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Chapter 468 Put pressure on the devils!

Not long after, Ishikawa Zhishui came in again, and reported to Jing Guanren:
"Division commander, the order has been issued."

"Yoxi!" Jing Guanren nodded and asked, "Mr. Shi Chuan, how is the reinforcement of the city wall you are responsible for?"

Shi Chuanzhishui originally wanted to answer that it was solid, but then he thought about it. The new regiment is likely to be equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, otherwise it would be impossible to pull out so many thickened bunkers and gun towers in such a short period of time.

He changed the subject and said: "Reporting to the head of the division, the city wall has been reinforced with cement on all sides. Considering the powerful eight-way artillery fire, it is impossible to push the 75mm cannon onto the city wall to aim directly, so I ordered the engineers to dig out some Cannon positions, so that the mountain cannons can aim at the siege of the Eighth Route Army and shoot directly, and the Eighth Route Army will suffer heavy losses. The project has now been completed."

The city walls of Heyuan County are not built with special artillery fortifications like the city walls of Taiyuan.

However, Ishikawa found another way to control the water, digging out artillery positions on the city wall without artillery fortifications.

"In addition, all the buildings built on the commanding heights of the streets and houses are thickened fortresses, and most of them have been completed so far."

"Unless Eighth Route drags the large-caliber heavy artillery into the city to aim and shoot directly, it will definitely pay a heavy price."

Although he is only an officer, Ishikawa's level of water management is still very high.

And because it belongs to a different system and works next to the division commander, its actual power is greater than that of the regiment commander below.

"Yo Xi!" Jing Guanren nodded, and said in a satisfied tone, "After this battle, I am afraid that Shi Chuan-kun will be promoted to major general."

At present, the Japanese troops in Heyuan County have 1000 people from the headquarters of the Japanese Army Division.

In addition, there are more than 800 people in the Engineering Wing and 2000 people in the Mountain Artillery Wing. Although these are logistics and artillery, after being equipped with weapons, the combat effectiveness may not be strong, but the fighting will is no worse than that of infantry.

In addition, there are more than 224 people from the 2000th Regiment and a battalion of the puppet army.

As for the supply unit of the 36th Division, it is on the other side of Tongpu Road, and it is doing the work of transporting cement and steel bars, not in the county.

The total strength of Heyuan County is still large. The Japanese and puppet troops add up to nearly 7000 people, and the division headquarters and the 224th Regiment have more than 3600 people with strong combat effectiveness.

This is also the reason why Jing Guanren is very confident and does not slip away.

According to pre-war analysis, the total strength of the new regiment was about 1.

If the Xinyi Regiment really wanted to eat up the 36th Division, in addition to attacking Heyuan County, it would have to face Japanese reinforcements from Datong, Taiyuan, Ping'an, and Anhua.

Even if Li Yunlong sent 3000 troops to help.

Among the other 7000 people, 1000 to 2000 were artillery and other arms, and only 5000 infantrymen attacked Heyuan County.

The ratio of casualties in street fighting is 1:1. Even if the infantry of the new regiment were all wiped out, it would be impossible to capture Heyuan County.

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The mountain artillery deployed in the belly of the county wall can inflict heavy damage on the new regiment.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Jing Guanren became more and more confident. It was indeed surprising to take away the thickened blockhouse and gun tower, but so what?

Can your new regiment eat up my 36th regiment?
"Borrow the auspicious words from the head of the division."

Ishikawa Jisui bowed his head, and there was a look of anticipation in his eyes, which commander would not want to be promoted to major general?
Jing Guanren's eyes flashed sharply: "Order the artillery regiment to put the mountain cannons in the artillery positions immediately, and be ready to deal with the eight-way attack at any time!"

"Hi!"

Ishikawa Zhishui grinned grimly, turned around and sent orders to the artillery regiment.

……

About an hour later.

The vanguard of the first battalion of the new regiment advanced to the city of Heyuan County.

