Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 412: Rapidly Breaking the City

412 Rapidly Breaking the City

There is another situation.

It is to make meritorious service,

If any puppet soldier could make meritorious service, he might be exempted from the subsequent hard labor.

They can even be recruited by the National Army as an exception.

Wei Liangcai, the former puppet army commander, was a case in point.

"Damn it, why doesn't Ye Qingshan stay in southern Zhejiang and come to attack us in Fuzhou?"

A hint of ferocity flashed across the puppet army company commander's face, and he roared angrily.

Because he and his family are local die-hard traitors.

He has more than one life on his hands.

So, if we follow the way Ye Qingshan treated the puppet troops.

If Ye Qingshan's troops were to attack, neither he nor his family would have a good next time.

All must be cleared.

"Hit me hard and help the imperial army defend the city wall."

The puppet army company commander suddenly seemed to be motivated. He hid behind the city wall and fired at the city without aiming.

A perfect random shooting technique.

"Don't hide from me, shoot!"

The puppet army company commander did not forget to shout loudly to several puppet army soldiers next to him.

Several puppet soldiers looked at each other and had no choice but to open fire.

However, several puppet soldiers clearly had other ideas in their eyes.

They are different from this puppet army company commander, they are all die-hard traitors.

Some of them were originally local patrol officers, and after the Japanese invaders entered the city.

Their leader took them and surrendered to the Japanese.

Anyway, after the Japanese entered the city, they still needed the second Japanese to help them maintain order.

There were also some who were originally ruffians, and after defecting to the Japanese, they also put on the clothes of the traitors.

Although these people often oppressed the people on a daily basis, some of them even helped the Japanese to do a lot of bad things.

However, not all puppet soldiers committed murder.

Only the second devil, who was the most respected by the devils, could do it.

Therefore, some of these puppet soldiers thought about waiting and seeing what the situation would be.

If the national army cannot enter the city, they will just continue to be puppet troops.

If the national army broke into the city later, they would look for opportunities to redeem themselves from their crimes.

They didn't want to be shot to death by the Nationalist Army, nor did they want to be captured and forced to do hard labor by the Nationalist Army after the war.

This kind of thinking is in line with the style of these traitors who are fence-sitters.

The battle in the north of the city lasted for nearly an hour.

Zheng Quezi's regiment still failed to enter the city.

Even the not-so-tall county town ahead was difficult to capture given the Japanese's high-altitude defense.

Of course, this was also because the group did not attack with all their strength.

Otherwise, at the cost of certain casualties, the regiment would still be able to capture the northern city wall.

However, now the number of artillery equipped by Ye Qingshan’s 86th Army is increasing.

Ye Qingshan also forced these regiment commanders and battalion commanders to change their previous tactics.

If something can be solved with artillery fire, don't use human lives to solve it.

"Damn it, the 75mm howitzers we have can't really bring down the wall in front of us.

I didn’t expect that these walls would still be strong after hundreds of years.”

Zheng Quezi looked at the city wall that was still standing amid the artillery fire and said with emotion.

"Don't worry, Captain.

Over on the heavy artillery regiment's side, the bombardment of Jingtai Mountain should be almost over.

Then, they can come over to support our attack."

An adjutant behind him tried to calm down the impatient Zheng Cuzi.

After hearing this, Zheng Quezi did not refute this time.

His eyes couldn't help but turn to Jingtai Mountain, which had been bombarded by the heavy artillery regiment for nearly an hour.

Zheng Quezi was very familiar with that rumbling sound.

At that time, they suffered a lot of bombardment from the Japanese heavy artillery.

There are not many veterans like Zheng Quezi who survived the heavy artillery bombardment of the Japanese in the Battle of Shanghai.

"The Japs on Jingtai Mountain are finished."

Zheng Quezi said with certainty.

There weren't many Japanese soldiers stationed on the small mountain, at most one battalion.

It's such a small area, but it was bombarded by heavy artillery for such a long time.

I don't know how many times the shells have been plowed back and forth.

After a while, there was no movement at Baiheling, where the heavy artillery regiment was located.

"The heavy artillery regiment's bombardment of Jingtai Mountain has ended.

Contact them, five minutes later.

Have them bombard the northern wall and try to knock down a section of it for me."

Zheng Quezi said quickly.

"it is good!"

The adjutant went to call the heavy artillery position.

Five minutes later, the sound of heavy artillery fire that had stopped began again.

This time, the northern wall of Ningde was directly bombarded.

Boom!

A cannonball landed on the city wall, directly blowing down a large section of the parapet on the wall.

The Japanese soldiers and puppet troops within dozens of meters around were killed or wounded.

“Heavy…heavy artillery.

The Chinese heavy artillery is coming to bombard us."

A Japanese soldier said in a trembling voice.

Before, when the heavy artillery regiment bombarded Jingtai Mountain, they could feel the mountain-shaking and earth-shaking power from miles away.

But the feeling is not obvious.

And now, waiting for those 155mm artillery shells and 105mm grenades to fall around them.

They felt what despair was.

"what!"

There were screams everywhere.

The Japanese machine gun firing points were blown up one after another, and the Japanese's broken limbs and arms were everywhere.

