Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 943 Smile Freezes (Fourth Change!)
Lieutenant General Ito also received good news that two infantry brigades had rushed to the battlefield.

Anxious to take down Xiangfen in one go, he directly ordered: "Leave two infantry squadrons at each city gate to launch a feint attack, take down the city walls and block the city gates, and an Eighth Route Army cannot escape Xiangfen!"

"The extra troops will concentrate on me, and I will take down Xiangfen in one go!"

The heavy artillery stopped shelling after 5 minutes, and the field artillery brigade stopped shelling after 10 minutes.

More than 500 devils in three infantry squadrons, under the cover of double-heavy machine guns and mortars, rushed towards the city wall in mighty force.

"Division Commander, there are only a few sporadic Eighth Route Army counterattacks on the city wall... We have almost blown up the defenders!" Hearing the sporadic gunshots on the city wall, the chief of staff shouted happily.

"This time, we will definitely take down the city defense fortifications and enter Linfen City!" Lieutenant General Ito was also full of confidence.

The situation on the battlefield seemed to be more and more favorable to him. More than 500 people, with almost no losses, rushed 60 meters outside the city easily.

The grenadiers attacking with the team stopped quickly, erected the grenade, aimed at the top of the city, and killed the Eighth Route Army that might appear on the top of the city.

"This attack will definitely take down the fortifications of the city wall...it's so close, and the Eighth Route Army hasn't come up on the city wall yet. They must have all been killed in the shelling just now!" The excited smile on the chief of staff's face became wider and wider.

On Lieutenant General Ito's confident face, he couldn't help showing a smile, with an expression of victory in sight.

"Da da da……"

Suddenly, dense gunfire sounded on the battlefield, which shocked everyone.

Lieutenant General Ito and the chief of staff quickly raised their binoculars and looked at the battlefield.

Dozens of shooting holes the size of a single brick suddenly appeared on the city wall, some less than one meter above the ground, some more than two meters above the ground, distributed in a patchwork pattern on the city wall.And these narrow shooting holes all ejected a tongue of flames of different thicknesses.

The swishing bullets intertwined with each other, forming a dense firepower network with a frontal width of more than 200 meters outside the city, flying towards the attacking troops that were close at hand.

A picture appeared that made the two of them desperate...

With a smile on his face, he seemed to have seen the victorious subordinates, like mature armor, being swept to the ground in pieces.

With the effort of explosives, all the subordinates in the first two rows have been smashed into a sieve, and none of them slipped through the net.

It wasn't until this moment that the subordinates behind reacted, and they all threw themselves on the ground to fight back...

Throughout the process, dozens more soldiers were killed.

However, even if they lay down on the ground to fight back, the bullets flying head-on would still penetrate into their bodies.

The two-meter-high machine gun bunker is condescending to shoot. Even if the devils lie on their stomachs, their backs are still exposed to the guns!
"Artillery cover, the attacking troops will withdraw immediately, hurry up..." The dream of taking down the city wall was shattered again, and the confidence on Lieutenant General Ito's face was quickly covered by gloom, and he ordered with a calm face.

In the fierce artillery fire, dozens of shooting holes were quickly covered by thick gunpowder smoke.

The devil's attacking troops seized the opportunity and wanted to retreat.However, the gunpowder smoke blocked the machine gunner's field of vision, but it couldn't stop the whizzing bullets.

Since the devils started to retreat, the bullets flying out of dozens of shooting holes have not been interrupted.

Flying through the obstruction of gunpowder smoke, it shot into the little devil's back.

Relying on the density of firepower, the devils who were retreating were constantly shot and fell to the ground, unable to get up again.

Lieutenant General Ito stared at the battlefield, wishing he could rush up and blow up these machine gun bunkers that kept harvesting the lives of his soldiers.

It wasn't until less than one squadron's men withdrew from the battlefield that their faces looked much better.Then he continued to stare at the battlefield covered by artillery fire, gritted his teeth and ordered.

"Contact the Air Corps right away, I want air support~ Blow me up the Xiangfen city wall that is in front of me, and completely destroy those machine gun bunkers!"

At the former enemy headquarters of the new regiment, the shelling launched by the devils as soon as they were unhappy made the entire regiment worry about the safety of the assault battalion.However, seeing that the attacking troops of the three squadrons of the Devils retreated less than one squadron, an atmosphere of joy and excitement permeated the headquarters.

"The fight was good~ Jin Kai grasped the timing of the machine gun fire very well. Although the casualties of the assault battalion were not small, it was definitely a big victory to kill three of their infantry squadrons under the heavy artillery shelling of the Devils..." Wang Ping was very happy Said.

But soon, his face became serious again: "However, we have taken a lot of risks to be able to make it like this!"

"If the Devils used tanks and armored vehicles in their attack just now, the outcome would definitely not be like this."

"One is not good, the little devil has now entered Xiangfen City under the cover of tanks, and started street fighting with us!"

The chief of staff immersed in the victory suddenly reacted: "Yes... I almost forgot about the devil's tank brigade... Captain, why didn't the devil use tanks in the attack just now... and the retreat just now, if they dispatched Tanks provide cover, and there must be more troops that can retreat!"

After thinking about it, Wang Ping analyzed: "I guess there are two reasons!"

"Before the attack, the head of the Guizi Division believed too much in the heavy artillery in his hand! He thought that with them, the infantry in his hand could match everything. In addition, the chariot brigade only cooperated with them and did not belong to him. Of course, the commander of the devil division is not willing to let outsiders take part of the military exploits he has obtained."

"As for the retreat just now, if I guessed correctly, he was scared and had concerns about the walls defended by the assault battalion!"

"We can hollow out the city wall and prepare dozens of machine gun bunkers for them. It is also possible to prepare some traps on the city wall for the tank troops in his hand...Compared with losing some infantry, he will definitely not let the heavy artillery More precious tanks to take risks!"

After it was over, Wang Ping ordered: "We lost two battles in a row, lost three infantry squadrons, and the heavy artillery couldn't do anything to our bunkers hidden inside the city wall. No surprises, the devils will use planes next..."

"Order Jin Kai to abandon the city wall, and all the troops will enter the city to fight street fighting with the devils."

"Order Li Wen, prepare all the things I asked him to prepare, and I will notify him to ignite before the plane that the devil bombed us arrives!"

"Order the Air Defense Battalion to prepare for battle with the company as a unit~ This is the first time the Air Defense Battalion is facing the devil planes. I hope they can win the battle and take down at least one little devil plane!"

Zhong Chenggong didn't expect that the Devil's plane was also the target of the commander's attack this time, so he was taken aback for a moment and asked, "You want to hit the Devil's plane, Commander!"

"If I don't fly planes, why would I set up an air defense battalion... They have been arrogant over our heads for so long, and we should teach them a lesson so that they will never dare to fly next to our scalp unscrupulously in the future. They simply don't take our Eighth Route Army seriously. inside."

Seeing the worried look in Zhong Chenggong's eyes, Wang Ping quickly comforted him: "Although our Eighth Route Army has no experience in fighting devil planes, don't worry this time, I will definitely shoot down one..."

"Now the pockets are ready for them, just wait for the little devil to fly out of the nest~"

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