Yushe City is the border area of the anti-Japanese base area, the closest enemy city, there are a lot of single fortifications and pillboxes built in the city, and very strong, and there are not many hidden fire points.

In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from suddenly attacking the city, he tried every means to plunder and buy a large amount of grain and cloth cotton, and the weapons and ammunition were prepared in place, and the defense of the city could last for half a year without asking for replenishment.

The terrain of Yushe City is complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is a city pass in the north city, and outside the city wall are a number of small chaotic ditches. Outside the small ditch is a cemetery, the graveyard is overgrown with weeds, and it looks like a forest that is not too dense from a distance.

The east gate goes out, it is the Yuliao highway directly, ten meters out on both sides of the city gate, there is a two-story pillbox built respectively, the blockhouse is surrounded by barbed wire, the outside of the barbed wire is a trench, through the trench suspension bridge, you can go directly to the Yuliao highway.

The south gate of the city is guarded by troops, out of the south gate through the trench 20 meters, it is a small high ground outside the city wall, a simple artillery tower is built on the high ground, and there is a Banri puppet army guarding inside.

The West Gate Pass is larger than the other three gates, and the private houses on the periphery are relatively close to the city wall, which is conducive to the siege troops, and they are close to the city and suddenly attack. However, the commander of the Japanese army defending the city laid heavy troops at the west gate of the city, and it was difficult to break through.

According to the deployment of the Japanese army in the outer city of Yushe City and the topography and topography, Chief of Staff Zhou ordered the 1st Battalion of the 772nd Regiment to carry a mountain artillery and the main direction of attack was the southwest corner of Chengxi Pass.

Two companies of the second battalion mainly attacked the enemy artillery tower on a small high ground 20 meters south of the city, and one company was ambushed outside the city gate, once the enemy broke and fled into the city, they were annihilated on the spot, and the third battalion was in reserve.

The 4th Battalion of the 16th Regiment was ordered to carry machine guns to attack the northwest corner of Chengxi Pass, and cooperate with the 1st Battalion of the 772nd Regiment to break through the enemy's fire position at Chengxi Pass, and quickly occupy and consolidate the position and expand the results of the battle.

The 6th Battalion was deployed at the north gate of Yushe City, using the small ditch and cemetery outside the city to put in the corresponding firepower to carry out a feint, and sent a company to monitor the enemy in the two pillboxes at the east gate of the city, and the time was appropriate to contain the fire, and the 7th Battalion served as a reserve.

The troops quickly moved into the preset position, waiting for the first shot of the siege to be fired.

At this time, Chief of Staff Zhou, who was standing less than a kilometer away from Yushe City and a field command post, gave orders to deploy the siege of the city, and looked at his watch from time to time.

The head of the 772nd Regiment Guo and the head of the 16th Regiment heard the first gunshot and led the troops to quickly rush to the city gate.

The sudden attack of the troops caused the dogs and wild dogs inside and outside the city to bark wildly, alarming the half-sleeping enemy puppet army defending the city, and immediately vigilantly raised their guns and counterattacked with a burst of blind fire outside the city.

The attacking troops were blindly blocked by the enemy's fierce firepower, and the commanders of each regiment ordered the troops to take advantage of the cover of night to quickly attack the city gate in concealment.

As soon as the battle began, Chief of Staff Zhou took several staff officers around him and quickly rushed to the west gate and personally commanded the troops to attack the city.

Although the troops were already close to the city wall, due to the limited geographical landscape, some troops attacked, and some troops were blocked by the powerful firepower of the enemy puppet army on the city wall, and they could not move forward.

Seeing that the siege was blocked, Chief of Staff Zhou immediately ordered the siege to be stopped, leaving a small army outside the city, building fortifications in concealment, and the main force immediately retreated back a hundred meters, hiding on the spot, waiting for the order to attack the city again.

The sky had already dawned, and the inside and outside of the city could be seen very clearly, and Chief of Staff Zhou was anxious, so he immediately convened an emergency military meeting before the regimental and battalion formations, focusing on studying the operational plan for launching a second attack on Yushe City.

At this moment, Commander Chen and several soldiers ran to the command post in front of the formation, listened to everyone's reports, and immediately led the cadres of the regiment and battalion to brave the enemy's dense artillery fire and fierce firepower, and to make use of the geographical features and concealments in the march, sometimes to take a few steps, sometimes to crawl forward, risking their lives, close to the outside of the city to carefully observe, the enemy's position and defense and firepower deployment, and pay close attention to the height and density of the pillboxes.

After returning from the reconnaissance, Commander Chen took the risk of leading the regimental and battalion commanders to reconnoiter the forward positions in person, and after returning from the reconnaissance, he emphatically pointed out: "According to the reconnaissance, from a general point of view, the enemy is inferior to the enemy in terms of the width and distance of the radiation surface of the pillbox with the help of strong city walls, dense firing points, and the width and distance of the radiation surface of the pillbox.

