September 18, 1940, Peking City
The Jinsui Army's feint attack retreated in just fifteen minutes. During this period, the Jinsui Army's artillery, armored troops and cavalry were all involved one after another. Wave after wave, the attack was like a roaring mountain and a tsunami. The Japanese were so frightened that they even launched their 150mm heavy artillery. The battle ended, but the result was that the Jinsui Army retreated after losing less than two hundred people.
It's not that the Jinsui Army is not determined to fight, but Chu Yunfei's troops in the city are also in trouble, and there is little point in them continuing to attack.
The Japanese reinforcements appeared almost at the same time as Sun Ming fired the signal flare. It was a patrol team composed of Japanese expatriates. There were only about fifty people, and they were all female stand-up members, because in Because they had received certain military training before coming to China, they were also organized urgently to frighten the civilians in the city.
But such a group of women who lacked training and were loosely organized rushed over immediately after the battle, and their response speed was even faster than that of the regular army.
However, these female devils were not so foolish as to rush into the Jinsui Army's guns. They aimed at the people who were cooperating with the Jinsui Army. Before the Jinsui Army could react, more than a hundred citizens were swept in by them. They entered a courtyard, and then relied on the courtyard to launch an attack on the Jinsui Army.
Yes, it is harassment. This patrol of more than 50 people is only equipped with some captured pistols and rifles, not even a machine gun. If they had not captured a large number of people, the Jinsui Army would probably be able to defeat them in one squad. . However, the Jinsui Army didn't pay too much attention to their harassment. They were just some old ladies who couldn't even shoot accurately. With those rifles with smooth rifling, as long as they didn't shoot at close range, it wouldn't be a big problem.
At this moment, Chu Yunfei was even more scratching his head because of the Japanese artillery. Relying on the guidance of the Japanese observation post above the city gate, the Japanese mortars also opened fire, accurately blocking the city gate. The troops they sent several times failed to achieve success. Breakthrough, and the Japanese army was still extending their artillery fire and began to attack the nearby Jinsui Army.
Taking advantage of the cover of the artillery bombardment, the Japanese army's follow-up reinforcements also arrived. A squadron of Japanese troops and two Type 94 tanks were already the fastest speed of the Japanese army. You must know that since the battle started, it has only exceeded Just three minutes.
But in just a few minutes, the Jinsui Army was ready to block the attack. The engineers blew up the houses along the street, blocked the surrounding streets with rubble and debris, and deployed many firepower points based on the buildings. , some mines were laid, so even if the Japanese army arrived, they could not break in quickly.
But with the addition of the Japanese regular army, it was only a matter of time before the Jinsui Army's blocking force was broken through. Chu Yunfei knew this better than anyone, but now he is really unwilling to retreat. The Japanese squadron just now A lot of losses were lost in the shelling. Now it is estimated that they may not even have a hundred people. In addition, they lost a lot of technical weapons in the shelling. Their combat effectiveness has dropped to the bottom. They must not give up at this time.
Several elite soldiers from the Jinsui Army tried to board the city wall in a roundabout way and outflank the defenders of Xizhimen from both sides. As long as they could get up to the city gate tower, they could reverse the situation.
But with a few crisp gunshots, there was no sound from the few people. As expected, the Japanese snipers were already in position one after another. Without any protection, it was already impossible to climb the tower in the daytime.
At this time, the Jinsui Army commando launched another round of attacks. In just a few minutes, the Jinsui Army had built several crude tanks using wet quilts, kang tables, and soil. This thing had been built as early as the Beiyang period. Some people have used it, but in many cases it is not that useful. If it is really that magical, just get tens of thousands of them and go directly to Taiyuan.
At the beginning, the Japanese had nothing to do with these tanks. They used machine guns, grenades, and grenades, but they still could not kill all the tanks, unless they were hit directly by large-caliber mortars, but it was not a direct hit. Aiming at the artillery, how is it possible?
But just when the Jinsui Army commandos were about to approach the tower, the Japs became ruthless. Several Japs covered in kerosene rolled down the tower with cluster grenades in their hands, and then got into the wet ground of the earth tank. Inside the quilt, I hugged the soldiers tightly,
After several explosions, not only the earthen tanks of the Jinsui Army were knocked out, but even the gate hole of Xizhimen collapsed from the inside, completely blocking the gate hole. If you want to continue to blow up the city gate, you You just need to climb over the pile of rubble that is as tall as a person.
Seeing this scene, Chu Yunfei hammered a broken wall hard. He was not willing to give in. He was really not willing to give in. He was only a few seconds away from entering the city gate. In this situation, even if the city gate is blown open, the tank troops will not be able to rush in.
But Chu Yunfei had no chance anymore, because at this time, the Japanese troops had surrounded him from several directions, the blocking line deployed on the periphery had been broken, and most of the battalion had been lost. The only way to continue was to completely annihilated.
As for continuing to bring in troops, that's fine, but it's no different from the tactic of adding fuel to the fire. It will only waste the strength in hand. Even if the Xizhimen gate is captured, the Japanese army will still have to withstand more intense artillery fire, and there is no guarantee. The Japs did not make preparations for blasting. In this case, if you say that the Japs did not plant explosives at the city gate, Chu Yunfei would definitely not believe it. If they cannot capture Xizhimen by surprise, the Japs will be more prepared. If there really was a big explosion, I would suffer a big loss.
Thinking of this, Chu Yunfei had no choice but to withdraw from Peiping. When he entered, there was a reinforced battalion of 600 people. When he withdrew, there were only more than 300 people left, including more than 100 lightly and seriously injured people. , this battalion was completely disabled, but including the young men who rushed out with them, he brought out almost more than a thousand people. m.
The Japanese army had a chance to stop them. After all, the exit of the sewer was within the range of the Japanese artillery. But at this time, the Japanese army could not even deploy a heavy artillery, because while the Jinsui Army was fighting fiercely with the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army It also launched a large-scale attack on Peiping. Compared with the offensive of the Shanxi-Sui Army, the Eighth Route Army mobilized more than 50,000 troops and hundreds of artillery pieces to launch an overwhelming attack on the city of Beiping.
There was no priority, no probing. It was a large-scale attack. The Eighth Route Army even sent out its precious aviation troops. For a moment, it seemed that the whole of Peiping was trembling.
Some people died, but not completely...
