Taiyuan city walls are divided into inner and outer cities.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qi, the third son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty's Taizu, was named King of Jin, and his vassal residence was in Taiyuan.

After Zhu Qijiji, he expanded outward on the basis of Taiyuan City in the Song Dynasty, rebuilt Taiyuan City, and built an inner city with a circumference of eight miles in the outer city with a circumference of twenty-four miles.

The entire inner city of Taiyuan is the King of Jin’s Mansion.

The inner city has a higher specification than the outer city and is built more sturdy.

During the Ming Dynasty, Taiyuan and Datong were always the strongest northern barriers in the heart of the Central Plains.

Whether it is Mongolia or Qing dynasty, you can't even conquer Taiyuan without paying a heavy price.

However, the Japanese army took Taiyuan in less than three days. There was basically no street fighting in Taiyuan City. Therefore, although the outer city walls were destroyed by Japanese artillery, the inner city of Taiyuan was intact. The puppet TY Municipal Government and the Japanese First Army Command were all in the inner city.

The Houzai Gate in the inner city of Taiyuan is facing Gongji Gate.

Yoshio Iwamatsu is watching the battle at the Houzai Gate.

Chief of Staff Masashi Hanaya and Operations Division Chief Takaichi Sakamoto are also there.

Seeing that the artillery fire of the Jinsui Army was extending from Gongji Gate to Houzai Gate, the adjutant Yuta Ichihara began to get nervous and stepped forward to persuade Yoshio Iwamatsu to leave the city tower quickly.

"Mr. Commander, please be sure to leave here."

Yuta Ichihara said: "It's too dangerous to stay here."

"It's okay." Yoshio Iwamatsu waved his hand and said, "In order to open the city wall of Gongjimen, the artillery of the Shanxi Sui Army consumed at least 500 shells, so there would be no more shells for extended shooting."

The old birds on the battlefield are old birds on the battlefield, all of which are experiences summarized from blood and fire.

As soon as Yoshio Iwamatsu finished speaking, the extended shooting of the Shanxi-Sui Army artillery became sparse. In the end, two shells were barely landed on the Houzaimen wall, but they were at least hundreds of meters away from Yoshio Iwamatsu and the others.

Immediately afterwards, there were tide-like shouts of killing and gunshots like exploding beans outside the Gongji Gate.

It is at least one kilometer from Kozaimen to Gongjimen. Yoshio Iwamatsu and Hanaya are holding up their telescopes almost at the same time. But Takaichi Sakamoto did not look at the Gongjimen castle wall, but looked down at the Gongjimen Street under his feet.

I saw a group of Japanese soldiers rushing out from Houzaimen and Xiaodongmen Street.

Many of them were carrying bulky Type 92 heavy machine guns in groups of four. These Japanese soldiers and light and heavy machine guns entered the houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street as fast as possible.

Seeing this, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of Takaichi Sakamoto's mouth.

Takaichi Sakamoto was transferred from the 11th Division. He had participated in the Battle of Songhu, but unfortunately, he failed to catch up with the first phase of the Battle of Songhu, so he was unable to participate in the urban defense of Shanghai. However, he had heard the story of the Marine Corps using side firepower to kill the Chinese army in street battles.

It is said that on Zhabei Railway Station Street, the Marine Corps once destroyed a main battalion of the 88th Division!

Now the troops and firepower prepared by Takaichi Sakamoto for the Shanxi Sui Army are far greater than the size of the Japanese Marine Corps on the Zhabei Railway Station Street. He can't wait to see the Shanxi Sui Army pouring into Gongjimen Street like a tide, and then being knocked down by side firepower in the houses on both sides.

That scene must be very spectacular, right?

Just as Takaichi Sakamoto was looking forward to it, a whistle sound from Yoshio Iwamatsu suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Baga!" Yoshio Iwamatsu cursed, "What's going on? Why did Gongjimen City Wall fall so quickly? Didn't they let them hold on for at least a quarter of an hour?"

"Nani?"

Takaichi Sakamoto looked up in surprise.

Sure enough, I saw that the Jinsui army had already rushed to the Gongjimen city wall.

Perhaps the command of the command "symbolistic defense" caused ideological confusion to the city wall guarding troops, so less than ten minutes into the war, the Jinsui army rushed to the Gongjimen city wall.

At least a dozen infantrymen in a small team have been killed in battle.

The remaining dozens of people followed the city wall and tried to retreat to Zhenyuan Gate and Xiaodong Gate, but before they could run far, more Jinsui troops rushed up and fired in a burst of fire with submachine guns.

In a blink of an eye, a small team of Japanese soldiers were killed and injured.

"Damn it!" Yoshio Iwamatsu said angrily, "I have only been there for less than ten minutes."

"But fortunately, we have completed the deployment of troops and firepower." Huagu Zhengdao, "In addition to the previous mountain cannons and 92 infantry cannons, at least one brigade of troops has entered the houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street. Twelve Type 92 heavy machine guns and more than 40 light machine guns have also been in place."

"Yo Xi!" Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded happily.

"Then let's wait for the Jinsui Army to come from the Internet cafe."

After saying that, he raised the telescope again. Through the telescope's vision, it could be clearly seen that the Jinsui Army did not rush to advance after controlling the Gongjimen city wall.

