The city wall of Taiyuan is divided into the inner city and the outer city.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Li, the third son of Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was named the king of Jin, and the mansion was in Taiyuan.

After Zhu Li became a vassal domain, he expanded outward on the basis of Taiyuan City in the Song Dynasty, rebuilt Taiyuan City, and built an inner city with a circumference of eight miles in the outer city with a circumference of 24 miles.

The entire inner city of Taiyuan is the palace of the king of Jin.

The inner city was taller than the outer city, and it was built stronger.

In the Ming Dynasty, Taiyuan and Datong have always been the strongest northern barriers in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Whether it is the Mongols or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, don't even think about capturing Taiyuan without paying a heavy price.

However, it took less than three days for the Japanese army to take Taiyuan, and there was basically no street fighting in Taiyuan City, so although the walls of the outer city were destroyed by the Japanese artillery in more than ten places, the inner city of Taiyuan was intact, and the Japanese puppet organs such as the puppet TY city government and the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army were all in the inner city.

The Houzai Gate of the inner city of Taiyuan is facing the arch gate.

Yoshio Iwamatsu is watching the battle from the back gate at the moment.

Chief of Staff Hanaya Masa, and Chief of Operations Division Ryuichi Sakamoto were also present.

Seeing that the artillery fire of the Jin Sui army was extending from the arch gate to the Houzai gate, the adjutant Yuta Ichihara began to get nervous and stepped forward to persuade Iwamatsu Yoshio to leave the castle tower quickly.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please get out of here."

Yuta Ichihara said, "It's too dangerous to stay here. ”

"It doesn't matter." Iwamatsu Yoshio waved his hand and said, "In order to blast open the walls of the arch gate, the artillery of the Jin Sui army consumed at least five hundred shells, so there won't be too many shells for extended firing." ”

The old bird of the battlefield is the old bird of the battlefield, and all of them are lessons learned from blood and fire.

As soon as Iwamatsu Yoshio's words fell, the extended fire of the Jin Sui army's artillery became sparse, and in the end, two shells barely landed on the Houzaimun wall, but they were at least a hundred meters away from Iwamatsu Yoshio.

Immediately afterward, outside the arch gate, there was a tidal wave of shouts and gunshots.

At least a kilometer away from the Gozaimon Gate to the Arch Gate, and while Yoshio Iwamatsu and Hanaya were raising their binoculars almost at the same time, Ryuichi Sakamoto did not look at the Archgate wall, but looked down at the Archgate Street at his feet.

I saw groups of Japanese soldiers surging out from inside the Houzaimun Gate and on the street of Xiaodongmen.

Many of them were carrying heavy Type 92 heavy machine guns in groups of four, and these Japanese soldiers and light and heavy machine guns entered the houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street as quickly as possible.

Seeing this, Takashi Sakamoto showed a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth.

Ryuichi Sakamoto was transferred from the 11th Division, and he had participated in the Battle of Songhu, but unfortunately, he was unable to catch up with the first phase of the Battle of Songhu, so he did not have the opportunity to participate in the urban defense of the city of Shanghai, but he had heard stories of the Marines using side-fire fire to kill the Chinese army in street battles.

It is said that on the street of Zhabei Railway Station, the Marines once wiped out a main battalion of the 88th Division at one time!

Now Ryuichi Sakamoto has prepared the strength and firepower of the Jin Sui army, far exceeding the scale of the Japanese marines on the street of Zhabei Railway Station, and he can't wait to see the Jin Sui army pouring into Gongjimen Street like a tide, and then being knocked down by the side-firing fire that is ambushed in the houses on both sides.

That must be a spectacular sight, right?

Just when Sakamoto Takuichi was looking forward to it, a sound of Iwamatsu Yoshio suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Yaga!" Yoshio Iwamatsu scolded, "What's going on? How did the arch gate wall fall so quickly? Didn't they hold out for at least a quarter of an hour? ”

"Nani?"

Ryuichi Sakamoto looked up in some astonishment.

Sure enough, I saw that the Jin Sui army had rushed to the Gongji Gate wall.

It may be that the order of "symbolic defense" issued by the headquarters caused confusion in the minds of the guards of the city wall, so the Jin Sui army rushed to the Gongji Gate wall in less than ten minutes after the battle began.

A squad of infantry, at least a dozen of whom had been killed.

The remaining dozens of people followed the city wall, trying to retreat towards the Zhenyuan Gate and the Xiaodong Gate, but before they could run far, more Jin Sui troops swarmed up, holding submachine guns and strafing.

