On the morning of November 8, the Chinese army launched a new offensive into Fukuoka Castle, starting from the three blocks occupied before, this time Jiang Bin did not let the entire battalion enter the battle, he asked the first company to clean up three small blocks, and his two infantry companies pressed the formation in the rear, and at the same time he divided the battalion mountain artillery company and the heavy mortar platoon of each company into zero and distributed them to each infantry platoon, each infantry company was assigned one and three guns, of course, the soldiers who operated the artillery were also divided together, and each infantry platoon was assigned a heavy machine gun and a heavy mortar, These are fire teams that provide fire for each infantry combat squad.

There is a water tower in the corner of the northeast city that is about to be cleared, and a group of Japanese troops about one group took control of the water tower and deployed it on the water tower, and there are two heavy machine guns on it that can provide fire support to the entire northeast city, according to the principle of street fighting tactics taught by the battalion commander Jiang Bin, when attacking an urban area, we must first find the commanding heights here, and if we can find a way to occupy it, then occupy it, if we can't occupy it, we must find a way to destroy it.

According to his observations, the company commander Wu Daxiong thought that the water tower could be captured, but it was necessary to bring in an armored vehicle and an infantry squad with machine guns and a large number of grenades.

As a result of coordination, an armored vehicle was transferred from the armored company, soldiers of an infantry squad carried an additional heavy machine gun and a basket of grenades, and an additional base of ammunition was added to each soldier.

When the preparations were completed, the armored vehicle drove quickly in the direction of the water tower with an infantry squad, and the roar of the armored vehicle could be heard for several streets, and many Japanese soldiers and officers stuck their heads out of the hiding houses to check the situation.

The Japanese reacted quickly when the armored vehicle drove through a street, and some Japanese soldiers were ordered by the officer to come out of the houses where they were hiding and shoot at the armored vehicle. The Chinese machine gunners on the armored vehicles ignored the Japanese troops behind and on their sides, and only opened fire on the Japanese soldiers who jumped out of the front.

"Dadada??????" The sound of machine-gun fire was heard. Many Japanese soldiers who rushed out from both sides of the street to block the armored vehicles were killed by bullets fired from machine guns, and some were swept in two. After the body fell, it was run over by the tracks of the armored vehicle, and it was lined with meatloaf, leaving a ground of blood and flesh on the entire street.

"Boom, boom, boom" four consecutive cannon shots, and then four explosions sounded at the street intersection 100 meters in front of the armored car, the two fortifications deployed by the Japanese army at the street entrance were destroyed by the Chinese artillery, and the corpses and corpses of the Japanese soldiers were lying at the street entrance, which was the rear artillery to clear the front obstacles for the armored vehicles, and then the armored vehicles rushed away at a very fast speed the sandbags blocking the way to the street, and continued to move all the way to the water tower.

Due to the speed of the armored car is too fast. The Japanese army also did not expect that the Chinese army would send an armored vehicle to rampage in the non-occupied area, and the Japanese army did not have time to deploy troops to block it, and the Japanese army captain stationed here, Terauchi Shouichi, could not understand why the Chinese army only sent one armored vehicle to rush into his defense area.

When the Japanese army captain stationed in this area, Shouichi Terauchi, studied the entire route of the armored vehicle, he immediately understood that the Chinese armored vehicle was going in the direction of the water tower, and the Chinese army's target was the water tower! But it was too late, and the Chinese armored vehicles had already rushed not far under the water tower.

The machine gunners on the armored vehicles raised the muzzle of the machine guns and fired at the Japanese soldiers on the water tower, which were used for dual purposes when firing, both at the ground and at the enemy. It can also be used for air defense against enemy aircraft in the sky.

As the armored car drove forward, the machine gunners on it fired at the water tower, and a large number of bullets flew towards the water tower, but the water tower kept on the water tower and the Japanese soldiers fell from the water tower screaming after being shot. And the machine gunner on the armored car, thanks to the protection of the baffle, can fire at the enemy without fear of being hit, after all, the machine gun baffle is defended. The likelihood of the Heavy being hit will be significantly reduced.

When approaching the water tower, the armored car drove on one side. The machine gunner fired non-stop, and the rear door of the car opened. The soldiers jumped out of the car, rolled on the ground a few times, rolled behind bunkers on the side of the street, and began shooting at the Japanese soldiers on the water tower. The Japanese soldiers on the water tower were overwhelmed, not only facing the machine gunners on the armored vehicles but also the Chinese soldiers who jumped out of the vehicles from several directions, and the Chinese soldiers were extremely accurate in their marksmanship, and the hit rate was very high.

The battle lasted less than a minute before it ended. The Japanese troops are deployed on the water tower, and there is no one to defend under the water tower, which is why Terauchi Shouichi did not expect the Chinese army to seize this commanding height, if he thought of this, he would never let the water tower be empty underneath, if another squad is arranged under the water tower, it will not be easy for the Chinese army to seize the water tower.

