Check in from the bright sword

Outside the west gate of Taiyuan is the Fen River.

The moats in the other three directions are also drawn from the Fen River.

There were three bridges over the Fen River, but Yoshio Shinozuka did not order the bridges to be blown up for some unknown reason.

It may be that the main force of the 386th brigade will come from Dongguan and Nanguan, and it is unknown if they want to keep Ximen as a retreat, so they did not order the bridge to be bombed.

The Independence Regiment took all three bridges without breaking a sweat.

Immediately afterwards, the Independent Regiment quickly took control of all the buildings outside Shuiximen and Hanximen, and built fortifications.

Li Yunlong is already a commander who has experienced many battles. He doesn't understand the art of war if you tell him to think about defeat before thinking about victory, but he still understands the truth that troops must first gain a firm foothold when they arrive at a place.

Otherwise, if the devils in the city counterattack, the troops will suffer losses if they do not gain a firm foothold.

Almost at the same time, Ding Wei's new regiment also blocked the east and west gates.

Kong Jie's New Second Regiment blocked Yingzemen and Chengenmen in Nanguan.

Only the small north gate of Beiguan and Suoyi gate were not sent to blockade.

As long as there are two considerations, one is insufficient troops, and the other is to force the devils to break through!

The brigade commander is a serious first-year student of the Whampoa Military Academy, and he is one of the three heroes of Whampoa.

The brigade commander deliberately chose his brigade headquarters in Taiping Temple outside Shuixi Gate.

This is hard for Li Yunlong, because his regiment headquarters is also located in Taiping Temple.

The brigade commander did it on purpose. The Battle of Taiyuan was too important. He was afraid that Li Yunlong would not listen. Who made this guy have many previous convictions for disobedience on the battlefield?

"Brigade Commander, you should go to Nanguan."

"The foundation of the new second regiment is relatively poor, and its combat effectiveness is also weak."

"If you have the brigade commander in charge, the combat effectiveness of the new second regiment will definitely be greatly improved!"

Li Yunlong chattered on and on, the brigade commander became impatient, and said coldly: "Li Yunlong, you kid want to drive me away, so that you can let go of your hands and feet and do whatever you want?"

"I tell you, there are no doors!"

"The Battle of Taiyuan, absolutely no mistakes are allowed!"

Li Yunlong said: "Brigade Commander, the conscience of heaven and earth, how could I have such an idea."

"You have the skill to grind your teeth with me here, why not use your brain, how to smash the Shuixi Gate or the Hanxi Gate as soon as possible! Anyway, I'm talking here, whoever breaks into Taiyuan City first among your three main groups will be the first! "

Li Yunlong came out of the hall with a bitter face, and Zhao Gang and several battalion commanders immediately surrounded him.

Li Yunlong glanced at Wang Yan, but he didn't see Wang Yan, so he said, "Where is Staff Officer Wang? And the cavalry battalion?"

Zhao Gang replied with a grunt: "Old Li, Staff Officer Wang just sent Gensheng back to report that he has some new ideas, and he may return to the team later, and the cavalry battalion will be with him."

"Forget it." Li Yunlong said in a deep voice, "Anyway, this is a tough battle, and neither the Spike Squad nor the Cavalry Battalion can go! Let them rest at the Xincheng Airport."

Speaking of this meal, Li Yunlong shouted again: "Pillar? Pillar?!"

As soon as the words fell, Yu Chengzhu, the artillery battalion commander, hurried in: "Here we come."

Li Yunlong asked: "Zhuzi, how are you doing with what I told you, have you found any weak spots in the city wall?"

"Head, I've found it." Yu Chengzhu said, "It's just beside Xihaizi. That section of the city wall was probably destroyed by heavy Japanese artillery during the Battle of Taiyuan, and it was obviously repaired later."

"But the rammed earth was not compacted, it was a little loose."

"According to my estimate, it can be blown up in two hours!"

Li Yunlong shouted: "Then blow it up, don't save shells!"

"Yes!" Yu Chengzhu agreed, turned around and rushed away.

Li Yunlong's eyes turned to the four infantry battalion commanders, and the four battalion commanders immediately lifted their spirits.

Li Yunlong's eyes swept over Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan, and Guan Dashan one by one, and finally fell on Wang Huaibao. He said in a deep voice, "Wang Huaibao, this time your 3rd Battalion will take the lead in the main attack!"

When Guan Dashan heard this, his face immediately twisted into a bitter gourd.

Wang Huaibao looked excited, finally it was Lao Tzu's 3rd Battalion turn!

Li Yunlong said again: "But Wang Huaibao, you have listened carefully to me, I have given you a chance to get 3 battalions, but if you can't take it down"

Wang Huaibao immediately said: "Commander, if you can't take it down, you will shoot me!"

"Shoot you?" Li Yunlong said, "Shooting you is cheap! If your 3rd Battalion can't take it down, I will embarrass you in front of the brigade commander, and I will cut off your dog's head and use it as a chamber pot!"

"Yes!" Wang Huaibao said proudly, "If you can't take it off, you cut off my head and used it as a chamber pot, Commander!"

"Go get ready!" Li Yunlong said, "As soon as the cannons stop and the city wall collapses, you will charge with the whole battalion. You must take the city gate in the shortest possible time!"

"Yes!"

In addition to a military police squad of the Japanese army guarding Shuiximen, there is also a reinforced battalion of the 8th Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army.

The battalion commander of this reinforced battalion is an old acquaintance of the independent regiment, Wan Yong, a quartermaster who was originally stationed in the cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town.

Relying on the money he got from Aunt Gou Zhengcai, Wan Yong became the battalion commander as soon as he went to Wei Jie's place.

Watching the Eighth Route Army push one 37mm rapid-fire gun after another, and one after another 75mm mountain gun to the opposite side of Xi Haizi, Wan Yong was frightened.

When did the Eighth Route Army become so rich?

There are so many rapid-fire guns and mountain cannons?

Then what a fart to keep, there is no way to keep it!

Several platoon leaders, including Ge Fugui and his subordinate Pan Ren, were also so frightened that their teeth chattered.

"Brother, there is no way to fight this battle!" Pan Ren's eyes rolled wildly, and he whispered, "Why don't we surrender again?"

"Anyway, it's not the first time I've surrendered."

"Shut up." Ge Fugui said, "You're going to die."

"Brother." Pan Ren said urgently, "If you don't surrender, you are really dead. If you surrender, you can save your life! After all, the Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially. They didn't kill us last time."

"Captive?" Ge Fugui said, "If you want to be a prisoner, you have to have a chance."

Speaking of this, Ge Fugui turned his head and glanced behind him very covertly.