Doodoo ...... The order for the general attack was quickly issued to the battalions, and the loud trumpet of the charge suddenly resounded in all directions. One after another, the flags of the tiger and the sheep were suddenly erected, and the teeth and claws were displayed in the air, and the hunting sound.

"Kill!" The soldiers, who had already advanced to the forward position in concealment, jumped up from the trenches, neatly tore off their camouflage, and rushed towards the Japanese position with a loud shout.

In order to avoid accidental damage, the field artillery and flying thunder artillery units stopped bombardment, and the mountain artillery and infantry artillery began to extend their fire to the depth of the Japanese army, preventing the reinforcement of the Japanese army from other directions. Mortars and grenadiers accompanied infantry attacks because of their flexibility.

Chief of Staff Zhou put down the binoculars and said happily: "Military seat, our army's ability to coordinate infantry and artillery has made great progress!" ”

Zheng Weiguo himself was also very satisfied, and said with a smile: "That is, fighting a big battle is more effective than practicing for a year!" ”

Brigade Commander Chen also watched the battle with a telescope on the sidelines, looking at so many skills and equipment of the 97th Army, and drooled with envy. Just as he was thinking that he had such a powerful skill class, a small army suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

Although the number of this unit is small, all of them are tall and powerful boys. Most of them were armed with individual protective shields, and in pairs, they alternately covered the charge, and soon approached the Japanese position.

The remaining Japanese troops were terrified and concentrated their firepower to shoot at them desperately. The bullet rang out when it hit the shield's steel plate, sparks in all directions, but it could not hurt the soldiers hiding behind.

There were also several fighters wearing strange lobster armor and carrying light machine guns. Rushed at the Japanese firepower point and killed it. The Japanese tried to intercept several times without success, but exposed several points of fire, which were swept away by the soldiers who followed one by one with guns and grenades.

Zheng Weiguo and Chief of Staff Zhou were pointing fingers and comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the troops exposed in the attack. Brigade Commander Chen suddenly grabbed him, pointed to the small unit and said, "Hey, Lao Zheng, what kind of unit is that?" Isn't it the special forces you often talk about? ”

Chief of Staff Zhou just saw it, smiled, and said, "That's the assault engineer company directly under the 34th Brigade, and it's still far from the special forces mentioned in the military seat!" ”

Same with special forces. The tactical arm of the assault engineer was also first discovered by the Germans. It is a comprehensive unit of arms with high mobility, high defense, and high firepower. Huo Ting, the commander of the engineer company, had studied in Europe and was very interested in this powerful tactic of attacking fortifications, and repeatedly applied to the military department to form a similar unit.

However, it is not easy to form an assault sapper, first of all, the quality of the soldiers. The second is equipment. The last is training and tactical application. These three points are indispensable. It is not difficult to select dozens of skilled soldiers from the thousands of people in the 34th Brigade, and with Zheng Weiguo, the commander of the special forces, it is not difficult to train and adapt. The difficulty lies in the equipment.

The 97th Army did not have the ability to manufacture steel armor, and there was no place to buy it, so it has not been able to copy. It wasn't until Zheng Huzi went to Tianjin some time ago that he luckily got a few sets of lobster armor from World War I, plus the Japanese-style individual protective shield captured before, that he was forced to gather an attack unit.

Of course, a knock-off is a copycat, and it can't be compared with the genuine version of others. Like the Soviet assault sappers, they used steel cuirasels, Bobosha submachine guns, Finnish knives, and the platoon was also equipped with sniper rifles, anti-tank mines, DP machine guns, and various types of grenades, including LBK-43 anti-tank grenades, F-1RKD-33 infantry grenades, as well as special Molotov cocktails and flamethrowers.

By the 97th Army, there was no steel cuirass and could only be replaced by protective shields, and several sets of lobster armor from World War I became a rarity; Bobosha didn't either, and the only Flower Trap and Jinzao Thomson's firepower was too weak, so they could only be replaced by light machine guns; There are no anti-tank grenades either, only cluster grenades (that is, several grenades are bundled together); There are no flamethrowers either, only Molotov cocktails......

In short, there is nothing to do, all rely on copycats. The only thing that is stronger than De and Su is that Zheng Huzi's training methods and tactics are better, which is also where the confidence of the assault engineer company lies.

Da Da Da ...... The Type 92 heavy machine gun was roaring arrogantly, and the attacking troops were desperately suppressed by several successive charges. This was one of the strongest firing points of the Japanese army, with two heavy machine guns arranged in a cross.

An assault sapper suddenly rushed forward, and with a wave of his hand, a Molotov cocktail flew into the hole accurately, and then exploded with a bang, and the flames and smoke immediately engulfed the fortification.

Brigade Commander Chen's eyes lit up, he grabbed Zheng Weiguo's arm with both hands, and said in a low voice: "Can you help me form a unit like this?" I'm begging you, brother! You know the way, our Eighth Route Army is not afraid of field battles, so it lacks the ability to attack fortified positions. Last month, we attacked a Japanese stronghold......"

