I rise from the sword

Chapter 354: Ichiro Tokugawa's military action is dangerous, and the ambush is the main attack!
"Hehehe! Do you really think that the trenches left by me will be so cheap for you?"

Seeing thousands of little devils jumping into the nearest trench like life-saving straws, Yang Lin's mouth suddenly raised a cruel smile.

Immediately, a grenadier was set up, and an incendiary bomb was picked up from the side, and stuffed into the barrel.

"Tom!"

The cannonball came out of the chamber, drawing a beautiful arc in the sky, as if it had eyes, it precisely landed in a trench with a 'boom', and exploded directly.

The body of the incendiary bomb contains only a small amount of explosives, and the rest is napalm and other burning particles.

Its explosive damage is far beyond that of conventional shells. However, its biggest feature is not explosive damage, but burning.

Didn't Yang Lin give up the trench he dug to the little devil for nothing? Isn't this shooting himself in the foot?
As early as the failure of Ikeda Squadron's attack, Yang Lin's dispatch failed. He poured gasoline and saltpeter into the field fortification outside the city, and put a layer of thatch on it to blind the little devil's sight.

These dry thatch are almost lustful, not to mention there are saltpeter and gasoline underneath.

Almost as soon as the incendiary bomb fell to the ground and exploded, raging flames ignited near the landing point, and spread quickly towards the two ends of the trench like two fire dragons.

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!—"

When Yang Lin fired the incendiary bombs, the artillerymen of the third battalion also set up grenade launchers one after another and fired the incendiary bombs one after another.

Although some of these incendiary bombs missed and landed on the ground, many of them still landed in the trenches.

As the fire spread, the nearby trenches suddenly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

"Bagaya Road!"

"Ya Butterfly!"

"Help me, save me!"

Many little devils were ignited, and screamed and crawled out of the trenches, lying on the ground and rolling back and forth, trying to extinguish the fireworks on their bodies.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Da da da……"

However, these little devils just climbed out of the trenches, but because they lost their bunkers, they were intensively shot by the officers and soldiers of the third battalion of the Zhongrui Regiment, causing countless casualties.

In this way, the little devil who attacked was caught in a dilemma.

If they stay on the ground, they will be strafed by a barrage of bullets, and if they lie in the trenches, they will be swallowed by fire.

Not only the Miyamoto Battalion attacking from the east gate, but also the 2nd Battalion of Garrison Infantry and the 3rd Battalion of Garrison Infantry attacking from the South Gate and North Gate were also doomed. The double blow of intensive strafing.

……

5 km back.

On the sounding balloon.

Devil commander Ichiro Tokugawa was standing in the gondola with his deputy, watching the attack of the 1st Regiment of the Garrisoned Infantry.

When the old devil saw that Miyamoto's brigade was less than 100 meters away from the opened east gate, and could easily rush into the city, a smug smile burst out on his face.

However, the next moment, when the Third Battalion of the Zhongrui Regiment lurking on the city wall suddenly raised their guns and opened fire, the smile on the old devil's face froze immediately.

And when the incendiary bomb burned the trench into a sea of ​​flames, the expression on the old devil's face was even more ugly, as if he had eaten several catties of poop.

"Ba Ga! Damn, what a cunning Yang Lin!"

Tokugawa Ichiro cursed angrily, he knew that he had been tricked again.

"Ring bell, bell bell..."

At this moment, the phone in the hanging basket suddenly rang with a rapid ringtone.

The hand next to him immediately picked up the answer. After a while, he hung up the phone and reported to Tokugawa Ichiro with a gray face: "Report to Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, something is wrong. The 2rd Battalion of the Garrison Infantry, which launched an attack from the north gate, was also ambushed by the Chinese Army and suffered heavy losses!

I would like to invite the Chief of Staff to provide you with tactical guidance! "

Tokugawa Ichiro thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Tell the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions of the garrisoned infantry to continue the strong attack and make sure to enter the city in the shortest possible time!"

"In addition, order the tank brigade lurking outside the west gate to cooperate with the 2nd regiment of the garrison infantry to give up the ambush and launch an attack from the west gate immediately!"

"The four armies encircle from all sides, and strive to capture Fenyang County in the shortest possible time, annihilate the stubborn Chinese army in one fell swoop, and use their lives and blood to comfort the souls of the Jade Emperor Army!"

Tokugawa Ichiro is also a decisive person. After realizing that he was caught in the trap, he quickly thought of a solution and turned the ambush into the main attack.

Although this seems a bit risky, for him, it is an opportunity, and it is also the only opportunity.

