The ancient city of Luoyang attracted artillery fire from the Wehrmacht in the afterglow of the setting sun. The Wehrmacht seemed impatient, and as soon as the artillery was in place, the Wehrmacht artillery formed positions and launched an attack. Heavy artillery roared, and mountains and rivers shook. The entire ancient city of Luoyang seemed to tremble like the sky and the earth cracked.

As an important town in central China, Luoyang is not only a historical city, but also a military town, and has always been a battleground for soldiers. Therefore, the walls here are not the seemingly strong works of other cities, but they are actually vulnerable. Moreover, the bluestone made of local materials in the ancient city of Luoyang is far stronger than the bluestone fired from clay. Therefore, a heavy artillery regiment of the Northeast Army, with 36 heavy artillery pieces bombarded in turn, it was difficult to break through the city wall in a short time.

Headquarters of the 1st Regiment of the Wehrmacht. The head of the first regiment, Sun Xiao, looked solemnly at Luoyang City, which was still strong in the artillery fire, and made a decision in his heart.

"The battalions were ordered to organize death squads. Bring explosives and blow it up for me. Send a telegram to the division headquarters and ask the division commander to coordinate the artillery division and cooperate with the actions of the first regiment. Sun Xiao said loudly.

"Commander, you're in too much of a hurry. With the heavy artillery of our army, we will definitely be able to blast through the city walls, and we should now raise jīng and wait for good fighters to appear on the battlefield. A regiment of political commissars hurriedly stopped it.

"Fighters? Fighters are not waited, they are built themselves. Commissar, it's the time of the war, and I have the final say in everything in the army. A big man said loudly. He had to determine his command. Under this two-officer system, it is impossible for military and political officials to always cooperate sincerely, and it is normal and inevitable for the two sides to have dirty disputes over leadership. In the first division, most of the military generals were fierce generals, which had a lot to do with the identity of their old commander, Qian Yansheng, as a fierce general. As the saying goes, things gather by like, and people are grouped. However, the promotion of political chiefs has nothing to do with whether they are brave in battle, and most of them are cultural people, or scholars. Not all political commissars are as upright as Zhou Bo, and they can convince Qian Yansheng with their actions, so that the two of them can cooperate sincerely. Therefore, the reputation of the first division's military and political commanders for contradictions is just as famous as the first division's combat effectiveness.

"Yes!" Seeing that Sun Xiao was involved in command. No matter how dissatisfied the political commissar of the first regiment is, he must obey it.

The telegram of the 1st Regiment crossed over the 1st Brigade and reported directly to the 1st Division, which, to be honest, was somewhat arrogant. However, when the 1st Division received this telegram requesting instructions, instead of blaming, it immediately studied what was feasible. Then the 1st Division informed the artillery division and asked it to set aside a line and cover the actions of the death squads during the shelling.

The 1st Regiment was the Jīng Sharp Force of the entire Wehrmacht, and its movements were extremely rapid. And the soldier's ideological will is also extremely strong. When they received the task of the death squad, they did not pass the buck to each other, but competed with each other. Soon, a hundred-man death squad was formed. They will take to the battlefield with high-explosive packets of the latest equipment units of the Wehrmacht.

The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, and under the blow of the superior firepower of the Wehrmacht, there was not a single figure of the Beiyang Army in the entire Luoyang City, but everyone knew that the hidden parts of the city wall, and even the pillboxes on the wall, must be full of enemies. They were waiting for the Wehrmacht when its firepower weakened and they had to resort to crowd tactics. Of course, there were also unlucky people who were hit by intensive artillery fire, and a squad or even a company of men was blown to pieces by heavy artillery without making the slightest sound. The top of the city wall was pitted with too many heavy cannons, and the entire city wall seemed to have been forced to lose a layer. But because of its heavy foundations, the walls show no signs of shaking and falling. Moreover, there were places on the city wall that could withstand several heavy shells at the same time without the slightest problem. It seems that these places have been deliberately strengthened, and other means must have been used.

The death squad deftly rushed into the battlefield filled with gunpowder, looming in the artillery fire. Plus now the sun is gone. The sky is a little dim, which becomes the best umbrella for the death squads.

In just ten minutes, the death squad approached the city walls.

Dadada——!

A bluestone suddenly fell from the city wall, revealing a large gap in the head, and the muzzle of a heavy machine gun sticking out of the black hole. Sweep shè out of a tongue of fire. The soldiers of the death squad instinctively avoided the moment the shots rang out, but more than a dozen people were still swept by heavy machine guns and fell in a pool of blood, unknown whether they were alive or dead.

The commander of the first regiment at the observation post clenched his fists, you must know that the one who can be selected for the death squad is the jīng rui of the first regiment, and he is an excellent soldier who can run for the special forces, and it is a great loss for them to sacrifice one on the battlefield.

"Damn, he actually built a bunker in the middle of the city wall, Wu Peifu is really cunning." The bluestone used in the city wall of Luoyang City is larger, and Wu Peifu extracted a few pieces from it to form a small space, and then set aside shè to close the other parts, which led to the result that such a pillbox was in the middle of the city wall, and the chance of artillery hitting was extremely small.

