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Chapter 399 Occupying the City Wall ([-])!
"Nani?"

"Has the northern city wall been occupied by the Eighth Route Army?"

Inner City of Taiyuan, Headquarters of the First Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka turned his head suddenly, and looked at Toshimatsu Kasai, the communication staff officer who reported, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

Less than an hour and a half after the eighth route bombardment started, the city wall was occupied by the eighth route army.

This is too fake, right?

Just now, in the direction of the north city wall, the gunshots changed from dense to sparse. He thought that the defenders of the city wall repelled the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

You know, the defenders on each wall have a squadron of the Japanese army, plus a regiment of the Imperial Association Army, with a strength of almost 1500 people.

Even if the city wall was bombarded by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army with more than a dozen gaps, some caves for Tibetan soldiers were bombed down, the defenders were killed by shells, and some were killed by infantry artillery and mortars.

There are still at least 1000 defenders, and there are no less than 100 light and heavy machine guns.

The battle materials of 1.5 divisions used by the Japanese army to attack Zhongtiao Mountain are still in Taiyuan, and they were supposed to be transported to the front line through the Nantongpu Railway.

However, once Li Yunlong led his troops to attack Taiyuan, these supplies could only be in Taiyuan.

Among them are many spare weapons, plus the weapons and ammunition in Taiyuan's arsenal, the machine guns defending Taiyuan have a lot of firepower and sufficient bullets.

Under such powerful firepower, it would be impossible for the infantry of the Eighth Route Army to occupy a single city wall without losing thousands of people, and it would take half a day to do so.

However, with the addition of a tentative attack during the day, this is the second attack of the Eighth Route Army, and it easily occupied the city wall?
Shinozuka Yoshio didn't believe it at all.

"Hi!"

Kasai Toshimatsu bowed his head and spoke in a hurry: "According to the last call report from the squadron leader Harada who guarded the city wall, the Eighth Route Army used not only mountain artillery and howitzers, but also a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns to aim and shoot directly at the defenders' machine guns. The Eighth Route Army The machine gun shells penetrated the crenels of the city wall, hit the machine gunner and the deputy shooter, and in less than half a minute, all the fire points of the machine guns were attacked almost simultaneously!"

Shinozuka Yoshio's face turned from questioning to surprised and angry when he heard the words, and now he finally believed it.

A few minutes ago, he did hear the sound of rapid machine shelling, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

In his opinion, the anti-aircraft cannons of the Eight Routes are only used for air defense, and he is still a little puzzled. What is the Eight Routes doing when the imperial army's planes are not dispatched at night?
Never thought that anti-aircraft cannons could be used to attack cities!
Suddenly, Shinozuka Yoshio's face changed drastically, because he remembered that not only the north of the city, but also the sound of intensive anti-aircraft guns came from the other three directions at the same time a few minutes ago.

"Not good, immediately order the defenders on the east wall, west wall and south wall to stop shooting!"

Yoshio Shinozuka spoke to Toshimatsu Kasai very quickly.

If only the northern city wall was occupied by the Eighth Route, the situation would not be out of hand.

As long as the East City Wall, West City Wall, and South City Wall are not occupied by the Eighth Route Army, aircraft support can be dispatched immediately after dawn after more than an hour.

With the cooperation of the aircraft, order the Yoshino United to concentrate its forces to push back, and there may be a chance to retake the northern city wall.

"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu stood up and bowed his head, ready to walk outside.

A communications lieutenant rushed in, paused, and said, "General, the east and west walls have been occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army has captured the south wall and is fighting fiercely. Captain Xiaoshi requests reinforcements!"

The actions of the siege Eighth Route Army were so fast that the devils and puppet troops couldn't react at all.

Moreover, machine guns are better than mortars and infantry guns in that unless the siege infantry has already attacked the city, it can always provide fire cover for the siege infantry.

As long as there is a firing hole in the city wall that spews out flames and shoots at the siege infantry.

The ammunition chain fire line of the machine gun can immediately extend and wrap there, and the crenels of the city wall where the firepower of the devils and puppet troops are located are easily penetrated.

Coupled with the flares from time to time, there is no need to worry about hurting your own people.

The machine gun firepower of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd attack group was not as good as that of the new group, but they didn't fight for long, and they attacked and occupied the city wall immediately after.

"Bagaya Road!"

Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly broke out, and punched the table, which creaked, which frightened the communication lieutenant.

"General, is this order still in order?"

Communications Staff Toshimatsu Kasai stopped after hearing this, and looked at Yoshio Shinozuka.

Shinozuka Yoshio's face was gloomy, and his tone was cold and stern: "Kasai-kun, immediately order the Yoshino Alliance to prepare for street fighting, and be ready to fight house-by-house and street-by-street with Eight Routes at any time!"

At this time, ordering the soldiers to stop shooting, isn't that a disease of the brain?

"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu bowed his head at attention, turned and left, and the communication lieutenant quickly followed after bowing his head at attention.

……

Outer city, Yoshino Regiment Headquarters.

After receiving the order from the headquarters, Yoshino immediately summoned the three captains.

A major and two lieutenants stood neatly in front of Yoshino Yuo.

"Gentlemen, General Shinozuka's order has come."

Looking at the three captains standing upright in front of him, and the three pairs of fanatical eyes, Yuo Yoshino narrowed his eyes.

The Yoshino Regiment originally belonged to the 9th Brigade, and the leader of the regiment, Yufu Yoshino, went to Qi County last year to reinforce the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment.

However, when Yoshino led the Yoshino Regiment to Qi County, the Kuroshima Regiment had been completely annihilated, and the leader of the Kuroshima Morita Regiment was beaten into several pieces, and his body stinks.

