Chapter 1075: Siege (Medium)
According to the normal procedure, before the end of the shelling, the infantry began to sortie.
However, this time there was a slight change, and a short time after the shelling ended, the little devil infantry who had been waiting for a long time received the order to attack...... Although this is a little unreasonable, but, in the hearts of the arrogant little devils, this delay is delayed, and it is not a big deal. Under the iron hooves of the invincible Imperial Japanese Army, all enemies will be crushed, and at most a few more people will die.
In fact, the main reason for the delay for a short time is that the supreme commander on the right side of the little devil was reminded by a subordinate to realize that he had not found a single enemy in the round of artillery bombardment just now, which was obviously unreasonable.
Then, it was necessary to platoon the infantry to attack.
And once the infantry was dispatched, the mountain artillery was not suitable for further shelling, so twenty small steel cannons appeared.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
A strange scene appeared: the cannonballs were blasted on the city walls for nothing, and the little devils were also charging quickly. However, there was not a single enemy on the city walls, not even a single gun. As a result, on the battlefield of the entire South City Gate, there was only the sound of shells and shelling, but not even a single gunshot could be heard.
The more bizarre the scene, the more suspicious it will be, and the pressure will naturally become heavier.
Especially the little devils in front of them were the most sensitive to this kind of silent pressure: at first, in order to prevent the enemy fire on the city wall, they all wanted to rush as close as possible while the guns on the city wall had not yet fired. However, as they got closer and closer to the city wall, not only could they not even see a single figure on the city wall, but there was not even a single gunshot, which made the little devils start to worry.
This concern is naturally slower and slower.
In the end, the little devils held their guns and aimed at the city wall, almost like a thunderbolt, every step of the way, how could there be the slightest momentum of charging and the posture of the siegers.
Because of the reminder from his subordinates before, at this time, the supreme commander of the little devil standing in the mountain forest behind naturally noticed that before, the hillside hit a point of bombardment, and did not directly shell the battlement, so it was normal that there was no human body that was blown up or blood spilled. However, now, most of the shells of the small steel cannon have fallen on the city wall, but there are still no bodies or blood spilled in the explosion, which is absolutely abnormal.
It's as if one side is riveting the city with all its strength, while the side defending the city is like giving up resistance, letting you attack the city, just don't show up.
So much so that the supreme commander of the little devil couldn't help but have this question in his mind: Could it be that the report of the previous plane reconnaissance was incorrect? The assault regiment was playing an empty city plan with us? Otherwise, it would really be unreasonable! Even if you want to engage in street fighting, there is no reason to take the initiative to give up the defense of the city wall, you must know that the defense of the city wall can definitely cause a huge casualty rate to the besieging side, which will not be much worse than the street battle, and moreover, its own casualty rate is definitely far less than that of the street battle. Therefore, since the history of the war recorded freely, I have never heard of a battle in which the defenders of the city voluntarily abandoned the defense of the city walls.
After negating this question, the supreme commander of the army on the right side of the little devil thought for a while, and immediately ordered: increase the intensity of artillery bombardment.
As a result, ten more small steel cannons were transferred, increasing the density and intensity of the artillery bombardment of the southern city gate, and even the range of regular diffusion artillery bombardment.
As a result, several of the wall buttresses were blown away, and the sandbag fortifications behind could be seen with the naked eye, but not a single person, not a single gun. It's like everyone is attacking an abandoned empty city, fearing fraud and hoping that their dreams will come true.
At this time, if the little devil can look down from the air, he will definitely find that behind the southern city wall, it has been transformed a great change: behind the south city gate, there is a shed about seven meters wide, about 25 meters long, and about two meters high. Because all the wood there is taken from the city gate building that has been demolished a long time ago, even the top is directly covered with wood with a cover of 70 or 80 centimeters thick in order to prevent artillery, a layer of wood, covered with gravel and mud, and a layer of wood on top, so that it is fully covered with three layers, even if it can't prevent mountain artillery, but if the mountain artillery shell explodes, it will definitely not blow up the people hiding below, at most it is to blow up some covers, not to mention the small steel cannon shells with much less power, which can definitely be prevented...... The parabolic trajectory of the mountain artillery shell is not as obvious as the small steel cannon shell, and there is no such arc, so generally speaking, even if the little devil wants to use the mountain artillery shell to blow up here, he must first blow up the city wall, otherwise, it will definitely not be blown up here directly.
In other words, such a shed is absolutely safe.
There are three such sheds, the one on the right is 100 meters away from the middle shed, and the one on the left is more than 60 meters away from the middle shed. Moreover, they were built on the edge of the staircase that allowed them to go up to the city wall.