However, everyone must be clear that we must be stronger than the enemy in terms of troops, and as long as we make proper arrangements, organize effectively, coordinate closely, block the enemy's firepower with the most intense firepower, and cover the offensive of the troops, the speed of the advance of the campaign should be smoother. ”

According to Commander Chen's deployment, Chief of Staff Zhou re-made detailed arrangements for each regiment, and the commander of the 772nd Regiment Guo and the 16th Regiment returned to the troops, and immediately classified the Japanese army's firepower deployment in Yushe City, and finally implemented it to companies, platoons, squads, and even people.

Through the brainstorming of cadres and soldiers, the enemy's powerful firepower positions were directly lowered to the company, and the enemy's light and heavy machine gun positions, city walls, bright and dark forts, and gun holes in the turrets were numbered to the squad and a certain soldier.

The shooters of each regiment, battalion, company, platoon, and class will carry out each light and heavy machine gun shooter of the enemy to the person, and ask them to calculate the distance, and strive to resolutely kill the enemy shooter with one shot as long as he shows his head in the second attack.

At 16:30 a.m., under the order of Commander Chen, all the cadres and soldiers of the 772nd Regiment and the 16th Regiment braved the enemy's fierce artillery fire and various weapons with guns in their hands, and bravely launched an attack.

The special shooters of each unit should find the correct position, adjust their posture, aim at the direction where the shooter of the enemy's light and heavy machine gun positions appears, and shoot as soon as the little devil shows his head.

Under the brave attack of the Eighth Route Army, the enemy puppet army defending the city could not resist the powerful offensive at all, and the Japanese commander shouted frantically: "Poison gas, quickly release poison gas bombs, ask Shangfeng to send the Japanese Imperial Army fighters to help the battle, quickly." ”

In the first stage of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, the units of the Eighth Route Army, which had already learned the devil's gas bombs, had already prepared gas masks, but they were only a little simpler, some were masks, and some were cloth strips covering their mouths and noses.

Braving the enemy's poisonous gas, the soldiers carried forward the spirit of not being afraid of death and continued to bravely launch a strong attack on the city gate under the wanton and indiscriminate bombing of four enemy planes in the air.

The 772nd Regiment and the 16th Regiment of our Eighth Route Army, with mutual fire support and close cooperation, captured the Japanese enemy in the northwest corner of Yushe City in one fell swoop, destroyed the Xiguan bunker, and completely occupied the Xiguan Pass.

In order to reduce the heavy casualties caused by the blind advance in depth, Chief of Staff Zhou resolutely ordered the troops to occupy the existing positions, consolidate and strengthen the fortifications, strike at the enemy and puppet troops who counterattacked, kill and wound the enemy's living forces, and make all preparations for continuing the offensive at night.

The army sent cadres and soldiers in makeup, taking advantage of the fact that the night was not yet completely dark, to sneak into the city to investigate, and reported back; It was found that the Japanese army took Yushe Middle School as the center, radiated 30 meters outward, and built eight pillboxes of different sizes, ranging from one floor to two floors, and the outer wall of the bunker was equipped with a clever gun hole for shooting, and there was no dead angle in the radiation five meters away.

And built artificial broken walls and cliffs around it, between 10 and 30 meters high, laid barbed wire on the cliffs, and also equipped with a lot of various weapon holes.

Commander Chen once again came to the position of the Eighth Route Army in Yushe City and happily told everyone: "Comrades, the 25th Regiment and the 38th Regiment have successfully conquered Yanbi, Wangjing and other strongholds, and the battle has been fought very beautifully, I believe that the cadres and soldiers of our 772nd Regiment and the 16th Regiment will take Yushe City in a very short time." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou, Commander Guo of the 772nd Regiment, Commander of the 16th Regiment and other cadres at all levels clenched their fists and shouted firmly: "We can do it, please rest assured Commander Chen, we will definitely be able to capture Yushe City." ”

At 23:30 on the 24th, the cadres and soldiers of the 772nd Regiment and the 16th Regiment, inspired by the news of victory from friendly and neighboring troops, launched a third attack on Yushe City.

In the loud and high-pitched trumpet of the charge, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, under the cover of the fire of one shell after another, spitted tongues of fire with guns, bravely entered the city, and started street battles with the enemy.

The top shooter hid in the best position in advance, aimed at the gun holes of the enemy pillbox, and the bullets drilled in with a whistling sound, and heard a scream.

The soldiers of the assault company who rushed in front were armed with guillotines to cut and assist in the barbed wire fence on the artificially created broken wall and cliff, and the soldiers behind followed closely behind with ladders, and when they reached the broken wall and cliff, they set up ladders and bravely climbed up.

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