Chapter 356: Battle in the Northwest of Jin 56
The Japanese bombing lasted half an hour, and after they had poured all their aerial bombs on the county seat, the bombers left the county town triumphantly.
Fortunately, Sun Weiguo responded to the bombing of the Japanese army, and the losses of various units were not very serious.
"Commander, the little devils have begun to attack, and this time they have taken the initiative at the West City Gate. The Japanese army assembled a cavalry wing, six infantry squadrons, two machine gun squadrons, and four Type 92 infantry guns at the West City Gate. ”
When the Japanese bombing ended, Zhao Lerong came to Sun Weiguo, and he immediately reported the situation.
After receiving the order of the division commander Shigema Yamaoka, the chief of staff of the 109th Division, Shizaburo Ochiai, personally deployed the battle plan, and he deployed more than 2,000 troops at the West City Gate.
Four infantry guns had already begun firing, and anti-personnel grenades began to fire towards the west gate.
Shizaburo Ochiai planned to use artillery and infantry to make a gap in the west gate, and as long as there was a gap, Kiyoshi Okazaki's cavalry wing would quickly enter the county to fight.
Previously, the Japanese army had been attacking the East City Gate and the North City Gate, especially here at the North City Gate, where the Japanese army had blown up a lot of gaps.
Shizaburo Ochiai judged that the main forces of the defenders would definitely gather at the East Gate and the North Gate, so he ordered his troops to attack the West Gate.
It can be said that Ochiai Shizaburo's idea is very good, before Sun Weiguo only deployed a county brigade at the West City Gate, but after the troops were replenished, Sun Weiguo planned to lead the troops to evacuate to Lan County, and the direction of the troops was here at the West City Gate.
In order to be able to deal with the Japanese cavalry wing that had been waiting outside the West City Gate, Sun Weiguo gathered the second cavalry battalion, the supplementary battalion, the first battalion, the armored company, the artillery company and other troops here at the West City Gate.
"Order all units to prepare for evacuation, the commander of the first battalion, Yin Jin, as the front-line commander, and unify the command of the first battalion, the supplementary battalion, the second cavalry battalion, the armored company, and the artillery company, and tell Yin Jin that the minimum requirement is to defeat the Japanese cavalry wing for me."
Sun Weiguo quickly issued an order, and all departments have now begun to prepare for evacuation, and the Japanese army is attacking now, obviously being able to take the advantage.
It's just that the Japanese army didn't choose the direction of attack, and they came to attack the West City Gate, where the strongest deployment of troops.
If they were to attack the other gates, it would inevitably cause some trouble for the defenders to evacuate.
It's just that now they are attacking the West City Gate, and they are simply killing themselves.
Luo Hongyi's communications platoon immediately began to convey Sun Weiguo's orders, and as Sun Weiguo's orders began to be conveyed to the front line, the divisions quickly entered a combat state.
THE EIGHT NINETY-FOUR 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS OF THE ARTILLERY COMPANY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SET UP ARTILLERY POSITIONS IN THE COUNTY, THE EIGHT MOUNTAIN GUNS WERE ERECTED, AND THE MUZZLES OF THE BLACK HOLE WERE AIMED AT THE SKY, AND THE COMPANY COMMANDER ZHENG JINGJING BEGAN TO SEND PROFESSIONAL ARTILLERY TO THE CITY WALL, AND THIS ARTILLERY WOULD PROVIDE ACCURATE FIRING DIRECTIONS FOR THE ARTILLERYMEN.
The two 41 mountain guns of the 1st battalion were pushed directly onto the city walls, and the artillerymen were ready to shoot.
The six mortars of the supplementary battalion were set up in the open space under the city wall, and the company commander Li Jiaxin personally commanded the artillerymen to fight.
Sixteen artillery pieces began to be deployed, and the commander of the first battalion, Yin Jin, stood on the city wall, holding a telescope to observe the situation of the Japanese army.
With four infantry guns and eighteen heavy machine guns firing, six infantry squadrons surged towards the position like a tidal wave.
More than 600 cavalry troops, led by Wing Commander Kiyosa Okazaki, ran back and forth in the rear, and as soon as the infantry in front of them made a gap for them, these cavalry would quickly enter the city through the gap.
Four hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, when the devil soldiers were two hundred meters away from the city wall, the Japanese troops stopped advancing.
Light machine guns, grenadiers were quickly erected, and the Japanese troops concentrated their fire on the city walls and fired fiercely.
After a fierce fire to suppress the defenders of the city wall, the devil soldiers quickly advanced with rifles, and the six infantry squadrons were divided into six echelons, and they were like waves, surging towards the city wall one after another, which was the famous wave tactic of the Japanese army.
"Mixi, in the words of Zhina, the chief of staff is simply a clever calculation, the Zhina troops would never have thought that we would abandon the North City Gate, which has opened many gaps, to attack the West City Gate, Koizumi-kun, this time we will definitely be able to attack the county seat."
Fujiwara and Koizumi Shaosa, who were watching the battle in the back, looked over, and a smile appeared on his face.
Most of the six infantry squadrons were from the Fujiwara Brigade and the Koizumi Brigade, and the two Shozo Captains were on the front line to supervise the battle.
Watching his troops surging towards the city wall in waves, Fujiwara Shaosa was very excited, and he felt that he would definitely be able to conquer the county seat in one fell swoop this time.
"The Shina troops would never have dreamed that we would appear from here, there is already a gap in the city wall, as long as our infantry can expand this gap, then the cavalry wing will quickly rush in from here, I think Captain Okazaki's cavalry can't wait."
Koizumi looked at the cavalry in front of him, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
The two Shaozo captains were full of confidence, as if they had been able to see the victory of their troops.
Koizumi and Fujiwara watched with binoculars, and they were very relieved with smiles.
The commander of the cavalry wing, Kiyosa Okazaki, kept his eyes on the city wall, and as soon as the gap was widened, he would immediately rush over with his cavalry troops.
"The artillery company suppressed the Japanese artillery fire, the supplementary battalion mortars suppressed the Japanese heavy machine guns, and the first battalion of mountain artillery carried out artillery shelling on the Japanese army!"
Yin Jin immediately gave the order, and as Yin Jin's order began to be given, sixteen artillery pieces took the lead in counterattacking.
Under the command of Zheng Jingjing, the shells quickly fired towards the Japanese infantry guns.
Eight shells accurately landed on the Japanese infantry artillery position, two infantry guns were blown up on the spot, and more than 30 devil soldiers were killed on the spot.
The remaining devil soldiers immediately pushed the infantry guns and tried to transfer, but the artillery company fired a second round of fire.
The remaining two Japanese infantry guns were caught in the shell hit, and the two infantry guns did not survive, so far the four Japanese infantry guns were completely destroyed, and dozens of Japanese artillery were either killed or wounded.
"Da Da Da!" The Japanese heavy machine guns were firing hard, and the covering fire organized by the eighteen heavy machine guns almost made it impossible for the defenders on the city wall to raise their heads at all, and the devil soldiers and shooters fought fiercely, and the bullets were fired as if they didn't need money.
BUT WITH LI JIAXIN COMMANDING SIX 82MM MORTARS TO SHOOT, THE END OF THE JAPANESE HEAVY MACHINE GUN SHOOTERS CAME.
With a "boom", an anti-personnel grenade exploded near a Japanese heavy machine gun, which was blown over on the spot and several devil soldiers died on the spot.
Six mortars began to fire, and Japanese heavy machine guns were blown up one after another.