September 18, 1940, Peking City
Just as the Japanese army was panic-stricken and busy responding to the large-scale attack of the Eighth Route Army, an accident happened. A big explosion suddenly occurred at Yongding Gate. Five tons of ammonium fuel oil was detonated. The gate building of Yongding Gate along with hundreds of people on both sides was detonated. The city wall that was 100 meters high was lifted into the sky at once, and the mushroom cloud caused by the explosion shot straight into the sky, rising hundreds of meters, which was very frightening.
Even though the Eighth Route Army surrounded Peiping for only one day, preparations for the siege had already begun several days ago. The Peiping underground party found the craftsmen who maintained the city wall in the previous dynasty and dug a tunnel with their help. After connecting with an abandoned soldier cave under Yongding Gate, they stuffed all the explosives in their hands into the soldier cave under Yongding Gate, waiting to be detonated during a large-scale attack on the city, so as to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese.
Thanks to Wang Yue's strong support, the Eighth Route Army accumulated a large amount of home-made ammonium-fuel explosives during this period. These explosives in the hands of the Peiping underground party were originally used to support the break-up campaign. Unexpectedly, they had a larger quantity. usefulness.
The only pity is that the veterans of the previous dynasty have no choice. If they are not sent to attack the city gate, the Japanese will definitely not clear the area around the city gate. In that case, if it explodes, the civilian casualties will probably reach five figures.
According to the Eighth Route Army's plan, an attack will be launched today, but before the attack, the underground organizations in Peiping will launch an armed riot at the same time to distract the Japanese army's strength and attention.
But I never thought that before the Eighth Route Army here launched, the Jinsui Army on the other side moved unexpectedly, attracting all the attention of the Japs to Xizhimen. The effect was much better than an armed riot. The Japs had already determined that Jinsui The army wanted to launch the siege first, and even the heavy artillery units that had been on standby were thrown into the battle. The 155mm heavy artillery certainly could not change the firing of Zhu Yuan at will. If we attack now, the Japanese heavy artillery will take at least ten minutes to respond.
The deputy commander-in-chief seized the opportunity and immediately launched an attack on Beiping City. He immediately assumed a decisive battle posture and stunned the Japanese army. This is looking down on us. He actually rushed to attack the city. Could it be that you are going to defeat us? It's too disrespectful, so a large number of troops concentrated on the city wall, trying to repel the Eighth Route Army's first attack with the most powerful counterattack.
But the Japanese army never dreamed that in such a short period of time the Eighth Route Army would produce such huge "firecrackers", and in one fell swoop they would have reimbursed 100 million Japanese soldiers from the brigade, as well as thousands of Japanese volunteers, and even the Japanese soldiers deployed with them. The artillery positions here are also gone.
The south city of Peiping suddenly opened wide. The Eighth Route Army tank troops, with forty of the heaviest Schnader assault tanks as the forerunners, mobilized nearly a hundred tanks, rushed into Yongding Gate, and equipped with 500-horsepower engines. The Schnader assault tank was like a beast, rushing through the explosion zone where the smoke had not yet cleared. In just a few minutes, tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops followed and broke into Peiping City.
And what about the Japanese army? Although they had made adequate preparations, set up multiple lines of defense, and even deployed valuable horizontal firepower, their poor anti-tank firepower and roadblocks could not stop them from the modified Schneider assault tanks. This thing is simply a sideways push, nothing can stop it.
In order to resist the tank assault force of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army even sent out human bombs. However, facing the submachine guns in the hands of the Eighth Route Army soldiers, these human bombs were turned into burning fireballs before they even got close to the tanks. The solution, who makes them like to pour kerosene on the death squads? Every one of them, sometimes there is no need to hit them, they will be hit by sparks.
Immediately afterwards, the Wu Hua and Culture Department of the Sulu War Zone also broke through You'anmen.
Wu Huawen was not as generous as the Eighth Route Army, but this guy was very lucky. When he met an unreliable Japanese commander, he actually braved the Eighth Route Army's shelling to inspect the position, but was hit by a 122mm dumb bomb. It was hit, yes, it was smashed to death, dumb bomb VS head. At that time, the fat head burst like a balloon, red and white, splashing everywhere.
If it were other Japanese troops, junior officers would take over the command in time and quickly stabilize the troops. But this army is different. In order to enrich the frontline troops, this improvised brigade is actually assigned five major staff officers, all of whom are dispatched troops. The young talents in the headquarters were all arrogant and refused to obey anyone. For a while, no one could suppress this group of people. In addition, most of the troops were transferred from all over the place, and there was no cohesion. The combat effectiveness continued to decline. One chip.
Because they were so close, the big explosion at Yongding Gate was seen by all the Japs in You'an Gate. No one knew that the Eighth Route Army only had one deal, and they were all worried that it would explode under their feet next, which would harm You'an. For the defenders of You'an Gate, they felt even more unsure. Seeing the troops from the Sulu Theater Command pressing forward, the Japanese troops guarding You'an Gate collapsed.
