"Sun Xingbang, you have fought in vain for so many years, you have forgotten such simple common sense, and before you investigated the enemy's situation, you blindly ordered the soldiers to attack, you are irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers. Chief of Staff, remember this matter for me, and I will settle accounts with you after the war. Seeing Sun Xingbang stand up, of course Liu Hua didn't have a good tone, and couldn't help but scold him.

"Commander, now is not the time to think about this matter, let's think of a way to solve the hundreds of little devils in front of you. If nothing else, the last remnants of the little devils must all be gathered in their headquarters, and we must hurry. Seeing Liu Hua with an angry face on his face, Chief of Staff Li Qing hurriedly comforted.

"I'll keep this account in mind first, and I will definitely punish you well when the time comes" After listening to the words of the chief of staff, Liu Hua's mood improved a lot, and he said fiercely.

"Yes, Commander"

"Chief of Staff, immediately transfer me several mortar companies outside the city, all of them. Give me ten minutes of shelling at the headquarters of the Japanese army. I don't believe it, it's the little devil's life is hard, or my cannonballs are hard. Liu Hua ordered loudly.

"Yes, division commander" the chief of staff turned to convey the order. In less than 20 minutes, when a glimmer of light had already appeared in the sky, three mortar companies finally rushed to the periphery of the headquarters of the Japanese army and began to set up mortars. Under Liu Hua's order, the 36 mortars, plus more than a dozen captured grenadiers, were all aimed at the front and rear compounds of the army headquarters, waiting for the division commander to personally give the order for artillery bombardment.

"Don't save ammunition for me, blow up the little devil's headquarters for me, and open fire" Seeing the mortar in front of him that was ready for battle, Liu Hua did not hesitate and ordered loudly.

A dull sound of mortar discharges sounded, and dozens of shells, with a huge whistling sound, flew out of the barrels, quickly crossed the heads of the soldiers, and smashed towards the headquarters of the army. Less than a few seconds later, a dense burst of explosions rang out inside the headquarters.

The explosion of mortars, the screams of soldiers, and the shouting of officers. Immediately, it passed through the sturdy courtyard wall of the army headquarters and reached the ears of the soldiers a hundred meters away.

"Okay, good fight, blow up and kill these little devils who are not as good as beasts" Seeing the headquarters of the Japanese army that had been completely covered by artillery fire, there was not a single soldier lying on the ground who did not applaud. One by one, they were smiling, and their eyes were full of light as they looked at the military headquarters that kept exploding, as if they were watching a movie.

Ten minutes of shelling, it quickly passed. In these 10 minutes, more than 300 shells were fired into the headquarters of the army by the soldiers of the artillery company. With the end of the shelling, the headquarters of the Japanese army, which had just been exploding, finally quieted down. And the barrels of the guns that were still sticking out of the shooting holes just now didn't know where they had shrunk at this time.

"Order the troops, start the attack, and destroy the remnants of the enemy in the army headquarters" Seeing the army headquarters that was billowing with smoke, Liu Hua did not have any pity, and ordered loudly to the few regiment commanders around him who were waiting for orders.

"Yes, comrades of the division commander, rush, avenge the sacrificed comrades-in-arms and kill all the little devils" As the commanders crossed out of their hiding places. One after another, the assault teams, which had already been prepared for the attack, showed off their bayonets that had been polished one after another, and rushed towards the headquarters of the Japanese army, which had lost the slightest vitality.

"Boom" A huge explosion sounded. The heavy iron gate of the army headquarters lost its due role in an instant under the explosion of more than a dozen cluster grenades, and fell crookedly to the ground.

Under the cover of a burst of light machine-gun fire, the fighters rushed into the headquarters one after another. However, at this time, all the combat personnel of the entire headquarters, including the Supreme Commander of Taiyuan. In ten minutes of artillery shelling, almost all losses were lost, leaving the infantry with only the task of cleaning up the battlefield

"Report to the division commander, the headquarters has been completely occupied by our troops. From the Supreme Commander of the Taiyuan Army, all the soldiers totaled more than 350 people, all of whom were wiped out by our army, and none of them escaped the net. This is the command knife of the commander of the major general. Soon, Shen Qinghua, the commander of the first regiment who cleaned up the battlefield, came to Liu Hua with a command knife of the army, and reported loudly.

