"The target is a gap in the northeast of the city wall, the ruler is five hundred and sixty-six, the elevation angle is twenty-nine, and the right is thirty-two, put!"

As the shouts of a sword special forces member in the high-power walkie-talkie channel fell.

On the artillery position five kilometers away from the Taiyuan city wall, the guns of the two howitzers shook as the gunners pulled the strings back.

The muzzle of the cannon suddenly burst into two beautiful orange-red flames and gunsmoke, accompanied by two explosions, a scorching wave of air swept through, and a cloud of dust rose around the gun mount.

About 10 seconds later, the cannonball, with a sharp whistling sound, galloped down to the northeast of the gap in the wall.

Boom!

Fireballs and smoke enveloped it, and the shock wave flew sideways with shrapnel.

Both shells hit the gap, and billowing smoke and dust rose from the gap, and the devil puppet army and sandbags who were repairing the gap were instantly torn to pieces.

Moreover, the gap hit by 2 shells was a little larger than before.

"The second gap, there are also devils and puppet armies blocking and repairing."

Zhao Gang reminded in time.

"Pass my order, divide 2 howitzers to blow up the devil puppet army that plugs and repairs the gap, labor and management have to see if there are more devil puppet army, or labor and management have more shells."

Grand Master Li didn't panic at all.

The pocket was fully stocked, and Grand Master Li also asked the artillery to completely let go of the artillery to shell without saving shells.

So the artillery corps has a reserve of 3 bases, 75 rounds per 300-mm mountain gun, and 105 rounds per howitzer.

In addition to ammunition reimbursement, if there is insufficient ammunition in this attack on Taiyuan, Li Yunlong can use the radio walkie to call Chen Feng for airdrop.

Coupled with the logistical support of 20,000 militiamen and civilian men, and the spare weapons and ammunition he carried, Li Yunlong did not have to worry about running out of ammunition at all.

Soon, the devil puppet army that tried to block and repair the gap at the second gap was blown to pieces.

After almost half an hour of shelling, the special forces members of the Sword Squadron were already familiar with the shooting of the city wall at various artillery positions.

It really does where to point and where to fight.

Seeing that the devil puppet army that blocked the repair gap was solved, Li Yunlong breathed a sigh of relief.

Special forces and artillery combined, this battle was fought comfortably.

Even if there is a devil puppet army trying to repair the gap, the howitzer will send the devil puppet army to the western sky, Li Yunlong immediately no longer paid attention to the gap, but raised the telescope to look at the sky over Taiyuan.

As time passed, the devil's balloon rose higher and higher, and when it rose more than 2,000 meters above the ground, the devil's balloon began to move northward.

It didn't take long for the devil's balloon to float directly above the northern city wall of Taiyuan.

The shrewd Grand Master Li had already guessed that the devil's balloon was trying to find the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army, and then opened fire on the devil's artillery in the city.

However, with his order, the machine gun emplacements were ready.

On the frontal battlefield, the Nationalist Army studied the method of cracking the Japanese balloon to guide the artillery attack, but with the firepower of the Nationalist Army at that time, it was difficult to do so.

It is unlikely that the few remaining planes will be dispatched to hit a balloon, and it is highly likely that they will be shot down by Japanese planes before they can get close to their target.

At that time, the national army could move the deployed anti-aircraft guns, and the maximum range was only 2,000 meters.

However, the Erlikon cannon in Li Yunlong's hand is very advanced, although the effective range is only less than 1,000 meters, but when fired at 45 degrees, the maximum range can exceed 4,000 meters.

Shooting at high-altitude targets at a height of more than 2000 meters with poor accuracy.

But it's still the same sentence, the precision is not enough, the number is to make up.

Soon after the devil balloon passed over the north city wall of Taiyuan, the cannon positions of various machines were fired.

All the way...

In the continuous dense muffled sound, more than 100 machine guns opened fire at the same time, and tracer ballistics instantly filled the entire sky.

