Arriving at the top floor of the detective team, the artillerymen began assembling the M1897 75mm cannon with great anger.

The death of Captain Jia deeply stimulated every fighter.

They didn't know the specific identity of the other party, and they were not interested in the traitor clothes on others, they only knew that they were comrades who sacrificed for the liberation of Taiyuan.

"Cannon!"

"Let the devils see what it means to have a bayonet on a cannon!"

"Aim directly at me and bang him bitch! Avenge the dead comrades! ”

The wide field of view on the roof is extremely excellent, not only can you find the firepower points of the devils from a bird's-eye view of the whole field, but you can also condescendingly beat the enemy.

In a sense, Miss 75, which is erected on the commanding heights, is no worse than the fire effect of the Shire B1 in supporting the infantry.

"Reload!"

With Wang Chengzhu's order, the ammunition man immediately took out a 75 mm high-explosive bomb from the ammunition box.

"Put!"

The gunners pulled the arquebus, and the enemy's defensive positions were instantly reduced to rubble, and dust and rubble were even splashed on the heads of the artillerymen.

With only a few civil fortifications, it is impossible to block the direct fire of the barrel cannon at close range.

Appreciating the tragic situation of the devil, the comrades all showed a heartfelt smile.

As an artilleryman, no one can resist the temptation to become a bomber.

"Battalion commander, this shot is okay!"

"Do we want to take advantage of the victory and chase after the victory and send the little devils to meet the bullshit locusts?"

Due to the fact that his physical fitness was not up to standard, Wang Chengzhu failed to join the artillery support company of the 1st Marine Regiment as he wished, and could only be forced to separate from his old regiment commander.

But gold can shine anywhere, and with his excellent artillery skills and training ability, Zhu Zi is now the battalion commander of the artillery unit directly under the 386th Brigade.

If there is a sufficient amount of equipment and further improvement of his command ability, he will definitely be more than enough to be an artillery commander.

After a cursory observation of the situation on the battlefield, Wang Chengzhu did not choose to attack the same point. He instructed the fighters to move the M1897 75mm cannon and said to another fire point a few hundred meters away:

"Don't waste shells, we only have sixty rounds left."

"Just hand over the position just now to the infantry, and believe in your comrades!"

"At eleven o'clock, continue to reload. The enemies within a radius of two kilometers are our targets, give me a knock point by point! ”

"Yes!"

It turned out that the infantrymen did not live up to the expectations of the fraternal troops.

When he saw that the devil's defensive position had been heavily damaged, the platoon commander of the assault platoon made the most correct choice at the first time according to the devil's existing firepower, number of people, bunkers, etc.

"One class! Second shift! Follow me! ”

"Fireteam! Suppress the enemy for me and help us make the assault smoothly! ”

As soon as the words fell, the platoon commander did not hesitate at all, and directly led two squads of fighters to flank the enemy position.

The route is extremely reliable, and there are also some houses that serve as bunkers along the way. Using cover and alternating fire, the assault group rapidly approached the enemy.

Having received the order, the fire team immediately suppressed it with two light machine guns and several rifles.

There was even a comrade who was not afraid of danger, carried 40 fires against a sparse counterattack, and without saying a word, he directly gave the devils a rocket armor-piercing bomb.

With the terrifying suppressive power of the fire team, the assault team had managed to make a detour back to the enemy's flank.

At a distance of fifty meters, there is no need to mention the gold content of a dozen submachine guns.

"Grenade! A class to open the way with grenades! ”

"Hit the officers first! Don't let the devils launch an organized counter-charge! ”

With the command knife at the waist of the enemy, the warriors prioritized the highest-ranking commander in the position.

After entering the effective range of the MAS38, the remnants of the devils on the position suffered heavy casualties in a burst of firing like fried beans.

The entire assault platoon is a fighter who has been with each other for many years, and he can already be very good in terms of tactics.

Even if the two sides did not communicate, the squad leader of the fire team knew what support his platoon commander needed. As soon as the two squads approached the position of the enemy flank, he turned the muzzle of the gun in the opposite direction.

Now all you have to do now is wait for the devils to be driven out like ducks, and then you can win this small battle in one go.

After the battle, the comrades handed over the wounded to the hygienists who arrived from the rear, and immediately afterwards continued the offensive in the direction of due north.

The tactics arranged by the brigade commander for this campaign were not complicated, and the main attack was launched from the east and south. With the detailed city defense map, the entire Taiyuan City was directly cut into a field shape with two knives.