Because once he misses this time, he may never have the chance to show his ambition again.

"Your Excellency, Captain, you mean to overthrow the previous strategy of encircling the Three Ques and One, and let the 2nd Infantry Regiment and the Tank Brigade in the station turn an ambush into an active attack. Isn't that a bit too risky?"

The deputy looked at Ichiro Tokugawa in surprise, as if he couldn't figure out why he gave such an order.

Tokugawa Ichiro's face darkened, and he said coldly: "Baga! Don't you understand me?"

"I dare not to be humble!"

The devil's deputy quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

Tokugawa Ichiro said again: "Then immediately convey my order, and I will take responsibility for anything that happens!"

"Hi Yi!"

The devil's deputy gave the order, then immediately picked up the phone and conveyed the order of Chief of Staff Tokugawa Ichiro.

……

In order to cooperate with the 2nd Wing of the Garrison Infantry to break through the West Gate in one fell swoop, Tokugawa Ichiro mobilized all the artillery under his banner.

没人的火炮阵容可谓是非常强大，除了10几门105mm口径的野炮外，还有2两门96式150mm口径的重型榴弹炮。

The Type 96 150mm caliber heavy howitzer is mainly equipped with the field divisions and elite brigades of the Japanese army.

This super-large-caliber artillery, in addition to its long range, which can reach 12000 meters, is also very lethal.

The absolute killing radius has reached a terrifying 35 meters. It can be said that a bullet crater with a diameter of several meters will be blasted on the ground.

Its effective killing radius has reached 80 meters. Although there is some gap compared with the German 150mm caliber howitzer, it is definitely the most powerful land-based artillery in Asia.

Therefore, the Type 96 heavy-duty howitzer with a 150mm caliber was called the most perfect land-based artillery by the stinky Japanese army.

At that time, the Devil Artillery was already on the side of the artillery. After receiving the order, the main shooters immediately adjusted their shooting positions and aimed the muzzle at the west gate of Fenyang County a few kilometers away.

"The artillery is in place, the target distance is 6500 meters, and the high-explosive shells are ready!"

After the ghost observer reported the target coordinates, the ammunition hand next to him immediately picked up high-explosive shells weighing tens of kilograms and stuffed them into the barrel.

"Artillery attack, blow up the front wall! Kill the chicken, kill the chicken!!!"

The commander of the Devil Artillery swung the command knife in his hand vigorously forward, and the main shooters immediately pulled the firing rope behind the buttocks of the artillery, and then raised their hands to cover their ears.

"Tom!"

"Tom tom tom tom!—"

The muffled sound of cannon ejection sounded one after another, and the huge recoil caused the whole ground to tremble slightly.

The 105mm caliber and 150mm caliber shells dragged the hot tail flames, and after drawing a strange arc in the sky, like meteorites that cost nothing, they blasted the western city wall in the distance overwhelmingly.

Soon, shells fell near the west city gate one after another, and exploded violently.

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!—"

There was a violent explosion, and the entire vicinity of the West City Gate was blown into a sea of ​​flames. The rising smoke and dust mixed with the flames of the explosion looked like strange blood mushrooms.

The building above the west city gate was the first to bear the brunt of being bombarded by multiple shells. It collapsed directly in the flames of the explosion and turned into a pool of ruins. The bricks, stones and rubble were scattered everywhere along with the shock waves generated by the explosion. .

More shells fell on the city wall, and when the shells exploded, there was a huge crater, and the wall was also crumbling.

Facing the repeated bombing of the enemy's large-caliber artillery shells, no matter how strong the city wall is, it is difficult to resist.

The caliber of the Devil's shells became larger and larger, and the artillery fire became more and more fierce.

"Tom!"

"Tom tom tom tom!"

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The devil's shells were like free stones, and they lasted for 10 minutes without ending, destroying many fortifications of the defenders in the west of the city.

Some of the shells even fell next to the fortifications, blowing out the officers and soldiers inside the fortifications, even their weapons.

"Brothers, stand up, let me stand up!"

As soon as the shell exploded, it was a large area, and the wall was shaken to the point of collapse, as if an earthquake was coming, making the officers and soldiers guarding the position unable to stand still.

Since Yang Lin did not expect that Tokugawa Ichiro would take risks and turn an ambush into an attack, he assigned the less important task of guarding the west gate to the newly formed Sixth Battalion.

However, it must be worth mentioning that although the Sixth Battalion was defeated by the Japanese army many times in the hands of Song Jiacheng, after being incorporated by Yang Lin, their armed equipment and fighting will have improved a lot compared to before.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness has also increased a lot.

