Commander Yamamoto personally went out and led a Japanese brigade and a brigade of the Imperial Allied Army in a vigorous manner, and adopted the method of day and night, bypassing Fan Zhuxian's militia and villages along the way, and quietly drove to the bottom of the stockade in the south pole of Guanxian County. Yamamoto was also afraid of being surrounded and harassed by Fan Zhuxian's local forces, so he could only go secretly, his little abacus was still quite good, once he conquered the South Pole, he would be like a nail, rigidly inserted in Fan Zhuxian's heart, and then developed from the South Pole to infiltrate the surroundings.

When the Japanese troops arrived, it was dawn, and when Yamamoto looked at the stockade in the south pole, he couldn't help but gasp deeply.

From the outside, this small village is only about 300 meters square, only the north side has a suspension bridge, and the other three gates are only symbolic, there are gates, but there are no suspension bridges. The wall is about three meters high, and I don't know how wide the wall is. Outside the wall is a deep ditch, about three meters deep and five meters wide, and there seems to be no water inside. The trench further extended to an open field of about 100 meters, and in this open field, there was no shelter at all, and if a person walked on it, it would be like a living target.

There is also a terrible place on the wall, that is, the four corners are attached to the corner tower, this corner tower is about two meters higher than the wall, from the corner tower is just the heart of the frontal attack of the enemy, a corner tower can be observed and controlled at the same time zhì two places of the walled wall.

Yamamoto opened the map drawn by Jiang Er and looked at it, and the map drew in detail that there was a street in each of the four gates within the wall, leading to the center of the village, and there was a small two-story building in the center, that is, the commanding height and the center of the village. In these four streets, the doors and windows of each household were sealed, and the alley became a straight tube, and in this straight tube, various secret gun holes were marked, and between the houses, various secret passages were marked.

If there were no artillery, if there was no map, in the face of such a strong fortress, Yamamoto really didn't have the confidence to attack the south pole, but now, he had both things, and there was also a killer feature, that is, Jiang Er personally led his platoon from inside the south pole.

"Yo Sai," Yamamoto said with a smile to the Japanese squadron leaders Hidezaburo Komura and Jiang Er, "if we occupy the south pole, we will be a good stronghold if we remodel it a little." Jiang Er, the task of guarding the south pole will be handed over to you in the future. ”

Jiang Er was flattered in his heart, and hurriedly gave Yamamoto a ninety-degree salute, and said flatteringly: "Thank you Commander Yamamoto for your trust, I will definitely complete the task resolutely." ”

Yamamoto said to Hidezaburo Komura again: "After the artillery bombardment, the task of attacking the north gate will be handed over to you." ”

"Hayi!" Hidezaburo Komura replied that he was resolutely obedient to Commander Yamamoto's orders.

Yamamoto issued another order to Jiang Er, saying: "Waiting for our Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army to enter the stockade, the task of drilling the hole in the wall and attacking the two-story building in the center of the South Pole will be entrusted to you." ”

Jiang Er also followed the example of Komura Shuzaburo, came to a standing, and shouted loudly: "Hayi! Be! Be! ”

Yamamoto hysterically yelled at the artillerymen: "Artillery, prepare to bombard the wall......"

When the sentry of the south pole quickly reported the news of Sun Sanmin's Japanese attack, Sun Sanmin was so frightened that he quickly got up from the bed, put on his coat, and hurriedly went to the Beizhai Gate with his pants on. When they arrived at the Beizhai Gate, Han Xing and Zhao Farong were already observing the Japanese army studying how to fight this battle. At the same time, the soldiers who asked Zhang Weihan for help had already been dispatched.

