A squadron of Japs crossed the ruins of the city wall under Anxi Jiu's watch, and set up machine guns on at least three commanding heights. This made Anxi Jiu full of confidence in the next battle. He shouted loudly to let the troops pass through the ruins as soon as possible. So that it can completely penetrate into Dongcheng District of Taierzhuang,
Almost at the same time, Zuo Ping'an was also shouting loudly: "Quick, quick." urging the soldiers of the 14th Punishment Regiment to rush here.
The soldiers of the Anxi Brigade and the 14th Criminal Regiment were running towards the same point at the same time, and suddenly there was a dull thunder from the southwest.
Fifteen kilometers west of Hanjia Temple, in a wild land called Pingwa at the junction of Sulu and Sulu, some tall and low weeds and trees suddenly started to move. If a Japanese reconnaissance plane happened to pass by here, its pilot would be surprised to find that , thousands of green figures are active in this green field, among them are the self-propelled artillery units of the Xuebing Army, which are the primary targets of the foreign aviation forces of the North China Front Army Headquarters.
Before receiving Su Haihu's call, Li Jian yawned nonstop and fell asleep. For today's two artillery battles, he has not slept a wink since he woke up yesterday morning. In the early morning, he was north of Hanjiasi Temple. After a long period of bombardment to cover the sneak attack of Guo Muyi's troops, he immediately led his troops here, and then began to camouflage the cannon. Later, he has been waiting for messages from the front line and instructions from the headquarters.
"Sir, Commander Su called. The Japanese artillery position is 3400 northeast of Taierzhuang."
"Okay, call me from the headquarters immediately."
In Xuzhou, in the Fifth War Zone Headquarters, Li Zongren was pacing with his hands behind his back, while Bai Chongxi was sitting on a chair holding a teacup and drinking slowly.
"Brother De Lin, stop turning around. You turned around and made me dizzy. Guo Muyi's sneak attack was successful. Our initial goal has been achieved. Even if we cannot surround the Isoya Division, the Military Commission will make sense."
"Jiansheng, have you received a telegram from Yu Xuezhong?"
"Not so fast, they took too many detours."
Li Zongren considered that after Guo Muyi's sneak attack was successful, Isotani Renjie would definitely fill the gap left by the Andeng Division and continue to attack Taierzhuang. His next operational plan was to have Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army detour back to Peixian County Go there, then cross Weishan Lake from there, land near Shagou, then cross the Grand Canal, directly attack Hanzhuang, and then directly attack Nigou, Nanluo, and Beiluo from Hanzhuang, cutting off Taierzhuang and Zaozhuang in one fell swoop. In that case, in cooperation with the Taierzhuang defenders, they can wait for an opportunity to cut through the Isotani Division and encircle and annihilate part of it, thus completely disrupting the Taierzhuang battle situation.
"Where are Huang Qiaosong and Liu Shurong?"
"They're almost at the canal bridge."
"Send a telegram quickly and ask them not to cross the river and to find a place to hide nearby."
"You want them to find an opportunity to go to Taierzhuang from the east of the canal."
"yes."
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
Bai Chongxi put down his tea cup and ran out. Just at this moment, the phone rang. Li Zongren ran over and quickly took the phone in his hand.
"Headquarters, I am Li Jian. We have discovered the location of the artillery position of the Isoya Division and request an attack."
Hearing that it was Li Jian, Li Zongren was a little disappointed at first. After hearing what happened next, he was very excited and said: "I am Li Zongren, I can attack. I repeat, I can attack."
"Yes." After hanging up the phone, Li Jian energetically began to issue orders and ran out of the headquarters. Then he gave the order, and all the gunners began to adjust the design angle and direction according to the shooting parameters provided by Su Haihu and Wang Linren. The camouflage hanging on the barrel trembled violently, and five minutes later, the entire artillery unit was ready to fire.
He looked at his watch. It was now 8:43. "I hope the little devil's cannon hasn't had time to move." He thought like this, took a deep breath, and then yelled: "Five minutes quickly." Shoot, fire."
