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Chapter 1327: Blood and Fire (3)

The bright sky gradually darkened, and the remnant sun in the western sky still emitted a scorching flame, and the afterglow was intertwined with the flames of war on the ground, as if the whole world was shrouded in blood. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This round of artillery fire by the Japanese army was not aimless, but to open a larger gap in the city and facilitate a large-scale attack by the Japanese army. Soon, the city wall on the right side of the south gate of Yutian County also collapsed under the focus of artillery fire, revealing a gap of more than 60 meters.

During this period, the Japanese sappers were not idle, and quickly laid out four pontoon bridges that could withstand the passage of tanks. Major General Kusaba Tatsumi, the commander of the 19th Brigade of the Japanese Army, has decided that he will no longer adopt the tactic of adding fuel, but will break down the defense of the squadron in one fell swoop with overwhelming momentum, and Kusaba Tatsumi has already given a death order to the commander of the 20th Infantry Wing, Nobuaki Ohno, who was seriously damaged and replaced the 9th Wing and the main attack in the next wave of attacks, and must take the county seat before dark.

In view of the current situation, Nobuaki Ohno discharged the most representative attack formation of the Japanese army - the infantry charged in a skirmisher formation, and the grenadiers and light and heavy machine guns followed the infantry in formation, providing fire cover for the infantry at any time, and the grenadiers were used to deal with the light machine gun fire points of the squadron, and at the same time, the Type 92 infantry guns followed the attack team, slowly moving forward, and firing at the exposed heavy machine gun fire points of the defenders at any time, of course, the most important thing this time was that the armored vehicles were the first The brigade's eight Type 95 light tanks will take the lead.

Seeing that the Japanese army had used tanks on the fourth floor of the headquarters, Bai Mingyi quickly countered and transferred the four 37 battle anti-aircraft guns owned by the entire First Army Corps to the pre-selected house bunkers and waited for them.

"Dada-da-"

The Japanese tanks showed off their might, and as they advanced, they spat out tongues of fire as much as they could, and the bullets fired from two 7.7 mm machine guns swept over the houses where the defenders were stationed like a violent storm, causing the defenders to dodge in a hurry.

The Japanese tanks and infantry were getting closer and closer to the first line of defense made of houses, and soon at the command of "hit", the silent houses suddenly became lively, and bullet marks flew one after another, and the Maxim heavy machine guns scattered everywhere also roared, and the bullets were poured down on the onrushing Japanese troops like beans.

The well-trained Japanese soldiers quickly scattered the formation, some of the devil soldiers were cleverly bent on their waists and continued to charge forward behind the tanks, while some simply lay on the ground, on the ruins of the city wall, picked up their rifles and fired at the defenders, and used accurate marksmanship to shoot a large number of defending officers and soldiers.

At the same time, the Japanese grenadiers quickly crouched down and poured melon bombs mercilessly on the rooftops of the houses where the defenders were stationed and on the sandbag positions piled up on the streets. Melon bullets accurately hit the firing points set up on the rooftops and sandbag positions, and the fireballs rose into the air, and the defenders who were shooting were mercilessly killed and injured by grenade fragments, and many people were instantly beaten into a hornet's nest. The machine gun team, which was closely following the Japanese infantry, quickly chose favorable terrain, set up crooked light machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns, and poured a rain of bullets on the defenders' fire points to suppress the defenders' attacks.

Bai Mingyi's carefully arranged Makqin heavy machine guns, which were set up in the windows and vents of the buildings, spat out long tongues of fire, and with the exhilarating roar of anger coming from the houses everywhere, the bullets rained down on the heads of the Japanese officers and soldiers like a shower. The Makqin heavy machine gun selected by the squadron was much more powerful than the Type 92 heavy machine gun developed by the Japanese army based on the Hatch Chase gas guide heavy machine gun, which quickly suppressed the Japanese machine gun fire and brought great casualties to the Japanese army.

When the first four Japanese Type 95 tanks quickly raised their Type 94 37mm guns, aimed at the place where the machine gun flame was sprayed, and suddenly spat out a dazzling fireball. The shells accurately entered the four machine-gun firing points through the windows of the houses or through the gaps in the ventilation ducts, and in the violent explosion, the defenders' Maxim heavy machine guns instantly fell silent. The triumphant Japanese tanks turned their guns again, locked onto the next target and opened fire.

In the sound of explosions, the wreckage of the machine gun mixed with the limbs of the shooter, with the bursting air current, flew in the air, mixed with shrapnel of blood, and fired in all directions.

At this time, the four 37 anti-aircraft guns that had been enduring for a long time finally fired.

