Major General Kawasaki was afraid that the cooked duck would escape from his mouth, so he quickly ordered: "Then why are you still standing here?"
"The lurking troops in the east of the city will attack immediately."
"Kill the Eighth Route Army entering the city and cooperate with the city defense troops to block the gap in the city wall."
"The Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong won't give us a chance to hit them hard. It's not bad if we can kill three or four hundred Eighth Route Army in one direction." Cun Shang Zhong Zuo took the order with a sigh of relief: "I'll make arrangements now."... Chengdong On the battlefield, more than 300 Eighth Route Army troops were rapidly advancing in platoon units.
Looking down from the air, these commandos directly formed a semi-encirclement circle centered on the gap in the city wall.
As time passed by, the radius of the encirclement circle became larger and larger. Li Yunlong stood on the top of the city that his men had just captured. Holding a telescope, he could clearly see every move of the attacking troops.
"Da da da... Dongdongdong..." A burst of intense firefight suddenly erupted on the battlefield more than 200 meters due west.
The commando offensive was immediately blocked. Dozens of little devils with rifles and machine guns were rushing around the commandos, as if they wanted to gather the commandos in the city and annihilate them.
In less than a minute, other commandos were also counterattacked by the little devils. The excited expression on Li Yunlong's face was quickly replaced by seriousness, and he analyzed with a stern face.
"Xiao Huang is right, Kawasaki has indeed prepared a trap for us in the city."
"But he wants to kill my commando team with a few hundred people, so he's a little naive." After saying that, he ordered with a murderous look on his face: "All the commando team retreated fifty meters and turned to defense on the spot."
"The artillerymen immediately set up the thunder cannon and aimed at the position fifty to one hundred meters in front of the defense line."
"When you see three flares, throw the explosive package at the target."
"Let's see who is more powerful, the kid, or my explosive bag."......
"Retreat...machine gun cover, others move back..." a platoon leader of the attacking force ordered.
"Click, click, click...boom..." The machine gunner had just fired seven or eight bullets, and one roared towards him, hitting him right next to the machine gun.
The gunfire stopped suddenly, and the machine gunner and assistant shooter were all blown over. There was blood at the corners of their mouths, and they fell to the ground motionless.
The platoon leader hunched over and touched the machine gun. After confirming that the machine gun was still usable, he grabbed the crooked handle and moved it to the side, loading bullets into the machine gun magazine while moving it.
After the shells were behind a broken wall, the Soviet Union set up a crooked handle, put his shoulder on the butt of the gun, loaded the bullet, and opened fire on the two Japanese who were outflanking.
In less than two seconds, six bullets were fired from a long point. Lift the crooked handle with one hand and quickly move it backwards.
He had just ran seven or eight steps when a violent explosion sounded behind him, and the shock wave that swept through him almost knocked him to the ground.
Withdrawing behind a broken wall, the platoon leader set up a crooked stick and killed two more Japs before finally successfully retreating to the defense line.
There were more than twenty riflemen left among the thirty, and they were already scattered and hiding behind the ruins and broken walls. They were holding their guns and aiming through the crosshairs at the oncoming Japs.
Not to be outdone, the platoon leader hid behind a pile of ruins. The black barrel of the machine gun stretched out through the cracks in the ruins. He slightly adjusted the shooting angle, and a Japanese machine gun team was immediately put into the crosshairs by him.
"Fire..." the platoon leader ordered loudly, and the crooked handle in his hand roared at the same time.
"Stop the little devil in front of you at all costs."
"Dongdongdong..." Not far away, a heavy machine gun commanded by the company commander himself also joined the battle, and bullets flew out like rain.
The dozen or so little devils who faced him were like ripe wheat, being cut to the ground in an instant. The sudden blocking fire finally contained the Japanese fortifications and blocked them fifty or sixty meters in front of the formation.
But everyone understands. This deadlock cannot last long. Wait for the heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars equipped by the little devils to move into place and join the battle.
With the strength of the Japanese gunners, they will definitely be able to quickly destroy the firepower points on the Eighth Route Army's defense line. At that time, the initiative on the battlefield will return to the hands of the Japanese.
Several company and platoon leaders were worried, thinking about how to break the situation and hold their positions. A series of duller explosions suddenly sounded behind them.
When I looked up, I saw dozens of explosive packets the size of millstones rolling over everyone's heads and hitting the little devil.
"Rumble..." A thunderous explosion sounded soon, and orange-red fireballs rose into the sky, forming huge mushroom clouds in front of everyone's eyes.
The air wave quickly swept around, and the nearby houses and courtyard walls were directly overturned. There were also many little devils who were blown away and turned into soft corpses when they landed.
"It's a flying thunder cannon..." The first battalion commander was the first to react and shouted with excitement.
"It must be the regimental commander who asked the thunder cannon to support us at close range."
"The little devil over there is finished."
"Everyone's eyes were wide open because they saw the little devil and opened fire without asking for permission."
"I want to annihilate all the Japanese who just counterattacked us."
"Avenge the fallen comrades."
"Boom..." The second round of explosive packs fell quickly, continuing to consume the few little devils produced on the battlefield.
Before the explosion was completely over, the loud charge horn sounded directly on the battlefield.
"Comrades, charge with me and annihilate all the little Japs. Kill them..." The battalion commander took the lead and rushed out of the bunker. The box cannon in his hand turned into a crooked handle at some point, hung on his chest and used as a submachine gun, charging forward while holding fire.
"Kill..." A group of company and platoon commanders rushed out of their positions and headed straight for the ruins that had just been blown up by the thunder cannon.
......... On the east side of the city, the Japanese captain kept retreating, leaving only a section of the city wall more than 300 meters long still under his control.
There are fewer troops. The city head was bare. Faced with the combined attack of Eighth Route Army mortars and heavy machine guns, the men had no way to hide and suffered heavy losses.
The only hope lies in the ambush in the city. As long as they join the battle in time, eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the city, and recapture the gaps in the city wall, they can keep the city head.
Otherwise, tonight will be the day of his death. Seeing the latent troops suddenly joining the battle, he took action and killed the Eighth Route Army in the city to retreat continuously.
The captain was in a very good mood and seemed to have seen the outcome of the Eighth Route Army's defeat at Baoding East Gate. As a result, the good mood lasted only five minutes and was shattered by an explosion.
He was all too familiar with the explosion that had just occurred. Since defending the east of the city, the Eighth Route Army has used this weapon more than once, and each time it took away a large number of lives of its subordinates.
I never expected that the Eighth Route Army would send this weapon into the city to attack lurking troops at close range.
The killing radius of the explosive pack is very large. Even if there is a courtyard wall blocking it, the powerful shock wave can still kill people.
Although the captain did not personally visit the battlefield, he could imagine the tragic scene after the latent troops were attacked by dozens of explosive packets.