The officers and soldiers of the Sixth Battalion, in order to prove to the head of the regiment, Yang Lin, that they were not bad soldiers, they could not get past the front line with minor injuries, faced the powerful artillery attack of the little devils, they still gritted their teeth and stood firm on the position.

"Battalion Commander, Battalion Commander!"

"The artillery fire of the little devil is too fierce. More than half of the fortifications of our companies have been destroyed by the enemy, and the brothers have also suffered a lot of casualties. It is almost overwhelmed!"

The chief officers of each company ran to battalion commander Tian Yaozu to complain and report.

"What the hell are you shouting about? Didn't you see that I'm still on the battlefield?"

Tian Yaozu shook the broken bricks and stones on his head, gritted his teeth and said in a firm tone: "Without the order of the group seat, even if I die, I have to die on the battlefield!"

"Now the brothers in the regiment and the battalions are watching us, don't we have to be deserters?"

"But Battalion Commander, the little devil has used heavy artillery. The caliber of the shells is getting bigger and bigger, and even the city wall has collapsed. Our fortifications can't stop the devil's heavy artillery attack at all!"

The chief officers of each company had bitter faces and were about to cry.

"The other battalions can persist, so can our sixth battalion! If anyone dares to disturb the morale of the army, I will kill him now!"

Tian Yaozu's face darkened, and his subordinates immediately shut their mouths and fell silent.

"Ring ring ring, ring ring ring..."

At this time, a rapid telephone rang suddenly in the command post of the Sixth Battalion.

The communications soldier picked up the phone and answered it for a while, then immediately raised his head and shouted: "Battalion Commander, the team is on the phone!"

"Group seat?"

Tian Yaozu glared fiercely at the subordinates in front of him, then walked towards the nearby telephone.

"Reporting to the group, Tian Yaozu's humble position is Tian Yaozu, please give instructions!"

Yang Lin's voice quickly came from the other end of the phone: "Tian Yaozu, the situation has changed. After the attack of the east, south and north gates was blocked, the devils have changed their tactics and launched a main attack on the west gate guarded by your camp instead. !

How is the situation over there? "

Tian Yaozu straightened up subconsciously, and reported loudly: "Reporting group, our Sixth Battalion is very good and can withstand it completely. Even if the little devil's attack is twice as fierce, we can also withstand it!"

Yang Lin's face darkened immediately, and he said solemnly: "Tian Yaozu, our Zhongrui regiment doesn't need sycophants, what we need are soldiers who seek truth from facts!"

"You said you can withstand it, so let me ask you, did the walls of your west gate collapse several sections, and your Sixth Battalion also suffered a lot of casualties."

Tian Yaozu bowed his head in silence, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Yang Lin asked again: "Did you deploy all the six battalions on the city wall?"

"Report to the group seat, yes."

"Remove the brothers immediately and hide in a safe place in the city!"

"But... Tuan Zuo, our Sixth Battalion can really stand it."

Hearing this, Tian Yaozu thought that Yang Lin was going to replace his Sixth Battalion, so he became impatient.

"This is an order, execute it immediately, and then call me back!"

"Yes!"

Seeing Yang Lin's resolute tone, Tian Yaozu had no choice but to agree, then put down the phone and conveyed the order.

"Reporting group, I have already conveyed your order."

Tian Yaozu picked up the phone and reported to Yang Lin on the other side.

Yang Lin asked: "Tian Yaozu, do you know why I asked you to remove the brothers from the Sixth Battalion from under the city wall?"

Before Tian Yaozu could answer, Yang Lin asked himself and answered: "Soldiers can sacrifice, but they must not sacrifice in vain!"

"In the face of the strong attack of the little devil, you let the brothers of the sixth battalion stand on the wall. Isn't this making their sacrifices in vain?"

"As a qualified commander, it is not enough to be full of blood. In addition to having the spirit of daring to fight against a strong enemy, you also need to use your brain, know how to attack the enemy's weaknesses, and know how to avoid Enemy Edge!"

"I asked you to withdraw the brothers from the Sixth Battalion not because I was afraid of the little devils, but because there was no need for the brothers to make unnecessary sacrifices.

When the devils are shelling, the infantry can't attack either. We may wait until the little devils' shelling is over before letting the brothers go up, understand..."

Yang Lin was worried that in order to prove his loyalty, Tian Yaozu would let the brothers of the Sixth Battalion stand against the city wall, so that's why he made this call...

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(End of this chapter)