Lin Hu's troops launched an attack on Mukden very suddenly, and under the onslaught of an artillery regiment at any cost, the strong Fengtian city wall was also blasted open. This made the soldiers defending the city very nervous. Tang Yulin, who was in charge of the city defense, looked furious. Ordered the troops to plug the gap at all costs and not let the enemy step into Mukden City.

Blasting open the city walls, the 2nd Brigade launched its first tentative attack. The proficiency of the second brigade's infantry artillery coordination greatly amazed the sixth brigade commander Zhen Zhen. The Second Brigade seems to be training very well in the southeast of Jidong!

The 2nd Brigade mobilized a battalion to attack, artillery suppressed enemy fire on the walls, and mortars and heavy machine guns were responsible for dealing with enemy forces emerging from the gaps. Under the suppression of strong firepower, the troops of the 2nd Brigade were successfully sent to the city.

Boom Boom - Tang Yulin's artillery began to exert its might. As Zhang Zuolin's headquarters, how could there be no artillery. It's just that at the moment there is only one regiment in Mukden City. The entire 27th Division had only four regiments of artillery in total. was taken away by Li Jinglin, and three of them were taken. Then he was taken away by Tang Yulin and the last one. Later, Tang Yulin rushed to the aid of Fengtian and brought this artillery regiment back. If it weren't for the confidence of this artillery regiment, Tang Yulin would not be willing to fight with the public security corps with superior firepower, even if he didn't look down on the combat effectiveness of Feng Yong's troops.

The enemy artillery opened fire, and the artillery of the 2nd Brigade was not idle. The two sides went back and forth in an artillery battle. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the 2nd Brigade rushed to the gap and strangled the soldiers at the gap.

As more and more enemies poured in, the 2nd Brigade sounded the call to retreat, and this attack was only to test the enemy's firepower, not to lose a battalion of soldiers in the siege. After all, a fortified city like Mukden is definitely not something that a battalion of soldiers can attack.

With the clarion call to retreat, the artillery fire was fully fired, and the mortar regiment also opened fire to increase the firepower of the security corps, and under the suppression of the artillery at any expense, the enemy artillery regiment was briefly suppressed, and the attacking battalion used a large number of grenades to win time to retreat. Watch as the enemy nimbly retreats from the battlefield. Tang Yulin, who was watching the battle in the city, was so angry that he almost broke the telescope in his hand.

The series of actions of the attack battalion of the 2nd Brigade just now not only tested the scale and layout of the firepower of the Tang Division. The flexible tactical level and individual combat capabilities of the 2nd Brigade were also demonstrated.

"How is that possible! Why are they so strong! Tang Yulin said in disbelief. He could see the movements of the attacking battalion of the Second Brigade just now. His soldiers couldn't do that flexible tactical move, and the second brigade infantry and artillery coordination was also very skilled, not weaker than the elite of the first brigade and the second brigade of the 27th Division. Tang Yulin's expression became gloomy, and a shadow fell on his heart. The number of enemies was almost twice as large as his own, and if all the soldiers had the combat effectiveness of the soldiers just now, it was unknown whether he would be able to hold Fengtian City.

"Brigade commander, is the attack just now really a display by a soldier who has been established for less than a year? It's so strong! Tang Yulin's adjutant Gu Donglin opened his mouth wide in shock. Although he was skeptical that his brigade commander had said that the security corps was vulnerable, he still felt unbelievable that the combat effectiveness of the security corps was so strong.

"Send a report to the big handsome! The combat effectiveness of the Security Corps is seriously underestimated, and their combat effectiveness is at least as good as the most elite units of our 27th Division. ”

"Brigadier Commander, isn't this a bit arbitrary! After all, it was just an attack by one of the enemy's battalions, and who knows if this battalion is the enemy's most elite one. Other units may not have such combat effectiveness. ”

Tang Yulin thought about it and was reasonable. Others don't know, but he, Tang Yulin, has a deep understanding of the fighting style of the enemy in front of him. This unit is not the kind of army that is above board, and is very good at using intrigue and trickery, who knows if they used psychological tactics this time.

After the attack of the security corps retreated, Tang Yulin ordered the soldiers defending the city to quickly repair the city wall that had been destroyed by the mountain artillery. After all, the intact city walls had a great comforting effect on the hearts of the warriors.

At the headquarters of the Public Security Corps, Lin Hu and Zhen Zhen looked at the telegram in their hands depressedly.

"The young marshal is coming! Zhang Dashuai on the other side intends to negotiate peace, it seems that it is impossible for us to fight to the death with the enemy! Zhen Zhen said with a wry smile. Just when they basically figured out the configuration of the Tang Department's firepower and the form of defense, Feng Yong's telegram came! And it's a telegram that makes them more discouraged.

