Just as the Nanmen spy battalion's attack on the city was progressing smoothly, the East Gate of Heyuan County.
Zhang Dabiao, commander of the first battalion, also directed his men to attack.
However, he did not waste artillery shells like Yang Yuanshan, directly clearing the ground with artillery fire and storming the city gate.
Instead, they sent a small group of troops to feign an attack in the southeast direction, attracting the attention of the Japs on the East City Gate, and then bombarded the East City Gate with multiple Type 92 infantry cannons, and then sent death squads to charge and seize the city.
His battalion had a large number of people and good equipment, but the little devils, although they had the advantages of city walls and fortifications, and were in a commanding position, they were still beaten by them and were unable to fight back.
The first battalion of death squads could only be allowed to approach the city gate with explosive packs, and the city gate would soon be lost.
Zhang Dabiao saw that the situation on the battlefield was excellent, and immediately ordered with a smile:
"Correspondent, go report to the regimental commander that our battalion can take the east gate in at most one hour!"
"yes!"
…
However, as soon as the correspondent he sent left, he saw a large number of Japanese reinforcements suddenly appear on the east gate wall, at least seven or eight hundred people!
Seeing this situation, Zhang Dabiao suddenly became very upset——
Why are the reinforcements from this little devil so late or early?
Now that my bullshit has been blown out and I'm here immediately, what should I do?
Do we need to send someone to recover the correspondent from just now?
But at this time, the first battalion of suicide squads had already rushed to the city gate, planted the explosive packs, lit the fuse, and were running back as hard as they could.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
…
There were several loud noises in succession, and the little devil's city gate was blown away. Even the little devil on the wall was shaken and staggered, screaming again and again.
It looks like things are going great!
But Zhang Dabiao did not dare to order the entire battalion to take advantage of this golden opportunity to press forward and seize the city in one fell swoop.
——The little devil has gathered thousands of defensive troops. If his entire battalion charges now, they will only suffer heavy casualties in the narrow city gate.
If the little devil gets two heavy machine guns, he can make the soldiers lay dead in the field!
If Zhang Dabiao dared to fight such a stupid fight, he would definitely be punished severely by Li Yunlong later.
After hesitating for a second, he could only grit his teeth and order the siege soldiers to retreat slightly. Then, while feeling sorry for the shells, he used infantry cannons and heavy machine guns to suppress the little Japanese.
It's just that the defensive strength of the Little Japs is very sufficient now, and the quality of the gunners and the reserves of artillery shells of the first battalion are far inferior to those of the Secret Service Battalion, so it is impossible to launch an overwhelming offensive against the Little Japs.
For a while, the battle situation was at a stalemate.
The first battalion did not dare to attack the city gate, and the little devils were unable to destroy them.
…
Just when Zhang Dabiao was about to scratch his scalp, a soldier from the secret service camp suddenly ran over and reported:
"Reporting to Battalion Commander Zhang, our Company Commander Feng asked us to ask you if you need fire support?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Dabiao was immediately surprised and nodded quickly:
"of course yes!
Do your company's guns reach here? "
Of course he knew that, in addition to his first battalion, there were two anti-aircraft artillery batteries from the Secret Service Battalion deployed to the east. The soldier coming now was obviously from the Anti-aircraft Artillery Company of the Secret Service Battalion.
"Enough!
Our company commander said that if you need support, please give up the firing range in the 11 o'clock direction. Our artillery is deployed in that direction, which can give you ten minutes of fire support! "
"good!
Please report back to Company Commander Feng and start the bombardment in 15 minutes!
After the battle, I'll treat him to a drink! "
Zhang Dabiao promised overjoyed.
Ten minutes of shelling, what the hell is this concept?
Is this all the artillery support from the headquarters artillery regiment?
So generous!
The little devil has thousands of defenders. It will be good if there are still three to five hundred people left in ten minutes. At that time, if he presses all the battalion, he will definitely be able to easily capture the city gate.
"yes!"
The soldier quickly agreed, turned around and left.
Then Zhang Dabiao quickly directed the soldiers in the camp to get out of the way of firing, and be ready to charge immediately after the shelling was over.
Hearing him give such a strange order, the soldiers in the first battalion all talked about it and were very confused.
I thought he, the battalion commander, had a seizure.
The third company commander Hu Yong even came over and asked:
"Battal Commander, if we don't step up our attack on the city now, why are we still moving around?"
"What do you know?
I am planning to treat the little devil to a big dinner! "
Zhang Dabiao was having fun.
