Not long after, Ishikawa came in again and reported to the head of Iseki Tsuto:

"Division commander, the order has been given."

"Yo Xi!" Jing Guan nodded and asked, "Ishikawa-kun, how is the city wall you are responsible for reinforced?" ”

Ishikawa Jisui originally wanted to answer the solid answer, but after thinking about it, the new regiment was most likely equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, otherwise it would never be possible to pull out so many thickened pillboxes and turrets in such a short time.

He changed his words and said: "Report to the division commander, the city wall has been reinforced with cement on all sides, considering that the Eighth Route artillery fire is strong, and the 75 mm cannon cannot be pushed up the city wall to aim for direct fire, so I ordered the sappers to dig out some gun emplacements from the half-waist of the city wall, so that the mountain artillery can aim at the Eighth Route Army besieging the city, and the Eighth Route Army has suffered heavy losses, and the project has been completed." ”

The city wall of Heyuan County did not have a special artillery fortress like the Taiyuan city wall.

However, Ishikawa took a different approach to water control, digging gun emplacements in the city walls without a fortification.

"In addition, all the forts built on the commanding heights of the streets and houses are thickened, and most of them have been completed."

"Unless the Eighth Route drags the large-caliber heavy artillery into the city to aim for direct fire, it will definitely pay a heavy price."

Although it is only a big left, Ishikawa's level of water control is still very high.

And because it belongs to a different system and works next to the division commander, the actual power is greater than that of the wing commander below.

"Yo Xi!" Jing Guan Yan nodded, and said in a satisfied tone, "After this battle, Ishikawa-kun will probably be promoted to major general." ”

At present, the Japanese army in Heyuan County has 1,000 people from the Japanese division headquarters.

In addition, there are more than 800 people in the engineering wing and 2,000 people in the mountain artillery wing, although these are logistics and artillery, but after being equipped with weapons, the combat effectiveness may not be strong, but the will to fight is no worse than that of the infantry.

In addition, there are more than 2,000 people in the 224th Wing, as well as the strength of a battalion of the puppet army.

As for the baggage wing of the 36th Division, it was on the side of Tongpu Road, doing the work of transporting cement and steel bars, and was not in the county seat.

The total strength of Heyuan County is still very large, the Japanese army and the puppet army combined are close to 7,000 people, and the combat effectiveness is stronger than 3,600 people from the division headquarters and the 224th Wing.

This is also the reason why Jing Guan Cheng is very confident and does not hesitate to leave.

According to the pre-war analysis, the total strength of the new regiment was about 10,000 at the top.

If the new regiment really wanted to eat the 36th Division, in addition to attacking Heyuan County, it would also have to face Japanese reinforcements in the directions of Datong, Taiyuan, Ping'an and Anhua.

Even if Li Yunlong sent 3,000 troops to help.

Of the other 7,000 people, 1,000 to 2,000 were artillery and other troops, and only 5,000 infantry attacked Heyuan County.

The casualty ratio of street fighting was 1 to 1, and even if all the infantry of the new regiment were exhausted, they would not want to capture the county seat of Heyuan.

Even.

The mountain artillery deployed in the belly of the county city wall can give a new regiment a wave of heavy damage.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Jing Guan became more and more confident, and it was indeed surprising to end the thickened pillboxes and turrets, but what could it be?

Can your new regiment still eat my 36th regiment?

"Borrow the auspicious words of the division commander."

Ishikawa Zhishui bowed his head, and there was a touch of expectation in his eyes, which big left didn't want to be promoted to major general?

Jing Guanqi's eyes flashed: "Order the artillery wing to immediately put the mountain artillery in the gun position, ready to deal with the eight-way siege at any time!" ”

"Hey!"

Ishikawa smirked and turned to give orders to the artillery wing.

……

About an hour later.

The vanguard of the new regiment and battalion advanced to the city of Heyuan County.

The Japanese army built some fortifications such as trenches and foxholes around the county seat.

