A squadron of devils crossed the ruins of the city wall under the gaze of Anxi Vulture, and set up machine guns on at least three commanding heights, which made Anxi Eagle full of confidence in the next battle, and he shouted loudly to let the troops pass through this ruin as soon as possible, so as to completely infiltrate the Dongcheng District of Taierzhuang.

Almost at the same time, Zuo An'an was also shouting loudly: "Hurry, hurry!" "Urging the soldiers of the 14th Regiment to rush here.

The soldiers of the Anxi Brigade and the 14th Regiment were rushing towards the same point in unison, and suddenly a dull thunderclap came from the southwest - a field called Pingwa at the junction of Sulu, fifteen kilometers west of Hanjia Temple, some high and low weeds and bushes suddenly moved, and if the Japanese reconnaissance plane happened to pass here, its pilots would be surprised to find that thousands of green figures were active in this green field. Among them is the self-propelled artillery unit of the Cadet Corps, which is the primary target of the North China Front Command's non-listed air force.

Before receiving Su Haihu's call, Li Jian yawned and fell asleep. For today's two artillery battles, he has not closed his eyes since he woke up yesterday morning. In the early hours of the morning, after bombarding the north of Hanjia Temple to cover the sneak attack of Guo Muyi's department, he immediately led his troops to this place, and then began to camouflage the artillery. Since then, he has been waiting for information from the front and instructions from the headquarters.

"Sir, Commander Su has called, and the Japanese artillery is located at 3400 northeast of Taierzhuang."

"Okay, call me at the headquarters right away."

Xuzhou, in the Fifth Theater Headquarters, Li Zongren kept pacing with his hands behind his back, while Bai Chongxi sat on a chair with a teacup and drank slowly.

"Brother Delin, don't turn around, you turn me so dizzy. Guo Muyi's sneak attack was successful, our initial goal has been achieved, and even if we can't encircle the Isogu Division, the military committee will be reasonable. ”

"Jiansheng, did Yu Xuezhong send a telegram?"

"Not so fast, they're going around too much."

Li Zongren considered that after Guo Muyi's sneak attack was successful, Isoya Liansuke would definitely fill the gap left by the Anteng Division and continue to attack Taierzhuang, and his next battle plan was to let Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army detour back to Peixian, and then cross Weishan Lake from there, land near Shagou, and then cross the Grand Canal, directly kill Hanzhuang, and then kill Nigou, Nanluo, and Beiluo from Hanzhuang, and cut off the connection between Taierzhuang and Zaozhuang in one fell swoop. In that case, with the defenders of Taierzhuang, you can wait for the opportunity to cut off the Isogu Division and encircle and annihilate one of it, so as to completely disrupt the battle situation in Taierzhuang.

"What about Huang Qiaosong and Liu Shurong?"

"They're almost at the canal bridge."

"Hurry up and send a telegram telling them not to cross the river, but to find a place to hide nearby."

"Do you want them to find a chance to go to Taierzhuang from the east of the canal?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I'll do it."

Bai Chongxi put down the teacup and ran out of the door, and at this moment, the phone rang. Li Zongren rushed over with an arrow and quickly copied the phone in his hand.

"Headquarters? I'm Li Jian, and we've discovered the direction of the artillery positions of the Isogu Division, and we're asking for an attack! ”

Hearing that it was Li Jian, Li Zongren was a little disappointed at first, and when he heard the words behind, he was very excited and said: "I am Li Zongren, I can attack, I say it again, I can attack!" ”

"Yes!" After hanging up the phone, Li Jian began to issue orders and ran out of the command headquarters in high spirits. Then he gave an order, and all the gunners began to adjust the design angle and direction according to the firing parameters provided by Su Haihu and Wang Linren, and with the camouflage hanging on the barrel of the gun vibrated violently, five minutes later, the entire artillery unit was ready to open fire.