"Okay, great. He ordered all units to continue their efforts to eliminate all the puppet troops in the city before noon. Chief of Staff, immediately send a report to the General Headquarters and the Military Commission that our department has successfully occupied Taiyuan City," Zhang Hua ordered loudly.

"Yes, division commander," replied the chief of staff with an excited face, turning to run towards the radio station, which was still outside the city. And just as the chief of staff was about to leave, a battalion led by Gao Yuan, under the cover of a large number of mortars, had successfully eliminated a squad of the Japanese army stationed at the north gate. At the same time, following the sound of artillery shelling in the city, the attack came to the headquarters of the Japanese army.

"Report to the division commander, chief of staff. The 2nd Division has successfully annihilated one and a half brigades of the army out of the city. General Bin Sanyuan, the supreme commander of the North China garrison, committed suicide with his command knife, epaulettes and gun. Gao Yuan ran in front of Liu Hua and reported loudly. At the same time, the three trophies that were found from General Bin Sanyuan were taken out.

"What, this is Bin Sanyuan's command knife, Bin Sanyuan committed suicide" Listening to Gao Yuan's words, Liu Hua and Chief of Staff Li Qing asked rhetorically almost at the same time.

"Yes, Commander, General Bin Sanyuan has committed suicide, this is his command knife" Seeing the division commander and chief of staff with surprised faces, Gao Yuan hurriedly said.

"Quick, tell us more about what's going on?" Hearing Gao Yuan's exact answer, Liu Hua hurriedly asked.

"Division commander, that's right, less than two hours after the troops launched the general attack, there was a small devil in a brigade and a half, quietly escaping from the north gate, in a vain attempt to break through. However, this more than 1,000 little devils just got into our ambush circle. In the end, after more than an hour of fighting, after the troops paid the price of more than 800 casualties, they completely annihilated more than 1,000 little devils. And General Bin Sanyuan, the supreme commander of the North China garrison, happened to be among these little devils. Commander Gao Yuan said excitedly.

"Division commander, we really made a lot of money this time, not only captured Taiyuan City, but also eliminated a devil general. This is the supreme commander of the Yue Army who died on the battlefield in China since the Anti-Japanese War. In addition to the Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki who was eliminated earlier, we have eliminated a senior general and a lieutenant general" Hearing Takahara's answer, the chief of staff first exclaimed.

"Quick, Chief of Staff, report to the headquarters and the Military Commission immediately. I read the division to capture Taiyuan and eliminate the Supreme Commander of the North China Garrison of the Yue Army, General Bin Sanyuan" Listening to the report of the plateau, Liu Hua was also excited, and ordered loudly.

"Yes, division commander, I'll send a report"

And with the departure of the chief of staff, the gunfire in the entire Taiyuan city began to slowly weaken. With the addition of the Special Operations Brigade to the street fighting, the speed at which the troops eliminated the remaining enemies in the city was significantly accelerated. Coupled with the assistance of some brave citizens, in less than half an hour, the little devils hiding in all corners of the city were all looted and all fell under the guns of the soldiers.

"Report to the division commander, the remnants of the enemy in the city have been basically cleared, we have taken control of all the city gates, and we have begun to clean up the battlefield." Soon, as the gunfire stopped, Sun Xingbang, the commander of the 1st Division, came to Liu Hua and reported loudly.

"Okay, order the troops of the two regiments of the 1st Division and the 2nd Division to quickly clean up the battlefield and maintain law and order in the city. The 122 regiments of the Rapid Reaction Brigade immediately drove out of Taiyuan City and deployed defenses on all roads 20 kilometers away from each other. The Third Regiment of the Rapid Reaction Brigade, under the leadership of the local people, immediately detained all the remaining overseas Chinese in the city, confiscated all the capital and property, and at the same time, counted all the military supplies we seized in the city. Liu Hua thought for a while and ordered.

