Chapter 121: The Bloody Battle of Kaifeng (4)

Even so, Yang Tianfeng didn't want to launch a fierce attack desperately. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info First, the fortifications of the devil's headquarters are relatively strong, especially the pillboxes and sandbag fortifications at the gate, and there are tanks and armored vehicles behind. The second is that the sound of gunfire is approaching this side, and the other two assault forces are clearly gaining the upper hand, and are advancing step by step, leaving the troops here, and it is likely that they will be attacked from behind by the defeated devils.

Moreover, the gate of the Devil's Headquarters was not only heavily guarded, but all the houses within hundreds of meters around it were demolished. If the troops want to attack, they must be exposed to unobstructed open ground, and not only will they suffer heavy casualties, but the sky-bombarding artillery with a range of only more than 200 meters will not be able to get close to the bombardment.

Analysis and judgment are based on temporary factors as well as the results of careful research in advance. Yang Tianfeng once carefully studied the deployment of the Devil's Command, and found that its scope was very large, and it was difficult to fortify it everywhere when the troops were insufficient. Avoiding the gate, detouring to the west, and starting with the tall walls and power grids are likely to be the weakness of the breakthrough.

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Maeda Ye, who had experienced the battle array, had gone deep into the front line of the front where bullets were raining bullets, and experienced all kinds of dangers, but it was the first time that he was beaten to the headquarters by the enemy.

As reports from various ministries came in one after another, Maeda Ye and other officers finally realized the seriousness of the situation. It was not a small force that broke into the city from the Song Gate, but a fierce army of thousands of men. In addition, there were fierce battles at Nanguan and the railway station, and the enemy's mobilized troops might have reached tens of thousands, which Maeda Ye and others could never have imagined in any case.

The two devils came almost on their heels and reported the current battle situation to Maeda Ji. The plan to intercept the enemy forces on West Avenue had failed, three tanks had been destroyed, five armored vehicles had been destroyed, and nearly 300 locusts had suffered heavy losses and were retreating step by step, blocking step by step. However, relying on the superiority of troops, the enemy is dividing his forces to launch a roundabout attack, and will soon reach the front of the headquarters.

Hold on to change, or break through? Maeda Ye frowned, but he only threw off the idea of breaking through in an instant, lost Kaifeng, and even if he escaped with his life, he would be sent to a military court, which was a shame that a samurai could never bear. The grave situation no longer allows for any further hesitation, and continuing the current situation can only allow the enemy to break through individually.

Maeda Ye made up his mind, stared at the staff officer with bloodshot eyes and said: "Send Lankao, Fengqiu, Heze, and Shangqiu, and immediately send troops to reinforce Kaifeng; Orders were given to the defenders in all parts of the city, to abandon the defense, and all to assemble at the headquarters; ordered Ono to abandon the railway station, retreat to Nanguan, and transfer a squadron to reinforce the headquarters; Order all the personnel in the headquarters to go into battle to kill the enemy and serve the country. ā€

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Killing the enemy to serve the country, this is said in Maeda Ye's mouth, which is really ironic. At this time, in Songmen, Zhou Zunshi, commander of the combat headquarters, was impassionedly shouting this blood-boiling slogan to the officers and soldiers entering the city.

As soon as the Song Gate was broken, the focus of the entire operation shifted here, and the railway station and Nanguan became a real feint. Deputy commander Sun Zhengxun stayed behind to direct the battle and continue to contain the enemy. Zhou Zunshi led two infantry battalions of the 65th Regiment, plus one battalion of artillery and one engineer battalion, and one company of cavalry and one communications corps to make a detour through the Song Gate and enter the city to fight.

As a result, the number of troops who have entered the city to fight has reached more than 6,000 people, and they have an absolute overwhelming advantage. Without the city wall, which is an impenetrable defense line, Zhou Zunshi and others have greatly increased their confidence, believing that there is great hope for the total annihilation of the enemy in Kaifeng.

In the historical attack on Kaifeng, although the mixed division had the advantage of troops, and even reached the level of ten to one, it failed to fully deploy and besiege from all sides, giving full play to this advantage. This is not a mistake in strategy, but in the case of inferior equipment and heavy firepower, I am worried that I will divide my troops to attack the city and there is a danger of being broken by the devils one by one.

Now there is no such concern, and in the street battles in the city, the advantage of troops has been brought into full play. And in hand-to-hand combat, in light weapons, the reinforced mixed divisions were not inferior to the Japanese army.

"The first battalion went around Caomen to intercept, the cavalry company of the 20th Division went around the west gate to intercept, and the cavalry company of the 65th regiment went around the north gate to intercept, don't let Maeda Ye escape." Zhou Zunshi felt that under the situation of great superiority, the Japanese army was very likely to break through and escape, and under the explosion of confidence, he actually wanted to annihilate the enemy as much as possible.

Chief of Staff He Guishi quickly passed down the order, and the second battalion took over the defense of Songmen, so that the reserve regiment was free to divide its hands and feet, and led the artillery to divide the troops into two routes, one to the north to reinforce the assault regiment, and the other to the south to attack Nanguan from behind.

"Master's seat." He Guishi thought more and more carefully, it was not yet noon, if he attacked with all his might, it was very possible to complete the combat mission before six o'clock in the evening, since it was greatly advanced, he thought of the people in Kaifeng City, "Is it to send someone to inform the people in the city, in order to prevent the devil from retaliating, or evacuate to the countryside, or move to cross the river." If they act now, they will be able to reach the designated ferry port in less than evening. ā€

Zhou Zunshi thought for a while, nodded and said: "The chief of staff is very right, we will leave after the fight, maybe we will really trap the people in the city." Well, send someone to inform you right away. By the way, let the people cook and boil water at home, and we will pay for it, so that the soldiers who fought hard can recover their strength as soon as possible. ā€

"The division loves soldiers like children, and thinks thoughtfully." He Guishi called the signal soldier and conveyed the order.

"Actually-" Zhou Zunshi looked at the northeast of the city, where the sound of guns and cannons was fierce, "as soon as the Song Gate is broken and the assault group enters the city, the overall situation can be basically decided." This Yang Tianfeng, whimsy, is indeed very good. ā€

He Guishi smiled and said, "If you want to say that it is wonderful, it is indeed amazing. can start with a thousand eight militia groups, win successive battles, and occupy several counties, of course, he is not incompetent. But when it comes to frontal combat, it is estimated that he has little experience. ā€

"But he's young!" Zhou Zunshi sighed: "Now that I am a major general, I am afraid that the future is immeasurable!" ā€

"Master, are you and I old?" He Guishi smiled and teased: "He is young and vigorous, and we are also in the prime of life, how can we lose to juniors?" ā€

Zhou Zunshi nodded and sighed again, but he didn't say what was in his heart.

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Boom, boom, boom! Three explosive packets exploded three times in a row, blasting a twenty or thirty-meter-long gap in the wall, shattering bricks and tiles flying everywhere, and the power grid on the wall was also blown up.

Da Da Da ...... The watchtowers inside the walls were fired heavily with machine guns, blocking the gaps that suddenly appeared.

Rumble! The battle defense gun flicked backwards, and a brilliant fire suddenly burst out on the three-story watchtower!

Immediately afterwards, another shell hit the devil's watchtower, and the badly damaged watchtower was crumbling in the smoke of gunpowder, and a few seconds later, the turret quickly collapsed after a loud bang! (To be continued.) )