"Let's hope our artillery will live up to expectations." The commissar whispered. Seeing Jīng's soldiers fall from afar, his heart also hurts.

1st Artillery Division of the Wehrmacht. After the establishment of the First Group Army of the National Defense Forces, heavy artillery regiments were drawn from various military regions, and the entire First Artillery Division consisted of four heavy artillery regiments, each with 36 heavy guns. This time it was the three regiments that assisted in the siege. The thirty-six heavy guns were all howitzers of more than 120 mm. It is the latest model produced by the military industry in Northeast China, and it has great destructive power. If it is an ordinary city wall, I am afraid that a few shells can easily break through, but the Luoyang city wall is already thick, and Wu Peifu seems to have added materials to it, which makes the heavy artillery attack fruitless. Sure enough, there was a shè strike in the middle of the city wall, and although the artillery of the 3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment immediately launched an attack on it, it was always difficult to hit.

"Waste, it's all waste, get out of the way, let Lao Tzu come!" Zhang Yujun, the head of the third regiment, rolled up his sleeves and scolded. Then he pushed away a gunner, raised his right hand, stretched out his thumb, closed his right eye, and carefully counted the shè hit Zhuyuan. Then turn the bolt.

"Put armor-piercing bullets!" Zhang Yujun yelled at the gunners beside him. The gunner did not dare to slack off, and quickly put an armor-piercing shell into the chamber.

Boom ——!

The cannonballs fell on the city wall, and a large pit three or four meters in the city wall was carved, but this depth was far from reaching the limit of the city wall. According to the information obtained by Zhou Bo, the thickness of the entire Luoyang city wall is more than fifteen meters. This time, Zhang Yujun's shot was only a few meters away from the shè strike.

“Shit！” Zhang Yujun scolded, and then turned the bolt again.

"One more shot!"

Boom ——!

"Hit ......!" The heavy artillery cheered.

The gunners around him cheered loudly, and the eyes of Zhang Yujun, the head of the regiment, were also full of admiration.

Zhang Yujun's cannonball accurately drilled through the shè hole with a large human head. The originally unbridled shè explosion exploded violently, and a swarthy hole appeared in the entire wall.

"See, you have to constantly learn to correct yourself in the shelling, a good gunner can play a very critical role on the battlefield." Zhang Yujun said loudly.

"Yes!" All the artillerymen shouted loudly. They knew that the technical literacy shown by Zhang Yujun's cannon was something they had to work hard to learn. Moreover, Zhang Yujun's artillery has another biggest benefit, that is, it convinces the entire Third Artillery Regiment. Zhang Yujun is an American student, studying artillery in the United States, and in the National Defense Force, there are the most people studying in Germany and studying in the country, because Germany is known as the world's first power, and it is the first power in Asia, and it has a very good performance in the army, but the US army is not famous, and after its Civil War, the US Army has hardly participated in large-scale operations, but their navy is very famous, enough to rank among the world's first. Therefore, in the Wehrmacht, there are very few officers in the United States who have returned from studying abroad.

Zhang Yujun was originally the commander of the mountain artillery battalion in the Western Military Region, and when the National Defense Army formed the first division, he was transferred to the commander of the third regiment of the heavy artillery regiment. You must know that in this era when aircraft have never participated in actual combat, heavy artillery is a strategic weapon on the battlefield. Therefore, in the Wehrmacht, heavy artillery is a very proud branch. In addition, heavy artillery is a technical branch, they are generally hiding in the heavy defense, as long as the troops are not facing a huge defeat, their safety is guaranteed, it can be said that heavy artillery is the highest survival rate in the army. Zhang Yujun was transferred from the commander of a mountain artillery battalion to the commander of a heavy artillery regiment, which naturally made many heavy artillery insiders look down on him, although mountain artillery and heavy howitzers are both artillery. But there is still a big gap between howitzers and mountain artillery. Zhang Yujun's performance today completely made the voice of criticism in the regiment disappear, thus allowing him to sit firmly on the throne of the regiment commander.

After the enemy bunkers were eliminated, the death squad took advantage of the morning fog raised by heavy artillery and rushed under the city walls.

Seeing this scene, the Wehrmacht generals who were watching in the rear breathed a sigh of relief. Then, I was full of expectations for the power of the high-explosive package developed by the Ministry of Military Industry of the National Defense Forces.

While everyone was waiting, suddenly, a dazzling bright light came out from under the city of Luoyang, and then under the stunned eyes of everyone, there were huge cracks on the city wall of almost ten meters in an instant. At this time, everyone heard a loud tremor, and the whole earth seemed to shake. Then in the horror of everyone, half of the city wall collapsed, and the Luoyang city wall, which was ravaged by heavy artillery for half an hour without success, collapsed like this.

"Great! Order the troops to attack! "A group of chief gods sè great joy. The walls were shattered, and the enemy certainly did not expect that this was a good time to attack. can become the commander of a regiment of the National Defense Force, although Sun Xiao is impulsive, he is definitely not a reckless man. He accurately grasped this time difference, and when the Beiyang Army appeared in the gap to block it, the first regiment had already taken the opportunity to rush to the city. The two sides finally began a large-scale collision.

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