Chapter 305: A decisive battle without suspense
Tick, tick, tick......
Every beating of the watch's hands tugs at the heartstrings.
Miyamoto Kukugi rejected the only escape door that Xie Tian had opened for the Japanese, and pushed the field infantry artillery on the top of the city, putting on a posture of fighting to the death.
Chief He, Stilwell and other members of the Allied Expedition Group witnessed the soldiers of the 49th Army lining up to enter the tents and then disappearing, and after inquiry, they learned that the tunnels hidden in the tents had been dug into Yangquan City, and the vanguard of the 49th Army had begun to secretly infiltrate the city through the tunnels last night.
Now there are almost two regiments of troops in Yangquan City.
Chief He and the people of the Allied Expedition knew that the Miyamoto Division was dead.
The strength of the two regiments could easily knock on a city gate, and what awaited Miyamoto's division would be a large force of the 49th Army.
Now they finally understand the role of the 49th Army's earthen city wall, which is simply built with the soil of digging tunnels, which not only gives the devils in the city the illusion that the besieging troops are ready to fight a protracted war, but also can cover the action of digging tunnels, and at the same time play a certain protective role.
Digging tunnels seems to be a stupid method, but it is one of the most effective siege methods, and transporting troops to attack the enemy's rear through tunnels can definitely catch the enemy off guard.
The troops of the two regiments were secretly transported to the city, and the Miyamoto division in the city was unaware of it, so many tunnel crossings and troops were not exposed, so it is conceivable that the people in the city must be very cooperative with the actions of the People's Liberation Army.
So Xie Tian once said that as long as it is on the soil of China, Lao Tzu will fight in this field.
As the sun sets, Sunspring City is enveloped in the tense atmosphere that preceded the Great War.
Xie Tian personally drove a Type 97 tank to lead the tank troops to approach Yangquan, 17 Type 97, 21 Type 94, and 12 armored infantry vehicles, putting on an offensive formation that was eyeing the enemy, causing a strong pressure on the devils on the city wall.
The distance was closer, and Xie Tian could hear the shouts of the ordinary people who were coerced by the devils on the city wall, which was: "Xie Baoqing, kill." Xie Baoqing, kill. ”
At the beginning, when the people shouted like this, the little devil still stopped and killed people, but later more and more people shouted, and the little devil couldn't stop it, Miyamoto Jiujiu thought that the sound of the people shouting to kill would shake Xie Baoqing's heart, and he also ordered his subordinates not to stop it.
If you don't care about these people, then you can shoot it, it's a big deal, we will burn all the jade.
Miyamoto Hisashi could not accept the humiliation of defeat due to his brilliant achievements in the past, and it was already his bottom line to be trapped in the city without fighting, surrendering, retreating, and discord, and he would never accept Xie Tian's ultimatum to roll out of Yangquan from the east gate and out of Shanxi, but the delay in waiting for reinforcements from North China also made him feel desperate.
Trapped for 14 days, the 27th Division stationed in Jingcheng and the 9th Division stationed in Shijiazhuang should climb to Yangquan even if they climb.
In the past 14 days, Miyamoto Hisashi only saw that the 22nd Army Aviation Brigade would occasionally send a few planes to airdrop some supplies to Yangquan, and they also came and went in a hurry.
Miyamoto Kukugi also gradually understood that his 20th Division was probably already an outcast.
Miyamoto Kukugi had already received some information from the commander of the 27th Division that the commander-in-chief of the North China Army, Okamura Ninji, had gone to Tokyo, and now he was replaced by Okabe Naosaburo, the chief of the General Staff.
The commander of the 27th Division did not say what Okamura Ninji was doing when he returned to Tokyo at this critical moment, but Miyamoto Kukugi knew that Okabe Naosaburo might not send troops to relieve him, and the two had an old grudge that had not yet been resolved.