"Yes, division commander, are there any other tasks" Sun Xingbang nodded and continued to ask.

"By the way, I estimate that when we attacked too far, the commander must have asked for help from the surrounding area and the Pingjin area. Now that it's dawn, we have to guard against the army's planes. The anti-aircraft company was ordered to immediately occupy all the commanding heights in the city and prepare for air defense. In addition, in order to reduce the losses caused by the enemy's bombing, they asked them to make a lot of smoke in Taiyuan City, so that the little devils could not find the bombing target. Liu Hua then ordered.

"Yes, Commander"

As soon as the order was given, the various units began to move, especially the anti-aircraft companies that received combat duty. As a result of the total annihilation of the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army, 12 anti-aircraft machine guns were captured, plus 12 anti-aircraft machine guns that had just been found in the Taiyuan material warehouse. By this time, the number of anti-aircraft machine guns of the entire anti-aircraft company had reached a staggering 36.

After receiving the order, Wang Kai, the commander of the air defense company, immediately took an air defense company almost the size of a battalion and began to deploy defenses and set up antiaircraft machine guns at various commanding heights in the city. Prepare to give possible reinforcements to the military planes, to come to a head-on attack.

The special operations brigade, on the other hand, used the large amount of gasoline seized to start making thick smoke in all corners of the city. Even the improvised militia and civilians, under the guidance of the fighters, began to burn straw outside the city to create thick smoke. In less than an hour, with the joint efforts of thousands of soldiers and civilians, the sky over the entire Taiyuan City was almost completely covered with thick smoke.

Looking at the smoke only a few hundred meters above his head, Liu Hua believed that unless the little devil's plane carried out low-flying bomb dropping. Otherwise, even if the plane comes, it will not cause much damage to the fighters on the ground. And if the military planes fly low, the 36 anti-aircraft machine guns of their own air defense companies are definitely not vegetarian.

"Buzz" is really what to say, what to come. Just when Liu Hua was standing on the wall of Taiyuan City, thinking about how to clean up the military plane for a while. A loud roar, from far and near, slowly reached his ears.

"Division commander, no, the little devil's plane is here, go back to the command headquarters" Hearing the roar of the aircraft engine, several guards who followed Liu Hua couldn't help but be nervous, and hurriedly surrounded Liu Hua in the middle. At the same time, the guard platoon commander also hurriedly reminded Liu Hua.

"Hehe, Xiao Wang, don't worry, you see that the entire Taiyuan City is now shrouded in smoke, do you say that the little devil plane can see us, you can rest assured" Seeing the nervous guard platoon commander, Liu Hua hurriedly explained.

At this time, a military flight formation was flying in the sky. It was none other than a flight squadron reinforced by the nearest Shijiazhuang airport, which was too far away. And the reason why the 12 planes of this flying squadron came so early was because of General Bin Sanyuan, the supreme commander of the North China garrison of the Yue Army, who was eliminated by the Reading Division.

When the Supreme Commander of Shijiazhuang received a telegram from Taiyuan asking for help, he was not very concerned. Because he knew that with the ability of the Eighth Route Army and the city defense of Taiyuan, it would never be a problem to hold on for a few days. However, when he learned that the Supreme Commander of the North China Garrison, General Bin Sanyuan, was also surrounded by the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan, he immediately began to get anxious.

Just when the sky was just dawning, the Supreme Commander of Shijiazhuang personally felt the Shijiazhuang military airfield. Ignoring the still dim sky, he forcibly ordered a squadron of planes to take off to reinforce the Taiyuan defenders. At the same time, all the remaining aircraft of the entire airfield were ordered to be ready for take-off and ready to reinforce Taiyuan at any time.

At this time, the 12 combat planes above Taiyuan's head were the flight squadrons that were forcibly taken off by the order of the Supreme Commander of Shijiazhuang.

