The sporadic shelling by the Chahar Independent Regiment rattled the Japs outside the city. Xu Rui was about to take advantage of this opportunity to sneak into the Japs' position to find and locate Ishihara Wan'er's headquarters, but something unexpected happened.
Li Xiaoxia, a doctor of chemical engineering, had an explosion accident while making a bomb. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured, but his eyes were burned. He would not be able to make another bomb in a short time. In other words, Xu Rui's planned beheading plan , even before it had time to be implemented, it was already dead, at least it could not be implemented in a short period of time.
Upon hearing the news, Xu Rui could only respond with a long sigh.
This is war, you never know what will happen in the next minute or second! Even if you formulate the most complete battle plan, you have considered all factors, and you have left no loopholes, it does not mean that the course of the war will be played out according to the script you imagined, because no one can guarantee that it will not happen. Accidents will happen.
Many times, a small accident can disrupt all plans. This is war.
The bomb had not been made and the beheading plan had come to nothing. Xu Rui did not need to take risks himself to find and locate Ishihara Wanji's headquarters. A peaceful night passed like this.
At dawn the next day, the Japanese launched another cluster bombardment.
While the artillery group of the Seventh Army was preparing for artillery fire, Ishihara Kanji took Yano Otonzaburo and Koizumi Junzaburo to the forward observation post outside the North Gate of Fengtian.
Through the field of view of the artillery mirror, it can be clearly seen that the block outside Fengtian North Gate has been blown into a sea of flames, and smoke and dust are also billowing in the wilderness. Apart from gunpowder smoke and smoke, it is no longer possible to see anything. , and at that moment Ishihara Wanji straightened up from behind the artillery mirror.
Yano Otonzaburo stepped forward and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, it has been confirmed through yesterday's feint attack that the Chahar Independent Regiment has built relatively complete semi-permanent fortifications outside Fengtian City. It is difficult for the imperial army's artillery fire to destroy their fortifications. Even if there are armored units to coordinate the attack, the effect may not be good, how about we continue to adopt Tieling’s tactics?”
Ishihara Wanji waved his hand and said: "Tieling's tactics are the trump card of the imperial army. Although the effect is good, it is undeniable that the negative effects are also great, so if it is not used as a last resort, it is best not to use it. So now , it’s best to try the conventional tactics first, and if it doesn’t work, it’s not too late to play your trump card.”
Yano Otonzaburo paused and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, is wise."
While he was talking, the artillery preparations for the Japanese artillery group had ended.
A moment later, the Japanese infantry who had already entered the attack position launched an attack on the garrison position outside the North Gate of Fengtian under the guidance of the tanks. Compared with yesterday, the Japs' attack today was much more fierce. At the North Gate alone, An entire infantry brigade and half a tank squadron were thrown in. It was obvious that the Japanese were serious about their actions.
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He Shuya's second battalion was responsible for guarding the north gate position of Fengtian, and Lin Wei's company was placed on the first line of defense outside the north gate by He Shuya. The Japanese artillery group's artillery preparations had just ended, and Lin Wei immediately took the guards with him. Arriving at the forward position, when Lin Wei came up, the little Japanese's offensive formation had just begun.
Seeing the third platoon leader approaching, Lin Wei waved his hand and said, "Third platoon leader, please don't worry about me. Just pretend I don't exist."
Obviously, Lin Wei wanted to know first-hand the fighting situation, but he did not want to interfere with the command of the third platoon leader. Seeing what Lin Wei had said, the third platoon leader stopped being pretentious and immediately returned to the command post.
Soon, the Japanese attack queue was approaching within a thousand meters.
Lin Wei didn't know what was going on outside the west gate and east gate, but outside the north gate, the Japanese deployed at least one infantry brigade at a time. In addition, there were twelve tanks. Each tank led an infantry squad, forming twelve The attack arrows are spread out from east to west and pushed forward. The visual effect is very shocking.
"Mom, you kid is so damn rich." Lin Wei's guard snorted and cursed, "Twelve tanks were put into one attack!"
Lin Wei said cheerfully: "Young devil, two armored divisions came this time. Do you know how many tanks there are in the two armored divisions? At least more than 500 tanks! What does a mere twelve tanks count?"
"More than five hundred vehicles?" Lin Wei's guard suddenly took a breath of air.
Lin Wei sneered and said: "However, the little devil's tank can't withstand the beating. It's just an iron coffin. Look, of the twelve tanks that went out this time, I can guarantee that he won't be able to get back even one of them!"
Lin Wei's words were not just out of words, but he was really confident in his heart.