As long as the first step is successful, Yoshio Iwamatsu can be sentenced to death.

The next step is to take advantage of the numerical advantage, first divide and then encircle and annihilate, eat meat first and then gnaw bones.

The specific method is that unless it encounters an enemy position stuck in a key communication point, the vanguard does not have to go head-to-head with the devils when it encounters strong houses and strongholds.

All it was necessary to leave more troops than the Japanese to keep an eye on the enemy and prevent the enemy from running around.

The main force penetrated the wall and continued to penetrate forward, giving priority to occupying most of the city.

To be as pervasive as mercury, first disrupt the enemy's defensive formations, make them isolated and chaotic, and then capture the fortified positions one by one.

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Headquarters of the 1st Army, basement.

Looking at the battle reports that came back from the front line, Iwamatsu Yoshio closed his eyes in pain.

Without him, the main reason is that the defense line collapsed too quickly, and it can even be said that it collapsed at the touch of a button, and it could not stop the advance of the Eighth Route Army at all.

Although street fighting can shorten the gap between the two sides in hard power to a certain extent. But as more and more Eighth Route Army poured into Taiyuan City, the ratio of enemy and enemy forces had become 5:1.

Plus the omnipotent and ghostly artillery of heaven and earth.

The street fighting fortress that the samurai relied on to survive was no different from an urn, it was nothing more than a cremation when.

"How's the preparation of what I ordered?"

After hearing the words of his own commander, Hanaya took a step forward and came to the other party.

Compared to an hour, the old devil had a few more bandages on his body, and there was an obvious gunshot wound on his arm. After looking at the watch in his hand, he opened the folder and began to report:

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, you can rest assured."

"The bombs in the arsenal and granary were personally arranged by me, and there will be absolutely no problems."

"Count the time, it's almost going to explode."

As soon as the words fell, an earth-shattering explosion sounded in Taiyuan City, followed by a huge fireball rising into the air.

The blast wave shattered the remaining glass of the headquarters. The whole building was shaking, and the beams and columns were creaking, as if they were going to collapse at any moment.

Even Yoshio Iwamatsu, who was in the basement, could feel a strong tremor.

Watching the billowing smoke soar into the sky, both the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army lost their minds for a short time.

For the devils, blowing up the ammunition depot means that their commander has lost confidence, and the task of defending the city can basically be declared a failure.

For the Eighth Route Army, the soldiers did not feel sorry for the arms, but cared about the safety of the people.

After all, the life of the troops has long been rich, and unless it is a heavy grenade of more than 105 mm, it is not very distressing that ordinary Japanese weapons are destroyed.

Fortunately, there were not many munitions in the ammunition depot, and in order to firmly hold Taiyuan City, Iwamatsu Yoshio distributed a month's worth of ammunition to each stronghold and fortress.

Moreover, the ammunition depot is a military stronghold, and there are no civilians around.

A few seconds later, a huge amount of smoke rose from another spot as well. The munitions have been blown up, and the granaries are certainly not immune.

This made the soldiers feel distressed, and now the three major base areas, especially the northwest of Shanxi, are very short of food.

In the granary of the First Army, the military rations prepared for the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain were stored, which was enough for three independent mixed brigades and four B divisions to eat for a month.

Listening to the sound of gunfire from far to near, getting denser and denser, Iwamatsu Yoshio in the basement clenched his fists in despair.

As a high-ranking officer with lofty ambitions, he only felt that he was extremely aggrieved as the commander of the First Army in the past six months, and he could even be described as dying before leaving the division.

If there is a chance to choose again, he will definitely stay honestly at the commander of the 15th Division, and will definitely not wipe his ass for Yoshio Shinozuka.

What made Iwamatsu even more uncomfortable was that Taiyuan would become the first major city lost by the younger country since 1937, and it would also be garrisoned by the First Army.

As a lieutenant general commander, he may go to the history books for future generations to spurn.

And the commander on the other side, the war is simply terrifyingly stable.

Obviously, there were only 10,000 people left in the first army, and they still used five times the strength of the main attack, leaving no chance for themselves to break through.

"Report to the general, as you ordered, the arsenal and granaries have been destroyed."

"It's a pity that the factories in the city were captured in advance by an enemy of unknown origin, and we only destroyed 20%."

"If there are no orders, I hope to hold the gate of the headquarters with the last guards and buy you the last bit of time for Your Excellency Lieutenant General."

