Chapter 438: Xiongzhou Town 2
Originally, when the Nagai Tokugawa Wing went to rescue the Cen Moto Kazuo Brigade, they notified the Ikeda Brigade to come and take over the defense task of Xiongshu Town, thinking that the Ikeda Brigade would arrive in Xiongshu Town in time, and even if the enemy forces in front of them were still several times their number, relying on the weapons and ammunition accumulated in Xiongzhou Town, they would never be captured for a while, but what they never expected was that the enemy's attack speed was still above that of Ikeda's Brigade. Seeing the transport trucks of the brigade, Caoci Osaka also understood that the enemy army that came was also the elite of the elite, that is, the imperial soldiers, and it was not easy to prepare so many cars. In less than two months, the Japanese army sent hundreds of thousands of troops to the battlefield in North China, and at the same time increased its troops in Songhu, and it was impossible to cover everything. At this time, Ikeda's brigade was only a dozen miles away from Xiongzhou Town, but these ten miles were the separation between heaven and man.
"No, it's not good, the cavalry squadron leader escaped with someone!"
"Poof!" Hearing this aggravated depletion, Grass Taro was so angry that he spit out a mouthful of blood, at this time they had been suppressed by the enemy so that they could not raise their heads, the gate of the city had been blown out of the enemy's artillery to make a big gap, the enemy army on the opposite side obviously realized the importance of Xiongzhou Town, in the repeated artillery bombardment just now had already learned the reality of the Japanese army in the town, at this time even the tentative attack was avoided, and directly launched a battalion-level charge. When the equivalent of half a brigade of troops roared and charged against Xiongzhou Town, under the cover of artillery fire, the scene was extremely spectacular.
"Let's go, you bring the rest of the team with me, don't worry about it here." Caoci Osaka was also decisive, and after realizing that it was impossible to block the opponent's attack, he directly put up a desperate resistance. With a crippled squad of less than thirty people, he went straight to the armory.
"Quick. Fast. Destroy all the arms as quickly as possible, and never fall into the hands of the Chinese army! ”
A small number of Japanese infantry were still resisting, but they were so powerless in the face of the army that rushed into the city, except for the dozens of Japanese cavalry who fled, the Japanese suffered nearly 100 casualties in the shelling. Only a little over two hundred people could still maintain their combat effectiveness, and Grass Osaka took twenty or thirty people, plus part of the fleeing cavalry wing, and the remaining defense was less than two hundred. In the face of the Northwest Army, which was striving to end the battle in the shortest possible time, this level of resistance was very weak. The defensive force was too weak, and there were no reserves available, once the front could not be resisted, in the face of a steady stream of enemy troops, the Northwest Army did not even need to make a few more charges, after a few rounds of mortars, under the cover of mortars, it rushed directly into the town. This was followed by a steady stream of thousands of troops, and at this time, the Japanese army, which was less than 200 wounded, faced the enemy army with thousands of high spirits. It was like a flame that met a downpour, flickered a few times, and then was completely submerged in the torrent of the Northwest Army.
"Xu Guangzhong. You take a regiment to take charge of the guard, and the others use the fastest speed to clear the remnants of the Japanese army in the town! Li Chunrun knows that time is pressing, and if he hastens more time, he will have more confidence in guarding Xiongzhou Town.
"Your Excellency Caoci, the army, there are too many arms, where shall we bomb them first?" The soldier asked anxiously, a large number of footsteps were already heard in the distance, the enemy had already entered, and their comrades did not stop the other party for long.
"Blow up those cannons first, ignite the shells, quick!" Speaking of which, I have to mention that due to the great reputation of the Westwind dive bomber equipped by the Northwest Air Force in a short period of time, the Japanese army suffered a lot of losses in the hands of this kind of bomber, and even the Mutian Wing was directly blocked from retreating because of the Westwind 1 bomber. It is precisely because of the several losses suffered by the Xifeng 1 bomber, in view of the voyage of the Xifeng 1, although the materials at the transit station in the rear are still transported in a centralized manner, but in Xiongzhou Town, in order to avoid being eaten by the Xifeng 1 bomber, the Japanese army placed weapons and ammunition separately. The so-called eggs are not put in one basket, but because of this, Kutstaro was unable to destroy all the ordnance at once in this situation.
Rumble! A violent explosion sounded, and a huge cloud of smoke rose up in Xiongzhou Town.
"Quick, these bastards want to blow up the munitions and stop them!" At this time, the soldiers who were in charge of cleaning up the remnants of the Japanese army in the town were crazy and jumped around.
"Up, kill them!" Finally, a group of soldiers saw the Japanese army engaged in sabotage. The soldiers with the guys in their hands rushed forward without thinking.
"Zhina, let's die together!" Caoci Osaka's face was crazy, and it was too late to go to other places to destroy weapons and ammunition, but these precious 38-type 105MM heavy field guns in front of him, as well as hundreds of heavy artillery shells, were absolutely impossible to leave for these enemy troops.
With a determined gaze, Grass Osaka carried a bundle of cluster grenades, and his eyes ignited with madness.
"It's not good, retreat!" Not only did they kill the soldiers of the Northwest Army who rushed over, but even several Japanese soldiers had a look of fear in their eyes.
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A series of explosions converged into a ball, and the bodies of the Japanese soldiers in the middle were directly evaporated in the huge light and heat energy. Those soldiers of the Northwest Army who fled quickly were directly shocked by the huge explosion, and their eyes were blackened, and they only felt a whirlwind of the sky. As for the soldiers of the Northwest Army who fled more slowly, their bodies that were slightly closer disintegrated directly in the shock wave, turning into a cloud of blood mist, and the mouth, nose, and ears that were a little farther away overflowed with blood and were thrown into the air like paper paste.
And in the relative center of the explosion, the extremely heavy Japanese-made Type 38 heavy field cannon, together with the heavy gun mount, was also lightly lifted into the air at this time, easily twisted and deformed, and torn apart. Even a single heavy shell hitting the ground can cause a huge shock wave, not to mention hundreds of rounds exploding together.
The entire town of Xiongzhou trembled at the sound of this huge explosion. All the soldiers of the Northwest Army who rushed into Xiongzhou Town looked in the direction of the explosion.
"Damn, it must be that the Japanese army can't guard it and detonate the munitions." As the commander of this assault, Li Chunrun was so angry that he directly smashed his hat to the ground.
The explosion came and went quickly, and after the heat dissipated, Li Chunrun was even more distressed when he saw the heavy field cannon that fell to the ground and was about to be melted into iron stone. If you can get these heavy guns, it won't be long before you can clean up the Japanese infantry brigade that was intercepted before. (To be continued.) )