At the west gate of Taiyuan, hundreds of Japanese and puppet troops were waiting, all scattered on the city walls to prevent the Eighth Route Army from sneak attacks.
"Boom..." A flare slowly rose into the sky, and the dark city was instantly illuminated into daylight.
Several little Japanese officers quickly raised their binoculars and looked outside the city.
Everything was quiet and there was no movement.
It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the raid that Iwamatsu Yoshio judged had not happened yet.
"Rumble..."
At this moment, a thunderous explosion suddenly spread in the east of the city. The garrison in the west of the city was several kilometers away from them, but they could still hear it clearly.
Dazzling flames soared from the ground and instantly illuminated half of the sky east of the city.
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
The explosions became louder and louder, and fierce firefights sounded there at the same time. Once you heard it, you knew that the Eighth Route Army wanted to break through Taiyuan from the east of the city again.
The Japanese captain stationed at the west gate was delighted at first, and then snorted coldly.
"The Eighth Route Army is too arrogant..."
"Although they blasted several gaps in the east part of the city, it is relatively easy to break through."
"But that's where the largest number of troops are stationed."
"Your Excellency, Commander, has long been on guard against the Eighth Route Army's attack."
"Almost all the mobile troops in the city are concentrated in the east of the city."
"As long as the Eighth Route Army dares to go there, they will definitely be beaten to death."
For more than an hour, except for the increasingly fierce sound of firefights coming from the east side of the city, there was no movement from the other two directions in the west side of the city and Taiyuan.
Especially after hearing the news that the Eighth Route Army had almost attacked the city east of the city, everyone, including Yoshio Iwamatsu, firmly believed that the east of the city was the Eighth Route Army's main attack direction.
"Sir..."
The radio operator suddenly walked up to the captain of the garrison in the west of the city with a solemn expression.
"Your Excellency, the Commander, has an urgent call..."
"The Eighth Route Army used a large number of artillery and thunder cannons to attack the city head..."
"They also used aviation fuel to make some napalm bombs and used thunder cannons to throw them at the top of the city, blowing up a large area."
"The active areas in the east part of the city are covered in fire, making it impossible to defend."
"About one company of the Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to attack the city and are expanding the breach."
"It is difficult to drive the enemy out only by garrisoning troops in the east of the city."
"The headquarters requires each of the west, south and north of the city to deploy a reinforced squadron to march urgently to reinforce the east of the city and be sure to repel the Eighth Route Army's attack."
"As long as we hold on tonight and tomorrow night, the reinforcements from northwestern Shanxi will be able to reach the outside of Taiyuan City, cooperate with the garrison in the city to attack the Eighth Route Army outside the city from both inside and outside, and eliminate them."
There is no Eighth Route Army attack in the west of the city. Instead of letting the troops sit idle at the top of the city, it is better to let them go to the east of the city to gain some military exploits.
The captain immediately sent out his reserve team without any hesitation.
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At the enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in the east of the city, Li Yunlong's face was happy again.
"Hahaha……"
"Xiao Huang is so amazing. A few barrels of aviation fuel were modified by him and turned into a deadly weapon against the little devils."
"I was once bombed by a Japanese incendiary bomb. It was an uncomfortable experience."
"Today we will also let the little devil have a taste of roast suckling pig."
"Send twenty more gasoline bombs to the thunder artillery unit and throw them all on top of the city so that the little devils can't use the city defenses and have to retreat to the city."
The so-called gasoline bombs were an idea that Huang Yu came up with after he seized a large amount of aviation fuel at Taiyuan Airport.
The Eighth Route Army had already had experience in making Molotov cocktails.
Using the principle of the Molotov cocktail, hit the fuel into the special container, use the thunder cannon to launch it to the top of the city and explode it, then ignite the fuel, and a large area of the city will be covered in flames in an instant.
Although the power is not as powerful as real incendiary bombs, it is particularly useful on bare city walls.
During the attack just now, many little Japs were engulfed in the fire caused by petrol bombs.
There were also a large number of little devils who were forced to evacuate the city wall by the fire.
The fewer imps on the wall, the less pressure there will be on the attacking troops to attack the city.
"Boom boom boom..."
There were a lot of fires on the top of the city, which were all the work of petrol bombs.
Six tanks took the opportunity to launch an assault and sent an infantry company to the gap in the city wall.
"Captain..."
The correspondent rushed to Li Yunlong in a hurry.
"The Japanese built a new defense line in the city with the gap in the city wall as the center. If our troops are blocked in the gap, they will be killed if they show up, and the troops will not be able to rush in at all."
"How far is the defense line from the gap...how many little Japs are guarding there?" Li Yunlong quickly spread out the city defense map, found the gap that had been blown open, and asked seriously.
"There are at least 600 people at a distance of 70 to 80 meters. They are equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns. The firepower is extremely fierce. The entire gap is covered by a hail of bullets. If you raise your head, you will be beaten into a sieve."
"There are a large number of little devils behind to reinforce the defense line, at least three squadrons."
"Hahaha..." After hearing this, Li Yunlong smiled happily instead of getting angry.
"Well done..."
"Since the little devil Baba is rushing to give us his head, it would be a shame for them not to accept it."
"Pass my order..."
"All the mortars and thunder cannons were moved and set up behind the gap in the city wall. I aimed at the Japanese army's temporary defense line and smashed it with artillery shells."
"All the Japanese and puppet troops who have reached the east gate should stay with me. Don't let any of them escape."
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When Li Yunlong set out to severely damage the Japanese and puppet troops in the east of the city, Huang Yu, who had been lurking in the west of the city, finally started to take action.
"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
The six mountain cannons were the first to speak, and the screaming shells hit the city head steadily.
The fighting just happened, and more than twenty mortars were also put into battle.
Compared with mountain artillery, they have a faster rate of fire.
The shells were like rain, hitting the city top one after another, setting off seas of fire.
"Rumble..."
Twelve tanks and armored vehicles suddenly rushed out of their hiding place, roaring and rushing towards the city wall at very fast speeds.
A battalion of infantry immediately joined the battle, forming units and merely following behind the tanks.
There were also many mine gunners carrying gasoline barrels and advancing towards the city wall.
"Baga... Why are there so many Eighth Route Army troops here..." the captain shouted with a look of shock on his face.
At the same time, he threw himself on the ground to avoid a mortar shell that hit him not far away.
He continued to shout: "Hidden..."
"Except for the guard post, everyone else evacuated the city wall to avoid artillery fire..."
"Captain, we can't evacuate..." Before the captain even got up from the ground after giving the order, objections rang in his ears.
"The Eighth Route Army has begun to attack..."
"At least ten tanks rushed towards us... followed by a large number of infantry."
"Evacuating the city now is tantamount to giving up the west part of the city."
The captain quickly climbed behind the battlements and looked out of the city through the shooting holes.
Twelve chariots have rushed to a position eight or nine hundred meters outside the city.
The densely packed Eighth Route Army offensive troops could not see the end at a glance.
After taking a look at the flames rising around him and the soldiers being blown away, he finally understood why the casualties of the garrison in the east of the city were greater than those of the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops.
