"Yes, Commissar." More than a dozen cadres replied in unison.

"Okay, let's disperse, do a good job in the ideological work of the soldiers, especially the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment, most of the soldiers in it are all new soldiers who joined the army in Jindong. We started our operation on time in the evening, and it was guarded by a logistics company attached to the division headquarters. It's all gone! Brigade Commander Gao Yuan waved his hand.

In the evening, the battalions of the 2nd Brigade left the camp on time and, under the guidance of local guides, ran to their destinations. As the farthest township is nearly 100 miles away. Therefore, the fighters did not dare to relax at all, and they all hurried to the road. Finally, at about 4 o'clock in the morning, Yangou Township, which was the farthest away, Dongshe Town, was also secretly surrounded by the first battalion and the third battalion of the fourth regiment respectively.

Finally, the weather slowly brightened, and after a few hours of rest after breakfast, the warriors' physical strength had obviously recovered a lot.

The brigade commander Gao Yuan personally led the guard company and the reconnaissance company to surround the stronghold in Wangjiazhuang Township, and according to the reconnaissance, there is now only one squad of devils guarding this stronghold. However, because Wangjiazhuang Township is located on a key road, the devils still attach great importance to it, and the stronghold here is not just a military camp like others, but consists of three artillery towers in front and back, and fire support can be carried out between each turret.

"Brigade commander, these three artillery towers of the devils are very strong, and if our shells can't accurately hit the cannon holes, there will be no threat to the dozens of devils inside. Moreover, a large amount of ammunition was stored in the turret, enough for the devils inside to hold on for several days. The reconnaissance company commander pointed to the three turrets not far away.

"Is it possible for the fighters to rush over and blow him up with explosives packs?" Brigade Commander Takahara suggested to.

"Yes, but at a huge cost in casualties. When the devil first built the turret, he basically cleared all the obstacles within a radius of 100 meters around the turret. It can be said that at this distance of 100 meters, the fighters are completely live targets for devils. After listening to the brigade commander's words, the commander of the reconnaissance company hurriedly retorted.

"Looks like a tough guy! Come on, think about it, and see what method we can use to break through the devil's three turrets in the shortest possible time, and our losses will be less. The brigade commander asked, looking at several company platoon commanders around him.

"Brigade commander, let's make earthen tanks." A platoon commander reminded.

"No, the devil has a grenadier, and at such a distance, the earth tank is completely a live target for the devil's grenadier." The reconnaissance company commander was still quick to refute.

After listening to the words of the company commander, everyone fell silent.

"Brigade commander, can you make smoke bombs and smoke the devils out of the turret. Just drive them out of the tortoise shells, and our mortars will be able to clean them up. A platoon commander of a reconnaissance platoon said in a slurching voice.

"Well, that's a good idea, let's be specific." The brigade commander nodded and asked.

"Yes, brigade commander, that's right, before I was assigned to the reconnaissance company, I once followed my company commander to fight a Han Jian's turret, and there was no cannon at the beginning. We have paid a huge number of casualties, but we have not made any progress. It wasn't until later that a fighter came up with a great idea. Our whole company collected dozens of catties of chili peppers, piled them up in a downwind place, lit the chili peppers, and smoked those Han annihilations all the time. Then, the battle ended without a hitch. "Maybe it was because he saw the encouraging eyes of his brigade commander, and the platoon commander spoke very fluently about what he had experienced.

"Brigade commander, this method should be good, our artillery company can also use chili peppers to change the shells into smoke bombs and hit them directly into the middle of the devil's turret." After hearing this, the commander of the artillery company immediately agreed.

"Okay, since everyone agrees, the guard company, immediately go to the town to collect peppers, and then hand them over to the artillery company. The artillery battery had to be transformed into tear gas in the shortest possible time, and when the time came, the attack would be launched on time. ”

Today is August 21, which is an unforgettable day for the Yuanping County Army and an unforgettable day for the commander of the Taiyuan Command of the Army.

Just this morning, the devils stationed in various strongholds in Yuanping County still sounded the horn of getting up as usual, and the soldiers lined up on the training ground on time to prepare for the morning exercise.

However, when they ran out of their barracks, there was a scene that they would never forget. His stronghold was tightly surrounded by the [***] team that fell from the sky. A light machine gun, the muzzle of each rifle was pointed at him, and what shocked him even more was that the other party still had mortars. Mortars with muzzles held high, like lions with large mouths, ready to devour their lives at any time.

"Baga, how can this be, quick, get into combat positions immediately, quick," was the first thing the commanders of the various strongholds said to their soldiers after getting up.

At this time, Gao Yuan, as the brigade commander, was holding his telescope and staring at the stronghold of the Japanese army, which was only 300 meters away from him. Although, the stronghold in front of him is the strongest of all the strongholds in Yuanping County. But looking at the mortars on the outside position with their muzzles raised, the army inside was still very chaotic, and they hurriedly drilled into their turtle shells one by one.

"Report to the brigade commander, we have prepared 24 rounds of refueling shells, ready for artillery shelling," said the artillery company commander running in front of the plateau.

