"Brigade commander, there hasn't been any movement yet, could it be that the little devils don't plan to reinforce, so let these puppet soldiers be cannon fodder" Wang Hao did not put down the binoculars in his hand, and replied with a frown at the brigade commander Shen Qinghua beside him.

"Brigade commander, there is a situation with the defenders on the city walls, it seems that enemy reinforcements are coming. Yes, it's the enemy's reinforcements, and all of them are little devils, there is a brigade" Just when Shen Qinghua frowned, thinking about what to do, Wang Hao, who had just finished speaking, let out an exclamation again.

Hearing the words of the reinforcements of the army, Shen Qinghua couldn't help but feel excited, and hurriedly raised the telescope in his hand. Sure enough, on the city wall, there were one little devil after another, carrying all kinds of weapons and ammunition, replacing the puppet army troops who had just been on the city wall and had already been trembling with fright. Soon, in just a few minutes, the hundreds of meters long city wall was replaced by the Kwantung Army, the most elite of the Yue Army.

"Okay, finally the little devil has been waited for the communications staff officer, and he will immediately send a report to the division commander, and now the artillery bombardment can begin," the brigade commander Shen Qinghua said excitedly. Facing the communications staff officer in front of him, he commanded loudly.

"Yes, Brigade Commander" the communications staff officer turned and left. Within a few minutes, the whistling of shells could be heard above the heads of the fighters. After only a few seconds, the shells that had not been test-fired smashed into the city wall that had been completely replaced by the elite Kwantung Army.

"Boom Boom" Similarly, as an explosion sounds, a scorching fireball will inevitably explode on the city wall. Countless little devils who were directly hit by the cannonballs, or directly torn to pieces, were lying on the ground covered in flames and constantly rolling and wailing. What's more, he was directly hit by the dense rain of bullets generated by the explosion of the cannonballs, turning into a corpse covered in blood.

However, the artillery of the little devil was not vegetarian, so the soldiers carried out two rounds of shooting, and the artillery position of the Yue army erected in the county town fired a test-fired shell outside the city. However, because of the firing distance, the 20 mountain artillery infantry guns on the artillery positions of the Yue army could not threaten the heavy artillery positions several kilometers away. It can only shoot at the mountain artillery battalion of the 1st Division deployed in the Wulongshan area outside the city.

The fall of a shell caused the death of several fighters to the mountain artillery battalion, which was constantly firing shells. However, the soldiers did not mean to shift their positions, and still insisted on firing a mountain cannon shell on the city wall of Yangquan County, which had become a sea of fire and a hell on earth. As for the artillery positions of the army in the county, everyone was relieved to hand over to the heavy artillery battalion in the rear.

The artillery positions of the little devils, the fighters of the entire heavy artillery battalion, like a kitten smelling fish, immediately stopped pouring ammunition on the city walls. Under the command of the front-line observers, the guns were constantly adjusted, preparing to destroy the enemy's artillery positions and eliminate the enemy artillery brigade, which posed the greatest threat to the siege forces.

In less than a minute, the twenty artillery pieces in the county town had just fired their first round of shells according to the impact point of the test shells, and the heavy artillery battalion was ready for battle at the same time.

"Boom, boom, boom" A huge roar sounded, and the 12 heavy guns of the heavy artillery battalion let out an angry roar one after another. The 12 shells, without any test firing, flew directly towards the city of Yangquan County. As for the reason why the test launch was not carried out, the reason is very simple. The army has a total of 20 mountain artillery infantry guns, which must be a large artillery position. Coupled with the power of the 150-mm heavy artillery shells, even if the shells missed a little, it would not affect the results. Besides, in Liu Hua's words, he still wants to capture these 20 mountain artillery infantry guns as much as possible and keep them for himself, if these mountain artillery infantry guns are directly hit by heavy artillery shells, the final result can be imagined, it will definitely become a bunch of the most primitive parts.

Sure enough, with a deafening explosion, 12 heavy howitzer shells, although only half of the shells fell on the artillery positions of the Japanese army. However, with an effective killing radius of 40 meters per shell, these six shells are enough to destroy half of the artillery position.

However, the actual shelling situation was much better. With the explosion of six large-caliber shells on the positions of the Japanese army. The artillery that was a little closer to the point of the explosion, without accident, was destroyed and destroyed, and was pushed down by the huge wave of air generated by the explosion. The number of artillery pieces, which could not be put into battle immediately, reached ten. In addition, the huge lethality of artillery shells to soldiers. In this open artillery position, without any obstacles, this shell was like a grim reaper, taking the lives of the little devils on the gun emplacement.

With the end of the shell explosion, it was still a busy artillery position just now, but at this time it was a miserable scene, and the four mountain guns were directly blown into the most primitive parts, and there was no possibility of repair. The six mountain guns and infantry guns were pushed to the ground by the huge air wave generated by the shells, and fell crookedly to the ground, and the artillery positions had to be reconstructed before they could continue to be used.

