Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

Just when the Japanese were eating.

Zhang Ling has ordered the independent division to surround them quickly.

The position defense line originally belonging to the 1st Brigade was handed over to the other 8 brigades to complete.

Li Dazhuang led the 1st Brigade directly towards the south gate of Taiyuan City.

Just wait for Li Dazhuang to successfully take over the South Gate.

Zhang Ling immediately arranged two artillery brigades to go directly to the South Gate.

Then they bombarded Taiyuan Airport.

This is much more reliable than that small team assault.

After all, there is still a chance that the team will fail.

But Taiyuan Airport can’t use its head to receive the artillery shells from the independent division’s artillery brigade, right?

Soon, the Japanese soldiers who were eating discovered something was wrong.

It turned out that the encirclement of the independent division was tightened again.

Although there was no attack, the Japanese could clearly feel the oppression.

However, in order to have food, the Japanese didn't bother to care so much.

They are very clear.

I'm afraid I'll be killed by these Eighth Route Army soldiers today.

I'd rather die with a full stomach.

Since we all belong to the East Asian cultural circle, we naturally understand this sentence.

Therefore, the Japanese were too lazy to care about so many things.

As long as the independent division does not attack, they will continue to eat.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Gang immediately ordered the independent division to continue to shrink the encirclement.

According to Zhao Gang's idea, the Japanese defense circle must be compressed to the extreme.

Then wait until the war starts.

The dense firepower of the independent division will not be wasted.

Although the independent division had sufficient weapons and ammunition.

But it can't be too wasteful.

After all, the other Eighth Route Army soldiers shot by counting bullets.

Only the soldiers of the independent division were aiming at the Japanese.

The difference is incomparable.

On this side, the independent division is speeding up the tightening of the encirclement.

On the other side, Li Dazhuang led the 1st Brigade and marched quickly to the south gate of Taiyuan City.

At this time, the 16th Division of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army was defending Taiyuan City.

After Li Dazhuang saw the situation at the South Gate clearly.

He immediately ordered the 1st Brigade to attack quickly.

All of a sudden, countless mortar shells and heavy machine guns were fired towards the south gate.

In order to quickly take down the South Gate.

Zhang Ling directly gave the tank regiment to the 1st Brigade and let Li Dazhuang command it personally.

At this time, the benefits of tanks attacking the city gate became apparent.

At least 1 brigade has the siege capability with the assistance of a tank regiment.

It improved a lot in an instant.

I saw 120 Type 59 tanks facing the south gate of the city.

Go, go, go…

bang bang bang...

Boom boom boom...

In addition to bombarding the city gates with tanks, the soldiers of the 1st Brigade also frantically attacked the South Gate with mortars.

The 16th Division guarding the South Gate was completely lost by the 1st Brigade of the Independent Division.

The division commander was on the city wall at the beginning of the battle, and the city wall collapsed when he was hit by a Type 59 tank shell.

This Japanese soldier was unlucky and fell directly from the city wall and died.

The commander of the 16th Division was killed in battle, leaving the group leaderless.

Although there are some staff officers and lieutenant colonels in command.

But the firepower of the 1st Brigade was too strong.

The 16th Division simply couldn't hold on.

The battle had only started for half an hour.

The 16th Division suffered heavy losses as a direct result of the 1st Brigade's powerful firepower.

Moreover, with the follow-up of two artillery brigades.

Li Dazhuang directly ordered the artillery brigade to fire artillery shells towards the south gate.

A round of salvos ended.

The south gate of Taiyuan City belonged to the 1st Brigade of the Independent Division.

Li Dazhuang quickly asked the communicator to connect the telephone line.

Then, he immediately called Zhang Ling.

"Commander, the south gate of Taiyuan City has been taken."

"Okay." Zhang Ling was also very excited on the phone: "Just get it down."

"Li Dazhuang, you can do it. You will be the first to achieve success this time!" Zhang Ling said excitedly.

Then, Zhang Ling said to Li Dazhuang: "You must immediately deploy the artillery brigade on the battlefield."

"Pay close attention to protecting the artillery brigade and don't let the Japanese get close to it."

"Then use the coordinates I gave you to have the artillery brigade attack Taiyuan Airport immediately."

"Remember, you can only stop if I call you and ask you to, okay?"

"Yes, Commander!"

……

The artillery brigade quickly deployed to positions outside the South Gate.

360 155mm howitzers.

According to the coordinates given by Zhang Ling, the muzzle position was quickly adjusted.

Wait until all adjustments are completed.

The artillery brigade commander waved his flag and said, "One salvo, fire!"

Go, go, go…

bang bang bang...

Rumble~~~!

Rumble~~~!

For a time, Taiyuan Airport was covered by overwhelming artillery fire.

The Japs originally said that after the planes loaded with biological bombs were loaded.

Just let the planes take off and bomb the independent division's positions.

These bacterial bombs contain bacteria that cause diseases such as cholera and dysentery.

And there are some deadly toxins.

As long as it spreads to the Eighth Route Army’s position.

It will immediately cause a large number of deaths among the Eighth Route Army.

But no one expected that just when the Japanese were busy loading ammunition for the air force.

At this time, overwhelming artillery shells also exploded directly.

These Japanese ground crew members haven't figured out what's going on yet.

Explosions were heard everywhere.

Then I saw the entire airport and the tarmac.

A large number of the last planes of the aviation regiment were also destroyed by the overwhelming artillery shells.

But it's not over.

After 360 shells fell.

Another 360 shells immediately followed.

It only takes less than a minute.

The airport was too far away and was hit by 720 shells.

The entire runway of Taiyuan Airport was severely damaged.

The Japanese air force didn't even have intact artillery shells to take off.

Moreover, because the artillery fire was very intensive, most of the Japanese planes were destroyed.

The remaining Japanese soldiers fled in all directions frantically.

But it was useless because of the overwhelming artillery fire, not to mention Taiyuan Airport.

Even the Japanese barracks stationed near the airport suffered the consequences.

The explosion directly knocked people and horses to the ground.

On the ground, in the sky, and on the trees, there are either human arms or legs.

Or the Japanese's butts were blown up into the sky.

The Japanese, who had originally planned to conduct biological warfare, now completely failed in their final plan.

Of course, Zhang Ling saw all of this.

He used the bird's-eye view to determine the situation inside the airport.

On the other hand, Li Dazhuang was asked to tell the artillery brigade the latest coordinates over the phone.

Then the artillery brigade bombed Taiyuan Airport by adjusting the coordinates.

About 3600 rounds, that is, after 10 rounds of salvos are completed.

Taiyuan Airport was completely destroyed.

The last 100 Japanese planes were also completely destroyed.

Many bacterial bombs were directly detonated by artillery shells.

The bacteria were also directly destroyed in the huge explosion and heat wave.

The Japanese's biological warfare was thus declared a failure.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ling felt relieved.

"Zhao Gang, notify the eight brigades on the front line to launch a general attack immediately."

"We must capture Taiyuan City within three days."