Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Da da da!"

"Crack, clap clap clap!—"

The soldiers of the New Second Regiment became more and more courageous as they fought, while the devils of the 9th Brigade were beaten to pieces with many casualties. They wanted to flee to the city, but the city gate was only so big.

After a chase, the 15st Battalion of the 1th Infantry Regiment, which went out of the city to launch a counterattack, only escaped with more than 300 people in the end. Killed under the city wall.

After the surviving devils fled into the city, Kong Jie did not let the soldiers continue to chase into the city, but gave an order to retreat.

The 9th Brigade of the Japanese Infantry also had artillery. Because the counterattack of the New Second Regiment was so sudden, they did not react immediately.

By the time they launched a retaliatory bombardment to the New Second Regiment, the soldiers of the New Second Regiment had basically withdrawn to their positions.

Although the devil's artillery fire was fierce, it did not cause many casualties to the New Second Regiment.

After the battle at the west city gate came to an end, the artillerymen of Spike immediately turned their guns and aimed at the other three gates and the railway crossing...

In Jinzhong County.

Headquarters of the Japanese 9th Brigade.

After hearing the violent explosions coming from the direction of the city gate, the chief of staff Bao Tianzhen, who was in charge of the headquarters, immediately felt that something was wrong.

Although the head of the brigade, Hattori Naomi, vowed that with the quality of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, it is absolutely impossible to launch a precise bombardment of a target several kilometers away.

But he was still a little worried, so he immediately picked up the phone to ask about the battle situation in the direction of the west gate, but found that the phone couldn't get through at all.

Immediately afterwards, the old devil immediately sent several scouts to the west gate.

After these scouts went back and forth and gathered the battle situation at the west gate to them, Yasuda suddenly showed a shocked expression.

"Nani? What are you talking about? You said that the artillerymen of the China Tuba Road controlled the artillery of the armored train and precisely bombarded the imperial army's attacking troops, not only stopping the imperial army's offensive, but also causing a lot of casualties to the imperial army?"

"Hi Yi!"

The leading second lieutenant officer nodded heavily, and added: "I don't know if it was the 1st Battalion of the Imperial Army Infantry, even the tanks and armored vehicles of the armored vehicle squadron were destroyed by the Chinese artillery.

Of the 3 tanks and 5 armored vehicles, only 1 tank and 2 armored vehicles were successfully withdrawn into the city. "

"Then, the Chinese artillery used artillery to carry out an extended bombardment of the city walls and gates, and the Eighth Route Army outside the city also took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack..."

When Bao Tianzhen heard the second lieutenant say that the artillery of the Eighth Route Army had carried out an extended bombardment of the city gate, his face immediately changed drastically, and before the other party finished speaking, he asked again: "The Chinese artillery carried out an extended bombardment of the city gate, what about the brigade commander?" ?”

Second Lieutenant Guizi: "Your Excellency, the brigade commander, under the escort of Captain Yamashita, moved down from the city wall in advance, so he was not injured."

Yasuda felt a little relieved, and then walked out towards the door with his legs wide open. As soon as he reached the yard, he bumped head-on with Naotomi Hattori and others who came in from the outside.

At this moment, Naotomi Hattori's face did not have the confidence and arrogance he had before. Apart from anger, there was anger on his face.

"Your Excellency, Head of the Brigade..."

"Hota-kun, my plan failed. I miscalculated the quality of the Eighth Route Army's artillery." Although Hattori Naotomi was unwilling to fail, he did not throw the blame away.

Bao Tianzhen comforted: "Your Excellency, the brigade commander, don't blame yourself. Although the attack of the 1st Infantry Battalion failed, the 2nd Battalion did not leave the city at that time. Today, we still have enough troops. The Eighth Route Army wants to break through the Jinzhong city defense. It's still a dream!

As long as we persevere until dawn, then it will be the time for the death of these Chinese Tubalu! "

Naotomi Hattori nodded, and then walked into the headquarters.

However, before he could take a sip of water, a Japanese communications soldier rushed to report: "Report Your Excellency, Chief of the Brigade, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff! The East Gate was hit by heavy artillery from an armored train, and the Eighth Route Army outside the city also took advantage of the situation to launch an attack.

More than half of the 6th Infantry Squadron guarding the East City Gate suffered casualties, and they begged the headquarters to provide tactical guidance! "

"Baga!" Although Naoto Hattori expected that the Eighth Route Army would launch retaliatory bombing on the other city gates, he did not expect their retaliation to come so quickly and violently. Without drinking, he directly smashed the cup in his hand.

With a sound of 'pacha', the ceramic teacup suddenly fell apart.

However, anger is anger, and the immediate crisis still has to be resolved.

Naotomi Hattori pondered for a moment, then said, "The East Gate must not be lost. Order the 3rd Infantry Battalion to immediately dispatch a squadron to reinforce the East Gate!"

"Hi Yi!"

A ghost messenger nodded his head heavily, and was about to turn around and leave to deliver the order.

However, he was stopped by Chief of Staff Bao Tianzhen: "Wait a minute!"

The ghost messenger stopped, turned around and looked at Makoto Yasuda suspiciously.

But Makoto advised Hattori Naoko: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, you can't do it. The Shina Tuba Road has a large number of artillery, and their artillery quality is extremely high, and they can manipulate the artillery to carry out precise bombing of the city gate and the city wall.

Therefore, even if we send another infantry squadron to the past, in the end, it will only waste a few more Chinese Tubalu shells, and it will not be able to solve the problem at all. "

After thinking about it, Naotomi Hattori seemed to think that Chief of Staff Makoto Yasuda's analysis made sense, so he asked, "Honda-kun, what do you mean?"

Bao Tianzhen: "The gates and walls of the city cannot be defended, but in Jinzhong County, in addition to the imperial army, there are also a large number of Chinese civilians. The Eighth Route Army must not dare to carry out extended bombing of the city."

After a pause, Baotian Zhen changed the subject and continued: "Therefore, my suggestion is to abandon the city wall position, withdraw the imperial army on the city wall, build barricades in the city relying on the favorable terrain, and start a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army."

"In order to prevent the civilians in China from accidentally injuring the city, the Eighth Route Army must be cautious and stop using the artillery of armored trains."

"In this way, with the current strength of the imperial army, we can definitely hold out until dawn!"

"Yoshi!" Naotomi Hattori listened to Chief of Staff Yasuda Makoto's analysis, nodded in agreement, and said in approval: "Yoshi, your suggestion is very constructive, so let's do it as it is said!"

Speaking of this, Hattori Naotomi turned his head, and said to the messenger standing by the side: "Order! The imperial army guarding the gates, immediately retreat to the city wall, and then look for a favorable position to build a barricade!"

"Hi Yi!" The ghost messenger nodded heavily, then turned and left.

After the messenger left, Bao Tianzhen said again: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, I haven't finished what I just said."

"Oh?" Naotomi Hattori looked at Makoto Yasuda suspiciously, and motioned, "Kun Yasuda, please continue."

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