The captain shook his head and looked at the adjutant who replied dully: "We can't break out!"
"There are only more than 150 troops stationed in each direction of the county. A lot of people must have been killed in the artillery raid just now. Even if the other directions of the county are still in our hands, the number of troops is less than 100, and they are all called the Imperial Alliance Army. Lord!"
"They can still fight if they rely on the city fortifications to hold on to their position; if you ask them to abandon the fortifications and rush out of the county to fight the Eighth Route Army, don't even think about it!"
"Immediately distribute weapons and ammunition to all the soldiers and officers in the headquarters, and prepare for a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army... The city is alive and the people are alive, but the city is dead and the people are dead!"
"It's over..." The adjutant collapsed on the ground, his face full of despair.
The atmosphere in the command center became increasingly depressed, and many people's faces turned pale.
"Da da da……"
The sound of light machine gun fire suddenly sounded at the entrance of the headquarters. A guard ran in in a panic and shouted to the commander from a distance: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army has reached the headquarters!"
"They have too many troops and very strong offensive firepower. We are no match for us. You must move immediately. If you don't leave, it will be too late... Ta-ta-ta..."
As soon as the guard finished speaking, the sound of machine gun fire rang out behind him, and then he fell with a plop at the door of the war room, with two bloody holes on his back that kept bleeding out.
"Bang bang... bang bang..."
The sound of grenade explosions sounded in the front yard of the headquarters at the same time. The two guards wanted to go out to fight. As soon as they rushed to the door and didn't have time to raise their guns, the air wave generated by the explosion of grenades instantly overturned them...
"Da da da……"
The sound of machine gun fire was getting closer, and bullets flew through the windows and whizzed into the war room.
The desperate adjutant was the first to be shot. Two bullets passed through his chest. Blood gushed out like a fountain. He fell to the ground and stopped moving.
The captain was thrown to the ground by a guard, and the bullet flew past his scalp, almost causing his head to explode.
But his luck ended there.
Just as he was about to get up from the ground, four grenades with white smoke flew in from the front door, and one of the grenades rolled right next to him.
The guard who tackled the captain tried to kick it away, but the grenade gave him no chance.
Before he could take a step, a ball of fire rose up in front of his eyes, and a thunderous explosion sounded at the same time, and then he collapsed to the ground unconscious.
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The city dozens of kilometers away was also very lively, with rifles, mortars, mountain artillery... it was like a symphony that had not stopped since half an hour ago.
Huang Qi, the commander of the third battalion of the Duer Regiment, suddenly became the commander of the Mancheng Defense Regiment.
After clearing the strongholds outside the city with lightning speed, they launched a siege that night.
He had about the same amount of troops as Deng Jingye, but he got lucky while clearing the strongholds outside the city. He rescued more than 400 prisoners of war from one stronghold who were about to be escorted to Peiping.
They come from several battlefields and are all veterans who are unwilling to join the puppet army and become traitors.
After rescuing them, Huang Qi begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother, and tried every means to persuade them to join the garrison. In addition, he recruited several local guerrillas, and the total strength of the city's garrison was suddenly expanded from 200 to 800. They are all veterans who can immediately go to the battlefield.
The troops are there, the equipment is there, and there are several mountain cannons and infantry cannons to help out.
There were less than 500 troops stationed throughout the city including the puppet troops. Morale was low and the morale of the troops was disorganized.
Comparing the two sides, apart from the terrain advantage, all other advantages lie with the garrison.
Huang Qi made a plan in his mind, and without doing anything fancy, he directly pulled the main force of the regiment outside the city and stormed the city.
Half an hour later, the city had been bombed into a mess, and there were dilapidated gaps everywhere.
The corpses of the Japanese and puppet soldiers who were killed by the bombing fell on it in various postures, and many corpses were hung directly on the top of the city. It was too horrible to see.
The surviving Japanese and puppet troops were hiding behind the intact battlements. Except for the Japanese troops who were desperately shooting outside the city, the puppet troops were all trembling with fear. Unless the little Japs pointed their guns at them, they had to fire two shots outside. As for whether there were After hitting the target, only God knows where the bullet went.
Many Eighth Route Army troops also fell outside the city wall, but the offensive morale of the troops was not affected at all.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the city have become exhausted, and there are not many left. As long as everyone works harder, it will be a matter of time to take over the county seat.
Moreover, the war has been going on so far, and the city's garrison still has no trump card.
"Bring me the thunder cannon!" Huang Qi decided to make a surprise move and use another attack to capture Mancheng County.
This was modified by him using gasoline barrels captured during the stronghold raids.
Previously, there were many Japanese and puppet troops in the city, and they also had mortars to assist them. If they used the thunder cannons rashly, not only would they not be able to cause a fatal attack on the Japanese and puppet troops, the Japanese mortars would also destroy the thunder cannons immediately, which would easily cost the wife. Discard troops.
In this way, the flying thunder cannon will not be able to play its trump card.
It's different now.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the city were dead and injured, and almost all the soldiers who could still fight were concentrated on the top of the city.
As long as one round of thunder cannon fire severely damages the Japanese and puppet troops on top of the city, even if they are bombed by Japanese mortars, they will not be able to block those gaps. The attacking troops will be able to take advantage of the situation to attack the city and capture the entire city. .
"Fire...boom, boom, boom..." Huang Qi's order sounded at the same time as the sound of the thunder cannon firing.
Eight millstone-sized explosive packets were pushed out of the gasoline barrel by the air wave generated by the burning gunpowder, and rolled towards the city.
After the round of shooting was completed, the soldiers on the side immediately put the second propellant into the gasoline barrel, covered it with a wooden board, placed the explosive package, and finally lit the propellant fuse...
"Rumble..."
A series of earth-shaking explosions rang out on the west wall of the city. Three of the explosive charges hit the top of the city, and an orange-red fireball rose into the sky, reaching a height of more than ten meters.
It is conceivable that with the impact point as the center, all the Japanese and puppet troops within a dozen meters on the left and right sides must have been killed. Even if they did not die on the spot, they would lose their combat effectiveness...
As soon as the second round of explosive charges was launched, dozens of gunners dropped their thunder cannons and retreated as fast as they could...
"Boom boom boom..."
Just after running a few dozen meters, the sound of artillery shell explosions sounded behind them. The two thunder cannons were blown away instantly, and the barrel of one of the thunder cannons was blown to pieces, making it useless...
If the gunners had not withdrawn in time, the artillery fire coverage just now would definitely cause them huge casualties.
When the flying thunder artillery position was baptized by Japanese artillery fire, the entire city had turned into a hell on earth.
The second round of explosives also had one that hit the top of the city. Together with the three explosives that hit the top of the city just now, a section of more than 200 meters long no man's land was blasted directly at the top of the city...
"Blow the charge... The entire regiment, starting from myself down, launches an attack, striving to capture the county seat in one assault... Charge..." Huang Qi held up the box cannon and rushed out of the bunker first.
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