Boom boom boom...
The independent regiment's artillery shells, at a speed of nearly 200 rounds per minute, landed on the city wall and exploded.
The Japanese and puppet troops defending on the city wall were immediately bombarded to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers.
Round after round of cannonballs fell, and a series of dense firelight and gunpowder smoke suddenly rose from the county wall.
The tower on the city wall collapsed after being hit by two cannonballs, with broken tiles, sawdust and shrapnel sweeping across it.
Not long after, under the intense damage of artillery shells, three U-shaped gaps were opened in the city wall of Nancheng by the independent regiment's artillery group.
The artillery group of the Independent Regiment also determined its shooting at Zhu Yuan based on the observation method, so it fired very accurately, and most of the cannonballs landed on the city wall.
Only a few shells flew into and outside the city.
However, most of the people in the county were mobilized and moved away, then went to northern Shaanxi and then back to northwestern Shanxi, so there were not many people in the city.
Under cover of artillery fire.
Guan Dashan led the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment into the attack position.
Under this type of saturated artillery attack, Kong Jie had no intention of playing any probing attacks with the Japanese. He sent the strongest battalion of the independent regiment to launch a fierce attack, preparing to attack the city in one wave.
At the rear of the first battalion, the mortar position was ready. A group of more than 40 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars were ready to provide artillery support to the first battalion.
Guan Dashan put a steel helmet on his head and tied it tightly to his chin with a strap.
"Give me the gun!"
Guan Dashan took the M3 submachine gun from the guard, suddenly pulled the bolt, held the M3 submachine gun with one hand, and lay down in the attack position to wait for the shelling to end.
Beside him or behind him, the soldiers pulled the bolts of their guns, and the sound of clattering was heard.
The soldiers stared at the city wall, and the crazy killing intent in their eyes could be felt from a distance.
Behind the commando, a platoon of soldiers placed long ladders next to them.
Although artillery fire can destroy the city wall, the wall after the collapse often appears in the shape of a gap, and in many cases only half of it collapses.
If you want to destroy the lower half, either the observer will call the artillery to fire accurately, or you can pull the cannon closer and aim straight.
Long ladders are needed to climb over city walls and across houses to fight with enemies in the streets.
In order to earn 150mm howitzers and 37mm anti-aircraft guns, the independent regiment was well prepared.
In the field of vision of the artillery mirror, Kong Jie saw that the city wall of Zuoxian County had been blown to pieces, and two more gaps had been blown open.
Kong Jie smiled with satisfaction.
Immediately, Kong Jie shouted loudly: "Give me the order. The artillery battalion will stop shelling immediately. I will rush into the city with the first battalion and kill all the little devils!"
The regimental correspondent immediately used the walkie-talkie to issue instructions.
As Kong Jie's order was issued, the artillery battalion gradually stopped firing, and the sound of artillery gradually became sporadic until it disappeared completely.
Guan Dashan immediately jumped up from his position and shouted: "Comrades, follow me!"
A battalion of commandos armed with submachine guns roared and followed behind Guan Dashan, shooting at the city wall with submachine guns and running towards the city wall.
Behind, soldiers carrying ladders followed closely.
After that comes the main force of the first battalion, which means that Guan Dashan personally leads the charge with the commando.
"Da da da……"
On the city wall after being bombarded by artillery shells, the Japanese's Type 92 heavy machine gun and Taisho Type 11 light machine gun screamed wildly.
Six firepower points spurted out long tongues of flame, and bullets rained down towards the city wall.
Although the city wall of the county town was not designed with gun holes built, and the artillery fire from the independent regiment killed some Japanese and puppet troops, the Japanese had reinforcements under the inner city wall at any time.
As soon as the bombardment stopped, the Japanese machine gunners carried the Type 92 heavy machine gun and the Taisho Type 11 light machine gun up the city wall and fired at the Eighth Route Army below the city.
In an instant, more than a dozen soldiers from the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment fell in a pool of blood.
"hidden!"
Following Guan Dashan's order, the soldiers crouched down one after another to hide, avoiding the condescending rain of bullets from the Japanese light and heavy machine guns on the city wall.
"Mortar, we need mortar fire reinforcements. What are you waiting for?"
He took the walkie-talkie from the guard and immediately called the mortar position.
"almost there!"
An unhurried voice came from the walkie-talkie.
As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp whistling sound sounded above the heads of Guan Dashan and the soldiers of the first battalion.
The whistling sound came from far away, passed over the heads of a battalion of attacking troops, and settled on the city wall.
Boom boom boom...
Immediately, there was a series of rapid and intensive explosions on the city wall, and fireballs and gunpowder smoke suddenly rose.
Although mortars are not as powerful as mountain cannons and howitzers, the artillery support of mortars can not only directly kill and injure the Japanese on the city wall, but also reduce the chance of one's own soldiers being accidentally injured.
After three rounds of mortar bombardment, all the Japanese machine guns on the city wall misfired.
Even the shooting sounds of Japanese and puppet army rifles became extremely sporadic.
Guan Dashan and the soldiers of the first battalion were all excited when they saw this scene.
A battle with artillery support is still the most comfortable to fight.
Since the Independence Regiment became wealthy, the soldiers of the Independence Regiment have no longer faced the enemy's artillery fire and machine gun bullets.
