The organization of the 7th Division of the puppet army is somewhat different from that of the other divisions. There is no brigade-level system in the middle, and the division is directly under the regiment-level system, with a total of six regiments under the division.

After taking over the fortifications of the city wall, Pan Ren quickly made arrangements.

The 10, 11, 12 and 22nd Regiments were ordered to defend the fourth section of the city walls, and the 23rd Regiment and the 24th Regiment were prepared to support the direction of danger at any time.

The one responsible for the defense of the northern section of the city wall was Diao Desheng's 22nd Regiment.

Speaking of which, Diao Desheng is a cowardly fool who is greedy and afraid of death.

If this were replaced by the wilderness, if it were the past, as soon as the Eighth Route Army fired, Diao Desheng would definitely order his puppet troops to kneel down and surrender immediately without any hesitation.

But now it is not in the wild, it is in Taiyuan.

And now it is not as good as before. Since Pan Ren became the commander of the 7th Division of the puppet army, he led them into the base area and did a lot of evil things. Now the tacit understanding between their puppet army and the Eighth Route Army has long disappeared, and the situation between the two sides has long been endless, so surrender at this time can only be a dead end.

Since you cannot surrender, you can only grit your teeth and resist to the end...

Although there were only dozens of Eighth Route Army troops rushing along Gongjimen Street, Diao Desheng was so scared that he hurried behind Duo's stolen and did not dare to show his head. While raising his wrecked gun and firing randomly at Duo's outside, he shouted with a stern look: "Brothers, beat me, beat me hard!"

The regiment leader Diao Desheng looked like this, so the puppet troops under his command naturally followed suit.

So hundreds of puppet soldiers hid behind Duoluo, and did not dare to show their heads to aim. They just held pistols or rifles and placed guns outside Duoluo. As for whether they could hit the target, only God knows.

The Eighth Route Army, who rushed over Gongjimen Street, soon discovered the passive avoidance of the puppet army. He immediately returned from both sides of the street to the center of the street, and carried the ladder to rush forward at full speed.

Taiyuan City originally had a moat, and it was the water that was diverted from the Fen River.

But later as the city expanded, Taiyuan's moat was filled.

So now, the Eighth Route Army is approaching the base of the city wall soon and can set up a ladder immediately.

Finally, a puppet army realized the danger and shouted loudly: "Round, the Eighth Route Army rushed to the base of the city wall! The city wall can't be defended anymore, so retreat quickly!"

"What did you say?" Diao Desheng was a little confused.

Are the fortifications in the city walls going to be lost so soon?

The total length of the city wall in the northern section is only more than 3,000 meters. Their 22nd Regiment has more than 1,200 people, and an average of one soldier every three meters. With such a dense defense, it can't stand the only dozens of Eighth Route Army troops?

If he hadn't been blind just now, it would have seemed that he had seen dozens of eighth-way players?

Just a few dozen eighth Route Army took down the city wall fortifications guarded by their regiment?

This is too shameful, right? Diao Desheng instantly felt a critical hit of 10,000 points. No matter how poor the combat effectiveness of our puppet army is, it cannot be so bad, right? Grandma's!

At that moment, Diao Desheng roared loudly: "Transfer my order, the machine gun will fire! Open fire!"

With a command from Diao Desheng, more than a dozen machine gun fire points hidden in the city wall opened fire at the same time, pouring the dense machine gun fire onto the heads of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army, who was rushing forward with a ladder, fell down several times in an instant.

The remaining Eighth Route Army quickly threw away the ladder and hid on both sides of the street, dragging their wounded comrades back.

In a blink of an eye, Gongjimen Street became empty again, leaving only the machine gun fire of the puppet army pulling out streams of light in the dim night sky.

...

Three hundred meters away, the Frontier Command of the Independent Regiment.

Li Yunlong said: "The puppet army in Shanxi is only Yang Cheng's Third Division and Zhao Rui's Fifth Division have some combat effectiveness. These two divisions are from the Jinsui Army. They are not first-class in combat, but there are still second-rate ones."

He paused and said, "As for the Seventh Division, it was composed of the fourth and eighth mixed brigades of the puppet army. The predecessor of these two brigades was the Kuomintang security regiment. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is not even a second-rate. At most, it is a third-rate level! With the combat effectiveness of our independent regiment, fighting such a third-rate puppet army is simply cutting melons and vegetables."

Chen Quan said: "That's right, unless the Japanese come to reinforce, even if there is no firepower support from the artillery battalion, our third battalion will be confident to take down Gongjimen. The regiment commander, why not just attack directly, right?"

Li Yunlong said: "No, you can't do it recklessly. There is no such thing as you."

After pausing, Li Yunlong said again: "You must have the courage to win when you meet on a narrow road. This is true, but you must not just do it recklessly. As a commander, you have to learn to use artillery firepower. Have you heard of the Battle of Cangyunling?"

"I heard of it." Chen Quan nodded, "Captain, you killed the command of the Sakata United with one shot, and then led the new first regiment to defeat the Sakata United from the front and break out of the encirclement."

"This is the effect of artillery firepower!" Li Yunlong nodded.

