According to the enemy's situation and field observations, Han Xianchu's determined deployment was: The 5th and 9th Divisions broke through from the west of the south gate into the west city side by side. The 5th Division first used part of its forces to destroy the enemy in the periphery of the water distribution station in the west of the city. After succeeding, it broke through from the southwest of the city and then developed north to eliminate the enemy in the west street. The 9th Division used part of its forces to clear the enemy's peripheral strongholds around the station and launched an attack from the south of the city. After breaking through, it attacked east of Shrine Alley and south of East Street. The 8th Division first cleared out the enemies in the periphery of the east of the city, then attacked from the north of the east gate, and after breaking through, wiped out the enemies north of the east street. The 7th Division was the reserve team, stationed in the southeast to prevent the enemy from escaping. The artillery was located southeast of the city. The command post of the column was located on a small hill about a kilometer south of the city.
Artillery Commander Zhu Rui, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, was a refined man. He also brought the people from the Artillery Division to the front line.
"Welcome, pioneer!" the column comrade said happily.
Zhu Rui joked with Commander Han and Political Commissar Luo,""I'm applying in advance: Take down Yi County, please replace my broken jeep with a new one!”
September 26th, the siege of Yi County was completed.
At 15:00 on September 29th, the artillery began to prepare for artillery fire at Zhengjiatun and Xujiafen outside Yi County.
In the command post, Han Xianchu raised his binoculars and observed the enemy's position for a while. He took out his pocket watch and looked at it. He turned to Zhu Rui and said,""Time's up!"
Zhu Rui picked up the phone and ordered the artillery,""All cannons, focus fire!"
The cannons spat out long tongues of fire, and the cannonballs whistled towards their targets. In an instant, the enemy's position was filled with dust and dust, and soil mixed with steel and flesh flew everywhere. As the artillery fire extended, the assault troops launched an attack. In the fierce battle, the officers brandished their shell guns and rushed to the front. The soldiers fought to be the first to fight, one after another, and fought with all their might.
The Guomindang army had never encountered such fierce artillery fire from the People's Liberation Army.
The deafening sound of heavy artillery shook the spirit of the Guomingtang army.
The shell landed in the courtyard of the 1st Regiment of the Defender Army, causing the shelter to collapse. The enemy commander was trapped inside, and it took a lot of effort to dig the soil out.
The regiment commander quickly ordered a large number of people to dig up a shelter, and even the warhorses were moved underground to hide.
The mountain cannons of the Guomindang army had already been used up and became mute.
The enemy commander, Wang Shigao, ordered the regiment commanders and battalion commanders,"We must order the soldiers to hold their positions and do their best. If anyone abandoned their position without authorization, they would be executed according to military law.”
Some regiment commanders sent special agents to patrol the city walls to prevent the soldiers from retreating into the city.
The last line of defense was based on the city wall. It was a solid core position organized by bunkers, outer trenches, and obstacles on the city wall. The important bunkers were all guarded by company commanders. After this adjustment, they planned to hold on for about ten days and wait for reinforcements.
The People's Liberation Army launched several fierce attacks, but they were all blocked. The Guomindang troops in Yi County were also fighting tenaciously.
However, they encountered the artillery trained by Zhu Rui and the troops commanded by Han Xianchu.
After clearing the outer perimeter, the troops ignored the battle fatigue, the enemy's bombing, and the artillery blockade. They carried out a large number of close-range earthworks, digging trenches all the way to the city wall of Yi County.
Wang Shigao couldn't take it anymore.
At 12 o'clock on the evening of the 30th, Wang Shigao called the deputy division commander, three regiment commanders, the political work director, and the military supplies director to the shelter and said,"Jinzhou is already in a tight situation. There is no hope for reinforcements inside and outside the pass. They will be destroyed in the end. The forces of the People's Liberation Army are concentrated around Jinzhou. The north of Yi County must be empty. We will break through to Chaoyang and turn to Suizhong. The Xingcheng area will then move closer to Jinzhou.”Everyone stared at each other in silence for a few minutes. Unable to think of a better way, they agreed unanimously. They decided to act together after dark on October 1st. The families of the officers were all left in Yi County. The quartermaster was in charge of judging that the People's Liberation Army would not kill their families. All heavy weapons that could not be taken away were destroyed. Bring as much ammunition and rations as possible.
They were still a step too late.
At 9:30 on October 1, the People's Liberation Army launched a general attack on the county. The artillery fire began. As the signal flare rose into the air, more than 60 cannons fired at the same time. Rows of shells poured down on the city walls and bunkers. Bricks rose into the air, smoke and dust filled the air, and the ground under their feet trembled non-stop. The enemy's firepower was completely suppressed, and the bunkers on both sides of the enemy's city walls were quickly destroyed. After that, they concentrated their firepower and bombarded the city wall. After an hour and 40 minutes of intense bombardment, a 20-meter-wide hole was finally blasted through the city wall 300 meters north of Yi County City's east gate.
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