The Japanese army built some trenches, foxholes and other fortifications around the county seat.

However, there were not many devils, and most of them were puppet soldiers, who were used as cannon fodder outside the city by the devils.

Because part of the cannons and artillery of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Artillery Battalion have not yet come up.

However, the enemy's city and the city can form crossfire, strafing the siege troops, so the attack is suspended.

"Report to the head!"

Wearing an auspicious uniform, with camouflage oil on his face and an M3 submachine gun hanging on his chest, Duan Peng walked into the headquarters and gave a military salute to Li Yunlong.

The auspicious clothes and camouflage oil were all given by Chen Feng.

In addition to these, there are body armor, helmets, etc. that are given priority to the Sword Squadron and Spike Squadron.

"Duan Peng, your Sword Squadron has done a good job of infiltrating."

Li Yunlong praised first, and then asked: "That old devil Jing Guanren didn't run away?"

Duan Peng reported loudly: "Reporting leader, from this morning until now, the road leaving Heyuan County has been under the surveillance of our Sword Squadron, and Jing Guanren has not been found to escape."

"Haha, Jing Guanren, I finally caught you."

Li Yunlong laughed when he heard the words, and then said to Duan Peng: "Take the soldiers to rest first, and later your Sword Squadron will provide shooting parameters for the artillery."

"Yes!"

Duan Peng straightened his body, turned around and walked outside the headquarters.

Watching Duan Peng leave the headquarters, Li Yunlong ordered loudly: "Pass my order, all battalions and divisions will follow the original plan to outflank, surround the four walls of Heyuan County for me, and not even a mosquito can let it fly out. !"

Following Li Yunlong's order, the main infantry battalions and the first and second divisions of the New First Regiment began to outflank. In less than half an hour, about 9000 people surrounded Heyuan County.

There are at least 2000 people in each direction to prevent the devils from jumping over the wall and escaping.

In addition, there are more than 2300 people from the third division as the reserve team.

After each truck transported the cannons and shells to the designated location, they quickly unloaded the shells.

Under the order of Xing Zhiguo, they went to Zhaojiayu Airport to transport the helmets, and the artillerymen of the new regiment quickly set up the cannons.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner according to plan.

About 2 hours later, at 3:30 in the morning, the frontline headquarters of the new regiment issued an order for shelling.

As a string of red flares blasted into the air, the sound of cannons instantly tore through the peaceful night sky.

The Heavy Artillery Battalion, the Artillery 1 Battalion, and the Artillery 2 Battalion fired from three directions towards the three walls of the county seat.

In the first round, more than 100 rounds of more than 75 mm artillery shells were fired from different directions towards the devils and puppet army positions outside Heyuan County.

The orange trajectory of the shells in the night sky was clearly visible, drawing arcs.

Metal projectiles with a breath of death cut through the air and made a terrifying whistling sound.

Boom, boom, boom...

The positions of the devils and puppet troops were immediately engulfed in smoke and flames.

The direction of the west gate happened to be the heavy artillery battalion responsible for shelling.

Li Yunlong looked through the field of vision through the binoculars, and vaguely from the firelight, he saw the bodies of the devils and puppet soldiers being thrown up high.

One after another, more than 80 kilograms of high-explosive shells fell, not only turning the positions of the devils and puppet troops into a sea of ​​fire, but also smashing many big holes.

"The devils and puppet troops outside the western city wall are finished."

After the three rounds of shells landed outside the county seat, Zhao Gang said with certainty.

The shelling of this caliber cannon, no matter what kind of civil engineering, can't bear it. In addition to blowing up a large area, the shock also shocked the enemy to death.

Even the devils and puppet soldiers at the center of the explosion were directly blasted into a cloud of blood, leaving no bones left.

"It's so fucking exciting!"

Looking at the movement and power of the 19 150mm howitzers, Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Hey, a base of nearly ten thousand shells is enough for that old devil Jing Guanren to drink a pot."

