"Boom" Several huge explosions on the city walls, and the barracks of the little devils suddenly exploded. All at once it broke the quiet night. 18 shells, except for six shells, accurately hit the barracks of the little devils according to the coordinates provided by the special operations team. The remaining 12 shells all hit the walls accurately. At the same time, under the special attention of two shells, the wooden gate of Baoding County, which was not particularly strong, was blown to pieces by two shells in the first round of shelling.

At this time, the artillery regiment had enough strength to launch a large-scale artillery strike. Because in the battle that had just completely annihilated the Sakata Wing, the Reading Division captured enough shells, enough for the soldiers of the artillery regiment to squander well. And the army that was taken care of by the cannonballs was not so good, and the city wall that was taken care of by 12 cannons. At this time, they had fallen into a sea of fire, although the soldiers who reacted, lay on the city wall as much as possible, hiding in the corner. Dodging the rain of shells, but there were still soldiers who were hit and torn to pieces.

What is more important is that the dozens of heavy machine guns erected by the army on the city wall, in the continuous explosion of artillery, one heavy machine gun was ruthlessly and directly reduced to the original parts, or was thrown high off the city wall and smashed into a pile of scrap metal. What frightened the army even more was not the constantly falling shells, but the boxes of ammunition and boxes of grenades placed next to the heavy machine guns. The ammunition boxes that were accurately hit by the shells, without exception, were all ruthlessly detonated, becoming a terrible killer on the city walls.

The explosion of shells, the bullets flying in the sky, and the various grenades that were constantly detonated turned the city walls into a living hell in an instant. The little devils of a squadron, in this kind of hell on earth, are constantly consumed.

Compared with the hell on earth on the city wall, the military camp of the Yue Army, which was taken care of by six cannons, was no better at this time. With the explosion of the first shell of the artillery regiment, the little devils in the entire barracks were awakened almost at the same time. The first thought of the little devil who woke up was that the county town had been attacked. So, under the leadership of their respective squad leaders, most of the soldiers didn't care about putting on clothes, so they picked up weapons and ammunition and ran to the outside of the houses, ready to reinforce the city walls.

However, they forgot that the powerful mountain artillery shells could only exert their greatest power in an open area. As a result, those soldiers who had just run out of their barracks, without exception, were all knocked to the ground by the flying shrapnel, or were thrown to the ground by the violent air waves.

"Baga, the people of China are going to attack the county seat, immediately reinforce the city wall, hurry, rush out" Seeing the shells that kept falling in the barracks, there was an even more violent explosion from the direction of the ruins city gate. The captain of the army immediately reacted and ordered the soldiers behind him to rush out of the barracks desperately to reinforce the defenders of the city gate. In this way, in the barracks where shells kept falling, one by one the little devils rushed out of their barracks

When all the troops rushed out of the barracks, the captain of the army was sad to find that his own brigade of more than 900 people had lost nearly 100 men in the artillery fire just now. However, the captain did not hesitate in the slightest, because the sound of more violent explosions in the direction of the city gate was urging him. You must know that on the constantly exploding city wall, only one squadron of the imperial army is holding on, and if you don't reinforce it immediately, then the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Bageya Road immediately reinforces the city wall, and all the troops run forward" Facing the city wall in a sea of fire, the captain of the army sent a scratch, and ran in the direction of the city wall with the remaining more than 800 people.

Of course, with the start of the shelling outside the city, more than 200 members of the special operations brigade also acted together. Before the battle began, the special operations brigade of more than 200 people, with the help of the cover of the military uniforms on its body, all ambushed around the Baoding material warehouse, which was only defended by more than 800 puppet troops. Watching the puppet army patrols walk in front of them, the soldiers were very anxious, afraid that they would hide for too long and eventually expose their targets.