Sun Sanmin hurriedly looked outside the north gate with a pergola in his hand, Han Xing handed him a telescope, and Sun Sanmin saw from the telescope that there were about three or four hundred enemy troops in the distance, half of them were Japanese soldiers and half were imperial army. Sun Sanmin was a little nervous, a little trembling all over, and said to himself: "Why did the Japanese find this place and didn't get any news in advance." ”

Han Xing said: "Do you need to say this, it must be that Jiang Er who recruited the Japanese." ”

"This Jiang Er," Sun Sanmin saw from the binoculars that there was a shadow of Jiang Er and his row of people in the Japanese army, and scolded, "What a bastard yo-yo, this Jiang Er, what a job!" Our internal affairs, how did he surrender to the Japanese, become a traitor, sell his ancestors, sell his ancestors! ”

Han Xing calmly said to him: "At this time, everything you say is in vain, how are you going to fight this battle?" ”

Sun Sanmin handed Han Xing the telescope and said, "I also asked how to fight, there are many of you, you and Zhao Farong will just watch and fight!" ”

"Okay," Han Xing waited for him to say this, and said, "How about you lead the three companies to guard the south gate, the south wall, and the two turrets in the southeast and southwest?" ”

Sun Sanmin asked puzzledly: "Isn't there no devil at the south gate, do you still need to guard it?" ”

Han Xing patiently explained to him: "Words can't be said yet, which gate to attack from, this is a matter of devils, and no one can figure it out." You led the three companies, guarded the south gate, according to our prior agreement, at any time with the flag language, safe and sound with the green flag, dangerous with the red flag, especially dangerous continuous wave of the red flag. ”

Sun Sanmin nodded and said, "I understand, this north gate seems to be the key attack direction of the devils, so you will work hard." As he spoke, he hurriedly commanded his third company to guard the south gate.

Han Xing said to Zhao Farong again: "Sun Sanmin is guarding the south gate, and the north gate, east gate, and west gate are our business." How are you going to fight this battle? ”

Zhao Farong said: "According to what we have discussed in advance, we have to use the first ditch, so we will send a company to deploy along the ditch." Make full use of the favorable terrain of the ditch and hit him all at once. ”

Han Xing nodded and said, "That's what I mean. A company commander. ”

At that time, the commander of the first company was by his side, and shouted forward: "Here!" "Come and get the order. Zhao Farong said to him: "You lead a company to deploy defenses along the ditch, and you have to beat the dog, and you can't let the dog bite it." How are you going to fight this battle? ”

The commander of the first company thought about it and said, "According to what we arranged in advance, we will take the ladder and the board to go down to the ditch, and then arrange a large number of flower bombs. The aim was to kill and wound the enemy, delay the enemy's attack, and then retreat into the wall. ”

Han Xing also instructed: "Yiqiē must be flexible and mobile, and don't get too entangled with the enemy. ”

"Yes!" The commander of the first company answered forward and hurriedly led the company to carry out the order.

"Second Company Commander." Zhao Farong shouted again.

Liu Darong, the commander of the second company, was actually beside him, and he shouted loudly: "Arrive," and came to receive the order.

Zhao Farong ordered him: "You send a squad to guard the two-story building in the center of the wall, one squad to the east wall, one squad to the west wall, another squad to the northeast turret, one squad to the northwest turret, and the rest follow me to guard the north gate and the wall." ”

The second company commander shouted: "Yes!" "Hurriedly dispatched troops.

As soon as the Beizhai gate was opened, the suspension bridge was opened, and a company commander immediately led his company of people from the lowered suspension bridge to a short distance, that is, a trench of more than 100 meters. They quickly descended from the erected ladder to the trench and erected the benches again. This kind of bench is specially made, and the person standing on it can set up a gun and shoot at the enemy in front of him.

The devil's artillery was ready, and the sound of shells tearing through the air was heard, "sizzle-" "sizzle-" and then "boom-" "boom-" and "boom-" some of the shells fell in front of the wall, some behind the wall, and some hit the wall, only to make the bricks, stones, and soil pieces fly wildly, and the broken bricks, tiles, stones, and wood flew into the air, and a burst of fire rushed into the sky, and the smoke filled the air, which instantly disturbed the peaceful and quiet atmosphere.

