Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 448 The attack was blocked!

Chu Yunfei's mood at this moment: I don't envy the mandarin ducks or the immortals, I only envy Li Yunlong every day.

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For a full forty minutes, the four artillery battalions and two tanks of the New 1st Regiment poured a total of 40,000 artillery shells towards the outside of the city and the city walls.

From ten kilometers away, you could see that half of the sky in the direction of Heyuan County was red from the bombing.

The Japanese army's earthenware positions, trenches and foxholes outside the city have disappeared, replaced by densely packed bomb craters.

The 2nd Infantry Regiment, an elite Japanese unit responsible for the positions outside the city, suffered heavy casualties, and the positions were littered with broken limbs and flesh.

If you grab a handful of dirt from the ground, one-fifth of it will be shrapnel and residual gunpowder.

Large sections of the Heyuan County city wall were blown down and destroyed, the city towers were blown to pieces, and the Japanese soldiers on the city wall were blown to pieces.

Many Japanese artillerymen in the gun positions halfway up the city wall were shocked to death and bled from all their orifices.

Some gun positions were even hit directly, and the field guns and artillery were blown into the sky.

Even decades later, the Japanese soldiers who survived the battle did not dare to recall it. The shelling became an indelible mark of pain in the hearts of the Japanese soldiers.

You know, the Japanese soldiers in the 14th Division all survived the hail of bullets. What big scenes have they not experienced?

But the Japanese had never experienced this scene before. This was the first time that the Japanese in the 14th Division felt the fear of the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire.

Of course, this is also the last time.

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the 1st Tank Battalion, the 2nd Tank Battalion and four infantry battalions deployed their formations to cover the Japanese positions outside Heyuan County.

The Japs inside and outside the city returned to their remaining nature.

The Japanese soldiers rushed up the city wall, and one by one they climbed out of the bomb craters and the mud, set up anti-tank guns, anti-tank cannons, as well as Type 38 rifles, Type 92 heavy machine guns, and Type 96 light machine guns, aiming at the Eighth Route Army tanks that were charging over.

Behind the Eighth Route Army tanks were soldiers from the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, holding Mauser rifles and submachine guns with cautious and solemn expressions.

Their mission was to protect the medium tanks from being destroyed by the Japanese's human bombs.

At first, the two tank battalions' offensive went smoothly.

The 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese outside the city suffered heavy casualties. Only a small number of Japanese soldiers resisted, but they could not stop this torrent of steel.

When the Japanese realized that their anti-tank guns and anti-tank cannons could not penetrate the defense of the Eighth Route Army's medium tanks.

One by one, the Japanese soldiers rushed forward, howling and holding explosives, intending to use human bombs to blow up the tanks of the new regiment.

However, how could the infantry of the tank battalion, who had undergone intensive training in infantry-tank coordination, give the Japanese a chance?

Tongues of fire spewed out, and bullets were sprayed out. The Japanese who rushed forward were shot into sieves on the spot.

Of course, there were also some Japanese soldiers who lay in bomb craters or in the mud pretending to be dead. When the tanks of the new regiment passed by, they stuffed explosives under the tanks and blew up several tanks.

However, the chassis of the new medium tank was very solid. Although the tank was blown up, the tank soldiers inside were only injured.

However, the number of Japanese soldiers who succeeded was after all a minority. Some wounded Japanese soldiers were directly crushed by tanks. Sun Desheng, the commander of tank No. 1, saw a Japanese soldier crawling out of the mud and throwing a lump of explosives under the chassis of a tank, which immediately blew off the tank tracks.

Sun Desheng immediately picked up the M2 heavy machine gun and fired a burst of bullets at the hiding place of the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers' legs were immediately broken and they wailed in pain. Then he ordered the tank driver to drive towards the wounded Japanese soldiers.

"How dare you blow up my tank!"

As Sun Desheng was cursing, the right track of Sun Desheng's No. 1 tank quickly hit the Japanese soldier's feet, and the Japanese soldier immediately let out a Japanese-style scream like a pig.

The tracks rolled over the enemy's feet inch by inch, and by the time the enemy's screams died down, the tank had already run over them, leaving only a rectangular pool of flesh on the ground. The nearby enemy soldiers saw this scene and ran away in horror, but were cut in two by Sun Desheng's machine gun.

"What a damn bad luck! I have to wash the tank tracks when I get home."

Amidst the curses, Sun Desheng continued to command the Second Tank Battalion on the radio:

"Infantry, move to the sides of the tanks to prevent the Japs from bombing them."

The 1st and 2nd Tank Battalions changed their tactics, and the battle went smoothly. It took only half an hour to completely clear the outer positions of the county town.

The Japanese's elite 2nd Infantry Regiment was almost wiped out except for the regiment headquarters in the city.

When the tank troops were about 300 meters away from the city wall, something strange happened!

"Boom...boom!"

Sun Desheng first heard a sharp whistling sound, and then an orange-red trajectory flashed in the air. Accompanied by a loud bang, the turret of an M24 light tank not far away was blown away by the Japanese artillery shells, and the tank soldiers inside were in great danger.

Sun Desheng instinctively ducked for cover inside the tank and, with a tone that suggested, "Are there any experts out there?", he quickly asked over the radio, "Where are the shells coming from? Has anyone seen where the shells came from?"

"Battalion Commander, it looks like a city wall." A tank commander said on the radio.

Sun Desheng was furious: "I know it's the city wall, but I'm asking where the city wall is."

There was only the city wall in front. All the Japanese soldiers and fortifications outside the city had been destroyed, and the area outside the city wall had been plowed. The artillery shell just now was shot straight at them, and it was definitely not shot from the city wall. At this angle, it was impossible for the Japanese artillery to aim directly at the tanks below on the city wall.

At this moment, Sun Desheng heard the sound of "bang bang bang" coming from the direction of the city wall again.

He quickly looked towards the city wall, and saw muzzle fireworks constantly bursting out from the middle of the wall or near the ground.

During this period, two more tanks were hit. One of the shells flew past the side of Tank No. 1 and landed behind it, blowing several infantrymen of the Second Tank Battalion into the air.

At the same time, the Japanese on the city wall opened fire, and various grenade launchers, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, infantry guns and other firepower fell on the Second Tank Battalion.

"Damn it!"

"Tanks, move! Infantry, be careful to avoid the artillery fire!"

Sun Desheng gave orders over the radio.

At the same time, the Second Tank Battalion and the infantry battalions were also attacked by the Japanese firepower.

Various machine guns and cannons on and outside the city fired at each other, shrapnel and flesh flew everywhere, the city was covered with flames and smoke, and the sound of gunfire was so dense that it continued without any pause.

For a while, the two sides fought back and forth, and the battle became fierce.

"Captain Sun, I'm Zhang Dabiao."

At this moment, Zhang Dabiao's voice rang out on Sun Desheng's radio channel: "Our artillery is coming up, your Second Tank Battalion retreat immediately, retreat immediately!"

"Yes." Sun Desheng immediately gave an order on the radio, "Pass on my order, the tank battalion will retreat immediately."

Then, Sun Desheng led the troops of the Second Tank Battalion and retreated quickly.

At the same time, outside the county town, more than 100 cannons from the four artillery battalions of the New st Regiment raised their barrels, and the muzzles were almost simultaneously pointed at the four walls of Heyuan County.

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(I'm asking for a monthly ticket at the end of the month. Thank you brothers. I wish you all a happy New Year in advance!)
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