Looking at most of the soldiers of the 70th Division who were resting on the ground, Zhao Shixun sighed.

In fact, this is the time when people are most sleepy and the most relaxed, and launching a surprise attack at this time will have a much greater success rate of conquering the stronghold.

However, it is a pity that the soldiers of the 70th Division were exhausted at this time and were unable to organize an attack in a short period of time due to physical exhaustion.

It seems that Shi Ziyu can only choose to attack after dawn.

……

Just when Zhao Shixun was observing the stronghold under the mountain, Shi Ziyu brought people over.

"Company Commander Zhao, we are going to launch a surprise attack in an hour, and then you will take your people to the section of the ridge on the south side of the stronghold to cover the shooting, understand?"

Pointing to a low ridge about two hundred meters away from the stronghold, Shi Ziyu said tiredly.

Obviously, the overnight march caused his already physical exertion to be extremely large. However, although he was tired, Zhao Shixun could see a stubbornness on his face.

Before leaving, Zhao Shixun learned from Shi Boying that the stolen grain of the 70th Division was likely to be hoarded in the Renjiazhuang stronghold.

It seems that for the sake of food, Shi Ziyu is also red-eyed.

Through this day's observation and inquiry, Zhao Shixun estimated that the remaining strength of the remnants of the 70th Division should be about 2,900 people. In this sortie to besiege this stronghold defended by the puppet army for more than 100 days, Shi Ziyu brought two dissatisfied regiments and nearly four battalions of more than 1,000 troops, which shows that Shi Ziyu is bound to win this time.

"Okay, in half an hour, I will take someone there to stand by first, waiting for the order to attack the Stone Master."

After a brief exchange, the two sides agreed to use the heavy machine guns of the 70th Division as the number, and the offensive began as soon as the guns rang out.

……

As the sky in the east gradually brightened, the foggy darkness was gradually dispelled by the light. Accompanied by the sound of birds and insects in the morning, Zhao Shixun led the soldiers of the Seventh Company to constantly wave bayonets and shovels under a ridge.

The ridges were originally used to distinguish the land of different landlords from irrigation purposes, and the width was more than 50 centimeters. therefore

In order to reduce casualties as much as possible, soon after Zhao Shixun said goodbye to Shi Ziyu, he immediately led people to lurk here in the dark and began to build simple field fortifications.

Because the soil under the ridges is very soft, it is not difficult to dig up, although there is not much time, but Zhao Shixun and their progress is very fast.

"How do you guys dig bunkers? I'm afraid that the devil won't see you, right!

If you don't want to die, you can pile up the dirt you dug up behind you and spread it out, don't pile it on the ridges. ”

Seeing that several soldiers were piling up the dug maps on the ridges of the fields as cover, the big pillar immediately walked over and pulled the dirt down.

"Gua babies, the devils can see this place as soon as they raise their eyelids, and they all throw the soil behind."

Squatting in the shallow pit dug by the old man for himself, the old immortal smoked a cigarette and said with a smile.

After the last battle, the old man was assigned to the old immortal's men to help.

Because of their similar age, the two can talk quite well. The old man is a few years younger than the old immortal, although he is a little timid, but his body is still good, and he has a lot of strength.

More than thirty minutes later, seeing that the time was almost up, Zhao Shixun stopped everyone.

"Shao Fei, tell everyone to stop! Ready for battle! ”

A voice called his new herald Shao Fei, and Zhao Shixun passed the order to fight.

"The company commander said, combat readiness, combat readiness ......."

As Shao Fei walked behind the soldiers, the position of the Seventh Company immediately became silent, and dozens of weapons all stretched out of the bunker, aiming at the turret that gradually emerged from the darkness.

As the sun gradually rose, the outline of Renjiazhuang's stronghold finally became clear.

Not far away, a rectangle of walls more than three meters high enclosed the stronghold, and inside were barracks and warehouses built along the walls, and battlements were built into the walls, apparently capable of being defended by people from the inside.

On the western side of the stronghold, along the perimeter wall, a six-meter-high, two-story masonry turret with more than a dozen shooting holes was distributed.

In addition, sandbags are piled up on the roof of the turret, and two puppet soldiers can be seen standing guard.

Directly opposite Zhao Shixun's position, there was a closed wooden door.

On the fence of the blue brick repair around the wooden door, the four big characters of friendship between Japan and China are particularly conspicuous.

Five minutes later, as the first fibers of the morning shot into the top of the stronghold, the piercing sound of heavy machine guns suddenly tore apart the last of the pre-dawn comforts and announced the beginning of the battle.

Da Da Da ......

Two Type 24 heavy machine guns of the Republic of China opened fire fiercely from more than 200 meters away, and the red-hot bullets swept over the top of the turret, knocking an unlucky puppet soldier upside down and flying out, lying on the sandbag softly.

As the heavy machine guns fired, seven or eight Czech machine guns on the 70th Division's side also let out an angry roar and began to fire accurately in short bursts.

For a time, the walls of the entire stronghold facing southeast were dusty and bullet-ridden, and the scene was not spectacular.

"Brothers, kill devils."

