"Wang Chengzhu, immediately lead the artillery to set up the cannon and aim directly at the city wall!"
At the headquarters, Li Yunlong raised his telescope and observed the city wall for a while, then loudly ordered to Wang Chengzhu.
The troops completed the siege of Heyuan County at extremely fast speed.
However, the troops did not launch an attack immediately, but waited for the artillery to set up the guns.
Although the target of this attack is only the county town, it is a county town after all. The city has high walls and thick walls, which cannot be compared with gun towers and strongholds.
If there were no artillery to blow open the city wall and the death squads were used to blast the city wall with explosive packets, I don’t know how many soldiers would have been sacrificed.
"Yes!" Wang Chengzhu responded loudly.
Then he shouted loudly: "Pull the cannons forward and move quickly!"
A flat land about 800 meters away from the west wall of Heyuan County.
"Put all the cannons here and move quickly!"
Wang Chengzhu pointed at the ground and shouted in a rough voice.
In the direction of the city wall, the Japanese and puppet troops were jumping up and down, obviously preparing for war, but Wang Chengzhu and his artillerymen turned a deaf ear.
Behind Wang Chengzhu, the artillerymen led the horses or mules to drag the cannon to the designated position and began to build the artillery position.
Since the cannon was directly dragged by mules and horses, assembly time was greatly saved.
Under Wang Chengzhu's order, the artillerymen set up a position with the cannon at the designated position. There were militiamen or civilians at the rear, who successively carried the artillery shells to a position five meters away from the artillery position and dropped them.
In less than five minutes, 12 75mm mountain guns and 12 105mm howitzers were set up.
The gunners at each gun position reported one after another.
This time Li Yunlong did not use the 150mm heavy artillery.
To attack a county town, Li Yunlong did not need to use strategic weapons. A 105mm howitzer and a 75mm mountain cannon were enough.
"Aim at the wall below the tower!"
Wang Chengzhu's voice was as loud as a bell and he gave orders loudly.
"Kakaka..."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rhythmic sound of cradle rotation from each gun position. As the gun barrels rose uniformly, the muzzles pointed at the target.
The gunner squatted behind the gun mount, put his eyes close to the optical sight, and guided the direction of the gun barrel.
Having attacked many cities, the artillerymen have already become experienced.
Because it was night, there was no need to worry about Japanese planes bombing, so we directly pulled the cannon to a distance of 800 meters from the city wall and fired directly.
In order to save shells and time, all cannons were used as soon as they came up, aiming at one point on the city wall and shooting.
The searchlights shooting all around the tower provided each artillery position with a good view of the bombardment.
"Aim completed!"
"Aim completed!"
"..."
The gunners reported loudly.
At that moment, Wang Chengzhu picked up the low-power walkie-talkie and called: "Call the headquarters, call the headquarters."
"This is the command post."
Soon, Li Yunlong's voice came from the walkie-talkie.
"Report to the regimental commander, the artillery is ready!"
Wang Chengzhu reported to Li Yunlong on the walkie-talkie.
"The action is quite fast." Li Yunlong said, "Let the mountain cannon fire first. Immediately, the Sharp Sword Squadron will need two rounds of artillery shell support from the Howitzer Battalion. Lu Yingjun will contact you using a high-power walkie-talkie."
"Yes!" Wang Chengzhu replied loudly.
He knew that the Sword Squadron was now ambushing the city, ready to behead the Japanese Gendarmerie headquarters at any time.
The Japs County Headquarters must be heavily defended, especially in this case. The Japs are all soldiers and do not dare to slack off at all. In addition, the Japs Headquarters has strong fortifications.
Even if everyone in the Sword Squadron is a warrior, even if they bring in weapons and ammunition, it will be difficult to resolve the battle in a short time.
Once the Japanese come to their senses, the Sword Squadron will be at risk of being surrounded.
However, from the very beginning of the battle plan, Li Yunlong was not prepared to let the Sharp Sword Squadron foolishly attack the Japanese headquarters in Heyuan County.
"All mountain cannons, fire immediately!"
Wang Chengzhu ordered loudly.
At the same time, 12 mountain cannons roared almost simultaneously, and the shells came out and shot towards the city wall 800 meters ahead.
Boom boom boom…
Continuous violent explosions, accompanied by fireballs and gunpowder smoke, caused the city wall to tremble continuously, shattering a large area of the outer wall, and the rubble of the city wall fell swishingly.
In the first round, only the mountain cannon was firing. The first shot was not very accurate. The shells did not land at the same position. The main body of the city wall was still intact and the city wall was not penetrated.
"continue!"
Wang Chengzhu just glanced at the city wall blankly and ordered the bombardment to continue.
At this moment, a sizzling sound of electricity came from the high-power walkie-talkie, and the operator immediately picked up the call.
After a while, the operator shouted to Wang Chengzhu: "Batalion Commander, this is Captain Lu of the Sharp Sword Squadron!"
Wang Chengzhu said: "Let Captain Lu send the message to shoot Zhu Yuan!"
The operator immediately said:
"Hey, Captain Lu, please tell Zhu Yuan to shoot immediately!"
"Ruler two hundred and sixty-one..."
As the operator reported loudly, and Wang Chengzhu then dictated, the howitzers nearby quickly shook their cradle and adjusted their shooting at Zhu Yuan.
"Howitzer battery, one platoon, fire!"
As Wang Chengzhu finished speaking, a high-explosive grenade was stuffed into the barrel, and then the gunner suddenly pulled the match rope.
The first test-fired 105mm high-explosive grenade immediately came out of the barrel, crossed a visible arc in the air, and hit the city.
Ten seconds later, the sound of Lu Yingjun adjusting his shot at Zhu Yuan came from the high-power walkie-talkie.