After the capture of the water tower, the armored car was left behind, and if it was returned from the same way, then the chances of the armored car being destroyed would be very high, after all, the Japanese are not all fools, but they cannot repeat it, and the same mistake will certainly not be made by the Japanese a second time.

Just seized the water tower, six soldiers were sent to the water tower to garrison, everyone did not have time to catch their breath, the Japanese army behind caught up, about 30 Japanese soldiers, from two directions concentrated towards the water tower, about two infantry squads, they obviously received the order of the Japanese officer to recapture the water tower, immediately after the appearance of the Chinese army launched an attack on the unstable foothold, has arrived above the water tower six Chinese soldiers immediately operated two heavy machine guns to fire at the attacking Japanese army, The eight Chinese soldiers below were hiding behind the armored car under the leadership of the squad leader and fired at the Japanese army, and the machine gunners on the armored car were not idle, the Chinese army's firepower was too strong, and the Japanese soldiers were shot and collapsed when they were impacted, and after a while, more than 30 Japanese soldiers who rushed over all died on the way to the charge.

The battle was temporarily over, and the fortifications were set up next, and the armored car was left under the water tower as a mobile machine gun fortress, which moved at any time to avoid being hit by Japanese artillery fire, in addition, under the command of Hao Jinsong, the infantry squad leader, eight people were left under the water tower to build two circular fortifications with great speed.

This is surrounded by the city wall on both sides, the city wall is old, has collapsed a lot, there are a lot of city wall bricks scattered on the ground, the soldiers moved the bricks over to surround two fortifications, each fortification has four soldiers to defend, there is a light machine gun in the left fortification, there is no in the right fortification, but the armored car is on the right, it is mobile, can provide fire support at any time, the squad leader Hao Jinsong is in charge of command in the armored car, and the other six soldiers are deployed above the water tower, a total of two layers, there are three people each, each has a heavy machine gun, The side brought a heavy machine gun, originally the Japanese army had two in the water tower, but one was damaged during the battle just now, and one can be used, and the ammunition can barely fight two battles.

Terauchi Shouichi, the commander of the Japanese army in this area, is the son of the current Japanese Prime Minister Terauchi Masatsuki, when he was born, Terauchi Masashi was just a small young man, and both of them are typical Japanese men with a body type: top-heavy, five short figures, and very similar in appearance. Although Shouichi Terauchi was a famous family, he also received a set of strict military education. He studied at Higashi High School and Tokyo Seijo School. Graduated from the 11th Infantry Department of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, participated in the Russo-Japanese War, and later entered the 21st Army University to study.

With Terauchi Shouichi's background was sent to the front line to command the battle, as the commander of the Oniwa Jiro originally wanted to transfer his brigade to the vicinity of the headquarters, so as not to have any accidents in the occupation, you must know that this probability is very high, if Terauchi Shouichi really happened in the war, Oniwa Jiro is not easy to explain to Terauchi Shouichi's father Terauchi Masayi, after all, Terauchi Shouichi is now the prime minister.

But Terauchi Shouichi is a stubborn temper, and he has been educated by Japanese militarism for many years, and he is very poisoned, so he has to insist on leading the team to be stationed in the city closest to the Chinese army.

Terauchi Shouichi was furious when he learned that the two infantry squads sent over to seize the water tower had all died, and he immediately organized his troops to attack the water tower occupied by the Chinese army, and this time he organized a squadron of troops, determined to take the commanding height of the water tower in one fell swoop.

After the fortifications under the water tower are done, one person is left to observe and guard, and the others lie down to rest and recuperate, and the squad leader Hao Jinsong carried out a mortar and base and other parts from the armored car, he put the mortar behind the armored car, and soon installed it, and carried out a box of shells from the armored car, and then opened the wooden box to connect the fuses of all the shells inside, he believed that the Japanese would definitely realize the importance of the commanding heights of the water tower, and would definitely send heavy troops to rob it, if a large number of Japanese troops came to rob it, He could use this mortar to shell the attacking Japanese troops.

After a quarter of an hour, the Japanese came, and the location of the water tower was a square area of open space, due north was the corner of the city wall, and thirty meters to the southwest and thirty meters to the southeast were the walls of the houses, and there was only a dozen meters between the two walls. Only this gap allowed the Japanese to pass through guò and attack the water tower, unless the Japanese destroyed the walls of the houses in the southwest and southeast directions, the Japanese could only attack the water tower through the gap between the two walls.

A large number of footsteps came from the street, and Hao Jinsong, the squad leader who had already set up the mortar, heard it and shouted: "Pay attention, the Japanese are coming, and they are all ready to fire!" (To be continued......)