In Taiyuan City, the fighting continues.
The Japanese relied on the inner city wall to fight against the trapped beasts.
Fireballs and gunpowder smoke rose from the cannon fire fired from above and below the city.
Taking advantage of Zhao Gang's absence, Li Yunlong, who was watching the battle, was so itchy that he pushed away the machine gunner and fired an Oerlikon 20mm machine gun at the city wall himself.
The machine gun fire was so fierce that it shattered several sections of the city wall's crenellations, and the enemy's machine gun firepower suddenly went silent.
Soon, howitzers and mountain artillery fired directly, blasting three gaps in the northern wall of the inner city.
The attacking troops rushed forward like a tide. Suddenly, dozens of Japanese machine gun fire points that had been silenced by the machine guns began to scream wildly again.
Bullets rained down on the Eighth Route Army attacking troops, and the soldiers fell one by one.
More than a hundred machine guns immediately fired at the machine gun fire points under the crenellations on the city wall, and more than 100 bullet chain lines of fire extended towards the Japanese machine gun fire points.
However, this time the machine gun failed and only a small part of the Japanese machine gun firepower was destroyed.
Most of the machine gun firepower points were still roaring, spitting out long tongues of fire, and the attacking troops retreated like a tide.
"Damn it, machine gun cease fire!"
Seeing this scene, Li Yunlong couldn't help but curse.
He knew that the rest were the elite of the Japs.
At this point in the war, although the defeat of the Japanese was already certain, the Japanese were still struggling to their death.
"The Japanese must have installed steel plates and sandbags behind the crenels."
After thinking for a moment, Li Yunlong quickly thought of a way for the Japanese to deal with machine guns.
There is a bullet factory and a steel factory in Taiyuan City, but they have been captured by the new regiment's troops.
Commander Li ordered loudly: "Give me the order. Mountain artillery, howitzers and Type 92 infantry artillery. Aim at the crenellations of the city wall and knock them all out for labor."
"Yes!" A combat staff officer following Li Yunlong took a walkie-talkie and sent an order to the artillery unit.
As Li Yunlong's order was issued, the gunners at each gun position quickly raised the muzzle angle and aimed at the crenellations on the city wall.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Each artillery position fired freely, and the shells were fired at the crenellations of the city wall, making explosions like landslides and earth cracking.
The Japs on the tower are very thieves. When the Eighth Route Army infantry retreats, quickly change the shooting position.
However, Li Yunlong's order was to knock out all the crenellations so that the enemy's machine gun firepower points would have nowhere to hide.
Soon, a shell hit the Japanese firepower point at the crenel, and the thick steel plate, Japanese and heavy machine guns were blown into the sky by the shell.
Although the inner city wall is far less long than the outer city wall, using cannonballs to knock out all the crenellations of the inner city wall will also consume a lot of cannonballs.
Of course, if the soldiers risk their lives to pile up, they will definitely be able to capture the inner city wall and city.
However, Li Yunlong was reluctant to risk the lives of the soldiers. Anyway, the shells could be reimbursed, and they would be reimbursed as much as they were fired.
As Li Yunlong's order was issued, the artillerymen of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd attack groups also raised their muzzles and began to shell the crenels.
Even if you shoot with a machine gun, you can still destroy the crenelation.
But the efficiency is too low, and it is difficult for the machine gun to penetrate steel plates and sandbags.
Using mountain cannons and howitzers is very efficient. One shot can destroy a section of the crenel, and it can also kill the steel plate machine gun behind the crenel.
Half an hour later, all the crenellations on the inner city wall were knocked off.
Of course, the Japs are not fools. Except for the first few shots, which knocked out the Japs and machine guns, the Japs all hid in the caves hiding their weapons.
However, the steel plate was too heavy and the Japanese couldn't take it away.
This is Li Yunlong's purpose so that the Japanese have nothing to defend themselves against.
"kill!"
Under Li Yunlong's personal command and order, the attacking troops rushed forward again like a tide.
The Japs emerged from the caves where soldiers were hiding and set up machine guns to shoot at the attacking troops.
At the same time as the Japanese machine gunners opened fire, the Eighth Route Army's machine guns and machine guns under the city immediately aimed at the Japanese machine gun fire points on the city wall to shoot and suppress them.
Without steel plates and sandbags as shields, the Japanese machine gun's firepower point was quickly knocked out by the machine gun.
Amid the overwhelming cries of killing, the north gate of the inner city wall was breached first. Before the attacking troops from the north gate could attack in a roundabout way, after several landslides and explosions from the ground, the south gate of the inner city wall was also breached. The Japanese defenders Panicked, they quickly abandoned the inner city wall and retracted their defenses. The attacking troops rushed into the city from the north and south with shouts.
at the same time.
Taiyuan inner city.
Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the soldiers to detonate the arms warehouse stocked in the inner city of Taiyuan.
In a loud noise that shook the mountains, a huge mushroom fireball rose up in the inner city of Taiyuan. The fireball bloomed upward like a flower of death, and finally turned into a huge mushroom smoke cloud.
A huge shock wave suddenly spread from the ground to the surroundings, and many people fell directly to the ground.
The citizens of TY who survived the war were frightened by this earth-shattering war scene. The window glass was shattered by the strong sound waves and poured onto the ground.