"Fire the artillery, fire the artillery, fire rapidly in five minutes." The orderly soldiers and commanders at all levels quickly conveyed his orders. A few seconds later, the sound of "rumbling" artillery fire sounded, and Pingwa was immediately covered with white smoke. Covered,,
The sudden sound of thunder made everyone on both sides of the battlefield in Taierzhuang unconsciously prick up their ears. Then, after hearing the source of the gunfire, the performance of both sides was completely different. The Japanese army was in a state of panic. The defenders, on the other hand, were all smiles. Officers like Chi Zhenhai, who had always complained about their own artillery's delay in entering the battlefield, behaved in a somewhat special way. Without exception, they grinned and cursed: "The idiot is finally willing to fire. ." "Grandma, you still know how to fire cannons. I thought these people who were doing the job were already asleep."
Isotani Rensuke was discussing the war situation with several staff members in the temporary headquarters. When he heard the thunderous sound of artillery, he froze, with a look of fear on his face. After a few seconds, he seemed to be talking to himself. He asked softly: "Do the Chinese have so many cannons?" After a moment, he shouted: "Quick, tell the artillery to move."
In the headquarters of the 5th Division between the east gate and the north gate, An Tengliji suddenly fell heavily on the ammunition box. He cursed in a low voice: "Eight grids." He closed his eyes in frustration.
"The Chinese artillery finally started to counterattack." An Xijiu thought like this, and suddenly felt a trace of fear. Then, instinctively, in order to drive away this fear, he howled at the top of his lungs: "Attack, attack."
"It's our cannon, brothers, go for it." A smile broke out on Xing Shishi's face, and he shouted happily. The soldiers were stunned at first, and then suddenly started running even more powerfully.
On the artillery position of the Isoya Division, Kazuo Fukuda suddenly jumped up like crazy. He shouted loudly: "Quick, quick, move the position." Then he ran to the nearest cannon and tried hard to move the cannon. The cannon was pushed forward, but the positioning pin of the cannon had not yet come out. Even though he exerted all his strength, it still did not move.
"Boom." The first artillery shell exploded about two hundred meters away from Futian. He looked at the huge mushroom cloud that suddenly rose in horror, and then shouted at the top of his lungs: "Turn..." "Boom, boom, boom." ..." He only had time to shout out the word "turn" before he was knocked unconscious by the violent explosion.
Hundreds of artillery shells completely covered the artillery position. Some ammunition boxes were detonated, causing earth-shaking violent explosions. The explosions came one after another. From time to time, cannons were dismembered, and their parts were lifted up by the air waves, flying everywhere. Fireworks. During the attack, the Japanese artillerymen scurried away, and more people were directly torn into pieces. Their stumps were scattered everywhere along with the cannon parts. Few people could keep their whole bodies.
"This is the fate of the invaders." Wang Linren put down his telescope and said from the building behind the west gate of Taierzhuang.
Su Haihu was very excited. He picked up the walkie-talkie and excitedly reported the results of the shelling to Li Jian, saying over and over again: "One hit, one hit, brothers are stunned."
The rumbling explosions frightened the little Japanese on the battlefield and raised the morale of the defenders. Against this background, Anxi Brigade and Xing Shishi met unexpectedly at a three-way intersection.
The leader of the 14th Criminal Regiment was a squad leader named Luan Guilin. He almost collided with a Japs. The boss was startled and shouted: "Japs." The muzzle of the gun turned around and he clicked with his right index finger. Trigger, a bunch of bullets have been swept out,
The Japanese was more frightened than he was. He screamed in horror, and then he was hit by several bullets and flew away.
"Kill." Behind Luan Guilin, several soldiers roared. They rushed out of the alley and suddenly stopped suddenly and pulled the trigger hard.
Several of the Japs over there were knocked down by Luan Guilin, and they fell to the ground directly behind their chests. Although some of the others were injured, they were all fine. The Japs in front of them screamed strangely, and many people immediately fell to the ground. There was a burst of excitement from both sides. During the exchange of fire, the firepower advantage of the Wei Qing-style assault rifle was greatly utilized. More than a dozen Japanese soldiers running at the front were immediately knocked down. However, on Luan Guilin's side, only one soldier was hit.
The sudden change destroyed An Xijiu's ambition. He pointed his sword towards the three-way intersection and shouted to the machine gunners on the three commanding heights: "Shoot, shoot, drive the Chinese back."
