As a veteran intelligence officer, the brigade commander naturally had many people from the Eighth Army stationed in Taiyuan.
Yoshio Shinotsuka hid right below the Taiyuan City Command Headquarters. Because Li Yunlong and his men arrived so quickly, he didn't have any time to escape.
No one would think of running around if they saw a dense array of tanks circling overhead.
Looking at the markings on the dashboard, Li Yunlong ordered Sun Desheng to lead his tank company to behead Yoshio Shinotsuka.
The other tanks opened fire on Taiyuan City.
Even without using the most powerful artillery shells, the 1150mm machine guns alone were enough to win this siege.
The phrase "unlimited firepower" was truly beyond the CEO's imagination.
Chains of fire were fired at Taiyuan City, flattening the city walls that were several meters high.
The Japanese soldiers on defense had no chance to react under the artillery fire.
One cannonball after another pounded against the city wall, creating one explosion after another.
The commander and division commander stared at the scene in disbelief, their mouths agape in astonishment.
"My goodness, that's some serious firepower."
Looking at the city of Taiyuan covered in artillery fire, the division commander sighed, then felt a pang of heartache.
So many shells, it's almost a waste.
Throughout the entire Eighth Route Army's resistance against Japan, no army fired as many shells as Li Yunlong in those few minutes.
Sun Desheng drove the tank, hovering in the sky, and began to check the ground against the coordinates.
There were many Japanese soldiers on the ground, firing machine guns at the tanks.
In many higher places, there were also Japanese anti-aircraft guns hidden there.
Unfortunately, all that firepower hit the tank without even scratching the paint.
Ignoring the ground fire, Sun Desheng flew straight toward the Japanese headquarters in Taiyuan.
As the tanks flew closer and closer, Yoshio Shinotsuka felt increasingly desperate.
They couldn't win a fight, and they couldn't escape.
This feeling of helplessness terrified him.
He suddenly felt a sense of admiration for Tu Ba Lu, because this group of people could continue to resist the Japanese even in such despair.
The tanks flew over the headquarters, and countless civilians and underground party members looked up at the sky.
They had been oppressed by the Japanese for too long, and now all they wanted was to completely wipe out the Japanese in Taiyuan.
Sun Desheng looked at the Japanese headquarters and spoke into his headset: "Brothers, liberate Taiyuan! Open fire!"
A company of over two hundred men, with two hundred chains of fire falling from the sky, landed on the Japanese headquarters.
The buildings on the ground were instantly destroyed, debris flew into the air, and the observation ports of the air-raid shelters were covered in dust.
The Japanese soldiers inside the air-raid shelter were still thankful that they hadn't stayed on the ground, otherwise they probably would have been in grave danger.
However, as the shells continued to rain down, the Japanese soldiers realized something was wrong; the fighting seemed endless.
No matter how much ammunition a tank carries, it can't keep firing indefinitely.
And the sound of the explosions was so fast, it felt like they never stopped.
With the relentless bombardment, the command post had been reduced to ruins, and the entrance to the air-raid shelter was completely blocked.
Meanwhile, Li Yunlong's attack outside was also going smoothly.
The outer walls of Taiyuan City had been reduced to ruins by bombing. The tank army, accompanied by the headquarters guards, drove straight toward the inner city.
Facing the inner city gate, a few cannonballs blew it open.
Tanks then filed in, and the Japanese soldiers attempted to dig trenches to block their advance.
As it turned out, the tanks could fly, ignoring the trenches on the ground and flying right over them.
The Japanese used explosives, machine guns, and Type 92 infantry guns—they tried every means imaginable—but they couldn't stop the tanks from advancing.
In the face of tanks, it's just a matter of a burst of machine gun fire.
Once the Japanese soldiers got their hands on it, they were basically torn to pieces.
The headquarters guards followed behind the tanks, clearing out the Japanese soldiers hiding in the corners.
They were all elite soldiers. The Japanese soldiers in Taiyuan City were basically doomed to be beaten when they encountered these people.
The headquarters guard unit used to be poorly equipped and lacked siege weaponry. In addition, they had to protect the leaders, so they were always being suppressed by the Japanese.
Now, just follow behind the tanks. Whenever you spot an enemy bunker or heavy firepower, simply command the tanks to attack it.
As for the other scattered Japanese soldiers, they were seen as easy targets, one shot at a time.
The Japanese troops inside Taiyuan City, having lost command of their headquarters, had no idea what to do.
The tank cut them into pieces and then slowly ate them up.
Meanwhile, the spies and underground party members in the city also drew their guns and began firing sniper shots at the Japanese soldiers.
Those puppet troops, upon seeing the tanks enter the city, had already knelt on the ground and surrendered.
Some quick-thinking individuals have already started shooting at the Japanese soldiers.
They knew they had committed a crime, but if they could kill a few Japanese soldiers, they could basically atone for their crimes.
With the addition of puppet troops and underground party members, the battle progressed rapidly. The Japanese's carefully constructed defensive line was as fragile as paper in front of the tank battalion, and it was easily breached.
Seeing that the situation was not good, some Japanese soldiers immediately knelt on the ground, took out their loincloths, hung them on the barrels of their rifles, and raised them up.
Li Yunlong looked at the surrendered Japanese soldiers and originally wanted to fire a cannon at them.
He had absolutely no intention of taking these Japanese devils prisoner.
Why should we only need to kneel down and surrender after burning, killing, and looting in China?
Blood debts must be repaid with blood.
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