"Nani? How can it be? ”

Hearing the loud report of the devil staff officer who picked up the phone and listened, Okamoto Youichi immediately changed his face and roared: "Even if the north gate city wall is bombarded by heavy artillery, it is impossible to be blown open in a few minutes!" ”。

"However, the brigade commander, the defenders of the North Gate, reported that the wall of the North Gate had been blown open by five openings in the city wall, and the enemy troops outside the North Gate had already rushed through the gaps in the city wall and broken into the city under the condition that the enemy troops outside the North Gate were suppressing the city head under heavy artillery fire."

"The defenders of the North Gate called for support, asked for support!"

The chief of staff of the commander of the 15th Brigade, Jiro Komori, immediately said: "Tell the defenders of the north gate to resist." We're sending reinforcements right away! ”。

"Yes!"

The devil's staff officer immediately conveyed to the devil on the other end of the phone.

And Okamoto's right face was gloomy, he didn't expect that the north gate city wall would be blown open by five gaps, and the enemy army would break through the city, the speed was too fast, how could it be?

"How did the North Gate wall be blown up!"

Okamoto said through gritted teeth.

"Brigade Commander!"

Chief of Staff Komori Jiro said with a solemn face: "The defenders of the North Gate only have the strength of one squadron, plus the strength of about one brigade of the 30th Infantry Wing in the direction of the North Gate, it is no problem to temporarily block the enemy troops who break through the city and directly take the headquarters in the city." ”。

"But the wall of the north gate has been breached, and the situation is not optimistic!"

Without waiting for Okamoto to speak, several devil staff officers in the command headquarters picked up the phone one after another to answer it, and then reported the battle situation to Okamoto Youichi one after another.

"Report to the brigade commander that the south gate was under heavy attack by the enemy, and the artillery fire was fierce, at least more than the strength of one regiment."

"Brigade commander, the east gate has also been attacked by enemy troops, at least one regiment of troops."

"Brigade commander, the defenders in the direction of the West Gate also called to report that the enemy forces outside the West Gate City are attacking, and there are also more than one regiment of troops, ask for support!"

The continuous battle situation reached the temporary brigade headquarters of Okamoto Youichi, and when they heard it, Okamoto Youichi and Komori Jiro both changed their faces greatly.

Especially Okamoto Youichi, his eyes are fixed on the map of Shuocheng on the table!

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

The sound of violent explosions continued to spread from all around Shuocheng into Okamoto's headquarters, and Okamoto Youichi was shocked when he heard it.

Who would have thought that the troops of the Eighth Route Army, which surrounded Shuocheng at night, would actually attack it at once regardless of everything.

Moreover, at first glance, it looks like a general attack.

Now the north gate wall has been blown open five wall openings, and a large number of enemy infantry has rushed in.

In a short period of time, the north gate may be lost!

"Order the defenders of all gates to guard to the death and wait for reinforcements."

Okamoto just waved his hand and said calmly.

"Hai, brigade commander."

Several devil staff officers immediately said heavily, and then each conveyed Okamoto's order to the other three devil defenders officers of Shuocheng on the other end of the phone.

And Jiro Komori listened to all directions, and said in a condensed voice: "The sound of gunfire is getting more and more intense, and the shouts of killing are very clear." ”。

"The enemy army surrounding Shuocheng is definitely more than 10,000 people!"

"The combined strength of our and Ishikawa brigades is only more than 7,800 people, and we do not have an advantage in terms of troops."

After a pause, Jiro Komori said: "Brigade commander, there is a high probability that the north gate will be lost, and it will not be able to withstand it." ”。

"The wall of the north gate must have been blasted open by the enemy from under the wall, otherwise, even with heavy artillery at night, it would be impossible to blow up five gaps in the wall at once."

Okamoto nodded slightly, basically agreeing with Komori Jiro's analysis, and then gritted his teeth and said: "No matter which enemy army is the more than 10,000 troops of the Eighth Route Army surrounding Shuocheng suddenly coming to the city tonight. ”。

"All in all, it must be inseparable from Li Yunlong. It is very likely that the troops of the Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared in Shuocheng were the new force invited by Li Yunlong. ”

Jiro Komori listened to the deafening sound of gunfire, and then said in a condensed voice: "Brigade commander, the defenders of the north gate can't stand for long." ”。

"In my opinion, the enemy army that breaks through the city from the north gate will definitely divide their troops to attack the west gate and the east gate in a roundabout way, and behind the defenders of the south gate, it will be troublesome at that time."

Okamoto looked at the map on the right, and they were actually not good at fighting at night.

Otherwise, he Okamoto personally commanded the main force of the brigade to attack outside the city early in the morning, and first destroyed an enemy army outside the city.

But no, at night, the vision of the counterattack is very bad.

The action of large forces, even more so.

Only now, the opponent has broken through the north gate, and the battle has begun in the city.

