Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 253 Handan City Breakdown (3K)
"Immediately order all the troops outside the city to evacuate into the city immediately. Only a small number of imperial soldiers are deployed on the fortifications in the four directions to command the guards in the city. The gatehouses on both sides of the Central Avenue have shooting holes, four rapid-fire guns and machine guns. The firepower point is arranged in it!" Tomidi Silou waved his hand and said to the adjutant.

"Hi!" The adjutant bowed his head in response.

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, have you decided to wait for help in Handan City?" Yuzo Onodera asked hesitantly.

"Mr. Xiaoye, Handan City has become an isolated city, surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. In the words of the Chinese people, you and I are grasshoppers on a rope. If you have anything to say, don't hesitate, please speak up!" The fourth floor said in a muffled voice.

"Hey, brigade commander, the city wall is too dangerous, please go down the city wall first!" Sanxiong Onodera stretched out his hand and said.

Then the two walked into a wing room under the city wall.

"With all due respect, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, during the second Shanghai Incident, the Marine Corps used side fire at Zhabei Railway Station to wipe out a battalion of the [-]th Division of the Chinese Government Army. Although we can learn from the experience of this battle, However, the Eighth Route Army is not the Chinese government army after all, and its operations are flexible. Although its troops have expanded too fast in recent years, their combat effectiveness has declined!"

"But the Eighth Route Army unit in front of us is probably not among them. As far as yesterday's battle is concerned, its commander's tactical command ability is not weak. Our army's deployment in the city may not be enough to wait for the arrival of reinforcements!" Yuzo Onodera said.

"The Division Headquarters of Xingtai no longer has any extra troops to support Handan, and the surrounding counties are struggling to protect themselves. The Eighth Route Army in Shanxi and Hebei are conducting sabotage everywhere, and there are no extra troops to support. The only heavy troops that can support are in the On both sides of the Yellow River, the water far away cannot quench the thirst of the near!"

"Don't forget, we still have air support!" Tomidi fourth floor argued.

"The fighter jets from the SJZ airport flew to Handan. I'm afraid the Eighth Route Army has already entered the city and strangled with the imperial army. How can we talk about air support!" Yusan Onodera said with a bitter face.

The expression on Tomidi's fourth floor's face froze, and he said angrily, "Baga, what do you think should be done?"

"First, report to the division headquarters and order the imperial army in the surrounding counties to abandon the defended counties, assemble quickly, and come to support, and at the same time request General Shinozuka to send reinforcements from the southern front!"

"Secondly, when the Eighth Route Army entered the city, use the firepower points on both sides to inflict damage on it, and immediately use tanks and armored vehicles to fight a bloody road and break out in the direction of Xingtai!"

"You mean to voluntarily give up Handan City?" asked Tomidi Silou.

"Hi!"

Hearing the accurate answer, the expression on the fourth floor of Tomidi was cloudy. In addition to the brigade department in Handan City, there are various institutions such as the Xinmin Association and the Maintenance Association. In addition, there are a large number of traitors and relatives. The landlords and squires of Japan lived here.

Once it is given up, it will not only have military influence, but also political influence. As a result, the pro-Japanese elements near HD were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.

"Brigade Commander, please make a decision as soon as possible!" Yuzo Onodera, as the chief of staff, was considered quite intelligent within the Japanese army, but the decision-making power was not in his hands.

"Ono-kun, I will ask for support as soon as possible, but Handan City cannot be given up, the fame of the Great Japanese Imperial Army cannot be lost in my hands, and the consequences of abandoning Handan City are not something you and I can bear!"

"Ono-kun, I've prepared the pieces of jade, and the layout of the castle, please!" Tomomiji Silou bowed to Onodera Yuzo.

"Hi!"

Outside the North Gate.

The six mountain cannons of the artillery battalion and the six captured field cannons were displayed in two selected artillery positions.

Fortunately, the artillery battalion had enough backup gunners, and the six captured field guns were not left idle.

The field gun has a long barrel and a long range, and was placed by Chen Feng at the edge of a forest.

The artillery battalion did not have camouflage nets, but both artillery positions had cut a lot of branches and weeds for camouflage.

"Chop more branches, and be sure to camouflage them, especially the field guns. The Japanese planes are coming, but there is no time to move them!" Chen Feng tirelessly urged.

Although Zhou Weihan mentioned during the meeting that the Japanese army's planes could not fly to Handan in a short time, Chen Feng still made enough arrangements with the concept of being careful and making no big mistakes.

Holding the binoculars, Zhou Weihan looked at the bunkers outside the city ahead being cleared one by one. Many Japanese and puppet soldiers in the bunkers wanted to escape to the city, but a group of Japanese and puppet troops on their escape route were bombarded. Army was wiped out.

The reason why Zhou Weihan deployed entire regiments of troops at the north gate of Handan City was mainly to prevent the Japanese troops in the city from breaking through to the north.

Seeing that the attack was progressing smoothly, Zhou Weihan immediately said: "Commissioner, order the vanguard of the first regiment to withdraw first, and the artillery battalion will immediately bombard the fortifications of the city wall!"

"Yes!"

A correspondent rode a horse to the artillery position and shouted loudly: "Chen Battalion Commander, command from the headquarters, start shelling immediately!"

"All artillery positions are ready immediately!" Chen Feng ordered.

The soldiers of the artillery battalion immediately took their positions when they heard the order.

