NCCnovel Chapter 511: Blow up the Japanese bank vault quickly and empty it out in the shortest possible time!
Chapter 511: Blow up the Japanese bank vault quickly and empty it out in the shortest possible time!
After Lin Zhenhua took the north gate, Zhao Gang immediately rushed up with the transport battalion. It took less than ten minutes to replenish the ammunition for the 1st Infantry Battalion. After replenishment, the 1st Infantry Battalion quickly passed through the city gate and rushed to Taiyuan City to support the armored forces' offensive operations.
"Lao Zhao, the defense of the city gate is now your responsibility. You must find a way to expand two or three roads so that when we retreat, the main force can quickly withdraw from the city. Street fighting for armored units is not as easy as field fighting. Fortunately, our goal this time is to destroy the Japanese's material warehouses and seize their bank vaults. We will only stay for half a day at most, otherwise this battle will be very difficult to fight." Lin Zhenhua said with a relaxed look on his face.
Zhao Gang took a look at the condition of the north city gate and found that half of the city gate had collapsed. The engineering company was blasting a section of the city wall and estimated that it would take half an hour to clear a passable path.
"College student, leave the defense outside to me. You can rest assured. I, Zhao Gang, promise you that as long as the main force does not withdraw, the Japanese will never be able to seize the city gate."
Lin Zhenhua led an artillery company and rushed to Taiyuan City. He had just received news that the armored troops' attack had encountered fierce interception by the Japanese. In order to open the road as soon as possible, they urgently needed artillery support from the rear. It took less than ten minutes for Lin Zhenhua and his artillery company to arrive. The 75mm mountain cannon mounted on the vehicle started to bombard the Japanese who blocked the road as soon as they stopped.
Under the cover of artillery fire, the armored vehicles that were blocked on the road quickly broke out and chased the tank troops that had already left. Lin Zhenhua led the 1st Infantry Battalion and started a coordinated battle between the infantry and tanks. After receiving the help of the infantry, the casualties of the tank troops dropped sharply, and the Japanese and their expatriates were defeated.
The puppet troops and detective teams in the city even fled in large numbers. If the Japanese supervisory team had not suppressed them, the fleeing puppet troops would have directly broken through the Japanese marching column. But even so, the four Japanese squadrons that came to support were also severely damaged. In just half an hour of fighting, the casualties reached half.
"Damn it! What the hell is going on? Why has the Chinese army already entered the city of Taiyuan? I have clearly sent thousands of reinforcements to support them, but that idiot Fujikawa Ichiro has thousands of troops under his command, but he couldn't even hold out for an hour. This guy is simply a disgrace to the imperial soldiers!" Chief of Staff Ippei Mitsui cursed angrily.
Shinozuka Yoshio was not blinded by anger. He knew that Fujikawa Ichiro must have done his best. The most important thing now was to drive the enemy out of Taiyuan City. But he had no more troops to mobilize. The Okada Corps was basically wiped out. The two battalions stationed outside Taiyuan City had also been urgently transferred to Taiyuan Airport. Now the only ones he could mobilize were the expatriates and the guards of the other three city gates.
"Mitsu-kun, how many expatriates are there in the city? How many soldiers can they organize?"
Mitsui Ippei knew nothing about this, but fortunately the staff officer next to him knew this very well. He bowed his head anxiously and said, "Your Excellency Commander, there are a total of 5000 expatriates in Taiyuan City, which can be organized into three battalions. We have organized expatriates to support the north gate, but they were directly defeated by the enemy's armored forces. These expatriates are very weak in combat, and it is impossible to expect them to stop the enemy. I suggest that Your Excellency Commander retreat immediately. Once the enemy launches an attack on the headquarters, it will be impossible to stop them with our current guard force."
In fact, the staff officer had not said one more thing, that is, if the headquarters was breached, Shinozuka Yoshio who stayed in the headquarters would most likely become a prisoner of the enemy. Mitsui Ippei, who was so angry that he suddenly woke up, and urged anxiously: "Commander, I ask you to make a tactical shift immediately. The headquarters is in great danger now. As long as the enemy commander is not stupid, he will mobilize heavy troops to attack our headquarters. Once the headquarters is breached, the consequences will be disastrous."
Shinozuka Yoshio knew that what the two said was true, and he did not want to cause trouble at this time. Taiyuan City was very dangerous for him now. Once he fell into the hands of the enemy, it would cause a huge blow to the morale of the 12th Army. In order to prevent such a terrible thing from happening, he responded immediately: "Immediately order all fighter planes at nearby airports to rush to Taiyuan City for support and help the defenders drive away the enemy. The headquarters will be transferred immediately, and we will leave the city from the south gate to avoid the current danger first."
