Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"The little devils also have this day!"

Looking at the flames rising from the outer positions of Baicheng, Huang Zhiyong muttered to himself.

He still remembered the battles with the Japanese. They barely had two guns, let alone air support. His company had only one heavy machine gun, its treasure, and with only a limited supply of ammunition, they had to calculate their use of it.

But what about now? With just one telegram from me, more than 30 planes arrived and plowed the Japanese outer positions like a field.

"Give me the walkie-talkie!"

Huang Zhiyong took the walkie-talkie from the communicator and took a deep breath. "I am Huang Zhiyong. Now I order an attack on Baicheng!"

At the regimental headquarters, after hearing Huang Zhiyong's words, the communicator suddenly whispered, "Commander, the division commander has ordered us to launch an attack immediately!"

"Fire the signal flare, full regiment attack!"

"Yes!"

A blue flare rose into the air and exploded, signaling the start of the attack.

Inside the First Battalion's position, Milong was staring at the sky, searching for the signal flare. When he saw it rising into the air, he quickly stood up, holding a machine gun and yelled, "Comrades, attack!"

Following Milong's order, the soldiers of the first battalion rushed out of the trenches and quickly moved towards Baicheng.

"Keep your attacking formation organized, spread out as much as possible in squads, and pay attention to the Japanese soldiers who haven't been killed by the explosion!"

The instructor also joined in the charge, loudly reminding the soldiers to pay attention to the formation from time to time.

Long Wenjian had emphasized this in a special meeting before, and the battalion and company commanders also held separate meetings with the platoon leaders and squad leaders. So although it was a collective charge of a regiment, the formation was not disrupted and the three-three system was still maintained.

At the same time, the battalion's fire platoon followed behind, ready to provide fire support at any time.

There were still some surviving Japanese soldiers in the outer positions of Baicheng, which had been plowed by aerial bombs.

After the explosion, the Japanese soldiers climbed out of the pile of corpses and looked around in confusion. Although they were still alive, they were all injured to varying degrees. Some could no longer hear, some were still bleeding, and only a very few had no physical injuries.

"The Eighth Route Army is attacking!"

A Japanese soldier covered in blood staggered to the side of a Japanese major, raised his hand and pointed in the direction of an attacking group and shouted loudly.

"What did you say?"

The Japanese officer couldn't hear anything at all and could only shout loudly.

"Major, the enemy is coming!"

The major looked in the direction of the finger and could already see the attacking Eighth Route Army. However, before he could react, a bullet pierced his head.

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out, and a Japanese soldier in a crater pulled the trigger, ready to fight back. In an instant, two soldiers raised their guns and aimed in the direction of the gunshot.

"Eighty meters, suppressing fire!"

A soldier yelled, then took out a grenade, rushed forward a dozen steps, and threw the grenade over.

While he was rushing over, two of his comrades, holding their Type 56 semi-automatic rifles, suppressed the fire at the location where the shot had just been fired, firing continuously in bursts to ensure that the Japanese soldier could not continue shooting.

"boom!"

An explosion was heard, and the Japanese soldier who had just fired was killed. Several soldiers continued to advance.

"Da da da……"

In a remnant of a bunker, two Japanese soldiers were firing at a nearby area. The two soldiers were caught off guard and were hit, falling in a pool of blood.

"Devil machine gun position!"

"cover!"

A squad leader yelled, and immediately a soldier took out a smoke bomb and threw it in front of the Japanese bunker.

"Pfft!"

The smoke bombs spread out, instantly blocking the shooting range of the Japanese bunker.

"You two rescue the people, and the rest of you follow me to take down the bunker!"

"Yes!"

After the squad leader finished speaking, he quickly led his men forward. After walking about twenty meters, they found the remaining Japanese bunker, which was about a hundred meters away.

"Bazooka!"

Soon, a soldier from the firepower platoon came over with a rocket launcher and aimed at the Japanese bunker.

"Confirm behind me!"

"Someone!"

"spread!"

The soldiers behind him quickly dispersed to the side, and the bazooka operator yelled again: "Confirm behind me!"

This time no one responded.

"call out!"

A rocket flew out and hit the Japanese bunker.

"boom!"

The explosion rang out, and the Japanese bunker was taken down. The rest of the soldiers continued to advance.

