"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As soon as the 20 howitzers landed, another 10 70mm shells landed.
The old city wall of Fenyang City was instantly blasted with a few holes. The soldiers guarding the city wall were either blown up or buried alive by the collapsed city wall.
Hu Lei was scared silly. He felt like he was facing a Japanese team!
No, it was a Japanese artillery regiment.
This firepower was too frightening.
The enemy's cannons had only fired two rounds before he slipped down the city wall.
That place was no longer a place for humans to stay. They could be blown into meat paste by artillery shells at any time.
He had just entered the city when a group of subordinates surrounded him.
"Sir, the city wall can't be defended. How are we going to fight?”
"How else can we fight?" Hu Lei roared with a dark face. Defend the defense line in the city and fight them in the streets.”
" Fenyang is only so big," one of the regiment commanders said bitterly." Their firepower is so fierce. Can we defend them?"”
Hu Lei slapped him." Bullsh * t. As long as you work hard, you can even defend a local temple." Let me tell you, whoever cowered at the last minute, I'll kill him.”
Then he turned to his adjutant and asked,"Have you informed Officer Yan?" When will the reinforcements arrive?"
The adjutant shouted," Officer Yan has gone out. The people from the headquarters have already gone to look for him. There will be news soon."”
Hu Lei was so anxious that he immediately started cursing." Why can't I have something to do at any time? Why must I do it at this time? I'll f * cking drop the ball at the critical moment."”
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Another row of artillery shells blasted over, sending stone fragments flying from the city wall. Hu Lei and the others were so frightened that they immediately hid inside the city.
Xia Tian looked at the half-destroyed city wall from afar and waved at Zhang Hu.?
Zhang Hu nodded and rushed to the front of the team, shouting,"Dare-to-die squad, cover the mortars. Cover them with heavy machine guns. If they dare to stick their heads out, smash their heads.”
More than a hundred suicide squad members charged out with their M1 Garand rifles.
In a battlefield without submachine guns, the M1 possessed powerful firepower in close combat.
If more than a hundred people fired at a single spot, their firepower would be no less than heavy machine guns.
The suicide squad was followed by the newly formed mortar company. This company had a total of 130 people and 50 70mm mortars.
One soldier carried the mortar, and the other two carried the ammunition. They followed closely behind the suicide squad and charged.
The heavy machine gunners had already adjusted the positions of their muzzles and aimed them fiercely at Fenyang City. As long as there was any movement, they would immediately open fire.
Soon, under the cover of the suicide squad, the artillery company moved to the city.
At this moment, all the cannons stopped firing to avoid accidentally injuring their own people.
As soon as the cannons stopped firing, Hu Lei became nervous in the city."They are definitely going to charge. This tactic is the same as the Japanese. After the artillery bombardment, the infantry will charge.”
"Don't worry, Master. Everyone has already defended the defensive line. If they dare to come in," a regiment commander said coldly.
"Whoosh!"
Before the leader could finish his sentence, an ear-piercing whistling sound suddenly came from the sky.
Hu Lei and the others looked up in shock. They saw 70mm grenades drawing a parabola in the air and accurately falling on the defense line in the city.
"F * ck his grandpa, it's a mortar!”
As soon as Hu Lei finished speaking, grenades bombarded the defense line in the city.
The soldiers hiding behind the defense line were not prepared at all. The bombardment immediately caused them to be thrown off their feet and countless casualties.
The two defense lines closest to the city wall were completely disintegrated after being bombarded for two minutes. The soldiers who were not killed by the explosion were so scared that they all ran out of their positions and ran for their lives into the city.
Hu Lei and his officers shouted for them to return, but no one paid any attention to his orders. The soldiers were running for their lives.
Seeing that the defense line in the city had collapsed, more than a hundred people from the suicide squad immediately charged out.
The M1 Garand rifle fired at the fleeing soldiers from a distance, and the deserters fell in rows like wheat being cut down.
The soldiers of the 89th Division were even more afraid when they heard the gunshots. They did not care how many people were chasing after them. They ran like crazy.
Soon, the outer perimeter of Fenyang City was completely lost. The suicide squad and the mortar company directly approached the city and annihilated Hu Lei's troops.
Xia Tian could see everything clearly through his binoculars. When the suicide squad rushed into the city, he put down his binoculars and said,""Zhang Hu, order the troops to attack. Surround them. After all, we're all Chinese. If they surrender, we'll give them a way out.”
Half an hour later, Xia Tian's troops had surrounded Fenyang City.
More than half of Hu Lei's troops were either dead or injured, and the rest were all trapped in the city center.
This battle was extremely frustrating. Hu Lei's artillery regiment did not even manage to fire a single cannon before it was scrapped. Now, all the cannons had been seized by Xia Tian's troops.
"Master, we are finished." One of the regiment commanders said with a long face," Even if Officer Yan sends reinforcements now, they won't be able to save us. They can wipe us out in less than an hour."”
"Officer Yan just didn't show up. If he spoke, that brat would definitely listen." Sir, you'd better stall for time and wait for Officer Yan to save us.”
Hu Lei was extremely unwilling. There were only two outcomes in this situation.
Either he was annihilated, or he led his troops to surrender.
However, he would rather be a captive of the Japanese than a captive of Xia Tian.
Being a prisoner of a ten-year-old child was worse than letting him die.
"Give me the loudspeaker, I want to talk to him.”
The adjutant immediately found a simple loudspeaker.
Hu Lei poked his head out from the ruins and shouted,""Brother Xia, stop fighting. Let's talk things out!”
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