With an angry roar, Peng Sixiang, the commander of the 703rd Regiment of the 70th Division of the Jin Sui Army, led a battalion of 300 people out of the crowd and roared towards the stronghold 200 meters away.

At the front of them, of course, were more than sixty assault teams of deserters. In addition to following the commando charge, the people led by Peng Sixiang also have an important task of supervising the assault team's attack, if they are afraid of the battle, Peng Sixiang and they will never show mercy.

According to Shi Ziyu's distribution, half of these commandos each had a bundle of cluster grenades, and the remaining half carried a pair of shoddy boards for each of them, and their only purpose was to fill in the trench and rush in to blow up the gates of the stronghold.

As more than 300 of his men rushed out howling, Shi Ziyu raised his glasses and observed the battle with a cold face.

Behind him, more than 80 overseers were already ready to punish the soldiers who escaped from the battle with short guns and big swords in their hands.

Soon, within less than a minute of the attack, the assault team had already rushed to the edge of the trench while the Japanese puppet army had not yet recovered from their senses.

"Rush up, put the board, put the board!"

Shi Boying held his glasses with his left hand to observe, and his right hand smashed into the trunk of the tree on his side with excitement. Not only him, but everyone who was watching from the rear raised their hearts to their throats at this moment.

If you can successfully break through the trench and take the stronghold, you will be half successful, and then with the numerical advantage of the 70th Division, it should not be a problem to clean up more than 100 Japanese puppet troops.

However, just when the commandos wanted to put the planks on the trench, the counterattack of the devils in the stronghold finally arrived.

Da Da Da ...... Da-da-da-da

With the characteristic burst fire sound of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, the bodies of several soldiers who were laying wooden planks suddenly shook a few times, and then their whole bodies fell straight down.

The 7.7mm heavy machine gun bullet easily pierced the improvised wooden plank made of thick tree trunks of the arm, and then fiercely cut into the flesh behind, and finally brought out a rain of blood from the tattered military uniform.

Immediately after, a rain of bullets from two crooked sub-machine guns whistled in, knocking more commandos to the ground as they tried to rush up.

"Spread out, spread out the planks! Spread out, ah....... ”

Holding a bundle of grenades and falling to the ground to dodge the deadly rain of bullets, Qi Baoshan looked at the commandos who were in a group to place the planks, and roared desperately.

However, man is a strange animal, and in panic, he always thinks that a place with a lot of people will be safer.

It wasn't until more than a dozen people died in a row that the remaining commandos finally woke up from Qi Baoshan's shouting.

Instinctively trying to survive, the soldiers quickly divided into groups of seven or eight and rushed to different locations and began to lay planks at the same time.

After the personnel dispersed, the firepower killing efficiency of the devils suddenly decreased sharply.

Eventually, the three planks were successfully lowered and placed firmly on both sides of the trench.

During this time, almost all of the commandos who were responsible for building the ladder were killed on the edge of the trench.

Seeing the plank being put up, the three commandos who were lying on the ground to avoid the rain of bullets suddenly jumped up violently, roared and rushed through the trench in the face of the rain of bullets.

However, in the face of the barbed wire fence on the other side of the trench, the trio were quickly trapped in their clothes and unable to move their limbs when they tried to force their way through, and then they were taken care of by the firepower of the stronghold.

Not long after, three bodies that had been beaten into a hornet's nest were hung on the barbed wire.

They were followed by four more commandos who rushed towards the trench. In the hail of bullets, two people were shot and fell into the trench, and the rest rushed over by luck, but they were all killed on the barbed wire like the soldiers in front.

"Come with me, blow up the barbed wire ...... first!"

I saw the people around me constantly falling and rolling around the barbed wire, screaming. Qi Baoshan felt his head buzzing. In a trance, he seemed to see the moment when his company was wiped out again.

"Ah......h

In a frenzied scream, Qi Baoshan and several commandos armed with cluster grenades rushed towards the trench, trying to blow up the barbed wire fence opposite the trench and open the way for the others.

However, after the Japanese machine gunners pinned a battalion led by Peng Sixiang to the ground, they soon discovered Qi Baoshan's intentions. Needless to say, the dense bullets were concentrated on the heads of the surviving commandos almost instantly, weaving a death zone between the trench and the commandos.

In the midst of the flying flesh, the commandos who charged to the death fell one by one under the guns of the Japanese soldiers.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a ballistic trajectory with blood sweeping towards him, and Qi Baoshan hurriedly rolled on the spot.

Puff .......

The whistling sound in his ears flashed, making Qi Baoshan's scalp tingle for a while. Although he was lucky enough to escape death, half of Qi Baoshan's right ear was directly cut off by a bullet.

In an instant, Qi Baoshan felt that half of his face was covered with flesh and blood.

However, at this moment, Qi Baoshan couldn't care about anything. Struggling desperately to get to his feet, he swooped down on the edge of the trench, pulled the lead and threw a bundle of grenades onto the barbed wire with all his might.

Rumble......!

With a loud bang, Qi Baoshan, who was lying near the trench, was instantly shrouded in skyrocketing dust, and the violent shock wave directly shook him to death.

A moment later, as the smoke cleared, a gap more than two meters wide appeared in the thick barbed wire.

…… To be continued.

(End of chapter)