As soon as the machine gun rang out, Zuo Ping An, who was in the middle of the army, realized that something was wrong. He asked Xing Shishi to quickly bring people to make up for it, while he ran back and said to Cai Hongguang: "Cannon, it's up to you, can you kill it?" The enemy's firepower has been destroyed."
In the battle this morning, Cai Dapao stole the show. If Zuo Ping An still looked down on Cai Dapao before the raid, now he is even thinking about snatching Cai Dapao back to the Mountain Division.
Cai Hongguang was not flattered. He said: "Let me give it a try." Then he ordered his men to pretend to be mortars, and he stood quietly, raised his ears, closed his eyes and listened carefully.
The brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. Xing Shisi knew this truth very well. He immediately led several of his guards and rushed towards the entrance of the alley. It was too close to the west gate. He was worried that the Japanese would rush over and threaten the flanks of the west gate defenders. He saw the most Luan Guilin's squad in front had been suppressed by the Japs' machine gun fire. He was anxious and shouted: "Luan Guilin, hold on for me. Brothers, charge and drive the little Japs out."
Three of his subordinates were hit by Japanese machine guns in a row. Luan Guilin became angry. He rolled to the edge of a ruined city wall, then gestured to several of his subordinates at the entrance of the alley and shouted: "Cover me."
The soldiers nodded and suddenly raised their guns and swiped at them.
Over there, a few Japs just stood up and were immediately hit by bullets. They screamed and fell down. The dozens of Japs behind them had already lifted their butts off the ground, but now they quickly got down again.
"Da da da da." Three light machine guns fired at the alleyway entrance almost simultaneously. A student soldier was first hit on the left shoulder, and then hit the injured area continuously. He wailed and lay motionless on the ground.
"Wang Gouzi." Luan Guilin yelled, then squatted down, raised his gun and fired a bunch of bullets at the firing point on the far left.
"Pop..." The bullet hit the masonry under the machine gun, and sparks flew everywhere. The two Japanese were startled, and they quickly turned the gun and fired.
"Da da da." Luan Guilin felt that his movements were fast enough, but when he lay down again, he felt a sharp pain in his right arm. He couldn't help but gasped when he looked down at his left arm. It was broken at the elbow level, "Son of a bitch." Luan Guilin resisted the dizziness caused by the pain. He stood up suddenly, roared, and squeezed the trigger with his left hand.
Xing Shishi happened to see this scene. He was so anxious that he screamed: "Get down." But it was already too late. Luan Guilin was hit continuously in the chest and abdomen. He stubbornly wanted to stay standing, but his body slowly and fell backward...
"Bastard." Xing Shishi roared angrily, and said to Wang Songbin who was following closely behind him: "Go up to the house, quickly, kill the enemy's firepower point for me." He looked back at the others: "Snipers are all going up to the house, shoot them. Japanese machine gunners, grenadiers, fast, fast."
Suddenly there was a short and harsh "chish" sound, and a grenade exploded in the alleyway. Several soldiers standing close to the wall were engulfed by the fireworks. The next moment they fell to the ground one after another. They were still green-grey just now. The wall was suddenly covered with a shocking stain of blood.
The destruction of the artillery of the Isoya Division made Isoya Rensuke determined to capture Taierzhuang.
In a trench outside the west gate, more than a thousand Japs suddenly poured out. Under the command of an officer, these Japs screamed and rushed towards the West Gate. At the same time, the two Type 92 heavy machine guns on both sides roared, and hundreds of The bullets hit the sandbags used for fortifications inside the west gate. The sound of bullets hitting the ground immediately sounded from the sandbags.
Cui Zhiguo raised his head and shook his head vigorously to shake off the dust on his helmet. He cursed angrily: "What a bloody devil." Then he looked up and saw the dense crowd of Japanese. He was frightened. He jumped and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Get ready to fight. Listen carefully. Move the Japanese closer. Wu Yushu, wake up."
Cui Zhiguo is the commander of the 105th Regiment. Because of his dark skin, he is nicknamed "Cui Hei" in the military circles. Wu Yushu is a special presence on the current Ximen battlefield. Normally, he should retreat with the 132nd Division, but He was stubborn but insisted on staying to help his comrades complete their unfinished mission of killing the enemy.