"Colonel Matsui is in charge of the defense of Taiyuan City. All troops must strictly follow Colonel Matsui's orders. Also, don't forget to send another urgent telegram to the nearby garrisons, asking them to rush to Taiyuan City as soon as possible to help the defenders in the city encircle the enemy."
Shinozuka Yoshio dispatched three squadrons of troops and led more than 100 people from the headquarters to leave in a hurry. During the evacuation, they encountered a lost tank company and a fierce exchange of fire broke out between the two sides. After paying nearly 300 casualties, Shinozuka Yoshio successfully evacuated Taiyuan City from the South Gate. In order to ensure the safety of the retreat, he dispatched two squadrons of defenders from the South Gate and retreated towards Wenjia Town under the protection of three reinforced squadrons.
"College student, I have found the location of the Japanese bank vault. Let's hurry over there." Duan Peng reported excitedly.
Upon hearing the good news from Duan Peng, Lin Zhenhua immediately asked Duan Peng to lead the way and rushed to the location of the Japanese bank vault in a communication command vehicle.
After 20 minutes of marching, they arrived at the Japanese bank vault. After getting off the communication command vehicle, Lin Zhenhua did not stop and led a company of soldiers to attack the Japanese bank vault. In order to capture the bank vault as soon as possible, six tanks and eight armored vehicles were urgently deployed to form a strict fire suppression on the Japanese in the vault.
With the cooperation of the infantry and tanks of both sides, it took only 15 minutes to take down the bank vault. With the experience of opening the Japanese vault last time, they were very careful when opening the Japanese vault this time.
"Duan Peng, after the vault door is blown open, you take a platoon of soldiers and beat them hard inside the vault. Don't mind breaking the banknotes. We can't leave the Japanese any chance, otherwise they might really turn the tables!"
Duan Peng used the explosives provided by Lin Zhenhua to easily blow open the door of the vault. When he was about to shoot inside, he found that there was no one inside. For safety reasons, Duan Peng fired a burst of bullets into the vault, but there was no response. He led a squad of soldiers and carefully entered the vault. He found that there was a small hole in the vault that was releasing poisonous smoke into the vault. He immediately kicked the protruding pipe and inserted the muzzle of the pistol into the small hole. He fired a few shots, and then heard two consecutive screams and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. He was really relieved.
For safety reasons, Duan Peng had put on a gas mask before entering the bank vault, and the Japanese's gas attack was unsuccessful. Lin Zhenhua had long been prepared for this move by the Japanese, as he knew that after the Japanese suffered a loss last time, they would never be so careless as to not make any improvements.
"Everyone, put on your gas masks, take out all the gold, silver and banknotes from the vault, load them into armored vehicles and evacuate immediately. Xiao Zhongyuan, immediately pass on my order to mobilize 30 armored vehicles to come over, pack all the gold, silver and banknotes from the Japanese vault into boxes, and then transport them out of the city."
When Lin Zhenhua saw the gold, silver and banknotes in the bank vault, his mouth trembled and he almost stuttered. The rows of gold bricks in the bank vault were very dazzling, and their value was definitely not less than 1000 million yuan. If the money and banknotes in the vault were counted, the total should not be less than 3000 million, which is a very large number. With this money, they will no longer have to worry about money in the next year, and can place larger orders with Chen Minggeng to solve the problem of insufficient raw materials in the base.
"Duan Peng, you lead two companies of soldiers to protect the money and never let it fall into the hands of the devils. No matter how much it costs, you must protect the money. I will contact the base in a moment and ask them to send a transport plane immediately to transport the money back to the base."
After arranging the whereabouts of the gold, silver and banknotes, Lin Zhenhua returned to the communication command vehicle and carefully checked the information summarized by the telegraph operator. According to the reports from various companies, the troops' attack was very smooth, and the number of enemies killed had exceeded one thousand. The resistance of the devils was not as tenacious as imagined.
The only piece of information that really caught Lin Zhenhua's attention was that the Japanese expatriates also participated in the blocking battle, which made him a little worried. In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese expatriates was not strong. He was afraid that these bastards would be influenced by Bushido and take explosives to die with them for the so-called holy war. This was what made him afraid.
The armored forces did not have much advantage in street fighting. If the Japanese adopted a suicidal tactic, it would really cause huge casualties to the armored forces. Fortunately, judging from the reports from various companies, what he was worried about had not happened yet. However, there were already signs that the Japanese had become more shrewd after suffering huge losses.
"Immediately give orders to all companies, tell them not to advance rashly. We have already captured the Japanese bank vault. Next, we just need to occupy the Japanese material warehouse. There is no need to clear out the Japanese and puppet troops in the city. After burning down the Japanese material warehouse, we must evacuate quickly!"