The captain breathed a sigh of relief.
The first round of artillery fire scared him.
Explosive packets the size of millstones fell from the sky like rain. In the thunderous explosion, two to three hundred subordinates disappeared in an instant.
According to this rate of loss, the more than 1,500 garrison troops stationed in the east of the city would be completely killed or injured only by the explosive packets fired by the Wulun flying thunder cannon.
Fortunately, the chief of staff issued a retreat order in time, which reduced the casualties of the troops to the current sixty or seventy people.
Otherwise, I won’t be able to defend the east gate even if I am powerful.
Immediately ordered: "From now on, a maximum of four hundred people will come up to the city. The amount of losses on the battlefield will be replenished from the city."
"Let everyone be more alert and keep an eye on the Eighth Route Army outside the city."
"Prevent them from attacking the city with their chariot skills."
"If the Eighth Route Army dispatches infantry, report to me immediately."
After saying that, he sat down on the ammunition box.
He was too nervous just now, but now that he has finally solved the problem, he decided to relax.
As a result, before his butt was still hot, a new round of explosions reached his ears again.
Compared with just now, the explosion at this moment was much smaller in both sound and power.
"Captain, we were attacked by mortars from the Eighth Route Army." A second lieutenant reported in a loud voice.
This incident made the captain nervous again, and his nervous heart was in his throat at the same time.
The Eighth Route Army did not use the good flying thunder cannons, but suddenly switched to less powerful mortars to attack the city. There must be an unknown conspiracy in this.
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He immediately poked his head out of the crenellation, trying to figure out the real purpose of the Eighth Route Army's sudden change in fighting style.
"Dongdongdong...ta da da..."
Dozens of machine gun flames immediately erupted from the offensive position two hundred meters away.
Densely packed bullets flew towards us, most of them were blocked by the battlements, causing sparks to fly from the brick walls, while a few flew up to the top of the city close to the battlements.
A few unlucky ones were lucky enough to be hit and fell into a pool of blood screaming.
This accident made the captain feel even more uneasy.
The city defense troops hid behind the battlements, and no matter how hard the Eighth Route Army's light and heavy machine guns fired, they could not injure a few people.
Their current combat goal is to consume the troops garrisoned at the city head.
Light and heavy machine gun fire obviously cannot achieve this purpose.
But the Eighth Route Army did so.
There must be a conspiracy that I don't know about.
"The Eighth Route Army came out..." A cry of surprise brought him back to reality.
In the offensive position outside the city, more than 300 Eighth Route Army troops suddenly rushed out of the trenches, divided into three groups, and simultaneously launched an attack on the city gate and the city walls on both sides.
The troops were distributed in skirmish lines, armed with rifles and machine guns, and their assault speed was extremely fast.
In the blink of an eye, he rushed forward ten or twenty meters.
The captain was fooled by Li Yunlong's actions.
Didn't it mean that the Eighth Route Army would not storm Baoding tonight and would only use artillery fire to consume the city defense troops? What happened to the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops that suddenly appeared outside the city?
He felt that he had been tricked by the Eighth Route Army again.
Quickly order: "Start grabbing..."
"All the remaining troops opened fire. We must use the strongest firepower to repel them."
"The Eighth Route Army must not be allowed to get close to the city wall."
This sentence was added temporarily by the captain. He saw many soldiers holding explosive bags among the attacking troops.
In case they rush to the foot of the city wall, or rush into the city gate.
Seven or eight explosive bags combined can blast a large hole in the city wall.
City defenses are another trump card he uses to defend the east gate. If a gap is blown through the city wall, making this trump card useless, his chances of defending the east gate will be reduced by at least 30%.
"Da da da... dong dong dong..."
The sound of intensive firefights immediately sounded in the captain's ears. The captain himself also set up a light machine gun, put his shoulder on the butt of the gun, loaded the bullets, and fired wildly at the Eighth Route Army outside the city.
"Pa bang bang..."
Several bullets were fired head-on, hitting the battlements in front of them hard, sending rubble flying everywhere.
The captain was so frightened that he quickly squatted down and retracted his head.
The bullet just now could have passed through the shooting hole ten centimeters lower and hit his head.
Not everyone of the soldiers who were firing on the city had such good luck.
In just ten seconds, eight or nine people fell around him, most of them light and heavy machine gunners.
The main force of the garrison in the east of the city was hiding in the city and standing still. There were only more than 300 people at the top of the city, equipped with more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns.
The Eighth Route Army outside the city was equipped with thirty or forty light and heavy machine guns. Relying on their numerical advantage, two machine guns fired at one machine gun at the top of the city.
Even if the Japanese had the battlements to hide, casualties would still be inevitable.
This is only what he saw with his own eyes. There must be more casualties that he did not see.
The east gate city wall is very long. It is also night now. You can see at most a hundred meters away with your eyes, but you can't see clearly any further away.
Faced with this dangerous situation, the captain became anxious.
Immediately, he forgot the military order from the headquarters that only 30% of the troops should be left at the top of the city, and ordered behind him with an anxious look on his face.
"No, the Eighth Route Army has begun to storm the city."
"The troops at the top of the city are limited and the firepower is too poor. They will definitely not be able to stop the Eighth Route Army's siege troops."
"Immediately notify the troops in the city to go to the city wall to join the battle."
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In the offensive position of the only regiment, Li Yunlong was holding a telescope and staring at the city head motionless.
Judging the strength of troops by firepower is his most basic quality as a soldier.
Seeing that the casualties of the attacking troops were increasing, and the city wall was getting closer and closer, but the counterattack firepower on the top of the city did not increase, he became anxious.
I was afraid that the Japanese and puppet troops at the top of the city would not be fooled.
In this case, the sacrifice of the sheep attacking troops will be in vain.
Just when he was hesitating whether to withdraw the sheep attacking troops, the heavy machine gun fire points at the city head suddenly increased by two, and the light machine gun fire points also increased by four or five.
He looked happy and ordered with excitement: "The reinforcements of the little devils are coming to the top of the city."
"The thunder artillery unit is ready to fire."
"Light up immediately after receiving the order to fire."
"We must not let the Japanese and puppet troops escape this time."
When giving the order, Li Yunlong's attention never left the city.
He wanted to wait until all the Japanese and puppet reinforcements arrived on the city before opening fire.
At that time, the density of personnel was the highest. As long as the thunder cannons were fired accurately, a single explosive pack could kill twenty or thirty Japanese and puppet troops.
The firepower of light and heavy machine guns on the city head is still increasing, which shows that the manpower on the city head is still increasing.
When the firepower of light and heavy machine guns will no longer increase, the flying thunder cannons will be able to start firing.
"Get ready..." Li Yunlong looked forward to the order.
"Fire the artillery...move after the shooting is over. Don't let the little Japanese artillery target you..."
"Rumble..."
The sound of explosions was heard endlessly. In just three seconds, more than fifty explosive packets were pushed out of the gasoline barrels and hit the city head at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Li Yunlong has seen the wonderful scene of the explosion of the thunder cannon more than once, and at this moment, he is still excited to see it.
I wish I could grab a machine gun and rush to the top of the city right now to kill the little devils quickly.
The captain of the Dongmen Little Devil Squadron looked angry, and his mood was completely opposite to Li Yunlong's.
I never expected that despite all the calculations, I would end up falling for the Eighth Route Army and suffer heavy losses.
Seeing his subordinates being blown away one after another, the pain in my heart was simply worse than being cut by a knife.
