After arranging the position of the artillery, Zhao Shixun and Zhou Yu discussed it and decided that Zhao Shixun would lead Dapeng and Heiwa to form a thirty-man sharp platoon, equipped with two machine guns and a large number of grenades, as the main force of mobile support. The rest of the people were at the disposal of Zhou Yu and the old ghost, responsible for the defense of the two courtyards inside the defensive circle and covering the entry and exit and firing of the 92 rifles.

And just when Zhao Shixun and the others were busy with the defensive arrangement, the Japanese puppet army vanguard that was pursuing finally arrived at the periphery of Nanyang Village.

When they first arrived in Nanyang Village, the Japanese puppet army did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would continue to hide in the village.

Therefore, in the face of the quiet village, the Japanese army only sent a platoon of puppet soldiers to tentatively let them enter the village to investigate, hoping to arrest a few villagers to come over and ask about the situation.

However, not long after, the puppet army that entered the village along the east-west road in the village to investigate was caught off guard by the special service battalion left behind.

After leaving behind six corpses, the puppet soldiers were unlucky enough to stray into a minefield during the retreat, and several more people were killed at once.

By the time they fled the village in panic, many of the puppet soldiers were so frightened that they peed their pants and gave them a mess of information.

Similarly, the devils who were doing a short repair outside the village were really startled the moment they heard the gunshots and explosions.

They never expected that these dirt roads would dare to hide in the village instead of continuing to flee for their lives.

At the same time, after learning that there was still the Eighth Route Army hiding in the village, the leading Japanese squadron leader was extremely excited.

In his opinion, these dirt roads are simply the credit of the delivery. Although not long ago his squadron suffered heavy casualties, almost losing more than a squad of soldiers. However, after receiving the second increase, the strength of the Japanese squadron leader increased instead of decreasing, which made him more confident in solving the dirt road in the village.

In fact, if it weren't for the repair of a tank truck that was paralyzed by Xie Gouzi, the Japanese squadron leader would have rushed over with his soldiers.

Before this, he had thought that it would be difficult to catch up with those wandering dirt roads in a short time, so he was full of complaints about the people in the chariot detachment, thinking that they were delaying his pursuit of the enemy.

But now it seems that the eight roads that seem to have entered the water in their brains, they actually dare to stay in the village and wait for the arrival of the Japanese Imperial Army, they are really a group of guys who don't know the height of the sky.

Thinking of this, the Japanese squadron leader immediately ordered a squad of devils to lead two platoons of puppet troops to copy over from the west and south sides of the village, completely cut off the enemy's retreat and cooperate with the main force to attack the eight roads in the village.

At the same time, the Japanese squadron leader also gathered all the grenadiers and mortars, and with the first-hand information provided by the puppet soldiers just now, he began a fierce artillery bombardment of the buildings in the village that were said to have enemy hiding.

As the second group of increased Japanese troops brought two more mortars and a large amount of ammunition, the artillery preparation this time, although still only curved fire, became several times more fierce than the last shelling of the special battalion.

In the midst of the rumbling explosions, 90-millimeter mortar shells set off clusters of yellow-black flames in the village, billowing the smoke of the bombing houses. In conjunction with the mortar attack, the Japanese concentrated six grenadiers and launched six rounds of fire on any suspicious structures in the middle of the village.

In the huge explosion, many brick houses could not withstand the bombardment of devils, and began to collapse and burn in large quantities. For a moment, the entire village was like a hell on earth, with explosions and gunsmoke everywhere.

And just when the devil's shelling was rising, in a cellar located in the courtyard on the east side of the village, Yang Chenghu gently patted the fallen soil on his head, listened to the deafening sound of artillery outside, and couldn't help but pout.

"Grandma's...... This person who has gone to a military school is different, and this surname Zhao really still has a set. ”

Hearing this, Tianbao on the side couldn't help but sniff and whispered:

"Battalion commander, don't envy him. I heard Instructor Xu say that the commander intends to let you go back to the rear after the beginning of the spring, and said that you should also learn from the instructors of the military academy at the headquarters how to arrange troops. ”

Hearing this, Yang Chenghu's eyes flickered a few times, and then slowly calmed down.

"It's easy to say, there are only one or two hundred words that Lao Tzu knows, and it's good to be able to read the map together, do you think the military academy in the rear will accept anyone?

Besides, the recent transfer of devils has become more and more frequent, and according to this estimate, the beginning of the year will be a vicious battle...... When the time comes, let alone going to the rear to study, whether or not you can survive is another matter...... ”

Yang Chenghu said this last sentence in a very small voice, he was obviously afraid that the soldiers around him would affect their morale if they heard it.

At this moment, the rumbling cannon outside suddenly stopped, and finally stopped temporarily. After waiting for a few tens of seconds, Yang Chenghu was the first to climb out of the entrance of the cellar.

Soon, shortly after the shelling stopped, the puppet troops of the two platoons, led by dozens of devils, began to slowly try to enter from the east of the village.

