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Chapter 425: Bloody Battle in Mengcheng (5)

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    On the morning of the 24th, after the main force of the Japanese Third Division captured the outer positions of Mengcheng, they immediately launched an attack on the urban area of ??Mengcheng.

    Since Mengcheng's city walls were still largely destroyed in the previous battles, not only did the city gates and buildings collapse, but even long or short gaps appeared in many sections of the city walls, which caused huge losses to the defenders.  pressure.

    As soon as the battle began, the Japanese army divided a powerful force of 5 infantry brigades and 6 infantry squadrons and launched a comprehensive attack on the more than ten kilometers of city walls in the three directions of the southeast and west of Mengcheng.

    The Japanese army is very experienced in siege warfare and knows that the most important thing in siege warfare is to enter the city. Once the troops enter the city, it will turn into street fighting.

    And in street fighting, the side with more troops and stronger firepower usually has a greater chance of winning. Currently, the main force of their three master regiments concentrated on the front line of Mengcheng has reached 30,000 people, and they are absolutely confident to crush the Chinese army in the city.

    Seeing that Mengcheng¡¯s city wall was full of gaps, Susumu Fujita immediately decided to launch a general attack with thunderous momentum!

    "Boom boom boom"

    The cannons are roaring and the chariots are roaring!

    Although in the battles in the past few days, the artillery and tank units of the Third and Sixth Divisions suffered heavy losses, especially the tank units, more than 80 tanks were destroyed.

    But I couldn¡¯t bear it. They were the first-class divisions of the Japanese army, and there were three of them, especially the Third Division and the Sixth Division. They were the elite of the Japanese army. The field artillery of the two sides combined totaled two regiments.  Not to mention the troops, there are also a large number of Type 92 infantry guns and mortars, and the tank force is also terrifying in size, with a total of more than two hundred vehicles.

    Although a lot of them were destroyed by Li Guoyao¡¯s troops, the rest are still terrifying!

    In order to win Mengcheng in one fell swoop, Fujita Susumu worked hard, putting one-third of his heavy firepower into the battle as soon as he took action.

    Under the crazy bombardment of the Japanese army, parts of Mengcheng's city wall continued to collapse, and the masonry materials and materials were in disrepair. In front of the Japanese artillery, this ancient city wall with a history of hundreds of years seemed so vulnerable.

    While the Japanese artillery bombarded the city wall, the infantry rushed towards the city wall under the cover of tank troops.

    On the city wall, a large number of national army officers and soldiers were standing ready, and the safety of light and heavy machine guns were all turned on. Once the little devils entered the effective range, they would give them a head-on blow.

    However, before the Japanese infantry entered the range of the infantry, they heard a sudden dull sound of shelling in the city!

    "Bang bang bang"

    Immediately afterwards, artillery shells fell into the charging Japanese troops outside the city wall!

    The little devil is also a human being. When faced with shelling, the only thing he can do is to lie down on the ground and deal with the steel cannonballs with his flesh and blood.

    "Boom boom boom"

    As rounds of artillery shells exploded in the Japanese army, each Japanese soldier was directly injured, and there were countless casualties.

    Outside the city, inside the Japanese command post.

    Susumu Fujita and others observed the situation on the front line with telescopes. When they saw that the attacking troops were bombarded before they even got close to the city wall, and the offensive was blocked, they immediately said in a deep voice: "Order: The artillery regiment concentrates its firepower on the defending troops.  The artillery position must be destroyed!"

    "Hai!"

    Following Susumu Fujita¡¯s order, the Japanese artillery concentrated firepower on the urban area of ??Mengcheng from three directions. The firepower was beyond imagination.

    However, this move of the Japanese army had long been guarded by Zhu Jiansheng and others, and they quickly moved their positions after the shelling.

    However, the urban area of ??Mengcheng is only so big, and the Japs' artillery shelled from three directions at the same time, so even if they retreated very quickly, several artillery pieces were still hit by the Japs' shells when they moved their positions.  , and even artillery shells were detonated, causing violent explosions.

    Hearing the explosions one after another in the city, Susumu Fujita and others nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered the troops to continue the attack.

    Without the threat of Chinese artillery, the little Japanese infantry became rampant again, rushing up in a swarm.

