Dong Ku's side was arranging various departments according to the offensive formation designed by Zuo Boyang, Huai'an, which was completely silent at this time.

Dust was still a fine drift in the air, but the visibility was already in the air for an hour, and it could be seen thousands of meters away.

At this time, Huai'an no longer existed, and the ruins of the city wall were exposed on the flat dust, just like the ancient Great Wall of the Western Regions, revealing a small section of ruin in the desert.

Further inside, funnel-like pits were scattered on the flat sand and dust, like the sandy beaches that had rained heavily, but the pits were too large.

At the bottom of these funnel-like pits, there were underground tunnels connected to the Japanese army. The pits were all cut out by the Japanese army below in the rain of mud, sand, soil and rocks in the sky.

It's a pity that three or four meters underground, plus five or six meters deep of dust and sand, they struggled desperately, but they still didn't cut out the hourglass-like hole, and suffocated to death inside.

This kind of death is really a bit light for these extremely vicious and unconscionable Japanese soldiers, but Dong Ku can't exchange the blood of the soldiers for the lives of these beasts, it's not worth it.

However, in this tragedy, Dong Ku had no intention of making a noise. One is that he does not intend to waste gliders to bomb Japan, and the other is that victory has already seen the light of day, and if he pushes the Japanese army in a hurry, it will cause more deaths.

What he has to do now is to use the fastest speed, so that the Japanese army does not even have time to react, quickly advance, march all the way, and exterminate the little Japan without waiting for it to start killing. As for this feud, Dong Ku already has a belly case, and after he has chased and killed all the Japanese who have set foot on the land of China by force, he will settle the general account with this filthy nation!

During this period, the artillery of Qu Jungang had already built countless artillery positions, and artillery groups from multiple angles were continuing to be built. However, there was no support for the troops holding their positions, but the Venerable Man assisted in the defense, giving the Japanese army the illusion that the artillery on this side had not yet arrived.

As everyone knows, Dong Ku's artillery has already controlled all the places within thirty-five kilometers of Suqian, and Dong Ku is going to have a beautiful battle of annihilation. Lay the foundation for the attack on Xuzhou.

Sun Tao finished his work and asked, "Captain, is the battlefield in Huai'an cleaned up now?" ”

"There's no hurry."

Dong Ku shook his head, "I don't know how far the Japanese army's tunnels have been dug out, according to the report of the scouts who entered the battlefield, the dust in Huai'an City is three or four meters deep, and we must have half a foot in front of us outside, and the army will be stationed and we will search for the root of the city wall tomorrow." If you have footprints, you can find the Japanese army, and if you don't, you will basically suffocate to death. As for cleaning up the battlefield, leaving a brigade of troops plus those civilians, it is enough to clean up here, and those weapons cannot be buried in the ground and rust, but it's a pity not to mention, it's still dangerous. ”

"Yes. Good way, anyway, there are only two divisions left here. The bulk of the forces had already moved forward, and it was enough for the troops here to be able to make a detour back behind the Japanese as long as the battle began. ”

Sun Tao said approvingly.

Zuo Boyang gave up thinking, raised his head and said, "It's up to Yu Ke, they take Lianyun." Let Lao Zhao leave enough ammunition and artillery to defend, and break through to the vicinity of Taierzhuang and Zaozhuang, and the game of chess can be over. ”

"Yes!"

Everyone's eyes then looked at the map, secretly excited about the upcoming big battle.

Time passes slowly. Lao Zhao's troops arrived at the predetermined position at more than 6 o'clock in a state of almost rapid marching, and ate and rested peacefully under the Japanese artillery.

Yu Ke swept around Lianyun wantonly, violently clearing out the defenders in many villages and towns, how could the Japanese army not know that the army of Ludao had arrived in Lianyun? It's just that the surrounding troops are too far away, and Taierzhuang still has to support the attack on Suqian, and the troops here are stretched.

In addition, two brigades were dispatched to reinforce Huai'an, and Lian Yun could actually easily take it even if Lao Zhao didn't wait here. It's just that Dong Ku let Lao Zhao have the experience of attacking fortifications and be able to take charge of himself in the next big battle, so Yu Ke didn't want to take care of everything, but gave Lao Zhao's troops the main attack and let him exercise.

