Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 176 Breakout or street fighting?
With the addition of 18 20mm machine guns to the attack, the situation suddenly reversed.

Each machine gun position was located in an aerial bomb crater, and the Japanese did not discover the machine gun positions of the New 1st Regiment at first.

The flames from the Japanese machine guns when they opened fire exposed the machine gun fire points of the Japanese puppet army.

Plus a constant supply of flares to provide visibility at night.

This allowed Li Yunlong and the soldiers of the machine gun company to accurately fire at the Japanese firepower points.

With an initial velocity of 820 meters per second, the 20mm shell reached the city wall almost instantly after leaving the barrel.

In just the first round of attack, more than half of the Japanese machine gun fire points were destroyed!

Not only were the bricks and stones of the battlement broken, but even the Japanese machine guns and machine gunners were smashed to pieces.

The rest of the Japanese machine gunners' faces changed drastically. They quickly moved to other positions and set up machine guns behind other battlements and opened fire.

But as soon as the flames from the Japanese machine gun appeared.

The ammunition belt of the 20mm machine gun arrived in an instant, hitting the Japanese machine gun fire point, causing gravel, machine gun parts and flesh and blood to fly everywhere.

In a short while, almost all of the Japanese machine gun fire points were destroyed.

Only the Japanese rifles were left firing through the firing holes, and the gunshots were very sparse.

After finishing one drum, Li Yunlong and the soldiers replaced it with a new one and continued to design the shooting holes on the east city wall.

Chains of machine gun shells lashed towards the city wall like the whip of death.

The firepower of the Japanese soldiers and puppet army riflemen who were hiding behind the battlements and firing was suppressed.

Coupled with the continuous mortar shells hitting the city wall, the gunfire on the wall gradually became sporadic.

Under the cover of firepower, Zhang Dabiao led the guard company and finally attacked the collapsed city wall.

At this time, the mortar and mountain artillery positions of the New 1st Regiment had stopped firing.

"Siege ladder!"

Zhang Dabiao shouted loudly while leaning against the city wall.

Although the city gate had been blown into pieces by the new regiment's mountain artillery.

However, if we attack from the city gate, the casualties will definitely be greater.

Because the Japanese and puppet troops would throw bombs and grenades down from the city walls, and the city wall was not easy to pass.

Six soldiers quickly set up three siege ladders on the collapsed city wall.

“Go up!”

Three soldiers from the guard company climbed up the siege ladder.

When the Japanese engineers were building the city wall, the Eighth Route Army bombarded the area again, leaving the area littered with the Japanese's broken limbs and arms.

A soldier from the guard company had just climbed up the broken wall when a volley of bullets came at him. The soldier screamed and immediately rolled down the ladder.

The other two soldiers suddenly didn't dare to show their heads.

"Type 92 heavy machine gun!"

Zhang Dabiao climbed up the ladder quickly with a submachine gun in hand.

He pointed at the submachine gun to a soldier on his left who was holding a submachine gun, then pointed at his helmet, and then pointed upwards.

The soldier shook his head blankly.

Zhang Dabiao shouted angrily, "Idiot, I told you to put your helmet on the barrel of your gun and stretch it out to attract the enemy's fire."

Then Zhang Dabiao said to another soldier: "Fire with me."

The two soldiers replied, "Yes, Captain."

After Zhang Dabiao and the soldier on the right were ready to fire at any time, the soldier on the left took off his helmet, placed it on the barrel of the gun and quietly stretched it upwards.

"Da da da……"

As soon as the helmet showed its head, the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun fired at it.

Ding—the Japanese machine gunner’s pistol skills were extremely accurate, directly blowing the helmet away.

"Fire!"

At the same time as the Japanese soldiers fired their guns, Zhang Dabiao and the soldier on his right stood up almost at the same time and raised their PPSh submachine guns.

The two men opened fire almost simultaneously.

"Da da da..." More than 30 meters away from the broken wall, there was a Japanese Type heavy machine gun position built with a dozen sandbags.

The Japanese machine gunner screamed that he had been tricked, but it was too late. The dense machine gun bullets had already turned him into a sieve.

