"Ahh Hide quickly... Ahh In just an instant, more than half of the casualties were suffered in the company that suffered a fierce blow from the Japanese army. The rest of the soldiers, under the command of the company commander, quickly lay on the ground, dodging the rain of bullets flying overhead... 0 However, the three tanks in front of the fighters who were making a rumbling sound did not know the sudden change behind them. Still under the command of the company commander, he slowly advanced towards the city wall with billowing black smoke. At the same time, the light and dark fire points that had just suddenly appeared on the city wall were suppressed for profit. At the command of the company commander, a round of tank guns was quickly fired out of the chamber by the soldiers, and accurately shot at the shooting hole in the city wall. However, in front of the thick and strong city walls, the small-caliber tank guns, except for leaving a little white spot on the city wall, did not play any lethal role... Although, the three tanks, relying on their rough skin and thick flesh, slowly fought a bloody way in the dense rain of bullets, and quickly approached the city wall. They didn't know that at this moment, the infantry behind them had become disconnected from them. What's more, on the city wall, among the three different shooting holes, three 37-mm battle defense guns, under the influence of dozens of little devils, are slowly shaking the long barrels, ready to fire..."Yo Xi, immediately open fire and destroy the tanks of the Eighth Route Army..."Looking at the three tanks that are getting closer and closer to the city wall. The captain of the Yue Army, who was guarding next to the battle defense artillery, showed a smile of victory on the corner of his mouth. Facing the artillerymen beside him, who had already prepared to open fire, he ordered with an excited face. At the same time, a pair of eyes, through the lookout in front of him, stared closely at the three tanks outside the city, slowly advancing towards the city wall.

“… Boom, boom, boom..."In an instant, three orange-red flames suddenly erupted from the three shooting holes on the city wall. Immediately after, three armor-piercing bullets flew out of the shooting hole with a whistling sound that broke through the air. Under the city walls, three tanks, which were moving fast, flew over accurately..."Not good, anti-tank guns of little devils. Quickly, all the tanks immediately turned around and evaded..."Seeing the three flames that suddenly appeared on the city wall, the tank company commander was the first to react. At the tank driver and the car radio next to him, he couldn't help but exclaim loudly. You want to order your own two tanks, as well as the deep, to make tactical evasion and dodge the blow of three anti-tank shells.

However, at a distance of two hundred meters, it is almost impossible to escape the direct attack of the anti-aircraft artillery. As soon as the words of the commander of the tank company fell, three explosions reached his ears. Immediately afterwards, a burst of hot white light suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and immediately, the whole person slowly lost his consciousness... Three battle defense guns, three shells fired. Two of the shells accurately hit the company commander's command vehicle, which was rushing to the front. The two shells, without any deviation, directly penetrated the armor in front of them, and accurately shot the warhead with high explosives into the tank compartment, and then exploded violently.

The entire tank, together with the five commanders and fighters in the tank, became the combat exploits of the army's anti-aircraft artillery squad... As for the other shell, perhaps due to the flexible dodge of the tank driver, it only concentrated a corner of the tank's turret and smashed a vehicle-mounted machine gun, which was constantly spitting tongues of fire, into a pile of parts, and did not affect the movement of the entire tank ....

As the explosion sounded, a tank was instantly reduced to rubble. The commanders of the remaining two tanks did not dare to stop any longer, and immediately gave the driver in front of him an order to retreat..."Rumble..."Two thick clouds of black smoke rose from the tail of the tanks, and the two tanks began to turn at their fastest speed. In the end, it escaped the effective range of the army's anti-aircraft guns.

"Damn, the little devil still has an anti-tank gun, it's really careless..."Looking at the tank that was parked alone on the battlefield and was burning with fire. In the temporary headquarters, Yang Jinghua, the commander of the armored brigade who had been standing beside Liu Hua, had already clenched his hands into fists and said with a murderous expression.

"Brigadier Yang, don't be discouraged. Although we lost half a company of infantry and a tank. However, we have figured out the true strength of the Dongmen Army. I believe that the artillery observers at the front have reported all the firing points of the Japanese army to the heavy artillery regiment behind us. When the time comes, all the little devils hiding in the dark castle will be served in a pot and avenge the sacrificed soldiers..."Liu Hu opened his mouth and turned his gaze to the forward position not far away... After the tentative attack just now, as the entire army retreated, the entire battlefield was once again quiet. As for the city wall, the shooting holes that have just been displayed in front of everyone, in the dark night, are like a bloody mouth dedicated to devouring the lives of the soldiers, nailed where, waiting for the soldiers to launch a new round of attack..."Commander, if nothing else, we have already figured out all the light and dark firepower points arranged by the army at the east gate. However, there is an important issue that needs to be reported to you, and I hope that the commander will be able to reinforce some of the equipment. Soon, Xu Ying, the regiment commander who got the city defense map of the distribution of all the firing points of the Yue army, hurriedly rushed into the headquarters. Standing in front of Liu Hua, he said breathlessly.