He looked at his watch, it was now 8:43, "I hope the little devil's cannon hasn't had time to move yet!" Thinking so, he took a deep breath, and then shouted in a fight: "Five minutes of rapid fire - fire!" ”

"Fire! Fire! Five minutes of rapid fire - "The herald and commanders at all levels quickly conveyed his order, and a few seconds later, the ** sound of "boom" sounded, and Pingwa was immediately covered by the white smoke - the sudden thunder made everyone on both sides of the Taierzhuang battlefield unconsciously prick up their ears, and then, hearing the source of the cannon, the performance of the two sides is completely different - the Japanese side is chickens and dogs, and the defenders are smiling. Officers like Chi Zhenhai, who have always complained about their artillery not entering the battlefield for a long time, behaved in a somewhat special way, without exception, grinning and scolding: "Dog's day is finally willing to open fire!" "Grandma, you still know how to open fire! I thought these dry rice eaters were asleep! ”

Ryosuke Isoya was discussing the battle situation with a few staff officers in the temporary headquarters, when he heard the thunderous cannonade, his body stiffened, and a look of fear appeared on his face. After a few seconds, he asked as if to himself, "Do the people of China have so many cannons?" After a while, he shouted: "Quick, quickly notify the artillery to transfer!" ”

In the headquarters of the 5th Division between the east gate and the north gate, Anteng Liji suddenly sat down on the ammunition box, and he scolded in a low voice: "Eight grids! He closed his eyes in frustration.

"The artillery of the Shina people has finally begun to fight back!" Thinking like this, Anxi Vulture suddenly felt a trace of fear, and then, instinctively, in order to drive away this fear, he howled hoarsely: "Attack! Offensive! ”

"It's our cannon! Brothers, rush! A smile bloomed on his face and he shouted happily. The soldiers were stunned first, and suddenly ran more vigorously - on the artillery position of the Isoya Division, Kazuo Fukuda suddenly jumped up like crazy, he shouted loudly: "Hurry, hurry, shift the position," and then ran to the nearest cannon, trying to push this cannon up. The positioning pin of the cannon has not yet been raised, and even if he exerts his strength to feed, he still does not move.

"Boom!" The first shell exploded about 200 meters away from Futian, and he looked in horror at the huge mushroom cloud that suddenly rose from the pattern, and then shouted hoarsely: "Turn ......" "Boom......" He only had time to shout the word "turn" before he was stunned by the violent explosion.

Hundreds of shells completely covered the artillery positions, and some ammunition boxes were detonated, making an earth-shattering and violent explosion. Explosions came and went, and from time to time cannons were dismembered, and parts were lifted by the air, flying everywhere. In the fireworks, the devil artillery ran around, and more people were directly torn to pieces, their stumps were scattered everywhere along with the cannon parts, and few people could keep the whole corpse - "This is the fate of the invaders!" On the building behind the west gate of Taierzhuang, Wang Linren put down the binoculars and said.

Su Haihu was very excited, he picked up the walkie-talkie and excitedly reported the effect of the shelling to Li Jian, and said again and again: "One hit, one hit, brothers!" ”

The rumbling explosions scattered the ghosts on the battlefield and raised the morale of the defenders—and against this backdrop, the Anzai Brigade and the Fourteenth Prisoner met unexpectedly at a fork in the road.

At the forefront of the 14th Criminal Regiment was a squad leader named Luan Guilin, who almost collided with a devil, startled the boss, and shouted: "Devil! The muzzle of the gun turned, the index finger of the right hand pulled the trigger, and a shuttle bullet had been swept away.

The devil was even more frightened than he had been, and he screamed in horror, and then he was hit by several bullets and flew out of the city.

"Kill!" Behind Luan Guilin, several soldiers roared angrily, rushed out of the alley, and suddenly braked sharply, pulling the trigger vigorously.

The devils over there were put down several times by Luan Guilin, and they fell directly to the ground after their hearts, although others were also injured, but they were all fine. The ghost monster screamed, and many people immediately fell to the ground. The two sides fired at each other for a while, and the firepower advantage of Wei Qing's assault infantry was greatly exerted, and the devils who ran in the front were knocked down more than a dozen when they landed, and on Luan Guilin's side, only one soldier destroyed Anxi Vulture because of the sudden change of being hit, he commanded the knife to point at the three-way intersection, and shouted to the machine gun shooters on the three commanding heights: "Shoot, shoot, drive the people back!" ”

As soon as the machine gun sounded, Zuo An'an, who was in the middle of the army, realized that it was not good, and while asking Xing 14 to quickly lead people to make up for it, he ran back and said to Cai Hongguang: "Cannon, it's up to you, can you end the devil's firepower?" ”

In the first battle in the early hours of this morning, Cai's cannon can be said to be out of the limelight. If Zuo An'an looked down on Cai Cannon before the raid, now, he even has the mind to snatch Cai Cannon back to the Mountain Division.