Guo Da was moved by his persistence. No matter which regiment's turn it was to garrison on the front line, he asked the leader of the regiment to take good care of him.
It was for this reason that Cui Zhiguo arranged for Wu Yushu to be with him.
Wu Yushu was really tired, but he always insisted on not getting out of the firing line. He opened his eyes, saw Cui Zhiguo's dark face, curled up his lips and pretended to smile, and asked: "The Japanese are starting to attack. Already."
"Well, Xiao Wu, if you really can't hold on anymore, go down and rest for a while. We still have to fight this battle."
"I'm fine."
"You said it's okay, boom." Cui Zhiguo had just said half a sentence when suddenly a bullet hit his helmet, making a sharp impact. He quickly lowered his head and cursed: "You stupid devil, how dare you Hit me on the head and seek death."
Wu Yushu smiled heartily. Cui Zhiguo was the third senior official of the Xuebing Army that he had seen. With his experience with Guo Da and Huang Yonghuan (the leader of the 104th Regiment), he felt that the Xuebing Army's Officers are all very fun, yes, fun. Not only do these officers have no airs, but they all swear a lot and don't pay attention to their own image at all.
The Japanese cover fire became sparse, which was a signal that the Japanese infantry was approaching. Cui Zhiguo no longer dared to focus entirely on Wu Yushu. He clung to the sandbag and slowly raised his head, and then just exposed his eyes towards He looked ahead, and not far away, a student soldier serving as a lookout gestured to him, and he nodded.
The little devil rushed so hard that the distance to the front was only about sixty meters away.
Platoon leader Jiang Dingfeng ran over and reported an emergency to him. The section of the city wall that had been blown down was where the Japanese had broken through.
"TMD." Cui Zhiguo cursed fiercely, and then quickly called Guo Da on the walkie-talkie to report the situation to him.
Guo Da's reply made his heart drop: Don't worry about beating you. I asked Brigadier Zuo to send people there.
"Put it closer, move it closer." Cui Zhiguo's voice suddenly became a little excited, which made Wu Yushu look at him with a somewhat inquiring look. Is this officer a little nervous? No matter how close you are, If so, the Japs would have stormed in with a single charge. Once they broke through the fortifications, it would be a melee. At that time, the Japanese army would continuously invest troops. With the Japanese army having the upper hand, this would be quite dangerous. of,
It was only thirty meters away and he had already entered the doorway. Wu Yushu raised his head and glanced up, then quickly shrank back. The Japanese started firing. With the bullets flying around, any careless person might be killed. own life,
"Hit." Cui Zhiguo suddenly shouted, and then he threw out the grenade that had been stringed in advance.
"Boom..." More than a dozen grenades exploded almost at the same time, and the Ximen Gate instantly turned into a world of smoke and fire. The next moment, dozens of Wei Qing styles opened fire at the same time, and a large number of the Japanese who rushed over fell down.
"Come in, rush in, cover." A Japs officer waved his pistol and screamed. More than a thousand Japs seemed to be squeezing towards the west gate in a funnel shape. Under the city wall, nearly a hundred Japs were operating grenades and mortars. ,
Wu Yushu suddenly straightened up and fired all the bullets in the gun with one click of his right index finger. It was his first time contacting the Wei Qing style today. Although he had already fired nearly a hundred bullets, he was not used to this kind of continuous shooting and could not Control the rhythm of bursts,
The front-line commander of the Japanese army commanding the battle at the west gate was a major named Ikeda Okada. Ikeda Okada's tactics were very simple. He used constant pressure to force the defenders to leave the solid fortifications to defend, and then used grenade launchers and mortars. Killing a large number of enemies, his tactic had a miraculous effect at first, causing Cui Zhiguo regiment to suffer heavy losses, so that he had to continuously bring up reserve troops from behind.
"The Japanese mortars must be destroyed, otherwise the west gate will be lost sooner or later." Guo Da and Xu Dalin behind saw this scene. Xu Dalin suggested to Guo Da that they send a commando down from the city wall to kill the Japanese mortars. gun,
"That's all." Guo Da said, "It's a pity that Ge Zengfu's people haven't come back yet."