Not long after, there was a dull sound on the artillery position, first two test-fired shells.

Immediately afterwards, a round of 12 shells crossed a group of positions and landed near the fortifications of the city wall.

In an instant, the entire vicinity of the North City Gate was covered by artillery fire, and the smoke filled the air, making it impossible to see the reality for a while.

Looking at the huge momentum, Zhao Gang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This little devil's wild cannon is much more powerful than the mountain cannon!"

"It's just so bad. It's a pity that the two 105 howitzers are too bulky. This battle will be fought in many places. It is really not easy to carry, or the city wall will be like paper!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.

"Old Zhao, you stay here. I'll go to the front of the regiment to see how the commandos are preparing!" Zhou Weihan finished speaking, turned around and went to the regiment not far from the headquarters.

In a group of positions, the commandos are making final preparations.

The commando team for this attack was carefully selected by Zhou Weihan, including the reconnaissance company and many fighters from a regiment, a total of [-] people.

When Zhou Weihan arrived, Dong Jiang, as the captain of the commando, was giving pre-battle drills.

"Detachment leader!" Dong Jiang saw Zhou Weihan coming, and immediately came over to salute.

"How's the preparation going?" Zhou Weihan asked.

"Report to the detachment leader, comrades have made the determination to die!" Dong Jiang replied stiffly.

"it is good!"

"Comrades, there are people from the reconnaissance company among you, and there is a group of selected people, all of whom are the elite of our detachment. Handan is the first important Japanese town that our Eighth Route Army attacked!"

"Although I didn't have experience in attacking fortified areas before, I gave you assault training last night before the battle. I want to tell you again, don't advance along the streets, but fight house-to-house with the Japanese army in the city! Do you understand?" Zhou Weihan Said.

"Understood!" The commando soldiers replied in unison.

"The shelling will end soon, let's continue preparing!"

"Yes!"

"Everyone check the equipment!" Dong Jiang said loudly.

All the commando soldiers put on the helmets of the Japanese army, and then checked the flower organs in their hands.

Not long after the shelling ended, Dong Jiang rushed out from the position with the soldiers. The soldiers of the reconnaissance company rushed in front as the main force, and a group of soldiers followed closely with ladders, and quickly disappeared into the smoke.

Since the Japanese and puppet troops in the fortifications outside the city had been cleared, the commando entered the fortifications outside the city smoothly.

The smoke gradually dissipated, and the surviving Japanese and puppet troops on the fortifications began sporadic counterattacks.

Although the Japanese army had the advantage of the terrain, the commandos fired fiercely and fired at the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall without fear, crushing the opponent's head all of a sudden.

On the right front of the commando, a city wall had been bombarded and a gap of about seven or eight meters had been formed.

"Yang Tiansheng, lead someone to attack me through that gap and kill the enemies on the city wall!" Dong Jiang said loudly.

Yang Tiansheng stood up in response, calling more than [-] soldiers to rush to the gap in the city wall with ladders.

"Fire cover!"

The dense bullets continued to suppress the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall. Yang Tiansheng and others successfully reached the gap without any damage.

A Japanese machine gun team guarding the gap, together with more than a dozen puppet troops from the garrison, opened fire violently at Yang Tiansheng and others.

Immediately, the flower mechanism in the hands of Yang Tiansheng and others immediately launched a counterattack, and the enemy army was annihilated by the dense firepower net.

The gap in the city wall was about five meters high, and the broken bricks that had collapsed formed a gentle slope below the gap, but there was still at least three meters away from the top of the gentle slope to the gap.

"Up the ladder!"

Following the erected ladder, Yang Tiansheng was the first to climb up the city wall, and then Dong Jiang joined him with the main force of the commando.

In an instant, more intense gunfire erupted on the city wall.

In a high-rise building in the city.

"Brigade Commander, the North City Gate has been lost!" Yuzo Onodera pointed in the direction of the North City Gate.

On the fourth floor of Tomamidi, he picked up the binoculars and looked at the North City Gate. In his field of vision, soldiers in uniforms of the Eighth Route Army could clearly be seen swarming in through the gap.

"Baga, how did the Eighth Route Army break through the fortifications of the city wall so quickly?" Tomidi Silou's face was very ugly. Although he didn't deploy too many troops on the city wall, the speed of the city's destruction still shocked him.

"Listen to the sound of the gunshots. The Eighth Route Army's siege troops are equipped with a lot of automatic firepower. This Eighth Route Army is extraordinary!" Onodera Yuzo said with a bitter face. He vaguely felt that the next progress would not develop as expected.

"Order the warriors to get ready and give a big surprise to the Eighth Route Army who invaded the city!" Tomidi Silou turned around and grinned at the adjutant behind him.

At this time, the soldiers of the commando team kept pouring out their firepower according to the city wall and the flower organs, and aimed at the Japanese and puppet troops who had withdrawn from the fortifications of the city wall and tried to flee along the street, one by one.

As a follow-up force, a group of main forces swarmed in from various gaps near Beicheng,

"There's something wrong with the situation. The little devil has deployed too few troops on the city wall. He doesn't even have a heavy machine gun!"

"It seems that, as the detachment leader said, the little devil has deployed all his firepower on both sides of the street!"

"Yang Tiansheng, tell the soldiers to be careful and follow the plan!" Dong Jiang instructed.

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