Nakajima Tadao didn't care about the communication officer next to him, who was also anxious to repay, and hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, the Dragon's Tooth Column outside the city is well-equipped and has strong firepower, and has launched attacks on us from four directions, southeast, northwest, and north, but the warriors of our imperial army have resisted bravely, and the current battle situation is still stalemate.

The four gates and walls are still under our control. ”

Hearing this, Sakai Chihei and Chiba Yuyuki breathed a sigh of relief at this time, but it was normal to think about it, the battle had just begun, and if the people of Shina attacked the city, then they would still hold on to a fart, and it was important to directly organize troops to break through and escape to save their lives.

Sakai Chihei waved his hand at the communication adjutant who seemed to be holding back for a long time and said, "What is your report?" Is there an echo from the command of the Front? ”

The communications adjutant hurriedly straightened up and replied loudly: "Yes, General, the General Staff Office of the North China Front Army Headquarters has sent an urgent telegram, General Sugiyama Yuan has ordered the aviation to be dispatched to provide us with air fire support, and more than 200,000 troops from all walks of life have also set off one after another and are rushing to the army.

The command hopes that we will be able to hold on until reinforcements arrive! ”

As soon as Sakai Chihei heard that there were reinforcements and the support of the air force, his expression suddenly perked up, and he said to the communications adjutant: "You call back to the front army headquarters immediately, and our department will definitely try its best to fight to the end, and wait for reinforcements at Shimen!" Your Excellency the Commander, rest assured. ”

"Hay." The communications adjutant answered, bowed his head and turned to leave.

Chiba Yuyuki said to Sakai Chihei: "Division commander, I plan to go out to inspect the circle to boost the morale of our warriors. ”

"Yo Xi, Chiba-kun, you really deserve to be an excellent imperial soldier." Sakai Chihei praised this very much, got up and sent Chiba Yuyuki out of the courtyard where the division headquarters was located, although it is very dangerous to go out to inspect the city wall now, but it is also a great boost to morale, and it is extremely conducive to the 21st Division's defense.

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In the west and north of the city, Wu Ming, the commander of the third regiment, and Zhao Youde, the deputy commander of the third regiment, led the main forces of the three regiments and launched attacks on the Japanese army one after another.

The entire Shimen County was full of wolf smoke, completely shrouded in thick smoke and war, with gunfire and shouts everywhere.

Only the south gate, which was in a rare calm, was in stark contrast to the fierce exchanges of fire in several other directions, but whether it was the Japanese troops who were nervously defending on the city wall, or the soldiers of the main force of the Dragon Tooth Regiment who were waiting outside the city and sharpening their knives, they all knew that this was only the eve of the storm.

As an artillery battalion officer came to the battalion commander Ma Yunlong to report, all the artillery had been prepared.

Ma Yunlong immediately ordered the artillery to be fired, and dozens of mountain or field artillery with a caliber of more than 70mm immediately opened fire.

俅俅俅俅...... One after another, the cannonballs dragged the scarlet flames, and with the sound of whirring through the sky, they came towards the city wall around the south gate of Shimen.

The devil soldiers who had been waiting on the city wall fell down one after another, booming and booming! A deafening explosion rang out around the city walls.

Many of the devil soldiers were even knocked to the ground by the violent explosion, and soon, the entire city was shrouded in raging fire and smoke.

The city wall was bombarded by the earth and stones, the smoke was billowing out, and the dragon's tooth soldiers outside the city were full of eagerness and shouted loudly, and the bombardment of the artillery battalion continued.

Although the 75mm caliber gun is only 15mm larger than the 60mm mortar in terms of surface digitization, the power of the two caliber guns is very different.

And the number of such mountain guns and field guns in the artillery battalion is not one or two, but dozens, so the power is also geometrically increasing.

The city wall of Shimen County was soon collapsed by the fierce artillery fire of the Longya Artillery Battalion, and the city gate building was reduced to ruins in the raging artillery fire.

Seeing this, Ma Biao, the commander of the second regiment, immediately held an MG34 general-purpose machine gun and shouted: "Brothers, the time has come!" Rush up to me and capture Chihei Sakai alive! Come on! ”

Thousands of officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment jumped up from the trenches one after another, roaring loudly and shouting, holding all kinds of weapons, and followed Ma Biao towards the broken gap in the city wall.

The devils on the city wall had already suffered heavy losses under the artillery battalion's artillery fire, and where could they resist the attack of the second regiment of Longya, which was like a wolf and a tiger and had strong firepower.

Ma Biao and a group of soldiers held submachine guns, and after the general-purpose machine gun rushed to the broken gap in the city wall, they fired a fierce fire on the broken city wall, sweeping all the dozens of devil soldiers who rushed to block it into a sieve, and then rushed in with a roar.

Another group of dragon-tooth warriors also rushed to the torn apart city gate hole that had been blown by artillery fire, and after completely destroying the city gate with explosives packs, they rushed into the city through the city gate.

More warriors carried the simple wooden ladders and bamboo ladders that the people had built for them, and the ladders had iron hooks at the front to hook the city walls, and a group of soldiers armed with submachine guns bore the brunt and began to climb first.

They climbed up with a ladder in one hand and an MP38 submachine gun in the other.

Qiao Youhua and political commissar Guo Meng stood in the distance holding binoculars, watching their soldiers desperately launch an attack, Guo Meng suddenly said: "Commander, why don't we build a batch of unconscionable cannons?" ”

For the flying thunder artillery, Guo Mengke remembers it vividly, the last time the base area was defended, it can be said that it was the appearance of the flying thunder artillery that made the battle a key turning point, and the Dragon Tooth Task Force was able to turn the tide of the battle and win a complete victory, defeating the 10th and 5th master regiments of the Japanese army.

Qiao Youhua said: "Political commissar, you don't know, although the power of the conscienceless cannon is amazing, but it has a fatal weakness, that is, the firing range is only two hundred meters, and some are even less than two hundred meters.

Last time, the reason why the flying thunder cannon was able to play such a big role was mainly because of a strange word, the Japanese army had never encountered this kind of weapon at all, and it would also cause mental panic to the enemy at a certain time.

In fact, as long as you are prepared, it is very simple to destroy the flying thunder artillery, and you can do it without anything else, grenadiers, 60mm mortars.

Moreover, we now have ready-made artillery, which may not be as powerful as the Flying Thunder Cannon, but they are better in range and rate of fire, and are obviously more suitable for this kind of high-intensity offensive battles.

Don't forget, the Flying Thunder Cannon can only be used three or five times, and then it will be reimbursed and will have to be redone, so the Flying Thunder Cannon can only be used as a reinforced artillery in defensive battles when our firepower is insufficient, which can be regarded as a helpless choice. ”

As soon as Qiao Youhua's words fell, a shrill roar of an airplane engine suddenly faintly sounded in the distant sky.