As soon as these words came out, Iwamatsu Yoshio was slightly moved.

Hua Guzheng, who was originally disgusted by dogs, actually looks a little pleasing to the eye.

Although the other party is a brainless reckless man, even at the last moment, he still maintains his loyalty to the locust, and he is a good senior general.

After thinking for a while, the old devil gave the last order in his life.

"Send a farewell telegram to the commander of the North China Front, General Okamura Ninji!"

The relieved expression on Hanayamasa's face flickered, and then he picked up the folder on the table and posed as a record.

"Our First Army and the Eighth Route Army fought fiercely for a day and a night, and the enemy dispatched ten times the force to launch a sea of people assault tactics. However, our troops insisted on resisting from beginning to end, did not surrender, and did not do anything to dishonor our brother's country. ”

"However, the reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, and the first army is difficult to defeat with two fists and four hands. Our department has decided to fight to the last man to repay the favor of the locusts! Long live Your Majesty the Locust, long live your brother country! ”

"That's all, send the telegram. I agree with you to go to the front and hold the gates of the headquarters. But it is necessary to destroy all the important data of the communication equipment first. ”

There are many unsightly things in the First Army, such as the hospital that was attacked by Zheng Yingqi and Li Yunlong.

The hospital not only used living people as materials, but also conducted many experiments that were banned internationally. If those reports are obtained by the Eighth Route Army, there will definitely be many unfavorable factors.

"Hey!"

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, take care!"

Hanaya stood upright and bowed his head heavily, turned around and walked towards the communication room next door.

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After a full thirteen hours of fierce fighting, the two major groups in the east and south had successfully divided the enemy into four separate areas.

The northern group, which was in charge of the feint, also crossed the moat under the leadership of the commander of the 10th Brigade Fan, and entered the city through the Zhenyuan Gate and the Gongji Gate.

The fighters of the nine brigades, under the guidance of the workers' pickets and part of the civilian population, began to liquidate the remnants of the First Army in an orderly manner.

At present, the headquarters of Yoshio Iwamatsu has been surrounded by the 772nd regiment. It's just that Cheng Blind was not in a hurry to attack, but was waiting for the brigade commander's order.

Half an hour later, the commander-in-chief of the operation was on the scene.

"Commander-in-chief, in front of you is the headquarters of the First Army. Do you think we are going to go in and try to capture some of the middle and high-ranking generals of the Japanese army alive, or do we just open fire? ”

After hearing Cheng Blind's inquiry, the brigade commander raised his binoculars and looked at the situation by the light of the fire.

At present, with the building of the headquarters, the devil has built some civil fortifications to fight the trapped beasts. If the infantry had simply relied on the infantry, the casualties of the soldiers would have been quite large.

Although he entered the headquarters of the First Army, capturing Iwamatsu Yoshio alive was the dream of every commander of the whole army. But if the price to pay is too great, then it is completely unnecessary.

What's more, on the side of the border area, there is already a prisoner at the rank of lieutenant general.

Coupled with Anda Twenty-Three's performance in the Anti-War Alliance, the brigade commander quickly made a decision.

"Let's shoot directly, the lieutenant general of the Japanese army is not so easy to catch. There is a high probability that Yoshio Iwamatsu has committed suicide, and there is no need for the soldiers to make meaningless sacrifices. ”

"Do we have enough shells? If you really can't do it, just wait, the battle is at this point, and it won't be worse than an hour or two. ”

As the main force of the 386th Brigade, the 772nd Regiment has a very strong family background.

In addition to the three infantry battalions that were considered overstaffed in the European theater, Cheng Blind also spent half a year piecing together an artillery battalion.

Hearing the commander-in-chief's order, he beckoned back. The battalion commander of the artillery battalion immediately entered the position with a Type 92 infantry gun, three Miss 75 and twelve mortars of different calibers.

"Comrades! Did you hear the commander-in-chief's orders? ”

"Next, all the remaining shells are fired, and let's give Yoshio Iwamatsu, an old devil, a beautiful one."

For the strength of Cheng Blind, the brigade commander is still very confident. What's more, the First Army was only a candle in the wind, and it was only a matter of time before it was victorious.

As if thinking of something funny, he called the correspondent who had been following him.

"Send a telegram to the deputy commander-in-chief and ask him to help me bring a message to the old man in the southwestern capital."

"Let's just say that everywhere my department goes, the people wholeheartedly welcome it, which is really a good time! Do you envy that kind of realm of vitality and competition? ”

(End of chapter)