However, it didn't take long for some of the vanguard units of the Japanese puppet army to step on the mines placed outside the village.

At the same time, the Japanese puppet army, which had returned to the rear, also hit mines one after another, resulting in having to stop the offensive and start retreating.

After receiving the news that the attacking troops had encountered a minefield, the Japanese squadron leader was immediately furious. couldn't help but say, he immediately beat the puppet platoon commander who first entered the village to investigate.

"Yaga...... You didn't even notice such an obvious minefield, it's rubbish! ”

The whip again whipped the opponent and rolled on the spot, and the Japanese squadron leader got up and looked angrily at the village in the distance, and ordered loudly:

"Tell the tank detachment to let them immediately cover the sappers and start their work, first open an offensive channel for the large army to the east of the village!"

Soon, the two Type 94 tanks that accepted the mission slowly started in smoke and began to approach the village.

Behind the tank, more than forty devil soldiers followed closely, keeping an eye on the movements in the village. As for the rest of the puppet army, they were forced by the devils to explore the front positions on the two flanks of the tank.

Slowly, as the Japanese puppet army touched the outskirts of the village again, the twelve Japanese sappers immediately broke away from the cover of the tanks and began to search for mines with magnetic detectors on the periphery of the village.

It didn't take long for Japanese sappers to quickly detect five or six mines on the periphery.

Whenever the sappers found a mine, they took out one of the small flags they were carrying and carefully planted them next to the mine to remind the follow-up troops to pay attention to the minefield.

……

Just when the devil sappers were already approaching the houses on the outskirts of the village, behind the wall of a courtyard in the outermost part of the village, Zhao Shixun gently spit out a piece of dead grass in his mouth, raised his hand and pointed to the ghost soldiers who were scattered not far away and holding a magnetic detector.

"See, if you had placed the minefield on the road outside, it is estimated that it would have been exhausted by the devils a long time ago."

Yang Chenghu, who was on the side, heard the words and looked at the devil sappers who were seriously searching, and then gritted his teeth and said:

"Then what do you have to say, just kill these scourges!"

While speaking, Yang Chenghu snatched a Czech from the soldiers of the independent detachment beside him, and as soon as he pulled the bolt, he planned to lean out and fire.

Seeing that the other party was so impulsive, Zhao Shixun hurriedly grabbed the other party.

"Don't move!"

Pressing down on the other party's body that was about to stand up, Zhao Shixun glared at the other party, raised his hand and pointed to the two tanks less than 100 meters away, and said angrily:

"Your name is Yang Chenghu, why are you really tigers!"

"If you shoot like this, the heavy machine guns on the devil tank will definitely shoot at us.

When the time comes, this thin layer of adobe wall will not be able to prevent the bullets of the devil at all, and everyone will have to save their lives here! ”

……

Not long ago, after the Japanese shelling ended, Zhao Shixun immediately led his team to find Yang Chenghu, who was directing the defense in the courtyard on the east side, and took him to a courtyard on the outermost side of the village.

According to Zhao Shixun's inference, the devil will definitely bring sappers to clear the mines after suffering a loss. Sure enough, just as they arrived to the east of the village, they happened to see twelve devil sappers under the cover of tanks and infantry, constantly clearing mines all the way.

……

"Of course Lao Tzu knows that this earthen wall can't protect against bullets, but you have also seen that if you don't kill these sappers, the minefields arranged on the outskirts of this village will have to be scrapped!"

Hearing this, Zhao Shixun looked at the emotional Yang Chenghu and laughed.

"Beat sex...... did I say I let go of these devil sappers?"

Hearing this, Yang Chenghu's face sank.

"What kind of medicine is sold in your kid's stomach, if you have something to say, let it go quickly, don't play Tai Chi with me here!"

Ignoring Yang Chenghu's stinky temper, Zhao Shixun just called Dapeng to his side, and then whispered a few words in the other party's ear.

Soon, Dapeng with an evil smile on his face quickly moved to the other side of the courtyard with a few people carrying a bucket.

Not long after Dapeng left, in Yang Chenghu's puzzled eyes, Zhao Shixun led him to move along the root of the wall to the wall on the south side of the courtyard.

Looking up and cautiously glancing at the devil sappers who were gradually dividing into two groups and probing towards the alleys in front of and behind the courtyard, Zhao Shixun asked Heiwa to bring over the wooden barrel that had been prepared a long time ago.

"Where's the broken tiles?"

"Here, captain."

Hearing this, Zhao Shixun took out a Republican-made grenade and put it on the ground, and then took out three devil-style 97-style grenades, and quickly fixed them on the body of the Republican-made grenade with hemp rope.

After doing this, Zhao Shixun carefully pulled out the safety ring of the Type 97 grenade, then put the wooden handle of the grenade into the wooden barrel with the wooden handle facing up, and finally filled the prepared broken tiles into the gap of the wooden barrel.

…… To be continued, thank you for your support, ask for recommendations, ask for collections!!

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