In the blink of an eye, a small group of Japanese soldiers had been killed and wounded.

"Damn!" Iwamatsu Yoshio said angrily, "I only held it for less than ten minutes. ”

"But the good thing is that we have completed the deployment of troops and firepower." "In addition to the previous mountain artillery and 92 infantry artillery, at least one brigade of troops has entered the houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street, and 12 Type 92 heavy machine guns and more than 40 light machine guns have all been put in place. ”

"Yo Xi!" Iwamatsu Yoshio nodded happily.

"Then, let's wait for Jin Suijun to come forward and throw himself into the net."

After speaking, he raised the telescope again, and through the field of vision of the telescope, it could be clearly seen that the Jin Sui army did not rush to advance after controlling the Gongji Gate wall.

This was expected by Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Because after controlling the city walls, it is necessary to concentrate forces.

In other words, he came to attack the city, and he would do the same before he knew the defensive deployment of the Japanese army, in order to gather enough troops to seize the inner city of Taiyuan in one go.

After a while, a group of Jin Sui troops crossed the city wall and entered the city.

Both sides of the Gongjimen Hengjie were soon crowded with Jin Sui troops, not to mention thousands of people.

Next, it's time for the Jin Sui army to advance along Gongjimen Street, right?

However, the next scene made Iwamatsu Yoshio stupid.

After gathering enough troops, the Jin Sui army did not advance along Gongjimen Street as the Japanese army wished, but set up ladders and climbed to the roofs of the houses on both sides.

When encountering a gap or a discontinuous house blocking the road,

The Jin Suijun even set up ladders in the air.

Looking at the Jin Suijun who was advancing quickly along the ladder over the roof, Iwamatsu Yoshio was stupid for a moment, Yaga, this is completely different from the script they envisioned.

Hanaya Masaya suddenly turned his head to look at Ryuichi Sakamoto.

saw that Ryuichi Sakamoto was also dumbfounded.

Obviously, this scene was also completely unexpected by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

However, Ryuichi Sakamoto's reaction was still very fast, and he reacted in less than two minutes, and immediately shouted: "Hurry up and stop them, don't let them continue to push forward, hurry!" ”

"Quick!" Yoshio Iwamatsu also woke up like a dream, "Stop them!" ”

The heralds waved flags to the ambushed soldiers in the houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street.

Seeing the banner on the Houzai door, the devils hiding in the houses were all stunned, didn't it mean that they only needed to hide in the houses and wait for the Jin Sui army to enter the street, and then they could use the dense side-fire fire to kill pigs and sheep? But what does it mean to get them back on the street now?

Still, these devils faithfully carried out the order.

In an instant, thousands of devils poured out from the houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street.

When I came to Gongjimen Street, I found that Jin Suijun actually climbed to the top of the house.

The Jin Sui army, which was advancing along the roof, found the Japanese soldiers on the street almost at the same time, and immediately opened fire condescendingly, and the Japanese soldiers on the street also fought back, and the two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire.

In general, however, the Japanese were at a clear disadvantage.

Because the Jin Sui army occupied the commanding heights, they could throw grenades from a high position, and they could also set up machine guns from the roofs of civilian houses on both sides to form crossfire on the Japanese troops on the middle street, and the Japanese troops on the street not only fired from their backs, but also needed to take into account the roofs on both sides.

The Japanese troops on the street soon became unable to stand and were driven into the houses on both sides.

The Jin Sui army on the roof did not like to fight, and after rushing the Japanese army to the civilian house, they continued to advance along the roof, and in a blink of an eye, they had advanced to the middle of Gongjimen Street.

"Baga, we can't let the Jin Sui army advance anymore."

Sakamoto Ryuichi gasped and said urgently: "Your Excellency Commander, quickly order our troops to seize the houses in the second half of Gongjimen Street in advance, and no longer allow the Jin Sui army to advance!" ”

"Quick, quick, drip!" Yoshio Iwamatsu shouted, "Hurry up and seize the house!" ”

Before the words fell, Yuta Ichihara pounced and threw Iwamatsu Yoshio to the top of the city.

Almost at the same time as Iwamatsu Yoshio was knocked down, a popping sound sounded on the pillars of the enemy building behind him, but a string of heavy machine gun bullets had already hit the pillars, causing sawdust to fly.

By just a fraction of a second, Yoshio Iwamatsu was almost killed.

