Chapter 894: Restoration of Datong
All units of the Dragon's Tooth Column are elite divisions that have been in battle for a long time, and military commanders at all levels have rich combat experience, so after Qiao Youhua specified the battle plan, all units were soon ready to attack according to the order.
After Zheng Yunshan's guard regiment and Li Yunlong's two infantry regiments set up ambush positions at the north gate, Qiao Youhua immediately ordered the first division to start attacking.
Five No. 4 tanks took the lead in firing at the Japanese field defensive positions at the south gate of Datong City. Immediately after that, the Krupp artillery group of the artillery unit also roared one after another.
One after another, the shells roared into the air, leaving eye-catching arcs in the sky, dragging dazzling flames and smashing down on the Japanese field defense positions.
The next moment, dazzling fires rose one after another on the Japanese field defensive positions, and deafening explosions came one after another.
Countless fragments of dirt and mustard raged with the blast wave, falling from the sky like rain.
There were constantly some devil soldiers who were hit by explosions, and even people with guns were blown out on the spot, and when they landed, they were already blurred with flesh and blood, and they couldn't die anymore.
The shelling lasted about twenty minutes, and five No. 4 tanks, coordinated by a large number of infantry of the 1st Division, began the attack.
On the dusty Japanese position, some devil soldiers shouted in horror: "Baga, the tanks of the Chinese people, they are rushing over." ”
"Shoot, shoot!" The devil's officers began to shout bitterly.
The devils who were not killed by the shells began to fire one after another, and soon dense gunfire rang out on the devils' position, and for a while the bullets rained down and roared head-on.
Most of the bullets hit the frontal armor of the five No. 4 tanks, thumping and sparks flew around.
The tank guns opened fire one after another, launching a counterattack against the devils.
Every time a shell hits, there will be devil fortifications destroyed, and some devils will be killed.
The infantry of the 1st Division, which participated in the attack, also opened fire one after another, using their own firepower superiority and under the cover of the tank troops, trying their best to suppress the Japanese firepower.
Dense bullets shuttled back and forth between the positions of both sides, and from time to time people were shot and fell to the ground, and the casualties of both the attacking and defending sides increased sharply, but in comparison, the Dragon's Tooth attacking troops with tank cover suffered much smaller casualties than the Japanese.
Under the cover of tank guns, vehicle-mounted machine guns and other powerful firepower, the Japanese casualties were at least three times that of the Dragon's Tooth Column.
After the attack lasted for an hour, the attacking troops of the 1st Division, with the strong firepower of the tanks and the strong defensive ability, finally advanced in front of the Japanese position.
Thousands of dragon's tooth infantry swarmed up as they opened fire, taking advantage of the situation to break through the devil's defenses.
As their infantry rushed into the Japanese trenches, the five No. 4 tanks drove directly to the outside of the devil's first trench and continued to fire at the depth of the Japanese position.
Clear the way for your own attacking forces and provide strong fire support.
Shells fell from time to time, and explosions continued, making those devils who tried to resist completely desperate.
Seeing the Dragon's Tooth infantry coming like a tide, the remnants of the devils and puppet army had to turn around and flee to the city, and the rest of the Dragon's Tooth First Division immediately entered the battle.
Together with the attacking troops, they took advantage of the situation to capture the Japanese defensive position outside the south gate, and launched an attack on the south gate city defense with all their might.
At the same time, the 2nd and 3rd Divisions also launched attacks on Datong City from the East Gate and the West Gate respectively.
As the resistance of the Japanese puppet army at the South Gate had been repulsed, the devils in the east and west gates were panicked, and with insufficient troops, they were quickly broken through the defense line by the 2nd and 3rd Divisions of Longya.
Half an hour later, the troops of the three divisions broke through the devil's city defense in Datong with absolute superiority in manpower and firepower, and entered the city.
opened the way with dense and powerful assault firepower, and launched a fierce pursuit of the devil.
The total strength of the three divisions of the Dragon's Tooth Column exceeded 30,000 people, more than ten times the strength of the devils, as well as tanks and absolutely superior artillery firepower. As for those puppet troops, in front of the well-equipped dragon tooth column, they are simply vulnerable, and they are completely indiscriminate.
Therefore, attacking Datong is completely based on the absolute crushing of tough power, and with this absolute advantage, Qiao Youhua will naturally not be polite to the devil.
This kind of battle is rare.
Seeing that all the troops had already entered the city, Qiao Youhua said to Li Yansan next to him: "Immediately send someone to remind the guard regiment and Li Yunlong's department, and tell them to be vigilant, the little devil and the puppet army will not last long, and they will break through from the north gate, and the ambush troops must wipe them all out, and don't let anyone go." ”
Li Yansan hurriedly stepped forward and responded, "Yes." “
More than 20 minutes later, the Japanese puppet army in Datong City, which was besieged and pursued by the Dragon's Tooth Column on three sides, flocked to the north gate that was not attacked, and together with the defenders of the north gate, a total of four or five thousand people.
They all went out of the city from the north gate and fled all the way north in a hurry.
The devil soldiers suffered a lot of losses at the south gate, and now there are less than 1,000 people left, and the remaining more than 4,000 people are all puppet soldiers, so in the vast evacuating crowd, at a glance, they are basically two devils.
One of the leading devils, the two devils, fled in front of them, and immediately became very dissatisfied, and ordered his soldiers to move forward quickly, punching and kicking, smashing the butts of their guns, and rushing the puppet soldiers to both sides of the road, and then ordered them to break off.
He walked first with a team of less than 1,000 people, although the puppet army was very dissatisfied with the treatment of the devil like this, but they all dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and there were a large number of pursuing troops of the dragon tooth column behind them who could chase after them at any time.
had to swallow his anger and follow the devil to continue to flee for his life.
Unexpectedly, before he had walked five miles, a dense burst of gunfire suddenly sounded in front of him, followed by the explosion of shells and grenades.
The puppet soldiers looked up and saw that nearly 1,000 Japanese soldiers were ambushed by dense and ferocious fire, and they fell in a large area in a blink of an eye.
The puppet soldiers were all secretly glad that they took a breath of cold air, this ****** if they had walked in front just now, they would have died, and they would have to be beaten into a sieve one by one.
"Head, can't we get on?" A puppet army leader asked a puppet army co-captain.
The captain of the puppet army slapped the little leader on the back of the head and scolded angrily: "Damn it, you kid **** grew up, right?" Obviously, the Eighth Route Army has been prepared for a long time, and plans to kill us and the Japanese, and rush to die? ”
"So what are we going to do? The eight roads behind are about to catch up? The little leader of the puppet army covered his hot and painful head and said with a sad face.
The captain of the puppet army thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Damn, if you don't do it, the Japanese are unrighteous first, don't blame us for being unkind, order the troops to prepare for battle and help the Eighth Route Army kill this little devil!" It's our vote, and we can't still make meritorious contributions! ”
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