The Japanese troops in Lianyun were nervously defending, but they did not dare to expose their firepower first, there were not many of them, less than two brigades, and they just hoped that they could wait for a division forcibly drawn from Taierzhuang and reinforcements from the marines in Qingdao.

Time passed rapidly in a tense atmosphere, and the original plan of nine o'clock quietly arrived.

Lao Zhao was ready to attack, and after resting and gathering for three hours after the march, the physical strength of the soldiers had already recovered.

Seeing that the time for the attack was coming, Lao Zhao personally commanded and ordered the attack.

The 75 mountain artillery, field artillery, and Lao Zhao paid for it, Dong Ku gave Lao Zhao 200 of the 150 howitzers used in the attack on Yangzhou, and Changzhou, Yangzhou allocated more than 700 Japanese 105 and 120 guns.

The Japanese army was already nervous all in the position, defending the city, seeing the fire in the distance, and then hearing the clamor of the shells, they shouted one after another, and methodically drilled into the anti-artillery hole.

The loud bang aerated the position a few seconds later, and the fire immediately lit up the sky.

Although Lao Zhao's artillery skills are not as high as those of the advance army, they are also very effective.

The loud roar made the Japanese soldiers in the anti-artillery hole dizzy and their ears buzzed, and countless Japanese soldiers died in the anti-artillery hole one by one under the bombardment of 105., 120, and 150 cannons.

"Knock out the enemy's artillery base!!"

The Japanese soldiers howled, quickly mobilized their guns, and launched a covering fire at the estimated position.

As they were pleasantly bombarding, the soldiers on the position suddenly heard the sound of shells flying towards this side, and immediately, the loud bang exploded around the position and on the position, and the earth was flying, blowing up the position into potholes, and several 75 guns were hit, or fell on the side of the cannon, and the cannon was overturned by the air wave.

"Lock the coordinates, 150 No. 2 and No. 3 positions to shoot!"

With the shouting, the ready artillery bombarded and spewed fire, and then, a fiery red projectile went straight to the Japanese artillery position, five kilometers, and the shells whistled and fell in the sky. It doesn't take more than a few seconds.

Rumble!

With a loud bang, the effectiveness of two waves of twenty guns hit the position with a single shot, and then the position was horribly detonated.

The flames rose into the air with a loud bang, making the leaves of the trees visible on the streets of Lianyun five or six kilometers away. The violent shock even affected Lianyun. Dust fell from the house, and glass and window paper rattled.

The earth-shattering explosion destroyed everything within a kilometer radius of the position, leaving it a no-man's land.

"Hit!!"

"Hit the !!"

The soldiers on the position jumped and cheered, celebrating the destruction of the Japanese artillery positions in the first shot.

"Load the Yuan!"

The shouts rang out one after another in the cheers on the position, so that the cheering soldiers sounded, the battle was not over, and they hurriedly returned to their respective parties, loaded the shells, and debugged and bombarded the next target.

Look at the Japanese shells again. It did fall on the artillery positions on this side. But the positions here are all trenches dug behind the artillery, and the shells are all inside, and even if the shells fall, the possibility of causing a martyrdom is almost zero.

Ten minutes away from the artillery battle, the Japanese positions were in flames, and the roots of the trees were destroyed at the peak of the artillery positions, although they were not completely destroyed. But it can no longer pose a substantial threat to the army.

"Offensive troops ready!!"

Lao Zhao looked at the flickering fire in front of him in the rear headquarters, and then gave the order to charge.

Gunfire. In the sound of the ticking trumpet, the township stretched, roaring all the way, blasting towards the second line.

Yu Ke looked at the soldiers who were charging with the 38 big covers, and shook his head. Charge damage without a quick grab is bound to be small.

But soon, Yu Ke saw the routine of Lao Zhao's troops attacking the position in the telescope. I saw the troops advancing rapidly in the extension of artillery fire. Then, thirty or fifty meters from the position, a grenade flew forward, and immediately the fighters fell on the spot. Dodge bullets flying from the opposite side.

There was a booming explosion, the fire flashed continuously, and at the moment of the explosion, the fighters lying on the ground jumped up, bent their waists, and continued to run wildly, and then a grenade flew out again.