Looking up again, I saw that the Jin Suijun had already set up two heavy machine guns on the head of the Gongji Gate City, and they were firing fiercely at the Houzai Gate, which was really dangerous!

"Quick, protect Your Excellency the Commander!"

Ryuichi Sakamoto also reacted and pounced to help Iwamatsu Yoshio up.

found that Yuta Ichihara was still pressed on Yoshio Iwamatsu, and then pushed Yuta Ichihara, and Yuta Ichihara's body immediately slid to one side.

"Ichihara-kun! Ichihara-kun?! ”

Ryuichi Sakamoto only then discovered that Yuta Ichihara had been beaten into a sieve.

It was the adjutant Yuta Ichihara who blocked the bullet for Iwamatsu Yoshio just now.

"Ichihara-kun?!" Yoshio Iwamatsu also looked miserable, and he was a little moved in his heart.

"Your Excellency Commander, this is dangerous here, please evacuate quickly." Hanaya was crawling on his knees, because if he knelt on a battlement that was no higher than the head of the city, he would not be hit.

At that moment, the two old devils evacuated from the head of Houzaimun City in a hurry.

The Gongjimen Street below was already in the midst of fierce fighting, and the Chinese and Japanese armies launched a brutal house-to-house street battle around hundreds of houses on both sides of the Gongjimen Street.

……

Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang had also gone up to the arch gate.

The shooting on the Houzaimun City Tower just now was personally commanded by Chu Yunfei.

Seeing a few old devils fleeing in a hurry, Chu Yunfei let out a pleasant laugh, I don't know if he killed a few?

Fang Ligong and Sun Ming were worried about Chu Yunfei's personal safety, and persuaded in unison: "Luza, the city is too dangerous, you must leave here quickly." ”

"Brother Meritorious Service, don't worry."

Chu Yunfei waved his hand and said, "As long as you don't raise the telescope in your hand, you will be fine, because the homespun short coat on you and me is the best talisman." ”

Sun Ming still insisted: "Luzao, you must leave here immediately." ”

"Okay." Chu Yunfei didn't want his subordinates to be embarrassed, and when he saw that the first battalion of the Third Regiment had advanced at least two hundred meters along the houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street, he was also relieved to get down the city wall.

While walking, Chu Yunfei turned his head to the other party and said: "Brother meritorious service, immediately telegraph to the Second Theater Commander's Department and the Chairman's Attendant Office, saying that our only brigade of the Jinsui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army have successfully broken through the Taiyuan Gongji Gate and are breaking into the Gongji Gate Street to start a house-to-house street battle with the Japanese army. ”

……

"Poof!"

"What? What do you say?! ”

Chief Yan had just taken a big sip of Lao Chen in his mouth, and he sprayed it violently, but he sprayed Yang Zhenji, the director of the intelligence department who came to report.

"Ah, I'm sorry."

"Director Yang, I'm really sorry."

Chief Yan hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it to Yang Zhenji.

Yang Zhenji wiped his face with a handkerchief, but he didn't dare to be angry.

Chief Yan froze and said, "Director Yang, what did you just say?" ”

Yang Zhenji subconsciously took two steps back, making sure that Chief Yan couldn't spray vinegar on his face no matter how much he sprayed it, before he said: "Boss, I just received a joint urgent call from Chu Yunfei's department and Liang Gang's department, saying that they have successfully broken through the Gongji Gate in the northeast corner, and are fighting with the Japanese army on both sides of Gongjimen Street. ”

"The only brigade has broken through the arch gate?"

Chief Yan couldn't believe it, and said in disbelief: "Really? ”

Chu Xichun heard the news, and then said: "Boss, for such a big matter, Chu Yunfei probably doesn't dare to lie about the military situation, and although Chu Yunfei is a little domineering, his character is still trustworthy." ”

"Is that true?" Chief Yan said with a shocked expression.

"It should be true." Chu Xichun nodded vigorously.

Chief Yan instantly felt like he had knocked over the five-flavor bottle, eh.

……

Chongqing Huangshan Residence, Yunxiu Lou Lounge.

Chang Kaishen was napping in the lounge, but the whispers in the battle hall next door still penetrated into his ears, and the content of what he said was nothing new.

It is nothing more than mocking Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang for not knowing the height of the sky.

Or is it speculated that the Nakajo Mountain battlefield can last for a few days?

None of these high-ranking generals, except for cynicism, seem to be able to make useful suggestions.

