Predator Reborn

Chapter 325: Soldiers siege Taiyuan

"Okay, very good. I just want your artillery regiment to use artillery shells to blast a bloody path for the infantry brothers." After hearing the answer from Chen Guangrong, the commander of the artillery regiment, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, Commander..."

"The specific offensive tasks of each unit are as follows. The first and second regiments of the rapid reaction brigade conduct a strong attack from the south gate of the front, the third regiment conducts a feint attack from the west gate, the first division Sun Xingbang's troops conduct a feint attack from the east gate. The second division's plateau division carries three

A mortar company is ambushing outside the North Gate City. As soon as the Japanese breakout troops enter the ambush circle, they will immediately launch an attack. Remember not to let anyone go. The cavalry regiment is on guard around Taiyuan and at the same time, serves as the reserve team of the troops.

, destroy all the small groups of enemies around who have come for reinforcements." Liu Hua ordered loudly.

"Yes, division commander. I promise to complete the mission..." Several regiment leaders and commanders stood up and replied.

"Okay, very good, everyone has a day off today. In order to prevent the Japanese army from calling for air force support, I decided to conduct the entire siege at night. All units must be in place before nine o'clock tonight. Are you clear?" Liu Hua

He nodded and asked loudly.

"It's all clear..."

"Okay, let's adjourn the meeting. Everyone should go to their respective positions and do a good job of mobilizing the troops before the war when we get back." Liu Hua ordered.

At this moment, everyone in Taiyuan City, including General Bin Sanyuan, the supreme commander of the Japanese garrison in North China, was sitting in a room with his colleagues as usual, enjoying songs and dances.

While drinking flower wine, I didn't realize at all that my life was already in the countdown stage at this moment.

More importantly, there was about a regiment of Japanese troops in Taiyuan City. In everyone's eyes, the Eighth Route Army far away in eastern Shanxi was being beaten to a pulp by its two main divisions. How could it have enough troops to attack itself, and it was a city defense.

Taiyuan is an important town with many fortifications. Therefore, under this mentality of underestimating the enemy, the Japanese troops originally stood on the city wall. However, at this time, they have been completely replaced by puppet troops with low combat effectiveness. Every little devil is completely useless.

Hiding in the military camp under restraint, drinking flower wine in a brothel in the city...

The puppet soldiers guarding the city wall were already unhappy with having to do such an errand. Coupled with the cold wind blowing at night, almost every puppet soldier took the little devils who were enjoying themselves in the city.

He also scolded the family members of his own officers.

Faced with this situation, almost every puppet soldier on duty shrank and snuggled in the corner. Unless there was a fierce officer coming to inspect, he would reluctantly stand up and take two steps to do something.

Just a show. As for the patrols and warnings outside the city, these puppet sentries have long been thrown aside. Maybe these soldiers really hope that the Eighth Route Army can come over and give these little devils in the city a good taste.

The Eighth Route Army was powerful.

While the sentries on the city wall were nestling in the corner to keep warm, the Eighth Route Army outside the city began to take action. Under the cover of night, the first to take action were the 24 heavy artillery pieces of the artillery regiment. Under the command of regiment leader Chen Guangrong,

Hundreds of artillery personnel were almost shirtless in the biting cold wind. They opened the cover covering the cannon, pushed the heavy cannon hard, and launched several howitzers weighing several tons.

He moved to the artillery position that had been prepared. At the same time, according to the artillery coordinates secretly sent by the inner warfare brigade in the city, he began to adjust the shooting of Zhu Yuan.

Several infantry regiments, under the leadership of their respective regiment commanders, slowly approached the tall city wall under the cover of night. From dark, one to all the troops were in place, and it took less than 10 seconds to move.

One and a half hours. And at 8:30 in the evening, all the troops were ready to attack. The heavy howitzer shells of the artillery regiment were also fired into the barrels by the soldiers, and they were ready to attack.

Be ready to launch at any time.

