At the Japanese garrison headquarters in the county seat, the operator hurriedly broke in!

"Sir, Captain Oda is in a hurry!"

"The enemy who attacked the stronghold at Xiaoguan was the Eighth Route Army, and the stronghold had been taken by them, all the weapons and equipment were taken away by the Eighth Route Army, and not a single grain of grain or bullet casing was left in the stronghold!"

"They judged that the Eighth Route Army attacked the stronghold for the food, equipment and ammunition that the imperial army had hoarded in the stronghold!"

"In addition, Captain Oda has found the direction of the retreat of the Eighth Route Army attacking the stronghold, and they asked if they want to pursue it!"

The adjutant immediately shouted: "Of course you have to chase!" ”

"We must kill these Eighth Route Army and recapture the equipment and ammunition they stole from the stronghold!"

"Those equipment and ammunition and captured equipment of the Imperial Allied Army are enough for the Eighth Route Army to expand its army by nearly one main battalion, and they must be snatched back, otherwise it will definitely pose a huge threat to us!"

"Hey!"

The operator hastened to answer, and then he was ready to give the order!

But before the people moved, the captain's scolding reached their ears!

"Confused!"

"People are dead, what else is there to chase!"

"The Eighth Route Army is notoriously powerful in guerrilla warfare, and now it's night again, and there is no difference between the reinforcements chasing into the mountains and sending them to death!"

"Order the troops to rebuild the Xiaoguan stronghold and rely on the Xiaoguan stronghold to control the surrounding towns!"

The captain didn't know, because of their judgment, a huge convoy was like a ghost, quickly passing under his nose, little by little closer to Lingqiu!

Dongliang stronghold, the last blockade line that Li Hao needs to pass through to return to the base!

Before the garrison broke through from Lingqiu, it only played the role of blocking the garrison regiment's base area, and the garrison did only have one reinforced infantry squadron, which was similar to what Li Hao had learned!

From the moment the garrison successfully broke through, the strength of the garrison here has changed, and it has quietly changed without anyone noticing!

Three infantry brigades blockaded the Lingqiu base to prevent the garrison from breaking through the troops back to Lingqiu!

One of the captains of the field brigade happened to take a fancy to this place and determined that this place was the headquarters of his own brigade!

As a result, the garrison of the stronghold was directly increased to two reinforced infantry squadrons, half a heavy machine gun squadron, half a mortar squadron, a mountain artillery squadron, an infantry artillery squad, plus a battalion of puppet troops, and the total strength has exceeded a thousand!

What's more, the Japanese army also deployed three reinforced squadrons within ten kilometers of the perimeter, which could reinforce the stronghold at any time!

If it is put in normal times, such an intelligence garrison group will definitely be able to detect it as soon as possible!

Not now.

The base is too messy!

The reinforcements of the military division, the Japanese sweeping troops, have been beaten into a pot of porridge!

The devils of the two squadrons are rampage in the base area, sweeping away the remaining troops of the garrison regiment!

After the garrison successfully broke through from Lingqiu, the Japanese puppet army lost face!

In order to take revenge on the Eighth Route Army, after these devils entered the base area, they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil!

In less than ten days, nearly 500 people in two villages in the base area have been slaughtered by them!

Countless villages and houses have been burned down!

Political Commissar Wang Hong was only busy with one thing during this time: to do everything possible to minimize the harm of these two devils to the base area!

And then there was negligence in the collection of intelligence!

In the woods three kilometers southwest of the Dongliang stronghold, the third battalion commander Huang Sheng and more than 500 soldiers under his command lurked here!

In an hour, they will launch an attack on the Dongliang stronghold!

To the northeast of the stronghold, Zhao Wen, the commander of the independent battalion, was also hiding nearby, and behind him were all recruits who had just replenished the independent battalion!

He had long wanted to take the Dongliang stronghold in front, but he didn't have any confidence at all!

The independent battalion is full of more than 600 people, and now it is more than 500!

On the surface, the total strength of the army has only been sharply reduced by more than 100 people, but the combat effectiveness is very different!

In the past, there was a high proportion of veterans among more than 600 people, and they were also equipped with a lot of heavy weapons! Even if it's a new recruit, it's been months of training!

And in the independent battalion in front of him, there are only more than 100 veterans among the more than 500 people, and the rest are all guerrillas who have just replenished their troops!

They have not undergone formal training, and although they have been trained after joining the guerrillas, they are all simple marksmanship and patrol vigilance, which are not worth mentioning at all compared to the regular training of the main forces!

Now there are three battalions in the frontal attack to cooperate, and they also bring mountain artillery and mortars, they only need to cooperate with the attack, and give a fatal attack to the stronghold at the critical moment, Zhao Wencai has the confidence to take the Dongliang stronghold!

What they don't know is that their confidence comes from the fact that there are only nearly 500 puppet troops in the stronghold!

The reality is quite the opposite!

The Dongliang stronghold doesn't look big, but there are more than a thousand puppet troops stationed in it, and most of them are well-equipped Japanese troops, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong!

"Boom ......"

The mountain artillery shell hit the first shot, hitting the middle of the most conspicuous turret in the middle of the stronghold!

The offensive has begun!

"The mountain artillery continues to fire, blow up the central turret of the stronghold for me, there must be a devil headquarters there!" The third battalion commander Huang Sheng attacked the stronghold according to the old method, stared at the stronghold that was already in chaos, and ordered with a serious face!

