The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 597
In order to put more psychological pressure on Zheng Hongkui, the artillery regiment of the First Army bombarded for more than two hours a day, firing as many as three or four thousand shells of various types.

Two-thirds of the stock of artillery shells carried by the logistics force was consumed.

However, the effect of the bombardment was also obvious. The north wall of Jianning City was riddled with holes, and one section of the wall collapsed.

Even a corner of the North Tower was blown down. There are large and small bomb craters everywhere on the city wall. The ground is covered with gravel bricks of various sizes, and there are many black blood stains mixed in them. It is blood and blood. The color that soil mixes together to form.

Zheng Jiajun's corpses were layered upon layer upon layer, and many corpses were in fragmented state.

After the sound of the cannons stopped for a long time, there was no one on the entire north city wall.

This is not to say that they were all killed by the bombardment, but that they ran away.

From the perspective of the soldiers of Zheng's army, no one could survive such overwhelming artillery fire, so running became the only option.

Even Zheng Hongkui himself hid somewhere, and there was no one in sight in the entire city.

Bai Mu, who was watching this scene through the binoculars, was a little dazed, this mother hasn't played well yet, why is it like this?You guys are so cowardly, how can I continue to sing the next play?

Looking at the undefended northern city wall in front of him, Bai Mu felt that it would be a waste of ammunition if he continued to fire.

Are these Zheng Jiajun really so ruthless?
Bai Mu thought for a while, and asked someone to find the head of the [-]st Infantry Regiment of the [-]st Division and ordered: "Send a battalion up to have a look, don't tell me what the old boy Zheng Hongkui is doing?"

Soon, the Wehrmacht of an infantry battalion spread out in a skirmish line and made a tentative attack on the quiet north city wall.

But as we got closer and closer, it seemed that we had already reached the point where a stone was shot, but the city wall was still quiet and there was no movement, which made the battalion commander who led the team a little confused. Could it be that Zheng Jiajun really ran away? up?
After thinking about it, the battalion commander made a decision and sent a company to quickly move down the city wall to conduct fire reconnaissance.

Soon, the soldiers of an infantry company who received the task rushed to the base of the city wall in an irregular route, and after the company commander shouted, everyone quickly untied the grenades around their waists, and slammed them towards the city wall. Throw it up.

The city wall is actually not that high, that is, about three feet high.For these soldiers who drop bombs as a necessary daily training item, this distance is simply a piece of cake.

The grenade exploded on the city wall with a bang, but there was still no movement other than that.

"Company commander, these goods really ran away, right?" A sergeant squad leader asked.

"Try it and you will know. Gather all the grenades in the company and move towards the city gate." The company commander ordered after thinking for a while.

Soon, the soldiers of the whole company quickly moved to both sides of the city gate outside the north gate, keeping on alert.

All the grenades carried by the whole company were gathered together, and then made into several cluster bombs, which were placed by the vanguard in several unused positions under the heavy city gate.

"Commander, aren't those guys going to blow up the city gate?" The adjutant next to Bai Mu asked curiously as he watched the scene through the binoculars.

"Eight successes. This battalion is the battalion with the best performance in grenade projection and use. Their battalion commander, Chu Xiu, is a guy who is obsessed with grenade research. All the soldiers under him must have got his true biography." Bai Mu held the binoculars He nodded in praise.

Several cluster grenades were drilled with a long fuse, and the fuse extended to the outside of the city gate.

"Stay far away, it's going to explode!" The company commander roared, telling the soldiers to hide away, then took out a fire pocket from his arms and blew it with his mouth, bent down and lit the fuse on the ground. fuse.

After igniting, he also retreated quickly.

The fuse ignited rapidly, and the fire quickly spread towards the depths of the city gate.

A loud "boom" came from the city gate, followed by several almost consecutive loud noises.

With the sound of huge continuous explosions, the city gate hole was filled with smoke and dust, bricks, rocks and sawdust spewed out in an instant, and even the tower on the top of the city gate had several huge cracks and began to slowly tilt down.

The loud noises made everyone's eyes focus on this place.

It was too late to wait until all the smoke cleared, the company commander spit out the dirt that flew into his mouth, and rushed towards the city gate quickly.

The soldiers behind followed one after another, and many of them had already held the engineering shovels in their hands, ready for hand-to-hand combat.

At this time, the smoke and dust slowly dissipated. Looking around, the huge and thick city gate with a height of more than one foot disappeared completely. The entire city gate hole became potholes, and the ground was full of fallen objects The masonry and mud blocked the originally spacious passage of the city gate, making it difficult to walk.

"Rush, rush over with me!" Battalion Commander Chu Xiu also roared at this time, waving a pistol and rushed towards the city gate first, followed by a battalion of soldiers behind him.

After rushing through the ruins and rushing into the city, the soldiers discovered that apart from a dozen corpses that had been shaken to death by the huge explosion just now, there was not a single living defender behind the entire city gate.

After sending people to search the sides and surroundings, and confirming that all the defenders at the north gate had fled, the first company commander sent a signal to the troops behind.

After receiving the signal from the troops in front that the defenders of the north gate had escaped, Bai Mu was stunned for a moment, took off his hat, rubbed his head, grinned and said: "These bastards really ran away like that ?”

But he reacted quickly in the next second, and said loudly: "Go and contact the 47th Army and tell Commander Chu that the old boy Zheng Hongkui has run away, and the plan is about to change, so he must block Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Zhilong's mother."

Soon there were messengers leaving.

Bai Mu really didn't expect the Zheng family's army to be so resistant to beating, and he ran away after only a few shots.

Come on, now is not the time to curse and get angry. Bai Mu cursed Zheng Hongkui a few words, and decisively ordered the cavalry to continue chasing and killing the fleeing enemies. All the infantry entered the city except the artillery, quickly captured the other three gates, and occupied the whole city.

Now that the enemy has already fled, then simply occupy the city first.

With Bai Mu's order, the First Army of the National Defense Forces rushed into Jianning City continuously.

After entering the city, the infantry quickly attacked the remaining three gates along the city wall.As expected, the defenders of the other three city gates were also frightened by the fierce shelling of the Wehrmacht and almost fled.

The rest didn't have time to run, and they didn't have much courage to resist under the guns of the National Defense Forces. They were either killed or surrendered on their knees.

At dusk, the entire Jianning City fell into the hands of the National Defense Forces.

　Thanks to the generous and handsome boss "I know what a name is good" for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)