Bright Sword: Double penetration of the dealer, shocking Li Yunlong

On the top of Ling County City Tower.

The commander of the regiment, Taro Ishihara, held his command knife in his left hand and picked up the telescope with his right hand to look through it.

Then he said to the officers around him: "Don't worry, the Eighth Route Army has no artillery, they can't break in."

"We can rely on the city's fortifications to inflict a heavy blow on the Chinese, letting them know that the imperial army is invincible."

A major said doubtfully, "Sir, the group we're facing is an independent regiment. I heard they have a heavy artillery unit."

Ishihara Taro put aside his previous fear and said confidently, "I know that kind of artillery. It is completely different from traditional artillery. Its shooting accuracy is very poor, but it has a wide coverage area and the shells are more densely packed."

"But this is Ling County, and there are tens of thousands of Chinese people behind us."

"Do you think the Eighth Route Army dares to use this kind of artillery to bombard Ling County?"

"So you can rest assured. Once the reinforcements arrive, Ling County will become the Eighth Route Army's stronghold."

The Japanese had suffered so many artillery attacks that they had a certain degree of understanding of things like rocket launchers.

This unique artillery piece had a wide kill area, but poor accuracy and a long firing interval.

This is also the reason why Ishihara Taro is at ease. Although this independent regiment is powerful, it has no artillery.

It was impossible to capture Ling County and annihilate his 67th Regiment. However, at this moment, a dull whistling sound was heard in the sky.

The people on the tower couldn't help but look up and saw two black spots flying towards them.

The black spot continued to grow in the eyes of Ishihara Taro and others, and when they saw clearly what it was.

His pupils shrank involuntarily, and he shouted in alarm: "Artillery fire, hide! Dodge quickly!"

Regardless of anything else, he retreated directly behind the battlements.

“Boom…Boom…”

Two 122mm high-explosive bombs fell in front of the Ling County city wall one after another.

Two balls of fire shot up into the sky, and the city wall began to shake slightly with the two earth-shattering explosions.

The Japanese troops on the city wall were fine, but the Japanese outer fortifications at the city gate were in trouble.

One of the shells hit the rear of a machine gun sandbag emplacement.

The violent energy directly turned this place into ruins.

"Heavy...heavy artillery...the caliber is at least 120mm, two of them."

Taro Ishihara took a look at the crater outside the city, and then roughly judged the power of the shell from the power just now.

This made his face turn pale.

Didn't they say the Eighth Route Army had no barreled artillery? Then what about these two barreled artillery pieces with a caliber of 120mm or more?

Captured from the Imperial Army? That's impossible. But now wasn't the time to worry about where their artillery would come from. Instead, they were thinking about how to defend Ling County during the bombardment.

"Fang Tianrui, you missed the target. I wanted to blow up the city gate. Where the hell were you shooting?"

Seeing the two shells straying a little far away, Li Yunlong immediately started cursing.

Unfortunately, Fang Tianrui, who was several kilometers away, could not hear Li Yunlong's cursing at all.

They had only been training for a short time, and the artillerymen he brought with him had very little experience, so it was normal for them to deviate from the target by dozens of meters.

"Adjust the density..."

Based on the data reported back from the front line, Fang Tianrui calmly adjusted the parameters.

"Report, No. 1 is good!"

"Report, No. 2 is good!"

Fang Tianrui waved his hand and shouted, "Fire!"

"Boom..." A dull and loud artillery sound was heard, and two shells whizzed into the sky again.

After the launch, the artillery position was busy again loading the next shell.

This time the artillery fire was more accurate, and a shell exploded about 10 meters away from the city gate.

The violent shockwave pounded the city gate, making a series of creaking sounds. This shot also directly destroyed the Japanese fortifications near the city gate.

Their sandbag fortifications were like dry wood and rotten wood in front of this level of heavy artillery, and were basically destroyed by one shot.

The Japanese army did not expect that anyone would dare to attack the county town, so their fortifications were very hastily built.

"Retreat, let them retreat in." After saying that, Taro Ishihara led a group of officers and ran down.

If they were hit by a shell here, they would probably all be killed.

If they died, the entire 67th Regiment would be in chaos. He thought it would be better to stay at the regiment headquarters.

At this time, Taro Ishihara missed Osaka a little and wondered if he could go back this time.

