lcionline Chapter 177: Taking over Baisha County
Chapter 177: Taking over Baisha County
After nearly half an hour of bombardment, the three walls were damaged but not collapsed. Of course, many of the defenders on the walls were killed.
Seeing this, Li Weiling ordered: "Organize a commando team, bring explosive packs, and blow up the city wall."
"Commander, the shelling hasn't stopped yet. If we rush forward now..." the chief of staff hesitated.
Li Weiling interrupted the chief of staff and said, "Wait until the assault team is about 100 meters away from the city gate, and then stop the shelling. After the shelling stops, let the snipers prepare to suppress the enemy troops on the city wall."
Even if the assault team stopped shelling when they were a hundred meters away from the city gate, they could still be accidentally injured.
Cannons are different from firearms. If the aiming position is not adjusted, the landing points of continuously fired shells can vary by tens to hundreds of meters.
"Yes, commander." Although he knew it was dangerous, this was the best way, and the chief of staff agreed to this arrangement.
The 701st Regiment selected the first company of the first battalion as the assault force, carrying 10 20-kilogram packs of explosives, and headed towards the East City Gate.
When the assault troops were only a hundred meters away from the city gate, Li Weiling put down the telescope and immediately ordered: "Stop the shelling, quick, stop the shelling."
Following Li Weiling's order, the shelling stopped. Seeing that the commandos were not accidentally injured by the shells, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It took half a minute for the First Company of the First Battalion to arrive near the city gate. The company commander ordered, "Quick, place the explosive packs, and the rest of the brothers hide on both sides of the city wall."
There were special engineers installing explosives under the city gates. Ten 10-kilogram explosive packs were very powerful. These were all developed independently by Nanshan Military Factory.
After placing the explosive packs, the company commander led the soldiers to hide on both sides of the city wall. After the two engineers ignited the explosive packs, they quickly ran to both sides of the city wall to avoid the shock wave of the explosion.
The shelling outside the city stopped. Some defenders on the city wall raised their heads to observe the situation outside the city. They were discovered and shot dead one by one by snipers from the Seventh Division.
Fifty seconds after the 10 explosive packs were ignited, a loud bang was heard at the city gate and the entire city gate was blown to pieces. The company commander of the first company of the first battalion immediately led his soldiers to the gate entrance.
"Brothers, hold this place and buy time for the main force."
Afterwards, soldiers from the first company of the first battalion set up machine guns, stood guard at the gate, and fired at the Nanchuan Army in the city.
"Good." Li Weiling couldn't help but cheer when he saw the city gate blown open, and then immediately ordered: "Let the 702nd Regiment enter the city quickly."
The 702nd Regiment had already made preparations for the attack when the commandos launched the attack. After receiving the order, it immediately rushed towards the East Gate under the leadership of the regiment commander.
A loud noise also let the captain of the garrison on the top of the city know that something happened below the city: "Quick, let the brothers go up to the city wall to prevent the enemy from attacking."
"Scout, go check, what's going on down there?"
Some soldiers who had just emerged from the city wall were quickly attacked by soldiers from the 701st Regiment and snipers outside the city.
The so-called means of preventing snipers is to move to another position after each shot, which is difficult to achieve on the city wall. As long as there is a sniper watching a few meters of the city wall, and there are enough snipers, the soldiers on the city wall will have no way to hide.
The Nanchuan Army under the city wall also discovered that the city gate had been blown open, but facing the general-purpose machine guns and submachine guns mounted in the gate, the Nanchuan Army could only be suppressed.
The regiment commander on the city wall also received a report and learned that the city gate had been blown open, which made him very helpless.
All the regiment commander could do was to suppress the enemy forces outside the city from the city wall, and the task of guarding the gate entrance could only be left to the friendly forces under the city wall.
The soldiers of the 702nd Regiment quickly rushed to the city gate, and the commander of the 702nd Regiment ordered: "Mortars, bomb the enemy in the city and clear a road into the city."
Under the mortar bombardment, the artillery of the 702nd Regiment cleared out the enemy troops outside the city. Soon a large force entered the city and occupied advantageous terrain, defending against the enemy's attack while occupying more territory.
"Let one battalion go up to the city wall and eliminate the defenders on it."
As the 702st Battalion of the nd Regiment climbed onto the city wall, the soldiers on the wall only held out for more than ten minutes before they were killed or captured, and the regiment commander was also killed.
After the 702nd Regiment entered the city, they engaged in street fighting with the Nanchuan Army. Although the Nanchuan Army was poorly equipped, they had a very strong fighting will.
However, no matter how strong the fighting spirit is, it will eventually turn into ashes under powerful firepower.
The adjutant of the command center, Liu Fuxun, had been waiting for news from the front-line troops. Of course, he believed that with more than 16,000 people, it was more than enough to defend Baisha County.
After only an hour of waiting, an officer came to report: "Adjutant Ge, it's bad. The East City has been breached by the enemy, and a large number of enemy troops have entered the city."
"What?" Upon hearing the news, the adjutant looked incredulous.
How is it possible? The enemy broke into the city in just over an hour. How strong were the enemy troops?
Outside the East City, seeing that the 702nd Regiment had occupied the city wall, Li Weiling ordered: "Let the 701st Regiment also enter the city and eliminate the enemy forces in the city as soon as possible."
Although there are more than 16,000 people in Baisha County, they are divided into three sides, with more than 4,000 people on each side, and there are more than 4,000 mobile troops near the command center.
The 701 defenders in the east of the city were quickly defeated by the attacks of the 702st and nd Regiments.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Liu Fuxun was still a little confused when he was woken up by his adjutant. Although he was unhappy that his adjutant woke him up, he did not lose his temper.
The adjutant said in a heavy tone: "General, the east gate has been lost."
"What? How is this possible?" Liu Fuxun jumped up from the bed in shock.
The troops suffered heavy losses yesterday, but they didn't know the enemy was nearby. Now we are fighting a battle to defend the city. We have many soldiers, but we are still on the defensive. How could the enemy attack so quickly?
While Liu Fuxun was in a daze, gunshots were heard in the city. The adjutant was startled: "General, the enemy is about to attack. We need to make a decision now."
"Retreat." Liu Fuxun naturally knew what the adjutant meant, and he gritted his teeth and agreed.
Currently surrounded on three sides, the only way out is the waterway outside the southern city. There are not many ferries in Baisha County, so it is destined not to be able to take too many people to escape.
After Liu Fuxun fled with several hundred people, more than 701 mobile troops near the headquarters were also defeated by the 702st and nd Regiments.
The Seventh Division was fighting fiercely in the city, and the Ninth Division also used mortars to blast open the north gate.
After the three regiments of the 902th Division entered the city, the nd Regiment attacked the west gate and let the th Division in.
The main forces of the three divisions entered Baisha City. Although the defenders in the city resisted stubbornly, they were basically wiped out by noon.
Although there were still some sporadic resistances in the city, they could not cause any major waves.
After capturing Baisha County, Li Weiling smiled and said, "Although we failed to capture Liu Fuxun, we have destroyed his main force."
"After we capture Changde, we can start attacking Liu Hui and Yang Wei."
Outside Changde City, under the continuous attack of four regiments, Changde was captured in the afternoon, and the division commander of the Changde defending army committed suicide by shooting himself.
"Good." Fang Jian was very excited when he received the news of the capture of Baisha County and Changde.
Tao Yunong, who was standing by, wiped his neck and asked, "Commander, Liu Fuxun has escaped. Do we need to send out intelligence officers to capture him..."