"If you use the artillery well, you can become a sharp knife that stabs the enemy's heart!"

While the two were talking, the artillery observer next to him had already reported the coordinates to the artillery position through telegram.

Then there were four buzzing sounds, four streams of light whistled from a few kilometers away, and hit the city wall again, and then four dazzling flames exploded on the city wall.

Unfortunately, I failed to hit the target.

However, the artillery observers were not concerned about this and reported the revised coordinates to each artillery position one by one.

Immediately afterwards, the second row of shells roared, and this time, all four shells hit the target, destroying the four machine gun fire points hidden in the city wall.

The firepower of the four machine guns was destroyed, and the firepower in the direction of Gongji Gate immediately became sparse.

Li Yunlong turned his head and said to Chen Quan, "Chen Quan, you can invest in a series of strong attacks. If you are lucky, you can seize the fortifications of Gongjimen this time."

Chen Quan was excited and shouted: "One row, go!"

The company commander immediately jumped up, waved the shell gun in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!"

"Run! Kill!" More than 200 soldiers who were originally hidden on both sides of the street carried ladders and rushed up the street, and then rushed along the street towards Gongjimen.

On the city wall ahead, the puppet army was firing desperately.

The red light of the muzzle flame almost covered the entire city wall fortifications.

From time to time, bullets roared through the night sky.

However, the hit rate of the puppet army was very touching, and almost no Eighth Route Army soldiers were shot and fell down.

On the contrary, the Eighth Route Army stopped to shoot during the charge, and always hit the puppet army on the city wall. From time to time, the puppet army screamed and fell from the top of the city.

The tactical qualities of both sides are not on the same level at all.

Pan Ren's crooked minds are not enough to make up for the huge gap.

...

The puppet troops on the Gongjimen city wall were already panicked.

"Round seat, cannons! Cannons! The Eighth Route Army has cannons!"

A puppet soldier shouted in panic, "All our machine gun fire points have been knocked off, and the city wall can't be defended anymore. It's better to retreat quickly and run away!"

"Far, where can I go?"

Diao Desheng actually wanted to escape, but he really had no place to run.

So he could only grit his teeth and roar, "Hold on me, and fucking me!"

"The rank of the regiment can't stand it anymore!" A puppet army said as they raised their guns and fired randomly outside. However, the moment he leaned forward, a bullet suddenly roared and hit his head accurately. The next second, the puppet army fell down straight and fell in front of Diao Desheng's eyes.

Those empty eyes stared straight at Diao Desheng.

Diao Desheng was so scared that he was shocked and wanted to run away subconsciously.

But at this moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly sounded on the horse road.

Then he saw Pan Ren and a large group of puppet troops rushing up along the horse road.

Seeing Pan Ren, Diao Desheng gave up the idea of ​​running away because Pan Ren would kill him. This bastard could do anything with the support of the Japanese.

...

Taiyuan inner city, the First Army Headquarters.

Although it was several kilometers away, in the combat room of the First Army Command, you could still clearly hear the sound of cannons coming from Gongji Gate and Zhenyuan Gate.

Hanaya said with a dark face: "This is... Meiji 38th-year-old 75mm caliber field howitzer! Damn, the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment also brought the cannons they seized from the Second Guards Division!"

After pausing, Hanagu Masato said again: "What are the idiots from the Ninth Flight Team of the Aviation Army doing? You can't even find such a big target?"

"Han Gujun, calm down."

But Yoshio Iwamatsu waved his hand and said, "Don't be excited."

Hua Gu frowned and said, "Commander, the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment has used artillery firepower, so the machine gun firepower points on the North Gate city wall will be easily destroyed. I think it is irresponsible to hand over the city wall fortifications to the Seventh Division of the Imperial Army. They are by no means opponents of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment."

"Hangu, please be calm." Yoshio Iwamatsu said.

"We must believe Sakamoto's judgment and Pan Sang's ability."

"Your Excellency Commander..." When Hanaya was about to tell the difference, she was forcibly interrupted by Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Yoshio Iwamatsu said: "Kun Huagu, why not give the 7th Division of the Imperial Army and Pan Sang a chance, what if they really defend the fortifications of the city walls? Besides, even if the outer city walls were not protected in the end, it would be no big deal, because there were four infantry squadrons of the Imperial Army guarding various blocks of the outer city, and the sky would not fall."

After a pause, he said, "So you might as well sit down and have tea."

"Hayi." Hua Gu was sitting helplessly, holding a cup of tea.

...

Three hundred meters outside Gongjimen, the Frontier Command of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

Li Yunlong and Shen Quan each held a telescope and were observing the battle situation of Gongji City Gate.

The searchlight on the head of Gongjimen has been destroyed by the snipers of the Wolf Warrior Squadron, but the fires lit up under the city, as well as the red light from the explosion of grenades, still illuminated the entire city wall fortifications.

With the faint light of fire and the red light generated by the grenade explosion, it can be clearly seen that the soldiers of the Third Battalion and First Company had already put more than a dozen long ladders on the city wall.

Immediately afterwards, more than two hundred soldiers in a row were divided into two parts.
To be continued...