"Immediately convey my order, ordering the defenders of the west, east, and south gates to withdraw into the city, and build fortifications for street fighting relying on the buildings, streets, etc. in the city."

After a pause, Okamoto said again: "In addition, the guard squadron protecting the brigade headquarters will immediately enter a state of strict guard. ”。

"Let's stabilize our position first!"

Seeing this, Jiro Komori finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Understood, brigade commander." ”。

Subsequently, Jiro Komori immediately followed Okamoto's words and began to deploy.

At this time, the first and second battalions of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, under the command of the regiment commander Ding Wei, together with more than 1,000 people of Zhang Dabiao's first battalion, directly attacked the city from the five gaps in the north gate city wall that were blown up.

The people guarding the north gate of the castle, as well as the other three gates, were all Ishikawa Saburo's infantry brigade.

Moreover, the strength of the defenders of the city in each direction is the strength of a squadron.

After the north gate city wall was blasted open by the explosives buried under the city wall, many devils at the head of the city were blown away, and at least more than 130 people were lost at once.

Especially when Ishikawa Saburo happened to be at the head of the North Gate, he was accidentally blown up into the sky by the blast, and when it fell, there were no bones.

Of course, Zhang Dabiao and the others didn't know that the north gate city wall was blasted open and killed a devil captain.

At this time, Zhang Dabiao and Ding Wei commanded their respective troops and worked together to attack the northern city of Shuocheng.

Because Zhang Dabiao has taken Shuocheng twice before, he is familiar with the situation in the city.

Therefore, Ding Wei and Zhang Dabiao summed it up, except for the division of troops to the west gate and the east gate, the rest of the men, under the command of Ding Wei and Zhang Dabiao, rushed all the way south along the main street of the north city.

"Da Da Da! Da Da!! ”

On the streets, on the hastily laid out Devil machine gun positions, several Devil Type 92 heavy machine guns and light machine guns fired fiercely at the soldiers of the attacking independent regiment and the new regiment.

The soldiers who rushed to the front were killed on the spot by the rain of machine gun bullets from the devils.

"Hide, hide, brothers, hit me!"

The first to rush to the front was Ding Wei, this guy actually personally commanded the first and second battalions of the new regiment of the post department, and after breaking into the city from the gap in the city wall, he fought all the way south along the main street of the north city with the assistance of Zhang Dabiao.

It's just that he rushed too fast and was blocked by the fire of a devil's machine-gun ring fortification on the street.

Fortunately, Ding Wei immediately shouted and ordered the troops to hide on both sides, stabilize and fire fire.

"Turn up the mortar and hit him!"

Zhang Dabiao, who caught up, soon saw the devil's machine gun fire point, and immediately directly beckoned the mortar to come up.

"The target is directly ahead, thirty meters away, put!"

With the order of the artillery commander of the first battalion, an artillery soldier filled the shell.

"Tom!!"

After the sound of a mortar shell coming out of the chamber, the tail flame of the shell soon became clear in the night.

"Boom !!"

With a huge explosion, a mortar shell accurately smashed into the devil's machine gun position, directly overturning the devil's machine gun fire point.

"Well done!"

Zhang Dabiao laughed.

And Ding Wei also shouted not far away: "Da Biao, the gunners of the first battalion are good!" ”。

"That's it, brothers, rush!"

Zhang Dabiao then shouted and continued to command the troops and the first and second battalions of the new regiment commanded by Ding Wei to launch a fierce attack.

Soon, with the North Gate City completely captured by the troops commanded by Zhang Dabiao and Ding Wei.

The two joined forces, except for the troops who detoured to the west gate and east gate of the city, the two of them totaled more than 3,000 troops, all the way along the main street of the north city of Shuocheng all the way to the south.

Because the devil did not expect that the new 1st regiment and the new 2nd regiment would send troops to help the independent regiment, because there was no street and street fighting fortification in Shuocheng City.

As for the independent regiment, the 5,000 soldiers each dispatched by the new 1st regiment and the new 2nd regiment this time are all elite soldiers, especially the combat effectiveness of the night battle is very strong.

The little devil is not very good at night fighting, and when he is surrounded in a hurry, there are not many street fighting fortifications in the city.

You must know that after taking Shuocheng for the second time, before withdrawing from Shuocheng, Zhang Dabiao commanded the main force of the first battalion to demolish the streets and other street fighting fortifications built by devils in the city.

Now, in the face of a defense without fortifications, the devils who rushed to block the attack were beaten and retreated.

The fierce battle lasted until 11:10 p.m., and after a full 10 minutes of fighting, about two-thirds of the northern city area of Shuocheng had already been taken by the main force of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the 1st and 2nd Battalions of Ding Wei's new 1st Regiment.

In other directions, because the north gate is about to be lost, the independent regiment and the new regiment that break through the city may divide their troops into the city and turn their backs on the defenders of the west and east gates.

At this time, the defenders of the rest of the three gates of the devil had withdrawn in disarray.