Those who are familiar with Brigade Commander Chen know that he is not only good at fighting, but also the pillar of the Blood Flower Drama Club, what he looks like. No, in order to force Zheng Weiguo to comply, he played the sad card, and when he spoke, he almost burst into tears.

Zheng Weiguo was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Stop, stop." I'll tell you the truth, this favor can't help, and it's useless for you to ask for it. "This is the big truth, the assault engineer company is very dependent on equipment, Zheng Huzi himself can only piece together a "four dislike" assault soldier, how can he have the ability to help others form?

Brigade Commander Chen thought that Zheng Weiguo was reluctant, gritted his teeth, and let out a cruel sentence: "As long as you do me this favor, I will give you a Type 38 field cannon!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Where did you get the wild artillery?" ”

Brigade Commander Chen said triumphantly: "You don't have to worry about this, you just say whether you can help or not!" ”

Zheng Weiguo shook his head helplessly and said, "I really can't help!" It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, how can I help if I don't have equipment? ”

Brigade Commander Chen was a little puzzled and said, "Isn't it just a steel plate, what's so bad about it?" Go to the factories and mines controlled by the Japanese army and go around all of them. ”

Zheng Weiguo couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "What's the use of those ordinary steels?" Special steels that must be bulletproof. ”

Brigadier Chen said dejectedly: "So you don't have any hope? ”

Zheng Weiguo quipped: "Yes! Brother Maozi has it there! ”

Brigadier Chen was pleasantly surprised: "Really! ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "There must be something!" "It was the Soviet Union that carried forward the assault sappers in the future. They even formed fifteen brigades of assault engineer units in 43. These troops made repeated achievements in the Soviet-German war, and were nicknamed "Stalin's hammer"!

Brigade Commander Chen said happily: "Okay, I'll report when I go back, I'm going to make a decision on this equipment!" Lao Zheng, when the time comes, I'm going to get the equipment, half of our family, how about you help me train? ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "Okay, you won't be allowed to repay the account when the time comes!" ”

He said it happily, but in his heart he didn't think so. After the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance. The Soviet Union felt the threat of the Japanese army. Therefore, he tried his best to win over the national government, and did not hesitate to give up China G for this reason. For example, shortly after the incident in southern Anhui, the Soviet side still provided dozens of cannons to the national government, but demanded that the Soviet-aided weapons should not be used to surrender G.

In stark contrast. The Soviet Union never supplied any weapons to the Chinese and G. The Suiyuan base area once sent troops to briefly open up the passage between China and Mongolia. Counting on the Soviet Big Brother to send a batch of weapons over. Unexpectedly, only a batch of "progressive books" was sent after the end. It is said that the Chinese comrades can draw spiritual strength from it and defeat the fascists.

Under such circumstances, Brigadier Chen's wish would be difficult to fulfill. However, Zheng Weiguo didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, and he had a hint of luck. So it didn't say it explicitly.

As he spoke, the 34th and 36th Brigades had already tore gaps in the Japanese defense line. The strength of the two battalions quickly followed, and they all rushed in, and all of them were killed in the wall.

At this moment, a rapid and fierce artillery fire suddenly poured between the positions of the two armies, and the soldiers of the two battalions, who were preparing to follow, were caught off guard and suffered a heavy loss.

Duan Shuanghu scolded angrily: "The little devil of the dog day, you still dare to play this hand with your grandfather, notify the mountain artillery battalion to fight back immediately!" ”

The artillery of the two armies soon began to fire each other. The Japanese infantry also launched a fierce counterattack in the wall, trying to drive the officers and men of the 97th Army out while they were not firmly established.

But the Japanese army never expected that in such a short time, two well-equipped infantry battalions had already rushed in. Under the impact of such a strong force, it is very difficult for the Japanese army to hold the existing defensive line, so is there still the strength to squeeze it out?

The infantry counterattack was blocked, and the artillery units were not pleased. Although they took advantage of the sneak attack, after a while of bombardment, the shells gradually became unable to help, so they could only be beaten passively, and soon they could not parry.

There were not many shells left in the Japanese mountain artillery unit, and the terrain was narrow and there was nowhere to hide, so they never dared to bombard the 97th Army. It wasn't until the defense line was broken just now that he finally couldn't help it, and he was ruthless at the junction of the positions of the two armies.

Chief of Staff Zhou said indignantly at the time: "The little devil's hand is really vicious, fortunately, we invested enough troops in the first wave." ”

According to the general method of siege in that era, the first wave of troops would not be too much, so as not to be killed and wounded by a large number of enemy troops. But the 97th Army is different, and their large corps tactics are mainly derived from the People's Liberation Army in later generations.

