"It's not good, get down and hide" waited until the engineer company commander found the dense firepower network that had broken through and warned his comrades around him. It was already late, and dozens of sappers were defeated by most of the army at this moment. The remaining dozen or so engineer soldiers, led by the company commander, hid at the bottom of a trench facing the city wall.

However, although the firepower of the little devil reinforcements was very strong, it did not do much damage to the infantry of a battalion lying on the edge of the trench. Because, in the space of this minute, almost every fighter piled up a mound of earth half a meter high in front of him. Countless flying bullets were blocked in front of the soldiers by this half-meter-high mound.

"Good! Reinforcements from the little devils finally arrived, and the heavy artillery battalion of the artillery regiment was ordered to open fire immediately. First give me a saturation of the city walls, cover the vanguard battalion to dig fortifications and blow up enemy trenches. And then give me a little bang to open the breach. Seeing the sudden increase of dozens of heavy machine guns on the city wall, Liu Hua was excited for a while, and ordered loudly to the chief of staff beside him.

"Yes, division commander" Soon, on the positions of the artillery regiment and heavy artillery battalion that received the order, a deafening explosion sounded. One by one, the shells weighing dozens of catties were pushed out of the chambers and shot at the city wall not far away in the bursts of explosions.

"Boom boom" 12 heavy howitzer shells, like 12 explosive packs, there were a series of earth-shaking explosions on the city wall. In this burst of explosions, the walls and battlements that were still impregnable just now. In the sound of this explosion, it was as fragile as a piece of paper, and it was blown into piles of rubble.

And the little devil of a brigade that has just been reinforced, where has he withstood such a heavy artillery shelling. In the sound of explosions, there was no longer a single living soldier on the city wall, which was centered on the impact point and had a radius of almost 20 meters. And those heavy machine guns and machine gunners who were still spewing flames just now, in the sound of explosions, were mercilessly torn off the city wall by these huge waves of air and smashed on the ground outside the city.

The shelling of the heavy artillery battalion did not end, and the little devils on the city wall could only flee back and forth on the city wall, trying to avoid the explosion of these heavy artillery shells. As for the forward battalion digging trenches outside the city and the engineer battalion with explosives, there was indeed no ability to fight back. I could only watch as the trenches of the Eighth Route Army outside the city slowly deepened and lengthened. At the same time, the two-meter-deep trench outside the city was blown up by explosives packets one by one.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, there is heavy artillery on the eighth road. They have heavy howitzers, a large battalion of heavy howitzers. We're about to lose our nerve anymore, so we're asking for artillery support, we're asking for artillery support," just as the commander, Major General Noboru Kunisaki, had just heard a call for help from the commander of the 1st Garrison Brigade. There was a rush in the microphone, and it was clear that there was a problem with the phone line.

"How can the Eighth Route Army have heavy artillery, how can they have heavy howitzers fast, immediately order our artillery brigade to return fire, quickly" thought of the power of the explosion of heavy artillery shells, and the warriors of the imperial army struggling under the enemy's heavy artillery. As well as the city walls, which were constantly collapsing under heavy artillery shelling. Major General Kunisaki couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back, and shouted loudly at a combat staff officer in front of him.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander" Seeing the almost murderous look in the commander's eyes, the named staff officer did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran out of the office of Major General Noboru Kunisaki.

"Chief of Staff, order the Third Garrison Brigade to be ready for battle, ready to attack at any time, and immediately gather all the overseas Chinese in Taiyuan City who can be armed, issue them weapons, and reinforce the city wall at any time." The commander, Major General Noboru Kunisaki, wiped the cold sweat that suddenly broke out on his forehead and ordered loudly.

"Hey, Your Excellency Commander, I hereby issue an order to the whole city, gather all the expatriates in the city who are capable of fighting, and immediately assemble at the headquarters" The chief of staff turned and left the office.

Looking at the chief of staff who had left the office, the commander, Major General Noboru Kunisaki, picked up the phone on the table and connected to the phone in General Bin's room.

"Is Moxi Moxi Kunisaki-kun, what happened, why is it so noisy outside. Also, what's going on with this cannonball, haven't you eliminated the artillery of the Eighth Route Army?" As soon as the phone was connected, the angry voice of the commander General Bin Sanyuan came from the microphone.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander. The Eighth Route Army outside the city carried a large number of heavy artillery, and now they are shelling the city gate with more than 12 heavy guns, and the defending troops have suffered heavy losses. Therefore, I have to give the order to call the expatriates in the city to fight, and I ask your Excellency the Commander for your pardon. One more thing, please be ready to retreat at any time," Major General Kunisaki said quietly into the microphone.

