dognovel Chapter 753: Battle for the City
Chapter 753: Battle for the City
Chapter 753 Battle for the City
753 Battle for the City
Boom boom boom!
At this time, bursts of explosions were heard in the city.
The main force of the New 1st Division arrived and began to bombard the Japanese in the city with the heavy mortars they carried.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the two Japanese soldiers pulled out the bayonets from Wei He's abdomen and prepared to retreat.
But Wei He grabbed one of the Japanese soldiers' gun barrel and arm so tightly that he could not pull it out.
"idiot!"
The Japanese soldiers were furious and swung their bayonets wildly.
The next second, Wei He fell towards the broken parapet behind him.
The Japanese soldier fell from the top of the city wall along with him.
boom!
The two men fell heavily under the city.
The smile on Wei He's face froze.
The Japanese soldier next to him didn't die from the fall and was trying to struggle to get up.
At this moment, the devil's eyes were full of fear.
He had never seen such a crazy opponent.
"Captain Wei."
At this moment, a Kuomintang officer and soldiers from the 89th Army had already arrived at the city gate.
He immediately recognized Wei He's identity and called out Wei He's name in grief.
Unfortunately, Wei He was no longer able to respond.
"Go to hell, you damn devils!"
Boom!
The angry Kuomintang officer pulled out his pistol and fired two shots at the struggling Japanese soldier next to him.
"Kill, to avenge Captain Wei and the brothers of the Seventh Battalion!"
"kill!"
Beep!
The loud charge horn sounded, inspiring the soldiers' will to fight.
Da da da!
Amid the dense sound of gunfire, there were the roars of the soldiers of the 89th Army.
They followed the South Gate, which was guarded with their lives by Wei He and others, and rushed into Shaoguan City.
At this moment, near the south gate of Shaoguan, there were still many soldiers from the Seventh Battalion fighting the final battle with the Japanese.
When they heard the familiar and inspiring charge.
Watching the comrades-in-arms charging into the city with submachine guns.
The soldiers of the Seventh Battalion, who had persevered until this moment, cried for joy.
They finally managed to hold out until the main force of the division arrived.
Immediately, the Japanese soldiers who were still attacking ran into the soldiers of the New 1st Division who had rushed into the city and were firing crazily.
Suddenly, countless devils fell to the ground.
Soon the Japanese commander was forced to issue an order to retreat.
But the soldiers of the New 1st Division did not intend to let these devils go easily, and chased them all the way.
“Brother, here we come.
You can rest and heal your wounds.
The next battle will be left to us."
A company commander helped up a wounded soldier from the Seventh Battalion and spoke softly.
"Kill the devils."
The injured soldier from the Seventh Battalion held the company commander's hand and spoke with gritted teeth.
“Don’t worry, you guys have your share.
We will help you kill them together."
Soon, the movement in the city also attracted the attention of the Japanese commander Mishan Milu in the rear.
When he learned that it was a division of Ye Qingshan's 89th Army that arrived in Shaoguan.
I immediately realized that Ye Qingshan had not given up on Shaoguan.
"Baga, notify the 66th Brigade entering the city and ask them to hold Shaoguan.
Drive the Chinese out.”
At the same time, a few kilometers south of Shaoguan, the commander of the New 1st Division, Xia Yang, also got off a military vehicle.
Looking at the smoke-filled Shaoguan in the distance, he heaved a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, fortunately, there is still a chance.
Tell the first regiment that Shaoguan City must be captured.
No matter how many devils get in there, drive them out."
"What's the situation in the other groups?"
He also asked about the situation in the attack directions of other regiments.
The defense line in the Shaoguan area where the 28th Army of the National Army was stationed, in addition to the most important Shaoguan City, also preserved several important mountain passes outside the city.
These mountain passes blocked the passage from north to south.
Together with Shaoguan City, it forms the last barrier of the defense line in northern Guangdong.
Therefore, this time, the New 1st Division wants to recapture more than just Shaoguan City.
It also includes the surrounding mountain passes.
"Commander, according to the information sent back by our reconnaissance teams.
The 28th Army was distributed in seven defensive positions around Shaoguan. Except for Yangxi Village and Guqiao Village, the other five were occupied by the Japanese.
Fortunately, the two positions of Yangxi Village and Guqiao were taken over by the Third and Fourth Regiments in advance.
At this time, the Japanese 9th Mixed Brigade was attacking the two places.
Our three regiments were also trying to launch a roundabout attack on five other positions that had been occupied by the Japanese in advance.
Now they’ve got here, here and here.”
The Chief of Staff of the New 1st Division next to him pointed to the current locations of several other main regiments on the map and said to Xia Yang.
Xia Yang stared at the map and frowned. The situation was very tricky.
“Tell the leaders of each group that no matter how difficult the road ahead is.
This battle must be won.
The commander is on his way to us and is expected to arrive in two days."
"The Commander is coming to Shaoguan?
This is too dangerous.”
The Chief of Staff was shocked.
“There’s nothing we can do. The commander has that kind of temper. He has made his decision.
Who can stop it?"
"In this battle, our New 1st Division has no way to retreat.
Chief of Staff, let me divide the work with you.
You lead five main regiments to deal with the enemy's 9th Mixed Brigade and retake important locations outside the city.
I will be in charge of Shaoguan City."
"it is good!"
Inside Shaoguan city, soldiers from both sides were already blood-thirsty.
All they received were death orders.
The National Army soldiers vowed to retake Shaoguan, while the Japanese were also determined to take Shaoguan.
The Kuomintang reinforcements that arrived launched a fierce counterattack at the beginning.
The Japanese were driven all the way back into the city from the South Gate.
Two hours later, they had recaptured one-third of the city.
However, after the Japanese brigade commander Mishan Milu urgently dispatched another battalion of Japanese soldiers to join the street fighting in the city.
The national army's offensive would be difficult to advance.
The Japanese even relied on the large number of Type 75 infantry guns and mm mountain guns to inflict a lot of casualties on the attacking Nationalist troops.
Fortunately, the main force of the New 75st Division that arrived failed to bring howitzers larger than mm and rocket launchers.
However, they still brought a lot of rocket launchers, 60mm mortars and a small number of 81mm heavy mortars.
This will ensure that their firepower is at least not inferior to that of the Japanese in the city.
However, there were too many devils in the city.
There were constant reinforcements from the Japanese outside the city, and it was extremely difficult to recapture Shaoguan.
Buzz!
Finally, at two o'clock in the afternoon, a large number of bombers appeared in the southern sky, and the buzzing sound of their engines was deafening.
"Captain, look.
There are many Japanese troops below. "
Meng Jifei looked toward the land north of Shaoguan from the P38 fighter plane he was piloting.
I saw several Japanese troops stretching for several miles. They were the logistics transport team of the 22nd Mixed Brigade of the Japanese.
"Well, we've arrived at the right time.
Johnson, Duke.
It’s your show.”
“No problem, Meng.
Look at ours.”
After a while, the Japanese transport team on the road north of Shaoguan discovered a group of fighter planes flying overhead.
"Huh? Our fighter group?"
When the Japanese colonel saw this group of fighter planes appearing in the southern sky, he thought they were their own fighter planes.