Although in the end there were still ten guns left that could be put into service immediately. However, look at the little devil next to the artillery, who was either shocked to death in his combat position, or was stunned and temporarily lost the ability to fight. An artillery brigade of 600 men lost more than half of its strength after the first round of shelling.

"Baga, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army is very cunning, the howitzers they use, our mountain artillery can't threaten them at all. Quickly transfer, block, immediately transfer the remaining artillery, block" Seeing the tragic scene in front of him, the commander of the artillery group was the first to react and shouted an order to the remaining artillery personnel on the position.

However, it really made the captain of the artillery brigade guess that Liu Hua was bullying the little devil's mountain artillery, which did not have the long range of the howitzer of the heavy artillery battalion, and the power of the howitzer. As the only remaining 200 little devils on the artillery position began to transfer the remaining ten mountain artillery infantry guns on the artillery position in a panic under the command of the brigade commander, the second round of shells from the heavy artillery battalion came over again.

With the explosion of this round of shells, the entire artillery position finally fell into silence. Because, those little devils who were all concentrated on the artillery positions and diverted the artillery fire once again became the preferred targets of the shells. The little devils, who were still shouting slogans and pushing the artillery with all their might, lost more than 100 soldiers again after another round of artillery fire. What's more, only four of the ten guns were still standing after another round of explosions. The rest were either blown up or fell crookedly to the ground.

As the threat of artillery in the city was completely removed, the heavy artillery battalion after three rounds of heavy artillery shells totaling 36 rounds were fired at the artillery position of the little devils. Again, under the command of the artillery observers, the guns were turned and turned towards a corner of the city wall, preparing to blow up a breakthrough on the city wall for the first brigade that was responsible for the attack

The explosion of artillery shells, the wailing of soldiers constantly stimulated the hearts of the remaining little devils on the city wall, and in the face of intensive shelling, the Kwantung Army, which had just reinforced a brigade on the city wall, could be said to be the first to taste the taste of being pressed by artillery fire, what is called artillery fire covering. Watching the corpses of soldiers being torn to shreds, and seeing a heavy machine gun blown to the most primitive parts, the only thing these little devils snuggled up in the corner could do was pray.

However, just when the little devils on the city wall were completely blown up by this dense artillery fire, the 12 heavy guns of the heavy artillery battalion, all aimed at a corner of the city wall, began to fire shells one after another. The hard work paid off, and just when the heavy artillery battalion fired 20 shells here, a rumbling sound sounded, and the city wall, which had just been indestructible, finally could not withstand the impact of the continuous explosion of shells and collapsed.

After another round of shells, a gap about ten meters wide finally appeared in the wall. When the breach was opened, these artillery personnel, who had already trained countless times, immediately turned the muzzle and carried out a saturated shelling on the city walls on both sides of the gap and the inside of the gap.

At this moment, more than 2,000 soldiers of the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment, which were responsible for the charge, launched a charge against the gap under the cover of light and heavy machine guns and mortar fire, and at the same time, the two main regiments of the 1st Division, which had already been reinforced to the front line, also closely followed behind the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment under the command of political commissar Zhao Dahe, and advanced as much as possible towards the county seat.

The three main regiments, nearly 6,000 troops, under the cover of artillery fire, encountered little effective resistance and managed to approach the breach. At this time, in order to prevent accidental damage from artillery fire, all artillery had stopped firing, and only a few dozen mortars were left to attack with the team, following behind the assault troops, while attacking, destroying the enemy fire points that the assault troops might encounter.

Breaking through the breakthrough, the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment, under the command of the regiment commander Wang Hao, poured directly into the county town and penetrated directly into the enemy's high command. As for the two regiments commanded by Political Commissar Zhao Dahe, in addition to departing a part of their forces to climb the city wall and prepare to destroy the remnants of the army on the city wall, the remaining troops, together with the second regiment, formed a zigzag offensive formation, rampaging through the county town, and quickly plunged straight into the enemy's headquarters

"Hehe, Chief of Staff, I really didn't expect that after just a few months of training, the soldiers have made such great progress. The coordination of the infantry just now can be said to be seamless. In particular, the rapid response of the heavy artillery battalion just now, I think that if it were not for the artillery to block all the roads leading to the breakthrough with heavy fire in time, the 1st Brigade would have paid a considerable price if it wanted to approach the breakthrough quickly. Liu Hua, whose headquarters had been moved to the top of Wulong Mountain, saw Yangquan County through the telescope in his hand, and with the close cooperation of the artillery and infantry, the troops rushed into the county town with ease, and the division commander Liu Hua couldn't help but admire.

