The Chief of Staff felt that he was too frustrated today.

Since entering the city, in addition to the rapid-fire cannon that he caught the National Rescue Army off guard and killed many people.

In the next assault, the National Salvation Army standing in front of him was even more cunning than the fox.

Behind the broken wall, behind the ruins, and inside the yard... there are national salvation troops appearing in any place where people can be hidden.

They attacked themselves with various weapons, attacked by machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, grenades, grenades... and ran away after hitting them. They stayed in one place for never more than three seconds.

Every time he wants to fight back, the opponent has already escaped.

Now that they are going to retreat, they didn't expect that they would use the same style of play to block themselves and prevent themselves from quitting the county town.

The raid just now has allowed the Chief of Staff to see how powerful this style of fighting is. If the troops are affected by sneak attacks when retreating and the breakout speed slows down, a large number of soldiers will definitely be eliminated on the way to breakout.

Only by quickly breaking out of the county town and not being entangled by the national-savior army nearby can the troops break out of Jinzhong at the minimum cost.

"Swish..." with a sound of "Swish...", he pulled out his command knife, pointed at the city gate, and cursed angrily: "Don't worry about the national rescue army around him who attacked our country. Everyone marched quickly and attacked towards the city gate, and directly rushed out of Jinzhong. The faster the marching speed, the better. Kill me!"

At the front command of the National Salvation Army, a phone call suddenly came in. Zhou Cheng took the microphone and heard the voice of the guard battalion commander Liang Hongjiang: "Captain, the Japanese and puppet troops in the city are crazy!"

"I don't care about our sneak attack along the way, and rushed towards the city gate with my eyes closed. The speed was very fast. Our troops were too scattered and could not stop them at all!"

"Are you beaten up and stupid?" Zhou Cheng cursed angrily.

"Didn't you always want to send troops to block the city gate before? At that time, there were Japanese planes in the sky, and I didn't agree. Now that the Japanese planes have left, why don't you send troops to directly control the city gate and block the Japanese retreating troops head-on."

"Then the next order is for the troops who sneaked into the Japanese and puppet troops along the way: Since the Japanese are determined to break through, they don't care about their sneak attack!"

"Then let's seize this opportunity and blatantly attack the retreating troops of the Japanese and puppet troops and chase them to fight. If you can kill one more Japanese, kill one more!"

After saying that, Zhou Chengju smiled, put down the microphone and sighed with a sarcastic look: "The Japanese commander's reaction speed is fast enough. Our encircled troops realized the danger as soon as they appeared, and hurriedly asked the city's internal team to withdraw!"

"But no matter how fast their reaction was, it was useless: use the radio station to contact the encirclement troops outside the city immediately, so that they could use all the artillery they could use to strengthen the offensive energy, fight quickly, and solve the remaining Japanese and puppet troops outside the city as soon as possible."

"Be prepared for the Japanese chariot troops when attacking. The rapid-fire artillery company must be on standby at any time. If you find the Japanese chariot squadron, you will face it!"

"If you can seize it, you can seize it. If you cannot seize it, you can destroy it directly. You must never let them show their might on the battlefield and massacre our soldiers!"

"Boom boom boom..." Outside Jinzhong City, the rain of shells hit the temporary positions of the Japanese and puppet troops just like they don't have money.

Because time was too hasty, before the National Salvation Army that surrounded them appeared, the Japanese army had never thought that they would be attacked, so they did not build a defensive position in advance.

In front of the National Salvation Army, except for a few heavy machine gun positions surrounded by sand, all the other Japanese and puppet troops were lying on the ground to fight.

The rain of shells fell from the sky. Although the mortar shells that were smashed down were killed by fragments, the Japanese and puppet troops could greatly reduce the lethality of the shells.

But if any shells fall right next to the Japanese, the flying fragments and powerful shock waves can easily take their lives.

In the blink of an eye, the temporary positions of the Japanese and puppet troops were blown up all over the ground.