"Your Excellency Squadron Leader, according to the voyage, we are already in the sky above Taiyuan, why haven't we seen the Taiyuan City Wall" Just when the squadron leader was worried about getting up and flying so early, the deputy squadron leader of the formation asked with a frown.

"Nani? We have already arrived in Taiyuan, why didn't we see Taiyuan City, could it be that we are flying in the wrong direction" After listening to the question of the deputy captain, the squadron leader knew that the battle was important, so he quickly cheered up and looked out.

"Your Excellency Captain, there is a large area of smoke in front of our right, and it is suspected that it is Taiyuan City" Just as the squadron leader was thinking about what to do, a squad leader reminded.

"Nani? White smoke yo west, there must be white smoke made by the cunning Eighth Route Army, wanting to block our vision with white smoke. Warriors of the Empire, let's use the bomb to teach these people a good lesson, so that they can taste the power of our Imperial Aerial Bombs" Seeing the faint Taiyuan City shrouded in white smoke, the corner of the squadron leader's mouth showed a smile, and he ordered loudly.

"Hey, Your Excellency Squadron Leader, let the soldiers of China have a good taste of the power of this empire," said the deputy captain.

And in the blink of an eye, a formation of 12 planes has flown over Taiyuan City. However, due to the cover of the thick smoke, the pilots could only see the faint Taiyuan City through the gap in the thick smoke, and it was impossible to bomb it, let alone provide cover for the Syrian troops in the city.

"Eight Grid Yalu, squadron leader, the white smoke created by the Eighth Route Army is too thick, we can't see the situation below clearly, and we can't bomb" Seeing the situation in front of him, a squad leader couldn't help but be furious.

"Baga! The cunning Eighth Route Army. However, don't worry, how can such a trick of the Eighth Route Army be able to stop our excellent Imperial Army of the Great Imperial Army? With the Eighth Route Army's rudimentary equipment and almost no anti-aircraft weapons, it can only be beaten in front of our air force. Warriors, follow me into the smoke and teach this cunning Eighth Route Army a good lesson. Seeing the faint Taiyuan City under the plane, the squadron leader said disdainfully.

"Hi, Your Excellency Squadron Leader"

"Yo Xi, order, the formation is divided into small units to attack. First Squad, prepare to attack me," the squadron leader commanded loudly into the walkie-talkie. Piloting his own fighter plane, with two wingmen, he drilled into the clouds below the plane.

"Buzzing" As the roar of the aircraft engine became louder and louder, the formation led by the squadron leader quickly rushed into the thick smoke and appeared in the field of vision of the soldiers. At the same time, with the appearance of the military plane, the people in Taiyuan City also panicked and began to run around.

"Yo Xi, the people of China are nothing more than that, we haven't dropped bombs yet, they panicked like this, they are really a cowardly people. Each squad pays attention, chooses the right bombing target, and prepares to attack. Seeing the panicked people in Taiyuan City, the corner of the squadron leader's mouth showed a hint of annihilation, and he commanded loudly into the walkie-talkie.

At the same time, he also took two wingmen and began to form a bombing formation at an altitude of less than 500 meters, and swooped towards a group of troops of the Eighth Route Army who were marching rapidly not far away.

However, to the surprise of Yue Jun, at this time, their flight altitude was only less than 500 meters. At an altitude of 500 meters, it is not only within the range of fire of 36 anti-aircraft machine guns, but also within the range of light and heavy machine guns.

At this time, no less than 100 light and heavy machine guns were steadily aiming at the military planes that were preparing to bomb, waiting for the order to fire at any time.

And Wang Kai, the commander of the air defense company, was standing on an air defense position, looking at the 12 planes in the sky that were getting bigger and bigger. And right next to him was a defensive and defensive position composed of six anti-aircraft machine guns that had just been captured. Six machine guns, under the command of the soldiers, the muzzles of the black holes were steadily aimed at the approaching military planes.

(To be continued)