Shimokawa Hide said nonchalantly: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, our Imperial Japanese Army has failed several times before, but every time it was because we took the initiative to launch an attack and fell into the trap of the Eighth Route Army. Not once was it

Defeated from the front by the Eighth Route Army.

Right now, the Eighth Route Army is taking the initiative to launch the attack. This is the home ground of the Imperial Army. We know every plant and tree outside the city. The advantage lies entirely with me. It’s hard to fail!"

Hattori Naoomi was a little worried at first. He didn't know why, but from the moment the 15th Infantry Regiment launched the attack, he always felt uneasy in his heart.

At this moment, after listening to Xia Chuanxiu's words, I finally dispelled the haze in my heart. Yes, this time the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to launch the attack. It is impossible for them to set up a trap. The advantage is mine, and there is no way I can lose!

However, at this moment, Hattori Naoomi suddenly heard a breathtaking sound breaking through the air.

"Hurry! Hurry Hurry!——"

The roaring sound of the wind made Hattori Naoomi's head buzz.

"It's a heavy howitzer!"

The battle-hardened Hattori Naoomi subconsciously covered his ears and squatted down.

In the next moment, more than a dozen artillery shells landed in the wilderness outside the West City Gate and exploded violently.

"Boom!"

"Boom! Boom, boom! -"

Amidst the violent explosions, streaks of red light suddenly shot up from the ground. In the light of the fire, countless Japanese soldiers were blown away, including their weapons and weapons. For a while, the whole land was wailing, like a purgatory on earth.

After a moment, Hattori Naoomi dully raised his head and looked outside the city, only to see that the explosion flames had dissipated, but more than a dozen eye-catching craters were left on the ground.

Among them, one crater is the most eye-catching, at least one meter deep and four to five meters in diameter.

Not far from the crater, the remains of a tank were scattered.

Although the tank did not completely fall apart, it was almost there. The tracks were broken and several transmission wheels fell to the side.

The two heavy machine guns it carried were nowhere to be found, and the main gun barrels were twisted and deformed into a twist.

As for the dozens of Japanese infantrymen who advanced with the tank, they have long since disappeared.

Not even the corpses can be seen.

In addition, an armored vehicle was blown up and another armored vehicle broke down.

The Japanese soldiers who were advancing in coordination also suffered two to three hundred casualties in this round of shelling.

However, for Naoomi Hattori, the real nightmare has just begun.

If the Japs of the 9th Brigade are huddled in the city and Langya's artillery can't do anything to them, they can't bomb the common people in the city as well, right?

But when they took the initiative to leave the city, they became a living target.

After one round of bombardment, Langya's artillery launched a second and third round of bombardment.

For a moment, the wilderness outside the west city gate was suddenly shaken by the explosion, and fire was everywhere. Naoomi Hattori stood on the city wall and seemed to feel the shaking.

At this time, he finally knew the reason for the uneasiness deep in his heart just now.

After several rounds of bombing, two of the Japanese's three tanks were blown up, and three of the five armored vehicles were also blown up.

As for the Japanese soldiers, hundreds of them were killed and injured. Bloody corpses were scattered everywhere, as well as various limbs, broken arms, and internal organs.

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What's more, due to the impact point of the 150mm caliber heavy howitzer, not even a piece of intact flesh and blood was left.

The Japanese offensive collapsed. The frightened armored soldiers hurriedly changed direction and retreated into the city.

The Japanese infantry were like bereaved dogs, retreating into the city as if they were fleeing.

"Baga! How could the artillerymen on Tubal Road be of such skill? How could they accurately hit targets several kilometers away!"

Although Naoomi Hattori expected that if they launched an attack, they would be bombarded by armored trains, he never expected that the level of the Eighth Route Army's artillery was so high.

The old devil's face was distorted and deformed, like an ugly devil.

Shimokawa Hide no longer had the arrogance he had before, and his whole face was pale, as if he had lost his soul.

The military police captain next to him, Tetsuya Yamashita, was still somewhat sober. He said to Naoomi Hattori: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, after the artillery of the Eighth Route Army destroyed the Imperial Army's attack, they will definitely carry out extended bombing on the city wall. It is too dangerous here.

, you’d better leave immediately and return to the headquarters!”

Immediately, Naomi Hattori, escorted by a group of Japanese military police, descended from the city tower via the horse trail.

Almost as soon as they got off the tower and ran less than a hundred meters, there were earth-shaking loud noises behind them.

Hattori Naoomi suddenly turned around and saw a scene he would never forget. However, he saw the city gate building collapse directly in the light of the fire, just as many Japanese soldiers poured in from outside the city.

All kinds of masonry, tiles and other building debris fell down with a loud crash, killing and injuring a large number of Japanese soldiers. For a while, they kept wailing.

"Your Majesty, Brigade Commander, leave quickly, it's not safe here yet! Go to the center of the city quickly, there are Chinese civilians there, and the Eighth Route Army's artillery will definitely not dare to carry out extended bombing in the city!"

Yamashita Tetsuya and several military policemen grabbed Hattori Naoomi's arm and carried him towards the center of the city...

The new second regiment position.

"It's so happy! It's so happy! Damn it, I, Kong Jie, have been fighting for so many years, and I have never been as rich and happy as I am today!"

Kong Jie changed his cowardice at the beginning of the battle and looked at the fleeing Japanese. He immediately gave the order to countercharge: "Pursue, pursue!"

Upon receiving the order, several trumpeters of the New Second Regiment immediately jumped out of the trench, puffed up their cheeks, and blew a loud charge horn.

"Tick-tat-tat, tick-tick-tick, tick-tick-tick, tick-tick-tick!——"

"Tick-tat-tat, tick-tick-tick, tick-tick-tick, tick-tick-tick!——"

The passionate charge horn made the soldiers of the New Second Regiment excited. With their eyes red, they jumped out of the fortifications with a roar and pursued towards the city gate.

At that time, because Langya's artillery was conducting extended bombing on the city wall, the Japanese and puppet troops on the wall were too busy to take care of themselves and had no time to open fire to stop the New Second Regiment's attack.

And the city gate hole is only that big. In the previous charge, the Japanese 9th Brigade rushed out an infantry brigade with thousands of people. Although hundreds of people were killed by the armored train's artillery, there were still a few left.

It is simply impossible for a hundred people to pour into the city at once.

So they crowded near the city gate and were forced to fight back against the charging New Second Regiment soldiers.

"Tu tu tu tu!"

"Da da da!"

“Pah, pah, pah, pah!—”

In an instant, dense bullets were flying back and forth between the enemy and ourselves. Since the Japanese soldiers were all crowded near the city gate and there were no available bunkers, from time to time a few shells would fall on their heads, or a few corpses and piles of bricks would fall.

Stone debris.

While the soldiers of the New Second Regiment were charging, they always maintained a three-by-three position, and the machine gunners and grenadiers at the rear were also constantly providing them with fire cover.
Chapter completed!