    400 meters300 meters200 meters

    The distance of two hundred meters has entered the effective range of the defenders' firearms. Then Commander Ling of the 1033rd Regiment of the 173rd Division, who was responsible for forward command, immediately issued the order to fire.

    "Da da da"

    Following Captain Ling¡¯s order, more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns were deployed on the city wall toward the east gate and fired simultaneously. More than 500 soldiers of the 1033 regiment also pulled the triggers, and for a while there was a loud sound of gunfire from the east gate.

    For Mengcheng, the soldiers of the 1033rd Regiment are all very familiar with it.They were almost wiped out here just now. If Li Guoyao's troops had not rescued them in time, they would all have died in Mengcheng.

    However, a week later, they returned to Mengcheng again as reinforcements, and their identities were actually switched with the 61st Army. I have to say that this is really fate.

    The only pity is that after the Battle of Mengcheng, the 1033 regiment has less than 200 people left. Although it has been supplemented by the group army, there are only less than 500 people, less than a quarter of its peak.

    Although Ling Shangyun also knew that the reinforcements to Mengcheng this time were almost lifeless. Several other regiments of the 173rd Division and many people in the 170th Division complained about this. Even the commander of their 173rd Division felt that this  The battle is like a meat bun fighting a dog with no return, so they deliberately left a battalion of elites in Wangshi Town before setting off, preparing to leave a seed for the 173rd Division.

    Originally, Ling Shangyun was a stay-at-home officer appointed by the division commander, but thinking that Commander Li of the 61st Army took huge risks and insisted on reinforcing their 1033 regiment, Ling Shangyun rejected the division commander's kindness and personally led the team to Mengcheng.  And took the initiative to assume the defense task of the main battlefield of East Gate.

    Ling Shangyun knew in his heart that when he came here this time, he didn¡¯t want to leave alive. The city is still there but the people are still there, but the city is broken and people are dead!

    "Da da da"

    "Boom boom boom"

    The roar of machine guns, the roar of tanks, and the violent explosions of artillery became the mainstream on the battlefield. At this time, both the well-trained Japanese soldiers and the Guangxi officers and soldiers, known as Guangxi wolf soldiers, seemed so insignificant.  So insignificant.

    With a loud "boom", a field artillery shell exploded not far from Lingshangyun. He saw with his own eyes a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old being thrown high into the air by the air wave, and then fell hard to the ground.  The ground, one arm had been separated from the body when it fell.

    Ling Shangyun knew that the young man was doomed. No one could survive such an explosion. Even if he was not killed, the huge shock wave would kill him.

    Life at this moment is so fragile, so worthless, not even worth a piece of grass!

    But the world is like this, and Ling Shangyun has nothing to do, and as an officer, he can only fight this battle successfully if he hardens his heart.

    ¡°Brothers, give me a hard beating, and you must not let the little devil come up to you!¡±

    With Ling Shangyun¡¯s roar, the national army soldiers on the east gate wall roared one after another, constantly manipulating the guns and weapons in their hands, and shooting hateful bullets at the Japanese soldiers.

    Although the morale of the defenders was high, the Little Devil's side was also unambiguous. Since there were a large number of chariots clearing the way in front, the Little Devil was still moving very fast, and they arrived at the moat in a short while.

    Although there is water in the moat of Mengcheng, due to the collapse of many city walls, many river sections have already been submerged by the ruins of the collapsed city walls, which cannot stop the tracks of Japanese tanks at all.

    Seeing that the little devil's chariot was about to rush across the moat, Ling Shangyun shouted loudly: "Light the explosives!"

    Following Ling Shangyun¡¯s order, a dozen soldiers lifted up the square explosive bags one by one, then quickly lit the fuses, and then threw them down towards the city.

    These explosive bags are all specially made, containing ten kilograms of explosives, as well as a large number of iron nails or shrapnel steel balls.

    When the explosive package fell on the Japanese army, both tanks and ordinary soldiers suffered a devastating blow.

    After a violent explosion, several tanks were directly paralyzed, and a large number of Japanese soldiers were killed and injured.

    "The defenders at the top of the city were so arrogant that they dropped the explosive packets one after another as if they were free of charge. The Japanese commander who was bombarded by the explosion had to withdraw his troops.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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