"The mortar platoon also opened fire, shelling the open space in the middle of the stronghold, and blowing up the Japanese puppet army that rushed out of the turret and barracks!"

"The attacking troops will set off now, approach the stronghold, and start attacking as soon as the shelling stops!"

After a series of orders were given, Huang Sheng raised his binoculars again and looked at the battlefield!

"Boom ......"

After five mountain artillery shells were smashed out in a row, the turret collapsed, and then the trumpet of the charge was heard on the battlefield!

Under the cover of night, Huang Sheng vaguely saw a company's subordinates distributed in a straggler line, constantly changing various tactical moves, and rushing towards the stronghold like a ghost!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The three mortars continued to fire, and the positions around the stronghold continued to explode in flames, rising thick black smoke!

Seeing that the attacking troops were getting closer and closer, there were constantly devils in the positions of the Japanese puppet army being blown up!

A smile slowly appeared on Huang Sheng's serious face!

Victory is within reach!

This is the thought that appeared in Huang Sheng's mind at this moment!

"Woooooooooo......oo Boom Boom Boom ......"

Suddenly, a series of piercing screams reached the ears, followed by a violent explosion behind him!

The regiment commander strengthened one mountain cannon and three mortars for himself, and in the blink of an eye, he was drowned in artillery fire!

Huang Sheng was taken aback, his mouth open, and he hadn't reacted from the shock yet!

The next scene on the battlefield made him want to vomit blood!

A large number of little devils suddenly appeared in the position of the Japanese puppet army filled with gunpowder, and five heavy machine guns and more than a dozen crooked handles suddenly opened fire, and the bullets whizzed and flew, interweaving an impermeable firepower network in front of the attacking troops!

It was as if the attacking troops had crashed into an impregnable copper wall, and they were swept down in front of the position!

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the attacking troops of more than 100 people were killed or wounded!

"Oh no, we're fooled!"

Huang Sheng finally reacted from the shock and shouted with a stunned face!

"Intelligence says that there is only one reinforced squadron in the stronghold, and it is impossible to equip it with mountain artillery, nor can it be equipped with so many mortars and heavy machine guns!"

"If I'm not mistaken, at least half a brigade of little devils is hidden in the stronghold, and mountain artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns have been strengthened!"

"Retreat, the attacking troops will retreat immediately!"

"The devil is too strong, and there are still strongholds to hold onto, and it is impossible for us to take down this little force and firepower!"

"Let's retreat too, get out of here!"

"The stronghold is equipped with at least six mountain guns and infantry guns, six mortars, and we are at the best range of these guns, once they are targeted, the troops will definitely suffer heavy casualties!"

The devil that Huang Sheng thought of also thought of it!

Although Sasaki is only the captain, his military rank is Nakasa!

Regardless of whether it is a field unit or a second-line garrison unit, this rank corresponds to the deputy wing commander!

However, Sasaki served as the captain of the brigade with the rank of Nakasa, and was ready to skip the position of deputy captain of Nakasa at any time and be directly promoted to the captain of the Osa!

Such a leap promotion method means that Sasaki is a very strong and different commander!

After the two rounds of shells were smashed, the target was immediately adjusted and the artillery was fired at the assembly area of the three battalions!

"Retreat, disperse the retreat, retreat a kilometer back and assemble!" Huang Sheng shouted at the top of his throat!

The shelling stopped, and the battlefield slowly quieted down!

The scattered troops who broke through are returning one after another!

Huang Sheng waited for a full ten minutes, with a heartfelt expression of unwillingness on his face!

Of the three battalions with a full strength of more than 600 people, only more than 300 were left who returned safely!

Just one miscalculated attack left more than half of the troops dead!

"Battalion commander, there are still a lot of wounded who have not retreated, all of them are caused by the shelling of devils!" The instructor was in a hurry to remind!

Huang Sheng hurriedly ordered: "Then what are you doing in a daze, immediately send someone to search and rescue them!" ”

"Tell the comrades, don't light torches, don't have too many people, touch back quietly, and carry the wounded back when you find them, and the speed must be fast!"

After rescuing more than 100 seriously injured people who were bombed in a row, the unwilling expression on Huang Sheng's face slowly dissipated!

As long as these people can save more than half of them, the Eighth Company, which was almost completely wiped out, will have a sufficient number of veterans to rebuild, and then quickly restore its combat effectiveness!

"Battalion commander, the strength of the stronghold is far beyond our imagination, the artillery that the regiment commander strengthened to us has also been destroyed, with only more than three hundred people left, even with the cooperation of the independent battalion, we can't take the stronghold!" The instructor frowned and reminded!

Huang Sheng's brows twisted deeper!

Glancing at the watch on his wrist, he replied, "And the key point, we don't have time!" ”

"In ten minutes, the head of the regiment will be over!"

"The stronghold can't be taken, once the convoy is blocked here, the little devil reinforcements will come again, and the guard company, reconnaissance company, and cavalry company in the hands of us and the regiment commander will definitely not be able to protect those equipment!"

"This matter is too big, we must immediately remind the regiment commander and prepare early!"

"Correspondent, immediately ride to contact the regiment commander and tell him about the situation here!"

"We can't wait here, it's about to dawn, once the devils find the convoy, they will definitely send troops to pounce on us from all directions and encircle us!"

"Order: The guard platoon, the reconnaissance platoon, all attack in squads, and find out all the enemy situations within ten kilometers of the surrounding area, the more detailed the better!"