Cai Hongguang was flattered, he said: "I'll try it!" Then he commanded his men to assume a mortar, and stood quietly himself, pricking up his ears and closing his eyes to listen carefully.

The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and Xing 14 knows this truth very well, and he immediately rushed to the entrance of the alley with a few of his guards. This place is too close to the West Gate, he is worried that the devil will rush over and threaten the flank of the West Gate defenders, seeing that the squad in Luan Guilin at the front has been suppressed by the devil's machine gun fire, he is anxious and shouts: "Luan Guilin, resist Lao Tzu!" Brothers, rush! Get the little devils out of the way. ”

Three of his subordinates in a row were swept by the devil's machine guns, Luan Guilin was furious, he rolled to the edge of a city wall ruins, and then made a gesture to several subordinates at the mouth of the alley, shouting: "Cover me!" ”

The warriors nodded, and suddenly raised their guns at the same time and swept violently.

Over there, a few devils had just stood up, and they were immediately hit by bullets and fell down screaming. The dozens of devils behind them had already left their butts off the ground, and they hurriedly lay down again.

"Da Da Da!" Three light machine guns swept towards the entrance of the alley almost simultaneously, and one of the cadets was first shot in the left shoulder, then in the wounded part in succession, and lay on the ground with a cry of sorrow.

"King Dog!" Luan Guilin roared, then half-crouched up, raised his gun and fired a shuttle of bullets at the leftmost shooting point.

"Pop ......" bullets hit the masonry beneath the machine gun, and sparks flew everywhere. The two devils were startled, and quickly turned their guns and fired.

"Da Da Da!" Luan Guilin felt that his movements were fast enough, but when he lay down again, he felt a sharp pain in his right arm, and he couldn't help but gasp when he looked down - his left arm was broken at the elbow. "Son of a bitch!" Luan Guilin endured the dizziness caused by the pain, he stood up sharply, roared angrily, and pulled the trigger with his left hand.

Xing 14 happened to see this scene, he was so anxious that he was distressed, and roared: "Get down!" But it was too late, Luan Guilin's chest and abdomen were hit continuously, and he stubbornly wanted to stand still, but his body slowly fell backwards......

"Bastard!" Xing 14 roared angrily, and said to Wang Songbin, who was following closely behind: "Go to the house, quickly, give me the firepower to knock out the devil." He looked back at the others: "Snipers are all up to the house, machine gunners and grenadiers who fight devils - quick!" Fast! ”

Suddenly, there was a short and piercing "chew" sound, and a grenade exploded in the alleyway, and several fighters standing close to the wall were engulfed in fireworks, and the next moment they fell to the ground. The walls, which had been blue-gray just now, were suddenly sprinkled with a shocking puddle of blood.

The destruction of the artillery of the Isoya Division strengthened Isotani Ryosuke's determination to capture Taierzhuang.

In a trench outside the west gate, more than a thousand devils suddenly poured out. At the same time, two Type 92 heavy machine guns on both sides roared, and hundreds of bullets were fired at the sandbags used to fortify the west gate, and the sound of bullets entering the earth sounded when the sandbags were boarded.

Cui Zhiguo raised his head and shook his head vigorously, shaking off all the dust on the helmet. He scolded indignantly: "Devil of the dog day! Then he raised his head and looked at the dense devils, and he was startled, and shouted vigorously: "Ready to fight!" Listen up, put the devil closer. Wu Yushu, wake up—"

Cui Zhiguo is the commander of the 105th Regiment, and because of his dark skin, he has a nickname called "Cui Hei" in the circle of the Cadet Army. Wu Yushu is a special existence for the current Ximen battlefield, it is said that he should retreat with the 132nd Division, but he is stubborn and insists on staying to help his comrades complete the unfinished task of killing the enemy.

