Chapter 326: Capture the city and attack

When the south of Luquan Castle was heavily shelled by the Dragon's Tooth Task Force, Aso was enjoying dinner, and because of the day's events, Aso was very depressed, so he was drinking alcohol in the company of several squadron leader's subordinates.

Suddenly, there was a rumbling explosion outside, and the faces of Aso Dairo and the ghost officers present changed greatly and stood up one after another.

One of the devil lieutenants was too panicked when he stood up, and knocked the chair he was sitting on to the ground, which made it even more chaotic.

Aso glared at him, turned to the outside and shouted, "Guards! What's going on with the cannon fire outside? ”

A guard hurriedly ran in from the courtyard and said with a panicked expression: "Sir, it seems that the south of the city has been shelled!" ”

The faces of Aso Daro and the others changed drastically, and they rushed out of the living room one after another, running out.

At the same time, outside the south gate, the shelling continued, with the first round of test firing, the accuracy of the next shelling improved a lot, a shell accurately hit the city gate, and the fierce artillery fire shrouded the city wall within a hundred meters around the city gate.

The entire south gate seemed to have turned into a sea of fire, and in the successive violent explosions, the wooden city gate was also shattered by two high-explosive bombs.

At the entrance of the city gate, Qiao Youhua saw a rare opportunity, and ordered Chen Bing beside him: "Go and tell Ma Yunlong, suspend the shelling, and the first battalion and reconnaissance company will attack quickly!" Take the gates and attack the city! ”

"Yes!" Chen Bing, who had never fought such a wide battle, was excited by the fierce artillery fire of his own side, and his heart boiled with enthusiasm, and he stepped forward to respond.

Soon, the artillery battery, which had carried out only five rounds of salvo rapid fire, stopped shelling.

The first battalion and reconnaissance company, which had been waiting for a long time, jumped up from the sorghum fields and barren grass outside the city one after another under the leadership of Jiang Haidong, Liu Jianhua and others, and swarmed towards the open city gate.

At the same time, outside the east and west gates of Luquan City Gate, the officers and soldiers of the second battalion were also under the command of Ma Biao and others, and opened fire at the city gate at the same time.

An astonishing number of light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers, rifles, and pistols opened fire one after another, and a large number of bullets and grenades whistled out in a very short time, and flew densely like locusts towards the city.

The devil defenders and patrols who just wanted to rush to the south gate in these two directions, many people were caught off guard, were shot and fell to the ground, and the rest hurriedly bowed their heads and lay down, and then relied on the city wall to launch a stubborn counterattack outside the city.

The two sides launched fierce mutual fire one after another, and the devil soldiers of the two city gates were too busy to take care of themselves, so naturally they could not withdraw to help the south gate that was shelled.

The 1st Battalion and the reconnaissance company easily broke into the city, quickly divided a small force to seize the city gate, and then quietly killed the east and west gates along the city wall, preparing to respond to the attack force of the 2nd battalion to capture the east and west gates in one fell swoop.

"Your Excellency Captain, it's not good, the south gate has been captured by the China Army, and the main force of the China Army has entered the city, and in addition, the east and west gates have also been strongly attacked by the China Army." As soon as Aso Dairo ran out of the compound of the garrison brigade, a devil second lieutenant ran over to report to him in a panic.

"Baga Yalu, you drop, immediately lead the team to counterattack to the south gate, you must repel the Zhina army and regain the control of the south gate! In addition, immediately send people out of the city to ask for help from the Wuchun Brigade in Shimen! Hurry up and drop! Aso responded quickly, and at the same time scolded his superiors angrily.

Because it is not the main force, it is not even equipped with a radio station, and now it is suddenly attacked, even if the signal corps can go down the line and rush to Shimen to report for help.

It was at least three or four hours before the reinforcements arrived, and now that the city gate had been breached by the Chinese army, could their garrison hold on until the reinforcements arrived?

Aso Dairo himself was not sure about this, because of the battle during the day, he already had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Tooth Task Force in Feiyunling.

And now, the sneak attack of the Chinese army outside the city is equipped with a Type 92 infantry artillery group, which makes Aso Daro feel extremely uneasy.

"Hay!" Several infantry squadron leaders beside him bowed their heads sharply in response, and quickly led their subordinates who had already heard the sound and rushed along the street towards the south of the city.

The main force of the first battalion and the reconnaissance company met hundreds of Japanese soldiers head-on on the street, Liu Jianhua personally charged forward with light machine guns, this time he fought in conjunction with the first battalion, and the best equipment of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force was the guard company and reconnaissance company directly under the regiment, they were equipped with an astonishing number of light machine guns, which were more than the standard equipment of ordinary conventional troops.

The first battalion was equipped with sharpshooters, who were very effective at suppressing the Japanese light machine gunners and grenadiers in engagement.

Da Da Da ...... Bang Bang Bang ...... Da Da Da ...... Mixed and dense heavy gunfire rang out in the streets, and fierce fire was exchanged between the two sides.

Countless bullets turned into dazzling tongues of fire meteors in the dark night, crossing back and forth, and there were casualties on both sides.

Outside the city, Qiao Youhua listened to the increasingly dense gunfire coming from the city, and said to Chen Bing, who had been itching for a long time: "The attack of the first battalion and the reconnaissance company is blocked, you take the guard company up, don't go to the street, take the alley next to it, take a detour to the past, and flank the Japanese army."

Cooperate with the main force to defeat the Japanese blocking forces in the city! ”

"Yes!" Chen Bing excitedly agreed, pulled out his box cannon, turned his head and shouted at the forty-nine guards who were holding guns and waiting behind him: "Guard company, follow me!" ”

At the same time, the two platoons of the 1st Battalion respectively arrived near the east and west gates along the city wall, and opened fire violently at the devils who were leaning on the battlement wall and the attacking troops of the 2nd Battalion outside the city.

The sudden attack caught the devils at the head of the city by surprise, and more than a dozen devils were killed on the spot, including several machine gunners.

Outside the city, Ma Biao saw that there was a lot of gunfire on the city, and his own soldiers appeared, and the firepower of the Japanese army was greatly reduced for a while, and he immediately ordered his subordinates around him: "Each platoon immediately attacked, blew up the city gate, and let Lao Tzu in!" ”

On the other side, after Chen Bing entered the city with the guard company, he quickly followed Qiao Youhua's instructions and marched through a small alley on the left side of the street, and soon returned to the rear of the flank of the Japanese blocking force.

With six or seven machine gunners armed with light machine guns as the vanguard, they suddenly attacked, and the light machine guns opened fire one after another, and the devils were caught off guard by the dense firepower, and one after another people were shot and fell to the ground.

These devils were already struggling to resist the frontal attack of the first battalion and the reconnaissance company, but now the guard company suddenly came out, and the devils suffered heavy casualties and couldn't help but be in chaos.

With the all-out onslaught of the 1st battalion and the reconnaissance company, the devils finally lost their support and retreated backwards one after another.

Chen Bing held a box cannon and opened fire again and again, leading the guard company to block the Japanese army with all his might, under their resistance, the casualties of the devil soldiers increased sharply, and they were defeated and unable to form an army, and they were no longer able to organize an effective counterattack and resistance.