"Hehe, division commander, this infantry artillery is fighting together, you have mentioned it over and over again in many combat meetings, can the cadres below not pay attention. I have heard that during these few months, the troops below have been specially training three battalions of the heavy artillery regiment of our divisional headquarters, which can be said to have been borrowed by three brigades for coordinated training. However, division commander, after the coordination of this infantry artillery is completed, the casualties of the soldiers are really few. As far as I have just estimated, if there is no too fierce street fighting in this siege battle, the casualties of our army will not exceed one battalion. Seeing the troops rushing into the county so easily, Chief of Staff Li Qing was also full of smiles.

"Well, if we attack with an armored regiment and come together with an infantry, artillery, and tank, then the entire siege campaign will be more perfect. Not to mention that, Chief of Staff, I reckon it is time for our command to move forward again. Division Commander Liu Hua said with a smile.

With the opening of the breakthrough in the county seat, the soldiers of the first division and two battalions also took advantage of the situation to attack the city wall. At this time, a brigade of elite Kwantung Army, after the intensive artillery bombardment just now, had already suffered heavy losses, and there were less than 500 soldiers left of more than 1,000 soldiers. What's more, these 500 little devils, because of the shelling just now, have lost almost all their heavy weapons, and only one rifle remains. However, the fighters were different, holding a light machine gun, and constantly pulling the trigger at the remaining little devils in front of them. At the same time, one after another smoke-emitting grenades directly passed the machine gunners in front of them, and constantly exploded on the positions of the Yue army, and in just ten minutes, the remaining 500 teams of famous devils on the city wall were all wiped out by the soldiers of the two battalions, almost at any cost. At the same time, the three units of the finished zigzag attack formation, under the cover of the intensive fire of more than a dozen light machine guns of the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment, can be said to have killed gods and ghosts along the way, and almost swept half of the county town when they encountered ghosts. And after half an hour, the enemy's high command was successfully surrounded.

In the face of the black muzzles of the guns sticking out of the army headquarters, commanders at all levels were certainly not stupid enough to exchange the lives of their soldiers for victory, but waited for the mortars that followed the charge of the troops. As one mortar after another raised its muzzles, the corners of several commanders' mouths already showed a hint of a smile of victory.

"All of them" The sound of a dull mortar cannon ejecting a chamber sounded. Dozens of shells, in the expectation of everyone, drew a beautiful parabola, and smashed directly into the army headquarters a hundred meters away. In an instant, the explosion of shells, the wails of soldiers reached the ears of the soldiers. However, for the fighters who were very well stocked, the wailing of the little devils did not give them any politeness. Without the order of the commander, one after another shells were constantly stuffed into the chamber by these gunners, and finally, they were shot into the headquarters of the little devils

Finally, as a section of the courtyard wall was blown up, dozens of mortar gunners, under the command of the regimental commander, stopped this waste of ammunition. At the same time, one after another, from the blasted breach, rushed into the headquarters and began to search for the remnants of the enemy and clean up the battlefield. Eventually, one officer of the Ōsaō, one officer of the middle of the army, and four officers of the Junior Commander were found in the enemy's headquarters

With the capture of the army headquarters, there are still more than 2,000 puppet troops left in the city, and they have no intention of continuing to resist, and they have taken the initiative to find the Eighth Route Army in the city, and handed over the warehouses and ammunition depots they defended in this way, and the whole battle was completely over after less than three hours, and more than 2,000 little devils guarding the county, including the company captain, were all killed by the soldiers. At the same time, more than 3,000 puppet army troops guarding the county town, except for more than 500 soldiers, who were buried with his master, all the rest surrendered to the soldiers and became prisoners in the hands of the soldiers.

The enemy was all wiped out, all that remained was to clean up the battlefield and count the specific results Finally, when the sun rose the next day, the results of the entire battle were also handed over to the division commander Liu Hua.

"Chief of Staff, how about it, tell me a brief introduction to the results of last night's battle and the losses of the troops." Seeing the chief of staff in front of him, after reading the battle report in his hand, it was Manchester United's smile, Liu Hua knew that last night, his troops not only paid the price of smiling, but more importantly, achieved great results.

"Commander, I can't believe it. In the evening yesterday, our army lost a total of 346 soldiers, 49 soldiers were seriously wounded, and more than 400 were slightly wounded. At the cost of less than 400 people, a company of the Kwantung Army was completely annihilated, with a total of 4,231 people and 3,245 puppet troops. Among them, 2,654 puppet soldiers were captured, and the rest were all wiped out, which is incredible," said the chief of staff in disbelief.

"Hehe, Chief of Staff, there's nothing incredible. You must not forget that in last night's battle, we had an absolute advantage in the medical record. The second is that in terms of firepower, it is several times that of the enemy. In addition, we fired 240 howitzer shells yesterday, which is two-fifths of what we wrote. If such firepower cannot achieve such a victory, then we will train in vain after several months of training. The division commander Liu Hua was not surprised, but analyzed affirmatively.

(To be continued)