"Sir, we have contacted the artillery squadron..." The telephone soldier chased him out of the command center to report.

"What do they say? Does the troops still have the ability to counterattack?" Major Sakuragi asked anxiously.

The telephone soldier was immediately stopped. Although he had just received bad news, in the face of the chief's questioning, he could only report with a guilty attitude: "The artillery squadron was attacked by at least eight artillery pieces of the National Salvation Army. Although they evacuated the battle at the first time, the enemy's artillery fire was too fierce. Nearly 70% of the gunners did not withdraw, and only two of the seven mortars were brought out, and all the rest were destroyed!"

"So now the artillery squadron has lost at least 70% of its combat effectiveness. Not to mention counterattack, it can't even protect itself."

"The Artillery Squadron also reported: The National Salvation Army that attacked us deliberately hid the artillery strength. The number of artillery they equipped far exceeds ten. Please prepare for the command center!"

"Go back to the command center now!" Major Sakuragi jumped off the roof and ran towards the war room.

The heavy losses of the artillery squadron mean that all his previous judgments were wrong. If he wanted to defend the county town and persist until dawn, he must immediately adjust the deployment according to the real battle situation.

As soon as he reached the door, he heard a ringtone inside. A telephone soldier put down the microphone and hurried towards him: "Sir, the South Gate Gate Gate report, the National Salvation Army has set up at least five artillery pieces outside the South Gate, and many of the shells attacking the artillery squadron were shot into the county town."

Before he finished speaking, another telephone soldier ran towards him with panic on his face: "Sir, the North Gate Gate Gate report that the artillery that the National Salvation Army had set up outside the North Gate was not destroyed, and their mortars were still attacking the city!"

"Sir, the National Salvation Army outside the East Gate has built an offensive position, and all the light and heavy machine guns are placed on the offensive position. The general attack may be launched at any time!" A telephone soldier covered the microphone with his hands and reported from a distance.

"Sir, the National Salvation Army outside the West Gate has begun a general attack. At least eight light and heavy machine guns frames provide fire cover on the offensive positions. Two of them are heavy machine guns, and the offensive firepower is very strong. They also equipped two artillery and four grenade launchers. The shells and grenades have not been cut off since the attack. The city defense forces have suffered a lot of losses, so I request reinforcements!"

"Now the general attack starts!" Major Sakuragi was frightened by the bad news, and quickly walked to the city defense map, staring at the drawings and a serious analysis.

"If the National Salvation Army hides the artillery troops, they may also hide the infantry. Now the National Salvation Army in the west has launched an attack, and the National Salvation Army in the east can also launch an attack at any time, which means that our National Salvation Army does not have the main attack and the back attack. They plan to attack us in all directions. The troops in which direction are ready first will launch an attack in which direction!"

The adjutant asked anxiously: "Sir, what should we do next? The troops in the west of the city are still waiting for us to respond?"

"I can only deal with the moves and find ways to last until dawn!" Major Sakuragi replied with a calm face.

He stared at the telephone soldiers not far away and began to order: "Call back the garrison in the west of the city immediately, and the command center will send another 100 people to reinforce them, so that they can find ways to reduce the losses, and must hold on for a longer time at the minimum cost."

"Contact the garrisons in other directions. If there is any situation, please report to the command center as soon as possible."

"Order the remaining mobile troops to be prepared for combat, and after receiving reinforcements, be sure to kill to the battlefield in the shortest time!"

"Adminton, you go to the arsenal, warehouse, and military police in person... find a way to draw 200 people to form four mobile troops of fifty people!"

"The National Salvation Army has absolute artillery advantages and military strength advantages. It launches attacks on us in four directions at the same time, regardless of main attack or backlash attack. The city defense forces will definitely suffer great losses. The command center must master a certain number of mobile troops to continuously reinforce the city defense forces and block the National Salvation Army's attack!"

"Go to arrange it now!"

At the attacking position of the National Salvation Army outside the South Gate, the soldiers were still waving engineer shovels to deepen and widen the trenches under their feet.

There were also soldiers who piled up generations of bags filled with dirt in front of the trenches to build machine gun positions.

Dong Fei was squatting in a dug trench, holding a telescope to observe the city wall more than a hundred meters away.

In the trenches not far away, dozens of gunners were strengthening the mountain gun positions and adjusting the mortars that had raised the black holes.

In the traffic trench behind him, nearly two battalions hid inside, ready to go.

Compared with the siege troops in the other three directions of the county town, the Xiyang garrison has set up five heavy machine guns here, more than twenty light machine guns, and each heavy machine gun has a special bunker made of sandbags for protection.

"The troops continued to attack as planned and strive to kill another one or two hundred Japanese and puppet troops before the general attack." Dong Fei ordered while observing the enemy situation.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong...boombo..." A new round of attack at the South Gate began soon, two heavy machine guns and six light machine guns scattered on the offensive position fired one after another, and a mortar, a mountain cannon and four grenade launchers on the artillery position followed by roars...

The battlements built by bricks were instantly hit by bullets and gravels flew everywhere, and Mars rose...

The Japanese and puppet troops who were looking out had not yet reacted from the raid, and the few bullets passing through the battlements just drilled into their bodies...

Mortars and grenade launchers are mounted in trenches more than 100 meters outside the city, with very close shooting distances. No matter how poor the skills of the gunners and grenade launchers are, they can hit the city three or four meters wide.

Before the explosion of the shell reached everyone's ears, four balls of fireballs had already soared into the air on the top of the city.

Five shells and grenades hit the target, which should be a good result for these novices who have only been artillery for a few months.

"Boom..." At this time, a more violent explosion sounded at the top of the city, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

The straight-sighted mountain cannon is like a rifle, and it accurately hits the shells on a battlement.

In the splashing flames, the battlements as thick as thirty centimeters were blown into pieces, and bricks and stones were flying everywhere like flowers of the goddess.

The Japanese and puppet troops hiding behind the battlements were the first to be killed by shells or were either killed by bricks and stones flying everywhere.

The explosion ended and the smoke disappeared. The battlements blocking the Japanese and puppet troops on the top of the city had been blown up with a huge gap of three meters wide...

Dong Fei was overjoyed to see it.

Battlements are the only place where the Japanese and puppet troops can hide when defending the city. Without the protection of battlements, the Japanese and puppet troops will be exposed, as if living targets are standing in front of everyone.

Just now, a shell exploded three meters wide battlements, and several Japanese and puppet troops hiding behind must have been killed.

In the following battle, 80% of this city wall that was blown into a gap was not as risked to defend as a living target.

If the mountain cannons could blow up all the battlements on the city head one by one, and try to blow up a huge gap of 60 or 70 meters wide, then this section of the city wall would definitely become a defense loophole for the Japanese and puppet troops because of the lack of battlements protection.

The Xiyang Garrison concentrated its firepower and troops to attack this section of the city wall, and it would definitely be easy to tear a hole and break into Heshun County.

When he thought of it, Dong Fei immediately ordered the mountain artillery troops to stare at the battlements on the top of the city, and it would be better to name one by one and blow up a gap of sixty or seventy meters wide.
Chapter completed!