"Grenades!" Zhou Pingyuan stretched out his gun and pulled the trigger a few times, and a few rifle bullets flew away indiscriminately, turning his head and shouting at several subordinates.

Several soldiers rang off the captured melon grenade and the grenade they were carrying, and threw them out.

By the explosion, Zhou Pingyuan shouted to his subordinates: "Quick, go to the roof!" ”

With that, he put his rifle on his shoulder, leaned his back against a wall, and motioned for a soldier to follow him up the wall with his hands stacked.

The soldier understood, immediately hung the submachine gun in his hand to his neck, trotted to help, and climbed to the roof with the help of Zhou Pingyuan's lift.

Then Zhou Pingyuan left a few steps and trotted and jumped, the soldier reached out and dragged it, and both of them successfully climbed to the roof.

Several other soldiers followed suit, and as soon as they reached the roof, they were transferred.

After a group of devil soldiers rushed over with guns, they were nowhere to be seen.

didn't go far along the alley, but they were ambushed by Zhou Pingyuan and them, and they suffered heavy casualties.

Such small-scale street battles occurred everywhere in the city, and although the army had the advantage of troops, due to the lack of air supremacy, its artillery units outside the city could not provide artillery support.

Therefore, they had to fight with the Northeast New Army in the city, house by house.

In the street fighting, the superiority of the army's strength could not be developed, and the Northeast New Army, with its familiarity with the terrain and the help of the people in the city, appeared to be at ease, and the devils who fought suffered heavy casualties and could not advance an inch.

In the city, the headquarters of the Northeast New Army.

Zhang Xinghan was sitting in front of the map smoking a cigarette, his brows furrowed, although it was for the sake of the overall strategic situation that he stayed to hold Haicheng.

But at the risk of his life, Zhang Xinghan could not be worried at all, and now there is less than one regiment of troops around him.

Whether it can survive or not is full of unknowns.

At this time, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, and Zhang Xinghan turned around when he heard the sound, only to see a man in the room walking in with a tray.

"Commander, it's time for dinner." The man walked over respectfully.

"Huh?" Zhang Xinghan looked up and looked out, only to find that the sky had darkened slightly.

"Is it going to get dark?" Zhang Xinghan retracted his gaze and looked at the man who was putting the meal in front of him.

"Commander, it's already past five o'clock, and it's getting dark in the northeast so fast, it is estimated that it will be pitch black in less than half an hour." The guy replied subconsciously.

Zhang Xinghan didn't speak, he got up and walked out in a solemn mood.

"Commander, aren't you eating?" The man asked suspiciously.

"Don't eat it, wait until this battle is over!" As soon as Zhang Xinghan walked out of the door, a communications soldier greeted him.

After saluting, he reported: "Commander, the 4th Division of Jinzhou Reading Force has called, they have arrived at the Da Liao River, but they have been blocked by the Yue army, and they are currently fighting fiercely with the devils. ”

"I know, call back immediately and tell Liu Jianguo to storm the western front of the Yingkou army at any cost to relieve the pressure on Haicheng!" Zhang Xinghan said.

"Yes!"

Walking out of the headquarters, it happened that Guo Zhong, the commander of the guard battalion, hurriedly arrived with several guards.

Without waiting for the disgraced Guo Zhong to speak, Zhang Xinghan preemptively said: "Zhongzi, how is the battle going?" ”

Guo Zhong saluted snappedly, and said with a little shortness of breath: "Commander, the situation is okay, the devils are basically blocked by us, and two-thirds of the urban area of Haicheng is still under our control." ”

Zhang Xinghan was a little relieved, nodded, and instructed: "It's getting dark, the air force is estimated to be returning, you should notify it immediately, once the devils stop attacking and retreat, don't attack, you must disperse as much as possible to guard against the devils' artillery attacks." ”

"Shelling?" Guo Zhong was a little surprised.