If you are poor, you will shoot accurately, and you will be responsible for the coverage of firepower.

Li Yunlong saw through the telescope's field of vision that the devil balloon that had just floated diagonally above was torn to pieces in less than 20 seconds, and two devil observers fell from a height of more than 2,000 meters.

Killed on the spot.

……

"Yaga!"

At the head of the inner city wall of Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka also saw the scene of two devil observers falling from a high altitude, and scolded angrily.

This made Yoshio Shinozuka resound, the scene of the Japanese army using observation balloons to enter actual combat during the Battle of Nomenkan and being torn to pieces by Soviet planes and the observers falling from a high altitude.

Although the 8th Road does not have high-performance fighters, the 8th Road has a large number of machine guns.

The range of this machine gun greatly exceeded Shinozuka Yoshio's expectations.

It stands to reason that the straight-line height between the observation balloon and the ground is more than 2,000 meters, so the distance between the machine gun position of the Eighth Route Army and the observation balloon should be more than 3,000 meters.

However, the observation balloon was still shot down by the machine gun of the Eighth Route Army, which shows that the performance of this machine gun equipped by the Eighth Route Army is very good.

It's all that damn Chen Feng.

However, above 2,000 meters, although the eight-way machine gun is easy to shoot down balloons, it is not easy to shoot down planes.

Two Type 3 liaison planes and two reconnaissance planes were directing artillery to attack the Eighth Route Artillery position outside Nancheng District.

There are not many Japanese 75-mm mountain guns and field guns in Taiyuan City, only more than 20, but there are many mortars and 92-type infantry guns.

As for the cannons in the forts on the city wall, they are all Jin mountain cannons left by the Jin Sui army.

The devil has always looked down on Jinzao equipment, so the devil arranged these cannons on the city wall.

However, basically the artillery in the fort was reimbursed under the first wave of artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka walked along the castle wall to the south of the inner castle wall and raised his binoculars to look.

Two reconnaissance planes had flown away, leaving only two liaison planes buzzing high in the air.

More than 20 75-mm mountain guns not far from the southern wall of the outer city, under the guidance of the three-type liaison aircraft, continued to fire at the Eighth Route Artillery position.

The shells of the Eighth Route Artillery hitting the southern city wall were much less than before, and it seemed that the Eighth Route Artillery position outside the southern city had been suppressed.

But... The walls in the east, west and north directions were still under heavy fire from the eight-way artillery.

Just now, Yoshio Shinozuka saw that the artillery of the Eighth Road had blasted out 3 gaps outside the northern city wall, and even the sappers who tried to block and repair the gaps were seriously damaged.

At this time, the number of artillery of the Japanese army in Taiyuan City was still too small, and it could only suppress and destroy the artillery positions of the Eighth Route in one direction and another.

But looking at this situation, when the Eighth Route Artillery position outside the southern city wall was suppressed or even destroyed, the Eighth Route Artillery in the other three directions had already bombarded the city wall with gaps everywhere.

"Order, the 32nd Flying Brigade of the Kwantung Army will temporarily rest."

Yoshio Shinozuka returned to the headquarters, found Kasai Toshimatsu as soon as possible, and ordered:

"The 83rd Flying Brigade of the Kwantung Army, the 1st Flying Regiment of the 3rd Flying Group rushed to aid Taiyuan!"

"Hey!" Toshimatsu Kasai was taken aback.

In 1939, the Japanese army base camp reorganized the system in the Kannai, and the aviation unit formed the 3rd Flying Group.

It has under the jurisdiction of the 1st and 3rd Flying Regiments and the 21st Independent Flying Squadron, including 7 reconnaissance squadrons, 4 fighter squadrons, 4 light bomber squadrons, and 3 heavy bomber squadrons, with a total of 183 aircraft.