Lin Hu pondered for a moment and said, "It's okay, let's attack according to the established attack plan." The young marshal just said that Zhang Zuolin intended to negotiate peace, but now after all, it is still a state of confrontation, and the young marshal did not let us stop the army without fighting, but just asked us to preserve our strength and not to have too many losses. In other words, as long as we don't have major casualties, it doesn't matter how we fight the young marshal. ”

Zhen Zhen looked at Lin Hu in a daze, and suddenly said with a smile: "Old Lin, you guy is not a kind person, you actually took advantage of the young marshal's telegram!" ”

Lin Hu pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "Who said I took advantage of the loophole!" The young marshal's order was clearly written. did not let us cease the war, and let us maintain a certain amount of pressure on Mukden to gain an advantage in future negotiations. If Zhang Zuolin's troops were dealt heavy losses, would it be more beneficial to the negotiations of the young marshal? ”

"I support this, if you can break Fengtian City and capture Zhang Zuolin alive, I don't think the young marshal will have to come forward. Zhang Zuolin was captured alive, and he was talking about a fart! Zhen Zhen said with a smile.

"Okay, let's stop talking nonsense here, you go back and set up the troops! Our second brigade has shown its face. You can't always let your six brigades stay behind. Lin Hu said with a smile, he had already given an order to the artillery regiment. They were asked to cooperate with the attack of the Sixth Brigade.

Zhen Zhen nodded and went back to assign tasks. The Sixth Brigade now really needs military merit to strengthen the cohesion of the troops.

Outside Fengtian City, Feng Yong's troops did not besiege all of Fengtian City, because it would be detrimental to the siege of the city if they dispersed their forces in that way. But the two brigades did not gather together, after all, 40,000 men attacked the north gate, which was not only crowded, but also gave the enemy the opportunity to concentrate his forces. The troops of the two brigades scattered to attack the North and East Gates. Just now, the 2nd Brigade had opened a gap at the east gate, attracting a large number of enemy troops. Now it's time for the Sixth Brigade to attack the north gate to mobilize the enemy forces in the city.

The artillery support of the 2nd Brigade was not to move the artillery to the north gate to attack, but to open fire at the east gate to attract the enemy's attention, and the 6th Brigade took the opportunity to attack the city.

The headquarters of the Sixth Brigade, Zhen Zhen, came back and gathered the six regiment commanders under him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the first battle of our Sixth Brigade since its establishment, and the target is Mukden City, which is known as the first fortified city in the Northeast. This is an opportunity, an opportunity to show the strength of our six brigades. Zhen Zhen said solemnly.

"Brigade commander, leave the task of attacking the fortification to our regiment!" Several regiment commanders of the Sixth Brigade have raised their voices to compete for this opportunity to attack the fortification.

"Remember, we don't have an artillery regiment, and the enemy probably doesn't either. But with this strong city defense, the enemy will definitely inflict great pressure on us with heavy machine guns and mortars. I plan to organize death squads this time and blow down the enemy's walls with explosives packs. Then organize troops to attack from the gaps that were blown up. ”

"Leave this to our group! The soldiers of our regiment were trained for a long time in individual tactics. The Soldier also has some experience with explosives packs! Song Huai, commander of the 62nd Regiment of the Sixth Brigade, said. Since the establishment of the military region, Feng Yong has renumbered all the troops under him. In the future, the numbers of the 1st to 10th regiments will be under the direct jurisdiction of the headquarters of the Public Security Corps, while the numbers of the regiments under the other brigades will be related to the brigade. For example, the regiments directly under the jurisdiction of the 1st Brigade are the 11th Regiment and the 12th Regiment...... Up to 19 regiments. Of course, it is impossible for a brigade to have nine regiments under its command, but it is possible to expand it into a division in the future. The troops under the jurisdiction of the 6th Brigade are the 61st Regiment and the 62nd Regiment...... Up to 69 regiments. It's just that now the Sixth Brigade now has a total of seven regiments, and this time the southward movement brought six. Of the seven regiments, the 1st, 2nd, and 4th brigades each provided one regiment, the third brigade provided three regiments, and the remaining regiment was originally the headquarters guard regiment, which was later added to the sixth brigade. And the 62 regiment is a unit from the 2nd brigade. Judging from the last siege, it can be seen that the tactical literacy of the soldiers of the 2nd Brigade is very good. In particular, there was a stable training environment, so that the Second Brigade had more training time than other brigades, and in addition to the advanced foreign training methods collected by Lin Hu, in the face of the pressure of the Japanese army, Lin Hu launched a big competition in the army, so that the Second Brigade was quite high in terms of combat effectiveness and combat enthusiasm.

The regiment sent by the Second Brigade to the Sixth Brigade was transferred to defend Changchun City at that time, and it was definitely the elite of the Second Brigade. Therefore, for the words of the commander of the 62nd regiment, Zhenzhen did not refute it.

"Captain Song! I believe in the combat effectiveness of your regiment! This time the matter of blowing up the city wall is handed over to you, and the whole brigade will concentrate mortars and heavy machine guns to cover the fire of your regiment! ”

"It's the brigade commander, promise to complete the mission!"