"Report, there is a group of remaining devils gathered ahead, about thirty people!"

Milong led his troops forward and heard rapid gunfire ahead. He immediately asked someone to inquire about the situation.

"Call for fire support immediately, blow up these devils, and disperse the comrades!"

"Yes!"

In front of the position where the Japanese gathered, after receiving the order, several combat teams immediately withdrew, and then the artillerymen of the artillery company of the regiment quickly began to adjust the angle of the muzzle according to the direction sent back from the front.

"Three rounds of effective fire, ready for the first one!"

"put!"

"Tom!"

A Type 92 infantry gun fired at the Japanese position. After firing, the gunner quickly picked up the telescope to observe where the shell landed.

"The landing point is offset, adjust to the left!"

"Second round, ready!"

"put!"

The second shell landed accurately in the Japanese position.

"Ready for the third shot!"

"put!"

"Tom!"

After three effective shots, the position where more than 30 Japanese soldiers gathered was destroyed by artillery shells, and all the more than 30 Japanese soldiers gathered here were killed.

"keep going!"

Eight kilometers is not a short distance. The soldiers of the regiment eliminated the remaining Japanese devils while approaching Baicheng.

At this time, on the top of the White City Tower, Suematsu Shigeharu and Mai Chuan'nan were staring at the Eighth Route Army's attack method in amazement.

"Is this the Eighth Route Army?"

The two men were utterly shocked. How could this possibly be the Eighth Route Army? Weren't the Eighth Route Army "Three Guns, Eighth Route"? They charged when they ran out of bullets, using bayonets and swords and absolutely no bullets.

What did they see now? When the Eighth Route Army encountered obstacles in their attack, they would immediately request artillery support, and soon, artillery shells would fall accurately on the devil's defensive positions.

Moreover, when the Eighth Route Army attacked, they would suppress the enemy with firepower, regardless of ammunition consumption.

There were also smoke bombs and rocket launchers. Most importantly, this unit was very skilled in using these weapons. It didn't seem like it was their first time using them, and the soldiers cooperated very well.

"Report, the Eighth Route Army's attacking force has entered the artillery regiment's fire coverage area, should we fire?"

At this moment, a staff officer whispered beside Shigeharu Suematsu.

Hearing this, Suematsu Shigeharu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Notify the artillery regiment and prepare for bombardment. We will also let the Eighth Route Army taste the pain of being bombed."

Chapter 568 How could the Eighth Route Army have heavy artillery

Japanese artillery positions in Baicheng.

The Japanese 36th Division and 114th Division each had an artillery regiment. After entering Baicheng, the two artillery regiments were deployed in two locations, one in the south and one in the north of Baicheng, and built artillery positions.

"Order the troops to prepare for artillery fire!"

"Hai!"

Inside Baicheng City, the Japanese artillery positions quickly adjusted various parameters after receiving the order.

"put!"

With an order, the Japanese artillery began to counterattack. More than 60 Japanese mountain cannons began to fire in unison, and the shells hit the attacking troops.

"Bombardment!"

"spread!"

Despite the sudden bombardment, the soldiers of the newly formed 1st Division did not panic.

Because the charging formation was relatively dispersed, the artillery shells did not cause heavy casualties to the First Division. After hearing the explosions, most soldiers quickly sought shelter, most lying on the ground, waiting for the enemy's shelling to end.

At this time, lying on the ground is safer than standing, which can minimize the harm caused by the shock wave generated by the explosion.

"The Japanese artillery opened fire!"

In the rear command post, the artillery staff quickly took out a pen and paper to do some calculations, then handed the calculated numbers to the communicator beside him: "Send these coordinates to the artillery unit. These are the coordinates of the Japanese artillery position. Act quickly!"

"Yes!"

The artillery staff officer was a position created after Li Yunlong's troops completed the training and reorganization of new recruits. Li Yunlong's newly formed divisions were equipped with an artillery battalion equipped with heavy firepower.

Most of Li Yunlong's commanders had not received traditional military training and were not very familiar with the use of artillery and other equipment, so in addition to combat staff, additional artillery staff were added.

The duty of this artillery staff officer is to provide artillery advice to the division commander when formulating combat plans and defense plans. At the same time, he can quickly calculate the enemy's artillery coordinates during combat and make suggestions such as adjusting the artillery position based on the battlefield situation.