Predator Reborn

Chapter 328 Breaking Through the City Wall

Chapter 328 Breaking through the city wall

"Report, the Third Guard Brigade has been ordered to protect His Excellency the General. Please give instructions from Your Excellency the General." Soon, a major captain ran up to the two commanders, saluted, and reported.

"Yo Xi, your mission is to protect the safety of the general. Send the general safely out of Taiyuan from the north gate, and always send the general back to Peiping. How about it? Do you have the confidence to complete this arduous task?" I saw.

Major General Noboru Kunisaki, the captain with an excited face in front of him, ordered loudly.

"Hi, Commander, I will ensure the safety of the General..." the major replied loudly without any hesitation.

"Yo Xi, the two military police squadrons here will also be under your command in a moment. From now on, the safety of the General will be entrusted to you. Please ensure the safety of the General. If nothing happens, set off now.

..." Major General Noboru Kunisaki nodded and ordered.

"Hi, Commander... General, please..."

And just when General Bin Sanyuan was preparing to break out under the protection of a brigade of elite imperial soldiers, the Japanese troops holding on to the south gate had reached a critical moment of life and death. After about five minutes of artillery fire coverage, the entire 12-gun heavy artillery battalion

The heavy howitzer fire was now concentrated on the northeast corner of the city wall, which was already collapsing.

Under the constant bombardment of 12 heavy cannons, the masonry on the northeast corner of the city wall was continuously blown away. The loess wrapped inside the masonry slowly revealed its most primitive appearance. More importantly, the original appearance of the city wall was invincible.

The city wall slowly began to crack amid the explosion of nearly a hundred shells from 12 heavy cannons.

Finally, with the explosions, the scope of the city wall collapsed became larger and larger. At the same time, the bombed earth bricks slowly piled up into a slope under the city wall. After passing through the heavy artillery battalion, dozens of shells were fired again.

In the explosion, this broken city wall finally couldn't hold on. Amidst a roar, it finally turned into a pile of ruins. The city wall blocking the soldiers was finally opened up by the artillery regiment.

"Order the artillery to extend to both sides of the city wall to prevent the Japanese reinforcements from breaching. Order the vanguard battalion to start attacking, seize the breach, and open a channel for the follow-up troops to attack..." Seeing that the breach was finally blown open by the artillery, Liu Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

He ordered to the chief of staff behind him.

"Yes, division commander...comrades, charge..." As the artillery fire extended, more than 500 soldiers of the vanguard battalion had already moved to the edge of the trench. Under the intense firepower of dozens of light and heavy machine guns,

Under cover, they jumped up from the trenches where they were hiding, followed a passage blasted out by the engineering battalion in the trench, and quickly rushed towards the breakthrough two hundred meters away.

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack. Hurry, fire with machine guns. We must block the Eighth Route Army's attack..." Hearing the sound of charging bugles outside the city and the soldiers' shouts of killing, the Japanese chief of staff faced the surviving soldiers on the wall.

The soldier ordered loudly. However, he did not know that almost all the dozens of light and heavy machine guns on the city wall had been lost in the shelling just now.

"Chief of Staff, our heavy weapons were basically destroyed in the shelling just now. The Eighth Route Army's firepower is so fierce that the rifles in our hands cannot have any suppressive effect at all." The captain who discovered the problem hurriedly ran away.

Reported in front of the Chief of Staff.

"Baga, bastard, without the heavy machine gun, what are the rifles in our hands for? Order the soldiers to fire immediately, fight back, and must block the charge of the Eighth Route Army. Quick. The messenger, immediately notify a squadron of expatriates and a battalion.

The puppet soldiers must block the breach." The chief of staff roared loudly at the captain whose face was filled with gunpowder smoke.

"Hi, Chief of Staff..." The captain took the order and left. However, as the more than 300 little Japs remaining on the city wall revealed their heads and prepared for a so-called counterattack, there was no surprise.

