Nakajima, the commander of the Japanese army stationed in Changxingcheng, was taken aback when he received a report that the New Fourth Army was violently attacking its position outside the south gate. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After discovering that the New Fourth Army had suddenly appeared in Si'an Town this morning, he immediately contracted the defensive line and strengthened the defense of Changxing at the same time according to the order of the captain of the Komatsu wing.

However, in his opinion, the possibility of the New Fourth Army attacking Changxing is not great, after all, in his impression, the New Fourth Army rarely does this kind of situation of attacking a heavily defended county town, besides, Changxing is not far from Huzhou, once attacked, the Japanese army in Huzhou can arrive in only three hours.

Although I heard that the seventh detachment of the New Fourth Army had several thousand people, this point was not a concern in Nakajima's opinion. You must know that the 79th Division of the Third Theater of Operations, or the elite troops of the Third Theater, also has more than 8,000 people, didn't they abandon the city and flee after seeing the imperial army?

In fact, he didn't know that all the officers and men of the 79th Division did not want to give up Changxing, but the theater commander's headquarters ordered them to give up on their own initiative.

If he really fought with the 79th Division, the more than 2,000 people in his hands might not be the opponent of the 79th Division.

Not long after dark, the New Fourth Army suddenly appeared at the south gate, and at the same time bombarded the positions outside the south gate with heavy artillery fire.

As an Imperial soldier, he knew that the New Fourth Army was an infantry cannon produced by the Empire. Thinking that the New Fourth Army would use this kind of artillery to attack his own troops, Nakajima felt indescribably depressed.

However, when the defenders outside the south gate were in an emergency, Nakajima did not easily send reinforcements.

Because when the sound of gunfire sounded outside the south gate, it was extremely silent in several other directions, and he couldn't figure out what Liu Tianshu's plan was for a while.

It stands to reason that if you want to attack Changxing County, it is best to besiege it from all sides, and no matter how bad it is, you will have to encircle it and lack one, and you will want to force yourself out of the city and ambush it in the wild.

He had not heard of attacking a heavily guarded county town, but it was only from one direction.

Thinking that the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army would stop bombardment after only a short burst, Nakajima held back the idea of retaliating with the infantry guns arranged in the city.

It's a pity that he hesitated for a while, but the Japanese puppet army guarding the outer position of the south gate fell into a desperate situation.

Long Zhishui, the commander of a regiment and a battalion, was a commander who was good at capturing fighters, and after he saw the Japanese puppet army guarding outside the city falling into chaos, he immediately put the second company into battle, and under the fierce attack of the two companies, after an hour of fierce fighting, a Japanese army squad and a company of puppet troops placed outside the city on Nakajima were all wiped out.

Seeing that the positions outside the city had been captured, the Japanese troops guarding the city walls hurriedly ordered the mortars placed on the city walls to fire at the positions outside the city.

It's a pity that the soldiers of the first battalion had long expected that after the enemy was destroyed, the devils would definitely retaliate with artillery fire, so as soon as the battle ended, they immediately took advantage of the darkness to conceal themselves, and at the same time arranged artillery fire on one side, ready to carry out artillery strikes as soon as the enemy's fire was exposed.

Sure enough, as soon as the two companies of the first battalion had eliminated the enemy, there was a burst of artillery fire from the city, but unfortunately the soldiers of the first and second companies had already taken precautions, and by this time many soldiers had already run to the city and lay quietly on the ground in the dark night.

Behind them, enemy shells exploded incessantly, raising clouds of fire.

After a while, the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army arranged on one side was powerful again, and the shells flew out rapidly and fell towards the city wall, blasting the city wall everywhere, and the artillery fire arranged by the devils on the city wall was quickly suppressed.

At this time, Nakajima ordered two infantry guns arranged in the south gate to fire at the artillery position of the New Fourth Army outside the city, and after the shells flew out, they immediately flew away according to the calculated position, and an infantry artillery group arranged by Wu Zhongping outside the city was not able to transfer, and was hit by shells, more than half of the artillery soldiers were killed and wounded, and an infantry gun was directly blown up.

However, the position of the artillery position arranged by the devil in the city was exposed, and it was immediately attacked by Wu Zhongping, and the two infantry guns quickly fired a base number of shells at the artillery position of the devil, directly destroying the artillery position arranged in the south gate of Zhongdao.

Nakajima received a report that the artillery position he had placed in the south gate had been destroyed by the other side after ten minutes of fierce fighting, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his back.

He only had two infantry guns in his hand, and he lost all the artillery fire in just over an hour after the battle began.

Just when he was worried, gunfire suddenly sounded in the direction of the north gate, but it was the three regiments and one battalion that launched an attack on the north gate.

There is only one brigade of Japanese troops guarding Changxing City, so there should be only two infantry guns with slightly more power, plus mortars and grenadiers, etc., it should be all the artillery fire of the Japanese puppet army.

Just now, there were two infantry cannons in the south gate, and they stopped making a sound at this time, they should have been destroyed, and the enemy's attention was focused on the south, so naturally Liu Tianshu asked the three regiments and one battalion to attack from the north.

Hearing the sound of gunfire outside the north gate, Nakajima judged that Liu Tianshu was preparing to attack from north to south, and the north was the main direction of attack.

After receiving a telegram from Nakajima requesting reinforcements, the commander of the Komatsu Wing stationed in Huzhou had to draw out a brigade and rush to Changxing City with the cooperation of more than 1,000 puppet troops.