"Nani, retreat, no, Kunisaki-kun, this is simply an insult to the emperor's [***] officer, I will definitely not retreat. I believe that the excellent Imperial Army of the Great Imperial Army will definitely be able to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army. Listening to the words of Major General Kunizaki Noboru, the commander General Bin Sanyuan said unhappily.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander is taught. However, Your Excellency, Your Personal Safety is related to the safety of the entire North China Garrison, and I would like to ask Your Excellency Commander to carefully consider my suggestion. Be ready to retreat at any time, and I will send the most elite troops to protect your safe withdrawal from Taiyuan. And I, with the rest of the troops, will stick to Taiyuan and swear to live and die with Taiyuan. Thinking of the heavy artillery shells that could be fired into Taiyuan City at any time, Major General Kunisaki Noboru still continued to persuade.

"Nani Kunizaki-kun, alas, I listen to your arrangement, and I will be ready to retreat. Kunisaki-kun, Taiyuan City will be handed over to you, I hope you must guard this military stronghold that is very important to the Great Empire" After listening to the words of Major General Kunizaki Noboru, Bin Sanyuan was silent for a few minutes, and finally agreed.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, I will definitely stick to Taiyuan and live up to your expectations of me," Major General Kunisaki Noboru replied loudly into the microphone.

"Yo Xi, Kunizaki-kun, I won't bother you to command the battle, I hope you don't insult the title of samurai of the Great Imperial Empire. In addition, I will be prepared for who is retreating, please don't worry about me and concentrate on commanding the battle. General Bin Sanyuan ordered.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, toot toot"

And on the city wall, in the torment of artillery fire, anxiously waiting for the artillery support of his artillery brigade. The artillery brigade of the army is already in a precarious position. Because, at this time, the artillery brigade of the army has been targeted by the first squadron of the special operations brigade that has long been in the county seat.

At this time, Wang Hong, the leader of the No. 1 Squadron, was wearing the uniform of a second lieutenant of the military police of the Japanese army, lying on the roof of a house only 50 meters away from the artillery position of the Japanese army, carefully observing the every move of the artillery position of the Japanese army. Because Taiyuan City was suddenly shelled, the 12 cannons of the artillery brigade at that time were all wearing artillery jackets and neatly placed in the warehouse. I didn't expect that Taiyuan, the important town I was holding, would be attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

When the sound of artillery reached the garrison of the artillery brigade, the little devils of the artillery brigade, like the rest of the army, were stunned on the spot by the violent explosion. And the captain of the artillery brigade, who was already a little drunk, was also in the midst of this burst of artillery. Immediately he got out of bed, swayed himself, and ran out of his bedroom.

"Ba Geya Road, where is the explosion, Baga" As soon as he rushed out of the door, the captain bumped into the chief of staff who wanted to come to report. Seeing his chief of staff, the captain hurriedly asked.

"Captain, it's the city wall, the explosion from the direction of the city wall, if I'm not mistaken, this should be the explosion of mountain artillery shells." The chief of staff, who was extremely familiar with all kinds of artillery, immediately reported his analysis to the ears of the captain, who seemed to be a little drunk.

"Nani, from the direction of the city walls. And it was the explosion of mountain artillery shells. Chief of staff, don't be kidding, throughout Taiyuan, all the artillery is concentrated in our artillery brigade, where did the artillery fire these shells, it must be the soldier on the city wall, drunk, accidentally detonated a grenade or

"Boom, boom, boom" However, just as the captain wanted to continue talking, another violent explosion reached his ears. Looking in the direction of the city wall, I saw that the sky at the location of the city wall was already illuminated red. At the same time, the captain also clearly distinguished from the explosion sound that it was the sound of the explosion.

"Bage Yalu, how is it possible, how is it really a mountain artillery shell. Impossible, get me to the command right away. Also, inform all the soldiers to assemble immediately, and quickly," the captain, who had finally reacted from the shock, shouted an order to the chief of staff in front of him.

"Hi, Captain" The phone was connected, and the Captain quickly learned the real situation through the headquarters. It turned out that Taiyuan, an important town, was really attacked by the Eighth Route Army. More importantly, His Excellency the Commander demanded that his artillery brigade immediately return fire and be sure to destroy the enemy's artillery positions.

"Baga, the cannons are still in our warehouse, why should I fire them right away, eight grid tooth road. Chief of Staff, quick, immediately notify all the soldiers of the Imperial Army, move all our artillery out, and immediately build artillery positions, quickly. Thinking of his negligence, he actually put the artillery in the warehouse, and the captain was annoyed. He commanded loudly to the chief of staff in front of him.

"Hi, Your Excellency Captain" So, in the next ten minutes, the scene that the first squadron leader saw in his eyes appeared. Little devils, in the cold wind, shirtless. Under the command of one officer after another, one artillery gun was dragged out of the warehouse, and the construction of artillery positions began.

However, to the surprise of the captain of the artillery brigade, at this time, a special combat member of a squadron of the special operations group was eyeing his artillery position. And his artillery brigade, in the end, was wiped out without firing a single shell.