Takahara looked at his watch. "Well, after 5 minutes, launch an attack on time, don't shoot all the shells at once, fight a few times every few minutes, and be sure to force the devil out of his turtle shell." Gao Yuan said.

"Yes, Brigadier."

"All of them" The sound of six muffled cannon shots reached the ears of the plateau. At the same time, the sound of mortar shells exploding sounded from seven strongholds on the outskirts of Yuanping County. The explosion of this cannonball swore that Liu Hua's plan to secretly control Chen Cang had reached the final stage.

The sound of "woo woo woo" mortar shells across the sky reached the ears of the devils in the Wangjiazhuang Township stronghold. "Baga, the people of China have started shelling, pay attention to concealment." However, before it was finished, six shells had already fallen around the three turrets. However, the soldiers who covered their ears did not wait for the explosion of the shells.

"Could it be that the shells that the people of China fired were all duds, just like the Chinese in the Sino-Japanese Naval War. However, the facts soon proved that his judgment and conjecture were wrong. In less than a few seconds, the devil hiding in the turret could faintly smell a spicy smell.

"Ah, it's a gas bomb, quick, the Chi man has released a gas bomb." A devil who looked out of the turret exclaimed. The scream drew the eyes of all the devils to the outside of the turret. At this time, the turret where he was staying was completely shrouded in red smoke, and the smoke was constantly pouring in from the gun's eye.

"All of them" were six more shells that fell around the devil's turret, and the smoke became even thicker. "Ahem, cough, cough" In the turret, which was completely shrouded in thick smoke, there was a violent coughing sound from the army. "Ah, despicable China, ahem" The army coughed and cursed incessantly.

"Ah, Baga, I can't take it anymore, I'm going out." Finally, some soldiers began to get tired of the spicy smell of smoke and began to run towards the door of the turret.

"Baga, come back, it's dangerous outside," Cao Chang shouted as he looked at the soldiers pouring out. However, as if they did not hear it, the running soldiers still covered their noses and rushed out with their eyes closed. One person, two people, and in the end, even Cao Chang, who had been opposed, ran out. Where the smoke of the shells was scarce, there was constant panting.

Brigade Commander Gao Yuan kept staring at the devil stronghold not far away, and as the smoke became thicker and thicker, Gao Yuan finally saw what he wanted to see. One by one, the devil soldiers covered their noses and escaped from the turret, running towards the rear of the barracks, trying to soak up some fresh air.

"One, two, three fifty" brigade commander, the devil came out badly. The political commissar next to him reminded.

"Okay, order the artillery company to change to live ammunition and shoot at the devil army point, and be sure to leave all the devils outside the turret, and the guard company is ready to charge." Brigade Commander Takahara immediately ordered.

"All of them" another set of shells were hit in the sky,. Fly in a parabola towards the devil's stronghold. The sound of "woo-woo-woo" shells across the sky reached everyone's ears. Standing in the open space panting, the army stared blankly at the approaching shells, and did not evade them. Because in their eyes, the shell is still tear gas that does not explode.

"Boom, boom, boom" 12 shells exploded more than 12 brilliant fireworks in the devil crowd. "Ah, Baga, it's not tear gas, the despicable people ,,, quickly, go back to the turret, go back to the turret" As the shells continued to explode, the leader of the devil squad shouted and roared loudly.

However, the artillery company did not give them a chance, and group after group of shells exploded towards the stronghold of the devils. The only remaining devil soldiers were blown up in the end.

"Guard Company, charge. The old rule, don't leave your mouth alive. The brigade commander shouted to the guard company commander beside him.

"Tick-tock" The Eighth Route Army sounded a loud charge on the position. A team of nearly 100 people, led by the commander of the guard company, held guns and ran towards the devil's stronghold where the smoke had not yet dissipated.

Although there were still sporadic counterfire in the devil's turret, under the intensive fire of the submachine guns and rifles of the guard company, the only remaining soldiers were beaten into a hornet's nest one by one and fell in a pool of blood. The "killing" fighters roared loudly and stormed the devil's stronghold through the walls of the stronghold that had been blown into ruins.

Under the dense rain of bullets from the guard company, as long as the remaining devils returned fire, they would be reached into a hornet's nest immediately. With guns in hand, the soldiers rushed into the turret, and eliminated the devils inside room by room. The whole attack lasted only a few minutes, and the devils of the squad of the owners of the fortifications fell under the bullets of the fighters' cannons.

"Report to the brigade commander, the guard company lost 5 people, seriously wounded 3 people, slightly injured 8 people, and wiped out a squad of devils. Capture a small arsenal of the devil completely. The commander of the guard company came to the plateau with a face full of gunpowder smoke and said.

"Okay, very good, the guard company immediately withdrew from the battle, handed over the position to the second platoon of the reconnaissance company, and the third platoon cleaned up, leaving the wounded. The troops immediately set off and advanced towards the county seat of Yuanping. Gao Yuan commanded loudly to the surrounding platoon.

(To be continued)