The assault team went up, and the first soldier was a dozen grenades hanging from his waist, carrying another gun on his back and a whistle in his mouth. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info he quickly climbed to the top of the ladder, and as soon as he blew the whistle, the bullets of the covering troops immediately split to both sides, making room for him.

He was about to climb up the city when he suddenly heard "Ouch! Ouch! I was hesitating, and suddenly I saw several enemies, who lifted a thick pillar and threw it down.

"Not good, Rolling Log!" The warrior shouted, meaning to alert the following. It was too late, it was fast, hundreds of pounds of rolling wood fell from the city wall at once, only to hear a "click", the long ladder was broken by the waist, the soldiers all fell from the ladder, and some soldiers were smashed under the rolling logs.

Han Xing looked up to the sky and sighed: "Rolling wood to cloud ladders, there have been things since ancient times, I didn't expect this!" ”

was so anxious that Zhao Jianmin also sighed again and again: "Oops, oops, rolling wood, rolling wood, why didn't I think of the enemy's rolling wood?" ”

Four long ladders were built for the siege, but the enemy used the same method to break the wooden ladders. Without the wooden ladder, we also lost the tools to attack the city, so we could only be beaten passively under the city.

The morale of the enemy suddenly soared, and machine guns, rifles, and grenades came together, and the sorghum straw doused with oil was set on fire and thrown down, illuminating the fire under the city wall. The enemy, taking advantage of the firelight, threw rows of grenades at us.

Too close to the grenade to explode immediately after it is dropped. The fighters were not afraid, picked it up and threw it into the blockade ditch, and those who did not have time to pick it up kicked into the blockade ditch, and from time to time there was a "boom" explosion in the ditch. Many of the warriors' trousers were burned, and they grabbed the snow from the ground to extinguish the fire.

was so anxious that Han Xing shouted loudly: "It's too passive, it's too passive, how can you fight such a battle?" ”

Zhao Jianmin also shook his head again and again: "I have never seen such a war, the enemy uses strengths, and we use weaknesses, and we are in the position of being passively beaten." ”

The order to retreat was given, and Regiment Commander Cao personally carried the wounded down on his back. Some soldiers were not convinced, their eyes turned red, and they shouted loudly: "Why retreat, I want to kill these two devils." "I want to avenge the dead warriors, and I can't spare these two devils."

The commander persuaded the soldiers with orders to persuade them to leave. The warriors' faces were covered with blood, and they couldn't tell that it was you, so they carried the wounded on their backs unharmed, and supported each other with minor injuries, and retreated to the moat. The wounded settled into the boat, and the uninjured went down to the icy lake and swam back from the water.

After two consecutive defeats, the troops rested and summed up their lessons in order to fight again.

On January 5, 1946, the Fourth Brigade led by Brigade Commander Kong Qingde liberated Boping in one fell swoop and was ordered to return to Liaocheng. The Fourth Brigade was not only brave and good at fighting, but also had good artillery fire, which was an indispensable condition for attacking Liaocheng and fortifying the city.

The Second Column Headquarters issued an order, and on the night of the 12th, the 4th and 5th Brigades attacked the city from the south gate and the southeast corner respectively.

Han Xing's Liaotang detachment was still in the back to assist the attack, and Han Xing and Zhao Jianmin nervously hoped that this time would be successful.

More than 100 meters east of the south gate of Liaocheng, there was a section of the city wall that had collapsed, and the Fourth Brigade decided to send a regiment to climb the city from here. On the night of the 11th, the main assault regiment, braving enemy artillery fire, erected a pontoon bridge over the moat.

At 10 o'clock in the evening of the 12th, the assault team organized by the main attack regiment gathered on the frozen lake east of Nanguan, carried ladders and prepared for the siege, and the artillery platoon also set up its cannons, waiting for the order to attack.

"Shoot-" With the order to attack, two high-explosive grenades flew out of the muzzles and flew towards the walls of Nanguan. "Boom-" two sounds, impartial, hit the enemy's battery, blowing up several of the enemy's guns. The destroyed parts, the severed arms and legs of the enemy, flew into the sky and fell in all directions.

"Okay!" Han Xing couldn't help but shout, "This is our strength, this is our deterrent." To deal with these stubborn two devils, you need to use cannons. It's just a pity that the cannon is still a little less. ”

Zhao Jianmin also happily patted Han Xing's shoulder and said, "That's right!" You should smash these two devils with a cannon. Artillery is the god of war, and this is where it is used. ”

The powerful howitzer, which could fire four to six shells per minute, bombarded for a few more minutes, until there was no movement on the southern city wall, and everyone's ears were ringing. The huge firelight, black smoke, and splashing masonry exploded hundreds of meters away, and the rumbling sound had already drowned out the enemy's ** sound.

The fighters of the assault team were about to drive the ladder forward, when suddenly someone shouted: "Oh no, the ice in the lake has been shaken." This bad news quickly spread to the back.

When Han Xing heard this, he was taken aback again, the water surface in the south was too deep, more than two meters, and it was as deep as three meters. Without boats, some warriors would not know how to swim at all, and with heavy weapons and long ladders, it would be impossible to swim across the lake. "Why didn't I think the cannon would crack the ice?"

