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At the same time, Heyuan County.

The sky was dim, and the soldiers of the new regiment stepped on the siege ladder and attacked the top of Heyuan County.

On the top of the city and between the ruined walls, there are devil's minced meat.

The minced meat of these devils was smashed by machine guns.

Although Ishikawa Zhishui reinforced the city wall with some cement and steel bars, he forgot to reinforce the crenel, which caused the devil machine gunners at the crenel to be hit by machine guns and suffered heavy losses.

This is not to blame for Ishikawa's flood control, because the 36th Division has been fighting in southern Shanxi.

After Yoshio Iwamatsu, commander of the First Army, took office, he transferred the 36th Division directly from southern Shanxi to northwest Shanxi.

Ishikawa Zhishui didn't know what happened in the Taiyuan Battle at all.

Moreover, in the Battle of Taiyuan, the devils at the point of firepower of the machine guns behind the machine guns of the Eighth Route Army had been smashed to pieces.

Yoshio Iwamatsu, Kazuki Yamamoto and others saw some clues from the traces of the Taiyuan city wall after the war.

So I prepared to use cement and steel bars to reinforce the crenels of the city wall. When Li Yunlong led his troops to attack Taiyuan next time, this method of leveling the antiaircraft guns would not work.

However, that's all for later.

At this time, among the city walls and ruins of Heyuan County, looking at piles of minced meat mixed with shrapnel and gravel, the veterans remained calm as usual.

But it was the first time for many recruits to see this hell-like bloody scene, and they couldn't help vomiting on the spot.

After the recruits finished vomiting, they continued to attack and advance under the calm supervision of the squad leader and platoon leader.

It was already dawn. If you continued to stay on the city wall, you would probably be attacked by devil planes. This is the combat experience summed up by the veterans who attacked the city.

At this moment.

As the sharp knife of the army, it is necessary to fight a bloody path for the large army, so that the main force can enter the city and start street fighting with the devils.

However, the thickened bunker built by the devil at the entrance of the street blocked the soldiers' way.

This kind of blockhouse is a simplified version of thickened blockhouse and gun tower. It is only about 4 meters high, 2 meters thick, and has an oval top.

In the bunker, the devils fired at the city walls and ruins with machine guns.

As soon as a new group of soldiers appeared, the devil's machine gun bullets poured over.

And it's not just a bunker, there is also a fort at the commanding height of the house, forming a crossfire, which brings a lot of trouble to the soldiers.

Taking advantage of the cover of firepower, some soldiers carried bazookas and fired several rockets from the city wall at the devil's bunker, but they still failed to destroy the bunker.

Holding up his binoculars, Li Yunlong watched as soldiers climbed up the city wall along the ladder.

However, the battle still took place at the city wall, and the continuous sound of gunfire like popping beans showed that the battle was fierce.

Li Yunlong suddenly felt that something was wrong. When the soldiers attacked the city before, once the soldiers captured the city wall, they could immediately enter the city and start street fighting with the devils.

But now the soldiers have been entangled with the devils on the city wall for nearly 10 minutes, but they have not yet been able to enter the city.

"How is this going?"

"The advancing speed is too slow, it doesn't look like our new regiment's fighting style."

Commissar Zhao, who was watching with a telescope, also keenly sensed that something was wrong.

Li Yunlong turned his head to look at Wang Dehou, and said, "Chief of Staff Wang, ask what is going on with the attacking troops, and why are you entangled with devils at the top of the city."

"Yes!" Wang Dehou picked up the high-power walkie-talkie and called, "Hello, the headquarters is calling for the First Battalion, please answer..."

"First Battalion Commander."

"What's the situation over there, why haven't the troops entered the city yet?"

"What did you say?"

"Okay, I'll report to the head of the team now."

Wang Dehou called the second battalion and the third battalion again, and got the same reply.

A moment later, Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlonghui: "Commander, the devils built a thickened fort at the street entrance, with strong machine gun fire, and our bazooka failed to destroy it."

