The first company stopped, as did the rest of the second battalion and the first battalion behind.

Six heavy machine guns from the two battalions were immediately erected and aimed at the city.

Six mortars also raised their muzzles and aimed them at the walls. As for the two infantry guns, they were directly erected on the road less than two hundred meters behind everyone, and with the help of the faint light of the horse lantern at the head of the city, the long barrels were aimed at the dark city gate hole at the west gate of Laiyuan City.

Wang Ping followed next to the two infantry guns, and after confirming that the two infantry guns were ready, Wang Ping did not hesitate and directly ordered: "Open the artillery!" ”

"Boom ......" Two muffled cannon sounds instantly came out from the long barrels of the two infantry guns, and then a ball of flame erupted from the muzzle of the gun.

Immediately after, the scream of cannonballs across the sky reached Wang Ping's ears.

After another two seconds, two dazzling fireballs directly burst out from the city gate hole, which was still dark just now, and then two violent explosions were heard in the city gate hole.

"Keep banging, the city gate has been pierced!" Wang Ping, who was crying with the telescope, ordered loudly.

At the same time, six mortars not far from the front also fired.

Because the firing distance was less than 200 meters, five of the six shells with a screaming sound directly smashed into the city and exploded, and one smashed into the city.

In the violent explosion, Wang Ping clearly saw that four or five Imperial Allied troops were blown away in the rising fireballs.

The sudden attack directly frightened the Imperial Association army on the city wall, and several devil instructors were stunned for a moment, and then shouted at the enemy attack, shouting and ordering the surrounding Imperial Association troops to prepare for battle.

Just as they threw themselves behind the stomping, poking their heads out, trying to find out how many of their enemies were attacking them.

"Da Da Da ......" Six heavy machine guns and a dozen crooked handles were fired.

The dense bullets that flew over directly hit the brick and stone city wall with sparks, and many bullets passed through the shooting holes and successfully penetrated the body of the Imperial Allied Army.

"Ahhh A scream rang out at the top of the city, along with the sound of machine gun fire, and seven or eight people fell to the head of the city on the spot, including a devil instructor.

"Boom, boom, boom......" At this moment, a second round of shells fell from the sky and exploded around them.

The scorching waves of air and the fragments of cannonballs scattered in all directions are like death, constantly reaping the lives of the survivors at the head of the city.

At the same time, an exclamation reached the ears of the defenders at the head of the city.

"The gates have been blown open!"

"Nani!" The devil instructor, who was the deputy company commander, shouted incredulously.

Then he ordered the panicked company commander beside him: "Wang Sang, order a platoon to go down and block the city gate, and you can't let the enemy break through to the city gate!" ”

Before the commander of the Imperial Association Army could speak, another cry reached the ears of the two.

"The Eighth Route Army, it was the Eighth Route Army that attacked us, and they began to attack the city!"

This time, the deputy company commander of the devil reacted quickly, and ordered on the spot: "A platoon will go down to block the city gate, and the others will immediately counterattack and block the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and the reinforcements will arrive immediately!" ”

More than 20 Imperial Cooperative troops were just about to go down the city wall under the threat of devils, and a row of bullets from the city ended the lives of five people in an instant.

The others subconsciously lay on the ground, holding rifles to fight back, not daring to show their heads.

"There are enemies in the city, and we can't rush down!" The platoon commander shouted to the company commander behind him.

Before the company commander and the deputy company commander of the devil could speak, the shout of a platoon commander in front of them followed: "The offensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce, and the brothers have no way to counterattack!" ”

"It's not good, more than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops have already rushed over!"

"Use grenades, quickly use grenades to blow back the Eighth Route Army outside the city!" The commander of the Imperial Alliance Army commanded loudly.

But at this moment, the third round of shells fired by six mortars fell, and the violent explosion drowned out his order at once.

Coincidentally, a shell smashed directly around them and exploded.

He was loyal to the devil, and together with the deputy company commander of the devil, he was blown away in an instant, and then fell to the head of the city, crying for his life.

"The company commander is dead, and the deputy company commander is dead......" All kinds of frightened cries quickly spread across the city walls.

"The Eighth Route Army has rushed into the city gate, brothers, surrender to the Eighth Route Army with me if you don't want to die!" The remaining puppet army was all in a panic and didn't know what to do. This sentence was like a life-saving straw, and they suddenly found hope.

Then regardless of whether the Eighth Route Army entered Laiyuan City or not, he directly threw away his weapons, sat on the city wall, and waited for the Eighth Route Army to come up and accept his surrender.

"Comrades, rush into Laiyuan City, rush with me!" Yang Xiong took the lead and was the first to rush into the city gate cave that had been wide open.

At this time, not far from the barracks of the Imperial Army, two companies of the Imperial Army did not know that the Eighth Route Army had entered Laiyuan City.

They were suddenly awakened by the sound of gunfire, still with sleepy eyes, and then they were urged by the officers and devil instructors to take their equipment and rush to the city wall.

Zhong Yusheng, the commander of the guard company who was ambushed not far from the entrance of the barracks, saw that there were already puppet troops rushing out, and decisively ordered.

"Shoot, and die to stop them!"

"Bang Bang!" A row of gunshots rang out, and before seven or eight Imperial Allied troops could react, they fell to the gate of the barracks, dead and blind.

"There is an enemy at the entrance of the barracks, battalion commander, the barracks is blocked by the enemy!" In the barracks of the Imperial Army, a platoon commander shouted in horror as soon as he rushed to the battalion commander's side.

"Then kill it, the company will definitely not last too long, if the Eighth Route Army is allowed to enter Laiyuan City, we will all be killed!" The battalion commander of the Imperial Association Army ordered with a murderous face.

Soon, more than 20 Imperial Allied troops rushed to the door reluctantly amid the shouts and scolding of the officers.

The guard platoon showed no mercy, and a round of guns went over and directly killed seven or eight people. The rest of the Imperial Allied army lay on the ground with a brush, refusing to advance no matter how threatened by the officers.

The battalion commander of the Imperial Association also knew that a hard rush was not the way, after all, the entrance of the barracks was only so big.

"Bring in heavy machine guns and mortars, destroy the enemy blocking us, hurry up!" The battalion commander commanded with a gloomy face.

......A Type 92 heavy machine gun fired first, and the dense machine-gun fire killed and wounded a platoon of soldiers of five guard companies in one fell swoop.

Subsequently, a mortar was also carried by the Imperial Army.

"Boom!" An explosion sounded in the courtyard where the guard platoon was hiding, and five more fighters were killed and wounded.

"Comrades, hide them well and block them. The main force of the regiment has already entered Laiyuan City and is on its way to reinforce us! Zhong Yusheng lowered his head and hid behind the courtyard wall and ordered loudly.

Perhaps because of the urgency of time, the Imperial Allied Army stopped after only three shells.

Then a platoon of Imperial Allied troops rushed out under the cover of heavy machine guns.

"Shoot!" Looking at the remaining half of the soldiers around him, Zhong Yusheng's eyes were red and he ordered.

A dozen people against a heavy machine gun, the result can be imagined.

Although puppet soldiers were constantly killed at the entrance of the barracks, there were also people in the guard company who were constantly shot.

If it weren't for the fact that there were many veterans in the guard company, it would probably have collapsed by now.

Just as the Imperial Association Army was about to rush out of the barracks, and Zhong Yusheng had less than ten subordinates around him, a burst of machine gun fire suddenly sounded not far away.