"Bang dang", with the sound of agitated metal impact, the 37 battle anti-aircraft gun spewed out slender tongues of fire, and the armor-piercing bullet flew away from the muzzle of the gun with the expectations of the defenders, and flew towards the Japanese Type 95 tank that was unscrupulously and frantically exerting its might. One by one, the armor-piercing bullets, with an indomitable momentum, tore open holes in the thin iron plates of the Japanese tanks, and drilled into the tanks, with a loud noise, the four Japanese Type 95 tanks were burning, and the Japanese pilot, who was not killed by the shells, desperately jumped from the burning tank, but was quickly hit by a dense rain of bullets and was beaten into a blood gourd. Soon after, the ammunition compartments of the remaining three tanks exploded, and the roof cover flew into the sky with a "pop" sound, and the raging flames quickly erupted from the tanks, and with three loud noises in a row, the turrets of the tanks spun and flew into the sky, falling to the ground with a bang, splashing dust all over the sky.

Without paying too much attention to the situation of the hit tank, the shooters of the anti-aircraft guns of the 37th Battle immediately withdrew the shells, and quickly stuffed another shell into the chamber, and with another violent explosion, the other four tanks were also accurately hit by armor-piercing shells, and the crazy offensive of the Japanese tanks was finally contained.

At this time, the Japanese Type 92 infantry guns at the rear of the attack formation opened fire, directly aiming at the place where the 37 battle anti-aircraft guns were spraying flames and firing at the point, and the shells smashed into the outer wall of the bunker, stirring up shrapnel in the sky. Fortunately, following Bai Mingyi's strategy of changing places after two shots, the artillery had already dragged the 37 battle defense artillery out of the firing place quickly, and the Japanese infantry artillery did not take any advantage.

However, the Japanese artillery did not know this, seeing that the Chinese artillery was dumb, nodded with satisfaction, and quickly looked for the next target, and soon, a shell landed on a machine gun position made of sandbags on the street, and a Makqin heavy machine gun that was screaming happily next to it, suddenly a fireball appeared, and the heavy heavy machine gun was instantly broken in two from the middle, and was torn into pieces after flying into the air. The shooter who was a heavy machine gun flew into the sky with the heavy machine gun, but at this time he was still holding the machine gun grip with both hands wide, and his assistant was killed on the spot, being hit by shrapnel in the head without a steel helmet to cover it, Bai Huahua's brain flowed everywhere, sharp fragments raged everywhere, and many nearby defenders were either killed or wounded.

Seeing that the assault had been successful and the defenders' firepower was greatly weakened, the Japanese commander quickly ordered to concentrate sixteen tanks again and attack the defenders' defense line from the left and right sides at the same time, preparing to tear apart the defense of the squadron in one fell swoop. Seeing that the night was permeating, this time Ono Xuanming bet on his old book and sent the entire wing up at once.

On the fourth floor of the headquarters, Bai Mingyi's eyes were grim, and he said to Zhong Shan on the side: "The Japanese army is going to fight hard, it seems that our trump card has to be used in advance." ”

Zhong Shan said: "The more troops the enemy gathers when charging, the better, it is better to beat them all at once, they need time to rest and breathe." This killer weapon can only be used once, and when it's over, it's gone, and then we have to fight with the little devils one by one, hoping that the Japanese army will leave us more time. ”

Bai Mingyi nodded, and immediately ordered the staff officers to convey the order to the front line, and once the Japanese tank group was concentrated at the city wall, the plan would be activated.

At this moment, on the battlefield, the fierce battle is still continuing, as the Japanese tanks cross the river, the balance of victory seems to be slowly tilting towards the Japanese army, with more than 2,000 fresh troops into the battlefield, the Japanese Twentieth Wing Wing Commander Ono Nobuaki Osashi is complacent, pulled out the command knife, and shouted "Kill to give!" ”

"Sticking a black card, onboard!"

Chanting the slogan "Long live the Emperor, Your Majesty," the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on the defenders like a tidal wave, and at that moment, a sudden change occurred.

"Boom—"

An earth-shattering huge explosion suddenly sounded, and inside and outside Yutian County, the ground shook violently as if an earthquake of magnitude seven or eight had occurred, making most of the unprepared people fall directly to the ground! At the base of the city wall on the left and right sides of the south gate of Yutian County, there was an extremely terrifying explosion, I don't know how many explosives were planted here in advance by the instructor of the First Legion, on the ground that was nearly a thousand meters long, the flames rose into the sky in the violent explosion, and countless fragments of blue bricks and rubble, mixed with countless thick smoke and dust, filled with transpiration.