"Huh? What a problem. Commander Xu, don't worry, as long as I can do it, I will definitely promise you..."Liu Hua nodded, and asked with a puzzled face..."That's right, according to our observations, although the light and dark firepower points arranged by the army on the city wall are basically controlled by us. However, the little devil is very cunning. After several years of development, they actually completely hollowed out the entire city wall, and arranged a large number of firepower points in the middle of the hollowed out city wall. Judging by the firing effect of the tank gun just now, unless it is a heavy gun that shoots at a direct point. Otherwise, there will be no damage to the army hidden in the middle of the city wall..."Commander Xu said.

"It turned out to be this problem, to use large-caliber artillery for direct aimed fire. By the way, use anti-aircraft guns, and I will immediately send a report to Brigade Commander Wang and ask him to transfer an anti-aircraft artillery battalion over. Liu Hua didn't think about it, and said affirmatively.

"Thank you, commander, if there are reinforcements from 9 anti-aircraft guns, I promise that in the shortest possible time, we will attack Beiping City...."Xu Ying replied happily, turned around and rushed out of the headquarters... More than half an hour later, nine anti-aircraft guns, dragged by a large number of mules and horses, finally arrived at the east gate. And at the first time, it was arranged in the first-line fortifications, which was used to solve the light and dark fire points arranged by the army on the city wall..."Open fire... With the issuance of an order, one anti-aircraft gun after another, according to the light and dark fire points that had just been detected, began to shoot large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery shells at the city wall....

One shell, under the action of the huge thrust generated by the explosion of gunpowder, flew out of the barrel with extremely high initial velocity, and the target was aimed directly at the city wall in front of him, which was exactly 500 meters away. At a distance of 500 meters, it takes only half a second for these shells with an initial velocity of a kilometer to arrive. Just when an orange-red flame had just erupted from the muzzle of the cannon. A violent explosion has reached everyone's ears.

"Boom, boom, boom...," a loud explosion rang out. Immediately after, there was a burst of white light, flashing on the bare city wall... In the explosion of shells loaded with high explosives, the shattered masonry of the city wall fell off the city wall one after another. As the smoke cleared, the outer wall of the city wall, which was still very strong just now, had been hit with countless craters at this moment. The loess, which was wrapped in the bricks outside the city wall, had revealed its true face.

As for those, in the first round of shelling, several firing holes were directly hit. Again, his true face has been revealed. Because the loess in the shooting hole has been basically hollowed out, the huge armor-piercing ability of the large-caliber anti-aircraft gun shell, as well as the violent explosion of the high explosive in the warhead, smashed the thick brick wall in front of the bunker at once, revealing his true face. As for the several Imperial Allied Army soldiers and the two devil soldiers in the dark fort, in the huge explosion of the cannonballs, the flesh and blood had already been blurred by the flying shrapnel, and they had turned into mutilated and blurred corpses..."Good fight, Battalion Commander Wang, the fight was too good." I really didn't expect that the power of anti-aircraft guns to fire flat fire would be so great, which was really beyond my expectations. "Through the binoculars, I saw the scene on the city wall after the shelling. Xu Ying, the commander of the fourth regiment, was still feeling irritable about the army in the dark fort just now, but at this moment, with the explosion of the cannonballs, it had been swept away. Facing the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion next to him, he said excitedly.

"Commander Xu, this method was not something that our air defense brigade came up with. It was the commander himself who came up with it. Since we learned about the role of anti-aircraft guns, the anti-aircraft guns in our hands will not only be able to fight the planes of the little devils, but also be used as anti-aircraft guns, and they will be able to fight the bunkers and tanks of the little devils..."

Immediately, one after another, the anti-aircraft guns, under the command of the soldiers, began to clean up one after another, and all the light and dark firepower points exposed by the army during the tentative attack on the city wall just now.

At the same time, the three bunkers where the anti-aircraft artillery squad of the Japanese army were located were also bombarded by several anti-aircraft guns at the same time at the first time... With the sound of an earth-shattering explosion, a battle defense artillery squad, more than 30 devil soldiers, were all spared, and all turned into corpses. As for the three battle defense guns, they were slammed under the corners of the city wall under the impetus of the huge air wave generated by the explosion of the shells, and I don't know if they can continue to be used....

However, in the face of the dark castles that were blown up one by one on the city wall, the corpses of the little devils who were thrown into the sky and smashed under the corners of the city walls. The fighters did not hesitate at all, still aiming accurately, shooting, reloading... One by one, the gunners tirelessly repeated this monotonous and tiring action... Finally, amid the roar of artillery, the ten minutes passed quickly. The entire anti-aircraft artillery battalion, nine large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, fired more than 300 shells in the past 10 minutes. And it was these 300 anti-aircraft artillery shells that made the originally very strong and smooth city wall have to be turned into a thousand holes at this moment... One by one, the light and dark fire points disappeared in the sound of artillery and turned into a pile of ruins. One by one, the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who were sticking to the dark castle, the little devils, turned into a bloody corpse in the sound of cannons. Finally, the last point of fire marked on the map, with the sound of two explosions, revealed his true face.