Anyway, he couldn't sleep, so Chang Kaishen simply sat up again, ready to go to the Jialing River for a walk to breathe, otherwise he would be angry with these guys sooner or later.

However, as soon as he got up, the hall outside suddenly became quiet.

It can't be said to be quiet, but it should be said to be dead silence, and suddenly there is a dead silence outside! It's as if the high-ranking generals and staff in that room suddenly died.

Nothing should happen out there, right?

Chang Kaishen's heart suddenly froze, could it be that what great changes have happened in the battlefield of Zhongtiao Mountain?

Thinking of this, Principal Chang suddenly felt bad, the 200,000 heavy army group on Zhongtiao Mountain couldn't have an accident, otherwise the Yellow River defense line would be finished.

Just then, the lounge door was pushed open from the outside.

Immediately, Tang Zong, the leader of the third group, walked in excitedly.

"Headmaster, good news!" Tang Zong suppressed his excitement and whispered, "Taiyuan good news!" ”

"Taiyuan, good news?" Chang Kaishen was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted, and immediately asked overjoyedly, "What's the matter?" What's going on? ”

Tang Zong took a breath and said: "The only brigade of the Jin Sui Army and the 94th brigade of the Central Army have jointly called, they have broken through the arch gate five minutes ago, and they are now fighting with the Japanese army in a house-to-house street battle. ”

Chang Kaishen said excitedly: "That is to say, it has broken through the outer city? ”

"Yes, the outer city has been breached!" Tang Zong nodded heavily.

Liu Fei, who was standing not far from the door, said: "The only brigade of the Jin Sui Army and the 94th brigade of the Central Army were able to break through the arch gate in such a short period of time, not only to all of us expected, but also to the Japanese expectations. ”

Chang Kaishen's gaze swept over those senior generals and senior staff.

At this time, these high-ranking generals and senior staff members are all dumb.

All of them blushed, eager to find a crack in the ground to get in and hide.

"For the chapter!" Chang Kaishen took a breath and asked again, "In other words, the Japanese army's transfer of troops from Zhongtiao Mountain to rescue Taiyuan is already a high probability event, right?" ”

Liu Fei nodded and said, "Yes." ”

……

In Taiyuan.

"Yaga!"

"Idiot!"

"Rubbish!"

"!"

"Yaga Yaru!"

Every time Iwamatsu Yoshio scolded, he wanted to slap Takaichi Sakamoto in the face.

After more than a dozen slaps, Ryuichi Sakamoto's cheeks immediately swollen and high, but he still had to straighten his face again and again, and continued to be pumped by Yoshio Iwamatsu.

"What's your bad idea?"

"Didn't you say that the Jin Sui army would advance along Gongjimen Street?"

"But why did they take the rooftops on both sides of Gongjimen Street?"

"Now it's okay, the firepower points lying in ambush on both sides of Gongjimen Street are all gone, including four 75 mountain guns, 12 92 infantry guns and 12 Type 92 heavy machine guns, all of which have become decorations."

"You go get these guns and heavy machine guns back for me, go get them back!"

As he spoke, Yoshio Iwamatsu got angry again, opened his bow left and right, and slapped Takashi Sakamoto once or twice.

Sakamoto Takashi was silent, of course he couldn't get these guns and heavy machine guns back, because the Jin Sui army had already entered the houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street and started a house-to-house street battle with the Japanese army.

At this time, if you get artillery and heavy machine guns on Gongjimen Street, wouldn't you be looking for death?

Jin Suijun casually threw a few bundles of cluster grenades from the roof and could blow them up.

"What to do? What to do? Iwamatsu Yoshio was still angry, and slapped him several times before he said, "I'll just ask you what to do now?" What to do? ”

Sakamoto Takashi let his nose bleed down, and he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it, and said with a pause: "Your Excellency, Commander, I failed to accurately judge the tactics of the Jin Sui Army, causing the defense of Taiyuan to fall into a predicament, it is my dereliction of duty, and I am willing to take responsibility for it." ”

"Take responsibility? You can't afford it! Iwamatsu Yoshio said angrily, "If Taiyuan is lost, do you know how serious the consequences will be?" Not only the military level, but also the political level, you simply can't afford it! ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, we will talk about the matter of accountability later." Hanaya said urgently.

"Oh, yes, we'll talk about that later." Takashi Sakamoto, "Your Excellency Commander, the top priority is to quickly adjust the defensive deployment, abandon the outer city of Taiyuan, and retreat to the inner city!" ”

(End of chapter)