Only then did Li Yunlong remember that the intelligence personnel he deployed in the city reported that the devils had built many bunkers in the city.

However, the intelligence personnel have lost contact with the regiment headquarters. When the county is captured, they must check carefully to see how the devils found the intelligence personnel.

Li Yunlong thought for a while and said: "It's still the old way. Use a 60mm mortar to shoot smoke bombs at the devil's bunker, and then use a flamethrower to burn the devil into a roast pig. The devil's plane is probably coming soon, so we have to rush in to fight the devil's street fight." .”

"Yes!" Wang Dehou immediately picked up the high-power walkie-talkie and ordered.

Before the regiment ordered.

Zhang Dabiao was already using a low-power walkie-talkie to send orders to the artillery company of the first battalion.

After all, it was Zhang Dabiao's idea to use smoke bombs to cover the sight of the machine gunners in the devil's bunker and the gun tower.

The commander of the artillery company received the order and personally led a squad of artillerymen. The artillerymen carried three 3mm mortars and shell boxes containing smoke bombs to the city wall.

One-tenth of the mortar shells given by Chen Feng were smoke bombs.

In the past, smoke bombs were rarely used in battles, so the new regiment stored a lot of smoke bombs, plus the logistics support of truck transportation.

Even though a lot of smoke bombs were used when attacking the devils' thickened bunkers and gun towers, they were quickly replenished by trucks.

The artillerymen of the first battalion artillery company glanced at the thickened bunkers on the street, and then quickly set up the 60mm mortars.

With a muffled bang, the muzzle of the gun swept past.

Three shells were fired at the devil bunker in the city.

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In the distance, Colonel Matsuyama Soemon, the commander of the 224th Regiment of the Japanese Army standing on the commanding heights of the division headquarters, sneered.

He suddenly saw the Eighth Route Army mortar racks flashing past the city wall, and said in a sarcastic tone:
"This group of Tubalu don't think they can blow up the street fortress that the imperial army built so carefully with mortars, do they?"

Beside him, Jing Guanren and Ishikawa Zhisui were also observing the battle with binoculars.

"Mortar? Where?"

Ishikawa Zhishui hurriedly asked after hearing the words.

"Division commander, chief of staff, please look, it's there!"

Matsuyama Soemon pointed to the interrupted position of the west city wall, and Ren Iseki and Ishikawa Jisui quickly raised their binoculars to look this way.

The crenels facing the city had not been destroyed. Jing Guanren and Shi Chuanzhishui could not see the mortars, but they could see Eighth Route Army soldiers running back and forth carrying shell boxes.

Ishikawa Zhishui's face sank: "The Eighth Route Army is not trying to bombard the division headquarters, is it?"

"Ba Ga!" Jing Guanren's face changed slightly: "Hurry up and hide."

Afterwards, Ren Iseki, Soemon Matsuyama, and Jisui Ishikawa quickly stepped on the ladder to get out of the room and entered a thickened blockhouse to hide.

When the Xinyi regiment attacked the city and occupied the city wall, the tactical habit of beheading the headquarters with cannons had already spread among the Japanese army.

After all, no matter how awesome tactics are used, they will not be so effective.

Therefore, once the Eighth Route Army occupied the city wall, Jing Guanren, Ishikawa Zhishui and others would immediately transfer their command positions.

However, this kind of thickened bunker can withstand the continuous bombardment of howitzers, let alone mortars.

Jing Guanren looked at Ishikawa Zhishui: "The aviation unit of the North China Front Army will arrive in about half an hour."

"It is estimated that the street fortress can block the attack of the Eighth Route Army for half an hour."

"I see that there are quite a few Eighth Routes gathered at the city wall, Ishikawa-kun, you should communicate with the pilot immediately and ask the pilots to separate out some bombers and fighter jets to attack the Eighth Routers at the city wall."

Because Li Yunlong threw nearly [-] shells in half an hour.

