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    Compared to the trapped beasts still fighting, Wang Jun, who had already led his 18th Division and 54th Regiment Headquarters to a residential house outside the east gate of Tongliao, was not very happy, and could even be said to have a gloomy face.

    As the sky gradually darkened, the visibility became worse and worse, and the Japanese army put up a desperate resistance.  Before it completely darkened, he crossed to Yongfu Street, divided the Japanese army into east and west parts, surrounded and annihilated the Japanese army in the east city first, and gradually compressed the Japanese army in the west city to the edge of the Liao River. His plan failed to be realized.

    Since the troops rushed into the city, they have defended layer by layer and consciously conserved their troops. Although they have not launched a tactical counterattack, they can almost say that they must fight to save territory when defending.  There are layers of barricades in the main streets in the city. Although the various firepower points are made of sandbags, they are extremely numerous.  Moreover, all the houses facing the street, without exception, were converted into fortifications by the Japanese army.

    In addition, in addition to the Japanese barricades on several main roads, it was almost impossible to use artillery support to deal with the fortifications built by the Japanese army based on the reconstruction of residential buildings in various alleys, and they could only attack them bit by bit.  As well as the unfamiliar terrain, the lack of effective urban maps, and the county structure of small alleys everywhere in the city.

    I want to adopt a roundabout tactic, but I often get lost or separated in the maze-like alley.  In a frontal assault, the Japanese fortifications were too dense.  Under this situation, the attacking troops' offensive became slower and slower until it was blocked along the entire front line of Xiaodong Street in the county seat.

    Putting down the telescope in his hand, listening to the intensive gunfire in front, and looking at the hands of the watch on his wrist, Wang Jun frowned more and more, which was about to point to 11 p.m.  It was already past midnight, but the troops were still blocked at the line from Wapenyao to the mosque.  Even except for some areas, most of the offensive has stopped.

    "According to the current progress, if we continue to fight like this, let alone at the fastest speed, we may not be able to capture Tongliao City after another week of fighting.  The current tactics must be adjusted.  The current progress is too slow and cannot meet the commander's requirements.

    It¡¯s just that tactical adjustments are necessary, but how to adjust them is giving Wang Jun a headache.  The Japanese army opened up almost all the houses facing the street and turned them into firepower points. Even some private houses in key locations or in alleys with convenient transportation were also turned into fortifications.

    These houses that have been converted into fortification groups are closely connected to the residential buildings behind them, and some are even separated from ordinary residential buildings by only a wall.  In the entire Tongliao County, there is almost no protection except for some homes with courtyards and cellars that can be used as anti-gunnery bunkers.  And even these cellars cannot withstand a single 75mm artillery shell before they collapse.

    What¡¯s more, apart from the thugs and lackeys they have trained for themselves, the Japanese will not allow China to receive any aspect of military training or self-protection capabilities.  Even if these ordinary people have cellars in their homes, whether they know how to use them or not is still a different matter.  If artillery is used, who knows how many people will be involved in this artillery fire?

    Although Tongliao County is located outside the Great Wall, it is actually not much different in structure from counties in other parts of China.  Except for a few main streets and some small streets that can barely pass horse-drawn carriages, most of the rest are narrow alleys that can't even pass pedestrians, but not even horse-drawn carriages.

    After the tank rushes into the city, it can only be used to attack the main arterial roads, but it cannot even turn around in other places.  Even if they forcefully rush into the alley, as long as the Japanese army sets up some anti-tank obstacles at the exit of the alley, they will become the turtle in Wengzhong.

    ¡°In some alleys that are too narrow and rugged, tanks will either be stuck inside and unable to move, or face simultaneous fire attacks from all directions.  The narrow alley means that the tank's firing range can only face the front.  Apart from reversing and moving forward, I couldn't even make a U-turn.  Some are even simply stuck in there, unable to move forward or retreat.

    Rifle machine gun bullets, although they do not pose a threat to tanks at such close range.  However, the lethality of grenades, Molotov cocktails and Japanese small-caliber direct fire on tanks at close range cannot be underestimated.  Especially the rear and engine parts, being hit by a Molotov cocktail is absolutely unbearable.

    And the infantry accompanying them in the battle were because the alley was too narrow.  Once the tank is stuck inside, infantry may not be able to pass.  Or the entrance to the alley was blocked by Japanese machine gun fire, and they could only watch helplessly as the tanks were blown up by the Japanese using incendiary bottles or cluster grenades.

    After losing two tanks, the tank troops participating in the battle did not dare to let the tanks cooperate with the infantry in roundabout attacks. They could only launch assaults from the front on the north and south streets.  In fact, the role of tank troops in battle is extremely limited now.

    The most difficult thing is that each attacking force currently does not even have a detailed map of Tongliao County, let alone a detailed map of Tongliao County.??Japanese military fortifications and deployment plans.  There are many ordinary people who are familiar with Tongliao, but these people are afraid of Japanese revenge after the Anti-Japanese Alliance withdraws, and no one is willing to lead the way for the Anti-Japanese Alliance.

    Even if they were forced with a gun, they would not lead the way for the Anti-Union.  In the words of those common people, if I don't lead the way, the most you can do is kill me.  If I lead the way, the Japanese will definitely kill my family when you evacuate.  I can't trade my family's life for mine.