"Squadron leader, there is no infantry around the little devil's artillery position to guard at all, and now all the artillery is busy carrying artillery and ammunition, why don't we take advantage of the chaos now, quietly touch in, kill him well, and kill him without leaving a piece of armor." The deputy captain who was lying next to the squadron leader Wang Hong suggested.

"Well, Lao Zhou, I think the same way, let's play a big one if we want to play. With so many artillery pieces and so much ammunition, if they blow up, what a pity, it's better to let our reading division capture it and use it to fight the enemy. After listening to the words of the vice captain, the captain Wang Hong nodded thoughtfully and said.

"Captain, I agree. The enemy's artillery brigade has less than 500 men at most, and its combat effectiveness is low, while we have nearly 100 troops. One person is divided into five little devils, and he will definitely kill them without leaving a single piece of armor. After listening to the conversation between the two, the captain immediately agreed.

"Okay, since everyone agrees, let's do it. Call me all the squad leaders, and I'll assign them specific combat missions. Seeing that the deputy captain agreed, Wang Hong ordered to a squad leader in front of him.

Two minutes later, on the road leading to the artillery position, a squad of soldiers suddenly flashed out of a large compound. A squad of little devils, under the command of a second lieutenant squad leader, swaggered towards the artillery position.

"Baga, this is a military stronghold, it is forbidden to advance" Just when the little devils of a small squad were less than five meters away from the entrance of the barracks of the artillery brigade. Suddenly, a sentry guarding the door raised his rifle and ordered loudly.

"Baga, we are from the gendarmerie, and according to intelligence, a group of Eighth Route Army mixed in the city. In order to protect the safety of the artillery position, His Excellency the Commander sent my squad to the artillery position to take up the duty of vigilance. Bastard, don't get out of the way" saw that it was just a devil ordinary sentry who stopped him. Of course, Wang Hong didn't have a good tone, and with his status as a second lieutenant, he scolded loudly.

"Ah, gendarmerie, please come in" I saw that it was not only an officer who was blocking me, but also a gendarmerie. The cold sweat on the sentry's head couldn't help but drip down. Quickly get out of the way and replied loudly.

"Yo Xi, everyone listen, enter the position" saw the sentry let his guard down. Wang Hong breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the soldiers behind him.

However, just as the two sentries at the gate watched a small squad of gendarmes enter the barracks one by one. Unbeknownst to him, a special operator had quietly touched their backs. At the same time, a bright bayonet was rapidly approaching the back of his chest.

Suddenly, a pair of powerful hands covered his mouth. The sentry was startled and tried to scream, but the hand covering his mouth was too strong. And just as he was about to struggle, a tingling pain suddenly spread from his back to his brain. Immediately afterward, there was a chill in his chest. At the same time, a stream of blood slowly flowed down his back against his military uniform. He slowly stopped resisting, lost the last bit of consciousness, and fell crookedly into the arms of the special combat team members behind him.

And at the same time, a devil sentry standing on the other side of the barracks gate was also stabbed in the heart by the special combat team members without vigilance. Until he died, he didn't know why he was attacked, but the gendarmes in front of him didn't come to save him.

"Leave two people to stand guard at the door, and the others will immediately blend into the group of devils in the combat group. Five minutes later, the attack began. "Seeing that the enemy sentry had been eliminated, I looked at the panicked little devils on the artillery position of the army a few dozen meters away. A smile appeared on the corner of Wang Hong's mouth, and he ordered loudly to the surrounding team members.

"Yes, Captain" Immediately, nearly 100 special combat team members, two or three people as a combat team, quickly rushed towards the panicked little devil artillery position. And the army that was busy on the battlefield, although many people found these "imperial soldiers" who were approaching them quickly. But they were seen in groups of two or three, and they were wearing military police uniforms. They all thought that the gendarmerie had sent them to help, and they didn't feel anything wrong.

And in the blink of an eye, all the special combat team members have all blended into these little devils. Basically, next to each gun emplacement, there are at least one special combat team members.

"Start the operation" also does not know who gave the order to fight. In short, after hearing the order, these team members took out daggers and bayonets that had been hidden in their sleeves one after another. stabbed at the artillery personnel of the army beside him. In the face of these, there is basically no combat effectiveness, and there are no artillery crews equipped with light weapons. In particular, the special combat team members who are good at melee fighting, like killing chickens, quickly cut the necks of the little devils around them, and inserted bayonets and daggers into the chests of the little devils around them.

"Ah, Baga you are not gendarmes, you are" Of course, as the fighters began to move. There are still countless little devils who have found these with bayonets and daggers. And the special operators who wore gendarmerie uniforms and attacked their own people. couldn't help but exclaim loudly, and began to warn the soldiers around him, but at this time, even if they found out, it didn't work. Because nearly a hundred special combat personnel have completely blended in with these little devils.

(To be continued)