However, the number of devils is not much, most of them are puppet soldiers, and they are put outside the city as cannon fodder by devils.

Due to the fact that part of the artillery 1 battalion and the artillery battalion of the 2 artillery battalion artillery and artillery have not yet come up.

And the enemy was able to form crossfire above and below the city, strafing the besieging troops, so the attack was suspended.

"Report to the Captain!"

Duan Peng, wearing a gilly suit, with camouflage oil on his face and an M3 submachine gun on his chest, walked into the command headquarters and saluted Li Yunlong with a military salute.

The Geely suit and camouflage oil were all given by Chen Feng.

In addition to these, there are also body armor, steel helmets, etc., which are given priority equipment to the Sword Squadron and the Wolf Tooth Squadron.

"Duan Peng, your sword squadron has done a good job of infiltration."

Li Yunlong first praised him, and then asked, "That old devil didn't run away, did he?" ”

Duan Peng reported loudly: "Report to the head of the regiment, from this morning to now, the road leaving Heyuan County is under the surveillance of our sword squadron, and no Jing Guanqian has escaped. ”

"Haha, Jing Guan Yan, I finally caught you."

Li Yunlong laughed when he heard this, and then said to Duan Peng: "Take the soldiers to rest first, and later, your sword squadron will provide shooting parameters for the artillery." ”

"Yes!"

Duan Peng straightened up, turned around and walked towards the outside of the headquarters.

Seeing Duan Peng leave the headquarters, Li Yunlong ordered loudly: "Pass my order, all battalions and sub-divisions will outflank according to the original plan, and give me to surround the four walls of Heyuan County for Lao Tzu, and not a single mosquito can let it fly out!" ”

With Li Yunlong's order, the main infantry battalions of the new 1st Regiment and the 1st and 2nd Divisions began to outflank in a roundabout way, and in less than half an hour, about 9,000 people surrounded the county seat of Heyuan.

There are at least more than 2,000 people in each direction, in case the devil dog jumps over the wall and escapes.

In addition, there are more than 2,300 people in the third division as a reserve.

After each truck transports the cannons and shells to the designated position, the shells are quickly unloaded.

Under Xing Zhiguo's order, they went to Zhaojiayu Airport to transport steel helmets, while the artillerymen of the new regiment quickly set up the cannons.

Everything went according to plan.

About 2 hours later, at 3:30 a.m., the command of the front of the new regiment issued an order for shelling.

As strings of red flares rose into the air, the sound of artillery tore through the quiet night sky in an instant.

The Heavy Artillery Battalion, the 1st Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Artillery Battalion opened fire from three directions in the direction of the three walls of the county seat.

More than 100 shells of more than 75 mm shells were discharged in the first round and smashed from different directions towards the positions of the devil's puppet army outside Heyuan County.

The orange-red trajectory of the shell in the night sky was clearly visible, streaking through arcs.

Death-scented metal projectiles pierced the air with a terrifying whistling sound.

Boom, boom...

The position of the devil puppet army immediately plunged into a sea of smoke and fire.

Exactly in the direction of the west gate was the heavy artillery battalion responsible for the shelling.

Li Yunlong looked through the field of vision of the telescope, and vaguely from the firelight, he saw that the body of the devil puppet army was thrown high.

One by one, more than 80 kilograms of high-explosive shells fell, and in addition to turning the position of the devil's puppet army into a sea of fire, it also smashed many big craters.

"The devil puppet army outside the western city wall is finished."

After three rounds of shells landed outside the county seat, Zhao Gang said affirmatively.

The shelling of this caliber cannon could not withstand any civil fortifications, and in addition to blowing up a large area, the earthquake also shook the enemy to death.

Even the devil puppet army at the center of the explosion was directly blown into a cloud of blood mist, and there were no bones left.

"It's fucking exciting!"

