Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 710

The old city of Jingxing is close to Niangziguan in the west and Huolu in the east. The entire city wall is made of stone and is about 7 meters high. It is surrounded by mountains in the north and Mian River in the east, west and south, forming a natural barrier.

There is Xuehua Mountain in the southwest of the city, which overlooks the whole city. It is an important barrier of Jingxing City. The Japanese army built a solid blockhouse on the top of the mountain.

The city has three gates in the east, west, and south. There is a drum tower in the southeast corner of the city with solid fortifications. There is a stone bridge on the Mian River in the east, which connects with Hedong Village. It is the main traffic route in and out of the city. There is an ancient pagoda about 10 meters high and 3 meters wide on the hillside. It is a strong firepower point for the enemy and can directly control the Mianhe Stone Bridge.

Around the city wall and around the mining area, within tens of miles in depth, there are dotted strongholds and bunker groups, guarding the city wall and the mining area.

Judging from the layout of the overall fortifications, it can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. During the Hundred Regiments War, although the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region captured the well diameter, their own casualties were not small.

"Zhou **, long time no see!" Taibei [-]rd Division and Brigadier Wu of the New [-]th Brigade looked very enthusiastic when he saw Zhou Weihan.

"Mr. Wu, the last time we met was Heshun, it should have been 40 years, two years in a blink of an eye!" Zhou Weihan said with emotion.

"That's right, in just over two years, you have been promoted fast enough to be on an equal footing with Mrs. Chen of our military region. Times make heroes!"

"No matter how fast I get promoted, I still have to learn more from old comrades like you, right?" Zhou Weihan said.

After the two exchanged simple greetings, Zhou Weihan asked about the current battle situation. After the division headquarters received a clear combat mission, considering that the New 385th Brigade was weaker than the [-]th Brigade, the division commander suggested that Zhou Weihan concentrate the main force on the Zhengtai Line.

Therefore, the six regiments were divided into two groups. The assault regiment, the 22nd regiment, the supplementary regiment, and the artillery battalion went north from Heshun. Yuanshi.

"Currently, the 29th and 30th regiments of our New Tenth Brigade are cleaning up the outlying strongholds in Jingxing. According to investigations and research, most of the Japanese troops are gathered in the outskirts. In fact, the internal defense is empty, showing a state of external strength and internal weakness!" Wu said. ** said.

"Then I came at the right time. While the Japanese army was being involved, I avoided the periphery, took the opportunity by surprise, and went straight to the heart-pumping tactic. First attack Jingxing, and then catch deer, all in one go!" Zhou Weihan laughed.

As an excellent candidate to implement the heart-piercing tactics, of course it is the assault regiment led by Dong Jiang.

That night, the 22nd Regiment was ordered to launch an offensive on the mining area north of Jingxing, using artillery fire to destroy the outer bunkers of the Japanese mining area, and then blowing up the wall. The whole regiment interspersed and captured the Hengjian Mine in just two hours. It is time to occupy the Wangshe Mine.

At the same time, after the reinforcements arrived, the two regiments of the New Tenth Brigade also stepped up their attack. The 29th regiment surrounded Jingxing Station, and the 30th regiment stormed Xuehua Mountain.

At dawn, the assault regiment responsible for digging out the heart set out. Since the enemy at Xuehua Mountain in the southwest of Jingxing City was pinned down by the 30th regiment, the assault regiment could safely attack Hedong Village in the east of Jingxing City.

The 10-meter-high ancient pagoda standing in Hedong Village is very obvious. As soon as the assault group showed its trace, the four light machine guns on the ancient pagoda began to shoot.

The little devil was not allowed to be presumptuous for too long. The twelve American 75 mountain cannons that followed the assault regiment fired at the ancient tower in a blink of an eye. Then the first battalion and one company took advantage of the situation to attack. Began to forcibly cross the Mian River.

"I am the third battalion, and our troops have arrived at the bank of the Mian River. We need artillery cover. I repeat, we need artillery cover!" The commander of the third battalion contacted the artillery with a walkie-talkie.

The same scene also happened to the first battalion on the south side. Soon after, the shells landed on the west bank of the Mian River. Taking advantage of the thick smoke and flames, the soldiers of the two battalions jumped into the waist-high river one after another. After successfully arriving at the west bank of the Mianhe River, the first battalion went straight to Dongguan, which was directly ahead, and the third battalion headed to Beiguan.

Limited by the suppression of artillery fire by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese and puppet troops on the two city gates could not give full play to their superiority in firepower. The two battalions quickly blasted the walls, wiped out all the enemies guarding the gates, and approached Jingxing City.

"The first battalion wiped out the enemies in Dongguan!"

"The third battalion wiped out the enemies in Beiguan!"

Dong Jiangdang, who was in charge of the command, nodded with satisfaction after hearing the results from the walkie-talkie, and then said: "The first company and the artillery quickly moved forward to the west bank of the Mian River, and concentrated artillery fire on the eastern city wall of Jingxing first. !"

"Yes!" The correspondent on the side responded.

About 10 minutes later, the assault regiment's preparations for the general attack officially began. The movement at the east gate was the most intense. Twelve mountain cannons and six M2 heavy machine guns unceasingly vented their firepower at the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall.

The second lieutenant on the city wall forcibly ordered the Japanese and puppet troops under him to resist, and then panicked down the city wall: "Moxi Moxi, sir, the enemy in the east of the city has a large number of people and fierce firepower, please reinforce!"

At the same time, all the soldiers of the third battalion hid among the houses in the north of the city, and fired at each other on the enemy on the city wall. With the advantage of semi-automatic rifles, they beat the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall to the point of being helpless.

"Damn it, our third battalion can attack the city without mountain artillery. Gather all the mortars, advance the position, and bombard the enemy!" The commander of the third battalion was not satisfied with the current battle situation, and ordered road.

Although the 50 small artillery and the 82 mortar are not as powerful as the mountain artillery, they continue to explode under the noses of the Japanese and puppet troops by virtue of the advantage of the rate of fire, which doubles the pressure on the enemy on the city.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, members of the blasting team of the third battalion and the sixth company passed through the houses, braved the artillery fire from their own side, followed the base of the city wall, and quietly came to the city gate, and successively placed more than 300 kilograms of explosives.

There was a loud bang, the city wall was blown open, the enemy on the tower was blown to pieces, and the soldiers of the third battalion rushed towards the city gate like tigers descending from the mountain.

"Yo, the third battalion fought well, and even entered the city first!" Dong Jiang knew that he had entered the city by blasting as soon as he heard the movement in the north of the city.

Soon after, nearly [-] soldiers from the first battalion and the third battalion were interspersed like two sharp knives. In the urban area, the panicked Japanese and puppet troops were constantly wiped out by the assault regiment like headless chickens.

From the perspective of the entire Jingxing City, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops continued to retreat towards the west of the city, and were finally blocked at the west entrance of the city by the detoured Third Battalion.

"Hand in your gun and don't kill, hand in your gun and don't kill!" The soldiers of the third battalion shouted loudly.

The impoverished puppet army was scared out of their wits and was about to lay down their weapons and surrender, but unexpectedly, the little devil officer in the lead yelled, "Baga, yalu, all the Chinese are dead!"

"Call me!"

The soldiers of the assault regiment had eight grains and light machine guns with full firepower. In the chaos, the last two hundred or so Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out in the west of Yujingxing City.

(End of this chapter)