Many people were knocked to the ground by the airtight machine gun bullets fired from outside the city before they could even fire the bullets in the barrel.

The bullets that can be fired can cause minimal damage to the vanguard battalion charging outside the city. Slowly, amidst the shouts of killing, the vanguard battalion is getting closer and closer to the breakthrough. Seeing that the vanguard battalion rushing at the front is

When a platoon was about to rush to the breach, an accident happened.

"Kill..." I don't know where the Japanese army's cry of killing suddenly rang out, and then I saw dozens of soldiers who rushed to the breach fell into a pool of blood. In the blink of an eye, what was still empty just now

Countless puppet soldiers suddenly appeared at the empty breakthrough point, and among these puppet soldiers, there were also many Nihonbashi names holding rifles and light machine guns.

The sudden accident was almost beyond everyone's expectation. What surprised everyone even more was that these puppet soldiers, who usually cowered and had no fighting ability, brazenly launched a counter-charge towards the rushing vanguard battalion.

The puppet soldiers in front fell, and those behind them took over and continued to charge. No one retreated in fear of the enemy.

"What's going on? When did the combat effectiveness of these puppet troops become so powerful?" He saw that his vanguard battalion had lost almost a company of troops under the counterattack of the puppet troops without fear of death. And the rest

The soldiers lay tightly together less than 50 meters away from the breach, and started shooting at the puppet troops at the breach. Liu Hua couldn't help but frowned, and looked at the staff beside him who was also observing every move in front of the position.

Chang asked.

"Commander, look, there are Japanese among the puppet troops...and they are Japanese without military uniforms..." Just after Liu Hua finished speaking, the chief of staff reminded loudly, and Liu Hua

After hearing the word "Japanese", I was shocked and quickly raised the telescope in my hand.

Sure enough, among these puppet soldiers were dozens of Japanese wearing kimonos. And most of these Japanese were holding light machine guns or holding command knives. However, their knives and gun muzzles were not pointed at anything else.

The vanguard camp in the distance was the puppet soldiers in front of them.

"It seems that the Japs have no more troops, and they have dispatched all the overseas Chinese. I ordered the heavy artillery to continue bombarding the city wall, and the Japanese regular army must not be allowed to reinforce the breach. The mountain artillery battalion concentrated firepower on me and bombarded the breach. In addition, the distance of 50 meters inside the breach,

Explode them all for me. I want to see if my shells are harder or their bullets are harder.

"BooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOooooa out bells out out.

The 12 artillery shells, with a huge whistling sound, flew quickly towards the breakthrough point where almost a battalion of puppet troops was concentrated.

In a violent explosion, all 12 artillery shells fell on the breach. Suddenly, the breach, which had just been crawling with puppet soldiers, immediately fell into a sea of ​​fire. The puppet soldiers who had resisted tenaciously just now were faced with

The shells that could tear them into pieces at any time. No longer caring about Nihonbashi Ming who was holding a light machine gun and commanding a sword behind him, they all started to flee backwards.

Suddenly, the breach, which had been plunged into a sea of ​​fire, fell into chaos. Puppet soldiers running in all directions, the screams of the little devils, gunshots everywhere, and the resistance of the puppet soldiers... Of course, no matter what

Despite such chaos, the war continued, and the shelling from the mountain artillery battalion still did not stop.

Amidst the bursts of shell explosions, the breach, which had been chaotic just now, slowly fell into silence. More importantly, the artillery fire from the mountain artillery battalion was far from over, and began to target a fifty-meter range within the breach.

Continue to fire. Immediately, the two regiments of puppet soldiers who had just concentrated behind the city wall, as well as more than 2,000 armed foreigners, became the targets of the mountain artillery battalion.

As each mountain cannon shell fell into these people, there was a shower of blood and broken limbs. These puppet soldiers who had basically not experienced any fighting showed a look of fear. Even some armed expatriates,

Seeing the broken limbs lying next to him, his legs began to tremble.

