Chapter 277: Storming Baoding (4)
With the end of Liu Xiaogang's order, the six mortars immediately went to their fastest speed. Began firing mortar shells into the compound where the devils were strong. Suddenly, the backyard of the little devil headquarters was flooded with raindrops of shells. In the densely populated headquarters of the Chinese army, almost every shell that falls will cause certain casualties to the Japanese army. Coupled with the accurate sniping of more than a dozen snipers on the commanding heights outside the headquarters, the hundreds of little devils who were guarding the headquarters completely became the targets of slaughter at this moment.
Finally, 10 minutes passed, and the more than 200 shells carried by the special operations brigade all entered the backyard of the headquarters of the Chinese army according to Liu Xiaogang's intentions. With the sound of artillery, and the cessation of the surrounding gunfire. In the entire backyard of the headquarters of the Japanese army, there was hardly any sound to be heard, except for the wailing of soldiers and the incessant sound of ammunition explosions.
"Commando, all rush in, eliminate the remaining little devils, pay special attention to the commander of the brigade of the major general of the army, don't let this big fish run away" looked at the backyard gate that had been blown up by shells. Liu Xiaogang did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the team members behind him to launch the final attack.
Suddenly, more than a dozen light machine guns of the First Commando Team rang out, and the soldiers, under the cover of intensive firepower, rushed into the headquarters of the Japanese army one after another. However, at this time, in addition to the stumps and broken arms everywhere, the special operations team was left with wounded all over the ground. Even Major General Katsuzo Kitamura, the commander of the brigade, was accurately hit by a shell and fell at the door of the headquarters.
"Report to the captain, all the personnel of the army headquarters have been eliminated by us, including a major general, a big advocate, 2 lieutenants, six junior lieutenants, and more than 240 officers below the rank of lieutenant In addition, we have seized 4 military radio stations and a batch of other materials, which are being counted." Meng Jie, the leader of the second squadron, ran to Liu Xiaogang with a face full of gunsmoke and reported.
"Well, well done, leave all the artillery to clean up the battlefield and welcome the arrival of the main forces. The rest of the people gathered immediately, followed me to pick up the commander, and gave them a moment behind the back of the little devil," Liu Xiaogang ordered excitedly.
"Yes, captain" Soon, after leaving more than 20 more artillerymen, the remaining special combat personnel of less than 100 people immediately gathered in front of Liu Xiaogang. After the ammunition depot of the army headquarters was replenished with enough ammunition, Liu Xiaogang and two squadron leaders quickly reinforced, in three directions, to the place where the gunfire was most intense at the south gate.
Just when the little devil reinforcements and the Eighth Route Army that entered the county seat were in full swing. A special operations team with a large amount of automatic firepower suddenly launched a surprise attack behind the little devils. Suddenly, the dense bullets threw the army's position into chaos. In the case of being attacked by the enemy on the belly and back, the blocking positions of the army were easily broken through by the soldiers.
In this way, after the soldiers paid the price of huge casualties, the army in the county was slowly wiped out. It wasn't until six o'clock the next morning that the gunfire in Changzhi County completely stopped. The entire county ushered in a new day with the cheers of the soldiers.
And just when the soldiers attacked the county seat, the cavalry group had already easily solved the artillery wing of the army. Just when the artillery regiment outside the city opened fire, Wang Hu had already led more than 1,000 cavalry troops to ambush behind the mountain beam less than a kilometer away from the artillery wing's station, quietly waiting for the best opportunity to attack.
Finally, the artillery regiment opened fire, and the entire city wall was in flames amid the sound of shell explosions. However, Wang Hu did not immediately order the cavalry group to attack, he was waiting for the right time, waiting for the best time to attack. Because, around the artillery wing there was a reinforced squadron of imps who were on the defensive. And among the little devils in an infantry squadron, what scared Wang Hu the most was not the little devils of the squadron, but the dozens of heavy machine guns set up around the artillery wing. You know, these heavy machine gun firepower are the biggest killers of the cavalry troops, but after a while, the time will come.
As the shelling of the artillery regiment outside the city became more and more intense, the wing commander of the artillery wing could no longer sit still. Although at this time, the artillery wing of the army did not receive an order from the command to open the artillery. However, the commander of the artillery wing still decisively ordered the two artillery groups to be ready for battle and ready to suppress the enemy's artillery fire.
Of course, at this time all the artillery of the artillery wing was covered with artillery clothing. If you want to aim at the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, you must collectively turn around and re-give these bulky artillery dog main positions. However, it was necessary to turn the multi-ton cannon in the fastest possible time and rearrange the position. It's not that easy.
The commander of the artillery wing, who was forced to helpless, had to use the infantry of a squadron in the vicinity. Under the forcible order of the wing commander, the surrounding infantry had to lay down their weapons and participate in the ranks of the artillery. Slowly, less than a squad of symbolic defensive forces remained around the entire artillery wing.