In particular, the middle one was built directly under the castle tower, and a simple staircase was built with wood and planks, which could go directly to the flat ground of the castle tower...... The reason why it was built here is not only because it is the center point of the South City Gate, but more importantly, Liu Bing used psychological tactics: whoever sees the city gate building being demolished will subconsciously think that there is no one on it, and there will be no Tibet.
On the city wall, in fact, at intervals, two warriors were left as observers, and the rest, not a single person, not even a weapon was placed on the city wall, of course, the fortifications that had been laid long ago, such as sandbags, were naturally erected in advance. However, inside each of the three sheds, there is a company hidden in it...... There was also a company as a mobile unit, almost a reserve, which would be reinforced there when the battle on that section of the wall was tight.
In this way, it can be ensured that not only can the losses be minimized, but also, once the little devil rushes to a certain distance under the city wall - generally within 20 meters, this can make the opponent's artillery afraid of injuring their own people, and can maximize the small devil closer, so as to facilitate accurate shooting. This side can quickly rush to the city wall, definitely faster than the other party, and then you can beat the little devil fiercely.
It can be seen that Liu Bing really learned a lot of Yin skills from Zhang Qingshan, you must know that if Liu Bing brought a battalion of people to defend such a city wall in the past, he would definitely play hard, even if the little devil's artillery fire covered the shelling, he would definitely personally lead people to stand on the city wall, and he would definitely not take half a step back. Although this style of play is heroic and tough, the casualty rate will be over. The little devils will never mind killing more enemies with more shells.
And the biggest advantage of such a yin method today is that it can deal the biggest blow to the little devil with the smallest casualties. The main thing is that you can avoid the cannon, and you don't have to sacrifice in vain.
So, just when the little devil's artillery fire was still bombarding the city wall, and the little devil infantry was only about twenty meters away from the city wall, he saw the observer waving, and Liu Bing, who was standing on the main street in front of the shed in the middle, immediately waved his hand forward.
Hidden in three sheds, each company immediately went into action.
The sheds on both sides are like faucets, rushing directly up the stairs on the side of the shed. The warriors in the shed in the middle rushed up the stairs made of wooden planks on the side of the wall...... After rushing to the city wall, the warriors also all bent down and bowed their heads as much as possible in accordance with the prior order, trying not to expose themselves.
Then, in squads, they gathered behind a small section of the city wall and hid. Not to mention that ammunition boxes and the like are just placed around, even heavy weapons such as machine guns are not directly placed on the wall stacks, but just behind the wall stacks.
Everyone seems to be waiting for something.
Then, as the company commanders raised their right hands, each soldier pulled out a * from his waist, quickly twisted the lid, and pulled the * without hesitation.
However, each fighter did not throw * down, but looked at their respective company commanders at the same time.
It wasn't until about a second later that the company commanders waved their hands down almost simultaneously.
The warriors immediately turned around, not even looking at where there were the most little devils below, but at the same time threw * as far as they could.
After throwing it, he immediately quickly pulled out another *, and after pulling the *, he immediately threw it directly to the place five or six meters below.
Then, everyone picked up their guns, used the wall battlements as cover, and shot frantically at the little devils below.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The sound of the concentrated explosion was definitely no less loud than the explosion of the twenty small steel cannons of the little devil before. Moreover, because there are hundreds* of them, almost all of them explode in one second, this power even surpasses the power of the mountain cannons of the little devils before.
The first set*, the reason why I have to throw it out so hard is not really to kill more little devils, the main purpose is to blow up the continuity between the little devils in the back and the little devils in front, so that everyone can concentrate their firepower to eliminate the little devils within 20 meters before entering the city wall.
And the second group* went directly to the place of five or six meters outside the city wall, naturally in order to give the maximum damage to the little devils who entered within twenty meters.
This kind of * tactic in the defense of the city wall, I dare not say anything else, but in the assault regiment, it is definitely the first. At the same time, it can also be seen that Liu Bing, a proud sunny man, was really taken by someone in just half a year. Cunning enough, and figuring out people's hearts is sophisticated enough.
The little devils were approaching with fear, and the closer they got to the city wall, the more frightened they became, and their vigilance was raised to the highest.
As soon as they saw hundreds of * suddenly thrown down on the city wall, they simply saw the scythe of death, their faces turned pale as paper, and the large earth with each mouth open could definitely stuff a duck egg, but none of them could make a sound, but the little devil was a well-trained soldier, although he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, but he was still driven by instinct, so that most of them quickly fell to the ground, holding their heads and waiting for the imaginary explosion.
However, there are a few little devils, as soon as they see *, they fall at their feet, they are completely frightened, they actually open their eyes wide, open their mouths wide, and look at the * at their feet in fear.
Then, at the moment of the explosion, as if sensing something, they actually closed their eyes suddenly, and shouted, "Ah~!......