At this time, Ivanovsky and his soldiers set up artillery positions two kilometers outside the West City Gate, which were one 105mm howitzer, two 77mm field guns, and two 60mm mountain guns. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Groups of soldiers carried the shells from the small steamers.

Ivanovsky touched the thick barrel of the 105mm howitzer and was very excited. He quickly calculated the firing parameters and instructed his artillerymen to adjust the angle of fire of the artillery.

With the rumbling sound of cannonballs, five shells suddenly fell in the area occupied by the Lithuanians, blowing up five flowers of death.

Because most of the Lithuanian soldiers were hiding in their houses, only a dozen soldiers were killed and wounded, but the sudden sound of artillery cast a shadow on the hearts of Lithuanian soldiers.

"Where is the sound of cannonball? Where? General Zukauskas asked with a look of surprise on his face.

After the complete annihilation of the artillery of the Soviet army the day before yesterday, he had not heard the sound of artillery for a day.

"Sir, the shells fired from the west of the town all landed in our area, and everyone was unprepared, and more than a dozen people were killed and wounded." An officer ran over and reported.

"West, how can it be West?" Zukauskas muttered to himself that he had thought that reinforcements from the Soviet army from the east had arrived.

"Speed up the attack, speed up and take the dock warehouse, so as not to have too many dreams at night." Although it was not the main force of the Soviet army from the east that attacked, this incident also gave Zukauskas a wake-up call.

"Yes, sir."

"Then ask General Goltz to send troops to support us."

"Yes, sir."

So under the orders of General Zukauskas, the Lithuanian soldiers had no choice but to desperately charge the strongholds of the Polish army.

This time, the machine-gun and rifle fire of the various strongholds of the Polish army supported each other, covering the entire area of the warehouse within a radius of 200 meters. All Lithuanian units exposed to the streets were subjected to machine-gun fire from at least two strongholds.

The Lithuanian charging army, having lost twenty or thirty people in the streets at once, finally rushed under the walls of the stronghold of the houses of the Polish troops. They used iron rods to pry the doors and windows. The Polish soldiers inside immediately picked up their submachine guns and fired at the soldiers outside, and one after another grenades were thrown from the building, and the Lithuanian soldiers below fled in all directions.

The rifles in the surrounding strongholds shot at each other's Lithuanian soldiers under the other strongholds, killing the Lithuanian soldiers hiding in the dead corners at once.

This strategy was an improved version of the Soviet Army's defensive tactics, with Koval increasing the number and firepower of each stronghold, making them a level more difficult to conquer. Every door and window has at least two handles, making the chances of Lithuanians looking for a gap to break through are slim to none.

The troops were concentrated in a two-hundred-meter radius, and mutual support became more effective.

The Lithuanian soldiers had no choice but to run to the vacant houses nearby, occupy them and confront the Polish troops.

There were also Lithuanian squads advancing from vacant houses into the battle line, trying to get behind the Polish stronghold.

As soon as they came out of the house, they were targeted by the Polish soldiers guarding the center of the warehouse, and the machine-gun fire on the street broke up their ranks at once. One by one, the Lithuanian soldiers ran behind the roadside obstacles, dodging machine-gun fire.

The accurate shooters of the Polish army pulled the trigger on the Lithuanian soldiers who were hiding in the corners and thinking they were safe, and the Lithuanian soldiers did not see who killed them until they died.

Only twenty minutes later, General Zukauskas heard sad news.

"The first wave of attacks was wiped out? Lost five stormtroopers armed with submachine guns? Zukauskas said in surprise.

"Yes, sir, the sudden increase in enemy fire makes it difficult for our men to break through their lines and penetrate inside their strongholds. And the enemy seems to be armed with the same submachine guns as us. A Lithuanian officer whispered.

Street fighting has always been a difficult problem in warfare, and even during World War II, with the high level of tactical ability of the German army, they were dragged down by a group of recruits in street fighting.

"How is that possible? How could the Soviet army have the weapons of the Germans? General Zukauskas asked rhetorically.

"Well, where are the troops of the Germans?" General Zukauskas asked.

"Report to the chief, General Gorz has just sent news that on the opposite side are Polish troops, who secretly took the dock warehouse last night." A staff officer said.

"What a joke! Everything was very quiet yesterday, how could the Poles take the dock warehouse under our eyelid disciples? General Zukauskas said incredulously.

"General Goltz said that they were helping us to resist the aggression of the Soviet army and not to go to war with the Polish army." The staff officer said calmly.

"Really Poles?" General Zukauskas asked with a glare.

"Go find out who your opponent is!" Officer Zukauskas commanded at one of the officers.

A Lithuanian officer took a closer look at the front line and finally saw that the red five-star flag on the roof of the warehouse had been replaced by a red and white Polish flag.

"Sir, there's a Polish flag hanging across from you."

Zukauskas walked around the room with his head down, and suddenly said angrily: "A bunch of fools, who let them occupy the warehouse in front of us, what are you doing to eat?" ”

One took two steps and said: "Stop the attack, send men to negotiate with them, protest against their encroachment on Makmergay, and ask them to withdraw from the city." ”

Locke and others commanded the troops to repel the first wave of the Lithuanian attack, and suddenly received news that the Lithuanian army was asking for negotiations.

"Are we going to negotiate with them? They also asked us to get out of town, which was ridiculous! Alex asked.

"The chief is not here, we have no power to decide, so let's send someone to tell the chief!" Locke said cautiously.

"Seconded."

Koval heard the gunfire in the city getting quieter and ordered the shelling to stop.

As soon as the cannon sounded, there were ten thousand taels of gold. Although a lot of weapons and ammunition were seized this time, they could not be fought indiscriminately. And every time a gun is fired, the rifling of the gun is damaged, and the life of a gun is in the hundreds to thousands of rounds.

"Negotiations." Koval thought for a moment and said: "Send people to protest their attack on our army, and ask them to contact our government for consultation. ”

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"Sir, Poland on the other side protests against our attack on them, demands the withdrawal of our troops from Polish territory, and demands that we negotiate with the Warsaw government to settle the matter."

"Encroachment on Polish territory? What a joke! ”

"Sir, are we going to fight or not?" An officer asked.

General Zukauskas frowned and said, "Wait for now! Keep sending people and tell them we can stop, attack, but they must get out of the city.

So the Lithuanian and Polish armies were in a stalemate here.

Zukauskas did not want to go to war with the Polish army, and the Koval Masters warehouse was reluctant to attack on his own initiative. (To be continued.) )