Before the battle in Shidu Town started, Wang Yigong specially arranged for people to set up roadblocks in order to avoid accidentally injuring the villagers.
Because no one was entering the city, the puppet troops at the city gate were wandering around without noticing anything unusual.
Following Wang Yigong's order, the reserve battalion's mortar platoon set up all six 60mm mortars, and the gunners quickly adjusted the muzzles.
This mortar platoon was specially added to the reserve battalion by Zhou Weihan, with two mortar squads and one ammunition squad, totaling 36 people.
Originally, Zhou Weihan meant that the equipment has been provided for you, and you can recruit the personnel yourself, but in the end, Wang Yigong did it, and he actually selected a few veterans from the reserve camp who had played artillery.
"Battal Commander, I visually measured the distance. The artillery position is a thousand meters away from the city wall. The artillery shells will not be accurate if they hit it," the artillery platoon leader said.
"It's okay, just scare the puppet troops in the city, disperse them, and let them know that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is coming." Wang Yigong said.
"Boom, boom..."
Six mortars made a dull sound.
An explosion sounded near the city gate, but you can't tell me that not a single puppet soldier was killed.
However, the momentum was reached and the puppet troops fled in all directions.
Taking the sound of the explosion as a signal, the soldiers of the reserve battalion hidden nearby launched a charge.
"Head, the Eighth Route Army is coming!"
"I'm going to tell my brothers to close the city gate right now."
As soon as he finished speaking, a cannonball happened to explode nearby, and now no one mentioned closing the city gate.
"Move the artillery position forward and shoot it, you son of a bitch." Wang Yigong shouted.
Immediately afterwards, dense artillery shells concentrated on the enemy's city wall, and were hit by scattered shrapnel from time to time.
"Platoon commander, withdraw, this must be the main force of the Eighth Route Army, even the small artillery is used!" A puppet soldier squatted on the city wall, the muzzle of the gun was tilted upward, and he did not dare to raise his head.
"Where to retreat? Listen, there are gunshots from all directions?" said the puppet platoon leader.
In a house in the town, Gao Youde, commander of the puppet army, was still sleeping with his concubine in his arms, when a blast of artillery woke him up.
"Damn it, where's the sound of gunfire coming from!" Gao Youde rolled over and got out of bed without even having time to put on his clothes.
"Commander, we are surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. There are thousands of people. Brothers, we can't hold on." A leader of the puppet army pushed open the door and crawled and ran into the house.
"What are the defenders at the city gate doing to eat? They are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army in broad daylight. Let the supervising team support me. If anyone dares to run away, I will kill him." Gao Youde said in a serious tone.
Gao Youde originally thought of using the ocean to motivate the people under his command, but then he thought about it, they are all veteran veterans, and they can slip away faster than himself by applying oil on their soles. It is not as good as supervising the battle team, and it can save a fortune.
In the town, the soldiers who had lurked in in advance also began to play their role, firing cold shots and throwing grenades everywhere.
"Run quickly. If you don't run, we will be surrounded by the Eighth Route Army."
Cao Qi, who was wearing a purchased puppet uniform, happened to meet a group of puppet troops.
"Brothers, you are stupid. There are more people dying at the east gate. You still run to the east gate. The regiment leader has slipped along the south gate. Run away." Cao Qi shouted loudly.
A group of puppet soldiers looked at me and I looked at you, and they moved towards the south gate smartly and quietly, while the others dispersed in a hurry.
"Run, grandpas are waiting for you at the south gate with guns!"
In the puppet army's headquarters.
"How many people are there in the camp now?" Gao Youde shouted loudly.
"Captain, there is only one guard platoon left, the others have been sent to the city gate."
"What did the imperial army say?"
"The Imperial Army who answered the phone asked us to wait for reinforcements. Looking at the posture of the Eighth Route Army, we can't hold on any longer. We should make plans early!" the adjutant said worriedly with sweat on his face.
"Damn, the Japanese are trying to kill me. You go and gather the troops. If we can't hold on anymore, we'll break out from the south."
Gao Youde was also deceived by lard, and he forgot what kind of goods he had. How many puppet troops are still guarding the city, I am afraid that even he himself does not know.
Anze County Japanese Garrison Headquarters.
The local garrison commander, Lieutenant Colonel Kawada Kamesaburo, heard the report from the people below and was furious: "Baga Road, Gao Youde is dead, the Chinese people are cowards, how can there be 5,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers in Anze County?"
A main force of many people.”
Kawada Kamesaburo didn't believe it at all. In his understanding, the armed forces of the Shanxi-Sui Army were active in Anze County. The two sides had always been in conflict with each other, and at most there was a small group of Tuba Road.
The Japanese army's general policy at this time was aimed at the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines. There had been constant ambiguity between the upper echelons of the Jinsui Army and the Japanese army. In all the Japanese encirclement and suppression operations, the Jinsui Army was safe and sound.