This time, the Japanese army used the main force of the 3rd Flying Group for the Battle of the Central Plains, with more than 150 aircraft.

The 83rd Sentai plus the 1st Flying Regiment, that's more than 80 aircraft.

It seems that the commander is really in a hurry, and he actually transferred the main aircraft group of the Central Plains Battle to reinforce Taiyuan...

Toshimatsu Kasai thought to himself, bowed his head and paused, then turned around and walked quickly to the communication room.

Staring in the direction of the outside of the city, Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes were gloomy.

Li Yunlong led his troops to attack Taiyuan in this way, and the Battle of the Central Plains would also be greatly affected.

First of all, the materials needed for the front line could not be transported, and secondly, at least half of the aircraft were used to deal with the Eighth Road, so the Japanese offensive at Nakajo Mountain would also be greatly affected.

It's all the damn Li Yunlong, who always jumps out at critical moments to do things, just like a shit-stirring stick.

……

It didn't take long.

In the north of the city, two more gaps were blasted out by the artillery group, and a total of five gaps were blasted out of the north city wall.

In addition, in the direction of the eastern and western walls, several gaps were also made by shells.

Li Yunlong ordered his troops to launch a wave of tentative attacks on the city walls.

1.5 kilometers away from the northern city wall, more than 50 60-mm mortars and Type 92 infantry guns of the new regiment were lined up and ready.

As the commanders of each artillery company received a unified order on the walkie-talkie.

"Launch at full speed, two minutes!"

With the orders of the company commanders, more than 50 guns opened fire at the same time.

After a muffled sound, the already marked shooting Zhu Yuan let the cannonballs fall into the position of the devil puppet army outside the city.

Boom boom...

In the continuous and rapid explosions, the position of the devil's puppet army, which had been plowed by mountain artillery and howitzers, was instantly shrouded in fire and smoke.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion and 2 companies launched a tentative attack on the city wall with weapons and ladders.

The main infantry battalion of the new regiment is a four-four system, with about 300 people in one company and 600 people in two companies.

Soldier No. 600 was divided into 5 teams, and under the leadership of the platoon commanders of each company, they attacked towards the 5 gaps in a skirmish formation.

Almost as soon as the warriors attacked from the attack position, the devil observers on the city wall spotted the movements of the Eighth Route Infantry.

Under the orders of the devil officer, the devils and the puppet soldiers came out of the hidden soldier hole that had not been blown down one after another, and set up grenadiers and light and heavy machine guns.

At a distance of 800 meters, the machine gunners of the devil's puppet army began to shoot one after another, and the dense bullets poured down on the new group of attacking fighters as if they were not paying for money.

There are 1.5 divisions and regiments in Taiyuan City, which is enough for the devil puppet army to fight for 2 months in a row.

Although the bullets fired from the light and heavy machine guns at this distance were scattered, there were still stray bullets that hit the fighters, and the fighters fell one after another while on the march.

"All artillery immediately opened fire on the walls of the enemy!"

In the command headquarters, Li Yunlong always paid attention to the battle situation, and calmly gave orders with his eyes.

The General Staff immediately conveyed the order by walkie-talkie.

Artillery support must be provided to the attacking infantry, otherwise with such dense firepower, none of the soldiers who are trying to attack will survive.

As the command gave the order, the artillery fire from the mortar and infantry artillery positions in the front began to extend, and groups of shells smashed into the walls.

Artillery positions a few kilometers behind the command were also opened under the guidance of special forces.

More than 70 guns of various calibers smashed shells into the walls.

Long-range and short-range artillery groups began to fire at the same time, densely packed shells of different calibers swept through the sky, and dense shells smashed on the city walls.

The castle tower had been hit by two shells before, and after two more shells, it was blown to pieces in an instant.

The devil's puppet army and light and heavy machine guns were thrown high, and the city walls were completely shrouded in fire and smoke.

