Dozens of field cannons, which were finally dragged over, were being erected by the artillery, and the muzzles of the cannons were pointed directly at the east gate city wall. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Japanese army defending the east gate had a brigade of more than 800 people, plus 500 Koreans, for a total strength of 1,300 people.

If it was a pure infantry attack, the Japanese captain was confident that with dozens of light and heavy machine guns in his hands, the Liaodong Army would be able to repel them even if 10,000 people came.

But God did not help him, and although the Liaodong Army outside the city did not have 10,000 men, it was equipped with two brigades of field artillery.

In the face of these field artillery, the confidence on the captain's face was directly gone, and he was full of worries about whether he could hold his position.

Of course, Fengcheng is so important, and it was captured once by the Liaodong Army.

The Japanese army, who had learned a lesson, would equip the defenders of Fengcheng with artillery, no matter how arrogant they were.

The only open area in the city was the Japanese artillery position, where a brigade of eighteen field guns was mounted. More than 100 gunners stood by the artillery, ready to fire at any time.

However, the Japanese army did not expect that the field artillery brigade they had high hopes for had been targeted by Wang Hong's assault team, and it was destroyed before they even had a chance to open fire.

Under the frightened and worried waiting of the Japanese troops at the east gate, the roaring cannons and the screams of shells crossing the sky reached their ears, and then a violent explosion sounded at the head of the city.

The Liaodong Army opened fire, and the Japanese field artillery brigade took action.

Adjusting the direction of the muzzle, adjusting the direction of the muzzle, carrying the shell, everyone is busy with a nervous face.

At this time, the commandos lurking around them moved.

A small squad of "Japanese troops", lined up in two columns, carrying rifles and light machine guns, ran towards the artillery position.

I never thought that there would be Japanese sentries of the Liaodong Army in the city, and directly regarded them as guards sent by the brigade commander.

Because according to the usual practice, after the battle starts, no matter where the artillery is, the commander will correspondingly increase the strength of the guard unit to ensure the safety of the artillery.

It wasn't until the assault team ran twenty meters away from the sentry and the sentry behind the sandbag stood up with a smile on his face and ready to meet him that they realized something was wrong.

The Japanese army in front of him was actually armed with six light machine guns, and even in the brigade commander's guard, a squad was only equipped with two light machine guns.

The Japanese soldiers who stood up from behind the sandbags were vigilant, and subconsciously picked up their rifles to stop the commandos and find out the identity of the commandos.

But he had already rushed to this commando, and he was not even given a chance to speak.

As soon as the Japanese soldier in front of him was about to pick up his rifle, the squad leader who rushed to the front drew his pistol and shot him twice in the chest.

When he was done, he immediately turned the wound around, and shot all the bullets in one go at the remaining three Japanese soldiers behind the bunker.

All of a sudden, the four Japanese soldiers guarding the entrance to the artillery position were all dead, and they didn't even say a word.

As soon as the leader of the team fired, the rest of the assault team responded.

Those with pistols pulled out their pistols, those armed with rifles picked up their rifles, and the light machine gunners held light machine guns and immediately rushed towards the Japanese positions that were close at hand.

In the middle of this, as soon as a Japanese army entered their field of vision, they immediately pulled the trigger and used a dense number of bullets to beat the opponent into a hornet's nest with holes all over their bodies.

An assault team of less than a hundred people easily entered the Japanese field artillery brigade.

Hundreds of Japanese gunners who were barely equipped with self-defense weapons were no match for the nearly 100 elite commandos no matter how powerful they were.

In less than five minutes, three or four hundred gunners and ammunition men of a field artillery brigade, except for a few dozen who reacted quickly, escaped from the artillery position early, and all the remaining Japanese troops were beaten to corpses.

Because the field artillery position was not far from the brigade headquarters, and within five minutes, some of the escaped gunners ran to the brigade headquarters to report the news that the field artillery brigade had been attacked.

In fact, without their report, the dense gunfire from the field artillery brigade had already told Major General Sakai that the attacking field artillery brigade was being attacked.

Major General Sakai, who couldn't understand why there was an enemy in the city, knew very well that if he didn't immediately destroy these Liaodong troops, he would be harmful.

Just when he was full of anger on his face, he was about to transfer troops to eliminate these Liaodong troops.

Violent gunfire suddenly rang out outside the brigade headquarters, and Major General Sakai, who was experienced in combat, immediately made a judgment that the brigade headquarters had been attacked, and the gunfire was fired from rifles and pistols, as well as light machine guns and heavy machine guns, which directly proved that the strength of the attackers outside was not weak.

Sure enough, less than ten seconds after the gunshots rang out, a squad leader of the guard squadron rushed in and reported: "Brigade commander, there are more than 100 Liaodong troops wearing our military uniforms attacking us, and the guard squadron is desperately trying to block it. ”

"But the enemy's firepower is too fierce, there are three heavy machine guns alone, and more than a dozen light machine guns, the guard squadron can still block them for five minutes at most, please transfer the brigade commander immediately!"

"Baga, this is my brigade headquarters, and I won't leave here! Immediately mobilize troops from all around and destroy these enemies! Major General Sakai refused without thinking about it.

The chief of staff next to him was much calmer, and then persuaded: "The brigade commander thinks twice, first the field artillery brigade was attacked, and then the brigade headquarters was attacked, indicating that there were many Liaodong troops mixed in the city. Many of them are coming for you, the brigade commander, and you have to make sure you're safe! “

"Also, several brigades are now on the city wall, and it will definitely be too late to transfer troops now. So, the brigade commander you have to transfer! “

After finishing speaking, the chief of staff did not wait for Sakai to open his mouth and ordered to the squad leader in front of him: "You take a squad to protect the brigade commander and leave, go to the barracks, there are still a lot of troops left behind, which can ensure the safety of the brigade commander." The others, including all the officers in the command, all armed with rifles and machine guns, followed me to block the attack of the Liaodong Army and cover the breakthrough of the brigade commander. ”

After the assault team finally took the headquarters of the Japanese brigade, Major General Sakai had already run so far that he could not even see a shadow.

Of course, the leader of the team was not willing to let a big fish run away like this, and immediately led his troops in pursuit.

At this moment, Wang Hong, who had lurked near the east gate, also attacked.

Wang Hong, who personally led half of the commando team, had one purpose. As soon as the artillery bombardment from outside the city ended, an attack was launched, and with the cooperation of the attacking troops outside the city, the defenders of the eastern city wall were defeated, and the city gate was opened to welcome the main force into the city.

The captain of the Japanese army, who was under fire from more than 30 field artillery pieces, heard the sudden sound of gunfire from the artillery position in the city, and he immediately realized that the field artillery brigade was likely to encounter something wrong.

In this way, the captain's dream of artillery support in the city was shattered.

Sure enough, in the next ten minutes of shelling, the field artillery brigade in the city did not fire a single shell.

And his subordinates who were guarding the city walls undoubtedly suffered heavy losses and waited for rescue. (To be continued.) )