More than 100 people in the seventh company hid in the bushes.

Two mountain guns, one heavy mortar, four medium mortars, all mounted behind them.

Because the range of the two flying thunder guns was insufficient, they were directly erected next to the troops.

Seeing a few black smoke columns rising from the stronghold and the collapsed turret, the deputy company commander seemed to be a little impatient and eager to go to the battlefield now.

"Company commander, it's almost over, if the artillery continues to fight, the entire stronghold will be razed to the ground."

"At that time, the weapons and ammunition in the stronghold will definitely be blown up, and nothing will be captured in the end."

The company commander shook his head and replied: "The artillery will fire two more rounds of shells, and then the infantry will kill the past and clean up the remnants of the enemy." ”

"Captain Wang's district squadron attacked together and followed closely behind the main force to take over the battlefield."

"Compared to the little weapons and ammunition captured in the stronghold, the lives of the soldiers are more important."

"As long as the casualties of the soldiers can be minimized, those captures will not be necessary."

"After the offensive begins, the main force is only responsible for sweeping the stronghold, killing a large number of Japanese puppet troops, and then they will leave here and march to the next stronghold."

"Captain Zhang's district squadron went to the next stronghold with the main force, and the guerrillas were halfway through."

"The remaining fish that slipped through the net in the stronghold, including cleaning the battlefield, were all handed over to Captain Wang's district squadron."

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

As soon as the fourth round of shells was fired, the company commander moved.

Like a cheetah, he rushed out from behind the bushes, and with a wave of his hand, he rushed forward with a box cannon in his hand.

"Comrades, start attacking, the trumpeter blows the trumpet, kill me...... Kill ......"

More than a hundred fighters, rifles in their hands, bent over, followed the company commander, and rushed out of the forest like wolves.

Heavy machine gunners work in groups of four and rush out of the woods together with heavy machine guns.

The ammunition hand followed closely behind him with a box of ammunition.

But their target was not a stronghold, and after breaking out of the bushes, they went in groups of two and directly into two high ground not far away.

When the attacking troops had completed a third of the way, they rushed to the high ground.

The machine gun was raised on top of the high ground and set fire to the devil's stronghold, providing fire cover for the attacking troops.

Their addition seems a bit redundant for the whole fight, though.

The shelling just now was too fierce, especially the flying thunder artillery and heavy mortars, and a single shell fell down, and the soldiers within a radius of twenty or thirty meters were either killed or wounded, and lost their combat effectiveness.

More than 100 Japanese puppet troops were killed by a third after the first round of shells were smashed, and after the remaining three rounds of shells were smashed, there was very little left that could still move.

The current offensive of the Seventh Company is perhaps more appropriate to say that it is an armed parade than a battle.

There was little resistance, and it was easy to enter the stronghold.

The puppet soldiers who were still alive along the way were all frightened by the bombardment just now, and they didn't need to greet them at all, they threw down their weapons and surrendered on their knees.

"Company commander, we found the little devil radio, it's in the house behind the turret, intact and hasn't been turned on yet." A platoon of Changxing hurriedly ran over and reported.

"The devil operator was lying next to the radio station, and he was shocked to death by the explosives bag hit by the flying thunder cannon."

"So the news that we have taken the stronghold in Wuzhen should not have leaked out yet."

"Well fried!"

The company commander exclaimed with relief.

This was the question that worried him the most throughout the fight.

Once the news leaks, the two strongholds that he will attack next will definitely get the news in advance and be prepared, although the troops can also be taken by storming, but the price paid in the end will definitely be greater.

This is the last thing the company commander wants to see.

In order to prevent the devil from sending a telegram, the company commander used all the artillery that could be used in his hand.

Quietly approaching the stronghold, coming up with artillery bombardment, giving the stronghold a deadly attack, and not giving them the opportunity to send a telegram.

Now it seems that his purpose has been achieved.

As soon as his eyes lit up, he began to give an order: "The main force will immediately replenish ammunition, and in ten minutes it will assemble and set off, and we will kill the next stronghold, and the district squadron that will attack with the team, and the guerrillas will also be ready to go." ”

Nine strongholds were attacked at the same time, and with such a big movement, there must have been a stronghold to spread the news.

The headquarters of the Japanese army's independent mixed brigade, Nakata Yama Lang just lay down. Get ready for a night's rest and recharge your strength for tomorrow's battle.

But God didn't intend to give him this opportunity.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

As soon as I closed my eyes, there was a sharp knock on the door.