Faced with the falling shells and increasing casualties, the chief of staff knew that if he ordered the troops to retreat, what awaited him would be the collapse of the entire army. However, he could not tolerate more than two thousand people on the bridge.

Because of his command error, he died in the enemy's fire. If this incident was reported back to the country in the future, his family would undoubtedly be insulted by the people...

Thinking of this, the chief of staff could no longer take care of the Eighth Route Army vanguard camp that had rushed to the city wall, and immediately ordered the puppet troops and foreigners hiding behind the city wall who were being shelled by the Eighth Route Army to disperse and hide.

Sure enough, the situation was just as the chief of staff thought. As the order was issued, the puppet soldiers, who had been so frightened that they were about to pee their pants, no longer cared about the restraints of the officers around them. They picked up the weapons in their hands and ran quickly into the city.

Go. What's worse, they even threw away the weapons in their hands and fled into the city with empty hands.

At this moment, the scattered and concealed troops turned into a rout. More than 4,000 soldiers had not fired a single bullet at the Eighth Route Army outside the city. In this dense rain of bullets, 708 were beaten.

It can be said that it has lost its due combat effectiveness.

"Comrades, charge..." Almost all the puppet soldiers who saw the breach were lost in a burst of fire from their own artillery regiment. The commander of the forward battalion took advantage of this favorable opportunity. From the ground

He jumped up and gave a loud order to the less than 400 soldiers remaining around him.

"Charge..." After receiving the order, these were basically vanguard battalions composed of party members. Without any hesitation, they jumped up from the ground and launched a new round of charge towards the breach fifty meters away.

.At the same time, the dozens of light machine gunners and submachine gunners rushing at the front also fired a dense rain of bullets at the breach the moment they stood up.

The soldiers shouted to kill and machine guns fired. From far to near, they quickly rushed to the edge of the breach. Amidst a burst of explosions covered by grenades, the soldiers crawled along the exploded slope towards the city.

The result was no surprise. After the fierce artillery fire and the explosion of grenades by the soldiers, there was almost no resistance from the Japanese army at the breakthrough point.

The light machine gunners and submachine gunners who rushed at the front of the entire team quickly occupied a breakthrough that was more than ten meters wide, and with the help of the favorable terrain, they quickly set up their machine guns and prepared to cover the follow-up troops as they climbed into the city.

As for the Eighth Route Army troops who rushed to the breach, although there were still hundreds of remnant soldiers on the city wall. However, at this time, the hundreds of remnant soldiers were overwhelmed by the fierce bombardment of the heavy artillery battalion. How could they have the energy to pay attention to the nearby troops?

He could only watch helplessly as two companies of the Eighth Route Army quickly seized the entire breach.

"Division Commander, the vanguard battalion has occupied the breach. Do you want to order the follow-up troops to attack..." Seeing that the soldiers had climbed onto the wall at the breach, the chief of staff standing next to Liu Hua quickly reminded him.

"Okay, the vanguard battalion fought well. Order the follow-up troops to attack immediately. As long as the city wall is broken through, Taiyuan City will be a piece of fat on our lips. Let's eat it bit by bit and slowly. Order the follow-up troops to immediately destroy the city wall.

The Japanese army opened the city gate and slowly advanced under the cover of the mountain artillery battalion. Remember, as long as they are Japanese soldiers, whether they are soldiers or soldiers, as long as they resist, they will be eliminated immediately." Liu Hua ordered excitedly.

"Yes, division commander... rush... beep..." Immediately, the follow-up troops of a regiment ambushed on the position, led by regiment leader Shen Qinghua, quickly rushed out

position, and reinforce the vanguard battalion at the breach.

"The first battalion attacks from the right wing, the second battalion attacks from the left wing. The third battalion and the vanguard battalion attack from the front, advance a hundred meters forward, and open the city gate..." Rush to the breach. Regiment leader Shen Qinghua ordered loudly.