Although there were still devils and puppet soldiers shooting under artillery fire, the density of bullets was much smaller, and the soldiers immediately ran wildly and killed towards the devil's position.

In order to take the city walls, it is necessary to solve the enemy positions outside the city.

The turrets and pillboxes outside the city have basically been shattered by the precise artillery fire guided by the Sword Squadron.

However, there are still many enemies left in the trenches and other fortifications built by the devil's puppet army.

The artillery fire was suppressing the city walls, and the puppet troops in the trenches and foxholes, under the supervision of the devils, came out of the trenches one after another, set up guns and fired at the Eighth Route Army.

However, the soldiers of the new regiment opened fire continuously in the sprint, and the offensive of the devil puppet army was dusted under the dense rain of bullets.

There was no trumpet, no shouts of the charge, and soon the fighters rushed to the front of the devil's puppet fortifications, and with a batch of grenades coming out of their hands.

After a series of rapid explosions, the fighters jumped into the trenches with rifles and submachine guns.

The remaining devils tried to launch a counter-charge, but were quickly beaten into a sieve.

There are relatively few devils outside the city, most of them are puppet soldiers who are used as cannon fodder, and as the devils are all killed, the puppet army either pretends to be dead or surrenders.

After capturing the Japanese fortifications outside the city, the soldiers rested for a while and then continued their assault on the city walls.

After approaching the city wall, the artillery groups stopped shelling one after another, and if they fired again, they would accidentally injure their own people.

Without the suppression of artillery fire, the devils and puppet soldiers on the city wall fired frantically with light and heavy machine guns, and dense bullets poured down.

After approaching the city, dense grenades and grenades were thrown down, and the soldiers of the new regiment kept falling, and the battle was extremely fierce, and there were heavy casualties for a while.

The firepower of the devil puppet army was too strong, and the soldiers could not get close to the city wall, so they had to temporarily retreat to the fortifications dug by the devil puppet army outside the city.

"This Taiyuan City is really difficult to fight."

Zhao Gang put down the binoculars and said in a solemn tone: "Let's fight the county seat, after an artillery bombardment like this, the infantry can occupy the city wall in a wave of attacks." ”

Li Yunlong's eyes snorted coldly: "If it is so easy to fight, it will not be Taiyuan, and the headquarters of the First Army of the Devils will not be located here." ”

"So what now?"

"You said that the tactic of adding fuel is a taboo for soldiers, how to fight next?"

Zhao Gang's brows furrowed, and his tone was solemn.

"Staff Officer Wang, ask a few other attack groups, how is the attack going?"

Li Yunlong did not answer, but looked at Chief of Staff Wang Dehou.

"Yes!" Wang Dehou immediately picked up the high-power walkie-talkie and asked.

While the new regiment was testing the attack, the three attack groups were also attacking the city walls in their own directions.

Two minutes later, Wang Dehou put down the high-power walkie-talkie and reported to Li Yunlong: "The three attack groups are similar to us, they all occupied the positions of the devil puppet army outside the city, and suffered setbacks when attacking the city wall. ”

Li Yunlong frowned slightly when he heard this.

From the tentative attack, you can see that some cats are tired, if you continue to send troops to attack the city wall, it is just a tactic to add fuel.

If there are hundreds or thousands of casualties, I am afraid that I will not even be able to touch the city wall, and it is estimated that thousands of people will be killed and injured in such a fight to occupy the four city walls.

As he pondered, the sky buzzed.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the devil's plane arrived again!

Li Yunlong hurriedly raised his telescope to look at the sky in the south direction of Taiyuan City, and after a while, the dense devil plane drilled out of the clouds and flew down in the direction of Taiyuan.

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(I'm really sorry, I've been blocked for more than half a month, and I'm physically and mentally exhausted by staying up late every day to grab food online, but fortunately, I've finally stocked up on half a month's worth of food, and I can finally go to bed early today, and I'll resume normal updates from tomorrow.) ）