At the same time as the explosion, hundreds of crooked handles rushed in front, and Jack roared, and tongues of fire gushed out, and the rain of bullets covered the entire position in an instant.

The Japanese troops on the position desperately fired back, and machine guns, grenadiers, and mortars also roared.

In the firelight, the soldiers had already jumped into the Japanese position, and a fierce white-knuckle battle broke out between the two sides.

Lao Zhao's troops were inferior to the Japanese army in terms of bayonet skills and physical strength, but Lao Zhao made slight changes according to Dong Ku's three-talent formation, and the three of them worked in a group of three, each performing its own responsibilities, and the three of them dealt with a Japanese army, which made the battle a lot easier.

"Kill!"

The warrior in the middle shouted, and stabbed with his spear.

A beautiful block from the Japanese army on the opposite side made his shot miss. But the moment his gun was raised, the two bayonets that followed next to him stabbed into his body one left and one right in the shouting of killing, and then, he was kicked by the warrior in the middle, and then the three of them pounced on the next target.

The Japanese army did not experience this kind of bayonet training, and they cooperated with each other. They fought alone, yo, how could they have cooperated, but how could they really outcompete the three well-trained men?

On the position, the shouting and killing sound continued into a piece, both sides were 38 big covers, fighting together, the cooperation advantage of the soldiers quickly showed the effect, and soon, the position ended the battle at the moment when the tide poured in.

"Check the ammunition! Replenish grenades! ”

After more than ten minutes of fighting, after the machine gun killed all the Japanese troops who rushed to reinforce the second line, the first line of positions fell into the hands of Lao Zhao.

The shelling, which continued in the melee, continued to bombard in depth.

"Move closer to the second line of positions, mortars keep up with !!"

Amid the shouting, the fighters quickly checked the ammunition, removed the grenades from the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, and then leaned towards the second line.

After Rijin was deprived of the first line of position by the tidal wave of Lao Zhao's troops, a counter-charge was also defeated, and with it, mortars, grenadiers, and heavy machine guns roared.

From time to time, some soldiers were blown up in our area of the charge, and some soldiers were swept down by machine guns, but the tide was still surging, and the machine gunners in the head held crooked handles and strafed, and the grenades rained down on the Japanese trenches, and the hands and feet of the effective shooting were weakened, and the dizzy Japanese troops were taken down again.

Yu Ke stood there holding a telescope, watching the soldiers in the firelight charge, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Lao Zhao's troops did not have guns and grenades, but they always chased the shells, at a distance of 100 meters from the shells. Following closely, many Japanese troops on the position did not have time to drill out of the anti-artillery holes, so they rushed to the front, and then, the white knives went in and the red knives came out. Stabbed the Japanese soldiers to the ground.

Seeing that there was still a position, he raised the walkie-talkie in his hand and shouted: "Let's attack!" ”

Before his words fell, three red signal flares slowly rose in the sky, and then the anxious advance soldiers who had been waiting for a long time ran quickly with AKs and semi-automatics, chasing the Lao Zhao troops in front of them, and rushing towards Lian Yun thousands of kilometers ahead.

Run, the gap is seen at this moment. The soldiers of the advance army started behind, but they caught up with the pace of charging at the front of the third position, and immediately, a grenade flew out, the roaring fire flashed, and the screaming sound of steel balls raged, and rushed into the third line of Japanese positions.

Da Da ......

The bullets rained down on the Japanese troops on the position, and then. A rush through, behind. Corpses were left all over the ground.

"! Why don't you run so fast!! ”

Lao Zhao's soldiers chased after two or three hundred meters, but after all, their physical strength could not keep up, and their legs were like lead, and they couldn't keep up with the footsteps of the soldiers of the advance army, and they were left behind.

He muttered angrily, gasping for breath. Continue to run forward, but he already has a goal in his heart, and the figures in front of him with big bags will be the direction of his efforts.

is so doped, in fact, Lao Zhao let his soldiers suffer a little blow. Let them usually not train hard, find the gap in the comparison, and then train, they will have a goal.

With the addition of the advance army, the attack was even sharper, and the continuous raid of five kilometers, which only stopped for less than an hour to rest, and the artillery fired, under the wave of attack, rushed to the position of more than 500 meters of the city gate.

"Gun grenades!!"

"Change guns!!"