Soon, the third round of artillery fire arrived. This round of artillery fire showed Fang Tianrui's superb artillery skills.

Two shells hit the city gate and the city wall almost at the same time.

The 122mm heavy artillery shells were extremely powerful, and even the sturdy city gates were as fragile as newspapers under their power.

After the city gate tower was hit by a cannon, a breach was blown open. The Japanese troops within 30 meters were killed, and almost no one survived.

"Hahaha, good job, this kind of heavy artillery is really powerful, give me two more rounds."

After the calibration was completed, the subsequent artillery bombardment was much faster.

Four more shells fell one after another. The city gate tower could no longer hold on and collapsed with a huge explosion.

Li Yunlong raised the mirror box in his hand and fired a shot into the air.

"Artillery Company 1, Artillery Company 3, First Battalion and Fifth Battalion, concentrate all your mortars and kill all the Japs on the city walls."

"Communicator, send a telegram to the monks in the city immediately and tell them to take action."

"Yes, leader!"

In the warehouse, after receiving the telegram from outside the city, Wei Dayong deployed the Desert Eagle's security line and said, "Everyone, act according to the plan and attack directly towards the south gate."

The South Gate, where the heavy artillery battery had collapsed, was attacked by the First and Fifth Battalions. The First and Third Artillery Companies in the rear fired at the gate.

One after another, 82mm and 120mm mortar shells were thrown at the city wall as if they were free.

Although these mortar shells could not cause much damage to the solid city walls.

But for the Japanese troops above, these shells were a disaster. However, soon a section of the city wall could not withstand such a violent explosion and collapsed.

"Retreat, everyone head to the gap and block it."

More than a thousand people from two battalions launched a general attack on the southern city of Ling County under the cover of artillery fire.

It is definitely impossible to defend the city wall because these mortar shells are too dense.

Furthermore, the top of the tower had lost its defensive value. The most important thing was to rely on the city wall to defend these blasted gaps.

"Bang bang bang..."

When the first battalion was more than 300 meters away from the city wall fortifications, the Japanese army launched a counterattack.

One by one, Japanese soldiers came out from the gap and shot at the Eighth Route Army with their guns.

The soldiers at the front were immediately knocked down. But the counterattack from the first battalion also began.

"Heavy machine guns, aim at those gaps and suppress their firepower."

Eight Type 8 heavy machine guns began suppressing fire.

The 12.7mm caliber bullets are quite suppressive. But this time Li Yunlong also brought in some big guns.

As the backbone of the independent regiment's battlefield air defense, the Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Company was naturally included in this operation.

Ten 10mm twin-barreled anti-aircraft guns are placed about one kilometer away from the city wall, surrounded by specially excavated circular positions.

Even when facing the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun, it would remain safe unless it was hit directly.

"Hit me!"

At a command from Liu Cunzhi, the company commander of the second anti-aircraft artillery company, 10 leveled 37mm anti-aircraft guns began to spew flames.

Together with 8 Type 89 heavy machine guns and numerous squad machine guns and general-purpose machine guns, they suppressed the Japanese counterattack.

"Dong dong dong..."

The shells with tracers were clearly visible even in daylight, and they whipped towards the Japanese positions like tongues of fire.

The 37mm shells were extremely effective at this time. The gap in the city wall was instantly turned into a sea of fire under the cover of the shells.

The power of 37mm shells is not small, much greater than that of grenades.

The Japanese troops at the gap suffered heavy casualties. The fierce firepower made it difficult for them to even raise their heads.

Machine gun bullets of various calibers were fired at them as if they were free.

When the soldiers were more than 100 meters away from the city wall, they fired their Type 81 assault rifles and rocket launchers as if they were free.

The Japanese were not good at defense, and they had never encountered a war like this before.

This level of intensive firepower was beyond their understanding.

If the soldiers on the opposite side were not the Eighth Route Army, they would have thought that they were the main force of the great powers.

"Baga!" Taro Ishihara couldn't help but tremble with fear when he heard the fierce gunfire coming from the direction of South City.

Gunshots were also heard from the other three directions, but they were nothing compared to what was coming from South City. It was obvious that the attacks from the other three directions were all feints.

Wei Dayong had already led the assault brigade towards the south city.