"Boom, boom, boom!!"

I have to say that Wang Chenghai, as the current artillery company commander of the independent regiment, is still very cunning and fierce in his tactics of directing the artillery counterattack.

Part of the shells fell behind the devil unit of the 9th Infantry Wing, which belonged to the 19th Brigade Regiment ordered by Haruo Sato, to block the base of the follow-up troops with artillery fire.

Most of the artillery fire was concentrated on the middle of its siege troops and its forward troops, and this hand suddenly hit more than 3,000 siege devils and horses, and they screamed!

"Eight grid tooth road, hurry up, order the artillery to suppress the enemy artillery fire in the city!"

Sato Jio saw through the binoculars that the devil soldiers besieging the city were hit by artillery fire, and immediately shouted to the devil staff officer on the side with a slight change in his face.

"Yes, Brigade Commander!!"

The devil's staff officer responded and hurried away to give the order.

Soon, while Sato was waiting, there was a telephone line to connect the commander of the devil artillery in the rear artillery position, and immediately ordered the artillery fire to suppress.

The artillery fire on both sides came and went, and the fighting was very happy!

However, it was not only the artillery of the independent regiment that defended the city, but also Ning Yi, the commander of the third battalion and the first company of the independent regiment outside the east gate, also commanded the defenders outside the city and concentrated their firepower to attack the soldiers who were killed at the front of the devils!

"Da Da Da!! Da Da!! ”

A dense rain of machine-gun bullets suddenly emerged from the protruding flanks of the defenders' positions.

In particular, the machine guns were arranged on both flanks, which allowed for cross-fire, which, combined with the rain of bullets fired from the front, formed a triangular covering fire.

The devil troops who entered the middle of the concave position were blocked by a dense triangular fire net.

Covered by a dense rain of bullets, one by one the devils were cut to the ground as if they had been swept by a sickle.

"Just fight like that! Brothers, kill the devil and hit me hard!! ”

Ning Yi, the commander of the first company of the third battalion, also shouted with laughter while aiming a rifle at a devil officer.

"Yes, Company Commander!!"

"Yes, Company Commander!!"

......

The surrounding soldiers laughed loudly, and the weapons in their hands kept firing.

At this time, the three Devil Infantry Brigades of the 19th Devil Infantry Wing that attacked the east gate, although they were already attacking very carefully, the siege formation was very scattered.

However, when they were killed in front of the defenders' positions, they found that the defensive positions of the three battalions and one company of the independent regiment outside the city formed a wave-shaped defensive position, and there were constantly two flanks protruding positional firepower, and the devils who had unknowingly entered the concave terrain in the middle of the two flanks were sandwiched and strangled with the machine gun fire laid on the two wings.

"Machine guns, machine guns, give me the firing points to suppress the enemy's positions on both flanks!!"

The devil officers who were attacking at the front were terrified, and hurriedly ordered the machine gunners to suppress the fire points of the defenders' positions on both flanks.

However, once the machine gunners of the devils suppressed the fire, they were quickly bombarded by the mortars of the defenders.

That's right, in the position outside the city, in the position of the defenders of the 3rd Battalion and 1st Company of the Independent Regiment, five mortars were also deployed, all of which were 82 mm mortars captured from the devils.

In particular, at this time, the machine gun fire was suppressed, and it was no longer possible to cover the devil troops who were caught in the crossfire network at the front.

"Boom, boom!!"

"Da Da Da!!"

The tight defensive position, coupled with the fact that Ning Yi waited for the devils to kill twenty meters in front of him before deciding to counterattack, killed a large number of devils at once.

After the artillery under the command of Wang Chenghai, the commander of the artillery company in the city, concentrated artillery fire to counterattack, the more than 3,000 devils of the 19th Infantry Wing belonging to the 9th Brigade of the Devils who attacked the east gate were suddenly caught off guard.

At this time, Nakamura Zhenxiong was on the hillside in front of the military tent headquarters, condescendingly watching the devil troops attacking the east gate being beaten and retreating, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

"Report to Your Excellency General, the commander of the Sato Brigade reports that enemy artillery fire is blocking the follow-up of the follow-up siege troops with artillery fire. The Imperial Army, which had reached the enemy's position on the outskirts of the moat outside the city, suffered heavy casualties and suffered heavy casualties from enemy machine-gun fire. ”

At this moment, a devil staff officer hurriedly reported to Nakamura Zhenxiong, "Commander of the Sato Brigade, please ask for instructions, do you want to stop the siege for the time being, and then retreat?"

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, it's only been a few minutes to attack the city? Just order the withdrawal of troops? ”

Hearing this, Nakamura Zhenxiong roared angrily and ordered the staff officer who reported the situation: "Tell Sato Haruo to continue to attack me." ”。

"You can't give up halfway! Baga, is he still the leader of the Empire? ”

The devil staff officer who reported the situation was scolded by Nakamura Zhenxiong, and immediately paused his head and said, "Yes, Your Excellency General!!"

Then, the devil's staff officer hurriedly slipped away to deliver the order.

Hakuo Sato, who received the order, had no choice but to order the more than 3,000 devils of the 19th Infantry Wing of the brigade to continue to maintain the siege posture.

But this hand suddenly made the devil soldiers besieging the city wail all over the place.

Although there was a howitzer squad with long-range artillery support from two 105 howitzers, and two artillery squadrons at close range outside the city with artillery cover from twelve Type 92 infantry guns.

However, the three battalions of the independent regiment defending the city are not boastful, especially the three battalions and one company guarding the east gate of Qingzhou City, this company is Wang Huaibao's main company, with strong combat effectiveness, and weapons are given priority.

In particular, after Li Yunlong rushed to Qingzhou City to personally direct the battle, he also transferred Wang Chenghai's artillery company, which was enough to hold the east gate for half an hour.

"Da Da Da!!"

"Da Da Da!!"

At this time, the devil soldiers of the 19th Infantry Wing, who continued to maintain the attack posture, had already suffered heavy casualties in the attack on the devil soldiers at the front, and the devils in the back arched forward to attack.

Because Wang Chenghai commanded the artillery to bombard the back and middle of the devil's team in the east gate city, it also disrupted the devil's siege formation.

The soldiers of the three battalions and one company of the first-line defense, under the command of the company commander Ning Yi, concentrated machine gun fire and rifle fire to cover the crossfire.

A company of more than 500 soldiers, facing the fierce attack of more than 3,000 devils, under the protection of the well-built fortifications, fought back at ease.

After thirteen minutes of fierce fighting, Sato saw that the casualties were much larger, and his mouth was bubbling with anxiety.

Kenjiro Kawaguchi, chief of staff of the 9th Brigade, held up a telescope and watched the more than 3,000 devils of the 19th Infantry Wing, who attacked the east gate, attack unfavorably, and his eyes were also very sad.

"Brigade commander, this can't break through the enemy's position outside the city! Why are there so many enemy machine guns? If this fight continues, I'm afraid that the imperial army at the front will suffer too many casualties, so we must withdraw and rest first! ”

Hard-headed, Kenjiro Kawaguchi Osaku suggested to Jio Sato.

"How many casualties did the 19th Infantry Wing that besieged the city suffer from rest?"

It's not that Jio Sato is unaware of the current siege situation, but Nakamura Zhenxiong sternly ordered to capture Qingshu Castle in about an hour.

Looking at the current situation, an hour to break through the East Gate is enough!

"At present, the fierce battle has almost reached fifteen minutes, and the strength of one or two squadrons has been lost. Not much, brigade commander!! ”

Kenjiro Kawaguchi said helplessly.

(End of chapter)

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