After a dense rain of bullets, the Japanese soldiers, who had not yet reacted from the shock brought to them by the grenade, were caught off guard and were immediately knocked down hundreds of people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the threat of death, the other Japanese troops finally reacted.

However, their first reaction subconsciously was not to retreat covertly, but to continue to attack with their rifles in their hands and screaming.

In the face of the nearby city walls and gates, not a single Japanese was willing to fail.

Even though they knew that there were various crises waiting for them ahead, they still rushed forward without fear of death.

Soon, the Japanese troops, who were only able to resist with rifles, once again rushed to the foot of the city walls.

Of course, they may not have to pay the price of more than 200 people.

However, compared with the results of the battle into Fengcheng, these costs were obviously not in the eyes of the Japanese army.

At this critical moment, the grenade came.

After more than 200 grenades exploded one after another, the Japanese troops who rushed to the foot of the city wall lost more than 300 people......

"Bage Yalu, what kind of weapon is this, it is so powerful, it is a large area of ...... when it explodes" The captain of the Japanese army leading the team outside the city, like an angry lion, roared loudly.

"Sir, more than half of the attacking force has been lost, should we retreat......" A squadron leader next to him suggested a little nervously.

"No, the warriors have managed to rush here, and they can't just go back......" the captain refused without thinking.

Then, facing his subordinates, his eyes were red and he ordered: "Attack, continue to attack, if we don't enter Fengcheng, we will definitely not retreat......"

"Onboard ......" Immediately, a murderous shout of killing sounded on the battlefield.

There were still more than 600 devils left, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they were not afraid of death at all, stepped on the corpses of their comrades, and continued to attack.

At the head of the city, seeing the crazy actions of the Japanese army, Huang Yongzhong was not far behind and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the devils are starting to fight hard...... We're not cowards either, fighting with little devils. Kill them all......"

Although the riflemen of the two battalions had used their potential to the fullest, they still did not stop the Japanese troops who bordered on madness.

More than 600 Japanese troops, but in the end more than 400 people still rushed to the foot of the city wall.

At a critical juncture, Huang Yongzhong had to use the last 200 grenades. Only then did he stop them and didn't let them rush into the city gate.

In the end, under the frantic fire of all the riflemen of the two battalions, only one squad of the two infantry brigades finally escaped back.

"Treat the wounded immediately and count the casualties. Preparing to meet the next round of Japanese attacks......" Looking at the corpses of Japanese soldiers scattered all over the city, Huang Yongzhong was not happy at all, and ordered with a solemn face.

After Lin Tao, the chief of staff, passed down the order, he immediately walked to Huang Yongzhong's side and asked: "Regiment commander, if we eat their two infantry brigades at one time, and also destroy forty or fifty of their heavy machine guns, will the Japanese still dare to attack us?" ”

"Of course I dare to ......," Huang Yongzhong replied in the affirmative.

"In the battle just now, if we hadn't used grenades, the Japanese would have blown up the city walls several times and re-entered the city......"

"If I were a Japanese commander. It must be thought that the fighting power of the defenders is nothing more than that. As long as you rush two more times, you can re-enter Fengcheng. So, as long as the Japanese still want to recapture Fengcheng, they will continue to attack......"

The Japanese command outside the city, two infantry battalions, ended the attack with the annihilation of the entire army, which did not surprise Lieutenant General Matsumoto.

But, as Huang Yongzhong deduced. Lieutenant General Matsumoto was very surprised that he almost re-entered Fengcheng several times in the first round of attacks.

In Lieutenant General Matsumoto's view, this situation illustrates two possibilities......

One is that the defenders will show weakness to themselves again, tempting themselves to continue to attack Fengcheng. This is probably 50% certain. Because, at many critical moments, the defenders did not use the artillery groups they had placed outside the city.

If the defenders had used their artillery groups outside the city earlier, their two brigades would have been more than a thousand people. If there is no chance to connect to the city wall, it will be blown up by one or two hundred cannons.

Another possibility is that the combat effectiveness of the defenders is really not so, and this may also be 50% certain.

The artillery staff officer on the side made an inference during the battle that the combat effectiveness of the defenders' artillery was very poor, and it was completely the posture of a new recruit.

The captains of several heavy machine-gun squadrons also told me. The combat effectiveness of the light and heavy machine gunners of the defenders was very poor, and if it were not for the protection of the Liaodong Army with a city wall, the light and heavy machine gunners of the Liaodong Army would not even have a chance to shoot......

In addition, the chief of staff also analyzed, even if the defenders wanted to get the fire support of the artillery group outside the city, and when the news reached the artillery outside the city, the whole offensive battle was over. The artillery group placed by the Liaodong Army outside the city was not to provide artillery support to the defenders, but there was no way to provide artillery support at all.

Slowly, in Lieutenant General Matsumoto's mind, the proportion of the second possibility was already higher than the first.

And there is also Lieutenant General Sakata, the arrogant division commander, who constantly shouts and instigates.

Matsumoto finally decided: the fighting strength of the defenders was not as sad as he had imagined.

As for the real main force of the Liaodong Army, it may all be arranged outside the city to blockade itself.

After giving himself a reasonable explanation, Lieutenant General Matsumoto already had the final decision in his mind.

No matter where the real main force of the Liaodong Army is, as long as he can take Fengcheng and recapture the materials, weapons and ammunition in Fengcheng. The real main force of the Liaodong Army, even if it attacks itself again, it can defeat them with a large number of replenishments.

As a result, the strength of the two infantry brigades was again sent out by Lieutenant General Matsumoto.

At the north gate of Fengcheng, looking at the losses sent by the two battalions, Huang Yongzhong, who had a solemn face, didn't say a word for a long time.

Because, the casualties of the two battalions were too heavy, especially the battalion defending the direction of the city gate, which directly lost more than half.

The second battalion was also not much better, and the units of a company lost their combat effectiveness.

At this moment, Chief of Staff Lin Tao exclaimed, directly pulling him back from shock to reality.

"Regiment commander, you're right, the Japanese army was really unwilling to lose, and sent two more brigades to attack us......"

This time, Yang Xingguo was not so nervous.

He ordered to the chief of staff: "The third battalion will immediately replace the first battalion...... Mountain artillery company, open fire immediately......"

"The number of heavy machine guns of the Japanese did not increase, and they fought for this time to knock out the Japanese heavy machine gun positions. Even if we can't wipe them all out, we will inflict heavy losses on them, make them lose their combat effectiveness, and let the thousands of devils left outside the north gate lose even the last heavy weapons that they can rely on. ”

"Light and heavy machine gunners, as soon as the mountain artillery company fired, they counterattacked me, and suppressed all the heavy machine gun fire of the Japanese."

"Rifleman, as soon as the Japanese attacking troops hit the firing range, they will shoot. Strive to keep all two brigades of the Japanese army. “

As soon as the attack began, nearly 100 Japanese heavy machine guns were suppressed, and bullets were fired intermittently at the city.

Even so, more than 1,000 Japanese troops in the two brigades still rushed towards Fengcheng without fear of death.

One hundred and fifty meters, regardless of whether he could hit the target or not, seven or eight hundred rifles on the head of the city crackled.

In the words of the regiment commander Huang Yongzhong, a round of seven or eight hundred bullets, even if a blind cat hits a dead mouse, it can hit a few devils.

Dense and scorching bullets, in terms of hit rate, are obviously higher than the chance of a blind cat hitting a dead mouse.

Every time a round of gunfire rang out, more than a dozen devils fell on the offensive road.

As the Japanese army got closer and closer to the city wall, the number of devils who kept falling to the ground became more and more. (To be continued.) )