"Captain Niu, your regiment is ready to attack at any time. You're a veteran with me and know what to do! Zhen Zhen said to Niu Cheng, the head of the 61st regiment. The 61st Regiment was a unit from the 1st Brigade, which followed Zhen Zhen to Changchun. It's his descendant strength. However, because of the ideological work of the political commissar in the public security corps, the military commander did not have as strong control over the troops as other armies, so the 61st regiment did not receive any preferential treatment from Zhenzhen.

The battle at the north gate of Fengtian City started very suddenly, and at the beginning, Song Huai, the commander of the 62nd Regiment, organized a death squad of twenty people, carrying explosives bags to charge. Dozens of heavy machine guns and more than 20 mortars of the 6th Brigade opened fire to cover the enemy on the city walls.

The chief official of the north gate was Gu Donglin, who turned out to be Tang Yulin's adjutant. Because Tang Yulin was in charge of the defense of the entire Fengtian City, his adjutant was naturally sent to the North Gate to take charge.

As Lin Hu expected, there was indeed no mountain artillery defense at the north gate. But on the high walls drove a dozen heavy machine guns. And it is distributed on high walls and mortars are difficult to reach. For a time, the attack of the 6th Brigade was in trouble, and the soldiers of the death squad faced the fire network composed of more than a dozen heavy machine guns of the enemy.

"Fuck! If only Lao Tzu had an artillery regiment! You can be arrogant! Looking at the fallen death squad soldiers one by one, Zhen Zhen couldn't help but clench his hands.

"Report to the Brigadier! The 62nd regiment requested a battalion offensive! ”

"No! The enemy's network of fire intertwined with more than a dozen heavy machine guns was too strong, and a group attack would certainly result in heavy casualties. This is really not good for us to attack the city! "The young marshal's order does not allow for large casualties, so unless it is absolutely necessary, Zhen Zhen will definitely not launch a large-scale charge.

"Brigadier, how about we use earthwork? Although the ground has not yet completely thawed, it is not so difficult to excavate. The commander of the 63rd regiment leaned over to Zhen Zhen and said.

Hearing the words of the commander of the 63rd regiment, Zhenzhen's eyes lit up. Soil work, that's a good idea. Anyway, now that the initiative in the war is in their own hands, it doesn't matter whether they attack earlier or later.

"Commander Liu, do you have the determination to complete this task in your regiment?"

"Report to the brigade commander, the 63rd regiment guarantees the completion of the task." Commander of the 63rd Regiment Liu.

Under the dense network of enemy fire, none of the twenty death squad soldiers could get close to the city walls. Looking at the corpses of the soldiers left alone on the road to attack Fengtian, Zhen Zhen was secretly ruthless in his heart, he must avenge the soldiers and play the prestige of the Sixth Brigade.

The 6th Brigade informed the 2nd Brigade of the idea of carrying out earthworks. Lin Hu, the commander of the second brigade, did not object. Although he had the authority to control the southward troops, it was difficult for the 6th Brigade, which lacked the heavy machine guns at the head of the city, to launch an attack on Mukden City like the 2nd Brigade. Although the artillery regiment of the 2nd Brigade was able to shoot shells into the county seat, Feng Yong strictly ordered them not to attack the city of Fengtian. After all, Mukden has a large population and many foreigners have settled, and if the artillery of the Second Brigade kills foreigners, it is likely to cause a diplomatic dispute, which Feng Yong cannot afford at present.

"Ordered artillery to attack the walls of Mukden. Give me the gap in the wall widened. At the same time, let the troops prepare dirt bags and fill the moat. We have the firepower of an artillery regiment, and such an advantage cannot be wasted. Lin Hu looked at the towering Fengtian City Wall and said. The shelling had shattered the solid ice on the moat.

For Tang Yulin, he has seen it a few times, after all, Tang Yulin is the first major general of the Republic of China detained by the Public Security Corps, it is impossible for Lin Hu not to be curious. However, when they met several times, Tang Yulin scolded him. Limited to Feng Yong's order, Lin Hu could not abuse Tang Yulin, but Lin Hu was not happy to suffer in vain. So Lin Hu detained him alone, except for delivering food every day, no one talked to him, this kind of detention almost suffocated Tang Yulin to death, which is also the reason why Tang Yulin hated Lin Hu's second brigade to the core.

The Northeast Second Brigade launched a fierce artillery bombardment, and the city wall that Tang Yulin had managed to make up for was blown down again. The soldiers who filled the gap were quite a few killed and wounded. This made Tang Yulin angry to death. But seeing the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Second Brigade, Tang Yulin did not dare to send troops out of the city to fight easily. God knows if this will be a decoy for the enemy. The anomaly at the east gate has also reached Tang Yulin's hands. The enemy turned into a ground rat and burrowed in the ground. The heavy machine guns on the head of the city are difficult to pose a threat to the enemy troops hiding underground, watching the enemy approach the city wall little by little, but there is no way to stop it, and the psychological pressure on the defenders of the east gate is too great.

(To be continued)