Finally, the shelling outside the city began, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. As the explosion of the shells sounded, Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special operations team, also gave the order to start. Immediately, the members of the special operations brigade who were ambushed on various traffic arteries and rooftops dispatched one after another, cleanly and neatly solved a pseudo-military camp patrolling the periphery of the material warehouse, and slowly approached the material warehouse.

In the face of the enemy's heavy military handles, the material warehouse can be timed to be impossible. Because the assault will not only suffer heavy losses, but will also come early and a large number of revenge. As the captain of the team, Liu Xiaogang still used the effective methods of the special operations brigade to sneak attack, so at a corner, Liu Xiaogang led a squad to disguise himself as a soldier of the army. Swaggering onto the road, he began to run quickly towards the door of the material warehouse

"Stop, the front is a military stronghold prohibiting advance" Just when Liu Xiaogang and the others were about to approach the warehouse under the cover of their military uniforms, a voice came from the opposite position, followed by the sound of pulling the bolt.

"Baga, we were sent by His Excellency the Brigade Commander to assist you in defending the warehouse. Can't you hear the cannon at the gate of the city, the Eighth Route Army is attacking the county seat? His Excellency the Brigade Commander was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would infiltrate the county town and destroy our supplies, so he sent my team to come. Get out of the way immediately, otherwise you will die" Liu Xiaogang did not let the troops stop, but scolded the puppet army position not far away in the arrogant tone of the usual army.

"Ah, Taijun, brothers, get out of the way immediately, it's the imperial army who has come to help us guard the warehouse, get out of the way." I saw that it was the imperial army that was blocked by myself. The puppet commander was nervous for a while, and quickly ordered the soldiers to get out of the way, and at the same time, personally walked out of the position to meet the past.

"Yo Xi, your conscience is very good, as long as you help us to fight the imperial army and guard the warehouse, the imperial army will not treat you badly. Now order all your soldiers to defend on the periphery, and hand over the positions inside to us to defend by the Imperial Army, and execute it quickly" Seeing the puppet army commander, Liu Xiaogang was excited for a while, and ordered in a language that was not very proficient.

"Yes, Your Excellency Squad Leader, we will give up the position immediately" The pseudo-army commander cursed in his heart, but he still reluctantly ordered his more than 500 soldiers to leave the position and walk towards the outer position. And as soon as those puppet troops walked out of the position, a small team of well-trained imperial troops behind Liu Xiaogang quickly occupied the position and controlled all the light and heavy machine guns.

"You are the puppet army leader Wang Guiwang, the head of the regiment! Now I command you: let all your men lay down their arms. Otherwise, the pistol in my hand is no joke. Seeing that the soldiers of the squad behind him were all in place, the captain Liu Xiaogang took out his pistol, put it against his head, and said softly.

"Ah Taijun, are you mistaken, we are the security army, we are our own people" Suddenly hearing the imperial army next to him speaking Chinese, the puppet army commander Wang Gui has not yet reacted, and said eagerly.

"Hehe, what I'm going to fight is your security army, tell you! We are not the Taijun in your mouth, we are the Special Operations Brigade of the Eighth Route Army Reading Division who specializes in fighting little devils Now that you have been completely surrounded by us, all those who don't want to die have laid down their weapons, hurry up" As he spoke, more than a hundred heavily armed soldiers suddenly appeared from behind hundreds of puppet soldiers, almost every soldier had a pistol, submachine gun, and light machine gun in his hand

"Ah, you are the brothers of the Eighth Route Army, quickly surround them for me" However, before the order of the shocked puppet army commander was finished, the barrel of the pistol in Liu Xiaogang's hand was directly stuffed into his mouth.

"Order your soldiers to lay down their weapons, otherwise you will be the first person to be killed here, you have to see clearly, there are people from our Eighth Route Army all around" Liu Xiaogang glared fiercely at the commander of the regiment who did not know how to raise him, and pointed to the surrounding circle of heavily armed special combat team members.

