Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The unexpected artillery battle was completed before the Japanese siege team reached Shouyang City!
But in this case, the Japanese infantry squadron was in a dilemma. Retreat? They didn't fire a single shot, and it would be embarrassing to go back! Go forward? Without the heavy machine gun squadron and the infantry artillery reinforcements, attack the city? The Japanese were no longer the arrogant old Japanese at the beginning of the war. Although they were still cruel and inhumane, they were indeed not brave enough.

Fortunately, at this time, the commander behind the Japanese gave them a choice! Or, made the choice for them!

Chirp chirp...boom boom boom...

Knowing that the mountain artillery could not cause damage to the top of the city wall and would find it difficult to blow up the city wall, the Japanese mountain artillery units in the rear still launched artillery attacks on the Shouyang City positions.

However, this time only a small number of shells hit the city wall, while a large number of shells exploded near the south gate, creating craters on the ground! Of course, the wide-open city gate was not immune to the artillery fire, and a shell hit the city gate battlement, blowing away the wooden gate with iron and steel nails...

The bombardment by the artillery was clearly to open a passage for the infantry to attack the city! The bomb craters were temporary shelters for alternating advances, and were also an effective way to clear possible minefields.

This also points out the direction for the wavering infantry squadron - attack!
Seeing this, Captain Hiroshi Terada of the Infantry Squadron did not hesitate any longer. Taking advantage of the moment when the Eighth Route Army on the top of the city wall was blocked by artillery fire and could not fire, he suddenly drew out his command knife and shouted loudly: "For the Emperor, for the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, attack at full speed!"

Wherever the blade pointed, that was the direction of attack. The Japanese soldiers stood up and ran towards the city gate as fast as possible!
"Death is coming..." Some of the Japanese commanders shouted, and their speed increased, and they actually ran to the front of the team. Some of them were quick and simply took off their shirts, and their white shirts were very eye-catching in the Japanese team!

Chirp, chirp, chirp... Boom, boom, boom... The shells were still bombarding, this time bombing the upper half of the city wall! Some shells simply hit the battlements of the city wall, blowing the heavy bricks into pieces. With such a bombardment, it would be lucky for the soldiers on the city wall not to be affected by the artillery fire and die, and they would have no chance of fighting back against the devils!

"The Japanese are quite good at attacking cities! If Old Xing can't stop them, the Japanese will most likely enter the city and then street fighting will occur! In that case, the Japanese follow-up troops will be able to continue to reinforce!" On the mountain in the east, Kong Jie looked at the movements of the Japanese and sighed.

"Commander, our first battalion artillery company can launch an artillery attack on the Japanese at any time!" At this time, the commander of the first battalion artillery company who was transferred to the new second regiment spoke.

"No need! If your old captain can't handle this, then he is not worthy of being your captain! Alas, it was us, Old Kong, who delayed Old Xing's development! If Old Xing was still in your detachment, he would be the deputy detachment captain now!" Kong Jie said the last two sentences to himself in his heart. After all, some things cannot be said out loud, and saying them out hurts feelings!

The Japs' attack was very fast! Led by a fearless officer, all 180 Japs followed the artillery fire and approached the county town.

Outside the east gate of the city, the soldiers wanted to open fire when they saw the Japanese soldiers entering the range, but then they received the latest order - don't move, let the Japanese soldiers enter the city!
Although they didn't understand, the soldiers followed the order. Some soldiers were even preparing to jump out of the trenches and go around from the south to the rear of the Japanese to open fire! That's right, the East Gate and the South Gate are not far away. The soldiers are located outside the East Gate, facing the south, and they can completely fight the Japanese like a donkey pulling a mill!

However, Wang Hui, the 3rd Platoon Leader who knew something about this, smiled and said, "It's being used right now? I'm really looking forward to it!"

What did Wang Hui expect? The soldiers had no idea, because they only saw the Japanese artillery fire stop, and then the Japanese troops rushed into the county town with a roar! Inside the city that the soldiers could not see, the Japanese who entered the city did find a big problem. In theory, there should be streets leading to the walls on both sides of the city gate, and there should also be roads that can climb up the city gate, but both sides were blocked tightly.

Not only that, the straight street ahead was clean, the shop signs on both sides were removed, and all the door stones that could protrude from the street and serve as cover were gone. Well, actually, I saw it, it was blocking my side!
The doors and windows of the shops on this street were also sealed, with heavy door panels hanging on them, bolts fastened from the inside, and iron locks added from the outside.

Of course, what the Japs didn't know was that in some hidden locations, there were shooting holes facing the street, and there were soldiers hiding in the houses.

And at the intersection in front of this street, there is indeed a newly built barricade.

At this moment, if there was a Japanese soldier traveling through time and had read a book called "Defenders of the Anti-Japanese War" on Qidian, he would definitely be alert and even leave the city decisively.

However, not everyone could cross the barricade, so the Japanese soldiers were not alert. Instead, they were attracted by the barricades in front of them and opened fire on them, launching a series of desperate charges.

From the Japs' point of view, all the arrangements on the street ahead were to clear the firing range for the barricades. As long as they rushed over and took down the barricades, the southern part of Shouyang City would be under their control!
However, there were traces of digging and filling in the corners of the streets that the Japanese devils didn't pay attention to. There also seemed to be something hidden on some walls, but it was covered by some pictures or something.

The Japs didn't care, but the soldiers in the barricades were watching closely, fearing that something might go wrong.

"To be safe, we have set up two lines! Don't let anything go wrong!"

As the soldiers prayed, the Type 24 heavy machine guns on the barricade fired intermittently, attracting the Japanese forward.

Finally, seeing that the Japanese had entered the street, the soldier Xiao Ma on the barricade decisively shook the handle of the telephone.

The electric current was generated and transmitted along the telephone wires, immediately reaching the explosion points on both sides of the street! That's right, a directional blasting device, such a good thing, how could it be thrown away?

Then, with a burst of explosions, countless fragments of iron sand, steel balls, gravel, etc. flew out from the walls on both sides and hit the Japanese on the street!
After the explosion, countless marks of impact appeared on the walls, doors and windows on both sides of the street, some of which were stained with blood. What was even more obvious was the various pieces of meat, cloth strips, and other fragments. Of course, there were also whole bodies stuck to the street corners...

(End of this chapter)