Regiment Commander Shen Qinghua took his troops and the accompanying mountain artillery battalion all the way over the mountains and mountains, day and night, and finally arrived at the outskirts of Taigu County at ten o'clock in the evening as stipulated by Commander Liu Hua.

At this moment, Shen Qinghua was taking the political commissar and several battalion commanders lying on the slope of a small hill less than a thousand meters away from the city wall of Taigu County, quietly observing this ancient city. The old walls looked even older in the dim light. Due to the fact that the Taikoo County has not been repaired for a long time and has experienced years of war, the city wall at this time has been dilapidated, and there are big loopholes in many places.

"Commander Shen, give me five minutes, and I will definitely be able to blast a ten-meter-wide gap in the city wall for you to let the troops rush in..."

"Well, Battalion Commander Zhou, with such confidence, it seems that we are victorious in this siege battle. Battalion Commander Zhou, tell me about your specific attack position. Shen Qinghua cast a questioning look.

"Commander Shen, political commissar, comrades, look at the northeast corner of the city wall. If you look closely, you can see that the outer bricks of the city wall there have been completely damaged, and as long as you use a cannon to point at one of them, a few more shots, the wall will definitely collapse..."Everyone looked in the direction of the artillery battalion commander's finger, and sure enough, a lot of dead grass had grown on that wall, and the outer bricks in many places had fallen off, revealing the dirt inside.

"Well, it's a good place, when the time comes, let's take out a battalion of troops and launch a feint attack at the main gate, and the main force will break through directly from this breakthrough. Then, the advantage of the army is gone, and as for melee night combat, it is our job. At that time, we will definitely be able to break through the county seat before dawn, and then retreat calmly. The political commissar looked at the city wall, his eyes lit up, and a plan for attacking the city blurted out.

"Okay, just do what the political commissar said, everyone will start preparing after they go back, the first battalion suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, so it will not participate in the offensive and serve as the reserve of the whole regiment. Later, the second battalion will take on the task of feints, and the third battalion will attack the main attack, and you must attack the county seat at one time....Battalion Commander Zhou, the task of your artillery battalion is very arduous, and it must be arranged well when the time comes, so that the devils cannot have a chance to breathe. Regiment Commander Shen Qinghua ordered.

"Yes, Commander," several people replied in unison.

In this way, the whole regiment began to disperse and make pre-war preparations. And Wang Benqing of the third regiment did not have such good luck as the first regiment. Because he was facing a city wall guarded by a serious illness, and the county town had relatively strong fortifications.

Because the Shouyang County in front of him is located on the main traffic road, it is still a material transfer station for the army, which stores a large number of materials that need to go south. In the face of such a critical county, although at this time, the army drew a large number of troops from various counties in order to sweep up, but only did not draw troops from this Shouyang County, so Shouyang County is the only county town that still maintains a brigade of defenders.

Wang Benqing lay on the ground, quietly observing the brightly lit county town in front of him for less than ten minutes, and still lay there without saying a word.

"Commissar, this bone is very difficult to gnaw!" The regimental commander finally spoke.

"Well, the city wall seems to have just been renovated, there is no gap, and the entire outside of the city wall is illuminated by searchlights, as long as the soldiers approach the city wall, they will become the target of the army, it seems that we will not be able to attack the county tonight." The political commissar also sighed.

"Hmph, if I can't attack the county, I won't let the little devil have a good time. Let's go, go back to the temporary headquarters, gather all the battalion and company commanders, and we will have a Zhuge Liang meeting. The head of the regiment, Wang Benqing, snorted coldly.

By the time Wang Benqing returned to the temporary headquarters with the political commissar, dozens of company and battalion commanders had already gathered at the temporary headquarters and were waiting for the arrival of the regiment commander and political commissar.

"Comrades, I think the chief of staff should have already told you about the specific situation. The main topic of this Zhuge Liang meeting is how we should fight tonight to best deter devils..."

"Commander Wang, when the time comes, let my artillery battalion bombard the walls of this devil and extinguish their spirit." The commander of the artillery battalion was the first to stand up and said.

"Hehe, this can indeed extinguish their sharp energy, but it is still far from breaking their muscles and bones." Wang Benqing shook his head and said.

In this way, everyone put forward several suggestions, all of which were vetoed by Wang Benqing and the political commissar one by one. Until the platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon said his idea.

"Regiment commander, political commissar, according to the investigation, Shouyang County is the material transfer station of the Central Committee of the Army, and under normal circumstances, the materials going south have to pass through here. I think there must have been a large amount of materials hoarded here that urgently needed to go south, otherwise the Yue army would not have sent such a strong force to defend this county. You say, if we blow up the devil's supplies, will the army jump over the wall in a hurry..."The reconnaissance platoon commander thought for a while and said.

"Yes, this is a good way, if the devil dares to jump off the wall, it is in our hands. You know, the three battalions of our three regiments are not vegetarians...... Commissar, what do you think of this approach? Wang Benqing asked.

