The Japanese carried three mortars, eight grenadiers, one infantry direct-fire gun, two 37-mm rapid-fire guns, and two 75-mm mountain guns, all aimed at the Black Wolf's stronghold.

Captain Taigu, an officer of a certain unit of the Japanese garrison, the garrison is equivalent to the level of a wing, but it is a unit of the Japanese army stationed separately, and it belongs to the security army, not a field regiment.

He led an infantry squadron, an artillery squadron, a cavalry squadron, plus an infantry battalion of the Imperial Army.

There are about 180 infantry, 120 artillery and 60 cavalry.

The infantry battalion of the Imperial Allied Army, about 450 people.

Therefore, under the command of Captain Taigu, more than 360 Japanese troops, more than 450 imperial troops and more than 800 total troops were gathered.

He was confident that this was a powerful corps, especially the fierce artillery, which was unparalleled.

Infantry artillery, only when the brigade is moving, can be equipped with two 92 infantry guns, also known as brigade guns.

However, his detachment was equipped.

This is the extra trust that his superiors have in him.

He was absolutely sure that the Tanghe guerrillas would be wiped out easily.

In his consciousness, the Tanghe guerrillas had more than 50 remnants, and they used the means of surprise attack to attack and kill a squad of the Japanese garrison and defeat two squads of the puppet army.

He did not believe that the cowardly Chinese people would enthusiastically join the fight.

Originally, he would personally lead an infantry squad to destroy all the enemy, but thinking that the strong black wolf's mouth stronghold pillboxes and courtyard walls were all made of solid stones, and after the guerrillas attacked and killed the garrison, they obtained a large amount of weapons and ammunition, so he was cautious and led enough troops and firepower.

Even so, he did not take the Tanghe guerrillas here into account.

Yesterday, after Yang Chaoran and others took control of the stronghold, they interrogated and educated the captured puppet soldiers and spies, and released them all in accordance with the principle of the Eighth Route Army's armed engineering team.

This is a long-term approach to united front work and to break the enemy's military morale.

However, the disadvantage is that there are a lot of second-rate sons of the puppet army who have a bad life, and they run back to other strongholds and troops of the Japanese army to report urgently.

These puppet troops, greatly exaggerating the number of guerrillas and the quality of weapons and ammunition, made Captain Taigu, who participated in the investigation, seriously suspicious.

Captain Taigu never believed in the Chinese, he trusted his own judgment more, and the words of the puppet army when they lost their souls were classified as nonsense.

However, when he came to besiege, he was still cautious.

Tacticians.

When he set out, his goal was to quickly deal with the Tanghe guerrillas, and then lead his troops to participate in the sweep of the garrison.

He didn't know what happened to the Japanese detachment that chased and intercepted the Tanghe guerrillas.

The news brought by the almost completely annihilated Japanese troops and the puppet army that fled back from the rout was tightly sealed by the Japanese command, and that kind of fiasco experience must be closed and become a top secret, otherwise, it will seriously hurt the morale of the Imperial Army!

The Japanese command only warned the troops to strengthen their vigilance and not to take risks.

"Captain, isn't it good to bombard like this?" An officer said dissatisfied.

Captain Taigu burst into a nameless fire: "What did you say?" ”

That's the second lieutenant of Kobayashi, an infantryman, who usually giggles and laughs, and likes to say strange things: "Captain, this will destroy our Black Wolf Mouth stronghold, in order to destroy a few dirt roads, it will consume so many of our shells, and destroy the stronghold, it's really not worth it." ”

Captain Taigu understood.

His mood was originally very serious, but now, he smiled: "Yes, the rat is too hateful, in order to shoot him to death, we have to pay the price, it doesn't matter if the stronghold is broken, we will catch some people to repair it in a while, and the result is still their business!" Hahaha. ”

Second Lieutenant Kobayashi and the others also laughed.

The entire Japanese army showed an extremely optimistic attitude, and in their opinion, a few dirt roads were really too trivial.

Captain Taigu's mind has been switched to how to pursue and suppress other Eighth Route Army units in the future, this is a guerrilla area, and the main company of the Eighth Route Army often passes by, well, it is best to catch a company, so as to calculate a little achievement, phew, Tu Balu is a coward, why don't you dare to have a hearty Armageddon?

In the sound of artillery, the pillboxes and courtyard walls of the Black Wolf's stronghold stood tenaciously, especially the pillboxes and turrets, under the blows of grenadiers and mortars, as if tickling, those five-foot-long stones and more than a zhang long, one-foot-thick stones, extremely strong, mortar shells and grenade grenades bounced back directly!

37-mm shells were also bad.

Only 75 mountain guns and infantry guns were okay, and they could not be completely destroyed, and after fighting for a long time, several pillboxes only cut off some stones and roofs on the top floor.

However, Captain Taigu quickly changed his strategy.

He had grenadiers and mortars bombard the walls of the stronghold, hoping to wipe out the Chinese troops hiding inside.

What they didn't know was that the Chinese army, under the leadership of Tang Bin, was resting comfortably in the tunnel.

The Japanese army dug underground tunnels in general strongholds, which were small in scale and were small basements for temporary bomb shelter, which were expanded under the guidance of Yang Chaoran, covered with stones and mud, some tree branches, and a layer of fine pebbles, etc., forming a solid roof.

The enemy shells bombarded for a long time, and the Black Wolf Mouth guerrillas were unscathed.

Everyone admires Yang Chaoran's shrewdness, this move, it is a life-saving grace.

If not, how many people would we have to die under enemy fire?

Yang Chaoran, cat next to the enemy.

The enemy was about 500 meters away from the stronghold, and Yang Chaoran's more than 30 soldiers and an infantry platoon were also in this position.

When the enemy entered this area at dawn and completed the blockade and encirclement, Yang Chaoran regretted it.

Because, he estimated that the encirclement of the enemy's troops would be a little smaller, 400 meters or even 300 meters, and at that time, once the enemy attacked the stronghold, he would attack the enemy from behind.

Now, almost in the same position as the enemy, the enemy is most worried about discovering them.

Fortunately, the enemy's messenger was killed, annoyed and angry, and began to bomb.

At first, Yang Chaoran was a little worried, and then he found that the bunker and the wall were very strong, and the devil's shells smashed over, just tickling and being proud.

However, he was very angry and secretly cursed the devil for extravagance and waste.

Those shells are all our trophies.

Ours, ours!

He could only endure.

After a while, the wall of the stronghold had already exploded, and the direct fire of the infantry artillery was quite powerful.

The 75 mountain guns fired at close range, and the effect was also a little better.

Finally, Captain Taigu ordered a truce.

The artillerymen stopped firing, the gunners waved their flags one after another, and the artillerymen stopped tiredly, wiping the beads of sweat from their heads.

Carrying shells, various operations are quite tiring.

Captain Taigu ordered the cavalry to attack.

More than 60 people in the cavalry squadron mounted their horses one after another, divided into several small assault teams at the fastest speed, and moved forward.