Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 262: Laiyuan Battle 3

Upon receiving the call for help, Wu Xinchun immediately sent the only artillery squadron in Laiyuan City to provide support.

He didn't expect that a gap would be opened in the city wall so quickly, which caught him off guard.

"Reporting to His Excellency, the commander of the regiment, the 21st Brigade's reinforcements will arrive at the East Gate in 40 minutes. Let's cooperate and contain the attacking forces."

Wu Xinchun, who finally received the good news, breathed a sigh of relief and said while looking at the river:

"Order all the battalions, the Imperial Army, to hold the city gates and hold out until reinforcements arrive."

"Hi!" Hebian Sanjiro bowed and agreed.

The order was given to the Japanese artillery squadron, and ten minutes later, the shelling began.

Boom boom boom!

The reinforced Japanese artillery squadron, in addition to infantry guns, also has 4 37mm rapid-fire guns, so its firepower is not bad.

For a while, soldiers were constantly being killed outside the north gate.

"You little son of a bitch!" Deng Wu cursed, then shouted, "Brothers, follow me!"

There are two battalion commanders under Gu Changfeng who like to go into battle personally. In addition to Huang Zhengkui, Deng Wu is also one of them.

The fifth battalion began to charge, and the sixth battalion commander Zhang Guofu was not to be outdone and shouted to the soldiers:

"The brothers from the Fifth Battalion have already gone ahead. Brothers, kill the devils!"

After a roar, Zhang Guofu led his team to follow behind the Fifth Battalion.

Japanese artillery shells kept falling on the battlefield, causing many casualties to the charging 5th and 6th Battalions.

In addition, the Japanese on the city wall were not vegetarians either, and more and more soldiers fell on the way to charge.

"Reporting to Commander Gu, there's news from the Eighth Route Army that a regiment of the Japanese is heading towards Laiyuan, targeting their east."

After receiving the telegram, the signalman immediately reported to Gu Changfeng.

"Only one regiment?" Gu Changfeng muttered to himself.

"Have them construct defensive positions. We'll take the wall in half an hour."

After Gu Changfeng finished his instructions, he took the rifle from his deputy and ran directly towards the city gate.

Time was urgent and he had no time to waste with the Japanese. The siege had lasted long enough.

Rumble!

Suddenly, there was a violent explosion in the city. Lu Daya's artillery battalion took action, indiscriminately attacking the direction of the Japanese artillery fire.

"Bagayalu, move quickly!" Lieutenant Colonel Kawahara Yokosei, the captain of the Japanese artillery squadron, shouted anxiously.

The enemy's artillery position was only a few dozen meters away from them, and he was almost affected. If he didn't run away, if he was hit, the mission would almost be over.

The Japanese artillery squadron was moving, and the pressure on the Japanese on the city wall suddenly increased.

"Baga, Qin Sang, quickly get your men to plug the gap," Lieutenant Colonel An Teng shouted.

The enemy continued to advance towards the gap, and their machine guns were difficult to fire, so the situation became very critical for a while.

Qin Pinghai had no choice but to turn around and order the puppet troops to rush to the front line.

He saw that the enemy's firepower was very strong and even the Japanese brigade on this side was no match for them, but he did not dare to rebel in the face of the enemy, so he could only let his subordinates take over.

Rumble!

Under the attack of cluster artillery shells, the west gate collapsed.

"Come on, let's kill these Japanese devils," Huang Zhengkui seized the opportunity and immediately ordered the soldiers to charge.

800 m.

Da da da!

The machine gun was still in place, and then the sniper took position and shot the Japanese machine gunner.

Although it was pitch black, with the snipers' strength, they could find the position of the Japanese as long as there was a flash of fire.

"Baga, fire, quickly!" Captain Hamada's roar spread throughout the west city wall.

The order to hold on and wait for help made Hamada very angry. They were a field brigade, not the Imperial Army which only knew how to defend the city walls.

But he did not dare to disobey the order and could only hide inside the city wall to avoid the Chinese artillery fire.

Now that the city gate has collapsed again, his firepower has been suppressed again, causing Hamada to become increasingly furious.

Huang Zhengkui didn't care about so many things. After giving instructions to Wu Mazi, he personally followed the team to charge.

Soon, the soldiers rushed to the city gate and engaged in close combat with the devils.

The new recruits, who had undergone extensive training, showed no fear at all when facing the Japanese invaders. They wielded machine guns and shot at them mercilessly.

With snipers and heavy machine guns at the foot of the city, the Japanese soldiers of the Yokohama Battalion not only had to deal with the enemies climbing up the city walls, but also had to face the enemies who had already broken into the city gates. Yokohama was now helpless.

The speed of the advance was so fast that Yokohama couldn't help but wonder if their team was too useless.

Ten minutes later, as a large number of soldiers poured into the city gate, the Japanese were forced to retreat to the streets to fight back.

"Artillery Company, kill these little devils for me."

Huang Zhengkui had already entered the city at this time. Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were resisting stubbornly on the streets, he immediately ordered the artillery company to enter.

The first battalion's artillery company had quite a few grenade launchers. As the order was given, more than a dozen grenade launchers entered the front line.

Then snipers and heavy machine gunners also entered the shooting positions one after another.

Rumble!

As shells were fired one after another, the Japanese soldiers could only hide in their hiding places. Anyone who fired a gun would almost certainly die.

At this moment, Captain Hamada was stunned and cursed "Bakayarō".

Their emperor could no longer protect them at this time, and Aunt Amaterasu seemed to be waving to them in the air.

"Fire platoon, charge,"

Seeing that the situation was under control, Huang Zhengkui, riding a Type 99 rifle, took the lead and rushed into the city, with the soldiers of the 13th Company's firepower platoon following closely beside him.

On Gu Changfeng's side, the addition of the puppet troops could not stop the soldiers' powerful advance.

Under the attack of grenade launchers, more than 30 puppet soldiers were killed or wounded immediately.

Afterwards, under the charge of two firepower squads, forty or fifty people were killed or wounded again. The puppet soldiers were frightened and began to retreat one after another, and the Japanese supervision team could not control them.

The north gate was successfully captured.

Seeing that he could not resist, the Japanese captain An Teng could only order his soldiers to evacuate the city wall.

Gu Changfeng had already returned to the rear and looked at Lu Daya who had just arrived and ordered:

"Hurry up and get into the city. The Japanese reinforcements will be here soon. We are going to play with the Japanese in the city."

"Haha, the Japs are a little slow, but we brothers are faster." Lu Daya said happily.

When they saw that the Japanese artillery bombardment had stopped, they waited for a while and then started rushing towards Gu Changfeng, just in time.

"It will take some effort to capture the Japanese in the city. Attacking the city is indeed a disadvantage." Gu Changfeng said with a sigh.

Even without counting the casualties, he knew that there were at least one or two hundred casualties on his side, not counting those at other city gates.

Lu Daya said seriously, "Changfeng, don't be soft-hearted. Fighting the Japs will inevitably lead to casualties. Let's get into the city quickly!"

He rarely spoke to Gu Changfeng like this, but after being together as a group for so long, he also knew Gu Changfeng's character, and sometimes he did go too far.

"Let's go." Gu Changfeng waved his hand and took the lead to run towards the city wall. The two companies left behind followed.

Lu Daya smiled and shouted to the soldiers in the artillery camp: "Brothers, let's go into the city and eat meat."