If this attack was put before the National Salvation Army took Jinzhong three times, the National Salvation Army would never squander the artillery shells so much.

After taking Jinzhong three times, the weapons and ammunition reserved by the Japanese Jinzhong garrison in the city were captured by the guard battalion and mobile battalion before they could be destroyed.

Among these weapons and ammunition, various shells undoubtedly account for the largest number, with more than 6,000 mortar shells alone.

Because attacking Jinzhong County is only the first step in the entire combat plan, there will be even greater seizures waiting for everyone in the next battle, so Zhou Cheng did not take the seizures seriously in Jinzhong City.

In addition to adding ten independent battalions and taking out some weapons and ammunition to support the Eighth Route Army, he planned to use all the remaining weapons and ammunition in the next battle and exchange firepower for lives to reduce casualties of the troops in combat.

In order to quickly take down the third wave of reinforcements from the Japanese and puppet troops, and to attack Taiyuan City more seriously and further confuse the Japanese and puppet troops, Zhou Cheng took out three thousand artillery shells in one breath to fight the battle of encirclement and annihilation.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese and puppet troops who were being bombed were killed. The artillery fire attack they were suffering was just the appetizer prepared by Zhou Cheng for them, and the subsequent artillery fire attack would only be even more fierce.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

The intense artillery coverage lasted for another five minutes before stopping.

After the shelling, there were twice as many craters on the temporary positions of the Japanese and puppet troops, and there were many more corpses and seriously injured lying next to the crater.

The smoke that filled the position had not yet dissipated, and the national rescue army hundreds of meters away had already rushed towards it.

"Bageya Road, the National Salvation Army rushed up... The soldiers who could still move immediately shot and blocked them at all costs, otherwise we would all die here... Shoot immediately!" A Japanese captain got up from the ground in a daze. Before he could react from the confusing brought by the shelling, the National Salvation Army's attacking troops entered his sight and immediately rushed to the ground and shouted.

But not many subordinates around him responded to him.

Frowning and glanced around quickly, my heart suddenly became cold.

Everyone was blown up too hard by artillery fire. On the positions within their field of vision, there were not even a few wounded people, let alone the intact soldiers.

I lay on the ground and cried several times, but I saw less than twenty subordinates getting up from the ground, and there were only two machine gunners, and the rest were riflemen.

As soon as I put up the crooked handle, the bullets in the bullet bay were not empty, and a string of bullets flew towards me.

The machine gunner lay on the ground and had nowhere to hide, and was instantly swept into a sieve!

The remaining dozen riflemen lay on the ground and shot desperately, just like a mantis armed mantis chariot, vulnerable...

The corps leader Colonel Kato has already joined the chariot squadron and plans to start breaking out as soon as the chief of staff withdraws from the county seat.

Listening to the increasing gunfire around him, he looked back at the city gate from time to time, and his expression on his face became more and more anxious.

"Report to the captain of the corps, something happened in the position! The defense line on the south side was broken by the National Salvation Army!" Colonel Kato never waited for the chief of staff to leave the city, but waited for the bad news sent by his subordinates.

"Nani? Our Royal Army and Imperial Alliance Army are more than 500 people in the defense of the south. The Guanghuang Army has a reinforced squadron. How could it be that it would not be able to defend for even twenty minutes?" Colonel Kato's face instantly sank, as if he heard a huge joke and shouted incredible.

The subordinates who rushed over quickly explained: "The artillery fire of the National Salvation Army attacked us was too fierce, and at least four hundred shells were fired at our positions. More than 60% of the soldiers did not survive the artillery fire of the National Salvation Army, so they broke through with one attack by the National Salvation Army!"

The corps captain was very angry, but he did not lose his mind. After hearing the explanation, he looked at his subordinates on the side: "The baggage team sent a squadron to reinforce and block the attack of the National Salvation Army at all costs!"

"The Chief of Staff's retreat is too slow. If they don't come out, we will have no time to break through!"

"Send a few more people to the top of the city to take a look, so that the Chief of Staff will break out of the county town soon!"

