a way to live. ”

"This time the Imperial Army dispatched more than 10,000 troops, we have infantry, artillery, armored troops and other combat arms, in terms of weapons and numbers, the Imperial Army has an absolute advantage in weapons and numbers, this operation is a meaningless battle, you are completely at a disadvantage, it is the wisest choice to lay down your arms. His Excellency General Momoyo Kunomura admires the courage of the officers and men of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, and this time you laid down your arms, not to surrender, but to hold peace talks, and we promise that your lives will not be harmed, let alone bring you any humiliation. ”

The Japanese army staff officer Shaozuo, who was proficient in Chinese, held a large iron horn, and he shouted loudly towards Shimenmen Town.

When the officers and soldiers in the town heard the words of the Japanese soldier Shaozuo, they all showed a sarcastic smile on their faces.

The captain and company commander immediately rolled a horn out of iron sheets, and he shouted just as loudly.

"Little devil, listen, Lao Tzu is the company commander of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, you want us to surrender, don't dream, the Sixth Cavalry Regiment is a well-known man, we have only two results in fighting with you little devils on the battlefield, we will kill you alive, you will kill us alive, you want us to lay down our arms, even if you say that it is impossible. Don't talk nonsense, use whatever skills you have, the Sixth Cavalry Regiment only has officers and soldiers who died in battle, and there are no officers and soldiers who have laid down their arms. ”

After the captain and company commander of the first company of the Jibu battalion shouted, the little devil Shaozuo on the opposite side stopped talking.

At 9 o'clock in the evening of 24 August, the artillery wing of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese melee began to make a fuss, and shells were fired towards Shimenmen Town without warning.

TWENTY-FOUR 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS, TWELVE 75MM FIELD GUNS, TWELVE 150MM HOWITZERS, AND 44 GUNS LAUNCHED A COVERED SHELLING OF SHIMENKOU TOWN.

Shells hit Shimen Town like big fireballs, and explosions rang out one after another.

The shells fired from the 150mm howitzer will explode with a lot of movement, and the surrounding houses will begin to collapse, and huge craters will appear on the ground.

The three fighters in charge of the light machine guns in the town took refuge in a house that was directly hit by a shell.

The house was shattered by the bombing, and the flesh and blood of the three warriors were blurred, and they did not even have a single intact corpse left.

The heavy shelling continued, and the Japanese artillery had no intention of stopping, and the town of Shimen was soon plunged into a sea of fire.

In the headquarters of Kunomura Momoyo, Kunomura Momoyo looked towards Ishinomon Town with a telescope, and the expression on his face changed.

"The expansion of the Eighth Route Army is very fast, and some units have obviously experienced a decline in combat effectiveness, but Sun Weiguo's troops have always maintained their combat effectiveness, which has to be admired. It was surprising that one of their companies did not evacuate in the face of so many of our troops, and immediately ordered the search team to immediately expand the search area near Shimenmen Town, and it was very likely that reinforcements from Sun Weiguo's troops would appear immediately. ”

Kunomura Momoyo looked at the chief of staff Hattori Chiaki beside him, and he said in a serious tone.

Chiaki Hattori, who had already been promoted to Osa, nodded, and he immediately began to send heralds to deliver orders.

The search team's armored vehicles soon began to depart, and the shelling of the Japanese artillery wing began to stop.

More than 2,000 devil soldiers of the 7th and 8th Independent Infantry Brigades began to advance towards Shimen Town, and the devil soldiers began to attack at a distance of one kilometer.

Because the 4th Cavalry Brigade was attacked by Sun Weiguo's tank troops, the Japanese army in North China planned to add anti-tank guns to each infantry brigade, but considering the problem of Japanese resources, the plan to increase anti-tank guns for each brigade was shelved, but each infantry brigade temporarily added an anti-tank gun platoon.

THE ANTI-TANK GUNS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY ARE 20MM, AND ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE, THE CALIBER BELOW 20MM IS CALLED A GUN, AND THE CALIBER ABOVE 20MM IS CALLED A GUN.

THAT IS TO SAY, EACH INFANTRY BRIGADE OF THE JAPANESE ARMY WAS REINFORCED BY TWO 20MM ANTI-TANK GUNS.

THE FOUR TYPE 92 INFANTRY GUNS OF THE TWO INFANTRY BRIGADES WERE ERECTED AT A DISTANCE OF ONE THOUSAND METERS, AND THE MUZZLES OF THE BLACK HOLE WERE AIMED AT THE TOWN, WHILE THE FOUR 20MM ANTI-TANK GUNS WERE CHARGED WITH THE INFANTRY.

"Kill, give!" When he was less than five hundred meters away from Shimen Town, the captain of the first squadron of the Seventh Independent Infantry Brigade couldn't help but draw his saber, and he shouted loudly and encouraging his subordinates.

More than a hundred devil soldiers quickly rushed towards Shimenmen Town, these devil soldiers charged quickly, but the cooperation between them was very tacit, light machine guns and grenadiers were constantly provided for the infantry, as long as there was any firepower point in Shimenmen Town, light machine guns and grenadiers would shoot immediately.