"Division Commander, according to the latest situation sent by the special operations brigade, the enemies currently standing on the city wall are basically puppet troops. This is very contrary to our intention of fighting. I suggest that we do not use the 12 heavy artillery behind us for the time being.

First, we used mountain artillery to bombard us for a while, and the infantry launched several tentative attacks. After the little devils sent all their main forces to the city wall, we used the 12 heavy howitzers behind us. "Seeing that the final general attack is already only a few seconds away.

With less than half an hour left, looking at the sudden situation in the telegram, Chief of Staff Li Qing came to the silent Liu Hua and suggested.

"Well, the ultimate goal of our campaign is to kill and injure the effective forces of the Japanese army as much as possible, and then destroy their morale and drive these little devils out of Taiyuan City. If we kill and injure the puppet troops, it is obvious that we will not achieve this campaign goal.

"Chief of Staff, I will immediately implement your idea and order the 12 mountain guns of the artillery regiment to launch an attack first. Each offensive unit will also conduct a certain degree of tentative attack to attract all the main Japanese units to the city wall." Listen.

After hearing what the chief of staff said, Liu Hua nodded secretly and immediately ordered.

"Yes, Commander..."

"Boom, boom, boom... Wuwuwu..." Soon, less than five minutes after the chief of staff left, Liu Hua remembered a series of roars behind him. 12 shells, carrying a huge

The whistling sound passed over the heads of the soldiers and flew towards the city wall not far away. At the same time, the mortar companies of the two regiments responsible for the feint attack also fired dense shells at the city wall.

"Boom boom boom..." In an instant, there were violent explosions on the city wall that had just been peaceful just now. Especially the south gate city wall was bombarded by 12 mountain cannons. 12 shells were provided by the special operations brigade.

Under the premise of precise shooting coordinates, all shots were fired into the broad and majestic city wall.

With the explosion of 12 artillery shells, 12 fireballs instantly rose on the city wall. Liu Hua raised the telescope in his hand and through the telescope, he could clearly see every move of the enemy on the city wall two kilometers away. Countless puppet soldiers were in formation.

Amidst the explosion of the artillery array, before he could react, he was torn into pieces alive. What's more, he was directly thrown into the sky by the air wave generated by the explosion of the shell, and then fell heavily down the city wall, turning into a corpse.

There was a limp corpse. Most of the puppet soldiers died in panic and ran back and forth. Under the firelight generated by the explosion, Liu Hua could clearly see the terrified expressions on each of them.

's two faces.

However, their fear and panic did not give them any chance of survival, but instead accelerated their death. As these puppet soldiers began to run around without organization,

The second round of shells from the mountain artillery battalion had already flown out of the barrel and towards the city wall not far away.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Another violent explosion sounded, and the puppet soldiers who were panicked just now were instantly transformed into mutilated corpses in the bursts of explosions. The shelling continued.

Continuing, the casualties of the puppet troops on the city wall are slowly increasing.

Facing the sudden artillery fire, not only the puppet troops on the city wall were panicked. The little devils who were having fun in the city were also shocked by the sudden explosion of artillery shells. At this time, they were completely trapped.

The city wall was a sea of ​​fire, and almost all the little devils seemed to be petrified. They stared blankly at the city wall that had become a sea of ​​fire.

"Baga, the city wall must have been attacked. Quickly, return to the military camp immediately. Quickly, pick up weapons and immediately reinforce the city wall." Immediately, some officers among these Japanese soldiers reacted from the shock. They faced

The Japanese soldier who was in a petrified state roared loudly.

"Hi..." After hearing the orders of these officers, the soldiers finally reacted from the shock. They dropped the wine glasses and bottles in their hands, and pushed away the prostitute in their arms. With a trace of drunkenness.

, shaking his body that seemed to be falling apart, he ran towards the military camp.

When the artillery regiment outside the city launched an artillery bombardment, General Bin Sanyuan, the highest commander of the Japanese garrison in North China, and the highest commander of Taiyuan and others were gathering together, enjoying singing and dancing, and drinking flower wine. Everyone

They all wore only loose kimonos, and from time to time they took advantage of the prostitutes in their arms, making low moans and wanton laughter.