If the attack fails, use the walkie-talkie to call for artillery support.
And it's artillery coverage, not precision bombardment.
An excellent mortarman can kill a Japanese machine gun fire point like this on the city wall with three shots, and a marksman can kill it with at most two shots.
However, the Eighth Route Army did not engage in precision artillery fire with the Japanese, but covered it with artillery fire from the very beginning.
Don't play imaginary.
The effect of artillery fire coverage is naturally much better than precision artillery fire.
Five rounds of shelling not only killed all the Japanese machine gunners and machine gun fire points, but also killed most of the Japanese and puppet riflemen on the city wall.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
"Come on!"
"Fuck that stupid little devil to death!"
Taking advantage of the enemy's firepower becoming sparse and sporadic, Guan Dashan jumped up and fired suddenly at the crenellations of the city wall with the submachine gun in his hand.
The remaining riflemen's firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops was suppressed.
The Japanese and puppet troops guarding the gap were also defeated.
The soldiers of the second echelon quickly set up the ladder, and the soldiers of the commando team swarmed up the ladder.
In the blink of an eye, the commando soldiers surged onto the county wall or rushed into the city along the gap.
The first battalion that entered the city did not rush to attack in depth of the county seat. Instead, they penetrated along the city wall in roundabout ways, killed the ghosts and puppet troops on the wall, opened the city gate, and then attacked in depth from four directions. Compress the enemy in the center and finish it off at the end.
For ordinary Eighth Route Army troops, the city wall is a difficult nut to crack.
If the Eighth Route Army troops lacked the firepower to attack a heavily defended county town by the Japanese army, they would suffer heavy casualties just by conquering the city wall.
Therefore, the general Eighth Route Army troops are unwilling to attack county towns, but instead conduct ambushes in the wild.
However, for the independent regiment, the city wall of the county town is in vain. If ten rounds of artillery shells cannot collapse, then twenty or thirty rounds will be used.
As the large forces of the independent regiment entered the county.
The battle was over in less than four hours.
The puppet soldiers only fired a few symbolic shots and then chose to surrender. A small number of Japanese soldiers also chose to surrender when they saw that they could not defeat them.
There were originally only two Japanese squadrons in the city. One squadron was arranged on the city wall, and one squadron was used for street fighting, which was not enough to kill alone.
Yes.
The independent regiment wiped out two Japanese squadrons and one puppet battalion.
Immediately afterwards, Kong Jie led the independent regiment to regain the other two counties in the defense zone and annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops.
When Kong Jie took action against the Japanese and puppet troops.
Ding Wei was not idle either. It took five days to capture the three counties in the defense area.
Kong Jie and Ding Wei both tasted the sweetness and looked forward to the next time the Japanese and puppet troops came to occupy the counties in their defense areas.
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Southeast Shanxi.
Taiyue Military Region.
386 Brigade Headquarters.
"I heard that the head of the headquarters allocated four more 150mm howitzers to the division commander."
Deputy Brigadier Han held the porcelain cup and took a sip of water.
The deputy brigade commander had just returned from a small meeting at the headquarters, so he was very aware of the matter.
"Another 4 150mm howitzers were deployed?"
The brigade commander hurriedly raised his head when he heard this, with envy in his eyes and expression:
"Last time, the head of the headquarters allocated a tank company to the division commander, and it was only a few days ago..."
Although the 386th Brigade also has a tank company, they are all Doudin tanks captured from the Japanese army. Compared with the tanks Li Yunlong handed over to the headquarters, they are very slim.
The tank at the division headquarters can't even hold up to the 10 tank companies at the brigade headquarters.
"Li Yunlong turned it in?" Chief of Staff Zhou on the side opened his eyes wide.
But after asking, Chief of Staff Zhou felt that his words were a bit redundant.
Who else in the Eighth Route Army besides Li Yunlong could get the 150mm howitzer to hand over?
The brigade commander also felt a little regretful. This Li Yunlong was originally his confidant. If he had known that this boy could make such a big fortune, he would have discussed the conditions with the headquarters.
For example, some of the heavy weapons handed over by Li Yunlong in the future will be allocated to the 386th Brigade, instead of using an artillery regiment to put the new regiment directly under the headquarters.
Long-term business is much more cost-effective than a one-time deal.
Unfortunately, it's too late to regret now.
Deputy Brigadier Han continued: "This time, in addition to handing over 5,000 tons of combat supplies, Li Yunlong also handed over four 203mm heavy howitzers."
After hearing this, the brigade commander's mentality became more and more depressed, and his tone suddenly rose: "5,000 tons of combat supplies, four 203mm heavy howitzers?"
Chief of Staff Zhou also suddenly couldn't help but gasped: "Is this guy Li Yunlong so rich?"
Not long ago, the new regiment handed over to the headquarters 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, four 203mm heavy howitzers, and more than 500 20mm machine guns.
How long has it been since?
Another 5,000 tons of combat supplies and four 203mm heavy howitzers arrived.
The brigade commander regretted more and more: "If I had known this, we should not have easily agreed to the headquarters to put the new regiment under the direct control of the headquarters."
Now that Li Yunlong has handed over the weapons and ammunition, combat supplies, 150mm howitzers, 203mm heavy howitzers and tanks to the headquarters, none of them belong to the 386 Brigade.