"Woo woo Grandpa Balu spared us to surrender and surrender" Feeling the cold barrel in his mouth, the pseudo-legion commander felt that death was so close to him for the first time, and he was immediately scared to pee. With weak legs, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy to Liu Xiaogang beside him.

"Okay, as long as you weirdly order your subordinates to put down the house, I will spare you from death. Immediately order your people to lay down their weapons quickly" Seeing the puppet legion commander kneeling on the ground, Liu Xiaogang smiled and said.

"Yes, brothers and grandfathers of the Eighth Route Army, we are now surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. Brothers, you can see clearly, now that the Eighth Route Army outside the city is attacking the city, the little devils in the city will be finished sooner or later. Listen to me, put down the weapons in your hands, the Eighth Route Army treats the prisoners preferentially, put down the weapons" In the end, under the persuasion of the pseudo-army commander and the threat of the surrounding black holes and guns, all the soldiers put down their weapons.

"Captain, the puppet army has all laid down their arms, and we have eliminated 287 people and captured 565 people, what should we do with these captives?" Wang Hong, the leader of the first squadron, pointed to the pseudo-army commander who was sitting on the ground in fright.

"They, go to the warehouse and find a closed room, and they are all locked up in groups of two. But leave a squad and 5 machine guns to guard, as long as they have any dishonesty, shoot me, anyway, we don't like to take prisoners," Liu Xiaogang said loudly on purpose. However, in the eyes of the hundreds of captives in front of him, the commander of the Eighth Route Army in front of him was like a killing god. After listening to what he had just said, some of the captives who were still Erxin immediately quieted down.

"Yes, captain" Wang Hong immediately understood what captain Liu Xiaogang meant. Soon, a large and airtight warehouse was found in the back warehouse, and all the prisoners were locked in.

"Order the 1st Squadron to guard the supply warehouse, and the others follow me in. Later, we will attack the headquarters of the little devils, and we must have weapons at hand. After entering, I was given a good look, and when I heard it, Liu Xiaogang ordered.

"Yes, captain" said, Liu Xiaogang had already led everyone into the compound of the warehouse, although everyone had a certain understanding of the scale of the army's material warehouse. However, after really seeing his scale, I was still taken aback by him, and everyone stared blankly at the materials that were piled up like a hill in front of them.

"Captain, the main thing in the compound is some military uniforms, cloth and food, and all the weapons and ammunition are in the warehouse," said the second squadron leader who came to Liu Xiaogang with a record card.

"Okay, let's go into the warehouse" In this way, Liu Xiaogang took everyone into the warehouse for about ten minutes before returning with a full load. When they came out, almost all of the two squads had changed their clothes, and there were more than 110 people in the two squads. In addition to a few snipers, a total of 6 mortars and 6 heavy machine guns were armed. As for the rest, almost one light machine gun per man, and as for the bullets, not to mention, it was enough for the special operations brigade to break through the general headquarters of the little devils.

And at this moment, the commander-in-chief of the little devil who was worried about the special operations team is indeed a mess now. Major General Katsuzo Kitamura, the supreme commander of the headquarters, was standing in the brightly lit headquarters at this time and was furious. Because I got up in a hurry, I didn't even have time to put on my military uniform.

"Eight Geya Road, the intelligence department is all eating dry food, why so many squadrons suddenly appeared under Baoding City, but our intelligence officers did not find anything. Baga, you all have to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor" The brigade commander, Major General Kitamura Katsuzo, slapped Ichiki Shaosa of the Intelligence Section in front of him.

"Hi Hi" The head of the intelligence section endured the hot pain on his face, although his face was full of grievances. But when he saw the commander with an angry face on his face, he still couldn't stop nodding.

"General Staff, why hasn't the General Staff reported to me about the situation of the people outside the city" Maybe his own hand hurts. The brigade commander finally stopped and asked loudly to the staff officers who were hurrying back and forth in the conference room.

