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The night of March 15th!

Except for the first battalion and part of the artillery of the Fourth Line Regiment, two infantry battalions and all other troops, including 500 militiamen temporarily transferred from the 772 Regiment, a total of more than 2,000 people, all rushed to the Wuming Mountain area outside Licheng County before 12 o'clock.

Assemble.

The officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion accompanying the infantry did not use pack horses this time. Instead, they carried the disassembled mountain artillery pieces and mortars manually. The artillery shells were handed over to the militiamen who served as their ammunition handlers and part-time guards.

In the battle to conquer the county seat, this time the Si Xing Regiment deployed all its elite troops except for the infantry battalion. There was no infantry to guard them anymore.

There are two infantry battalions, the second battalion is responsible for the east gate, the third battalion is responsible for the south gate, and the two northwest gates send small groups of troops for the two battalions to attack. The regiment headquarters is centered with the artillery battalion, responsible for commanding the overall situation and attacking the four gates.

Provide artillery support.

Almost all small mountain towns that never run more than 1.5 kilometers from east to west are within the range of the artillery battalion stationed on the hill 800 meters away from the city gate, whether it is a mountain cannon with a range of six kilometers or an 82 mortar with a range of 2,500 meters, or

It is a daunting 150 caliber heavy mortar!

Gong Shaoxun was once again left with a wry smile on his face to sit at the regiment headquarters. Tang Dao, Erya and the guard platoon followed the Third Battalion heading to the south gate and arrived at the woods 500 meters away from the south gate.

The Japanese army is very wealthy. On the 600-meter-wide city wall, they set up two large searchlights, one on the left and one on the right of the city gate. They staggered with huge light beams and shot the ground hundreds of meters away, from the city wall to the woods.

Although it was not clear in detail, it was extremely difficult to quietly sneak into the effective range of the rifle and shoot at the Japanese troops in the fortifications on the city wall.

Xu squinted his eyes, lying in the grass with a telescope camouflaged with a camouflage net, adjusting to the high intensity of the searchlight and looking at the city wall, Leng Feng's face remained as stern as ever.

The intelligence sent back by the special forces about Licheng County has long been familiar, but the well-preserved city walls of Licheng and the Japanese army's extremely mature defense system still give Leng Feng, an experienced soldier, a headache.

The firepower points made of sandbags on the not-so-wide city wall and at the city gate were clearly visible. Although it was unclear how many troops were defending on the city wall, it was definitely not less than an infantry squad.

Some people may think that by using mortars to blast these firepower points into the sky, the soldiers can invade the city through this open space, but as an increasingly mature commander, Leng Feng would never think so.

The defense on the city wall will never be less than one infantry squadron, which means the defense in the south gate area will never be less than one infantry squadron.

No commander would be stupid enough to put all his troops on a city wall with little defensive capabilities. Most of the Japanese troops must have built a complete position relying on the residential buildings behind the south gate. Once a strong attack begins, not only

It was a question of how many casualties it would take for his third battalion to pass through this 400-meter-wide open space, and how long it would take for him to clear out the enemies at the south gate.

The combat mission of his third battalion was not only to break through Nancheng as quickly as possible and clear out the enemy defenders, but also to provide cover for the remaining members of the guard company and special squadron, allowing them to enter the city and prevent the eager Japanese troops from massacring civilians and even killing civilians.

as a qualitative possibility.

The special forces and informants in the city have already explained the situation. Although the Japanese troops entering the city did not implement a high-pressure policy against civilians, the areas with the highest concentration of civilians were blocked by Japanese troops with fortifications. Once anyone dared to attack the city, they would immediately use military police to deal with it.

Implement repression in civilian areas to prevent people from causing chaos from within, and the possibility of taking civilians as hostages is not ruled out.

In order to deal with this part of the Japanese army as soon as possible, he had to attack the city wall before they could react, and engage in street fighting with the Japanese army in units of infantry squads or even infantry platoons. Only then could the special forces and guard companies advance into the city along the alleys.

Before coming, Leng Feng, who had studied the map of Licheng County many times, had already thought of many plans. Some elite special forces such as Ming Xin, Shen Lao Liu, Niu Er, and Uncle Han sneaked into the city wall to conduct a sneak attack on the defenders, or an infantry squad

Explosions were carried out in large quantities with explosive charges...

But now, under the Japanese army's two large searchlights that can hide nothing, everything has become a daydream.

As early as two days ago, Tang Dao gave up the plan of using special forces to attack the Japanese troops participating in the defense of the city wall to open the city gate. The special forces entering the city were more to disrupt and contain the Japanese invaders.

The five or six black figures walking back and forth on the top of the city carrying three-eight big covers were not blind. It would be easy to deal with them at the same time, but the sound of gunfire would also alert all enemies. Leng Feng frowned.

But Tang Tuanzuo on the side took a leisurely look at his watch.

The hour hand is already pointing to 3:30 in the morning.

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Chapter completed!