He had heard Li Yunlong talk about the shocking result of the secret service battalion leveling its anti-aircraft guns and wiping out a brigade of Japs. Of course, he would not underestimate the bombardment 15 minutes later.
Hu Yong looked confused and muttered:
"Big dinner? What kind of big dinner do we have?"
Did the regiment commander send an artillery battalion to help? "
"You kid, stop making wild guesses and move me quickly. You will naturally see my feast in 15 minutes!"
Zhang Dabiao was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and slapped him on the forehead.
Hu Yong felt a little aggrieved after being beaten, scratched his head and left, still very curious in his heart.
I secretly pondered in my mind: The battalion commander actually gave up on me, how embarrassing it was!
…
It is said that outside the east gate of Heyuan County, in the direction of Caijiadong, there are several gentle hillsides.
A few hours ago, Feng Shuanglin and Guo Youqing, the two company commanders of the secret service battalion, led hundreds of soldiers from two anti-aircraft gun companies and drove the mules and horses pulling the anti-aircraft guns to this hillside.
After Feng Shuanglin carefully observed the terrain with a telescope, he finally decided to locate the anti-aircraft gun position here.
While it was still dark, they directed the soldiers and worked hard to arrange all the gun emplacements and shells. They also dug several deep and large anti-gun holes next to each gun to avoid the little Japanese. The bombing of aerial bombs——
After experiencing so many battles with Japanese bombers, Feng Shuanglin already has rich experience in how to attack the enemy as much as possible and reduce casualties.
After everything was ready, all the soldiers waited silently for the arrival of dawn.
Feng Shuanglin and Guo Youqing both knew very well that the kid's plane was going to arrive, no matter what, it would have to be tomorrow morning.
…
At 10 o'clock in the evening, when each battalion launched an attack on the county town, Feng Shuanglin stood up quickly, jumped on a big rock, and used a telescope to observe the attack of the first battalion in the direction of the east gate.
Yang Yuanshan had previously told him that he could support the First Battalion to the best of his ability, so he had to pay attention to the battle situation.
When he saw that the 1st Battalion's attack was progressing smoothly, he originally thought that the opponent would be able to break through the city soon and he would have no chance to take action. However, he did not expect that the Japs came with seven or eight hundred reinforcements.
At this time, although the first battalion blew open the city gate, they did not dare to charge at all.
We can only turn to fighting a war of attrition with the little devils.
Seeing this situation, Feng Shuanglin immediately sent someone to ask Zhang Dabiao if he needed support, and at the same time ordered the 11 Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns to turn their muzzles, adjust their angles, and aim in the direction of the east gate of Heyuan County.
Soon, the soldiers who were sent ran back panting.
"Company...Company Commander, Battalion Commander Zhang said he needs our help!
Ask us to shell in 15 minutes.
When I came back, I could see them giving way. Now I'm back and it's taken 5 minutes! "
"good!"
Feng Shuanglin nodded, and it took the ordering soldier 5 minutes to run back, which meant that the artillery bombardment would begin in 10 minutes.
He immediately ordered:
"Prepare the anti-aircraft guns, target all the crenellations on the east wall of Heyuan County, fire freely at full speed for ten minutes, each gun fires 500 rounds!
I've been aiming and shooting. Once the shooting training is complete, the gunners and ammunition handlers need to be rotated up to accumulate shooting experience. Do you understand? "
Feng Shuanglin thought that with the penetrating power of the Bofors anti-aircraft gun, it was a no-brainer to bring down the city wall. There was a lot of hope in breaking through the crenellations of the city wall.
As for the Japs' defenders who want to defend against the attack of the first battalion, they will definitely hide behind the crenellations of the city wall. When the time comes, their 11 anti-aircraft guns will be aimed at the crenellations. The shrapnel and gravel will definitely give the Japs a drink.
Moreover, once the crenellations of the city wall were no longer available, the little devils would lose their cover when faced with the first battalion's siege. If they were to attack more with less, they would definitely not be a match for the first battalion.
"clear!"
The soldiers of the anti-aircraft gun company were naturally very excited as they were finally able to fire at the Japs again.
The soldiers in the machine gun battery in the distance were very envious.
The caliber of their machine guns was too small. In this scenario, they could not exert their maximum power. Feng Shuanglin did not let them take action.
…
It took a few minutes for the gunners to shout one after another that they were ready to fire at any time.
Feng Shuanglin watched the hands of the watch carefully, waiting for the end of 10 minutes.
In just a quarter of an hour, it actually made him feel like his days were like years.
Finally, when the time came, he immediately gave the order decisively:
“Anti-aircraft guns, fire!
Beat these idiots to death! "
(End of chapter)