"Okay, the opportunity has come, inform all the soldiers of the cavalry group, all get on their horses, and prepare to charge" Seeing that the little devil suddenly lost more than half of his defensive strength, Wang Hu, as the commander-in-chief, was extremely excited, and ordered softly to the four battalion commanders behind him.
"Yes, regimental commander" At this time, the army of less than a squad guarding the defensive position did not know at all, and around him, a regiment of cavalry was slowly approaching him. Instead, he pointed at the hundreds of soldiers who were busy on the artillery position, without the slightest vigilance, "Ono-kun, fortunately, His Excellency the squadron leader left us behind, you see, those artillerymen are tired now." Hehe, we're so lucky we don't have to carry such a heavy cannon. "On one of the machine-gun positions, a machine-gun shooter said to the secondary shooter next to him.
"Hey, Nakamura-kun is absolutely right. We are so happy now, we can lie here and rest well, and we don't know which unit is so big, attacking the county town we defend, and when the artillery wing fires the artillery, it will definitely blow up these troops," the deputy shooter also replied with a smile, and pointed at the city wall that had fallen into a sea of fire.
Just as the two were chatting, suddenly, a huge roar different from the explosion of the cannonball slowly reached everyone's ears.
"Ono-kun, listen, what is the sound, is it thundering?" the machine gun shooter asked, looking up at the dark sky.
"Nani, how is thunder possible, you see, there is a moon in the sky," said the deputy shooter named Ono pointed to the moon in the sky. However, he didn't see that the machine gun shooter next to him, Nakamuramasa, was staring in amazement directly in front of him. Countless cavalrymen, waving their sabers in their hands, rushed towards them in a swarm.
"Baga, Ono-kun. You see, the cavalry, the cavalry is the cavalry of the Shina people" Looking at the excited sub-shooter beside him, Nakamura-kun reminded in a stunned voice.
"Nani cavalry Nakamura-kun, don't talk nonsense, where will there be a cavalry of the Zhi Na people, aren't you blind, are you really the cavalry of the Zhi Na people, Baga immediately notified the squadron leader, enter the position and fire the gun quickly" Looking at the cavalry troops that were rapidly approaching him, the deputy archer shouted anxiously.
"Da Da Da" didn't know who fired first, and then dozens of soldiers who were still on the ground reacted from the shock and joined the counterattack. However, with less than a small squad of firepower, how could it withstand the onslaught of more than a thousand cavalry of the Eighth Route Army?
Finally, after paying more than a hundred casualties, the cavalry group finally rushed to the front of the defending forces. At this time, the squadron leader of the Yue Army, who was informed of the situation, was taking his troops and shooting frantically to this side, trying to block the pace of the cavalry charge, and then entered the position
"Comrades, kill," a loud roar was particularly loud throughout the cavalry regiment. After hearing this shout, the soldiers also roared and rushed into the position.
A cavalry force of more than 1,000 people, with just one charge, killed most of the squadron reinforced by the army. Most of the little devils were wiped out by the warriors on the battlefield, and their heads were in different places. Only a small number of little devils, frightened by the brutal battle in front of them, fled to the artillery position.
However, his speed was not faster than that of the cavalry. Wiped out the infantry squadron of the little devils. The soldiers did not make any stops, held the sabers that were already stained with blood in their hands, and rushed to the artillery wing of the army with the escaped little devils.
The rest, for more than a thousand cavalrymen, can be described as a breeze. The soldiers of the entire artillery wing, under these fast-running cavalrymen, wanted to be wiped out one by one lambs to the slaughter. Finally, in less than half an hour, the entire cavalry group successfully occupied the entire artillery wing. At the same time, 54 artillery prisoners were also captured by Wang Hu.
It can be said that the total annihilation of the artillery wing of the army was carried out very smoothly. However, the troops of the 3rd Division, which attacked the railway station, did encounter hard bones and encountered very great difficulties.
Although the entire railway station was defended by only one brigade that was not satisfied with the establishment, due to the geographical location of the railway station and the important military material of dozens of wagons in the station. The defense of the army at the station can be said to be very tight, not only around the station rusted countless light and dark fire points, but at the same time, the pillbox sent countless patrols on the periphery of the railway station. These patrols are constantly patrolling, so that the fighters in the third area have no idea where to start.
Just when the artillery regiment began shelling ready-made, the troops of the entire sub-district were lying at least 800 meters from the little devil railway station. According to the pre-war tactics, after the artillery regiment began shelling, all the artillery units of the three divisions carried out several indiscriminate shelling of the positions of the soldiers in front of them. Before the little devil reacted on the position, he immediately launched a charge, occupied the position of the army in one go, and then carried forward the spirit of fighting and rushing, and slowly divided and surrounded the army at the railway station, and eliminated it little by little.
"Boom, boom, boom" Finally, the artillery regiment, which was a few kilometers away, opened fire. The two mortar companies that followed Li Yong also carried out indiscriminate shelling of the little devil's position in front of them. In order to defeat the little devils and inflict maximum damage on the little devils, two mortar companies shelled for five minutes, and all the hundreds of shells were fired on the narrow position of the army in front of them.