"Sir, according to the response from the nearby stronghold defenders, Shidu Town was indeed attacked by the enemy. I have asked the nearby strongholds to provide reinforcements."
After Kamesaburo Kawada calmed down, he didn't know what he thought of. His expression was uncertain, and he finally said: "Hey, sir, okay, you, please assemble the troops immediately for reinforcements."
The little devil who reported "Hi" turned and left.
Kamesaburo Kawada then opened the drawer and took out a small wooden box containing at least twenty or thirty gold bars.
Stroking the gold bar inside, he took a deep breath and said with an intoxicated look on his face: "Gao Sang, eh!"
The words are divided into two parts.
At the east city gate, the artillery position was moved forward, with a distance of five to six hundred meters. At the level of the mortar platoon, it basically meant where to hit.
After three rounds of volleys, the will of the puppet troops on the city wall basically collapsed, and there were bombed corpses everywhere.
"Come on, comrades, don't let the puppet troops escape." Wang Yigong shouted.
The vanguard troops successfully broke into the city gate, but a machine gun of the puppet army in the city was still resisting. Several soldiers were hit by the machine gun before they could dodge.
"All lie down."
"Erhuang, weren't you right in throwing the grenade? Blow up that machine gun for me." Seeing that the artillery did not follow up in time, the squad leader could only ask his soldiers to blow up the machine gun that was still raging.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The machine gun was mounted on the balcony of a two-story wooden building, and the direction of the muzzle was facing the direction where Erhuang and the others were charging.
Erhuang leaned against the wall of the alley on the street, poked his head out slightly, and observed that the machine gun was located at about 45 degrees, more than 30 meters away.
Immediately afterwards, a series of bullets were fired, and Erhuang hid quickly. The bullets hit the corner of the wall and splashed stones and debris, which hurt his face.
"Squad leader, the position of this group of puppet soldiers' machine guns was too good. They are so high up and have such a good view that they can't even show their heads," Erhuang said.
The squad leader carefully looked at the comrades around him. There were ten people in the squad, and there were six left. There were no casualties when they attacked the city gate, but four of them died here.
Thinking of this, squad leader Wu Dade couldn't help but feel sad. Wu Dade is thirty-four years old this year and has been in the army for more than ten years. He is a veteran oil man. He was originally a member of the Northeast Army, and later the unit was incorporated into the Central Army. There is nothing else.
Learn how to apply oil on the soles of your feet.
After joining the New Second Regiment, Wu Dade was always grateful to be rescued from a Japanese prisoner of war by Zhou Weihan. He was usually very active. Wang Yigong discussed it with the instructor, reported it to the regiment headquarters, and made him a squad leader.
"Brothers, it was me who hurt you this time. Damn it, I accidentally rushed too fast. After a while, I rushed out and attracted the attention of the machine gunner above. Erhuang, you took the opportunity to blow up this place for me.
Use a machine gun, otherwise all the brothers will be killed," Wu Dade said.
Wu Dade's squad was the vanguard, but the puppet troops defending the city were useless and chased the puppet troops all the way into the city.
The two puppet soldiers upstairs were supervising the troops. Seeing the troops fleeing in all directions, they wanted to run away, but they ran into Wu Dade and others.
In the stalemate between the two parties, no one dared to move, and they were all waiting for their own people to come over.
"Squad leader, let me go," Erhuang said.
"Go away, I'm here, what's the matter with you? Do you have the ability to survive under the enemy's machine gun? Let me tell you, I haven't learned anything else in these years, but this is the ability to save your life!" Wu Dade said and stretched out his words.
Thumbs up.
"Damn it, you've run enough. In 1931, you ran from the Northeast to Guan Nei, all the way to Shaanxi, and then to Shanxi. Hehe, it's embarrassing to think about it." Wu Dade lowered his head and murmured to himself.
"Squad leader!" Several soldiers looked at Wu Dade. Everyone knew that it was difficult to survive under a machine gun at such a close distance.
"Erhuang, if I have something to do, I'll leave it to you, brothers. Don't rush forward. Meet up with the main force first. The instructor also has my home address. Do you really want to beat the little devil away?
, remember to burn two pieces of paper on my parents’ graves later!”
"Erhuang, get ready!"
Erhuang took out three grenades and tied them together. Wu Dade looked back and smiled.
I saw Wu Dade holding his head, shrinking his body, and rushing out. The machine guns upstairs were firing at him.
Erhuang leaned out, flicked his arm, and the smoking grenade went straight towards the machine gun upstairs.
"Boom!" The machine gun that was still raging just now was blown up immediately. The two puppet soldiers were blown to pieces before they had time to react. Blood dripped from the balcony.
Wu Dade was hit in the abdomen from the side, and his body curled up on the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
Erhuang couldn't understand his hatred and took out a grenade.
"The squad leader is not dead, he is still alive," a soldier shouted.