The three-minute preparation time had already passed, and Hiroshi Yamada waved his hand, signaling that the commander of the 3rd Brigade, Hiroaki Sakamoto, could start the siege.

Hiroaki Sakamoto received the order, waved his big hand and said angrily: "For the sake of the empire, for the sake of Your Majesty, open fire on me and attack the city!" ”。

Hiroaki Sakamoto waved the samurai saber in his hand and slashed down at the south gate of Guangling in front of him.

With Hiroaki Sakamoto's order, the eight 70-mm Type 92 infantry guns of the artillery brigade attached to the 3rd Brigade of the Devil, which had already been ready, burst out, and then one shell after another smashed in the direction of the south gate of Guangling.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

In an instant, Guangling City was once again subjected to heavy artillery bombardment by the Japanese army, and the fortifications at the head of the city and outside the city were suddenly engulfed by bursts of fierce artillery fire.

The smoke of artillery fire suddenly spread out at the south gate, and the Japanese artillery fire was very fierce, especially on the barbed wire defensive trenches and other fortifications built by the Guangling defenders outside the city.

The smoke of artillery fire outside the city was even worse than that of the city, and the defenders almost raised their heads everywhere!

"Made, the little devil's artillery fire is still fierce! Looks like I'm in a hurry! It is estimated that the regiment commander, the devil under the command of Kenichi Muto, the Japanese army on the north road, is going well. Located on the top of a ten-story building less than two streets away from the South Gate City, Zhou Hua, the commander of the independent battalion, laughed at the devil's angry artillery offensive and said with a sneer.

At this time, the battalion headquarters staff officer stepped forward and said, "It is estimated that Kenichi Muto did not expect that we would attack so quickly." You know, the 6th Division that we successfully ambushed Gu Shoufu just before did not take more than five days. Hey, hey, it looks like Kenichi Muto misjudged us! ”。

"No matter what! Command all the troops to guard the city, and fight to the death. Our strength is only 3,000 people, of which only more than 1,000 are the elite of our independent battalion, and more than 2,000 guerrillas participate in the defense of the city. As long as Guangling is held, even if the Japanese army on the devil's south road outside the city gives up capturing Guangling. But with Guangling in our hands, the devil along the way must always be vigilant against us to draw cold from his back! Hahaha! ”

Zhou Hua laughed and said, this is an arrogant moment for Zhou Hua and others to despise the little devils outside the city.

You must know that in the past, even if they had 3,000 people, it was impossible to defend the city, after all, there were more than 10,000 devils outside the city, and the soldiers were strong and strong, at least the military strength was very strong.

It's a pity that the new group at this time has been reborn. Even Zhou Hua had the self-confidence to take his 1,000 men and horses and more than 2,000 guerrillas, adding up to only 3,000 men and horses to defend Guangling City, and fight under the Japanese army on the South Road under the command of Yamada Hao.

"Yes, battalion commander!!"

The staff officer standing beside Zhou Hua smiled, immediately turned around and walked to the side, picked up the field phone on the table, and notified and ordered the defenders everywhere to guard their positions and not to go out of the city to pursue without authorization.

At this time, behind the starting position of the devil attack outside the south gate of Guangling, Hiroshi Yamada, who supervised the battle and observed the siege, and Hiroaki Sakamoto, the commander of the 3rd Brigade, looked at each other.

Although their artillery fire was fierce, it did not put any pressure on the defenders. The opponent was stunned to hide in the trenches, behind the city walls, and did not charge when the devil infantry attacked.

"Chief of Staff, the commander of the enemy forces defending the city is a veteran. With the current fortifications, I'm afraid it's going to be with us! The artillery fire is constantly bombarding, and the opponent just launches an artillery counterattack, but there is no counterattack, and the patience is very sufficient! What to do? Chief of staff! ”

Hiroaki Sakamoto's face was heavy, and Guangling City was a hedgehog, covered with spikes.

Although they had artillery units in the southern army, the firepower configuration of light and heavy machine guns was also good. But at present, it seems that the other party has made up its mind to defend it.

For Hiroaki Sakamoto and Hiroshi Yamada, if the next siege continues, the Japanese army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

After all, the heavy snow is constantly falling at the moment, and the other party is braving artillery fire in front of his own eyes and others to continuously water the city with hot water, so that the defensive cut of the city head that was quickly blown up by the Japanese artillery fire is frozen by the cold temperature.

Hiroshi Yamada also looked helpless and put down the telescope in his hand.

The old devil also saw the "turtle shrinkage" of the garrison of Guangling's new regiment in the city from the telescope, but there was no way.

"After five minutes of shelling, the opponent's position is still immovable! It seems that our plan is not working! Yamada Hiroshi frowned, of course, it was impossible for the infantry to increase their strength and storm after the artillery fire stopped.

This can only be reduced to a firepower blow behind the opponent's fortifications, and the gains outweigh the losses. After all, the total strength of the Japanese army on the southern route was only more than 10,000 people. Once there is too much damage under Guangling City, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult to do.

You know, the next step is to go east to attack Wei County and reinforce Kenichi Muto, who was ambushed.

Spending time on attacking Guangling City, Yamada Hiroshi is really unwilling.

"What does the chief of staff mean?" Sakamoto Hiroaki said in a condensed voice, now that the shelling has stopped, the head of the city at the south gate and the defensive position of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army outside the city are billowing with gunsmoke, but there are almost few screams, indicating that the opponent's anti-artillery bunker must be ready.

Yamada Hao picked up the binoculars again and observed Guangling City, and the defenders in the city were silent, and they didn't go out of the city to fight back.

"Bagaya Road, the commander of the defenders in the city is a master, calm down! It's just that if I lead the army of the South Road to abandon Guangling and continue to attack Wei County in the east, when the other party comes out of the city, I will be able to kill myself by surprise. It's hard! But if you don't go, it's too late! I'm afraid the situation with the division commander is not optimistic. ”

Yamada Hao muttered to himself, but he had always been a little entangled.

"It's not a way to fight like this, the other party is a master who defends the city, and he is guarding the city, just watching us. However, the division commander and the northern army under their command were ambushed by the main force of the new regiment, although the commander of Okabe had ordered the imperial troops near Wei County to continue to reinforce. But in this kind of weather, I am afraid that not many imperial troops will arrive in a short time. ”

Hiroaki Sakamoto said solemnly: "Then the chief of staff means not to fight Guangling City?" ”。

"Forget it, if we don't fight, we can only leave 500 troops here to garrison! The main force still needs to continue to advance eastward and quickly capture Wei County. As long as we take Wei County, we can rely on Wei County to carry out a rear counter-encirclement of the ambush troops that are utilized, and cooperate with the division commander to launch a flanking attack. As for the enemy army of Guangling! ”

After thinking about it, Yamada Hiroshi still said, "Regardless of them!" The main force immediately withdrew from the siege and advanced towards the attack on Wei County! Sakamoto-san! ”。

"Chief of Staff!"

Yamada Hao said: "The troops behind the palace guarding the movement of the enemy army in Guangling, after drawing five hundred people from your department to withdraw behind the army, temporarily set up a blocking fortification on the road!" ”。