Because in the past few days, the Chahar Independent Regiment has, with the help of civilians, converted a large number of residential buildings outside Fengtian City into fortifications, and dug hundreds of miles of tunnels to connect individual fortifications. Along the way, the Japanese shelling only destroyed the appearance of the fortifications, but the core of the fortifications did not suffer much damage.
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The tracks rumbled, and the Japanese tanks guided the infantry forward.
By the way, the city wall of Fengtian City was built during the Manchu Dynasty. After hundreds of years of development, the city has long been crowded, and a large number of buildings have appeared outside the city. Now the little devil is approaching outside the north gate of Fengtian. The neighborhood is actually not much different from the neighborhoods in the city.
The distance was getting closer, but the block opposite was silent, as if no one existed.
When the distance was only 500 meters, the Japanese couldn't hold it in any longer. The tanks leading in front fired their cannons one after another, hitting the residential buildings in front of them with kinetic energy bombs. In the not violent explosion, several residential buildings were destroyed. , and several large holes were punched in the brick walls of several private houses, but the block opposite was still dead.
Although it was very strange, the little devil did not stop moving forward.
Twelve tanks, leading twelve infantry squads, continued to approach. When they were still two hundred meters away from the edge of the block, the vehicle-mounted machine guns installed in front of the tanks also opened fire, but this was just aimless fire. It is of a fire reconnaissance nature, trying to use such strafing to force out the defenders who may be hiding in the ruins.
The final result was, of course, impossible to achieve what the Japanese wanted, and the street across the street was still completely silent.
A few minutes later, the enemy's twelve attack arrows entered the block outside the north gate one after another, searching along the widest main street in the middle and the eleven relatively narrow alleys on both sides, searching forward little by little. If it was a private house or a shop, the Japanese infantry who followed would kick open the door and search inside.
Once there is an abnormality, the Japanese tank leading the front will also turn its machine gun to fire. At some moments, it will even rotate the turret and use the 37mm caliber main gun to strike. However, most of the time it is a blind attack, because since entering After arriving in the neighborhood, the Japs never found a real target.
Soon, the Japs' twelve attack arrows had penetrated deep into the blocks outside the north gate.
Ahead, the majestic city gate of Fengtian North Gate is already close at hand. The Japanese captain who is rushing along the main street of the North Gate can't wait to send a signal corps to report to the division headquarters. They are about to capture the Fengtian North Gate Tower! However, at this moment, a red light suddenly bloomed on the north gate tower ahead.
Then, the red light shot towards the Type 97 medium tank driving along the North Gate Main Street at a speed visible to the naked eye. The Japanese captain and a small group of Japanese infantry who followed behind were instantly stunned. Then, under the gaze of more than fifty Japanese soldiers, the dazzling red light accurately hit the Type 97 tank.
With just a bang, the Type 97 medium tank in front turned into a ball of fire.
It was only then that the Japanese captain finally realized what he was doing. He immediately raised his saber, pointed at the North Gate tower dozens of meters ahead and roared loudly: "Throw silk and change it, tear it and change it..."
The Japanese captain thought the defenders were hiding on the tower in front.
The more than fifty Japanese infantrymen who followed behind also thought that the defenders were on the tower in front, so they immediately raised their Sanba Gai, either kneeling or standing in preparation for shooting.
However, at this moment, a large number of Chinese soldiers suddenly appeared in the houses on both sides of the street that should have been empty. Dozens of black guns suddenly appeared from behind the windows of the houses on both sides. There were also several light machine guns, and then dozens of rifles and two machine guns opened fire violently at the same time.
At the same time, Chinese soldiers also appeared on the city wall of the north gate in front, raising their guns and shooting fiercely.
The firepower on both sides of the houses and the firepower on the city wall in front formed a dense crossfire, which instantly enveloped more than fifty Japanese infantry who had lost the protection of tanks. In the face of such dense firepower, the Japanese soldiers did not even have time to react. He was already thrown to the ground. In less than a moment, more than fifty Japanese soldiers fell into a pool of blood.
At the same time, the same scene was played out in the eleven alleys on both sides. The little devils had no idea that Chinese soldiers could run out of the empty houses that they had already searched. They were caught off guard and soon, Even under the intensive crossfire of the Chinese soldiers, the tanks leading in front could not provide any protection to the Japanese infantry.
Because as soon as the attack was launched, the Japanese tanks had been destroyed first.
This was the most typical street fighting ambush. It was not the first time that the Chahar Independent Regiment used it, but the Japanese still fell into it.
In just a few minutes, a group of Japanese infantry that attacked from outside the north gate and the twelve Japanese tanks that were responsible for guiding them were all wiped out. Because everything happened too fast, and there were also the obstructions of civilian buildings, At this moment, Ishihara Kanji, who was still watching the battle from the forward observation post, didn't even know that the front line had suffered a disastrous defeat.