These are the four Type 41 75mm mountain guns of the Japanese army, and one wing of the Japanese army is equipped with a Type 41 mountain artillery squadron, and each squadron is equipped with four Type 41 75mm mountain guns. The number of operators of this mountain artillery is 10 people, the maximum firing elevation angle is -8 ~ 25 degrees, the maximum firing rate is 10 rounds / min, the muzzle velocity of the shell is 360 m / s, and the maximum firing range is 6300 meters.

In order to shoot at the wall more accurately, the artillery has been moved to within 2 kilometers outside the wall, so where the shells hit, there is no need for the monitoring officer to report, ordinary soldiers have seen it, so that they can adjust the shooting at any time.

The 75-mm mountain cannon exerted great power, the suspension bridge was hit by a shell, and the wood immediately disintegrated, and the broken wood flew into the sky, and after a while it scattered, falling rotten wood and broken wood chips on the ground. The suspension bridge was hit and blown up, and the wooden walled gate was exposed to the power of the mountain artillery, and it could be destroyed at any time. As soon as the gate of the wall was opened, at least the Japanese army could attack the wall without passing through the wall, which greatly facilitated the Japanese army to enter the wall. The strong walled wall was also riddled with holes, and several places collapsed directly, forming several holes in the north wall.

At this time, Han Xing, who was observing the shape of shì on the wall, showed a slight smile, this Japanese army, too light on the enemy, bullying us has no artillery! The enemy's artillery position, Han Xing had already seen it through the guò telescope, and hurriedly told the soldiers to go down to the wall to avoid the enemy's shells, and only a few observation posts were left on the wall.

Han Xing said to Zhao Farong: "If the Japanese army deploys the mountain artillery 3,000 meters away, what will it look like?" ”

Zhao Farong smiled and said, "Then we will only be beaten." ”

"This Jiang Er is also quite stupid," Han Xing said, "I'm afraid he doesn't know that we have artillery." ”

It turned out that the mortar platoon that Han Xing carried was secretly hidden in Zhao Farong's team, because the mortars were relatively small and easy to hide, so they were usually covered tightly, and no one knew what was in them. Not only did Sun Sanmin's people not know, but in fact, even Zhao Farong's team didn't know, of course, except for Zhao Farong.

The Japanese mountain artillery squadron is a big killer against the southern pole, and the mortar platoon led by Han Xing is of course here to deal with the mountain artillery squadron. Han Xing and Zhao Farong both understood that if the mountain artillery squadron was not eliminated, whether it was the walled wall, the corner tower, or the small building in the center, it would be just a pile of garbage.

Han Xing said to the mortar platoon that had been waiting for a long time: "See, devil's mountain artillery, you pull the mortars to the west of the wall, be sure to destroy them, understand?" Once you've completed your mission, quickly take it down and hide it. ”

Dazheng said: "Understood." "Immediately arranged for the artillery to go.

After a while, more than 30 people, carrying cannon barrels, quickly went up to the west side of the north wall and set up the cannons. From here, it can be seen that the enemy's large forces are lying on the ground, preparing for an attack, and the enemy's four 75-mm mountain guns are constantly firing shells at the wall. The smoke on the front was so great that it was impossible to shoot at the enemy, while on the east and west sides, there were very few shells that fell, and the sight was good, and from here the enemy artillery positions could be seen just right. Da Zheng also scolded: "These fools, if we move the artillery position back by such two kilometers, won't we be able to reach it?" ”

Da Zheng quickly measured it with his left thumb and shouted, "Test the gun, 11:05 on the left, thirty-three degrees, put-"

A grenade "thumped", whistling out of the barrel, flew towards the enemy's artillery position, and exploded more than twenty meters in front of the enemy's artillery position.

"All, 11:05, thirty-four degrees, rapid fire, four rounds per shot."