Bright Sword: The brigade commander is shocked! You call this a county brigade?

Chapter 202 "Brigade Commander, the Eighth Route Army is attacking the city."

The next day, at 6 am.

The sky was just beginning to turn pale.

At the Eighth Route Army position outside Yangquan City, the soldiers began to enjoy breakfast early in the morning. Today they will launch an attack on Yangquan City.

"Comrades, after dinner, quickly check your weapons and equipment."

"After we launch the siege, everyone rush to the city wall as quickly as possible. Don't hesitate."

"Once the shelling begins, it's time to launch a general offensive."

Officers and fighters at all levels of the independent brigade loudly carried out pre-war mobilization in their positions.

The soldiers were all ready to go. They had been bored for the past two days, surrounding Yangquan City and watching the artillery brothers firing cannons every day, but they could only watch and could not take any action. Now they could finally take action.

Li Yunlong stood in the temporary command post, picked up a telescope and looked towards Yangquan City, only to see the Japanese soldiers on the city wall constantly patrolling.

He put down the telescope and checked the time. It was 6:12.

Li Yunlong shouted to the communicator not far away: "Communicator, contact the artillery position immediately and fire on time at 6:20."

The communicator immediately conveyed the order to the artillery position.

Time passes by 1 minute and 1 second.

All the cannons on the artillery positions were on full alert, and everyone was waiting for the order to fire.

As the time reached 6:20, the starters at the positions of the st and nd Artillery Regiments shouted loudly with loud speakers.

"All gunners, please take note. Target Yangquan City. Ten rapid fire rounds. Ready. Fire."

When the gunner heard the order to fire, he pulled the gun rope without hesitation.

“Boom boom boom….”

The 70 cannons from the two artillery regiments bombarded the Japanese on the Yangquan city wall.

One shell after another hit the city wall and exploded violently, and the new firepower points that the Japanese had finally established on the city wall were destroyed one by one.

The loud explosions resounded throughout Yangquan, and all the Japanese soldiers were awakened, but they did not rush to the city wall immediately.

This has been the scene every day for the past two or three days. The Eighth Route Army outside the city would launch artillery attacks at any time, but today's artillery attacks felt much more intense than the previous two days.

The surviving Japanese soldiers on the city wall all ran to the bottom of the city wall. Would it be stupid to stay on the city wall? Wouldn't it be a waste of bombing?

the other side.

Li Yunlong in the command center was holding a telescope and saw that the Japanese firepower point on the city wall had been blown up. He turned and said to the communicator.

"Communicator, send a telegram to each regiment immediately and launch a general attack."

The communicator immediately used walkie-talkies to give attack orders to each regiment.

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"Captain, the brigade commander has ordered a general attack."

A communicator from the regiment found Zhang Dabiao and shouted loudly.

"Tnnd, it's finally our turn. This time we have to kill these little devils."

Zhang Dabiao turned around and shouted loudly to the bugler behind him.

"Bugler, blow the charge for me."

After hearing the order, the bugler immediately took out a bugle from his arms, took a deep breath, and then blew the charge.

"Didi didi..."

A familiar melody instantly rang out on the battlefield, and Zhang Dabiao stood up first and shouted loudly.

"Comrades, charge!"

"Everyone in the regiment, follow me and charge. We want to be the first to enter Yangquan."

A group of soldiers followed Zhang Dabiao and quickly launched a charge. They ran towards the gate of Yangquan City desperately with guns in hand.

Other regiments of the independent brigade launched attacks one after another. Countless Eighth Route Army soldiers attacked Yangquan, and the artillery concentrated its firepower to launch a fierce bombardment on the city gate.

After a violent explosion, the city gate of Yangquan collapsed with a loud bang.

"Comrades, charge! The city gate has collapsed."

"Hurry, hurry, let's rush in."

"You guys are in a group, come on, charge harder."

The soldiers of the independent brigade rushed into Yangquan City shouting.

the other side.

The Japanese soldiers at the city gate were frightened when they saw the Eighth Route Army outside the city launching a general attack. In their sight, the densely packed Eighth Route Army was heading towards Yangquan.

The Japanese officers immediately organized the Japanese soldiers to defend the city gate.

"idiot!"

"Don't be in a daze, quickly set up your position."

"The enemy is coming, we must stop them."

"Hurry, hurry, everyone, go to the city gate to resist."

Under the organization of the officers, hundreds of Japanese soldiers were busy setting up a temporary defense line at the city gate. They piled sandbags together to form a simple defense line.

As soon as the Japanese defense line was established, the soldiers of the independent brigade quickly rushed to the city gate. They did not encounter any decent resistance along the way. The Japanese on the city wall tried to fight back, but were shot to death one after another.

As soon as the soldiers arrived at the city gate, they were attacked fiercely by the Japanese. If they launched an attack by force, it would definitely cause heavy casualties.

After Zhang Dabiao and his men arrived at the city gate, a battalion commander hurried forward.

"Captain, the Japanese have set up a defensive position at the city gate. We can't rush through."

Zhang Dabiao trotted to the city gate and saw that the Japanese had already set up defensive positions inside the city wall.

"First Battalion Commander, take your men to the artillery position immediately and push two infantry guns over to me to kill these little devils."

"Yes, Captain."

The battalion commander turned around and ran towards the artillery position with his men.

It didn't take long.

A battalion commander brought back two infantry guns, and Zhang Dabiao immediately stepped forward.

"Brother Artillery, I'm counting on you now. Do you see the enemy positions behind the city wall? Bomb them to death."

The artillery soldier shouted, "No problem, Commander Zhang. Leave it to us."

After that, the artillery soldiers immediately set up the two infantry guns and adjusted the firing angle. As the distance was very close, the gunners decided to fire flat on the enemy positions.

When everything was ready, the gunner pulled the gun rope.

"boom."

"boom."

Two artillery shells flew straight towards the Japanese position. Almost in the blink of an eye, the artillery shells reached the Japanese position and exploded violently.

"Good job, keep hitting." Zhang Dabiao shouted excitedly.

The infantry artillery continued to fire, and after three rounds of artillery fire, the Japanese's simple defense line at the city gate was blown to pieces, and the ground was littered with Japanese corpses.

Seeing this, Zhang Dabiao shouted loudly.

"Comrades, charge! Go in and kill these little devils."

A group of soldiers rushed into the city from the gate. The Japanese in the city tried to fight back, but it was useless and they were shot to death one after another.

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9th Brigade Headquarters.

When Saburo Nakano heard the artillery attack launched by the Eighth Route Army in front, he thought that the Eighth Route Army was bluffing again, so he did not pay too much attention to it.

It was not until he heard fierce gunfire coming from the city gate that he realized the Eighth Route Army was attacking the city.

The Japanese chief of staff ran in in a panic and shouted, "Sir, it's bad. The Eighth Route Army is attacking the city."