Han Xing was also skeptical of his prior judgment.

The covering team also encountered great difficulties, it was too far from the city wall to exceed the effective range of machine guns and rifles.

Zhao Jianmin was also blaming himself: "Why didn't I take into account the effective range of the covering team?" In this way, the covering team is useless at all! ”

On the erected pontoon bridge, enemy bullets descended from the city walls, and the pontoon bridge was already tightly sealed. To cross the pontoon bridge is to pay a considerable sacrifice. The assault team attacked several times from the pontoon bridge, but was unable to cross the bridge due to too much sacrifice.

The assault commander of the 4th Brigade ordered a temporary withdrawal and redeployment the next day.

Han Xing and Zhao Jianmin did not withdraw, Han Xing said to Zhao Jianmin: "Commander Zhao, look at the Fifth Brigade, hope is pinned on the Fifth Brigade." ”

"Yes," Zhao Jianmin said heavily, "After two defeats, the assault regiment should learn a lesson, perhaps, this time it will definitely succeed." ”

On the evening of the 11th, all the commanders and fighters held a swearing-in meeting at the Shanshan Guild Hall, where the regiment headquarters was stationed.

Commander Chen Zaidao said to everyone: "Comrades, we must carry forward the spirit of fighting bravely, not fearing sacrifice, and fighting continuously, and strive for new merits for the liberation of Liaocheng. ”

Commander Cao also made a mobilization, and he said to everyone: "In order to eliminate the gang of the evil Wang Jinxiang, rescue the people in the city, and avenge the sacrificed comrades, the head of the column ordered us to climb the city again, break through from Kuixinglou, and cooperate with the comrades of the Fourth Brigade to attack the city. We will never fail to live up to the trust placed in us by our leaders and resolutely accomplish our tasks. ”

Before the battle, the regimental commander carefully observed the terrain, laid out the battle plan, and reorganized the assault team.

In the evening, when the 4th Brigade began to attack the southern city wall, the 13th Regiment of the 5th Brigade also began to move towards Kuixinglou.

The enemy had already discovered that Kuixinglou was the station of the bandit Wang Xingbang regiment, and they were well-equipped, with light and heavy machine guns, and even the rifles were all Japanese 38 type.

The soldiers of our commando team marched along a dirt road to Kuixing Tower, and the soldiers adopted the tactics of earthen tanks, facing a square table covered with wet cotton quilts, and braved the enemy's bullets.

Han Xing was happy and said to Zhao Jianmin: "This is our strength, the earth tank has avoided the enemy's bullet array, and it is long overdue to use this trick." ”

Zhao Jianmin was also happy, and said to Han Xing: "To deal with devils, our common tricks are still good for these two devils." ”

My Type 88 howitzer roared angrily, "boom-" There was a loud bang, and the first shot hit the Kuixing Tower, blowing up a corner of the Kuixing Tower, followed by two more shots, and the two battlements on the south side of the Kuixing Tower collapsed. Then, our machine guns and rifles fired a volley into the city walls, suppressing the enemy's fire.

The soldiers of the ladder team quickly came to the bottom of the city wall and erected the tall ladder firmly on the city wall, and Captain Zhu, the deputy leader of the assault team, was the first to climb the ladder.

He climbed to the top of the ladder in a few steps, and as soon as he blew the whistle, my firepower was immediately divided to both sides, and Captain Zhu immediately threw two grenades on the city wall, and when the smoke was thick, he jumped up, climbed up, picked up the American-made Tom submachine gun, and fired in three directions: left, front, and right.

The oncoming enemies fell......

Under the cover of Captain Zhu, 14 soldiers came up from behind, and they used the collapsed bricks and clods of earth as cover to occupy a section of the city wall and shoot fiercely at the enemy.

Han Xing couldn't help but shout: "Go up, go up, hold on, hold on, continue to go up!" ”

Zhao Jianmin also patted Han Xing's shoulder and said, "Finally go up, finally go up, hold on a little longer, comrades." Hurry up and get on the back—"

The enemy was also in a dying struggle, and they were afraid that the fighters behind them would continue to climb up, so they concentrated their fire on the soldiers who were climbing the ladder, and the bullets were like hailstones. The fighters in front fell, the ones behind continued to rush up, and the fighters on the ladder were shot and fell. The wounded soldiers who died were crowded under the ladder, and it was difficult for the follow-up troops to come up for a while.

was so anxious that Han Xing shouted: "Firepower, firepower, it would be nice if the mortars were there, suppress the enemy's heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and suppress the enemy's firepower." How can you not suppress the enemy's firepower!? ”

Zhao Jianmin was also so anxious that his face was flushed, and he shouted: "Where are our machine guns, what about the sharpshooters?" Suppress, suppress, suppress......"

The follow-up troops still couldn't come up, and only the commando team led by Captain Zhu fought alone with the enemy.

There is an enemy's dark fortress in the north, and a few warriors resist the enemy in the north on the city wall, and the Kuixing Tower in the south, and a few warriors resist the enemy in the south. The enemy's grenades were thrown, and the fighters picked them up and returned them to the enemy.