Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 254
According to the arrangement of Onodera Yuzo, the Japanese army deployed nearly 300 Japanese troops and more than 400 puppet guards in the central and southern parts of Handan City along both sides of Central Street.

Among them, there are sixteen light machine guns and nine heavy machine guns, and the bullet boxes are piled up in the houses.

In addition to the necessary communication personnel, all non-combatant personnel in the division and regiment headquarters were distributed with firearms. The rapid-fire artillery squadron arranged four artillerymen for each gun, and the rest were all mixed into the infantry team.

Outside the North City.

Zhou Weihan watched a group of soldiers pouring into the city from various gaps, and smiled on his face: "Okay, less than ten minutes after the shelling ended, the commando occupied the north city gate!"

"Old Zhou, the little devil's defensive force on the fortifications of the city wall seems to be a little weak, and it has not formed an effective block at all!" Zhao Gang raised a question at this time.

Zhou Weihan pursed his lips, not knowing what was going on in his head, and then said: "Although the second regiment has not yet entered the city, but once the city was fired, it completely cut off the enemy's reinforcements on the city wall, and the first regiment can go along the city wall." Advance quickly, and it won't be long before the three walls will fall!"

"Then it's time for the real hand-to-hand handover. I can only fight house to house. The method is correct. No matter what tricks the little devil has, just grind it slowly, the little devil can't turn over!"

While the two were talking, the monk who was assigned to observe the situation on the city wall came to report.

"Report, a red flag is lit on the city wall!"

"Immediately order the artillery battalion, the artillery extends 500 meters!" Zhou Weihan said.

"Yes!"

This is the contact method that was set before the siege. The Eighth Route Army did not have a walkie-talkie, and it was time-consuming to send people back and forth to pass orders. A red flag is 500 meters away.

According to the information from the base stationed in the city, there were no ordinary people living in Handan City, so Zhou Weihan let the artillery battalion go free to cover the assault team's attack.

After the artillery battalion received the order, it first fired two rounds of shelling into the city. One shell landed in front of a house set up by the Japanese army. A heavy machine gun inside and the Japanese army were immediately buried alive.

"Brigade commander, it's the 75-type field artillery!" Yuzo Onodera immediately realized that these were six [-]-caliber field artillery from the Field Artillery Squadron that lost contact yesterday.

"Baga!" Tomidi leaned on the wooden handrails on the fourth floor, and the continuous shelling made the second-floor building where it was located tremble.

On the fourth floor of Tomamidi, he was thinking that the Eighth Route Army would advance quickly, but the smoke cleared, and the next scene made him dumbfounded, and things did not develop as he thought.

The Eighth Route Army attacking the city had dispatched to the houses on both sides of Zhongyang Avenue at some point, and was advancing along the roofs.

Onodera Yuzo was startled: "Hurry up, order the soldiers in the private house to attack immediately, and when they are blocked in the private house, it will be like closing the door and beating dogs!"

The flag commander upstairs quickly sent out a signal, and the Japanese troops deployed on both sides of Central Avenue were at a loss when they received the order.

However, the little devil still followed the order from the civilian house, first drove out the security team of the puppet army, and then followed behind the security team.

Dong Jiang, who was squatting on the roof, suddenly found that there were many Japanese and puppet troops on the north and south sides of his position.

As soon as he showed up, at such a close distance, neither of the two sides was polite, and without waiting for Dong Jiang's fame and fortune, an exchange of fire started immediately.

After all, the commando has a high altitude advantage, coupled with the automatic weapons in their hands.

The Japanese army was fine, but when they came out of the houses, the soldiers deliberately distanced themselves from each other, and the puppet guards who were driven out were miserable, crowded together one by one.

A single grenade can kill a group of people, and the flower mechanism in Dong Jiang's hand missed the aim, and three or five people were shot with a single bullet.

"Company commander, there is a group of little devils running ahead carrying heavy machine guns!" Yang Tiansheng said from another rooftop.

Dong Jiang followed the direction pointed by Yang Tiansheng, and saw a group of more than forty little devils, who were about to withdraw southward with heavy machine guns while the two sides were fighting.

"Bring someone to me!"

"Yes!"

Yang Tiansheng didn't have too many scruples at this time, and led the people along the ladder to the east across several houses, and then jumped from the roof to a small alley.

Walking along the base of the wall to the corner, poked his head out to investigate the situation on the street, and then with a wave of his hand, more than [-] soldiers of the commando dived out of the alley.

"A group of three, advance alternately!" Yang Tiansheng ordered.

The purpose of alternately advancing was to avoid being hit by Japanese firepower during the march, but all the firepower of the Japanese army was attracted to the vicinity of Central Avenue, and they did not notice a small Eighth Route Army troop penetrating towards the south of the city.

Yang Tiansheng led his men through the south of the city quickly for more than [-] meters, and then went west into a small alley, intending to detour to Central Avenue and intercept the retreating Japanese heavy machine guns.

Just halfway through the alley, there was a sound of chaotic footsteps.

Yang Tiansheng's heart twitched involuntarily, his face was full of joy.

"Rush!" More than thirty commandos rushed out in one go.

The little devils who were retreating were startled, and then dense bullets came oncoming, and the heavy machine guns had time to be placed on the ground, and they fell to the ground one after another.

The commandos then shot the little devils who were not completely dead one by one.

"Deputy company commander, what about the heavy machine gun?" A commando soldier asked.

"Otherwise, we won't place them on the streets. If the little devils are repelled, they will be caught off guard!" another soldier said excitedly.

"No, the little devil's friend tanks and armored vehicles have not been dispatched. They are arranged on the streets without even fortifications. Isn't a good heavy machine gun a living target?" Yang Tiansheng shook his head and vetoed.

The spacious Central Avenue is nearly ten meters wide by visual inspection, and two Japanese tanks are walking side by side.

Then Yang Tiansheng looked around, and at a glance he caught sight of the three-story brick and stone building on the west side of Central Avenue.

"Just go to the third floor of the third floor. It should be the commanding height of the whole journey. If you occupy it, even if you can't kill the little devil, you can protect yourself!"

At the same time, in the small three-story building where the fourth floor of Tomidi was located.

"Report to the head of the brigade, the Eighth Route Army in the north is advancing rapidly along the fortifications of the city wall. The fortifications on the east and west sides of the city wall have been lost, and the south side is also in danger!" Cao Hui, a Japanese soldier with a bandage on his head, reported.

Tomamidi fourth floor unexpectedly did not get angry after hearing this, but said gently: "Warrior, the time has come for you to be loyal to the emperor, go!"

"Hi!" The Japanese sergeant bowed his head in response, turned around and went downstairs, and ran towards the central street where the gunshots were the most intense.

"Ono-kun, please go to the brigade headquarters to send a farewell telegram, destroy the confidential documents, and order the guards in the arsenal to destroy the weapons supplies inside, and leave a bullet for the Eighth Route Army!"

"The only thing we can do now is to prevent the Eighth Route Army from benefiting too much from this battle!" Tomidi Silou said with neither sadness nor joy on his face.

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, what about you!" Yuzo Onodera asked.

Tomamidi fourth floor pulled out the general officer's sword from his waist, and said immediately: "As a senior general of the Imperial Japanese Army, I swear to die in the front line, and the jade fragment has been reported to the emperor!"

"Go!"

"Hi!"

(End of this chapter)