Like the other villages, the village was empty, and even the bulky belongings of several oil mills were gone, and they didn't know how the oil mill craftsmen who had left the village had taken such a heavy meal with them.

The truck was parked at the small pier near the Qingbo River behind Youfang Village, and the half-guards in front of the island clenched the war knife in their hands and shouted loudly, so that the only crooked machine gun of the Japanese machine gunners was erected on the roof of the highest house by the river, and the Japanese soldiers who were distributed around the center used whatever they could find to build fortifications, and formed a U-shaped defensive circle against the Qingpython River.

With red eyes, the half-guards in front of the island cruised back and forth behind the newly constructed fortifications, like a vicious wolf patrolling their territory, and from time to time issued short, brutal orders to the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the fortifications: "Are you fools? There is an earthen wall less than thirty meters ahead, is it intended to be reserved for the enemy as a position to prepare for an assault? Blow up that earthen wall right now!"

"What can an empty wooden box hold? Fill the wooden box with dirt!"

"Where's the spare ammunition? Even if the enemy is a group of farmers charging with bamboo guns, you must be energetic to deal with it! Bring all the ammunition on the truck! Those guys don't have artillery, don't worry about ammunition being hit by artillery fire!"

"Cheer up! With the favorable terrain seized, we only need to hold out for less than a day before we can wait for strong reinforcements! Hold on, and be sure to wash away the shame of being repulsed with the blood of the enemy!"

Loudly answering every shout of the half-guards in front of the island, almost every Japanese soldier was using everything he could find around him to strengthen the fortifications. Even the machine gunners arranged on the roof filled several broken wooden crates with dirt and built a solid machine gun nest on the roof!

Almost at the moment when the Japanese soldiers completed the consolidation of the fortifications, several soldiers of the Eighth Route Army wearing old military uniforms had already revealed their figures at the entrance of Youfang Village. Perhaps out of caution, or perhaps it had been discovered that the Japanese army had shrunk to a small pier with its back to the Qingbo River to build fortifications, several soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who showed their bodies at the entrance of the village only probed their heads to look in the direction of the small pier for a moment, but quickly withdrew from the entrance of the village.

Half-kneeling behind the fortifications, the half-guards in front of the island, holding a war knife in one hand and a southern-style pistol in the other, stared at the movement in the direction of the entrance of the village, and a hideous look involuntarily appeared on his face.

In the absence of artillery support, even the regular Kuomintang army could hardly break through the defensive positions of the Japanese army without a large disparity in strength.

And these troops of the Eighth Route Army in front of them, even in ambushes, can only use bulky straight-arm trebuchets as heavy firepower volunteers, and the lethality of the fragments produced by the explosion is pitifully small, and they have turned a battle that could have been completely annihilated into a repulsion, and they can't even defeat an opponent with fewer troops than themselves!

A unit like this wants to carry out the task of attacking fortifications......

Unconsciously, the front half of the guards in front of the island seemed to have a scene of corpses strewn all over the field in front of the position!

Not only did the faces of the half-guards in front of the island show a hideous look, but the other Japanese soldiers also breathed heavily, revealing a strong bloodthirsty meaning. Several Japanese soldiers even pressed their fingers on the trigger, putting on a posture ready to fire.

As if sensing the strong murderous intent hidden in this tranquility, a wild cat suddenly sprang out of somewhere in the oil mill village, screaming and jumping over the ridge......

As if tentative, and as if a little hesitant, several soldiers of the Eighth Route Army once again showed their bodies at the entrance of the village, leaning on the houses on both sides of the road at the entrance of the village, and slowly touched towards the defensive position built by the Japanese army. Behind the houses in other directions of the village, there were faint noises.

Only two eyes peeked out from behind the bunker to observe the movement outside the fortifications, and the half-guards in front of the island suppressed their voices and shouted: "Don't be busy shooting!" Bring the guys who come up up to die closer...... Machine gun ready!"

As soon as the words fell, from behind several houses close to the Japanese fortifications, a sharp lock roar suddenly sounded. With the sharp and piercing sound of locking, several black earthen jars were thrown out of the air, and before they could hit the ground, they burst open in mid-air.

It wasn't too loud to explode, and several earthen jars didn't even burst into many fragments, but they exploded in a thick cloud of gunsmoke. At that moment when the smoke of gunpowder suddenly rose, from behind several houses surrounding the Japanese defense area, a loud roar was already sounding: "Rush! Kill the devil!"

Obscured by the smoke of gunpowder, and listening to the shouting and killing sound almost not far away, the half-guards in front of the island didn't care about the best killing effect, and tore their throats and shouted loudly: "Machine gun shooting!" Hand grenade...... With a grenade!"

The sound of dumb machine gun fire immediately rang out, and a series of long bursts of fire suddenly tore through the thick smoke of gunpowder outside the defensive position, and the bricks of the houses outside the defensive position were splashed everywhere. The grenades thrown by more than 30 Japanese soldiers at the same time formed a screen composed of explosive fragments on the periphery of the defensive position!