And at the moment when the first round of artillery shells exploded, the violent explosion sound was no surprise. It immediately covered up the music played by the gramophone and reached the ears of every officer present. He was about to pour it into his mouth.

General Bin Sanyuan, who had twice the amount of sake, when the sound of cannons reached his ears, his hands trembled and the wine glass dropped to the ground along with the glass of sake inside.

"Baga, where did the explosion come from? Chief of Staff, call right away and ask where the bomb is. Hurry up." Seeing the embarrassing commander, the supreme commander of Taiyuan did not dare to neglect and immediately sat down facing him.

The chief of staff next to him ordered loudly.

"Hi, your Excellency, Commander..." The Chief of Staff did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly dragged his loose kimono and ran to a nearby room. After a while, he saw the Chief of Staff running back with a look of panic on his face.

"Chief of Staff, what happened? Where is the police..." Seeing the panicked Chief of Staff, Taiyuan's top commander seemed to have guessed something and hurriedly asked.

"Hi, Commander. I just received the latest report. The Eighth Route Army has surrounded the entire city of Taiyuan. Now the three city gates of Taiyuan have been shelled by the Eighth Route Army. The puppet soldiers guarding the city walls are in danger of being annihilated at any time.

"Please make your decision, Commander," the Chief of Staff quickly replied.

"Nani, was besieged by the Eighth Route Army. How is that possible? Isn't the Eighth Route Army currently being heavily encircled and suppressed by two of our divisions? How could it come to Taiyuan? Impossible, absolutely impossible. It must be those puppet troops who are lying about the military situation.

"After listening to the chief of staff's report, the commander, General Bin Sanyuan, replied in disbelief.

"Hi, Commander, but our three city gates were indeed shelled by the Eighth Route Army, and they were shelled by mountain artillery. If it were not the main force of the Eighth Route Army, there would not be so many mountain artillery." After listening to the commander,

The chief of staff immediately said the officer's answer.

"Baga... Didn't Mr. Itagaki say that his heavy artillery brigade has attracted all the main forces of the *** Division to Gong Village? Why are there so many main forces of the Eighth Route Army here? Baga..." After listening to the staff

After a long sentence, the commander, General Bin Sanyuan, violently overturned the table in front of him and asked loudly to several other senior officers in the room.

"Hi, Commander, I think reinforcements should be sent to the city wall immediately. We must rely on Taiyuan's strong city defenses to block the Eighth Route Army's attack." Seeing the angry Commander Bin Sanyuan, Taiyuan's supreme commander Major General Noboru Kunizaki

He quickly stood up and advised.

"Yoshi, Kunizaki-kun, this is your business, not my business. I'll leave the rest to you. I'm going back to rest." After finishing speaking, General Bin Sanyuan turned around and pulled a man.

The prostitute who had just served him walked towards her room, ignoring the stunned Major General Noboru Kunisaki and the officers in the room.

"Hi, Commander..." Major General Noboru Kunisaki replied quickly and loudly as he watched the departing Commander Bin Sangen.

"Chief of Staff, immediately send reinforcements to the South Gate of the First Guard Brigade in the city, and must block the Eighth Route Army's attack. Order the artillery brigade in the city to immediately suppress the artillery fire, and must suppress the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire. Order the Second Guard Brigade to separate into two groups.

Troops from each squadron will reinforce the west gate and east gate respectively. Hurry up..." Seeing General Bin Sanyuan disappear at the end of the corridor. Major General Noboru Kunizaki breathed a sigh of relief and shouted to the chief of staff who was waiting for orders in front of him.

commanded.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander..." The Chief of Staff replied loudly after receiving the order, turned around and ran out of the room.

"Gentlemen, a group of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly appeared outside the city. For the sake of the safety of Taiyuan City, I hope everyone will not rest tonight. Everyone should perform their duties and ensure the safety of the entire Taiyuan City and the safety of your Excellency, the Commander.

