The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 909 Breakthrough... (First update)
"Dong dong dong..."

The dull shooting sound of the vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun suddenly sounded in the south of the city less than 500 meters away from the inner city.

The bullet rain chased the little devil more than 100 meters ahead.

For every meter the devil advanced, one person was shot and fell to the ground.

The captain of the devils guarding the inner city happened to be guarding here, watching the Eighth Route Army's pursuit troops shoot and kill the retreating imperial army with machine guns, but he was helpless.

The opponent is a tank with rough skin and thick flesh.

The most powerful weapon in my hand is the infantry artillery. Although it can destroy tanks at close range, it is not deployed here.

Mortars are powerful, but they are still far from destroying tanks.

The only thing to do is to open the city gates and pray that the retreating troops will run faster.

At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to prepare for battle and block the Eighth Route Army infantry behind the tank.

Without infantry cover, no matter how powerful the tank is, it would not dare to attack the inner city of Taiyuan alone.

"Fire, block the Eighth Route Army outside the city, and cover the retreating troops entering the city..." The infantry behind the tank had just rushed to a position two or three hundred meters outside the city, and the command to fire came from the brigade leader.

The command saber in his hand slashed forward.

More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns erected behind the battlements opened fire immediately, and the rain of bullets crackled on the protective steel plates of the tank, sparks splashed everywhere.

Several soldiers who were next to the tank were knocked over at the same time, and there was no movement when they fell to the ground.

"Tanks keep firing until the kid gets into town..."

"Shoot two cannons at the gate tower, how many devils can be killed."

"Others immediately evacuate from the range of the Japanese firepower..."

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Located in the Shanxi Garrison Headquarters in the inner city, Yoshio Iwamatsu also heard the sound of close-range firefights coming from the south of the city.

It sounded like it was on the edge of the inner city.

A bad feeling quickly came to mind.

"Jingle Bell……"

A telephone connected to the inner city wall suddenly rang, and all the officers, including Yoshio Iwamatsu, looked at the telephone soldier who answered the call, which made him so nervous that he almost dropped the microphone in his hand.

"Mosimoxi..."

The telephone soldier listened while talking, and his face was constantly changing like the changing weather.

The moment he put down the microphone, his face was gloomy, obviously what he received was not good news.

Before Yoshio Iwamatsu could open his mouth, he rushed to report: "Your Excellency, Commander..."

"The troops withdrawn from the south of the city have entered the inner city..."

"But only more than 50 people made it into the inner city alive."

"Report from the troops defending the inner city."

"The Eighth Route Army drove tanks to chase after the retreating troops, and many soldiers died on the way to retreat..."

"If they hadn't shot back the Eighth Route Army's pursuing troops in time..."

"It is very likely that none of the troops stationed in the south of the city will be able to retreat!"

"Your Excellency, Commander..." Another messenger rushed to Yoshio Iwamatsu in a panic.

"The humble job comes from the north of the city..."

"We encountered the Eighth Route Army intercepting troops on the way back. They were equipped with tanks and mortars..."

"We marched lightly and were not equipped with any anti-tank weapons. No matter how we attacked, we couldn't break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line..."

"The captain asked the humble officer to propose to the Commander..."

"Without reinforcements from the south and north of the city, the inner city will definitely not be able to defend itself!"

"Your Excellency Commander, please immediately lead troops to break through from the east of the city..."

"We will stop the Eighth Route Army attacking from the north of the city at all costs, and buy time for the headquarters to break through."

After hearing this, the chief of staff seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw in despair, and immediately proposed to Yoshio Iwamatsu.

"Your Excellency Commander... I think this method is very good..."

"Since the inner city can't be defended, it's better to break through..."

"We will take Taiyuan back from the Eighth Route Army when the mopping-up troops in Northwest Shanxi come back for help."

"As long as the headquarters is still there, your Excellency Commander is alive, and the troops are still there, if Taiyuan is lost, it will be lost."

"It's better than the headquarters being occupied by the Eighth Route Army together with Taiyuan."

"We still have a reinforced brigade..."

"The Eighth Route Army in the east of the city has just gone through a bloody battle. The troops have lost troops and are very tired..."

"We launched a sudden counterattack from there, and we will definitely catch the Eighth Route Army by surprise and rush out of Taiyuan City..."

It's not that Yoshio Iwamatsu never thought of breaking through.

It's just that in this way, I will definitely lose my face as a commander, and my position as the commander of the Shanxi garrison will become more and more unstable.

Maybe he will be transferred away after this battle is over, and he will be convicted of throwing away all the crimes of Taiyuan.

But at least you don't have to die if you do this.

If he chooses to defend the inner city with insufficient troops, he may not even see the sun tomorrow morning.

Only by living can one have everything, and when one dies, everything is over, and nothing is left.

Yoshio Iwamatsu firmly believed in this truth.

As long as he is alive, he will lose his position as the commander of the Shanxi garrison. At worst, if he wins a battle in the future, he will regain this position.

Immediately made a decision: "Then give up Taiyuan and break out from the east gate..."

"Contact every unit we can..."

"Let them choose their own opportunity to break out of the encirclement...they can survive if they get out of Taiyuan..."

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On the head of the east gate of Taiyuan, Li Yunlong was observing the battlefield under his feet.

He fought here for several days and nights, and he lost one battalion if not two battalions, and he finally took it down today.

"Captain..."

A battalion commander under his command suddenly ran over: "There are about 500 remnants of the Japanese and puppet army's east garrison. They are really scattered and fleeing towards the inner city. Should we divide our troops and pursue them immediately!"

Li Yunlong blurted out an order: "Of course..."

"Even a soldier or a kid from the east of the city can't be put into the inner city..."

"All the soldiers who can still move stand up for me, and work hard to wipe out the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops in the outer city."

"The chariot troops entering the city pursue together..."

Less than 10 minutes after the battalion commander left, the sound of firefighting began to ring around, and the longer the time, the farther away he was.

It shows that the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops all want to return to the inner city to save their lives.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

At the critical moment, an explosion suddenly attracted Li Yunlong's attention.

In order to catch up with the Japanese and puppet troops as soon as possible, the pursuit troops marched lightly and did not carry heavy weapons.

The shells that exploded at this moment must have been fired by the little devil.

My heart tightened, and I frowned and asked back, "Damn..."

"The battle has been fought to this extent, so it's possible that the remnants of the little devils still have the strength to kill us and return our carbine."

He said while holding up the binoculars.

Under the darkness of night, the fireballs from the shells were particularly dazzling, directly illuminating the battlefield.

Li Yunlong frowned after watching for a few seconds, and said solemnly.

"Something's wrong..."

"The pursuit force was attacked by at least ten mortars."

"Even if the remnants of the Japanese puppet army in the east of the city brought mortars, it is impossible for them to have so many..."

"The Japanese puppet army who attacked us was someone else..."

"The investigation team will go and find out immediately..."

"The rest of the chasing troops stepped up their vigilance and kept a distance from the Japanese and puppet troops. They must not advance alone!"

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(End of this chapter)