The Mulan cannon is indeed a powerful weapon in street fighting barricades. Since there are a large number of houses and ruins as cover, the Mulan artillery team can easily find the attack position. The attack distance is tens of meters, and experienced gunners can do it with their eyes closed. hit.
Gunner Gao Dawei took out a fire point on the left wing with one shot, and the deputy gunner quickly filled the Mulan cannon with shells;
Before Gao Dawei could aim at the second point of fire, a sinister bullet hit him between the eyebrows, and Gao Dawei fell headlong.
"Everyone, be careful, there are snipers!"
As soon as Platoon Leader Zhou finished speaking, another bullet flew from a distance and hit his chest.
The snipers of the second company quickly locked the position of the Japanese sharpshooter, but this Japanese was very cunning. After firing two shots, he no longer showed his head, as if he had never appeared.
The remaining Japanese machine gun was still firing wildly, suppressing the second company. A heavy machine gun and a sharpshooter suppressed the attack of a company.
Hua Mulan's deputy shooter carefully took the Hua Mulan cannon from the squad leader's hand, and an ammunition hand quickly came up to temporarily replace the deputy shooter.
The deputy shooter knew that the Japanese sharpshooters were still there and that as soon as he fired, he would be hit immediately by the Japanese sharpshooters, but he still fired at the Japanese machine gun positions without hesitation;
One shot removed the enemy's firepower and eliminated a heavy machine gun group of enemy soldiers. A smile of victory appeared on his face.
"Goodbye, Mom!"
He seemed to have seen a bullet flying towards him at high speed, so fast that he gave up avoiding it, and his life was frozen in this moment of victory.
Almost at the same time, another bullet passed through the hustle and bustle, accurately hit the Japanese sharpshooter, and sent his sinful soul to the eighteenth level of hell.
After taking away the Japs' machine gun fire, the Japs were unable to suppress the Second Company's attack;
The second company commander waved his hand, and two squads of commandos rushed forward, throwing grenades into the barricade one by one. After a series of explosions, the commandos rushed behind the barricade bunker and shot the Japanese lying on the ground one by one.
At this point, another barricade defense line was taken, and a Japanese squad was annihilated. The second company also suffered more than 20 casualties.
The second company commander had no time to grieve and arranged to evacuate the wounded and fallen comrades before continuing the attack in depth;
Dozens of minutes later, gunfire rang out again, and the two sides once again fought together. There was no shortcut in street fighting, just pushing through street by street.
As long as the Japanese resist, the fighting between the two sides will not stop.
The mission of the first battalion was to fight all the way from the south gate to the north gate along the main street. The second and third battalions guarded the two wings of the first battalion, keeping a distance of about 100 meters from the first battalion.
The Second Regiment and the Third Regiment followed behind, responsible for consolidating and expanding the results.
Although there are no shortcuts in street fighting, there are still many tactical options. What the Second Brigade adopted was to break through from the middle and cut the Japanese in the city in half;
Then it was divided into two parts, and the first and third brigades on both wings were used to cut the Japanese into a grid, and the last grid was cleaned one by one.
This is also a commonly used style of play. This style of play is more difficult to fight in the early stage. Once the enemy is cut off, it will be much easier to fight later.
The assault regiment has the heaviest task, and the deeper it advances, the greater the resistance it encounters;
Their centripetal assault put a lot of pressure on the Japanese. If they were allowed to break through like this, they would reach the location of the Japanese division headquarters in a few days.
Shimen is a big city, and there are tens of thousands of Japs. This kind of street fighting cannot end in three or five days. The street fighting in Josephgrad has been going on for half a year, and now there is no sign of it ending.
The Black Bear Special Envoy was also paying attention to the war in North China. He could see that the Chinese offensive did not fool them, so he did not keep urging.
Chu Xiong did not rush the various ministries. The task had been assigned. How to fight was the next thing. The joint command could only wait patiently.
Qilu Province is still encircling but not fighting, and the Japanese have not broken out. They all seem to be waiting for the outcome of Shimen;
The North China Front Army did not send any more reinforcements to Shimen, which was meaningless. The Chinese people wished they would send more troops to Yancheng, so that the subsequent battle of Yancheng would be easier to fight.
Everyone seemed to have reached a tacit understanding. The Japanese wanted to see if they could defend the city with all their might;
The various departments of the Eighth Route Army also need to use the Shimen Battle to shock the Japanese in other cities and make them recognize the reality. The Eighth Route Army is fully capable of taking down heavily fortified cities.
Then they will use military and political offensives to force the Japanese to give up their illusions of clinging to defense and force them to withdraw from North China.
Such attacks on one city after another will destroy the whole of China. This is not what the Eighth Route Army and the people across the country want to see.
Not only North China, but the entire China's counterattack can adopt this model. As long as the Japanese are willing to withdraw, China will let them go. This can preserve China's vitality to the greatest extent.
The street fighting in Shimen City has been going on for a week, and both sides have paid a heavy price. The Japanese division headquarters is in a gloomy mood. The sound of gunfire is getting closer and closer to them, and all their troops have been sent out, leaving only A guard squadron.
It was another sleepless night. Lieutenant General Hayashi Taro once again summoned the captains of all the regiments for a meeting. Colonel Minami Genzo looked unshaven, like a savage, and had long lost his previous vigor;
His 110th Regiment has suffered more than half casualties, and other regiments have also suffered many casualties. No one knows exactly how many people were killed or wounded and how many were left. They just heard the sound of gunfire getting closer and closer.
Lin Fangtaro had given up hope of leaving the city alive. The Eighth Route Army had made it clear that it would not accept the surrender of anyone in the 110th Division. They must be responsible for destroying the Shimen.
Captain Minamizu said fiercely:
"Bagaya Road, the imperial army should drive the residents of the city together to use as human shields, and let the entire Shimen be buried with the 110th Division!"
Lin Fangtaro looked at Captain Minakura with disgust in his eyes, and said coldly:
"Mizumi-kun, the imperial army can lose, or it can kill every last man. This is the glory of the warriors!
Treating civilians as human shields is something only a coward can do. This is an insult to our 110th Division. As the division commander, I will not allow this to happen;
You are a soldier, not an animal. Soldiers must have the dignity of a soldier. "
This time, the other captains did not side with Captain Minamizu. They also believed that this was detrimental to their dignity and was meaningless.
At least so far, the Chinese have only announced that they will not accept their surrender, but they have not declared them as war criminals, which means that their family will not be held accountable.
No one can predict what will happen in the future. It's enough to risk your own life by being loyal to the empire, but you can't risk your family's future as well;
They are all middle- and senior-level officers, not lowly soldiers. They must consider more.
The captain of the 139th Wing stood up and said:
“The two armies are fighting each other according to their own abilities. Before the war, the Chinese had left a way for the 110th Division to retreat;
Since you all have chosen to be loyal to the empire, let the guns speak. We have never thought about surrendering. That is an insult to the imperial army!
Let us preserve the last dignity of our soldiers, fight bloody battles with the Chinese until the last man, dye the army flag red with our blood, and see you in the ghost toilet of the country of Jingguo! "
A few hundred meters away, under the night, a group of ghosts were surrounding the 110th Division headquarters...