During the run, one voice after another sounded, and then, the soldiers put on their AKs on their backs during the run, changed to semi-automatic, and took out empty explosive bombs in their fixed pockets, and then, a grenade fell in front of the city gate and on the wall.

The Japanese army was completely blinded by the rapid offensive, and in less than two hours, the enemy broke through several positions in succession, rushed through the depth of defense of nearly five kilometers, and in their desperate resistance, the troops approached the city.

"Take the gates and take control of the walls!!"

The soldiers of the advance army shouted, and in the continuous firelight, rushed towards the city gate, and with the loud bang, the debris flew indiscriminately, and the advance army rushed into the city gate like a torrent, and came to bloom in all directions.

As soon as they entered the city, the soldiers quickly diverted and took the city head in the explosion of grenades, and then fired at the Japanese troops who were pouring into the streets for reinforcements at the city gates.

They didn't engage in street fighting, these will be handed over to Lao Zhao's troops, and they will not interfere in the occupation of the city, this is where Lao Zhao wants to be stationed, and of course Yu Ke will not get involved too much.

It took four or five minutes for Lao Zhao's team to rush into the city, and then a tragic street battle broke out.

The Japanese army is desperate in the imminent loss. Lao Zhao's troops in front of friendly troops, in the hatred of Japan, also broke out the greatest combat effectiveness, in the miserable shouts, in the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the soldiers fought hard, like a rolling torrent, rushing on the street.

The street fortresses were bombarded by grenades, and in just one round, they were taken by the bayonet-wielding fighters, and the light machine guns were picked up, spraying tongues of fire and rushing inwards in the first place.

Although the Japanese army tried their best, it was a pity that their numbers were too small in the city to even organize decent street fighting, and they were quickly strangled in the face of attacks several times their own.

When the four torrents converged in the center, the battle was over. In the barracks, except for more than a dozen Japanese soldiers on duty and guarding supplies, there was no one at all, and all of them were on the front line as cannon fodder.

Yu Ke stood on the city wall, listening to the shouts inside, but the gunshots became more and more rare, and then took out the walkie-talkie and ordered: "Evacuate the battlefield in full gear, return to the predetermined camp, and pass the order on the stairs!" ”

The soldiers on the city wall watched a friendly street battle, and during the evacuation, although no one spoke, they praised the friendly troops who were inferior in equipment and not bad in their sense of battle.

Lao Zhao saw a group of advance troops withdrawing from the city, and shouted, "Where is your commander Yu?" ”

Hearing the shout, a figure rushed out of the team, and after saluting, he asked: "Chief, our division commander has been evacuated, you can use walkie-talkie to contact." As he spoke, he handed over the walkie-talkie.

Lao Zhao will use this thing, he took it and shouted: "I am Lao Zhao, why did Commander Yu withdraw from the city?" ”

At the moment, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled: "Ha Lu Ha! Boss, I won't give you a long-term job, and I won't help you clean up the battlefield if you don't leave. ”

Lao Zhao knew that Lu Dao was a joke, but he didn't care, "Then your headquarters must always be placed in the city, how can you live in the wilderness?" ”

"No, boss, I have to set off early tomorrow morning to meet the enemy in Taierzhuang, and it is convenient to live outside." Yu Ke said, and then changed his words and said, "Boss, the two brigades that applied to you to participate in the war were each supplied with 200 rounds of ammunition and four grenades, and I asked for all the wounded prisoners." ”

"Okay, this is a trivial matter, I will send people to your station in a while, and our large army will also move closer to you, so that we can set off together tomorrow morning."

Lao Zhao said boldly.

As the two discussed the spoils of war, the battle in the city waned and ended quickly.

Soon, Dong Ku received a telegram from Yu Ke, and learned that Lian Yun had taken it, and it was no longer a problem for Lao Zhao's troops to advance into Taierzhuang, so he ordered Yu Ke to get up early tomorrow and set off to hurry up to the goal. Because, he can take these reinforcements in one day at most, and the regiments will defeat the Japanese army surrounded by Suqian, and at that time, it will be the time to attack Xuzhou on all fronts, Lao Zhao is not in place, and the battle of Xuzhou will be lame, and he will have to worry about the enemy defending Taierzhuang...... (To be continued......)