Later, the Yoshino Regiment was transferred from the 9th Brigade by Shinozuka Yoshio, and became a regiment directly under the Front Army, stationed in Taiyuan for a long time to protect the security of the headquarters.

"The Eighth Route Army has occupied the city wall."

Yoshino Yufu glanced at the three of them, and said in a harsh tone: "According to reliable information, among the Eighth Route Army that attacked Taiyuan this time, there is the notorious New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Everyone must be familiar with this new regiment. The four major generals of the Imperial Army, Two lieutenant generals, as well as countless imperial warriors, Yu Sui, are in the hands of this new regiment, and Li Yunlong and his new regiment have caused incalculable losses to the empire."

With just a few words, the eyes of the three captains were filled with murderous intent.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong and Xinyituan were also attacking Taiyuan.

"Then kill them all, leaving no one behind!"

The captain of the brigade wearing the rank of Major spoke loudly.

"Don't underestimate the Eight Ways, you need to use your brains in war."

Yoshino Yuo glanced at the major, satisfied with his attitude, then pointed to his temple and said:

"It is estimated that after dawn, the Eighth Route Army will launch an attack. The Eighth Route Army has more troops than ours. Therefore, we must kill and injure a large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers in the first wave."

Eighth Road has more than 3 main players, while Yoshino United has only more than 3600 people. The number of the two sides is almost 10 to 1.

There is a huge disparity in military strength.

Yoshino continued: "Arrange a small number of machine guns and troops on the street, build a firepower point, and attract the Eighth Route to attack along the street. Most of the firepower is placed in the houses on both sides of the street. When the Eighth Route enters the ambush circle, the light and heavy machine guns on both sides will attack at the same time. Fire!"

"The next step is to start a house-to-house and street-to-street battle with Eight Roads!"

In 1937, Yoshino Yuo participated in the attack on the Shanghai stock market. At that time, he was only the captain, and his military rank was only a lieutenant.

In the middle of the battle, China and Japan engaged in large-scale street fighting. When the soldiers of the national army counterattacked, the Japanese army used this tactic to kill and injure a large number of soldiers of the national army.

After deploying the combat mission, Yoshino's voice suddenly rose: "Masters, it's time to be loyal to His Majesty the Locust and the Empire of Japan!"

"Long live His Majesty the Locust, long live the Empire of Japan!"

The three captains raised their hands and shouted.

After shouting a few times, the three captains turned and left with fanaticism and madness in their eyes.

……

Eighth Route Army Taihang 3rd Column Headquarters.

Wang Dehou put down the high-power walkie-talkie and reported to Li Yunlonghui: "Report to the commander in chief, the first attack group has reported that the southern city wall has been occupied. Commander Ding asked for instructions, should we start street fighting immediately?"

The south wall of the outer city of Taiyuan was captured by Ding Wei's 1st attack group.

All the walls outside the city fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

"Not urgent!"

Li Yunlong looked at his watch, and said again: "It will be dawn in more than an hour, and the fighters of the attack groups will step up to replenish ammunition and eat breakfast, and they will enter the city to fight street fighting at dawn. Street fighting must follow the schedule. The plan made, the house-to-house and street-to-street fights must be synchronized."

No, Li Yunlong was not in a hurry to go to the city to fight street fighting with the devils and puppet troops.

Although time was tight, Li Yunlong commanded troops with rich experience in street fighting, and he would not send soldiers to attack along the streets as soon as he entered the city like Lengtouqing.

If they did that, the attacking troops would definitely fall into the trap set by the devils and puppet troops.

When he first attacked Yangquan, Li Yunlong suffered such a loss, but there were not many devils in Yangquan at that time, although he suffered a little loss, it was not a big one.

Afterwards, Wang Dehou immediately conveyed the order to the attacking groups through a high-power walkie-talkie.

Li Yunlong said again: "Chief of Staff, immediately prepare a telegram and send it to the headquarters, saying that our Taihang 3rd Column has successfully captured the outer city wall of Taiyuan, and will enter the city after dawn to start street fighting with the devils."

"Yes!"

Wang Dehou quickly drew up a telegram and handed it to the telegraph operator, who then sent it to the headquarters.

About 20 minutes later, the headquarters called Li Yunlong back.

The head of the headquarters commended Li Yunlong and the third column of Taihang, and encouraged Li Yunlong and the third column to make persistent efforts to take Taiyuan in one go.

And the telegram from the headquarters also wrote news about the Japanese reinforcements in Taiyuan.

The main force of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army, the 1st Brigade of the Cavalry Garrisoned in Mongolia is going south to reinforce Taiyuan, and the 108th Division is coming from Shimen City to reinforce Taiyuan.

After reading the telegram, Li Yunlong was a little surprised.

Yoshio Shinozuka, an old devil, did not withdraw his troops from the Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield to come back for reinforcements.

Instead, he applied to the North China Front Army for the 108th Division and the 1st Brigade of Cavalry of the Mongolian Army to reinforce Taiyuan.

The 108th Division must have gone west along the Zhengtai Railway for reinforcements. Now that the Zhengtai Railway has been blocked again, the 108th Division must not dare to take the train for reinforcements.

But in this way, if the Taihang 2nd Column led by the Brigadier, who is fighting the 2nd Guards Division, cannot end the battle early.

When the 108th Division arrived, the Taihang Second Column faced the two Japanese divisions, and the brigade commander was under great pressure.

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes. It seemed that he had to speed up the battle to attack Taiyuan.

(End of this chapter)