Guo Da was moved by his persistence, and no matter which regiment was stationed on the front line, he asked the regiment commander to take good care of him.

It is precisely for this reason that Cui Zhiguo arranged Wu Yushu by his side.

Wu Yushu was too tired, but he always insisted on refusing to get out of the line of fire. He opened his eyes, saw Cui Zhiguo's black face, pursed the corners of his mouth and pretended to smile, and asked, "The devil has started to attack?" ”

"Well, Xiao Wu, if you really can't hold on, let's go down and rest for a while, this battle still has to be fought."

"I'm fine!"

"And said it was okay - boom!" Cui Zhiguo had only said half a sentence when suddenly a bullet hit his helmet and made a piercing impact sound. He hurriedly lowered his head and scolded: "The devil of the dog day, dare to hit Lao Tzu's head and look for death!" ”

Wu Yushu smiled heartily. Cui Zhiguo was the third high-ranking officer he had ever met, and with the experience of getting along with Guo Da and Huang Yonghuan (the head of the 104th Regiment), he felt that the officers of the Cadet Army were very interesting - yes, funny, these officers not only did not have a little arrogance, but also swore a lot of words, and did not pay attention to their own image at all.

The devil's covering firepower became sparse, this was a signal that the devil's infantry was approaching, Cui Zhiguo didn't dare to focus on Wu Yushu anymore, he slowly raised his head against the sandbag, and then just showed his eyes and looked ahead. Not far away, a cadet who served as a lookout post gestured to him, and he nodded.

The little devils rushed very fiercely, and the front was only more than sixty meters away from them.

The platoon commander Jiang Fengfeng ran over and reported to him an emergency, the section of the city wall that was blown down, and the devil broke through from there.

“TMD！” Cui Zhiguo scolded fiercely, and then hurriedly called Guo Da on a walkie-talkie and reported the situation to him.

Guo Da's reply made his heart fall high: Don't worry about beating you, I asked Brigade Commander Zuo to send someone there.

"Closer, closer!" Cui Zhiguo's voice suddenly became a little excited, which made Wu Yushu look at him with a little inquiring look in his eyes - is this chief a little nervous?! If it gets closer, the little devils will attack with a charge, and once they break through this fortification, it will be a melee. At that time, the Japanese army will continue to invest troops, and in the case of the superiority of the Japanese army, this is quite dangerous!

It's only thirty meters, and they've already entered the doorway—Wu Yushu glanced up, and then quickly shrank back. The devil began to release his guns, and in the case of bullets flying around, any carelessness could cost his life.

"Hit!" Cui Zhiguo suddenly burst into a shout, and then he threw out the grenade that had been pulled in advance.

"......Boom" more than a dozen grenades exploded almost simultaneously, and the Ximen Gate Cave instantly turned into a world of smoke and fire. The next moment, dozens of Wei Qing styles opened fire at the same time, and a large number of the devils who rushed over fell down.

"Rush in, rush in! Cover! A devil officer screamed as he brandished a pistol. More than 1,000 devils seemed to be squeezing towards the west gate in the shape of a funnel, and under the city wall, nearly 100 devils were operating grenadiers and mortars.

Wu Yushu suddenly straightened up, and with a snap of the index finger of his right hand, he ran out of bullets in the gun. He came into contact with Wei Qingshi for the first time today, and although he had used up nearly 100 rounds of ammunition, he was not used to this kind of burst, and he couldn't control the rhythm of the burst.

The front-line commander of the Japanese army who commanded the battle of Ximen was a young man named Ikeda Okakata. Ikedaokakata's tactics were simple, forcing the defenders to leave their fortifications for defense with uninterrupted oppression, and then inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy with grenadiers and mortars. His tactic worked wonders at first, causing Cui Zhiguo's regiment to suffer heavy losses, so much so that he had to continuously transfer reserves from behind.

"The devil's mortar must be destroyed, otherwise Simon will be lost sooner or later!" Guo Da and Xu Dalin in the back saw this scene, and Xu Dalin proposed to Guo Da that a commando team be put down from the city wall to kill the devil's mortar.

"That's it!" Guo Da said: "It's a pity that Ge Zengfu's people haven't come back yet. ”

Where has Ge Zengfu gone?