While the Japanese machine gunner was being killed, the soldier on the left quickly rushed to the broken wall, firing while jumping down.

After the Japanese machine gun fire point was destroyed, Zhang Dabiao and his soldiers took the opportunity to attack the city.

After entering the city, Zhang Dabiao did not immediately attack the depth of the county town, but attacked the east city wall.

After Ishihara Seizo was killed, another squadron leader quickly took over command, but was soon blown to pieces by machine gun fire.

Without the commander and machine guns, the Japanese and puppet troops on the east city wall fell into chaos.

The special forces company of the new regiment used ladders to attack the city, and cooperated with the guard company from inside and outside to quickly eliminate the remaining enemies and capture the east city wall.

After capturing the east city wall, the soldiers of the second battalion took the opportunity to rush into the city through the city gate.

One part of the troops attacked in depth to attack the Japanese brigade headquarters, while another part of the troops attacked in a roundabout way along the city wall, preparing to kill the defensive forces on the north and south walls of the city.

……

"General."

At the same time, at the 39th Brigade Headquarters of the Japanese Army in Yangquan City, a combat staff officer hurriedly approached Takagi Yoshito and reported:
"The east wall was lost, and Major Ishihara died in battle."

"Nani?"

Major General Takagi Yoshito's expression suddenly changed.

The battle-hardened Japanese soldiers had already determined from the sound of gunfire that the east city wall had fallen.

But when I heard the news with my own ears, I was still shocked.

Moreover, Major Ishihara was loyal to His Majesty the Emperor.

This is the candidate he favors to succeed the commander of the 79th Regiment!
It was unbelievable that a group of local guerrillas could actually attack a key military town heavily defended by the Locust Army.

"How did the Eighth Route Army break into the city?"

Takagi Yoshito asked in a deep voice.

Ishihara Seizo repelled the Eighth Route Army's two attacks in a row, and Takagi Yoshito thought that the east city wall was impregnable.

However, the Eighth Route Army entered the city less than 10 minutes after the third attack began.

Even Ishihara Seizo died in battle, not to mention the other officers and soldiers on the city wall, who must have all been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.

It happened so fast that before Ishihara Seizo could even call for help, the east city wall had already been lost.

The combat staff reported: "According to the telephone soldiers on the east wall, the Eighth Route Army used a powerful weapon that can penetrate the battlements of the city wall. All the machine gun fire points set up behind the battlements have been destroyed."

"20mm machine gun..."

Major General Takagi Yoshito understood instantly, but his expression darkened instantly:
"Send a telegram to the division headquarters immediately. The enemy has entered the city. We are preparing to move towards Shouyang. Please ask the division commander to send the Shouyang locust army to support us."

Ishihara Seizo's troops were deployed on the east, south and north city walls.

Now Yoshito Takagi only has a brigade guard squadron with him.

Although there were still one or two hundred brigade staff and medical personnel, their combat effectiveness was poor and they were a drag on the team.

The Eighth Route Army was equipped with 20mm machine guns and 75mm mountain guns, and the brigade headquarters was absolutely unable to defend itself.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, please think twice."

Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Ishii Takaharu quickly said, "The Eighth Route Army didn't attack the west wall. They must have ambushed them outside. We'll engage in street fighting with the Eighth Route Army inside Yangquan City. We'll definitely be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive."

Yoshito Takagi's face was gloomy. If the brigade broke out now, it would definitely run into the ambush of the Eighth Route Army.

But if he doesn't break out, he definitely won't be able to defend the brigade headquarters with his limited number of troops.

Outside, the sounds of gunfire and explosions intensified. Inside the operations room, Takagi Yoshito pondered, "Street fighting?"

Yoshito Takagi felt very depressed.

The great Japanese Empire's Major General, commander of a Type A division's brigade headquarters, was forced into this embarrassing situation by a mere three or four thousand Eighth Route Army soldiers.

What a shame!

After the 78th Infantry Regiment and the 79th Infantry Regiment return to Yangquan to rest and replenish their troops, I, Yoshito Takagi, will definitely get my revenge!

(End of this chapter)