After Kong Jie received the report of the troops attacking the West Gate and the South Gate, he immediately waved his army to attack and broke through the West Gate and the South Gate at once.

The 3rd and 4th Battalions of the New Regiment, which were responsible for attacking the East Gate, also quickly got the devils to abandon the city, and immediately stormed the East City Gate, and then attacked the city.

And according to the order of Okamoto's right one, the devil units that retreated to the city tried their best to get closer to the 15th Brigade headquarters of the devils in the city.

After ten minutes of fighting, the four gates of Shuocheng had been completely controlled by Ding Wei and others.

At this time, in Shuocheng City, in the temporary brigade headquarters of the 15th Brigade.

The sound of ticking announcements, all kinds of phone calls, and the noise of devil personnel are constantly ringing one after another, intertwined.

Okamoto's right side was solemn, the north gate had been lost, and he had just received a report from the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 30th Infantry Wing, which had retreated.

"The brigade commander, the west, south and east gates, have all been lost."

Jiro Komori, chief of staff of the brigade, said in a condensed voice: "The 7th Infantry Group Commander of the 73rd Infantry Wing of the 3rd Brigade was patrolling and defending the city at the head of the North Gate Castle and was killed by enemy blasting. ”。

"The Ishikawa Brigade has now suffered all casualties, and only my 15th Brigade remains!"

As soon as Okamoto heard this, he immediately said, "What is the current casualty situation of our 15th Brigade?" ”。

"Very bad, brigade commander!"

Jiro Komori immediately condensed and said: "The troops of the Eighth Route Army besieging Shuocheng must be the main elite troops, and they are good at night battles. ”。

"In particular, they have too many mortars, and the infantry is under the darkness of the night, and the onslaught of infantry and artillery is a coordinated onslaught, which catches us off guard and retreats one after another!"

After a pause, Jiro Komori said, "It's been ten minutes since the start of the fight, and our 15th Brigade has now suffered more than 1,000 casualties, which is too great. ”

"The enemy forces that have broken through the city have launched an all-out assault, storming all parts of the city. After we entered Shuocheng, we did not expect so many enemy troops to suddenly surround the city, so there were not many fortifications in the city. Therefore, a large part of the casualties caused were caused by the lack of fortifications to hold back the enemy forces. ”

When Okamoto heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn! ”。

"There are too many casualties!"

"The balance between friend and foe has been completely lost. And the enemy army that attacked us was also very strong in combat, and they were very experienced in street fighting in the city at night. ”

After a pause, Okamoto said: "Order the peripheral departments to defend and block strongly." ”。

"All units in the depths should seize the time to build blocking positions such as streets, seize the commanding heights of buildings, fight street battles, and hold back the enemy."

Jiro Komori said heavily: "Yes, brigade commander!" ”。

Subsequently, Jiro Komori hurried to deploy.

On the other hand, Okamoto called the communications staff officer of the brigade headquarters and said to him: "Immediately send a report to His Excellency General Nakamura Zhenxiong, report the situation here in detail to His Excellency the General, and ask for tactical guidance." ”。

"Hey! Brigade Commander! ”

The Devil Communications Staff Officer of the Brigade Headquarters immediately said heavily, and then hurried to the side and ordered the Devil Communications Corps under his command to send an urgent telegram to Nakamura Zhenxiong, asking for tactical guidance.

Okamoto's right hand was gloomy, and he sent a telegram requesting tactics, in fact, Okamoto right felt that Shuocheng was very likely to be lost tonight.

Once this happens, he can only report the situation in Shuocheng to Nakamura Zhenxiong.

A few minutes later, in the distance outside the east gate of Qingzhou City, in the middle village Zhenxiong military tent headquarters behind a hillside.

"Click!"

With the sound of crisp footsteps, I saw that Kido Taijiro hurriedly read the telegram handed over by the devil communication soldier from the military tent headquarters for less than ten seconds, and then walked quickly to Nakamura Zhenxiong's side, and said in a low voice: "Division commander, something happened in Shuocheng." ”。

"What?"

Nakamura Zhenxiong didn't know why, but just took the telegram from Kita Taijiro and read it, and the color changed drastically, "How is it possible?" ”

"Division commander, this is an urgent telegram sent by Okamoto Youichi to the command through the latest cipher code, absolutely yes."

Kita Taijiro said with a solemn face: "The four gates of Shuocheng have now been lost, and after about ten minutes of fighting, the 15th Brigade has lost more than 1,000 troops in Shuocheng, and the Ishikawa Brigade has also lost all of them. ”。

"At present, there are only more than 5,600 people left in Okamoto's right hand, and they have shrunk to defend themselves everywhere in the city."

Nakamura Zhenxiong's face was gloomy, and then his eyes were fixed on the map, his fingers moved on it, and he said, "Pass my order, withdraw the troops, and return to Shuocheng." ”。

"Division commander, withdraw the troops back to Shishuo City?"

Kita Taijiro was also taken aback and said.

(End of chapter)

Lewen