Chapter 31
The Japanese were short of manpower and had no advantage in artillery.
So they did not build positions outside the city, but planned to use street fighting to delay time.
Only street fighting could narrow the gap in equipment between the two sides.
Street fighting was indeed the most hated war mode by all commanders, and it was also the most cruel war mode.
But neither Xie Ning nor the Red Alert Corps would be afraid.
"First, remove their tortoise shells. In the future, Jinzhou will not need the protection of city walls."
The city walls of Jinzhou are very high and thick, which is also the biggest obstacle to attacking Jinzhou.
The First Division assembled the superior artillery of a division-level heavy artillery brigade and two independent heavy artillery brigades.
24 150mm howitzers, 36 155mm field cannons, and 24 203mm heavy howitzers. Nearly
100 heavy artillery pieces were divided into three artillery groups, which fiercely bombarded the three cities of Jinzhou in the east, west and south.
One after another, the heavy artillery roared loudly.
Countless shells hit the walls of Jinzhou like raindrops.
"boom.....boom.....boom....."
Dense shells fell around the city wall, raising huge clouds of mud and rubble.
The ground and the city walls were shaking violently in the violent explosion.
When the shells hit the city wall, it directly dealt a heavy blow to the city wall, leaving a huge crater at best and a huge gap at worst.
The 203mm heavy howitzer also demonstrated its powerful defense-breaking ability.
Shells continued to hit the city wall.
In less than ten minutes, the city wall in the southern section of the city collapsed due to the powerful force.
But the artillery fire still did not stop, vowing to demolish all three walls.
Open up a passage into the city for the three assault groups.
These three assault groups are naturally three infantry brigades.
The strength of each brigade is equivalent to a mixed brigade of the Japanese army, with a total strength of more than 6,000 people.
Even Jinzhou, with its high city walls, could not withstand such a large number of heavy artillery bombardments.
After three hours of continuous bombardment.
There were gaps of all sizes everywhere in the three cities of the east, west and south.
"attack......"
The time was ripe, and Xie Ning decisively issued an order to attack.
The three assault groups, with the tank battalion as the vanguard, launched a general attack on Jinzhou City under the cover of artillery fire.
One by one, the Type 4 tanks galloped in Pingquan.
The Japanese artillery shells began to fall densely in the tank group.
The Japanese counterattack also began.
Hundreds of fighter planes of the Air Force dived from the clouds.
The exposed Japanese artillery fire became their target.
In the ruins of the gap, the Japanese light and heavy machine guns roared.
Bullets kept hitting the tank armor, leaving white marks that were not painful.
They tried to block the advance of the tank group in this way.
The soldiers of the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army had never seen such a scene.
Not to mention him, even the Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, Koiso Kuniaki, was the same.
He was on the battlefield and truly felt the strength of the Red Alert Corps.
Looking at the steel behemoth sweeping in like a torrent in the distance.
The hand holding the telescope trembled a little.
He could not feel many things literally.
Because in his opinion, it was just cold data.
But when he actually saw it, he realized how wrong his previous perception was.
"Is this the Chinese tank group?"
After Koiso Kuniaki realized it, he said with shock in his tone.
Before, he thought that with the strength of the 4th Mixed Brigade and the defense of Jinzhou City, it might be no problem to hold out for three days, but now he deeply doubted this decision.
However, Jinzhou could not be lost no matter what.
The Japanese troops at the gap could not stop the fierce attack from the three assault groups.
Under the cover of the tanks, they rushed out from behind the tank group.
"kill......."
In an instant, shouts of killing shook the sky.
After crossing into the ruins of the city wall, they fought with the Japanese army.
The Suomi submachine gun played the greatest role in this environment. They kept shooting at the Japanese soldiers who rushed over.
At this time, the artillery group fired at the city.
As for whether Jinzhou would become a ruin.
This is not within the scope of consideration now.
After the victory of the war, they will build a new city on the ruins.
The Japanese troops on the periphery were easily cleared.
The three major assault groups successively attacked Jinzhou City.
Each assault group divided the troops into assault squads based on the company.
The Japanese troops in the city were interspersed, divided, encircled and surrounded. They directly blasted when they encountered obstacles.
When they found Japanese fortifications, they either called for artillery fire, tanks or air force fighters.
And this time they were equipped with a large number of Bakazu rocket launchers that did not occupy the establishment.
Under the cover of artillery fire and tanks, the Japanese army was beaten to a pulp by firepower, blasting, assault and other combat methods.
The First Division, which had experienced many brutal street battles, had grown up.
And summed up a lot of experience in street fighting.
But the Japanese were not familiar with street fighting, they were best at field fighting.
After one day of fighting, the Japanese 4th Mixed Brigade suffered heavy casualties and lost more than a quarter of the occupied area.
The fall of Jinzhou seemed to have become a foregone conclusion.
Koiso Kuniaki took a plane back to Changchun that night.
"Jinzhou can no longer be defended."
After seeing Lingqi Long, the first sentence he said made the other party's face change drastically.
"The strength of this Chinese army is far beyond your and my imagination. Now we should not worry about whether we can defend Jinzhou.
Instead, we should worry about whether we can defend the three northeastern provinces.
I will report the situation of the Chinese to the country immediately.
If they don't pay attention, we will soon lose this fertile land.
The Kwantung Army will no longer exist."
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