There are 3 artillery battalions in the new regiment, and nearly 75 cannons with a caliber of 100 mm or more.

The shell reserve of the new regiment is 3 bases. In the first wave of shelling, a base of nearly [-] shells was prepared for the devils.

Except for the artillery shells transported by trucks, the cavalry battalion, logistics transport team and more than 2000 militiamen did nothing, and they were dedicated to transporting shells for the artillery.

In order to put pressure on the devil, Li Yunlong also put pressure on his roots.

If at the end of the battle, the Xinyi Regiment failed to eat or severely damage the 36th Division, and Boss Chen did not reimburse the ammunition after the battle, then the battle would be a big loss.

After destroying the earthworks of the devils and puppet troops outside the city, the artillery fire began to extend towards the city wall, and the shells fell on the west city wall.

The power of 150mm high-explosive shells is not comparable to that of 75mm caliber mountain guns and 105mm howitzers.

As long as the high-explosive shell hits the city wall, a large hole can be blasted in the city wall.

The city wall of Heyuan County, like the city wall of Ping'an County, was built during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty. The wall is made of city bricks, glutinous rice juice mixed with mortar.

The city wall is extremely strong for cold weapons, but it is far from enough for hot weapons, especially large-caliber heavy artillery.

Although the city wall can not collapse for hundreds of years, in front of large-caliber heavy artillery, in terms of strength, it is not as strong as the thickened bunkers and gun towers recently built by the devils.

After all, the city walls built in ancient times were used to protect against cold weapons and catapults, not for artillery.

……

36st Division Command.

Lieutenant General Jing Guanren was pacing back and forth in the headquarters with a livid face, and his right hand was holding tightly the handle of the Emperor Hirohito's imperial sword, which showed that he was a little restless at the moment.

Ever since he set foot on the Chinese battlefield, Jing Guanren has never been so afraid of the firepower of the Chinese army as he is today.

As a battle-tested veteran, Jing Guanren was naturally able to judge from the sound of the cannons the number of cannons the Eighth Route Army was firing.

According to the Japanese artillery establishment, the number of cannons with a caliber of 75 mm or more being fired by the Eight Routes is at least 3 artillery regiments!
There are even about 20 large-caliber heavy guns among them!
There is no way to fight this battle, only street fighting.

Jing Guanren was a little thankful that he didn't lead the main force out to fight the Xinyi regiment, otherwise he would be looking for abuse.

With the sound of hurried footsteps, Chief of Staff Ishikawa Dazuo hurried in and said: "Report to the commander of the division. Judging from the number of torches and flashlights reported by the troops on the wall, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army should be around 1!"

Jing Guanren's face became more and more gloomy, and he asked, "How is the situation of the garrison troops on each city wall?"

Colonel Ishikawa shook his head, and said solemnly: "The defensive positions and city walls in the three directions of west, south, and north have all been fiercely attacked by a new round of artillery fire. The number of cannons of the Eighth Route Army exceeded our expectations. Their artillery is like With eyes, almost all the shells fell on the defensive positions and the city wall, especially the west city wall suffered a lot, facing the continuous bombardment of about 20 large-caliber heavy artillery, the number of casualties may not be small."

Jing Guanren asked, "Can the artillery fire directly at the artillery of the Eighth Route Army from the artillery positions in the middle of the city wall?"

"The eight-way artillery position is set far away." Ishikawa Shisui said, "The artillerymen can't judge the position of the eight-way artillery position, and firing the artillery in advance will expose the artillery position."

Jing Guanren squinted his eyes and said murderously: "The Eighth Route Army has always been reluctant to give up ammunition in wars. It will stop shelling in a few minutes at most. After the shelling stops, their infantry will definitely attack the city. Order the artillery and machine gunners to get ready. , it's time to show Li Yunlong some color!"

(End of this chapter)