Ono-kun, immediately arrange a military police squadron to protect the commander's residence and prevent the Chinese from destroying it..." Seeing the chief of staff going to convey the order, Major General Noboru Kunisaki ordered loudly to a group of officers in the room.

.

"Hey, Commander Qin, don't worry. It's our honor to serve the empire and do our best. We will definitely perform our duties and protect Taiyuan City..." After listening to the words of the commander, Major General Noboru Kunisaki, the remaining people in the room

The officers all nodded in agreement, and under the leadership of Major General Noboru Kunisaki, they quickly left this pleasure room and rushed to their command positions.

The one who received the reinforcement order was actually the captain of the first brigade. At this time, he was shuttling back and forth between the military camps, constantly urging the soldiers to gather as soon as possible. You know, these little devils had to drink a certain amount of sake, many of them.

How can we assemble when people can't even stand up?

In the end, the captain was forced to lead his hastily assembled three squadrons of troops, carrying heavy machine guns and other heavy firepower, to reinforce the South Gate, which had been plunged into a sea of ​​flames. Until this moment, outside the city,

The artillery regiment's shelling had lasted for five minutes, and nearly a hundred mountain artillery shells were fired onto the city wall by the soldiers.

"Order the artillery to conduct extended artillery fire and the infantry to conduct a tentative attack. Tell the offensive commander that the troops must not suffer heavy casualties..." Seeing that under the continuous bombardment of his 12 mountain guns, the puppet troops on the city wall seemed to have

About to lose combat effectiveness, Liu Hua wisely ordered the frontline infantry to start a tentative attack.

"Tick tick, tick tick..." Immediately, a loud charge sound was heard on the front line. At the same time, a dozen heavy machine guns deployed at the front to cover the attack of the troops were also under the command of commanders at all levels.

Intensive tongues of fire spurted out toward the city wall, which was a sea of ​​fire.

At the same time, a battalion of infantrymen held weapons and explosive bags. Under the command of commanders at all levels, they lined up in a neat offensive formation, held ladders, bent over, and slowly came out of hiding.

On the grassland, he rushed towards the city wall not far away.

"Come on...Comrades, charge on..." With bursts of shouts of killing, the soldiers quickly approached the city wall. After the fierce shelling just now, a battalion of puppet soldiers on the city wall,

There was not much left. In addition, at this time, the dense firepower network of the 12 heavy machine guns serving as cover, and the bullets fired from the city wall could be said to be only a handful. In less than a few minutes, one of the attackers

The battalion had already carried the ladder and rushed to the trench almost two hundred meters away from the city wall....

"Commander, it seems that the reinforcements from the Japs haven't arrived yet..." Seeing the sparse firepower emitted from the city wall, the chief of staff said to Liu Hua, who remained silent.

"Well, but almost ten minutes have passed, and the little devil's reinforcements should be arriving soon. Order the forward battalion to build fortifications on the spot and find a way to dig out a day's defenses on the edge of the trench. At the same time, the attached engineers,

Immediately blow up the enemy's trench at the edge of the trench to open a channel for the follow-up troops to attack." Liu Hua nodded and then ordered.

Immediately, the soldiers who had just rushed to the edge of the trench stopped. One by one, the soldiers holding explosive bags rolled forward and into the trench. They began to arrange explosives on both sides of the trench, preparing to use explosives to explode in the trench.

Two slopes were exited. The remaining soldiers immediately lay down on the ground, picked up the engineering shovels that had been carried on their backs, and began to dig fortifications. The soil of each shovel and the bridge soon piled up to their own

before......

"Da da da..." Just less than a minute after the soldiers lay on the ground and started digging trenches, suddenly, a burst of intensive firepower shot out from the city wall. Dozens of tongues of flames appeared in front of the soldiers.

Weaving a dense fire net. The sudden firepower immediately knocked down the engineers who had laid explosives in the trenches and were completely exposed to the Japanese army, and fell to the ground in pieces.