"Report to Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, we have made a clear investigation. The Zhina troops outside the city are the rapid reaction brigade of the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army, and now the battle on the city wall is very fierce, the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army is very fierce, and the artillery of at least one artillery regiment launched the shelling, and the fourth captain has already led his troops to reinforce the defenders on the city wall. Seeing Major General Katsuzo Kitamura with an angry face on his face, the chief of staff replied in a low voice.

"How come the Eight Grid Yalu Readers are the Eighth Route Army Readers, aren't they in Taiyuan? How could they come to our Hebei. The communications staff officer immediately sent a report to the first brigade of the Sakata Wing and the Matsui Wing, asking them to quickly reinforce the county seat. In addition, give an operational order to the artillery wing outside the city, let them immediately open fire, counterattack, and suppress the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.

After giving all the orders, Major General Kitamura Katsuzo breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the stool behind him, and did not say a word. However, he didn't know that the news that shocked him even more had not yet arrived.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, we can't contact the artillery wing outside the city, it seems that the telephone line has been cut off by the Eighth Route Army" I called the artillery wing several times, but there was still no answer. The communications staff officer had no choice but to put down the phone and tell the brigade commander who was lying on a stool with his eyes closed.

"Nani Baga, you can't call by radio, quick, use the radio to call the artillery wing to counterattack immediately, order the Sakata wing to return to help immediately, quickly" The brigade commander, Major General Kitamura Katsuzo, opened his eyes and roared loudly at the communications staff officer in front of him.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander" The communications staff officer quickly left the powder keg that could explode at any moment.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the radio station has not been able to contact the Sakata Wing, our radio has lost the function of sending and receiving signals, and has lost all contact with the outside world" Just as Major General Kitamura Katsuzo had just closed his eyes, another communications staff officer came to report.

"Nani, lost contact with the outside world? Baga, how is it possible, how can it be fast, give me the phone number to the North China General Headquarters immediately, quickly, or I will die," the brigade commander roared in disbelief.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, all our radio stations have lost the ability to send and receive signals. Around us, there is a high-power radio station, which is constantly sending out electrical signals of the same frequency as us, covering up almost all of our signals," the communications staff officer explained in a low voice as he looked at the brigade commander with an angry face on his face.

"How can the Eight Grid Tooth Road be like this, how can the Eighth Route Army have such advanced equipment, it is impossible. Now I order the communications department, don't stop me, and call the chief of staff of the Sakata Wing and the North China Garrison Headquarters without interruption, I want to know the battle situation at the gate of the city right away" After listening to the words of the communications staff, the brigade commander had the heart to kill, but he still endured it, slowly regained his senses, and ordered.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander" the communications staff officer was frightened and quickly ran away.

"Your Excellency Commander, according to the report of Wing Commander Matsui. The artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army outside the city was too fierce. In the shelling just now, almost all of the Imperial squadrons that patrolled the city walls were shattered. In addition, the Eighth Route Army launched an artillery bombardment of the barracks of the 4th Brigade of the Matsui Wing for more than 10 minutes, causing more than 100 casualties among the imperial army. Now there is a fourth brigade of 800 imperial troops on the city wall to resist valiantly. Among them, the captain of the wing has personally led the logistics personnel of the wing, and the wing guard squadron reinforcements have passed. In addition, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops were also found at our north gate, and a large number of mortars were carried. The defenders of the North Gate squad are in danger and ask for support," the chief of staff quickly reported the current battle situation to the brigade commander in front of him, Major General Kitamura Katsuzo.

"Yo Xi, Matsui Wing Zhang is worthy of being an excellent soldier in our empire. Now order the baggage wing to send 300 troops to reinforce the north gate, resolutely block the attack of the Eighth Route Army at the north gate, in addition, the remaining 600 people of the baggage wing under the command of the wing leader, as the reserve of the county town, ready to reinforce the Matsui wing captain at any time. Major General Kitamura commanded as he looked at the city defense map.

"Hey, Your Excellency, Commander, I'll give the order right away."

(To be continued)