Now it's Wu Huawen's turn to be confused. I just sent a regiment to pretend to attack. I didn't even make preparations for the attack. There are no ladders and no engineers. But it's better for you. You ran away before I could rush over. When did my troops It’s so awesome, why didn’t I know about this?
But no matter what, he can't retreat. It's good that he has more than 10,000 people here to fight for soy sauce, but if he can achieve results, it will definitely be better, otherwise he wouldn't have almost entered Beiping City in the first place. If there is no ladder, it doesn’t matter. We have people and we can build a human wall. A city wall that has not been repaired for decades can be climbed slowly even with bare hands. As for engineers, he has a lot of them, but the Sulu War Zone is poor. With more than 10,000 troops and only 80 kilograms of explosives, which were still expired, they could not blow open the city gate. You must know that the Japanese could have blocked the city gate with bricks and stones.
Up, Wu Huawen got up with a big sword and a big belly. Damn, how could you miss this good thing? It was already said on the radio that the Supreme Court offered a reward of 10 million rubles for Neji Okamura's life. Rubles Ah, foreign currencies are a little cheaper than American knives. They are all golden bills. If you really get them, you can retire in place. No, you can retire in place with your brothers and fight for half a life. Such a good thing Not common.
In order to boost morale, Wu Huawen also moved out several boxes of ocean, and stated that as long as he killed the little devil, he would be rewarded on the spot without delay. For a time, the morale of the troops in the Sulu war zone was so high that they occupied the city gate with a roar.
In the direction of Xizhimen, Chu Yunfei saw that the Japanese artillery fire was weakening. He knew that the enemy would redistribute firepower at this time to block the Eighth Route Army's attack, so regardless of fatigue, he commanded the troops to launch a second round of siege. The Japanese had not had time to switch defenses with the reinforcements, so they could only respond hastily. For a while, Xizhimen was also in danger.
At the same time, the Beiping Station of the Military Command also concentrated its armed personnel to attack the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters. Due to the tight blockade of the Japanese, they did not rush into the headquarters. Instead, they used mortars and heavy machine guns to open fire from the West City, direct fire. Although the attack on the headquarters did not cause much damage, it still caused the Japanese army to temporarily lose command and greatly weakened the morale of the Japanese army.
At the same time as the military commander launched the attack, the agents of the Ministry of Social Affairs also launched operations, but they were not as direct as the military commander. Instead, they used signal cloth and smoke bombs to indicate targets to the air force, and guided the few Eighth Route Army aircraft to attack targets in the city. Although the Eighth Route Army did not have many aircraft and was still lagging behind when it launched the bombing campaign, almost all the Japanese airports in North China were paralyzed and unable to provide support to Peiping. Coupled with the capture of Nanyuan Airport, the Eighth Route Army now actually had aircraft. More than people.
Martial law has been imposed in the city, and the streets are filled with volunteer teams composed of armed expatriates, a large part of whom are women. These people do not have strong combat effectiveness, so after the Eighth Route Army launched an attack, citizens also began to spontaneously attack those These volunteer teams, although it is difficult to annihilate the opponent in an organized manner, it can still be done with a cold shot or throwing a bomb.
You know, before the fall of Peiping, guns were not allowed. No one knows how many weapons the people have in their hands. In addition to firearms, there is another thing that can be purchased at any time these days, and that is crossbow arrows, and they are of the same type. The crossbows can fire in rapid succession. Not only do they have a high rate of fire, but they also make no sound. Several crossbows are placed on both sides of the wall, and they run away after firing. It is almost impossible to guard against them.
The area where the attack occurred is expanding, and there are even exchanges of fire in some areas. The conflict is escalating, and the casualties of the Japanese Volunteer Team are also increasing. Under this situation, the Japanese Volunteer Team has begun to lose control, and even lost its head in the city. They launched a mindless revenge, which further escalated the conflict in the city. The Eighth Route Army over there was still consolidating the results at Yongding Gate, but the city was already reduced to a mess.
General Okamura Neiji, who was pulled into the air-raid shelter by his followers, had no choice at this moment. Chinese agents were taking advantage of the chaos to cut off the communications and power supply network of the headquarters. Now he can still use radio to maintain communication with the outside world, but with the situation The deterioration of the situation, no one can guarantee how long it will last?
Okamura Neiji also made a sudden decision and directly issued an order to the reserve team to implement the "Shield Plan".
Under the overwhelming superiority of the Eighth Route Army's troops and firepower, there was nothing that Okamura Neji could do to stop the Eighth Route Army and its weapons and forces. Even the so-called reserve team ordered some soldiers and ronin in the countryside. They couldn't help but have little combat effectiveness and even no weapons. How many troops with real combat effectiveness are on the front line.
But the right path is not enough, and there are also crooked ways. Okamura Neji, who has no bottom line, can do anything. With the issuance of this order, the sound of gunfire in Beiping City quickly calmed down little by little, and less than one Within an hour, not only did the offensive stop completely, but the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army that had already entered the city also withdrew. It was as if the pause button had been pressed on the entire battlefield.
Some people died, but not completely...