"Commander Xu, according to your request, all the firing points marked on the map have been cleared..."As the last shell was discharged, Battalion Commander Wang came to Xu Ying and reported.

"Great, Battalion Commander Wang, when our four regiments enter Beiping City, I will definitely ask the commander for credit to the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, if it is not for you, these Min'an firepower points will definitely cause us huge casualties... The troops were ordered to be ready for battle, and as soon as the commander's attack order was given, the second battalion, under the cover of three tanks, immediately launched an attack on the city gate, striving to break through the city gate and enter the city in one fell swoop. Xu Ying ordered with a smile on his face.

"Your Excellency Commander, the North Gate Telegraph: The Eighth Route Army uses a large number of large-caliber direct-fire artillery, and the light and dark fire points we have built on the city wall are completely vulnerable under the shelling of the Eighth Route Army. The troops who were stuck in the security area were almost all killed in the shelling just now, so please send reinforcements to the headquarters immediately..."A communications staff officer hurriedly rushed into the war room of the headquarters and came to the front of General Tada Jun and reported..."Report to Your Excellency the Commander, the South Gate Telegraph. The city gate was heavily bombarded by the large-caliber direct-fire artillery of the Eighth Route Army, and the troops suffered heavy losses and asked for reinforcements..."Another correspondent rushed in in a hurry, panting and reporting......, "Baga, why are all of them such large-caliber direct-fire artillery, what kind of weapon is this, and it has such great power." Chief of Staff, haven't you analyzed it for so long? "Hearing a series of distress telegrams, the reason for this was all attributed to the large-caliber direct-fire artillery that had reappeared in front of his troops. Thinking of the Beiping City where he was stationed, he was about to be occupied by the Eighth Route Army under the attack of this kind of artillery, and he had almost no ability to fight back. The commander, Admiral Tada, couldn't hold back a burst of anger and asked the chief of staff in front of him.

"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the investigation of our intelligence services. The artillery used by the Eighth Route Army outside the city was not a new weapon. Rather, the Taisho 11-type 75-mm anti-aircraft gun of the anti-aircraft artillery unit of our Imperial Army was captured. The shell of this anti-aircraft gun weighed 6.5 kg, of which the range was 7900 meters against the air and 10900 meters against the ground. It can be said that this kind of anti-aircraft gun, if it is fired at a direct point, is at least ten times more powerful than the battle defense gun, if not more. Therefore, outside the city, all kinds of pillboxes and bunkers built by our army could not stop the direct fire of this kind of artillery...", replied the chief of staff.

"Nani, it turned out to be an anti-aircraft gun produced by the Great Empire. How is it possible, how could the Eighth Route Army capture this kind of anti-aircraft artillery, which is rarely seen in North China. The commander, Admiral Tada, asked in disbelief.

"Your Excellency, I have learned from what I have just searched that in the entire region of North China, almost every large airfield has at least one squadron of anti-aircraft artillery units. The troops of the Eighth Route Army occupied Taiyuan Airport twice, Baoding Airport once, and Beiping Airport that had just been occupied. It is quite possible to capture a certain number of anti-aircraft guns. ”

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is really very cunning." Tadajun's face immediately showed a trace of gloomy murderous aura. Then, he continued to order: "However, no matter how sharp the artillery of the Eighth Route Army is, it will not play a role in the city. The four brigades in the reserve were ordered to immediately rush to the four city gates, and on the streets inside the city gates, an ambush circle was arranged for the troops of the Eighth Route Army outside the city. It is required that all brigades must completely annihilate the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army that has entered the city in the shortest possible time, so as to give the Eighth Route Army troops a scare..."

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, you are wise and fully support your decision to annihilate the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army and inflict heavy damage on the Eighth Route Army troops outside the city in a surprise attack. If we can completely annihilate at least one regiment of the Eighth Route Army, I believe that the offensive of the Eighth Route Army outside the city will definitely slow down a lot in the coming time..."After listening to the order of the commander, General Tada, the chief of staff's eyes couldn't help but light up, and replied with an excited face.

"Yo Xi, that's what I meant. No matter what method is used, it is necessary to slow down the offensive speed of the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, under the cover of a large number of heavy weapons in their hands, our remaining forces will not last long at all. And judging from the current situation, it can be said that it is the best way to completely annihilate the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army..."The commander, General Tadajun, nodded and replied with a relieved expression.

"Hey, please rest assured, Your Excellency, the humble post will definitely live up to your high expectations and annihilate the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army. I will immediately go and arrange the troops, prepare a big gift for the Eighth Route Army, please rest assured, Your Excellency the Commander..."The chief of staff turned and walked out.

Immediately, in the reserves gathered around the headquarters, four thousand elite little devils, led by their respective captains, carried a certain number of heavy weapons. The soldiers were divided into four routes, and at their fastest speed, reinforcements were sent in the direction where the four city gates were located. Immediately afterwards, the Yue Army, which had rushed to the combat target, began to rely on the existing buildings at the gate of the city and along the streets to arrange an ambush battlefield for the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army that was about to enter Beiping City...

(To be continued)