    No matter how much the political cadres who led the team tried to persuade the people who were worried about Japanese retaliation, no one was willing to be this guide.  Not all ordinary people are obedient people. They would rather live under the slavery of the Japanese than be rescued by their own troops.  But the people were really frightened and numbed by the high-pressure rule of the Japanese.

    The people here all believe that the Anti-Japanese Alliance is only staying in Tongliao for a while and will not stay long.  After these resistance alliances withdraw, the Japs will come back with a vengeance.  The Volunteer Army back then also made nice things, but what was the result?  Those people in the city who had helped the volunteers were left there.

    Unable to find ordinary people as guides and lacking detailed maps of the city, the troops suffered greatly during the attack.  Some troops worked hard to capture an alley, only to find that it was a dead end and there was no way to get through.  If you want to bypass the Japanese firepower ahead, you can't hope at all.

    Some even rushed into the alley, followed the path in the middle, and ended up back at the starting point.  When he found the road again, he found that the location of the exit was completely different from the intended target.  The maze-like alleys made the troops suffer a lot.  In a street fight like this, it's strange that the speed is so fast.

    ??Looking at Wang Jun, whose face was a little dark because the troops were making slow progress after entering the city.  Lin Feng, chief of staff of the 18th Division, hesitated for a moment and then said: "Division Commander, now the entire frontline troops' offensive has been frustrated due to terrain restrictions, and the organization of some troops has been disrupted."

    "This is the first time for us to fight in a large-scale county at night, and we have almost no experience. Especially now that we have neither guides nor detailed maps in our hands, and coupled with the maze-like alleys, some troops are rushing in blindly.  , it will take a lot of time to determine our position, and our army will easily suffer."

    "I wonder if we can temporarily retreat the troops to reorganize, reorganize the already disrupted structures, and wait until daybreak before continuing the attack. At the same time, let the Political Department mobilize a group of guides as much as possible to indicate the marching route for our attacking troops.  ?¡±

    "After daybreak, the visual distance is good. We can appropriately use some small-caliber direct-aimed artillery fire during the battle. In addition, with the mobilization of guides, our army will not be in the current situation of rushing blindly. At least those in the alleys  It¡¯s a dead end. It¡¯s a road with open ends at both ends. There are several exits, and you can still figure out where each exit leads.¡±

    Regarding Lin Feng's suggestion, Wang Jun rejected it without thinking: "You can't withdraw. Once you withdraw and fight in, you still have to pay a price. Since this price has to be paid early and late, it is better to pay it early."  A little is better. What¡¯s the point of being afraid of chaos? Just keep fighting.¡±

    "For such a small county with many alleys, it is more appropriate to spread out the attack on a squad scale. If we still follow the old rules, as long as your company spreads out, you don't have to do it deliberately, and it will naturally be divided by alleys.  Come on. Moreover, the situation of numerous alleys is not conducive to large groups of troops fighting in groups, but it restricts their own hands and feet. "

    "The current actual situation is that even the first-level troops cannot be deployed, let alone the battalion-level troops? In the current situation, it is useless even if you gather them together, you have to disperse when fighting. Since you withdraw, you can fight back after  , we still have to fight in pieces, so is it necessary to withdraw and regroup?¡±

    "At present, the Japanese army is desperately defending every position, but once the position is lost, no matter how critical the position is, there has never been a tactical counterattack. Moreover, among the Japanese soldiers who have been killed so far, there are not only regular Japanese soldiers, but also many old and weak ones.  Armed civilians. What does this mean? It means that the Japanese troops are no longer strong in Tongliao City."

    "They can no longer even launch a tactical counterattack and can only defend passively. Relying on multi-layered and deep defense, the entire Tongliao County has been turned into a defense system to delay our attack and buy time for them to mobilize reinforcements, and  Kill and injure our troops as much as possible."

    "The Japanese army is indeed more familiar with the entire Tongliao County than we are now. But according to the current tactics of the Japanese army, the focus of its defense is certainly on the two main east-west trunk roads. But the depth around these two trunk roads, they have been trying to control  , to ensure the depth of defense in key locations as much as possible.¡±

    ¡°?Since each of their defensive areas has a defensive focus, each position must have flank protection.  Tongliao County is full of alleys, which brings a lot of trouble to our army who are unfamiliar with the terrain.  But in this way, the Japanese army's strength will inevitably be dispersed.  "

    "We are indeed suffering a bit at the moment, but in this way we have inadvertently formed a situation of multiple attacks and small groups infiltrating. This also makes it difficult for the Japanese army to figure out which direction our main attack is.  . Who said that when attacking a county town, the main attack can only be carried out along the main streets? Who said that the main attack direction in street battles can only be fixed? "

    "With so many alleys, it is impossible for the Japanese army to send heavy troops to guard every alley. We use squads and platoons as the organization, and multi-channel assaults can just find the weak points of their defense areas. I think no matter how complex these alleys are, their area is still limited.  Even if the troops are a little lost, they will not be delayed for too long, let alone dispersed and concentrated. This is also a tactic."

    "Our individual firepower has an absolute advantage. In this case of close combat, the comparison is the rate of fire of the weapons in our hands. Moreover, our automatic rifles are much shorter than the Japanese 38 rifles. In the alley,  In a narrow situation, it is more conducive to combat. "
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