"Boom boom boom... da da da da... bab..."

Before the commander of the regiment was finished, a dense exchange of fire came from the city not far away.

The wing captain quickly raised the telescope.

Under the reflection of firelight, dozens of national-saviors suddenly appeared on the top of the city wall.

They held light machine guns and submachine guns, and assaulted forward while firing...

The mortar squadron guarding the city fought to the death, but their field capabilities were too poor. There were also many gunners who did not even have self-defense weapons, which could not stop the dozens of national-savior troops...

The captain's face suddenly turned pale and he cried out: "No, the National Salvation Army wants to block the city gate and block the Chief of Staff in the city!"

The captain of the third brigade immediately proposed: "Do you want to send a squadron to guard the city gate and cover the chief of staff to break through?"

Before the captain could nod, another lieutenant hurriedly ran towards him. When the two sides were still seven or eight meters apart, they reported in panic.

"Captain of the corps, the temporary defense line in the north has been broken through, and at least a thousand national rescue troops marched towards us..."

“It’s too dangerous here, you have to transfer it right away!”

The order to reinforce the city gate was already at the mouth of the corps captain, but he swallowed it back at the last moment.

The temporary defense lines in both north and south directions were broken through by the National Salvation Army, and they could come and fight with them at any time.

At that time, I had no chance to escape from the battlefield if I wanted to retreat.

So he had to break out before the national rescue army in the north and south directions came to fight.

But before the Chief of Staff reached the near the city gate, the gate was almost blocked by the National Salvation Army. No matter from any analysis, he could not meet with him in a short time.

Time doesn’t wait for anyone. If you delay one more minute here, you will have one less chance of successfully breaking through.

Although these two choices are difficult to choose, the team leader must make a decision immediately.

Soon a firm expression full of reluctance appeared on his face, and he frowned and began to give orders: "Can't wait any longer!"

"Send a few people to notify the chief of staff in the city and let them choose the direction of breaking out by themselves after they leave the city and break out by themselves!"

"We will break through now... the front of the chariot squadron will tear a breakthrough in the encirclement of the National Salvation Army. Other troops are responsible for covering up and breaking out quickly..."

"Boom..."

As soon as the order to break through was issued, more than a dozen armored vehicles and combat vehicles on standby roared and spitted black smoke and rushed towards the attacking troops of the National Salvation Army...

Although the firefighting sounds on the battlefield were very dense and the sound of shell explosions kept ringing, the movement of more than a dozen tanks together was too loud, and it attracted the attention of the National Salvation Army as soon as it was taken.

"The Japanese chariot squadron is coming towards us, and notify the rapid-fire artillery squadron to come and reinforce us!" Fang Shanlin, the battalion commander of the second battalion, was nervous.

To be cautious, he did not place all his hopes on the rapid-fire cannon company to block the Japanese chariot.

As soon as the messenger left, he ordered the company commander of the fourth company: "You organize another platoon of soldiers to be the blaster. If the rapid-fire gun company fails to arrive in time, we can only destroy the Japanese tanks by blasting!"

"Boom..." Two sounds suddenly sounded in the encirclement of the National Salvation Army. The bodies of the two tanks rushing in the front instantly splashed two balls of white light, and then the tanks fell into bed.

The chariots behind were startled, but before they received the retreat order, they still roared and continued to move forward, only adding some evasion movements as they advanced.

"Boom..."

The same cannon sounded again, because the remaining tanks were alert and made various evasion actions during the attack. The second round of the two shells hit only one armored vehicle.

The Japanese captain's desperate face rekindled hope.

After the first round of gunfire sounded, two tanks were instantly bombed. The corps leader knew that the National Salvation Army was equipped with anti-tank weapons without guessing, and then he became desperate.

After the artillery troops were severely damaged, the chariot squadron became the only killer weapon for the corps leader to break out of the encirclement.

Unexpectedly, the National Salvation Army was equipped with rapid-fire cannons to deal with combat vehicles.
To be continued...