Not to mention these, since Miyamoto Kukugi has rejected Xie Tian's ultimatum, he put on the determination and posture of fighting to the death, he personally went to the city head and ordered the artillery wing to move dozens of mountain artillery field infantry guns to the city wall, almost all the ammunition reserves were also moved to the city head, and he sat on a Taishi chair with a pestle command knife and a golden knife, and told the soldiers with actions that people are in the city, and the city is broken and people are dead.
The rumbling tank stopped at the edge of the range, Xie Tian opened the cockpit canopy and got up and raised the telescope, Miyamoto Hisaku also stood up and raised the telescope, the eyes of the two people looked at each other, the same expressionless, the same calm as iron.
Xie Tian coldly hooked the corners of his mouth, all the attention of the devil has been attracted by his tank force, this moment is the best time to attack, but I don't know how many people in the city can survive after the battle.
Xie Tian raised the flare gun in his hand and pulled the trigger at the sky.
With a bang, the red flare flew into the sky with a sharp tail note, drawing a perfect curve in the twilight sky.
The fierce sound ......of gunfire rang out at the same time as the flares were raised, but they did not come from outside the city.
Miyamoto Hisashi turned around in panic, and saw a large number of PLA soldiers in camouflage uniforms rushing up to the city from all directions, and the automatic weapons in their hands ruthlessly tortured and killed those Japanese soldiers who had not yet reacted.
Almost simultaneously, heavy gunfire and explosions rang out from several strategic points in the city, including the headquarters of Miyamoto's division, which received a rain of mortar bullets.
Qin Fen deliberately concentrated all the automatic weapons and equipment of the 94th Army to the siege troops in the siege troops, and the firepower of the light machine gun card B gun and F gun formed a one-sided fire suppression on the devils on the city, and those little devils almost had the slightest power to fight back, and they were shot and fell to the ground like chickens and dogs under the offensive of the PLA attacking troops.
It's completely disproportionate.
You've only fired one bullet, and the other side has already fired a dozen bullets, and you don't even have a chance to pull the bolt and fire a second bullet.
The saddest thing is that the artillery who was dispatched to the city wall by Miyamoto Hisashigi, the infantry still has a three-eight big cover in their hands, and there are still some opportunities to resist, and the artillerymen seven or eight people are assigned a rifle and a pistol, and in the face of the PLA soldiers who rushed over with great momentum, they did not have any effective means of fighting back, and they rushed forward with their bare hands bravely, and turned around and ran backwards timidly.
Regardless of whether they rushed forward or ran backward, the PLA soldiers all named them with bullets.
Iron discipline, enemies that can be solved with bullets never use fists.
Seeing the soldiers fall under the guns of the People's Liberation Army, the chief of staff, the Massachusetts Regiment, suddenly made an astonishing move, took out his cherished Mauser pistol from the holster, pointed it at his temple, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
There was a crisp gunshot, and the Massachusetts group pounced softly at the feet of Miyamoto Kukugi.
Looking at the fallen corpse of the Massachusetts group, Miyamoto Kukugi suddenly regretted it.
If they had heeded the advice of the Massachusetts regiment, they would have left Yangquan from the east gate in accordance with Xie Baoqing's ultimatum, and perhaps they would have been able to reserve half of the division's strength for the empire.
But it's too late to say anything.
Miyamoto Kujiu pushed away the guards in front of him, raised his command knife with both hands and pointed at the PLA soldiers who were killing all the way to the front, and shouted: "Where is Xie Baoqing?" I'm going to duel him. ”
"Teasing", Dong Shangwu, who led the team to rush to the city, raised the MP-40 in his hand and pointed at Miyamoto Jiujiu is shuttle, walked over and spat at Miyamoto Jiujiumu's kneeling corpse, and scolded Xie Tian's words that have been passed down as classics by the soldiers: "Lao Tzu has someone with guns and cannons, you play with Lao Tzu with knives, are you lacking heart or Lao Tzu lack heart eyes?" ”