"General, urgent report from the front!" The chief of staff rushed in and reported with a nervous face.

Nakata Shanlang was very dissatisfied and shouted: "Eight Grid Tooth Road, didn't we expect this matter a long time ago?" And all strongholds have been ordered to strengthen their vigilance, and they will hold on to their strongholds until dawn, why is there such a fuss? ”

The chief of staff hurriedly explained: "The general is angry! ”

"We made some preparations, but we still far underestimated the courage and appetite of the Eighth Route Army in the occupied areas."

"From what we have received so far, we can confirm that three strongholds have been attacked, and contact has been lost in less than an hour."

"They must have been wiped out by the garrison."

"These Eighth Route Army troops who infiltrated our occupied areas already carried a large number of heavy weapons, and last night's annihilation of our nearly 10 guerrillas must have captured a large number of weapons, especially heavy weapons such as siege artillery."

"Each of our strongholds is grossly understocked with garrisons, and if it is attacked, and the enemy is equipped with heavy weapons, the strongholds can easily be captured."

Nakata didn't care much at first.

After hearing that three strongholds had already been taken, he couldn't sit still.

Get up from your bed and walk to the war room.

The chief of staff followed, hesitated for a moment and continued to report: "Three of the strongholds that have now been identified have lost contact and have been captured by the garrison. ”

"But the humble position has a hunch that the number of strongholds that will be attacked will definitely be more than that."

"The number of strongholds captured by the Eighth Route Army must be more than three."

"I have just given an order to ask the commanders of each defense area to immediately contact the bases below to find out the movements of the Eighth Route Army in the occupied area, and then make preparations in advance."

As soon as I walked into the war room, the radio next to me sounded.

After less than ten minutes of waiting, a telegram was delivered to the chief of staff.

"General, the main force of the first two brigades sent a telegram: they were attacked by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army half an hour ago."

"The troops counterattacked with artillery fire in a timely manner as ordered, successfully repelled the guerrillas, and also killed six of them."

Nakata Yamalang's tense expression suddenly eased a lot.

"This is good news, although the results are small, but very meaningful, it shows that our method is used correctly, and the night attack that the Eighth Route Army is good at has lost its effect in front of us."

"Chief of Staff, immediately contact the other two main forces, inform them of the situation, and use the same method to hold out until dawn, and then march to the battlefield in a hurry to kill those annoying Eighth Route Army."

This hiccup did not affect the increasingly tense atmosphere in the war room.

An hour later, the war room slowly began to get busy.

At first there were only two radio stations receiving and receiving telegrams, then it was increased to three, and finally all five stations were operational.

Telegrams are constantly being sent to the Chief of Staff, and the frequency is getting higher and higher.

On the sand table in front of Nakata Shanlang, more than a dozen small flags representing the stronghold of the imperial army had already been pulled out.

"General, these Eighth Route Army's appetites are also too great, and they have already captured our thirteen strongholds. We have to react, or they will take more strongholds. The chief of staff was in a hurry, and after personally pulling out a small flag from the sand table, he couldn't help but remind.

Nakata Yamaro's face was extremely gloomy.

I didn't expect the garrison regiment to strike first, and give up the three-way attack troops, pick up the soft pinch, and attack the stronghold directly.

In his plan, the independent mixed brigade rushed over with murderous spirits, and even if the Eighth Route Army operating in the occupied area was not frightened, it should be thinking of how to deal with them.

It is now exactly night, and according to their combat style, they must gather heavy troops to attack the independent mixed brigade at night to reduce the pressure for the next hard encounter.

But I didn't expect them to do the opposite, leaving the protagonist of the independent mixed brigade alone, and concentrating their forces to deal with the stronghold garrison.

They were only supporting characters in the next offensive, but they were also imperial troops.

As a commander, you can't just watch them take out.

Therefore, although Nakata Shanlang was caught off guard by Li Hao's hand, he couldn't prevent it.

But the battle was fought one accident after another.

He has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has encountered the changes in front of him more than once, and he has long been used to it.

Although he had a calm face and stood motionless next to the sand table, his brain was running at high speed, thinking about ways to break the game.

"Retreat ......"

Nakata Yamaro finally made a decision.

"Order the garrisons of the strongholds in the occupied areas that are within the attack range of the garrison regiment tonight to directly abandon their strongholds, retreat to a nearby large stronghold overnight, and all the garrisons will join forces in one place to defend the large stronghold."

"As long as the troops are saved, and when the independent mixed brigade comes over, we can retake those lost strongholds in two days at most." Fupin Chinese