There were about 1,000 little devils attacking the south gate, and the enemy's attack path was about the same as that of the east city gate, only the mortars were intermittently suppressed, and the infantry followed the tank armored charge.

Li Hong's eyes were focused on observing the attacking devil troops, and at the same time, his mind was thinking carefully, judging from the enemy's attack, it was contrary to common sense, not like the usual combat style of the little devil.

There are quite a few little devils attacking the city, but the enemy did not use powerful field artillery or mountain artillery with long range to break the city, there must be some conspiracy in this, but Li Hong has not yet seen the enemy's true intentions for a while.

After observing for a moment, Li Hong put down his binoculars and ordered to the herald beside him: "Order the first and third battalions to suppress the devil attack troops at the east gate and south gate with artillery fire, and order the other departments to stick to the fortifications according to the city, and not to transfer the troops without authorization." ”

"Also, let the communications team connect the phone line to the tower!"

"Yes, Tuanza!"

The soldiers were instructed to quickly run back to the headquarters, and then convey Li Hong's orders.

Waiting for the artillery order to be given, in less than ten minutes, the artillery crews of the 1st and 3rd battalions were all aimed at the attacking little devils.

"Tom, tom, tom!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

There was a muffled sound of mortars from the east and south gates, and more than twenty mortars of various calibers from the two battalions fired a salvo.

Dense shells roared out of the city and smashed into the little devil attacking troops two kilometers away.

"Be careful, artillery fire!"

The attacking imps scattered in all directions to avoid the shells, or lay on their stomachs on the ground.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Mortar shells exploded one after another on the devil's offensive front, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the scorched earth flew up.

It didn't take long for the second salvo of shells to fly again.

"Uh, uh, uh......"

Dozens of little devils were killed by shells on the spot, and the ground was covered with dozens of shell craters, and the corpses of the little devils were scattered on the ground.

"Retreat and advance, hurry, retreat and retreat!"

These little devils seemed to be very afraid of death, but in fact the enemy suffered few casualties, but as soon as they were bombarded, they began to retreat.

"Damn, it's really weird, why is this little devil so unbeaten? A few shells went down and began to retreat? ”

Li Hong looked at the retreating enemy in the distance, and was very puzzled, since the first battle, he had never seen such a cowardly little devil, and he really didn't understand what tricks the little devil played.

When the enemy withdrew his troops, he deliberately noticed the enemy's retreat formation, the little devils lined up neatly, and evacuated in an unhurried and orderly manner, without a weak rout.

As soon as the artillery fire of the 1st and 3rd battalions of the security regiment stopped, the little devils turned around and began to attack again.

"Duck and chicken!"

The speed of the little devil's attack was not hurried or slow, even if they were not hit by artillery fire, they were advancing towards the gate of Zhuangxian County little by little.

When the enemy's attacking troops advanced to less than a kilometer from Zhuang County, the devil troops stopped the charge, and they began to do earthwork, digging trenches, building fortifications, establishing defensive positions, and putting on a combat posture of fighting to the end with the soldiers of the security regiment.

By observing the abnormal signs of these little devils, gradually, Li Hong began to understand the enemy's true intentions.

On the surface, the enemy's attack is quite noisy, but it is actually a feint tactic, which can paralyze and attract the opponent's forces, and can also greatly consume the opponent's firepower.

Since so many troops were used as a feint, the enemy would definitely cooperate with the tactics of attacking from the east and west, and launch a heavy attack to break through from other defensive points in Zhuangxian.

Through the analysis of these enemy situations, Li Hong quickly gained insight into the possibility that the enemy might advance from the north gate.

Less than a kilometer outside the north city gate is a forest with rocky terrain, which is more favorable to the little devil's attack in terms of terrain, and the little devil must think that the security regiment's forces are concentrated in the southeast two gates, so the weak defense of the north gate is the easiest to break through.

"Wu Teng Xinnan, you really deserve to be an old fox, since you are a fox, Lao Tzu is a hunter who fights foxes!"

Thinking that the little devil was going to attack the north gate, Li Hong personally called Hu Wenchang, who was guarding the north gate.

"Hey, Camp Commander Hu!"

"Yes, what instructions does Chief Li have?" Hu Wenchang stood in the battalion headquarters and responded loudly.

"The little devil may attack the north gate, your battalion must be prepared for defense!"

"Sir Li, I don't really understand it, didn't the little devil attack the east gate and the south gate? There doesn't seem to be any movement here at our north gate. Hu Wenchang asked suspiciously.

"Battalion Commander Hu, don't be paralyzed by the little devils, the little devils at the east gate and the south gate are just feints, this is Wu Tengxin's trick to attack the east and west, don't be careless!" Li Hong told the other party the true purpose of the devil.

"Yes, Chief Li, I understand!"

Then, Li Hong reminded: "Also, Battalion Commander Hu, if the enemy attacks your battalion, you don't need to save ammunition, give me a hard blow to the enemy, and I won't support you if the ammunition is not enough!" ”

"Chief Xie Li, don't worry, as long as I, Hu Wenchang, am here, the little devil will not want to break through the defense line of the North Gate!" Hu Wenchang patted his chest and made a guarantee.

After saying that, the two ended the call.

Considering that once the battle at the North Gate began, the battle would be fierce, Li Hong sent a medical team and a stretcher team, as well as Zheng Tietou's artillery battalion to stand by for artillery support at any time.

……

Three kilometers outside the north city gate, there are many little devils hidden in the mountains and forests.

On the artillery position not far away, there are more than a dozen Japanese Type 94 mountain guns lined up, and the muzzles of the black hole are all aimed at the direction of the north gate of Zhuang County, and the devil artillery stands behind the cannon, ready to aim and shoot.

The Type 94 75mm mountain gun is relatively light in weight, easy to disassemble and consign, and the longest firing range can reach more than 6,000 meters.

This kind of artillery has a long range and great power, and is suitable for all kinds of complex terrain operations in mountainous areas, and can also fire armor-piercing shells to collapse buildings such as city walls.

"Artillery target, Zhuang County North City Gate, armor-piercing shells ready!"

More than a dozen devil bombloaders quickly filled the armor-piercing shells into the chambers.

"Artillery attack!"

The devil ordered the soldiers to wave the order flag, and more than a dozen mountain cannons opened fire at the same time.

"Tom, tom, tom"

Shells were discharged one after another, and a row of shells flew out of the mountains and forests with a line of fire.

"The artillery continues to attack!"

A salvo of more than a dozen shells was fired, and the rain of shells smashed the walls of the North City Gate.

Not only can armor-piercing shells easily destroy armor and tanks, but they also have a great destructive effect when bombarding city walls.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Several shells smashed the north city gate, only to see, the strong city wall was blasted out of several big holes, the corner of the north city gate also collapsed, the eaves masonry splashed, and the explosion smoke shrouded the north city gate.