However, the Japanese army is not stupid.

After all, it is a well-trained elite unit, and it also has some experience in night battles, plus artillery towers and pillboxes with strongholds, and the courtyard wall as a support, sticking to the stronghold and fighting to the death.

The mortars of Yang Chaoran and others could not destroy the turrets and pillboxes of the stronghold, but could only threaten the area inside the enemy's compound.

The Japanese fired from pillboxes and turrets, firing desperately.

The puppet army in the south also gradually gathered and attacked to the north.

Yang Chaoran quickly made a judgment.

Storming the stronghold, you will suffer considerable losses, the puppet army in the south has already come, once the battle continues, a very complicated melee situation will be formed, especially your own troops will be exposed to the enemy, the situation is unfavorable.

In Beicang Town, there are still some remnants of devils, trapped beasts are still fighting, and they will also pose a threat to our army.

"Retreat!"

After the order was issued, Yang Chaoran let the tactics around him shout repeatedly before conveying it.

The troops, armed with a large number of captured guns and ammunition, quickly retreated to the north.

After retreating some distance, the troops were in disarray.

Some fighters, willing to retreat, some fighters, resolutely unwilling to retreat.

Those who are willing to retreat are people from several villages in the north, hoping to go to the north and protect the villagers.

What about the people who are unwilling to retreat, many of them are from Beicang Town, the village is being burned by fire, and the villagers and relatives are in the town, who can give up?

Even if they are all in the underground tunnels and are relatively safe, who can guarantee their absolute safety after the fire?

Those who refused to withdraw their troops elected several platoon commanders and squad leaders to petition Yang Chaoran.

Yang Chaoran groaned slightly, and immediately had an idea.

"In that case, let's just get out of the way and build momentum to deter the enemy! When the battle is won and the safety is guaranteed, we will go to rescue the fire in the town. ”

The officers and soldiers who petitioned originally wanted to go directly to the town to put out the fire.

Thinking that Yang Chaoran's words also made sense, he nodded in agreement.

"Officers and soldiers, brothers, I personally feel your worries, but if you want to be able to rescue the fire in the village, you must suppress the enemy, and everyone must also go out, strictly carry out the order, and launch a fierce attack on the enemy!"

Yang Chaoran recounted several disciplines and principles, encouraged officers and men to fight bravely, and also estimated the results of today's battle.

All the officers and soldiers were excited: "Got it! ”

Three infantry companies and a guard platoon have collected the weapons and ammunition of nearly 200 enemy men, which are three infantry squads.

From the defeated puppet army, some weapons and ammunition were seized, and the weapons and equipment of the soldiers of the whole army were quacking.

To deal with the enemy's stubborn stronghold, it is necessary to deal with the enemy's peripheral reinforcements first.

Yang Chaoran mobilized two companies and advanced to the enemy's side from the east and west sides, detouring to the east and west sides of the village and stronghold, all the way to the back of the enemy's reinforcements.

Yang Chaoran was also worried that the enemy had reserves, and after the battle started for so long, the Japanese puppet troops in other strongholds would move quickly when they heard the news.

Therefore, he called on the soldiers to outflank them as quickly as possible. Crush your enemies with the fiercest assault.

After that, the remaining troops, an infantry platoon, went to attack the enemy's stronghold, and an infantry platoon went to monitor the town of Beicang, where the enemy was still resisting.

Two infantry platoons were left behind, serving as reserves. Wait for the right moment, and if you need it, send reinforcements as soon as you need it.

Yang Chaoran made monitoring the enemy's strongholds the focus of the battle.

It is estimated that there are many enemy troops here, this stronghold is in the hands of the devil, the devil has the confidence, can continue to resist, without this stronghold, the devil will lose its support, completely in the field, the devil's accurate shooting, the advantage of skillful tactics will not be able to play, the result will determine the victory or defeat.

In the darkness, Yang Chaoran's troops rushed towards the stronghold.

Having already retreated a few hundred meters, now, rushing to a distance of about two hundred meters, he gave the order, fighting.

The mortars were erected in two, the grenadiers were also erected, and the command was given, and the machine guns were also set up, and the fire cover and suppression began.

The fighters chose a ditch and kept the distance as far as possible to ensure safety.

When the battle began, Yang Chaoran led several daredevils to go towards the enemy stronghold in the dark.

Quietly charged, using the cover of the corn green gauze tent, and moved forward quickly.

The shells, after one shot, paused for a moment, and then fired again, bombarding the Japanese stronghold.

Machine guns also began to strafe.

The devil was attracted and immediately fought back.

Yang Chaoran rushed to the base as quickly as possible.

There are about 100 meters and there is an open field, and the flames of the houses in Beicang Town illuminate the surroundings.

The enemy can see the figure on this side.

However, Yang Chaoran's infantry platoon fired more than a dozen shells one after another, forming a large area of thick gunpowder smoke in front of the enemy's stronghold, which was a smoke screen barrier!

Of course, the constantly exploding shells could not kill the enemy, but the shock waves, air waves, and smoke also made the combat environment of the Japanese army very poor.

They could not see the open ground in front of them clearly, and they were worried that air waves and fragments would burst into the shooting holes of the pillboxes, and the combat effectiveness would be seriously affected.

Yang Chaoran had been here, and the situation and terrain inside and outside the stronghold were very clear, and he took advantage of the chaos and rushed to the edge.

There is a trench outside the wall, which is more than one zhang wide and two zhang deep, and there is water.

Yang Chaoran ran slightly, jumped slightly, and floated over gorgeously like leaves, and arrived at the courtyard wall.

At this time, his position was northeast of the enemy's stronghold.

The soldiers of the infantry platoon covering had stopped shelling and only used machine guns to strafe the courtyard walls and turrets, focusing on the north and northwest directions to avoid accidentally injuring Yang Chaoran.

While fighting, the fighters felt weak in their hearts, worried that they had really injured their own people by mistake.

They also thought that Yang Chaoran commanded a few daredevils to approach the enemy's stronghold, and it was the team members that Yang Chaoran would not be so risky as a commander.

The battle situation was complicated, and every warrior was uncertain and worried.

The infantry platoon monitoring the town of Beicang was the first to notice the problem.

There are devils rushing out of town!

Bullet dodging action, continuous out, fast speed.

Then, they returned to town!

The officers and men of the infantry platoon on surveillance were very confused and did not know what tricks the devils were playing.

After a while, they discovered that an enemy had entered the town from the south, and it was the puppet army.

The puppet army entered the town one after another, and there were dozens of people.

The warriors could not estimate how many puppet troops were coming, because the houses of the town were obscured, and the flames and black smoke were obscured and they could only see it if they entered the town from both sides of the village.

It turned out that the devil had reinforcements, and he was going to run away, but instead of fleeing, he returned to continue to occupy the town.

That's because there are a large number of devil corpses, abandoned weapons and ammunition in the town, and more than twenty wounded, once the devil remnants escape, those wounded will be abandoned and will definitely die.

Devils will not easily abandon their accomplices.

However, there is another good sign that makes the soldiers of the infantry platoon who are watching happy.

The enemy began to put out the fire.

Put out the flames and never burn new houses again!

Of course, if the flame grows bigger, it will boil them up!