Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 516: 8-barrel individual cloud-explosive bombs!

The gate of Taiyuan city was broken.

It was smashed to pieces by Li Yunlong using a ten-ton artillery shell.

The Japanese soldiers in the temporary command center were still thinking about how to deal with the attack of the Eighth Route Army, hoping to delay the time for the independent regiment to attack Taiyuan City as much as possible, but they did not expect that the gate of Taiyuan City would be broken like this.

As a military stronghold, Taiyuan should not be so fragile. However, the Japanese invaders had such an easy journey into China that after they occupied Taiyuan, not only did they not build large-scale fortifications, but even some of Old Yan's own fortifications were not fully utilized.

After all, in the eyes of the locust army, they are invincible at least in North China. Instead of spending a lot of time, resources and manpower to build fortifications, it is better to support the southern battlefield and make North China a real rear area.

For the Japs, grabbing as many resources as possible is the real business.

In the past one or two years, no Chinese army of any size had dared to attack Taiyuan City. Even the independent regiment that had won victory after victory in northwestern Shanxi was not included in the list of targets that could affect Taiyuan's security in the short term.

However, when all this appeared in front of the Japanese, they were caught off guard.

The Japanese captain who was in charge of the front-line guard near the Taiyuan city wall looked at the Taiyuan city wall, which was left with only half of the wall base due to the intensive bombing, and stood there in a daze for a full half minute before he came to his senses.

"Quickly notify the command center, the gate of Taiyuan City has been blown down!"

The Japanese captain's face was filled with fear and a sense of pain as if he was being torn apart. That was his reaction after knowing that he was powerless.

Soon, the pain was nothing to him.

Because Xu Jin's barrage of bullets had already advanced in front of it, the violent friction between a 155 howitzer and the air had already left the sound far behind. The Japanese could only stare with his eyes wide open and try his best to track the trajectory of the shell until he watched the shell fall in front of him.

boom.

A blood mist exploded in the sky.

This is just the smallest footnote in this siege.

Waves of shells fell, and the sound of artillery fire hardly stopped for a moment.

The news that Taiyuan city gate was breached finally reached the Japanese temporary command center. When the three Japanese heard the news, they were immediately shocked.

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko was already on the verge of collapse, and this news was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, completely destroying his psychological defenses.

It was the culprit who orchestrated the Nanjing Massacre, and it was well aware of the cruel situation they would face after the city was broken.

"Pass on my order. Order the Locust Army and all the Locust Affiliates to rely on all the civilian houses in Taiyuan City to resist the offensive of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. Make sure to delay their offensive."

Perhaps it didn't even realize that its voice was already trembling uncontrollably.

"Your Highness, we have only lost the city gate. Our formation is still intact. We can still..."

Ningji Okamura was very anxious. If Prince Asaka Naruhiko's plan was really followed, the Locust Army would be in a completely defensive position, and would be very passive when facing the Independent Regiment.

The Locust Army still has 30,000 troops in the city. Coupled with the geographical advantages of Taiyuan City, they may be able to fight against the independent regiment of less than 6,000 people.

However, if we give up organizing an attack and take a defensive stance now, we will be halfway defeated.

Yoshio Shinozuka pulled the sleeve of Neiji Okamura from behind to stop him from continuing speaking, because Yoshio Shinozuka had already seen that Prince Asakanomiya Naruhiko's eyes had turned red, and they were already red-eyed.

In this situation, continuing to advise is probably not a good idea.

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko would think that Okamura Neiji was risking his own life. Even if he won the battle later, he would probably be hated by Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko and would suffer the consequences.

That's why Yoshio Shinozuka gave the timely reminder.

However, it was not really considering Ningji Okamura, it was just worried that innocent people would be affected.

After Okamura Neiji received the signal from Shinozuka Yoshio, he woke up instantly as if a bucket of ice water was poured over his head: "Yes, Your Highness, I will convey the order immediately."

As a member of the Locust Room, it is very clear that its duty is to ensure the safety of the core members of the Locust Room. As for other things, it can't care so much.

"By the way, if necessary, we can drive the people in the city away and let them face the Chinese army to continue to buy time for us."

There was a sinister flash in Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko's eyes. The life and death of the Chinese people meant nothing to him. As long as he could fight for a glimmer of survival, he didn't care how many Chinese people were killed.

This cruel method is just like what happened in Jinling City back then.

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"Captain, our artillery has completely destroyed the gates of Taiyuan City, but our vanguard encountered extremely strong resistance from the Japanese when they launched a charge into the city.

Now our large army is still blocked at the city gate."

Zhang Dabiao transmitted the latest battle situation via wired telephone at the front line.

As a "lost" soldier of the independent regiment, he naturally had to appear at the forefront of the attack. Otherwise, how could it be said that the independent regiment was looking for its "lost" soldiers.

After hearing Zhang Dabiao's report, Li Yunlong's eyebrows instantly twisted into knots. This was the most troublesome thing for him. It looked like the Japanese had given up guarding the line and were planning to have a street fight with him in Taiyuan city.

The Japs still have more than 30,000 of them, and we only have three battalions of 4,000 to 5,000 people. Are we going to fight the Japs in the streets? Are you kidding me?

In the current situation, let alone one's own regiment, even if all the more than 20,000 comrades from the surrounding areas were deployed to fight in the street fighting, they might not be able to win.

That would be a huge loss.

Moreover, once street fighting begins, the loss of manpower will increase several times. This is a losing business and Lao Li will never do it.

But is there any good way to solve the current dilemma?

We can't waste time. Once the Japanese reinforcements from other places arrive, it will be no joke.

"Third Battalion Commander, besides the 155mm howitzers, are there any other weapons on the vehicle that Minister Yu arranged to deliver ammunition?" Li Yunlong thought for a moment and decided to see if he could make a breakthrough in equipment.

"Reporting to the regiment commander, Minister Yu has arranged for the comrades at the Liaoyuan Arsenal who stayed behind in Ping'an County to load all the individual fuel-air explosive bombs in stock.

They said they were worried that you wouldn't have enough firepower after entering the city."

"Great!"

When Old Li heard this, he almost jumped up on the spot. It was Old Yu who could always come up with new ideas for him at any time.

“How much do we pull over?”

"Reporting to the regiment commander, they have emptied all the stocks in the Ping'an Industrial Zone, including more than 800 individual fuel-air explosive bombs."

The third battalion commander said straightforwardly.