To the east of Shijiazhuang, another Eighth Route Army position.

On this position, there are at least two or three regiments of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and at this time, everyone is ready, just waiting for an order, everyone will attack the little devil position in the distance.

Ahead, about a kilometer away, is the position of at least one wing of the little devils, and through the telescope, you can see that there are a lot of little devils on the position.

Several regiment commanders of the Eighth Route Army looked at their pocket watches from time to time, and the time was about to be eight o'clock, and the shelling of the 36th Army should start immediately.

Sure enough, as soon as eight o'clock arrived, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on this position first heard the sound of a dense explosion on the right side of their position, which was the rocket artillery regiment of the heavy artillery brigade attacking another little devil position.

Immediately afterwards, many soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on this position heard a clear and sharp whistling sound from the sky, and some experienced soldiers of the Eighth Route Army immediately thought that this was a large number of heavy artillery firing at the same time.

Several regiment commanders of the Eighth Route Army, as soon as they heard this sharp whistling, their horses were overjoyed, and they thought in their hearts, sure enough, the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army began.

With a large number of sharp whistling sounds, immediately, a large number of shells smashed on the distant little devil's position, making an earth-shattering explosion.

Although the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were nearly a kilometer away from the position of the little devils, the violent explosion still made everyone's ears a little uncomfortable.

In the distance, on the position of the little devil, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the sand and gravel were flying, the scene was very spectacular, the trenches built by the little devils were blown beyond recognition, and the bunkers of the little devils were blown to pieces.

At the beginning, the vast number of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were very shocked, and everyone had basically never seen such a large-scale artillery bombardment, such a shocking and spectacular scene, which was simply unimaginable.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army were equipped with some mortars and 92 infantry guns, where were 155 mm howitzers, and this time dozens of such howitzers were shelled together.

After a long time, the shock in the hearts of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army gradually subsided, and they began to appreciate the distant scene with relish.

The bombardment of this little devil's position by the heavy artillery brigade lasted for half an hour, and in just half an hour, thousands of shells were poured on the little devil's position, and the little devils suffered heavy casualties.

After half an hour of shelling, more than half of the little devils were killed or wounded, and those little devils who were still alive were either seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness, or they were dizzy and dizzy, and they came back to their senses for a long time.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army let out an earth-shattering cry, and everyone rushed to the position of the little devil together.

Due to the heavy casualties of the little devils, there was little resistance.

A small number of little devils who still wanted to resist were shot and killed by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army as soon as they picked up their weapons in front of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who rushed like a tide.

At least three or four thousand little devils in the huge little devil defensive position, more than half of them were killed or wounded under the bombardment of the heavy artillery brigade, and then they were rushed up by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army of several regiments, and it took less than an hour for all the little devils on this position to be cleared.

An hour later, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army began to clean up the battlefield.

The battle went so smoothly to the surprise of all the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and to this day, many soldiers of the Eighth Route Army still have an unbelievable look on their faces.

Several regiment commanders of the Eighth Route Army, at this time, also came together, and seeing that their soldiers were already cleaning the battlefield, everyone was full of emotion.

"Lao Yang, it's really unimaginable, under the heavy artillery bombardment of the 36th Group Army, thousands of little devils are gone."

A burly Eighth Route Army commander sighed with emotion.

"Yes! It was the easiest battle I fought, and the soldiers rushed to the position of the little devils, basically as long as they cleared the remnants of the enemy, and there was no fierce resistance at all. ”

"The heavy artillery group of the 36th Group Army is really powerful, no wonder they can fight and win successively, annihilating so many little devils and so many heavy artillery, it is really enviable."

“……”

Several regiment commanders of the Eighth Route Army, both with emotion and envy, talked about it there.

On the periphery of Shijiazhuang, in several other directions, where the 36th Group Army was responsible for attacking, everyone also fought smoothly.

Under the onslaught of a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and off-road vehicles of the 36th Group Army, the little devils could not organize an effective resistance at all.

Even if the little devils had 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers outside Shijiazhuang, it was still difficult to resist everyone's attack in the end, and the battle went on in the afternoon, and the casualties of the little devils reached nearly 20,000, and many of the little devils' positions were basically all broken through.

There were more than 40,000 men of the 36th Group Army and about 30,000 people of the Eighth Route Army.

