Since the Eighth Route Army cavalry arrived outside Taiyuan City in the afternoon, they did not participate in the siege and never showed up.

Therefore, Liu Guojun and all the puppet troops did not know that the Eighth Route Army still had cavalry.

I thought that even if there was an ambush of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, I would most likely be able to rush out in the dark.

But when we are facing cavalry, there is no possibility of escaping. After all, no matter how fast a person runs, he only has two legs. How can he outrun a four-legged army horse?

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army lit gasoline in front, and the entire city was illuminated like daylight, and there was no place to hide.

Li Yunlong ordered this gasoline to be transported from Shouyang Railway Station, but now it is put to use.

Commander Ma Renxing shouted: "Hand your gun and don't kill!"

"Hand in the gun and don't kill!"

"Hand in the gun and don't kill!"

"Hand in the gun and don't kill!"

Immediately afterwards, all the Eighth Route Army cavalry soldiers shouted.

The puppet soldiers looked at each other, and one puppet soldier dropped his rifle in despair.

Where there is the first, there is the second, then the third, and then the fourth.

The puppet soldiers who had long lost the courage to fight against the Eighth Route Army dropped their weapons one after another.

Immediately, the weapon collided with the ground and made a crisp sound.

Seeing that the situation was over, Liu Guojun and Cui Lisan had no choice but to dismount in despair.

Seeing this, Ma Renxing urged his horse forward and flew over the wall of fire, followed by the Eighth Route Army cavalry behind him.

Thousands of Eighth Route Army cavalry surrounded the puppet legion, waving sabers.

"Hold your head with your hands, squat down..."

…

After disarming the puppet troops, Ma Renxing led a group of cavalry to the Eighth Route Army headquarters on the armored train.

"Report to the brigade commander," Ma Renxing said, "The 2nd Independent Division of the puppet army tried to escape through the north gate, but was disarmed by our army and captured more than 1,400 puppet troops, including the commander of the 2nd Independent Division!"

"Oh?" The brigade commander and Li Yunlong all looked surprised.

The brigade commander smiled and said: "I planned to use the ambush outside the North City to catch the big fish Yoshio Shinozuka, but I didn't expect that it was not Yoshio Shinozuka who came, but the remnants of the puppet army's 2nd Independent Division."

In fact, a fierce gun battle broke out in the inner city, and the headquarters received the news not long after.

The brigade commander and others immediately realized that there must be internal strife between the Japanese and puppet troops.

This was unexpected by everyone. If the Eighth Route Army suddenly launched an attack when the puppet troops opened the Gongji Gate, they might have already entered the inner city by this time.

The battlefield situation is like this. Fighters are often fleeting, but it is definitely too late to temporarily mobilize troops to Gongjimen.

After all, the brigade commander and Li Yunlong were not gods, and they would not have expected in advance that the Japanese and puppet troops would be fighting among themselves at this time.

However, troops were already surrounding Gongji Gate to prevent the Japanese troops from escaping quietly.

Ding Wei analyzed: "It seems that Yoshio Shinozuka does not intend to break out, but wants to defend the inner city."

The brigade commander nodded and said: "But this is good. Without more than a thousand puppet troops, tomorrow's battle to attack the inner city will be much easier."

"The inner city tower must be a hard nut to chew." Cheng Shifa said, "Even if we chip our front teeth, we still have to chew them off."

Wei Dayong said: "Brigadier Commander, in order to reduce troop casualties, I suggest that the 150 howitzers on the armored train be removed and pulled into the outer city area to aim at the inner city wall."

"This is a good idea!" The brigade commander nodded happily, "Is one cannon enough? Do you want to dismantle the two 105 cannons and drag them into the city?"

If the artillery shells cannot blow through the city wall, they can only send a demolition team to blow it up with explosive bags. However, Taiyuan's city wall is very strong and explosive bags are difficult to explode.

Otherwise, the only option is to use earthworks to dig tunnels and bury a large amount of explosives under the city wall to blow it down.

Pulling heavy artillery into the city and firing directly at the tower is the simplest and most efficient way.

"No, one 150mm howitzer is enough." Wei Dayong said, "We also have more than 20 mountain guns and field guns, so it shouldn't be a big problem to destroy the inner city."

In addition to the capture of Yangquan, the capture of the outer city of Taiyuan and the capture of the arsenal, the Eighth Route Army now has close to thirty mountain and field artillery pieces.

The total number of other infantry guns, mortars and grenade launchers is even greater.

The brigade commander raised his wrist and looked at the time. The hands just turned past 12 midnight: "Now everyone goes to rest. At 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, we will launch a general attack on the inner city!"