"Yes, didn't you notice, the devils were only engaged in infantry attacks all afternoon, and the only artillery fire did not exceed the squadron level, and large-scale artillery bombardment was not at all.

This is due to the fact that our air force puts extreme pressure on their artillery units, forcing them to simply not be able to go on the offensive.

Now that it is getting dark and the threat of the air force has subsided, the devils will definitely throw in artillery units to retaliate with firepower.

The brothers should be spread out as much as possible in order to dilute the blows and casualties covered by the artillery fire. Zhang Xinghan explained.

"Yes!" Guo Zhong immediately stepped forward and left with several subordinates.

Zhang Xinghan then turned around and walked back to the headquarters.

…………………… In a forest south of the city, as night fell, a large number of torches and vehicle lights appeared in the woods.

The crowd was loud and noisy.

By the light of the fire, hundreds of Japanese soldiers could be seen pulling a cannon of different calibres hidden in the woods from the camouflage bunker.

Hook up the military trucks and roar towards the preset artillery positions.

This is the hiding point of the 114th Field Artillery Wing directly under the 114th Division of the Japanese Army.

The 114th Artillery Wing had a total of 70 field guns and 30 guns, and 8 Type 92 infantry guns.

In a corner of the woods, the current artillery wing commander Himei Daichi Nakasa was sitting on a side three-wheeled motorcycle smoking a cigarette.

There were two devils standing next to him, one of whom was of the rank of captain.

"Wing Commander, the damned China Air Force has finally withdrawn, now we can show our skills and help the infantry teach the recalcitrant China Army in the city a hard lesson." Captain Devil offered a courteous way.

Himei Dazhi smoked a cigarette and nodded, looking at Haicheng County, his eyes revealing a trace of invisible ruthlessness.

At this time, a cavalryman rode his horse and galloped over, and when he came to him, he turned over and dismounted and saluted Himei Dazhi: "Captain Himei, I am instructed by the division commander to inform you that the 114th Field Artillery Wing must complete preparations before half past six, shell Haicheng on time for an hour, and withdraw to the Dashiqiao defense line before ten o'clock, regardless of whether Haicheng can be captured or not. ”

"Yo Xi, I know." Himei nodded happily and returned the salute casually.

The devil cavalry saluted, turned over his horse, and walked away.

After the herald left, Himei Daichi threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and extinguished it with cowhide military boots, raised his head and said, "Lin Yejun, you should have heard the order of the division commander, right?" ”

"Yes, Captain." Captain Lin Ye bowed his head and said.

"Then hurry up and carry out the order." Daichi Himei waved his hand.

"Hay!" Captain Lin Ye bowed his head suddenly, and immediately led the order to leave.

At 6:35 p.m., the 114th Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army finally completed all preparations for the shelling.

With Captain Lin Ye's order, the devil's thirty-eight 70mm guns opened fire one after another.

Suddenly, dozens of cannonballs pierced the night sky with an extremely dazzling red light in the dark night and smashed towards the pitch-black Haicheng County.

In a private house in the northern district of the city, Zhou Pingyuan and two soldiers were carefully hiding behind a stone trough in the corner of the courtyard.

This is the stone trough where the people feed the cattle, and they are now using it as a bunker.

Because of Zhang Xinghan's order to evacuate and separate, Zhou Pingyuan hid his other subordinates in several other houses.

There were only two people around.

The three of them were leaning against the stone trough, smoking cigarettes without a mouthful.

Suddenly, a piercing whistling sound sounded, and the three of them turned around when they heard the sound, and looked up to see dozens of dazzling fire balls flying down rapidly in the night sky where they couldn't see their fingers.

"Don't fucking look at it, people are dead, they don't die for thousands of years, whether they will be hit by cannonballs depends on their own fucking luck." Zhou Pingyuan withdrew his gaze with a cigarette in his mouth.

Although the two soldiers had palpitations, they both knew that Zhou Pingyuan was right.