"Well, I also agree, so as to avoid our weakness and force the devil to go out of the city and fight with us." The commissar agreed with this plan from the bottom of his heart.

"Okay, since everyone agrees, then I will assign the combat mission specifically. The artillery battalion immediately set up a position, the target, aimed at the devil's material warehouse, don't save shells at that time, give me a desperate fight, and we must destroy all the ready-made materials that the devil has hoarded. The first battalion, the second battalion, you set up a pocket array between the city gate and the artillery battalion position, as long as the devils dare to go out of the city to retaliate, how many of them come, how much we eat... The 3rd Battalion, as the reserve of the whole regiment, the regimental artillery company and the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Battalion arranged the pocket formation, and now began to move immediately. Wang Benqing ordered loudly.

"Yes..."

"Okay, the meeting will be dismissed,..." Wang Benqing waved his hand and watched everyone leave.

As the minutes ticked by, both regiments were ready for battle, the artillery battalion had loaded their shells, and they were ready to open fire just waiting for the order to open their guns. Wang Benqing and Shen Qinghua looked at the watches in their hands from time to time, waiting anxiously.

Finally, a smile appeared on the corner of Shen Qinghua's mouth. "Start..."Shen Qinghua ordered to the staff officers around him, and immediately, Shen Qinghua remembered the sound of artillery behind him. The 12 mountain guns lined up one after another, firing the shells in the breech. In an instant, the entire artillery position was enveloped in smoke from the firing of shells.

With the firing of cannonballs, the walls of the entire Taigu County City slowly fell into a sea of fire. In order not to attract the attention of the devils, the 12 mountain cannons were not all aimed at the breach, but divided into six to attack the city gate, and the remaining six were all concentrated at the breach.

After a round of shells was fired, the fighters ignored the hot barrels, quickly cleared their chambers, and loaded the shells... Launch again... When the whole shelling was going on for three minutes, suddenly, there was a loud bang of "boom...", and the wall of the breakthrough finally could not withstand the continuous explosions and collapsed. The entire collapsed gap was 10 meters long, "Comrades, rush..." This was agreed before the war, as soon as the city wall was blown open, the three battalions lying in ambush not far from the city wall would immediately attack, not giving the devils a chance to breathe, and the artillery battalion would immediately carry out extended fire.

"Rush... Kill the devils...", the warriors roared, threw down their coverings, and rushed through with their guns in hand. At this moment, the second battalion, which was responsible for the feint attack, also began to attack the Yue army, and the four heavy machine guns of the whole battalion kept spitting tongues of fire at the shooting holes on the city wall, suppressing the fire of the Yue army. Under the cover of dense firepower, the soldiers slowly approached the dilapidated city gate, with guns in hand, bent over.

"Baga, hurry, resist, you must not be able to let the Eighth Route Army approach the city wall." The squadron leader of the Yue Army, who hurried to the city wall from the headquarters, looked at the dense crowd outside the city, and the [***] squadron that was getting closer and closer hurriedly ordered.

Looking at the [***] squadron that was getting closer and closer, the squadron leader who was forced to be a scoundrel had to transfer his last squad. A small group of troops immediately strengthened the density of fire on the city wall, and the dense firepower finally repelled the feint attack of the second battalion. In the face of the sudden increase in the vitality of the devils, the second battalion did not hesitate, and immediately carried the wounded, under the cover of heavy machine guns, and retreated. At this time, the three battalions attacking from the breakthrough had quietly approached the breakthrough, and even some fighters had quietly climbed the city wall from the breakthrough to establish a blocking position.

"One company, destroy the army on the city wall, two companies and three companies. Enter the city immediately and directly attack the headquarters of the army..."The commander of the third battalion saw that his soldiers had quietly occupied the breakthrough, but the devils were firmly attracted by the second battalion at the city gate, so an idea of annihilating all the devils on the city wall and blossoming in the center immediately came to his mind.

"Comrades, follow me..." The commander of the company, holding a light machine gun and leading a company that had already climbed the city wall, suddenly rushed towards the flank of the army on the city wall. The three light machine guns at the head kept spewing tongues of fire in the hands of the soldiers, harvesting the lives of the soldiers they saw.

"Baga, hurry, resist, block the army attacking from the side....Seeing the Eighth Route Army suddenly appearing on his right, the squadron leader couldn't help but be shocked, and ordered in a panic. However, in the face of the city wall without any cover, the army took what to resist the sharp momentum of the charge. Soon, half of the squad fell under the machine guns of the first company.

"Quick, use the remains of the fallen soldiers, build a position, resist, you must not let the squadron [***] rush over...."The squadron leader had no other way, and when he saw the remains of the dead soldiers, he had to use this last inhumane method.

"Squadron leader, retreat quickly, the city wall has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army, let's go to the headquarters immediately, the headquarters has strong fortifications, and it will definitely be able to block the attack of the squadron, as long as we hold until dawn, we will be saved..."

(To be continued)