The entire Japanese army on the city wall was in chaos.

As for most of the puppet troops, they were already frightened out of their wits, and some of them were hiding in the corners, trembling.

Some people were so frightened that they turned around and tried to escape.

Bang bang bang!

As a result, they were all shot dead by the Japanese supervisory team guarding the city wall.

"Baga, you stupid pigs.

No one is allowed to escape, and anyone who deserts the battlefield will be killed without mercy."

A group of the puppet soldiers who escaped were killed, and the rest were driven back.

"Brother, what should we do now?

There is a Japanese supervision team below, we can't escape.

But if we continue to guard the city wall, we will be blown to death sooner or later."

Among the puppet soldiers who were driven back, three men gathered together, and a young man said to the oldest man among the three.

"Damn it, I thought being a traitor would give me a comfortable life.

It’s okay now, but the good days are just a few days away.

The national army fought back.

What is this? "

Another puppet soldier next to him said depressedly.

“The national army under Ye Qingshan is indeed different.

When have you ever seen a national army equipped so well?

The previous shot cut off a section of the top of the city wall.

I think the Japanese will probably not be able to defend this city.

You two should be smart. If you can't do it, find a place to pretend to be dead, and don't become cannon fodder for the Japanese. "

The eldest brother among the three gave instructions to his two younger brothers.

"Brother is right."

Rumble!

A moment later, there was a sudden sound of collapse not far away, and a large amount of dust was raised.

"Damn it, the city wall was blown down.

This gun is fucking awesome! "

Under the watchful eyes of numerous puppet troops and Japanese defenders, the middle section of the city wall collapsed after being bombarded by heavy artillery for more than ten minutes.

The city wall had been in disrepair for many years and was built during the Ming Dynasty.

Later, in the early Qing Dynasty, it was repaired twice.

For the next two hundred years, basically no one cared about it.

How could they withstand such a barrage of bombardment from more than 40 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 100 mm?

Collapse is inevitable.

"Damn, heavy artillery is awesome.

The city wall collapsed.

Blow the charge, let the commandos seize the collapsed hole in the city wall, rush in and blow up the city gate.

Cover the main force to enter the city."

When Zheng Quezi saw a section of the city wall collapsed, he immediately realized that the time for a general attack had come.

Beep!

When the charge sounded, several commando teams from a regiment that had already rushed not far from the city wall immediately launched a charge.

Countless machine gun firing points, rocket launchers and mortars behind provided fire cover.

The fierce firepower suppressed the other Japanese firepower points, and they could not raise their heads.

This was the first time that the National Army's firepower completely suppressed the defending Japanese in a positional attack and defense battle.

Boom!

Not long after, the commandos rushed into the city through the collapsed city wall.

They used explosives again to blow up the city gate, creating another breakthrough.

A group of soldiers swarmed into the city.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers defending in the north of the city suffered heavy casualties and the situation was already hopeless.

The Japanese supervision team had long since stopped caring about these puppet troops.

Anyway, the defending Japanese also suffered heavy casualties, with less than one-third surviving.

The rest seized the opportunity and escaped quickly.

"Brother, let's run away too."

Seeing this, the third brother of the three puppet army brothers also suggested to escape.

“Run away.

Judging from the situation, Ningde City should have been surrounded by General Ye's troops.

We can't escape from the city, and if we stay in the city we will be caught sooner or later.

I don’t want to be shot to death by the Nationalist army, nor do I want to serve hard labor.”

The eldest of the three is very thoughtful and visionary.

"I have an idea. You two will follow me later."

"Listen to big brother."

After a while, the three brothers were captured by the Kuomintang soldiers who rushed in.

“Don’t kill us, we surrender.

We know where the enemy's headquarters is, and we are willing to lead the way."

The three brothers threw away their guns, raised their hands and shouted loudly.

A company commander of the National Army heard the three people's shouting and immediately laughed: "These three traitors are quite smart."

“Bring them back.

It just so happens that we are attacking the city and need a guide.

Let them open the way and take us to the enemy's headquarters."

"Looking for the devil's headquarters?

Okay, okay, we have been to the Japanese headquarters.

We are willing to lead the way.”

The three shouted excitedly.

Soon, the regiment that broke into the city immediately split into several commando teams inside the city.

Led by some captured puppet soldiers, they advanced into the city.

At this time, two squadrons of Japanese soldiers, under the command of Japanese Colonel Yuto Funamoto, also rushed over.

As a result, when they were halfway there, they received the news that the north gate had been lost.

"Baga, why did the North Gate fall so quickly?!"

The Japanese colonel grabbed a Japanese captain who had escaped and questioned him.

"The Chinese artillery fire was too strong, and they had heavy artillery.

I can’t hold it!”

The Japanese captain seemed to be frightened and shouted miserably.

"idiot!"

The Japanese colonel threw him to the ground.

Originally, the Japanese colonel had sent a telegram to the Fuzhou brigade headquarters for help.

The Japanese brigade commander ordered them to hold on until dawn.

After daybreak, the Japanese reinforcements will almost arrive.

As a result, they didn't even wait until dawn, and less than three hours had passed.

The north gate was actually lost.