The devil can be accurately hit by a cannonball in such a large-scale shelling, and it can only be his luck "too good".

Generally speaking, the best option for such shelling is to find a place to be honest, and running around will only increase the chance of being hit by shells.

The reason why Zhou Pingyuan is so calm is because he knows that if the cannonball unfortunately falls on them, then no matter how vigorous you are, you will not be able to escape the end of being bombed into slag.

So it's also a gamble, but the stake is life.

"Boom...... Boom Boom Boom ...... Boom, ......" and violent explosions rang out one after another throughout the city.

This was followed by thick black smoke and flames that rose into the sky, which were so dazzling in the dark night.

In the headquarters compound, Zhang Xinghan was standing under the eaves and looking up at the flames that rose to the sky.

Guo Zhong hurriedly ran in from outside, and said before saluting: "Commander, there is some danger outside, you better enter the house." ”

Zhang Xinghan smiled slightly and said, "Zhongzi, tell me, can you hear the caliber of the devil's artillery?" ”

Guo Zhong listened carefully, and said uncertainly: "It should be the 70 field artillery group, right?" ”

"Yes, it's a 70mm field gun." Zhang Xinghan nodded and asked rhetorically, "Have you forgotten the power of 70mm shells?" If the devil can really get lucky and get away with a shot and fall, I'm standing here, no different from the house, right? ”

Guo Zhong scratched his head and said with an embarrassed expression: "But, Commander, the room is a little better, after all, there is a wall to cover it." ”

"Okay, aren't you worried about my skills? There was a shell that fell, and I was able to hide inside before it exploded. Zhang Xinghan waved his hand to stop him.

Said: "Little devil, this is the king of the tiger monkey in the mountains, our heavy artillery brigade is not in Haicheng, otherwise even if there is a battalion of artillery, it can bombard the little devil's 70mm artillery group into slag!" ”

"By the way, where are the 9th and 10th divisions now?"

"After Liaoyang, there are still more than fifty kilometers left from Haicheng at most." Guo Zhong replied.

Zhang Xinghan nodded and said, "Inform them that they have to speed up the march, and the sooner they come, the better!" In addition, you should pay attention next, the devils have to help artillery, and the offensive is bound to become much more fierce and rapid. ”

"Yes!" Guo Zhong snapped forward and saluted, and took the order.

…………………… Dalian Lushun Fortress, the headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

Okamura Ninji walked into Takashi Hishigari's office with a telegram in his hand, and in the office, Commander Takashi Hishikari was chatting with Chief of Staff Koiso Kuniaaki.

Seeing Okamura Ninji coming in, Ryokari looked up and asked:

"Okamura-kun, how is the battle situation in the direction of Yingkou?"

"General, the 114th Division is attacking Haicheng according to our pre-war arrangement, and it has now surrounded Haicheng and is organizing an attack." Okamura Ninji replied as he stepped forward.

Nearly two days have passed, and the reinforcements of the Shina people should be almost there, right? Ryokari said.

"Yes, the reinforcements from the Jinzhou direction of the Chinese Army have arrived west of Yingkou in the afternoon, but they were blocked by the 106th Division on the line of the Da Liao River, and the two sides are fighting fiercely.

The Chinese army in the Shenyang area and Wafangdian is still on the way, and it is expected that they will arrive before 12 o'clock tonight. Okamura nodded.

ps: Wait for Valentine's Day, Autumn Wind wishes all brothers and sisters a happy Valentine's Day, today Autumn Wind did something that I think is a great thing, I just secretly bought a Xiaomi mobile phone for my wife, as a gift for Valentine's Day tomorrow, hehe, I hope it will arrive sooner.

The last notice is updated, and the normal update will be restored tomorrow, and it is expected that there will be no less than three more, and more is better, I can't go on like this, I have to be diligent and earn back the money I bought a mobile phone for my wife, otherwise I won't be able to eat birds!

(To be continued)