SWDnovel #292 - Internal and external cooperation
#292 - Internal and external cooperation
The positions outside the city had long been taken.
For the three mechanized infantry brigades of the assault group, plus the heavy artillery regiment, attacking an outer position was a piece of cake. They had reached the city gates in less than a day!
For Li Yunlong, whether there were internal collaborators or not, this battle was a guaranteed win!
Of course, there would still be big differences, such as in the consumption of ammunition and the amount of loot.
"Regimental Commander Yu, the artillery positions east of the city are ready. Let's begin." Upon meeting the advance regiment in Jincheng East, Li Yunlong hadn't expected them to manage to persuade enemy soldiers to defect.
However, this could greatly reduce the difficulty of the siege, which was a great thing for Li Yunlong.
So he decisively shifted the main attack direction to the vicinity of the city wall in the east.
Together with the advance regiment, they formed a joint forward headquarters, coming directly to the front line about 2 kilometers from the city gate to direct the battle on-site.
"Commander, everything is ready. Ma Tiancheng's regiment inside the city has a radio to report the artillery fire situation to us at any time." Yu Zhenze, like Li Yunlong, leaned against the still-smoldering trenches, observing the city tower in front.
"Commander, there are 4 heavy machine guns and 6 light machine guns on that city tower. However, the Japanese devils' machine guns aren't just aimed outside. They have never truly trusted the puppet troops and have always been wary of them.
Just like now, there are 4 light machine guns aimed at the positions defended by Ma Tiancheng and his men, blocking the passages to the city tower. Once there is a change, these 4 light machine guns of the Japanese devils can also form a crossfire at the city gate.
"Yes!" Zhang Da Biao responded, picked up the microphone of the radio, and shouted loudly: "Artillery preparation, target, aim at the Japanese devils' firepower points on the city tower above the city gate. Three rounds ready!"
3 kilometers behind them, 12 mountain guns had already entered combat readiness, and the distance for adjusting the target at the city gate had been tested.
With Zhang Da Biao's order, a mountain gun roared for the first time.
The whistling shell quickly cut through the air and went straight to the east gate of Jincheng!
It hit the city gate outside the city wall.
But unfortunately, this shot missed, hitting the city wall more than 5 meters away from the city gate and about 3 meters away from the city tower, knocking down a few bricks.
This shot was a ranging shot, and the forward artillery observer quickly reported the distance deviation to the artillery. Now that there was a radio, the artillery immediately knew the deviation information and adjusted the angle and elevation.
Immediately afterward, the second ranging shell was sent to the city tower, blasting several Japanese devils off the city wall.
Before the Japanese devils could react too much, the third shell slammed into the city tower again. Seeing that the target was locked, the 12 mountain guns in the mountain gun position began to bombard the city tower according to the ranging angle!
Shell after shell fell on the city tower and the city walls on both sides, blasting the defending Japanese devils everywhere, with fragmented limbs of the Japanese devils scattered all over the place.
The puppet troops deployed hundreds of meters behind the city wall turned pale when they saw such fierce artillery fire.
How could they withstand such fierce artillery fire? Should they run?
Some puppet troops were already plotting their retreat.
"Brothers, don't panic. The Eighth Route Army is attacking the Japanese devils outside the city. Regiment Commander Ma has already discussed it with the Eighth Route Army. Today, the brothers will rebel against the Japanese devils together. Brothers, don't worry, the artillery fire will not extend to our positions. After the artillery fire stops, we will kill the Japanese devils on the city tower and let the Eighth Route Army into the city!"
Seeing that the brothers below couldn't hold on anymore, the puppet army company and platoon leaders who participated in the defection ceremony whispered to the puppet troops around them.
This made the lower-level puppet troops both surprised and delighted. They didn't expect that they still had a chance to survive!
They needed to know that with such fierce artillery fire, once it extended over, their regiment of more than a thousand people would not be able to withstand it at all. One round of coverage might reduce them by more than half. The power of artillery was hard to imagine for the average person. Even a 75mm shell, when it landed behind the fortifications, could blow away the entire squad!
Behind the fortifications more than 400 meters inside the city tower, Ma Tiancheng, carrying the radio that Yu Zhenze had sent in, nervously observed the movements of the Japanese devils on the city tower, and exchanged the landing points of the shells with the outside of the city through the radio in a timely manner.
Guiding the artillery fire to further cover the city tower and the city walls!
Their radio had the same frequency as the forward headquarters and the artillery positions, so Ma Tiancheng and his men supplemented the shell landing points that were not easy to observe from outside the city.
This allowed the artillery to adjust the parameters of the artillery fire in a timely and precise manner, and accurately extend the shells along the city tower and the city walls to both sides, giving the Japanese devils on the city tower and the city walls a thorough cleansing.
Seeing the number of Japanese soldiers moving their heads on the city tower decreasing, Ma Tiancheng finally shouted to stop!
Beside him, two assault teams, each armed with three Czech-style machine guns, were ready.
The puppet soldiers responsible for observing the firepower points on the tower continuously relayed information to the artillery outside the city.