Half-squatting behind a house that was splashed with brick debris, Mo Tianliu stretched out his hand vigorously and slapped his buzzing ears, and scolded in a loud voice: "The little devil of the dog day, you really have money to burn the buns!" In the blink of an eye, dozens of grenades were thrown...... The fart didn't blow up, it's really a loser......"

also stretched out his hand and patted his buzzing ears, Sha Bangqu also replied with a loud voice: "Isn't it a good thing that it didn't blow up?" These little devils don't have too many guys on them, and when their guys are almost done, let's rush up again, I don't believe that any devil can beat me!"

"Silly you? The big boss can say, we can't really destroy these devils now, we have to beat these devils to the fullest, we still have to keep these devils as bait, and catch the big fish that will come to Youfang Village tomorrow! Don't be idle and talk nonsense, throw it away! It's too windy today, and I guess the smoke will be blown away after a while......"

With a sullen answer, Sha Bangqu bent down and grabbed the two earthen jars, put the fuses left on the earthen jars to the bonfire burning at his feet, and then waved his powerful arms to throw the two earthen jars in the direction of the Japanese defense circle.

Amid the still muffled sound of the explosion, a large cloud of gunpowder smoke once again enveloped a small clearing outside the Japanese defensive position. Listening to the sound of machine gun fire coming from the direction of the Japanese defense circle, Mo Tianliu couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "Strange? Is this devil really a goblin? Fooled once?"

Picking up the two earthen jars again, Sha Bangqu put the fuse on the bonfire, and looked at Mo Tianliu in wonder and shouted, "What do you mean?" The devil is not fooled?"

Listening to the sound of the Japanese machine guns gradually thinning out of the long point guns, Mo Tianliu casually replied to Sha Bang: "When I threw out the first earthen jar, the devil was really scared, and the machine gun grenade was on it. But now the devils don't throw grenades, and they are shooting indiscriminately with machine guns, and the gunfire is getting thinner and thinner...... I guess the devils are thinking about it, and I know that we want to run out of ammunition!"

As soon as the words fell, the chestnut group suddenly turned out of a corner next to Mo Tianliu, and responded to Mo Tianliu's words with a smile: "Tianliu, not bad?" You have fought a lot of wars, and you have learned to use your brain to fight and analyze the situation on the battlefield? Tell me, what did the devils figure out besides sensing that we were going to consume their ammunition?"

grinning at the group of chestnuts and baring his teeth, Mo Tianliu replied: "The devil is still holding back, and he plans to beat us off guard!"

"Oh? Tell me more about it?"

"Just now, the devil heard the sound of machine guns, and threw a lot of grenades with them, but their 38 big cover didn't move at all! I guess the devil is keeping this back hand, as long as we really take advantage of the smoke to hit the front, the devil has dozens of rifles and a platoon of guns, I'm afraid it can kill many of us! Big boss, didn't you say that these devils are all old devils who have been fighting wars? Dozens of 38 big covers hit such a narrow area, and the firepower is not much worse than that of machine guns......."

Nodding slightly, the chestnut group smiled approvingly at Mo Tianliu: "It's a little interesting, if you can figure out these things, it can be seen that Tianliu is thinking about fighting, and you are still learning to command and fight!" I'll add one more thing - do you know why the devil threw the grenade?"

"Why?"

"It's like what you just figured out, the devil's defensive position is so narrow on the attack surface, dozens of grenades explode at about the same time, even if we rely on the number of people to pounce up, then we have to call the grenade to blow up. For the devils, when the smoke of gunpowder obstructs the line of sight, the effect of using the method of throwing grenades in clusters to block our attack is much stronger than that of machine guns and 38 big covers!"

"And such a doorway? The big boss, now that the devils are not fooled, do we have to change our tricks?"

Nodding his head slightly, the chestnut group pointed back and pointed back to the corner of the house with a new 38 big cover that was turned out of the corner of the house: "Leave you here for a ring, you two cover a sound, let's knock out a few devils from a distance first!"

"Why do you come alone? Where's the big brother?"

"Big but in the other direction, I guess it's aiming at the two machine gunners on the roof of the devil at this moment! There are also a few sharpshooters in the old army, all of whom have also searched for their own boundaries and are ready! Now the wind is getting stronger and stronger, wait for a while, the smoke will almost dissipate, you can see where the devils are hiding, and you will have to see them for a while!"

Grabbing the two earthen jars again, Sha Bangqu shouted at the chestnut group with some confusion: "Captain, then how can we cover up with them?" We don't even know where Brother Dacho and the others are hiding......."

Without waiting for the chestnut group to speak, Mo Tianliu had already slapped Sha Bangqu on the back of the head: "Needless to say?" After looking at the devil and knocking over a few, hurry up and throw your little strength into this earthen jar! When the smoke is blocked again, the devil just wants to fight back, but he can't see where our people are hiding! You can't fight back just by being beaten, and you can guess that the devil can be angry and die!"