The orange-red fire that flashed at the time of the explosion suddenly illuminated the dim earth, and the whole world was shrouded in a strange light, and many Japanese officers and soldiers who looked directly at the explosion site were stimulated by this bright light and lost their eyesight for a short time. At the same time, the billowing smoke gradually converged, and finally formed an incomparably huge mushroom cloud, which flipped and rose straight into the sky.

The sixteen Japanese tanks that were assembling in formation and rushing towards the county town suffered heavy losses, some of them were like models made of wood, and they were swept up by the violent waves set off by the explosion, and made all kinds of unbelievable postures in the sky, and at a height of five or six meters, they finally felt the pull of the earth's gravity, and they were thrown to the ground by the heat wave like garbage, and fell to pieces. Other tanks that were a little farther away from the explosion point were completely buried by countless rubble before they could evade it, and the tankmen in the vehicles were shocked by the huge shock wave and bled to death on the spot at the moment of the explosion.

The machine gun and artillery positions of the 20th Wing, which were originally lying on the ruins of the city wall and shooting towards the city, were flying high in the sky like an airplane, and the machine gunners and artillery had been torn to pieces at the moment of the explosion.

This sudden explosion completely buried at least 3,000 Japanese soldiers, who were stunned and torn apart by the huge explosion before they could even think of escaping.

Blood stained the earth red, "bubbling" into the moat, and the sound of guns and cannons attacking Yutian County suddenly became muted.

"Baga!"

Getting up from the ground, there is no need to use a telescope at all, Lieutenant General Nakajima, the commander of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, who is a few miles behind the battlefield, can clearly see what is happening in front of him, a thick column of smoke hundreds of meters wide, mixed with suffocating heat and countless fragments of smoke and dust, billowing up, writhing its stout body in the air like a monster, this pillar of smoke attracted all the attention of Nakajima Imasago so much that he ignored Major General Tatsumi Kusaba who was commanding the battle in front of him. Ohno Nobuaki Osa is grabbing the heavens and the earth and crying out!

"This ...... Damn, damn the dog! Why is it so despicable and shameless! How could they treat the warriors of the empire so roughly? Oh, my God! What the hell happened to torture my troops like this? ”

Nakajima Imakago was almost mad, how could such a tragic, extreme, and super explosion with the spirit of "jade shattering" that *** people most admired be something that the stupid and cowardly army could do? If the squadron is so crazy, how can it be possible for the Japanese army to easily get Manchuria with more than 10,000 troops?

The chief of staff of the division, Mitsuo Nakazawa, was also stunned, and he didn't know how to comfort him for a while, and in the face of this almost devastating explosion, the entire command headquarters was silent all of a sudden.

In Yutian County, although they had been mentally prepared for a long time, the moment the explosion suddenly sounded, Bai Mingyi, Zhong Shan, and the staff officers of the headquarters were still shaken to the ground by the violent shaking. The whole building shook desperately, like a boat in a storm, ready to sink at any moment. The dust on the ceiling and walls fell downwards with "brushes", making their faces covered with white lime powder.

However, no one was dissatisfied with what happened to them, and when the tremors subsided a little, everyone got up from the ground and crowded to the windows facing south on all levels of the small building, admiring the huge mushroom clouds steaming high in the sky, constantly spitting out fragments of masonry and stumps and broken arms, and watching the south gate city wall, which was originally full of bullets and bullets, stirring in the wind and rubble, just like experiencing the worst sandstorm in the northwest region, and feeling the unforgettable revenge after the devil officers and soldiers were broken and broken.

At this moment, victory belongs to China and belongs to the best people!

......

The night is getting darker, and the mountain wind is blowing strongly.

The mountain temple north of Tiejialing Town in the southwest of Jixian County, where the headquarters of the Fifth Army Corps is stationed.

"Report, General Liu Zhi called, north of Jixian County through the Fangyu line, the 177th Division of General Li Xingzhong of the Second Group Army, and the newly formed 35th Division of General Wang Jinzai are engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army coming from the direction of Zunhua. The two divisions suffered heavy losses under the powerful firepower of the Japanese army, and the defensive line was likely to collapse at any time. At the same time, General Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army launched a fierce attack on the Bangjun defense line from 3 o'clock in the afternoon, but under the three-dimensional defense of the Japanese aircraft and artillery, not an inch of ground was advanced, and the 25th and 51st divisions lost more than half of the continuous fierce fighting for four hours. ”

Colonel Qin Chun-bang, director of communications, hurriedly walked into the war room that had been temporarily renovated from the temple hall and reported loudly.