The troops seizing the warehouse started moving as soon as the artillery fired.
The Japanese soldiers in the city never expected their defection. Regarding their movements, although some lower-level Japanese soldiers were still reinforcing in the streets, they didn't pay much attention despite finding their direction somewhat strange.
"Old Wei, will the brothers eat meat or drink soup? It depends on whether your team can pull off this move. If we capture the city tower and successfully open the city gate, it will be a great achievement for us.
However, if things are impossible, the brothers don't need to take too much risk. Retreat back, and we can steadily defend here and wait for the Eighth Route Army to blast open the city gate and enter, which is also good.
Now, it is estimated that many Japanese soldiers on the city tower have been killed by artillery fire. It will take some time for the Japanese soldiers from the north and south city towers to reinforce. If you rush faster, you may be able to capture it. This way, we will have the opportunity to control the city tower and the city gate, and quickly open the city gate to let the Eighth Route Army in.
However, we still need to be careful and remind the brothers to pay attention to the Japanese machine gun firepower points above. Never fight them head-on. Even if we call in another round of artillery fire, we must wait until all the machine gun firepower points on the city tower are knocked out before rushing up."
Ma Tiancheng, being cautious, instructed Wei Qinhai in detail.
"Understood, Commander. I will do it well."
Wei Qinhai didn't think so much. Now he was holding his breath to get the first credit, so he didn't care about so much.
He led the assault team towards the stairs on both sides of the city tower.
Ma Tiancheng nervously watched the actions of Wei Qinhai and his two assault teams.
On the city tower, the Japanese soldiers had not completely died. Some Japanese soldiers also saw the movements of the puppet soldiers, but they didn't think much about it, assuming they were coming up to help defend. They still focused on watching outside the city.
On the front line, an assault battalion, under the cover of tanks, began to slowly advance towards the city gate!
For them, if there were any remaining Japanese soldiers on the city tower, they would use tank guns to blast open the city gate and then cover the infantry assault team to rush in!
Just keep firing at the city tower!
However, they received a notice that there were uprising troops defecting in the city, so the attack should not be too fast. Wait for them to act before considering a strong attack.
So their movements were not very fast.
Wei Qinhai led a team of people and rushed to the city tower without any risk. The remaining Japanese soldiers above could be counted at a glance. Seeing Wei Qinhai and the others coming up, they even showed a look of relief.
Wei Qinhai didn't care so much. "Fire!" With an order, the three Czech-style machine guns beside him began to strafe the Japanese soldiers!
He easily captured the city tower, then turned the machine guns and set them up facing the north and south sides of the city wall!
Then, he tore down the Japanese Rising Sun flag and waved it towards Ma Tiancheng's direction!
"Commander, Battalion Commander Wei has succeeded!" A soldier staring at the city tower said with ecstasy.
In fact, Ma Tiancheng also saw it.
"Quick, quick, quick! Open the city gate immediately!" Ma Tiancheng's heart was pounding like a drum! He hurriedly gave the order.
Soon, the soldiers close to the city gate quickly ran over and successfully opened the city gate.
On the other side, Ma Tiancheng began to report the intelligence of the successful operation in the city. The information was immediately transmitted to the assault battalion and the tank battalion.
The tanks immediately accelerated and rushed over.
They joined the Ma Tiancheng's troops in the city with the assault battalion and began to control the entire area near the city gate.
Behind the assault battalion was the vanguard regiment that had been waiting for a long time.
With Zhang Dabiao's order, the vanguard regiment rushed in one after another in an orderly manner.
They cooperated with the defected puppet army regiment and the early tank battalion and assault battalion to continuously expand the scope of control, spreading this area in the east.
They welcomed the large troops behind them to continuously enter the city through this city gate and began to wipe out the remaining Japanese soldiers.
The assault teams, equipped with submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles, had a huge firepower advantage when facing the Japanese soldiers.
On the city wall, two companies, with the cooperation of the defected puppet army assault teams, began to assault and advance along both sides of the city wall.
The submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles in their hands kept firing, making the Japanese soldiers using the Type 38 rifles on the city wall unable to lift their heads.
They controlled the city wall section by section.
In addition to the fierce firepower of the submachine guns, the RPG rocket launcher teams also followed behind. When facing the stubborn Japanese machine gun firepower points, they sent a rocket directly over, blasting the Japanese soldiers directly into the sky!
Due to the help of insiders in this battle of Li Yunlong, not only was the ammunition consumption extremely small, but also a large number of Japanese weapons, ammunition, and grain materials were seized!
The logistics supply problem for the attack on Northeast China was solved by more than half at once.
Ma Tiancheng's puppet army regiment was directly reorganized into the Jindong Defense Regiment because of their credit for guarding the warehouse. After the reorganization, they will be responsible for the task of defending Jindong.
For Ma Tiancheng, this was almost the most ideal ending.
Li Yunlong tasted the sweetness and began to entrust the vanguard regiment with important tasks!
He sent them to continue to go deep, while he waited for the arrival of fuel and shells and other supplies from the rear.
The gate of Northeast China was suddenly opened!
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