In his speech to the cadres of the Second Column directly before the siege of Jinzhou, Lin B put forward the following key points of siege tactics: "After the breakthrough is opened, the attacking troops should pour in as much as possible with all their might, and let as many troops enter the city as possible like a big play, so that it will be difficult for the enemy's counterattack troops to counterattack our army's assault troops, so that our siege assault troops can not only firmly control the breakthrough, but also have the ability to develop in depth and quickly form a real breakthrough." ”

"After breaking through the city walls, the troops should immediately advance in depth, eating the meat first and then gnawing the bones, the front troops pick the easy enemy to fight, and the more difficult fortresses are left for the follow-up troops to attack. The main task of the vanguard was to make a detour and advance in depth regardless of the enemy's flank fire, and to directly strike at the enemy's command organs. ”

Takashi Sakai suddenly used a conspiracy to briefly block the follow-up troops of the 97th Army with artillery fire, but failed to drive the first wave of troops out of the stockade. After the Japanese artillery was suppressed again, the 34th and 36th brigades sent two more battalions of troops to kill along the gap, completely disrupting the Japanese defensive deployment.

Zhao Yunxiang said excitedly: "Military seat, let's get on the brigade!" ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Chief of Staff, immediately inform Chief Hu Zongnan, just say that our army has entered Quxingji, and ask him to send the first division to respond quickly." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou understood and said, "Yes, military seat, I'll do it!" ”

Zhao Yunxiang asked with a puzzled expression: "Junzuo, why should the credit of the good man be given to the first division?" ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "This kind of thing can only be understood, not spoken, you can understand it yourself!" ”

Hu Zongnan is the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, no matter who captures Quxingji, it is his credit, and no one can snatch it away. In that case, why not be more generous?

At this time, the main strength and firepower of the Japanese army were involved by the 97th Army, and the west and southwest directions were very empty. The 1st Division entered the walled area in one fell swoop, and broke into the depth of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army was attacked by the enemy, and the originally well-organized defense suddenly collapsed. However, they are well-organized and have a large number of effective grassroots officers, so they are scattered but not chaotic, chaotic but not defeated, and they have to pay a great price if they want to completely eliminate them.

At this moment, Commander Hu Zongnan suddenly sent a telegram, saying that the 97th Army had entered the village first, and the credit was great, and the next dirty work could be handed over to the First Army. Zheng Weiguo understood and let the 33rd Brigade enter from the north of Quxingji, and the 34th Brigade and the 36th Brigade slowly retreated.

As for the remnants of the defeated soldiers in the wall, they were all handed over to the First Army. Although Hu Zongnan was a foreign figure in the War of Liberation, he was still a tiger general in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. The 1st Division, the 36th Division (this unit was temporarily attached to the First Army), and the 78th Division, under his command, quickly entered the village to take over the position of the 97th Army.

The Japanese army was sleepy and short of food and ammunition, and had been beaten half to death by the 97th Army before, so they were not the opponent of the First Army at all. Fighting and fighting, it was soon divided and surrounded by the First Army.

At this juncture, the Japanese Army Air sent planes to make trouble, but fortunately, Zheng Weiguo had already prepared, and 12 antiaircraft guns were tightly deployed around. After a fierce battle, the Japanese planes could not take advantage, so they had to drop the bombs indiscriminately and retreat.

As a result of the Japanese withdrawal, the morale of the Japanese troops in the village plummeted, and many desperate officers and soldiers began to commit suicide. However, the national army's ability to attack fortifications is really not good, and it is impossible to eat it from afternoon to dusk, looking at the meat in its mouth. The officers and soldiers of the 97th Army were in a hurry on the sidelines, eager to rush forward and do it again.

Chief of Staff Zhou looked at the sky and said anxiously: "It's going to be dark soon, we can't drag it out like this anymore!" ”

Zheng Weiguo looked at it with a telescope and said, "Well, let Duan Shuanghu send artillery to support!" ”

After Duan Shuanghu received the order, he quickly dispatched a flying thunder artillery company and a mountain artillery company into the village to help. When encountering relatively low fortifications, they bombarded them with flying thunder cannons, and when they encountered relatively tall strongholds, they used mountain artillery to shoot at close range. After bombarding several strongholds in succession, the remnants of the Japanese army finally could not bear it anymore and began to flee in all directions.

The officers and men of the First Army immediately carried forward the fine style of beating the water dogs, chased and killed those remnants of the defeated generals everywhere, and scattered the soldiers bravely. Without the cover of the fortifications, the situation of the Japanese army was even worse, and most of them were killed by the soldiers of the national army. However, the Japanese army's will to fight was indeed tenacious, and a small unit managed to escape under such unfavorable circumstances.

They were a squad led by Ichiro Hiraki, the flag guard officer of the 50th Wing, who planned to bring the battle situation back to their superiors. Seeing that he was about to escape, fortunately, the 14th Cavalry Brigade led by Brigade Commander Zhang Zhankui had been operating outside Quxingji. Coincidentally, the two armies just collided head-on, and Ichiro Hiraki and his subordinates were all killed in battle.

After hearing the news, the theater could not believe that this was true, and after confirming that the enemy in Quxingji had been destroyed, it sent an urgent telegram, demanding that the First Army and the Ninety-seventh Army quickly advance eastward and participate in the siege of Sanyiji. (To be continued......)