Looking at the movement and power of the 19 150mm howitzers, Li Yunlong said with a smile: "Hehe, a base of nearly 10,000 shells is enough for the old devil in Jingguan to drink a pot." ”

There are 3 artillery battalions of the new regiment, and nearly 100 cannons of 75 mm caliber and above.

The artillery shell reserve of the new regiment is 3 bases, and in the first wave of shelling, a base of nearly 10,000 shells was prepared for the devils.

Except for the artillery shells transported by truck, the cavalry battalion, the logistics transport team and the militia numbered more than 2,000 did nothing, and specialized in transporting shells for the artillery.

In order to put pressure on the devil, Li Yunlong also pressed his old book.

If the battle is fought to the end, the new regiment fails to eat or severely damage the 36th Division, and there is no reimbursement of ammunition from Boss Chen after the war, then the battle will be a big loss.

After destroying the civil fortifications of the Devil puppet army outside the city, artillery fire began to extend towards the city wall, and shells fell on the western city wall.

The power of 150-mm high-explosive shells is not comparable to that of 75-mm mountain guns and 105-mm howitzers.

As long as a high-explosive shell hits the wall, it can blow a large hole in the wall.

The city wall of Heyuan County, like the city wall of Ping'an County, was built during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, and the wall was built by city bricks and glutinous rice juice mixed with mortar.

The city wall is unusually strong for cold weapons, but it is far from enough for hot weapons, especially large-caliber heavy artillery.

Although the city wall can not collapse for hundreds of years, in the face of large-caliber heavy artillery, in terms of solidity, it is not as strong as the thickened pillboxes and turrets recently built by the devils.

After all, the walls built in ancient times were used to protect against cold weapons and catapults, not for artillery.

……

Headquarters of the 36th Division.

Lieutenant General Iseki was pacing back and forth at the headquarters with a blushing face, and his right hand was holding the handle of Emperor Hirohito's Imperial Treasure Sword, showing that he was a little restless at the moment.

Since setting foot on the battlefield in China, Jing Guanqian has never been so afraid of the firepower of the Chinese army as he is today.

As a veteran of the battlefield, Jing Guanqian could naturally judge from the sound of artillery that the Eighth Route Army was firing the number of cannons.

If according to the Japanese artillery formation, the number of artillery of the 8th Route is firing more than 75 mm caliber, there are at least 3 artillery wings!

There are even about 20 large-caliber heavy guns among them!

This battle can't be fought, only street fighting.

Jing Guan was a little glad that he did not lead the main force out to fight with the new regiment, otherwise he would be looking for abuse.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Chief of Staff Ishikawa Daizo hurriedly walked in and said, "Report to the division commander, judging from the number of torches and flashlights reported by the troops of each city wall, the total strength of the Eighth Route should be about 10,000!" ”

Jing Guan's face became more and more gloomy, and he asked, "What is the situation of the garrisons of the various city walls?" ”

Ishikawa Dazuo shook his head and said with a solemn expression: "The defensive positions and city walls in the west, south, and north directions have been fiercely attacked by a new group of artillery fire, and the number of cannons of the Eighth Route Army is beyond our expectations, their artillery is like having eyes, and almost all the shells have fallen on the defensive positions and city walls, especially the western city wall has suffered great losses, and in the face of the continuous bombardment of about 20 large-caliber heavy guns, the casualty numbers may not be small." ”

Jing Guan asked, "Can the artillery aim the artillery of the Eighth Route Army from the gun position in the middle of the city wall?" ”

"The artillery positions of the Eighth Route are set relatively far away." Ishikawa said, "The artillery can't judge the location of the Eighth Route Artillery position, and firing the gun in advance will expose the gun position." ”

Jing Guancheng squinted his eyes and said murderously: "The Eighth Route Army has always been reluctant to fight with ammunition, and the shelling will stop in a few minutes at most, and after the shelling stops, their infantry will definitely attack the city, order the artillery and machine gunners to get ready, it's time to give Li Yunlong a little color and see!" ”