Not only did the artillery positions dug out of the city wall by Ishikawa Zhishui fail to play their due role, but the artillery and mountain artillery also suffered heavy losses.

Jing Guanren hopes that this wave of air support will bring a wave of heavy damage to the infantry of the new regiment.

On the west, north, and south walls of the city, more than 2000 Eighth Route soldiers have gathered.

"Hi!"

Ishikawa Harasui responded suddenly, in order to prevent being monitored, he planned to wait until the plane was approaching before notifying.

After a while, there was no sharp whistling overhead, nor was there any explosion of mortar shells in and around the division headquarters.

A few old devils were puzzled.

Under the protection of the guards, climbed to the commanding heights of the house again, raised the binoculars and looked towards the west city wall.

"Division commander, chief of staff, there are smoke bombs on the eighth route!"

Matsuyama Soemon, who was holding up the binoculars, yelled, his voice was full of surprise and disbelief, which was quite different from the previous sarcasm.

"Nani? Smoke bombs?"

Jing Guanren and Ishikawa Zhishui stood firm, holding up their binoculars and looking towards the blockhouse at the street entrance.

I saw that the street entrance was completely shrouded in gray-white smoke, and the entire street entrance, including bunkers and houses, was shrouded in smoke. The smoke was so thick that the vision was completely impenetrable.

Jing Guanren's face suddenly darkened: "Immediately order reinforcements for the street fortress, and the Eighth Route infantry must not be allowed to approach!"

Although the Devil's machine gunner kept firing forward.

But the sight of the machine gunner has been completely blocked, and he doesn't know where the Eighth Route Army has rushed to. Even if he can shoot some Eighth Routes, he will be touched by the Eighth Route Army sooner or later.

At that time, the Eighth Route infantry only needs to throw some grenades or stuff a bundle of explosives into the shooting holes to take down the street fort.

At this time, infantry is needed to protect the surrounding area.

Ishikawa Zhishui's face suddenly turned into a bitter gourd: "Master, it's too late."

Jing Guanren hurriedly raised the binoculars to look, and the smoke had already faded, and the fire burst out from the street fort. After a while, the fire became stronger, and the flames floated out from the shooting holes.

A Japanese soldier wrapped in flames pushed open the door and ran out of the street fort, screaming and rolling on the ground.

Hundreds of meters away, it seemed as if the hoarse and painful wailing of the Japanese soldiers could be heard.

Seeing this scene, the faces of Jing Guanren and the others suddenly became extremely ugly.

"No, I'm afraid it's..."

Jing Guanren turned his head and looked in the direction of the North City Gate and the South City Gate, his pupils suddenly shrank.

The same thing happened at the North City Gate and South City Gate.

"Baga!" Jing Guanren ordered with a grim face, "Ba Lu is likely to bombard the headquarters, leave the headquarters immediately!"

The three quickly got off the commanding heights of the house, and then quickly evacuated with the staff of the headquarters.

After the soldiers of the new regiment occupied the city wall, the Swordsmen boarded the city wall and began to look for the location of the devil's headquarters.

It's just that the sky was only slightly bright at the beginning, and the line of sight was very poor. After a while, the members of the Sword Squadron saw the Devil's headquarters.

Then immediately calculate the shooting parameters, and use a high-power walkie-talkie to communicate to the gun position, and guide the cannon to fire at the devil's headquarters in the city.

Almost as soon as the devils left on their front feet, a new group of 105mm test shells fired on their back feet.

After the test firing of two 105mm shells, twelve 12mm howitzers fired three rounds of shells at the headquarters of the Devil Division.

Near the city wall, the soldiers of the new regiment stepped over the body of their comrades who had been shot, filled up the guns for the burning devils, and then continued to attack.

In a small area, even with the cover of smoke bombs, some soldiers were still injured or injured.

There were veterans and recruits among them, and they all fell on the way to charge, and none of them was shot in the back.