Hu Jialin took the telegram and glanced at it, and shook his head: "From the afternoon to now, Liu Zhi doesn't know how many urgent telegrams he has sent, and now he actually uses the wording 'pull the brother', and the majesty of his old chief is completely lost, which shows that he is really in a hurry." After sending a telegram to Liu Jingfu, five minutes later, our department launched a general offensive and asked him to calm down. ”

Qin Zhenbang took the order, Zhang Chengzhu left from the map, came to the simple sand table that the corps staff office had just made against the terrain, pointed to Bang Junzhen and said:

"The Japanese army's attitude of encircling and annihilating the Second Army is very resolute, and it has actually invested two divisions in this area of more than 10 square kilometers, one division is responsible for dealing with the attack from the Second Army, and the other division is dealing with reinforcements from Beiping, I don't know if we can break through the defense line built by the Japanese army in one night."

Huang Zhi, chief of staff of the corps, also walked over: "Kameda Ichiro's special forces are not simple, and they actually judge the general situation of the Japanese army through the layout of the Japanese army's military flags, team flags and defense lines, which saves us a lot of things." Kameda Ichiro told us an important piece of information, although the Fourth Division we were facing was a first-class division of the Japanese army, but the combat effectiveness of this division was not strong, and in the Russo-Japanese War, it was the charge behind and the retreat in the front, and its core force, the Eighth Wing, was repeatedly defeated in the Russo-Japanese War, and won the nickname of the "Eighth Wing that is not afraid of defeat."

"The soldiers of this division are all from Osaka, and like Kameda Ichiro, most of the soldiers are vegetable vendors, and they talk about profits, not desperate. Moreover, Osaka has its own unique culture, and in ancient times, the basic social structure was that the peasants were attached to the land-owning princes, and the princes were subordinate to their emperors. This long-term unchanged social structure has led to the formation of a strict relationship between superiors and subordinates and the cultural characteristics of obedience, which is the psychological basis for the general fanaticism of the current army to be loyal to the emperor. Unlike the rest of the world, Osaka has always been a famous commercial city, and most of its inhabitants are merchants, and they don't have much respect for the daimyo princes who run them. On the contrary, because of the various harsh taxes on merchants in ancient times, the merchants of Osaka have been fighting wits and bargaining with the daimyo for hundreds of years, and the so-called loyalty is not to mention. Therefore, the status of their Japanese emperor in the hearts of the people of Osaka is also very different from that of other places.

"Although the soldiers who were born in Osaka were also bewitched by the militarism of ***, these soldiers were not in a hurry to 'die for the emperor and die for the great *** empire', and it is said that the motto of the soldiers born in *** Osaka was 'whether to die or not to die'. Officers and soldiers from Osaka are also accustomed to 'bargaining' and 'calculating' orders from their superiors, and they do not carry out them to the end with their eyes closed as other units do, and this is closely related to their merchant backgrounds. I heard that the Fourth Division has also formulated the so-called "three don'ts" principle of 'do not pay for useless sacrifices,' 'do not participate in unreasonable battles,' and 'do not pursue enemy troops who are desperate.' Sounds like an interesting troop, right? I don't know if it's true, but we'll know when the battle starts. ”

Hu Jialin said with a smile: "Judging from Kameda Ichiro's performance, it is estimated that the soldiers from Osaka are all about the same, and I hope that this time we can open a gap from the Fourth Division." I have already telegraphed to Lu Yixuan, who had set up the headquarters of the former enemy in Baijian, that as soon as the Fourth Division is really as unbearable as the legend says, it will immediately change its original battle plan and drive the Japanese troops to the Sixth Division, which is defending the eastern position, and let the Japanese troops attack their own positions and penetrate the defense line carefully set up by the Japanese army in one fell swoop. ”

"The report, General Liu Jingfu called again, the 13th Army Corps of General Liu Maoen of the Second Group Army, the defense line operating on the line from Dongta and Shangcang to Da'an in Jixian County, has been shattered under the heavy blow of the Japanese army, and it is only a matter of time before the whole line collapses. In addition, the defense line of General Pei Changhui's 47th Division on the front line of Zhoujiapu and Yangshutou was also in danger, and General Liu Zhi ordered Commander Sun Lianzhong and General Li Bifan of the 23rd Division of the First Army Corps, who had just gathered the rout, to quickly move closer to Jixian and concentrate all their forces on defense. Qin Zhenbang rushed into the war room again to report.

Hu Jialin looked at his watch: "It's almost time, so I won't reply to Liu Zhi's telegram, let them see the performance of our Fifth Legion!" The attack begins! ”

......

"Boom, boom—"

On the line from Xixindong Village to Dujisu Village in Bangjun Town, 10,000 artillery guns fired in unison, and the first large-scale battle of the Fifth Army Division, the 17th Division, and the 40th Division in eastern Hebei began.