In the evening, all the positions outside the city were occupied by the soldiers, and the remaining more than 10,000 little devils retreated into the city.

Tianjin, the headquarters of the North China Front Army of the little devils.

The three divisions were surrounded in Shijiazhuang, and the commander of the little devils, Nishio Shouzo, knew about it, and the little devils in Shijiazhuang sent telegrams from time to time to report on the battle situation.

But all the telegrams, either asking for reinforcements or heavy casualties, seeing such a situation, Nishio Shouzo is also very helpless, now, the little devil basically does not have a large number of reinforcements to reinforce Shijiazhuang.

"Your Excellency Commander, just now the commanders of the three divisions in Shijiazhuang jointly sent a telegram, in which they said that the three divisions have lost most of them, and there are only more than 10,000 people left, all of whom have returned to the city to ask for tactical guidance."

A little devil Shaozuo, with a telegram, looked very sad.

Asking for tactical guidance again, Nishio Shouzo sighed helplessly, his face full of loneliness and helplessness.

After thinking for a while, Nishio Shouzao said slowly and weakly: "Give up Shijiazhuang!" Ordered all the troops in Shijiazhuang to break through separately and retreat in the direction of Baoding. ”

"Hey!"

The little devil Shao Zuo immediately stood up and bent over, and went out with heavy steps.

Watching the little devil Shaozo leave, Nishio Shouzo's heart was dripping blood, but he didn't expect that it would be another fiasco, he had only been in office for so long, and he suffered a series of fiascos.

Nishio Shouzo thought that if he continued like this, he might be the last commander of the North China Front.

Many little devil officers next to them saw that the battle situation in Shijiazhuang was unfavorable, and their faces were also ugly, and now, these little devil officers all lowered their heads, thinking in their hearts, those three divisions in Shijiazhuang are afraid that they are over.

In fact, Nishio Shouzao also knew in his heart that in the absence of reinforcements, Shijiazhuang's troops would definitely be finished, and he would have no choice but to order a breakthrough.

The battle in Shijiazhuang has been going on.

After the little devils retreated to the city, most of the soldiers of the 36th Group Army or the Eighth Route Army also rushed to the city, and the fierce street fighting began immediately.

The remnants of more than 10,000 little devils were defeated, and this time they faced a squadron of 60,000 or 70,000, of which more than half of the troops were the 36th Group Army.

The people of Shijiazhuang have been hiding in their homes for the past two days, and from this evening, the people found that fierce gunfire also sounded in the city.

In the past, there was only the sound of gunfire everywhere outside the city, and many ordinary people heard that this time it was the 36th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army that were jointly fighting the little devils and preparing to recover Shijiazhuang.

The common people, who have lived under the iron hooves and butcher's knives of the little devils for more than two years, have long hoped that their troops can drive away the little devils and recover Shijiazhuang.

Two days ago, when I heard the sound of gunfire outside the city, many people began to look forward to it, and now, it was just getting dark, and it seemed that there were gunshots in the city.

Could it be that the troops of the 36th Army and the Eighth Route Army have already entered the city? Many people think so in their hearts.

Many ordinary people still want to open the door and go outside to have a look, but thinking about the ferocity of the little devil, everyone pressed this idea to the bottom of their hearts.

The people's guess was completely correct, as a large number of little devils outside the city were eliminated, the remnants of the little devils retreated to the city, at this time, except for a few soldiers who were still cleaning the battlefield outside the city, a large number of soldiers began to enter the city, began to exchange fire with the little devils in the city, and began a fierce street battle.

Shijiazhuang is surrounded by warriors, who have entered the outer city and are advancing to the central city inside.

This time, everyone is ready to enter the city overnight, hurry up to eliminate the little devils, and not give the little devils a chance to breathe.

Cheng.

A large number of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, armed with rifles or light machine guns, in platoons or companies, nearly 30,000 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army poured into the city.

As soon as everyone entered the city, they started a fierce shootout with the little devils in the city, and the fierce gunfire came and went, with occasional explosions and screams.

The weapons of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are mainly Mauser 98K rifles and 38-style rifles, these Mauser 98K rifles are basically produced by the Huangyadong Arsenal, and the 38-type rifles are all captured by the little devils before.

In addition, basically every infantry squad of the Eighth Route Army also has a Czech light machine gun or crooked machine gun, and in terms of light weapons, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are no worse than little devils.

(To be continued)