"Comrades, kill..." With the target of attack, the soldiers who had already pent up their energy, under the leadership of their respective battalion commanders, quickly attacked their targets. Of course, only the remaining ones on the city wall were

The hundreds of remnant soldiers, under the fierce offensive of the soldiers, almost did not cause many casualties to the soldiers. Just in front of the dense firepower network of the soldiers, they all fell in a pool of blood.

However, the soldiers advancing into the city encountered stubborn resistance from the Japanese expatriate armed forces. The reason for this was, on the one hand, because they received the order from the commander that they did not need to retreat. On the other hand, it was because basically the family members of these expatriates

In Taiyuan City, if Taiyuan is occupied by the Eighth Route Army, then you can imagine the fate of their families and their property...

Half an hour passed, when the hundreds of remaining enemies on the city wall were cleared by the soldiers of the two battalions. The two battalions advancing into the city, after paying nearly a company of casualties, only moved forward.

They reached a distance of less than 50 meters. Basically, they did not advance one meter, and at least two soldiers had to be killed or injured. More importantly, in front of these Japanese expatriates who were familiar with the terrain, the soldiers were like blind men.

Being surrounded by these expats.

"Battle Commander Zhou, what's going on? Why did the troops advance less than 50 meters and suffer so many casualties..." Commander Shen Qinghua, who came with two battalions for reinforcements, saw

The bodies of the soldiers lying on the ground asked the commander of the third battalion, Zhou Guohua, in front of him angrily.

"Report to the captain, the resistance of the Japs is too fierce. They are too familiar with the terrain in the city, and the soldiers are like headless flies. In just half an hour, we lost almost a company of troops.

.However, we only killed less than a small group of Japanese." Seeing the regiment leader finally rushing over, Captain Zhou Guohua breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his head and said.

"What, the loss of a company of troops only killed less than a squad of Japanese, and they were also Japanese immigrants..." After hearing what Battalion Commander Zhou said, the regiment leader Shen Qinghua's eyes widened in disbelief.

asked rhetorically.

"Yes, Captain. The Japanese expatriates fired bullets from time to time in the houses next to the highway. Although the soldiers knew that there were Japanese soldiers inside, they couldn't use grenades because of the common people in the houses. Basically, they were all soldiers.

The price we paid with our lives..." After listening to the regimental leader's question, Battalion Commander Zhou continued.

"Asshole, my soldiers... ordered everyone to stop attacking and organize defense on the spot. As long as it is a civilian residence we occupied, we must not let the little devils reoccupy it. I will go to ask the division commander immediately to see if there is anything good he can do.

Way..." After listening to Battalion Commander Zhou Guohua's introduction, regiment leader Shen Qinghua quickly ordered, turned around and ran out of the city.

"Commander, Commander..." Just as Liu Hua and Chief of Staff Li Qing led the remaining two battalions around the headquarters and the mountain artillery battalion to march into the city, Shen Qinghua, the commander of the regiment, hurried to Liu Hua

In front of Hua.

"Captain Shen, why are you here when you are not commanding the battle on the front line...Did something unexpected happen in the attack..." Seeing the anxious-looking regimental commander Shen Qinghua, the division commander Liu Hua asked quickly.

"Yes, division commander, chief of staff, we have wiped out all the enemy troops on the city wall. However, during the process of advancing into the city, we encountered big troubles. The casualties of the soldiers were very high, but the results were indeed great.

Little..." After hearing the division commander's question, the regiment leader Shen Qinghua said quickly.

"In trouble? If the estimate is correct, there don't seem to be many Japanese troops in the city anymore. Tell me quickly, what happened during the advance of the troops." After listening to Shen Qinghua's words, the division commander Liu Hua frowned, worried.

asked.

"Commander, it's like this. Although there aren't many regular Japanese troops in the city, there are still quite a few Japanese armed foreigners. These Japanese foreigners, relying on their familiarity with the terrain..." Just like that, Shen Qinghua

Slowly he explained the situation encountered by the troops.

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