…

After a whole night of transportation, a small part of the arsenal's equipment and raw materials had been transported to the train station and started loading.

The troops attacking the inner city were also ready.

Because the independent regiment suffered more casualties than the other two regiments in the street fighting yesterday, the brigade commander gave the independent regiment the task of transporting the arsenal.

Only the special operations battalion and the artillery battalion of the independent regiment participated in the battle to attack the inner city. The rest included 4,000 people from the 772nd Regiment and the New First Regiment.

After all, the inner city is small and no matter how many troops there are, they cannot be deployed.

After a night's rest, the soldiers of the 772nd Regiment and the New Regiment also regained their energy.

The Taisho 4-year-old 150mm howitzer weighed 5,600 kilograms. After being removed from the mortar carriage, it took four military horses to pull it from outside the south city to the city.

The artillery of each regiment had made full preparations overnight and prepared the artillery positions before dawn.

Dozens of artillery pieces of various types were placed directly on the street, with their muzzles aimed at the Shoui Gate in the south of the inner city.

As the sky grew brighter, the Japanese on the city wall discovered the dense artillery on the street, and the 150mm howitzer in the middle was even more conspicuous.

The Japanese soldiers felt numb after seeing it and immediately called the headquarters to report.

As soon as Yoshio Shinozuka received the news, Brigadier Chen used the radio to notify the artillery battalion commander Yao Shangwu: "The general offensive has begun!"

Yao Shangwu shouted: "Fire!"

The artilleryman who received the order immediately pulled the match.

There is no need to shoot Zhu Yuan at all, each gun position is directly aimed at the city wall.

In fact, it is also feasible to set up artillery positions outside the city and then use radio to guide the artillery to fire.

However, the accuracy is very poor, and it is only suitable for artillery fire coverage. The artillery shells will inevitably fall into civilian houses.

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As smoke and air waves rolled up from the artillery position, the artillery shells hit the city wall like raindrops, and then exploded continuously.

Boom boom boom...

Boom boom boom...

The explosion caused the inner city wall to collapse.

Direct fire such as mortars and infantry artillery were aimed at the top of the tower.

The tower above the city wall was immediately hit by several artillery shells. Amidst the violent explosions, it exploded and was swallowed up by the artillery fire. The rubble and wood chips flew everywhere, and fell down again a moment later.

Although the Japanese troops on the city tower were trembling and constantly being killed by artillery shells, the Eighth Route Army artillery below the city still did not stop firing.

The 150mm howitzer was still operated by Wang Chengzhu and seven or eight artillerymen. The first shot hit the city gate, and the Shouyi Gate was blown to pieces with a violent explosion.

Dozens of sandbags piled up behind the city gate were suddenly exposed, and another bombardment hit them. Dozens of sandbags collapsed in an instant, and gunpowder smoke and mud mist rose up wantonly.

Wang Chengzhu then ordered the gun barrel to be raised and the muzzle pointed at the city wall.

Boom boom boom——

Under the continuous bombardment, the city wall finally couldn't bear it. After a loud "Boom!", a huge V-shaped gap appeared in the city wall.

The attacking troops rushed forward like a tide.

When Yoshio Shinozuka received the news that the inner city had been breached, he closed his eyes in despair.

Then he opened it suddenly, picked up the phone, and said: "Destroy the arsenal and grain depot, and never leave it to the Eighth Route Army!"

Not long after, there was an earth-shaking loud noise from the direction of the army treasury in the inner city, and a huge burst of fire and mushroom clouds rose into the sky.

A huge plume of thick smoke rose in the direction of the grain depot, covering the sky and the sun.

Yoshio Shinozuka, who saw this scene at the entrance of the headquarters, secretly thought that this was the last thing he would do for the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor.

Wei Dayong led the special operations battalion to break in from Shoyimen first. There were layers of defensive fire points carefully arranged by the Japanese on the streets.

However, the current combat level of the special operations battalion is far beyond what these devils can compare with.

Grenades, mortars and infantry artillery opened the way, coupled with the ferocious firepower of submachine guns.

The special operations battalion fought all the way along the street to the gate of the Japanese headquarters.

The Japanese, who knew they were dead, were furious and relied on the sandbags to resist, fighting as a trapped beast.

Several rounds of grenade fire were fired, and the Japanese behind the sandbags were torn to pieces by shrapnel.

The soldiers of the special operations battalion rushed in like a tide.

Putting the pistol back into the holster, Wei Dayong took out the Mauser 98k rifle from Jiang Maocai's back, pulled the bolt and pushed the bullet into the chamber.

With the butt of the gun on his shoulder, he aimed at the plaster flag fluttering in the wind above the roof, and then pulled the trigger.
To be continued...