When the sound of the grenade breaking through the air sounded, Itagaki Seishiro and the colonel only frowned slightly.
The two sides have been fighting for so long, and they have already figured out each other's tactics clearly. Although the density of the grenades is a bit higher today, the range of the grenade is limited. As long as it breaks through this distance, the next battle can be brought to the mainland. The rhythm that the reinforcements like.
"Come on, charge on." The colonel hissed.
Under the leadership of Japanese officers at all levels, the Japanese offensive momentum continued unabated and continued to advance at a high speed.
Tachibana raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this scene, then picked up the microphone and called: "Captain Hayamura, are you ready?"
He was answered with a hoarse "Hai".
"Hashimoto Squadron is preparing to retreat, and the grenade must be taken away." Tachibana added.
"Hai." This time, it was Hashimoto who answered him.
The colonel observed the battlefield with a telescope. When the forward troops were only more than fifty meters away from the city wall, he waved his right hand and ordered: "Everyone, press forward."
The cry of killing immediately erupted in front of him, and more Japanese soldiers rushed forward with Type 15 and Type 0 rifles. At the same time, under the order of Itagaki Seishiro, the Japanese artillery adjusted its shooting direction and began to attack the city. Targets are bombarded.
"Boom." A shell landed outside Zhang Xuyun's headquarters and exploded. In the aftermath of the explosion, Daping Yima shrank back and said, "Something's wrong."
There is indeed something wrong, such as the intensity and duration of Japanese artillery fire today.
"We should ask the air force to suppress the Japanese artillery." Daping Yima said again.
Zhang Xuyun's expression remained unchanged, he picked up the phone and shouted: "Lao Gan, Lao Gan, please call me back when you receive it."
After about a minute or so, an echo came from the phone: "Sir, I am Lao Gan."
"Take your men up to support them, and remember to hit their officers first."
"clear."
In Japan's Northeast Liberation Army, Gan Dehai and Gan Dejiang, including Gan Xiaoer, all have their own place. Among them, the Gan brothers are instructors and captains of the sniper unit, and Gan Xiaoer leads a reconnaissance team.
The Gan brothers were originally lurking in several reinforced concrete buildings with about fifty fake Japs. After receiving the order, they immediately led the team to sneak towards the city wall, "Old rules, brother, take care." When they were approaching the city wall, , Gan Dehai said to Gan Dejiang.
The latter nodded and limped toward the city wall with his gun in his arms.
The continuous bombardment by the Japanese army formed slopes both inside and outside the city wall, which seemed to reduce the difficulty of the Japanese army's attack, but at the same time it also facilitated the support of the defenders.
The Gan brothers each climbed up to the city wall with more than twenty men. When they were about to climb the city wall, they each ordered their men to disperse and began to look for the best sniping point.
It only took the Gan brothers less than a month to transform from fishermen to excellent snipers. As of today, the gun barrel of Gan Dehai has been engraved with seven positive characters, one horizontally and one vertically. There are also five upright ones, two horizontal and one vertical.
As the Japanese army got closer and closer to the city wall, Hashimoto's people had begun to evacuate, and their replacement was the Hayamura Squadron, a force that was relatively good at positional warfare and hand-to-hand combat among the Northeast Japanese Liberation Army.
When Gan Dehai and others went up to the city wall, they happened to see the Japanese army rushing up in dense numbers, preparing to defeat the defenders in hand-to-hand combat. Because hand-to-hand combat is very conducive to the attacker's advantage in strength, it has gradually become the tactic that the Japanese army relies on most. Through this most brutal war of attrition, the Japanese army seemed to be gaining control of the battle bit by bit.
"Kill." "For His Majesty the Emperor, for the Empire."...On the slope below the city wall, the slogans of the Japanese army were heard one after another. In contrast, they were lined with white bayonets.
Many times, shouting slogans can really boost morale, so slogans are also ringing on the city wall at this time. What is easy to confuse is that the slogans above the city wall are almost the same as those under the city wall, "For His Majesty the Emperor." "For." Japan.” “For the Yamato nation.”
Brainwashing the officers and soldiers of the Japanese People's Liberation Army in Northeast China was a huge project. Fortunately, Kazuma Otsubo helped, so it seems to be very successful now. It was precisely because of Kazuma Otsubo's suggestion that Zhang Xuyun did not deny the existence of the emperor, but However, they secretly changed the concept and made the fake devils think that the emperor was a victim and a hostage just like them in this duel of the century.
Hand-to-hand combat has always been the most brutal, and because of its commanding geographical advantage and the help of sniper troops, the Hayamura Squadron gained an overwhelming advantage at the beginning despite being far inferior in numbers.
However, when Japanese reinforcements arrived from behind, the situation changed.
Here, a fake Japs pierced the chest of a real Japs with spear thorns, and his abdomen was pierced by two spear thorns sticking out from behind the real Japs. He reluctantly pulled out the spear thorns and wanted to assassinate another Japs. A gun pierced his chest, "Eight squares." He hissed, pulled the Glory Bullet lead on his chest with his right hand, and then firmly grasped the handle of the gun on his chest with both hands.
For a period of time, such scenes continued one after another until another squadron of fake Japanese came up to support them.
"If Itagaki joins another regiment," Kazuma Otsubo said worriedly in the headquarters.
Zhang Xuyun: "Air support will be here soon."
The reason why Changchun was able to survive under the siege of hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers was that air support was the key. Many times, the Japanese army was about to capture a section of the city wall, but with the appearance of several fighter planes or even a helicopter, the situation would soon arise. reverse.
This also became Itagaki Seishiro's biggest hatred.
The situation was like this again today. The fierce hand-to-hand combat lasted for about an hour and a half. It looked like the fake Japanese army on the city wall was about to be wiped out. However, with the addition of three Haidong Qing, the Japanese army soon had to give up. The occupied city wall turned around and scurried away.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, as the sky turned dark, Itagaki Seishiro had to order a suspension of the attack.
In view of the previous failed experiences, the Japanese army no longer dared to launch attacks at night.
Zhang Xuyun, who was born in the quasi-Langya, has rich experience in night battles, booby traps, ambushes, and counter-sneak attacks... Because there was a situation where a brigade was surrounded by the defenders during a night battle and collectively disarmed. In order to ensure the control of the troops, Itagaki Seishiro only Make the wise choice to give up night fighting.
In this cruel battle during the day, the Japanese army suffered more than a thousand casualties in the west wall section of Changchun alone, and two more squadrons of the defenders were completely disabled. If nothing unexpected happens, such battles will continue tomorrow.