Soon, the second test-fired high-explosive grenade was fired from the muzzle after adjusting the firing point.
Not long after, Lu Yingjun's guidance for the whole battalion shooting came from the high-power walkie-talkie.
Twelve 105mm howitzers immediately fired at Zhu Yuan according to Lu Yingjun's plan, and fired two rounds of shelling into the city.
After two rounds of shelling, all 105mm howitzers began shelling the city wall under Wang Chengzhu's order.
Amidst the rapid explosions, the western city wall of Heyuan County was crumbling, and the deafening explosions spread several kilometers away.
…
Inside the city.
The Japanese headquarters was almost reduced to a sea of flames in the sudden shelling.
The Japanese headquarters received more than 20 105mm high-explosive grenades.
Houses collapsed, flames shot into the sky, screams, cries for help, and angry curses suddenly rang out.
Lu Yingjun stood sideways at the window of a certain house, staring at the Japanese headquarters in the distance. When he saw the bombardment stopped, he jumped from the second floor into the alley and gave an order: "According to the original plan, the first team and the second team will attack the Japanese commander." The main entrance of the department, the third team and the fourth team guard the back door. When they see the Japanese and puppet soldiers, they will get angry. Let's kill them tonight!"
"Kill as fast as you can!"
The squad leaders and team members sounded murderous in their voices, and the sound of gun bolts suddenly sounded in the air.
"open circuit!"
Lu Yingjun took the lead in getting into the Type 92 armored vehicle and sat in the shooting position.
With his height, sitting in the shooting position seemed very cramped, but in order to operate this 7.7 mm heavy machine gun, Lu Yingjun had to compromise himself.
Type 92 armored vehicles and Type 94 trucks drove out of the alley and headed towards the Japanese headquarters.
On the street, there were Japanese and puppet soldiers carrying buckets and rushing towards the Japanese headquarters, trying to put out the fire.
Lu Yingjun saw two rows of Japanese and puppet troops in front of him in the shooting hole.
The bright lights shone through, and the Japanese and puppet troops stood on the roadside, preparing to give way.
He pressed the weight of the 7.7mm machine gun and fired a long shot at the Japanese and puppet soldiers. The bullets swept towards the Japanese and puppet soldiers in a fan shape.
Da da da da…
The unsuspecting Japanese and puppet troops suddenly fell in large numbers.
Not to be outdone, the team members in the car raised their submachine guns and shot at the Japanese and puppet troops catching up from behind.
The team members kept changing their shooting methods, including single shot, continuous shot, and burst fire. In the dazzling sound of shooting, they almost hit the enemy with just a raise of their hand.
Soon there was no longer a living Japanese or puppet soldier within visibility.
The armored car and the truck traveled all the way as if they were in an uninhabited land. They quickly fought their way from the alley to the gate of the Japanese headquarters, killing at least dozens of Japanese puppet troops on the way.
Two Japs just rushed out from the Japs gate.
Lu Yingjun fired three short bursts from the crane gun, click, click, click, and the two Japanese soldiers fell down.
Immediately afterwards, several more Japs holding 38-type rifles rushed out from the Japs headquarters, and were beaten into a sieve in a moment.
The Japanese finally fought back. A Japanese heavy machine gun mounted at the gate roared wildly, and the steel plates of the Ninety-Twenty armored vehicle were clanked.
Lu Yingjun replaced the bullets and fired at the enemy's machine gun. The soldiers on the roof of the car also opened fire with submachine guns.
In the night, tracer bullets were like strings of bolide shooting back and forth, dazzling people's eyes.
On the roof of the car, Duan Peng set up a bazooka rocket launcher, aimed at the enemy's firepower point, and pulled the trigger.
stop!
There was a sharp whistling sound in the air, and at the same time, orange-red tail flames streaked across the night sky, directly hitting the enemy's firepower point.
boom!
The next moment, there was an explosion like a landslide, and the sandbag position in front of the entrance of the Japanese headquarters was instantly blown up to the sky.
Lu Yingjun and his team members quickly jumped out of the car and headed towards the entrance of the Japanese headquarters.
When they got close, a few grenades were thrown in. The team members, led by Lu Yingjun, charged into the Japanese headquarters with just one charge.
After a wave of bombardment by 105mm high-explosive artillery shells, there were heavy casualties in the Japanese headquarters. Ichiro Hirata was killed on the spot.
The Sword Squadron attacked from both sides and soon occupied the Japanese headquarters.
Not long after, a large gap was opened in the west wall of Heyuan County under the shelling of a mountain artillery battalion and a howitzer battalion of the Eighth Route Army.
Then, mortars and infantry artillery fired intensively at the city wall.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the shelling, the infantry quietly approached the city wall carrying the siege ladder.
But they were soon discovered by the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall. The Japanese and puppet troops got out from behind the bunker, withstood the artillery fire, and opened fire on the new regiment of infantry with light and heavy machine guns.
As soon as the Japanese opened fire, the infantrymen of the new regiment crouched down and took cover.
Because in the rear, the new regiment's machine guns are ready!
Accompanied by the sound of machine guns "Tong Tong Tong...", the machine gunners who were already ready aimed at the Japanese and puppet machine gun fire points on the city wall and fired.
Three dozen Japanese and puppet army firepower points were caught off guard and were instantly destroyed by machine guns.
After the mountain artillery and howitzer bombardment, the mortar and infantry bombardment was completed. After the mortar and infantry bombardment was completed, the machine bombardment was completed.
In the field of vision of the telescope, I saw that the firepower points of more than thirty Japanese and puppet troops quickly went silent.
Commander Li Da was very satisfied with the siege experience he summarized in the battle.