This was long before Yoshio Iwamatsu expected.

Because after controlling the city wall, we must concentrate our troops.

If he was to attack the city, he would do the same before he knew the Japanese army's defense deployment. The purpose was to gather enough troops and seize the inner city of Taiyuan in one go.

After a while, teams of Jinsui troops crossed the city wall and entered the city.

The sides of Gongjimen Heng Street were soon filled with Jinsui troops, with at least a thousand people.

Next, the Jinsui Army should advance along Gongjimen Street, right?

However, the next scene made Yoshio Iwamatsu stupid.

After gathering enough troops, the Shanxi Sui Army did not advance along Gongjimen Street as the Japanese wished, but instead set up a ladder to climb onto the roofs of the houses on both sides.

If there is a gap or interruption in the house blocking the road,

The Shanxi-Suizhou Army even set up ladders in the air.

Looking at the Jinsui Army climbing over the roof and advancing forward quickly along the ladder, Yoshio Iwamatsu was stunned. Baga, this was completely different from the script they imagined.

Hanaya Masato suddenly turned his head and looked at Takaichi Sakamoto.

But when I saw Takaichi Sakamoto, he was also stunned.

Obviously, this scene was completely beyond Sakamoto Takaichi's expectations.

However, Takaichi Sakamoto's reaction was still very fast. He reacted in less than two minutes and shouted: "Stop them quickly and don't let them continue to move forward, hurry!"

"Quick!" Yoshio Iwamatsu woke up as if he was dreaming, "Stop them!"

The messenger uttered flags to the ambushers who were ambushing in the houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street.

When they saw the flags on the slaughter gate, the Japanese hiding in the houses were confused. Didn’t they agree that they would just hide in the houses and wait for the Jinsui army to enter the streets, and then they could use the dense side firepower to kill pigs and sheep? But what does it mean to let them return to the streets now?

However, these Japanese still faithfully executed the orders.

In an instant, thousands of Japanese soldiers rushed out of the houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street.

When I arrived at Gongjimen Street, I found that the Jinsui Army had actually climbed to the top of the house.

The Jinsui Army, who were advancing along the roof, discovered the Japanese soldiers on the street almost at the same time, and immediately opened fire from a high point. The Japanese soldiers on the street also fought back, and the two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire.

But in general, the Japanese army was at a clear disadvantage.

Because the Jinsui Army occupied the commanding heights, it could throw grenades from a high place, and could also set up machine guns from the roofs of the houses on both sides to form cross-fire power to the Japanese army on the middle street. On the street, the Japanese army not only fired upwards, but also needed to take into account both roofs on both sides. It was obvious that they were a little at a loss and soon fell into a disadvantage.

The Japanese army on the street soon couldn't stand and were driven into the houses on both sides.

The Jinsui army on the roof was not willing to fight. After rushing the Japanese army to the private houses, they continued to advance along the roof, and in a blink of an eye it had already advanced to the middle section of Gongjimen Street.

"Baga, we can no longer let the Jinsui Army advance."

Takaichi Sakamoto took a breath and said anxiously: "Commander, please order our troops to seize the houses in the second half of Gongjimen Street in advance, and the Jinsui Army can no longer be allowed to advance!"

"Hurry, hurry up!" Yoshio Iwamatsu shouted sternly, "Snatch the house quickly!"

Before he finished speaking, Yuta Ichihara rushed over and threw Yoshio Iwamatsu to the top of the city.

Almost as Yoshio Iwamatsu was knocked down, a puff sound came from the column of the enemy building behind him, but a string of heavy machine gun bullets had already hit the column, causing wood chips to splash.

With just a slight difference, Yoshio Iwamatsu was almost beaten to death.

Looking up again, I saw that the Jinsui Army had already set up two heavy machine guns on the head of Gongjimen City and opened fire violently against Houzaimen. It was so dangerous!

"Quickly, protect the Commander!"

Takaichi Sakamoto reacted and rushed over to help Yoshio Iwamatsu up.

But he found that Yuta Ichihara was still pressing against Yoshio Iwamatsu and pushed Yuta Ichihara again, and Yuta Ichihara's body immediately slid down to one side.

"Ichihara Jun! Ichihara Jun?!"

Only then did Takaichi Sakamoto realize that Yuta Ichihara had been beaten into a sieve.

It turns out that it was the adjutant Yuta Ichihara who blocked the bullet for Yoshio Iwamatsu.

"Ichihara Jun?" Yoshio Iwamatsu also looked miserable, and he was a little moved.

"Commander, it's dangerous here, please evacuate quickly." Hua Gu was kneeling on his knees, because he would not be beaten to the wall with a height of no more than the top of the city.

At that moment, two old Japanese evacuated in a hurry from the front of Houzaimen.

Gongjimen Street below has fallen into fierce battles, and the Chinese and Japanese armies launched a cruel battle of houses to the hundreds of private houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street.

...

Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang have also reached Gongji Gate.

The shooting at Houzaimen Tower just now was directed by Chu Yunfei himself.

Seeing several old Japanese escape in a hurry, Chu Yunfei laughed comfortably, but I wonder if he had killed several of them?

Fang Ligong and Sun Ming were worried about Chu Yunfei's personal safety and advised each other: "The city is too dangerous, you must leave here quickly."
To be continued...