"The First Commando Rush" With the end of the shelling, Li Yong, as the commander-in-chief, calmly ordered. In an instant, the first commando team that received the order, under the leadership of a battalion commander, more than 300 people jumped up from the grass where they were hiding. At the same time, several machine gunners who rushed to the front of the assault team also pulled the trigger, and the dense bullets swept away the already ruined positions of the Japanese army.
Under the cover of a few machine guns, more than 300 fighters rushed towards the position of the little devil with a roar. And Li Yong and the others, who were just behind the commando, were indeed clenching their fists tightly at this time. Staring at the position of the army ahead. Seeing that the soldiers were getting closer and closer to the position of the army, everyone's hearts began to tense.
"Da Da Da" was just when the assault team rushed to a distance of less than 100 meters from the position of the Yue army, and everyone thought that victory was in hand. The accident happened, and countless tongues of fire spat out from the battleground that had become a ruin. The commandos who rushed to the front were immediately knocked down by row after row. Soon, more than 300 soldiers of the 1st Commando were beaten by a dense rain of bullets and reduced to only half of their strength. And the rest of the people also lay on the ground one after another, and began to shoot at the little devil opposite.
"Alas, little devil, I am inseparable from you" Li Yong, who was lying on the ground, saw the tragic scene in front of him, and slammed his clenched fists on the ground.
"Order the artillery to cover the shooting, the trumpeter, blow the trumpet immediately, and let the troops retreat quickly," Li Yong ordered loudly. Soon, under the cover of artillery fire, the captain of the first commando team retreated to his position with the remaining more than 100 people. At this moment, the firing points on the positions of the Japanese army also stopped firing at the same time.
"Commander, you punish me because I didn't react fast enough and sacrificed so many soldiers. These soldiers were all killed because of my command mistakes, you can shoot me," just retreated to the position. The commander of the first battalion who led the team came to Li Yong with a sad face and pleaded guilty.
"Why are you crying and are you still a soldier, remember, as a soldier, you have to die on the battlefield to tell me, just now you are the closest to the position of the army, why after we have just been so fierce, there are still so many firepower points left in the army!" Li Yong asked loudly.
"Regiment commander, we were fooled, the little devils built a lot of dark bunkers on the position, and they were all cement bunkers that we usually rarely saw, and the mortars in our hands couldn't play any role at all. The artillery strike just now wiped out at most the troops on the surface position of the little devils, and now they have almost all shrunk to their turtle shells, and our mortars can't blow them up at all" Referring to the firepower point on the army's position, the captain of the first commando team was full of anger and quickly reported what he knew.
"Okay, I see, you go down first. Let the soldiers rest well and carry out the order," Li Yong said after listening to the report of the commando leader.
"Commander Li, it seems that there is a difficult bone in front of us, I really didn't expect that the little devil would build so many light and dark bunkers in this small railway station Captain Li, if we want to attack the train station, we must first solve these bunkers" Seeing the commando captain walking towards the rear, the second regiment commander of the third division beside him frowned and said.
At the same time, Li Yong, as the commander-in-chief, was also silent after listening to the words of the second regiment commander. Quietly fell into thought, and at this moment, the battle of this railway station also temporarily fell into a quiet.
"Damn, these little devils are going to stay in turtle shells. It would be nice if we could drive them out of the turtle shell, and as soon as the mortar behind us explodes, they will be finished" Just when everyone was in deep thought, a guard behind Li Yong said to himself after knowing what had happened.
"That's right, it's to drive the little devils out of their turtle shell communicators, and immediately call the two artillery company commanders over, quickly" listened to the words of the guard behind him. Suddenly, an idea came to me. A smile appeared on the corner of Li Yong's mouth, and he ordered the correspondent behind him.
After the commanders of the two artillery companies arrived, after listening to the method of the commander-in-chief Li Yong, the faces of the two also showed smiles.
"Report to Regiment Commander Li, you can rest assured that the artillery company will complete the task within ten minutes" As soon as Li Yong's words were finished, the two company commanders said impatiently, and then hurriedly ran towards their artillery position.
"Commander Li, what did you just tell them, look at how mysterious they laughed" The second regiment commander next to him saw the two company commanders who left with a smile on their faces, and asked with curiosity on his face.
"Hehe, you'll know in a while," Li Yong said mysteriously.
In this way, in everyone's anticipation, ten minutes passed quickly.
"All of them" was when everyone looked at Li Yong with an inquiring eye. Suddenly, from the artillery position behind everyone, there was a few muffled sound of cannon discharges. Several shells, with a whistling sound, flew over the heads of the fighters and smashed on the positions of the little devils.
"Could it be that the commander-in-chief wants to use mortar shells to blow up the little devil's reinforced concrete bunker?" was everyone's first reaction after hearing the sound of artillery. However, as the shells fell on the positions of the little devils, there was no explosion as the fighters imagined. Instead, on the position of the little devil, puffs of red smoke rose.
(To be continued)