The house was shaking, the beams and columns were creaking, as if they were about to collapse at any time, and people were temporarily deafened by the loud noise.
Li Yunlong, who had improved his diet and frequently trained with the Sword Squadron, had a strong and strong physique. During the blast wave, his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, motionless.
He looked up towards the center of the inner city.
He knew that Yoshio Shinozuka, an old devil, must have ordered the arms warehouse to be blown up.
Then the grain depot was definitely not immune. As he expected, not long after, a huge plume of smoke and dust rose from the grain depot near the city wall on the other side.
"Son of a bitch, this old devil Yoshio Shinozuka must bring something with him even if he dies."
Captain Li immediately cursed.
With such a big movement, Li Yunlong estimated that he had a lot of designated weapons and ammunition in the arms warehouse.
It's a pity that so many weapons and ammunition were blown up like this.
However, there is nothing that can be done if the weapons and ammunition are blown up.
The Japs' inner city was extremely well defended, and it was difficult for the Sword Squadron to penetrate. From the beginning of the street fighting, the gates of the inner city were tightly closed.
Even if Li Yunlong wanted to send a squadron of sharp swords disguised as Japanese soldiers to enter the inner city in advance, there was no chance.
As for the equipment of the bullet factory and steel factory, Yoshio Shinozuka did not order the Yoshino Regiment to blow it up.
There are many and heavy large-scale machines and equipment, as well as tens of thousands of tons of raw materials, and the Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to take them away in a short time.
When reinforcements arrive, there will be a chance to take back the steel factory and bullet factory from the Eighth Route Army.
…
The sound of gunfire was very close.
Yoshio Shinozuka in the inner city headquarters closed his eyes in despair.
As a samurai with superb sword skills, he is not afraid of death. The Yamato people firmly believe in the theory of reincarnation.
Death is just the beginning of the next round of life, there is nothing to be afraid of.
But what pained him was that he had not yet commanded the Imperial Japanese Army to completely conquer the ancient nation of China.
At this time, he remembered two ancient Chinese poems: Died before leaving the army, which makes the hero burst into tears.
He died before he could complete the unification of Asia for the Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Emperor.
If your ambition is not fulfilled, you will die with your eyes closed.
Although he is about to be ordered to retire, Yoshio Shinozuka still hopes to make a comeback one day.
But now there is no such opportunity.
What was even more difficult for Yoshio Shinozuka to accept was that he was defeated at the hands of the beggar army composed of mud-legged men and farmers that he had always looked down on.
Li Yunlong fought like a madman, attacking mainly from all four directions, without any feints, and not even the slightest chance of breaking through.
"Report General, according to your order, the arms warehouse and grain depot have been destroyed!"
Kasai Toshimatsu hurriedly walked in and nodded to Shinozuka Yoshio who was in a daze.
Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Kasai-kun, I give you the last order to send a farewell telegram to the commander of the North China Front, General Tada Shun!"
A look of despair flashed across Kasai Toshimatsu's face, then he took the folder, made a recording gesture, lowered his head and said: "General, please speak!"
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "The Imperial Army defending the city of Taiyuan fought fiercely with the Eighth Route Army for two days and two nights. However, the reinforcements never arrived. The Eighth Route Army's offensive was fierce. It had reached the inner city and was approaching the First Army Headquarters. Our First Army Headquarters will Fight to the last man, everyone will be shattered, and the Japanese Empire will win!"
"Send this telegram and destroy all communication equipment and data!"
The First Army has a lot of information that must not be leaked and shady, and must not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu stood at attention, then bowed his head heavily, turned around and walked towards the communication room next door.
…
After fierce fighting for most of the night, the Eighth Route Army had occupied most of the inner city of Taiyuan.
The remnants of the enemy defenders occupied a brick building in the center of the inner city.
This is the headquarters of the Japanese First Army, and all attacking forces surround it.
"Commander-in-Chief, the remaining Japanese troops relied on the building of the headquarters to construct machine gun fire points to fight against the trapped beasts, forming a dense fire net. The attacking troops were frustrated several times and suffered heavy casualties."
Li Yunlong came to observe closely, and Xu Yonghai, commander of the third battalion, reported the battle situation to Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong raised his telescope and glanced at the Japanese headquarters.
He dreamed countless nights of breaking into the headquarters of the Japanese First Army and cutting off the head of the old Japanese soldier named Shinozuka Yoshio.
Unexpectedly, this dream has finally come true.
His slogan was to go to Taiyuan and capture Yoshio Shinozuka alive, because he wanted to wait until Yoshio Shinozuka was captured alive, and then Li Yunlong would give Yoshio Shinozuka a knife.
The two had a sword showdown, and he wanted to chop off the old devil's head with his own hands.
Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Where's the artillery? Pull up the cannon for me. Damn it, I want to see how many rounds this broken brick building can withstand my howitzer. Let me fire!"
"Commander-in-Chief, the cannon is coming!"
Li Yunlong turned around and saw that Wang Chengzhu commanded the artillerymen under his command and used two horses to pull in a 105 howitzer.
The reason why the artillery couldn't get in before was because the Japanese blocked the city gate with a lot of sandbags, and neither the artillery nor the cannon could get in.
"Zhuzi, shoot the hell!"
Li Yunlong roared loudly, he couldn't wait to chop off Yoshio Shinozuka's head.
(End of chapter)