Just when Nakajima transferred a squadron to the north gate and engaged in a fierce battle with the three regiments and one battalion attacking the north gate, the first regiment and the second battalion prepared at the east gate, with the cooperation of an infantry artillery company of the detachment, suddenly launched a fierce attack on the east gate.

Outside the east gate, because of the topography, the island did not arrange troops to defend, who would have thought that the New Fourth Army took advantage of the attention of the Japanese army in the city to be attracted to the north and south directions, suddenly concentrated artillery fire towards the east gate to bombard, countless shells fell on the city wall of the east gate, the puppet army guarding the top of the ghost crying wolf, and even the two heavy machine gun fire points arranged by the Japanese army on the east city gate were directly blown away by the shells, and more than ten Japanese soldiers fell on the spot.

The Japanese commander guarding the east gate did not expect the New Fourth Army to suddenly attack, and saw that the machine gun fire he had arranged on the top of the city gate was blown up, and he was just about to order the soldiers to rush up the city wall in the face of artillery fire, when he saw the shells flying like raindrops, and fell to the top of the city gate one after another, blowing up the city wall to the bricks and stones, and then, he heard a violent explosion at the city gate, but it was the New Fourth Army that bombarded the city gate with infantry guns, and a shell hit the heavy city gate, which immediately blew up the city gate, and the Japanese soldiers guarding a barricade not far behind the city gate, Hit by the flying debris, four Japanese soldiers were killed on the spot, and the other two were seriously wounded.

There were also two soldiers who were lucky not to be injured, and they were left in a state of disgrace.

Seeing that the city gate had been blasted open, Wu Zhongping, who was in charge of artillery support, immediately commanded the artillery to bombard the city walls on both sides of the city gate, and at the same time bombarded the inner side of the city gate to prevent the Japanese army from regaining control of the city gate.

When Gui Xuebing, the commander of the second battalion of the first regiment, was blasted open at the city gate, his eyes flashed brightly, and he waved his hand at the commander of the second company who was ready to attack, and shouted fiercely.

At the same time, the machine guns of the 2nd Battalion Company all the machine guns rained down on the city walls.

The devils and puppet troops guarding the city wall had to avoid the bombardment of artillery shells and prevent being hit by heavy machine gun bullets from outside the city, and they were completely embarrassed, and many puppet soldiers were lying dead behind the city wall, not daring to stretch out their heads to shoot.

Some brave Japanese soldiers saw the New Fourth Army rushing towards the city gate with a shout, and in a hurry, they poked their heads out and fired in desperation, but they were hit by the heavy machine guns arranged in the back by the second battalion, and they flew out of the bloody holes.

Taking advantage of the suppression of the devils on the city wall, the second company rushed into the city gate in a row, and the machine gunners running in front were holding light machine guns in their hands, running wildly and strafing at the same time, knocking down any enemy who dared to block directly.

The Japanese commander in charge of guarding the east gate did not expect the attack of the New Fourth Army to be so fierce, and before he could react, the New Fourth Army had already rushed into the city.

When Wu Zhongping saw the second company rushing into the city, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and ordered the artillery to stop the bombardment and give the second battalion the fire support of the troops entering the city to be responsible for itself.

After the 2nd Company rushed into the city, it immediately rushed to the city wall, and at the same time, the 1st and 3rd Companies of the 2nd Battalion also rushed into the city.

The puppet army guarding the city wall saw the New Fourth Army coming, knew that the general trend had gone, and raised their hands to surrender, and the few remaining Japanese troops and the second battalion were all wiped out after a fierce battle for more than ten minutes.

The second battalion entered the city, two companies immediately advanced along the city walls in both north and south directions, and the third company advanced directly to the headquarters on Nakajima.

Behind them, a regiment of three battalions also rushed into the city.

Su Yajuan led the guerrillas to rush into the city with a regiment and three battalions, and saw that the city wall was full of fire, and the corpses of the devils and puppet soldiers fell to the ground, and she couldn't help but secretly stick out her tongue at the combat effectiveness of the seventh detachment.

Especially when I saw that the originally strong city wall was blown to pieces, and the originally thick city gate was directly blown away by artillery fire, the kind of amazement was indescribable.

With guerrillas leading the way, the troops that stormed into the city quickly moved towards the set goal.

Nakajima got the loss of the east gate and couldn't help but sit on the chair.

The reinforcements sent by the wing commander had just left Huzhou, and according to the wing commander's order, he had to ensure that Changxing City was not broken by the New Fourth Army before the reinforcements arrived.

Now that the New Fourth Army has entered the city, the remaining troops in his hands are only one squadron, and the machine gun squadron to which the brigade belongs has long been dismantled and arranged on the city wall.

Thinking that even if he concentrated all his forces, he would not be able to drive the New Fourth Army out of the city, so he hesitated painfully, and had to send a telegram to the wing commander to report the news that the city gate had been breached, and then concentrate all the forces that could be concentrated, and prepare to protrude from the south gate.

Just as he was gathering all his forces, news came from Simon that he had lost his defense.

Nakajima glanced at the West Gate painfully and ordered his men to prepare to destroy the supplies and break through the South Gate.

As for the troops who were still fighting fiercely with the New Fourth Army at the North Gate, he ordered them to break through from the North Gate.

Although this order was very cruel, Nakajima also knew that it would be difficult for the troops at the North Gate to break through smoothly, but if they could attract the attention of the New Fourth Army, they might increase their chances of winning from the South Gate. (To be continued.) )