"Tom tom!!"

Outside the East Gate, a full four kilometers away from the East Gate, the Devil Howitzer Squad commanded by Kishida Kashiro had already begun to follow Nakamura Zhenxiong's orders.

After the two 105 mm howitzers were constructed, they immediately began shelling at the order of Nakamura Zhenxiong.

I saw that the two 105 howitzers were constantly reloading shells under the operation of the devil artillery, and then carried out long-range artillery strikes on the defenders' fortifications outside the East Gate and at the head of the city according to the already determined ones.

"Target the east gate of Qingzhou City and the enemy positions outside the city, open fire!!"

Howitzer squad leader Kazuro Kishida waved a small pennant and commanded the devil howitzer artillery under his command to operate the 105 howitzer for firing.

"Tom tom!!"

With the sound of bursts of cannon discharges, the cannonballs whistled with a long tail flame and smashed towards the east gate of Qingzhou City.

The Devil's 105 howitzer opened fire, and the shells quickly passed over the head of Nakamura Zhenxiong, who was observing the shelling of the eastern gate of Qingzhou City and the positions of the defenders outside the city.

"Woo Woo !!"

The cannonball screamed in the air and behind the air magic brake, and soon under the gaze of Nakamura Zhenxiong, it smashed heavily into the outer position of the moat of the third battalion and one company of the independent regiment outside the city of Qingzhou, exploding clouds of smoke and sparks.

Subsequently, the smoke from the explosion, accompanied by a breeze, blew into the noses of some soldiers of the 3rd Battalion and 1st Company of the Independent Regiment who had come out of the anti-aircraft shelters and were ready to fight.

Fortunately, the weather was good, at least the soldiers of the Independent Regiment outside the East Gate were in the trenches and bunkers they had built, but they were staring at the movements of the devil's infantry.

Although the devil's 105 howitzer is already considered a heavy artillery in the eyes of the soldiers of the independent regiment, as long as the explosion landing point is roughly judged before the shell falls, and attention is paid to concealment, there is actually no more to be afraid of.

However, the power of the 105 mm caliber howitzer shell after the explosion was still part of the explosion, and the casualties of the soldiers of the third battalion and the first company of the independent regiment who came out to monitor the movements of the devil infantry began to increase.

But there is no way, the devil bombers have finished bombing, and who knows if the devil's infantry will rush over without the cover of artillery fire at the first word?

Therefore, there must be a part of the fighters who will rush to the position to carry out counterattack operations.

But most of the soldiers were still hiding in the anti-artillery shelters and anti-aircraft bunkers, and only when most of the devil's infantry began to attack the city did they come out to counterattack.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

Two 105 howitzers were engaged in long-range artillery fire from a distance of four kilometers, and the explosion landed accurately.

Along with the Devil's howitzers, the two artillery squadrons of the 9th Brigade of the Devil's 92nd Infantry Artillery Squadron were concentrated to carry out coordinated artillery strikes.

In an instant, the defenders' positions outside the East Gate and the walls of the East Gate were hit by the devil's artillery fire.

Fried, the earth shook and the smoke and dust scattered!

However, the soldiers of the defender company of the third battalion of the independent regiment at the east gate were all waiting for the devil's artillery attack to end step by step, and they were ready to counterattack fiercely.

At this time, Li Yunlong was on the roof of an eight-story building in the East Gate City, condescendingly observing the situation at the East Gate with a telescope.

"Damn it, the little devil's cannonballs don't cost money!!"

The corners of Li Yunlong's mouth twitched.

More than a dozen Type 92 infantry guns, plus two large-caliber 105 howitzers, also caused artillery fire on the wall of the east gate, which was also fatal.

What's more, the bombing of 20 Devil's Type 96 land attack planes has blown up several gaps in the city wall of the East Gate.

It seems that Nakamura Zhenxiong is going to use artillery fire to expand the width of the gap in the city wall that has been blown up by fighters as much as possible.

"Tick Bell, Tick Bell!!"

Just as Li Yunlong was muttering, the phone on the table rang.

"Hello? Be! ”

The staff officer of the command headquarters who answered the phone immediately reported to Li Yunlong: "Regiment commander, the third battalion commander is calling!" ”。

"Hey! Huai Bao!! ”

Li Yunlong took the phone and said, "What's the situation? ”。

"Commander !!"

Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion on the other end of the phone, said: "The devils outside the West Gate, the North Gate, and the South Gate have begun to feint, and outside the East Gate, the devil infantry siege troops have been assembled, and it seems that it is similar to the previous one, and the infantry devils who mainly attack the East Gate are about 3,000 people." ”。

"The city wall of the east gate has been blown open at least three or four gaps in the city wall, and under the blow of the devil's artillery fire, the gap in the city wall has been blown wide, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be able to block it with sandbags."

"What should I do?"

When Li Yunlong heard this, he took the phone and immediately ordered: "Let the troops of the third battalion and one company defending the outer position of the moat outside the city of Dongmen wait for the main force of the devil infantry to attack the city, and then give me half an hour." ”。

"The gap in the city wall can't be blocked, and the devils have 105 howitzers to fire at a long range to strike, if we send troops to throw sandbags to block the gaps in the city wall, it is very easy to be hit by the devil's 105 howitzers long-range artillery fire."

After a pause, Li Yunlong continued, "The position outside the East Gate City can't hold up for long, according to our second plan, put the devils into the city when the time comes, and fight with them, forcing the devil 105 howitzer to not be able to fire!" ”

When Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion on the other end of the phone, heard this, he immediately understood, "Yes, regiment commander, I understand!" ”

"When the time comes, wait for my order, once you can't hold Qingzhou City, all three battalions will withdraw from the north gate of the city, and I have already secretly telegraphed Zhang Dabiao to lead a battalion to secretly go south from the first line of heaven, ready to accept us to retreat north at any time!"

Li Yunlong said.

Wang Huaibao said on the other end of the phone: "Understood, head of the regiment!" ”。

"Good!"

Li Yunlong bowed, and then hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Li Yunlong continued to pick up the telescope to observe the situation outside the East Gate, only to see the Devil's 105 howitzer long-range artillery strike, the focus of which was to shell the gap in the East Gate City Wall that had been blown down by the Devil's fighter planes, in an attempt to expand the width of the gap in the city wall.

The Devil's Type 92 Infantry Artillery Group outside the city is to plow the defenders' positions outside the East Gate with artillery fire and bombard the defensive positions outside the city that the devils can see.

"Boom, boom!!"

The positions and city walls outside the east gate of Qingzhou City were bombed by constant bombardment, and they were all in the smoke of artillery fire.

Five minutes after the shelling, Nakamura saw on the hillside in front of the military tent headquarters that the artillery bombardment was almost over.

"Order the artillery fire to be extended to suppress the fire on the defensive positions of the defenders at the head of the East Gate and outside the city, and order the 19th Infantry Wing of the 9th Brigade to start the attack!"

Nakamura waved his hand and said to the herald.

"Yes, Your Excellency!!"

The devil herald rushed away in response.

A minute later, more than 3,300 devils of the 18th Infantry Wing, which had already prepared for the siege of the city, stepped on the bombing point under the cover of artillery fire.

"Infantry and artillery coordination, the devil's tactical moves are well practiced!"

Li Yunlong watched the devil's siege infantry start shouting slogans and attacking arrogantly from the roof of the headquarters, and couldn't help but sneer.

(End of chapter)

Lewen