A dense burst of machine-gun fire overpowered the sound of heavy machine guns and reached the ears of every soldier on the battlefield. Under the orders of the battalion commander, a company of six antiaircraft machine guns of the antiaircraft machine gun battalion condescended from a high position and did not hesitate to spew tongues of fire at the more than 100 puppet soldiers who were rushing towards them.

Six sudden tongues of fire blocked more than a hundred puppet soldiers who were charging quickly in place. As long as the puppet army was touched by an anti-aircraft machine gun bullet, they were either beaten with missing arms and legs, or they were directly killed and fell in a pool of blood. What's more, many of the soldiers who were directly hit were interrupted by a direct cross-waist.

In the face of such a powerful machine gun, in the face of such a bloody scene, the battle-hardened little devil was a little better and did not show any panic. Lying on the ground, he began to shoot at the Eighth Route Army that rushed in from the breach, and carried out a limited counterattack. And those puppet soldiers who were almost all captured by the strong men, where have they seen such a bloody scene, many people have begun to vomit. Even those soldiers who did not vomit were frightened and turned pale at this time, and they looked at the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were getting closer and closer in front of them, at a loss

"Comrades, rush and kill the little devils" The fighters shouted and killed, and the machine guns fired. Soon moved from the outside of the stronghold to the breach. Two battalions and nearly 1,000 soldiers, under the command of their respective commanders, passed through the trench in front of them in an orderly manner. Stepping on the bunkers that had been blown into ruins, they poured into the stronghold carefully built by the Japanese army.

A burst of bullets swept towards the puppet army lying on the ground, and immediately, under the strafing of the anti-aircraft machine guns, more than 100 puppet soldiers, who had already lost more than half of them, were killed dozens of them again. As for the remaining dozens of puppet troops, they looked at the Eighth Route Army that was getting closer and closer. A dozen little devils were a little better, and they stood up from the ground without hesitation. Holding up the bayonet in his hand, he launched a counter-charge against the oncoming Eighth Route Army. As for the dozen or so puppet soldiers lying on the ground, looking at the Eighth Route Army getting closer and closer, they were already so frightened that they were about to pee their pants. One by one, trembling all over their bodies, they lay on the ground, motionless.

There was a "snort" of bayonets stabbing into the flesh, and the fighters paid for the casualties of a dozen fighters. In the fastest time, stabbed the dozen little devils in front of him to the ground. Stepping on the corpse of the little devil, he directly charged at the central turret of the stronghold, which was in the center of the entire stronghold and had been pressed by the soldiers to the point where he couldn't lift his head.

Of course, everything that happened in the entire stronghold did not escape the eyes of the squadron leader in the running building. Seeing that the more than 100 puppet troops he organized had not yet rushed to the breakthrough, he was shot and killed by a powerful machine gun. What's more, nearly 1,000 members of the Eighth Route Army, with only minor casualties, wiped out more than 100 puppet troops that they had worked so hard to put together. Seeing the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushing towards the turret where he was, the squadron leader also began to panic.

"Eight grid tooth road, don't stop shooting, quickly, block the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side for me, or I'll die," under the roar of the squadron leader and the threat of the command knife. A little devil, a puppet soldier, had to risk his death at any time, poked his head out of the shooting hole, and began to fight back.

However, under the suppression of the dense rain of bullets of the fighters. These puppet soldiers often fire less than a few rounds before they expose their targets because of the flames that erupt from the muzzles. Immediately, several light and heavy machine guns fired a dense rain of bullets at themselves

"Ahh And the soldiers, although under the desperate resistance of the puppet army, lost dozens of fighters. However, the distance between everyone and the turret has changed from more than 100 meters just now to more than 30 meters at this time. It only takes a few seconds for the soldiers to rush to the bottom of the turret and let the little devils have a good taste of what it is like to get on a dirt plane, however, the puppet army, which has entered the stage of dying and struggling, can the soldiers get close to the turret so easily? Dana is no.

"Eight Ga blocks, throw grenades, throw grenades and blow them up with grenades, you must block the attack of the Eighth Route Army, quickly" Seeing more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns in the turret, it was really impossible to stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army. Looking outside the turret, the Eighth Route Army was getting closer and closer. The squadron leader suddenly saw boxes of grenades in the running building, and hurriedly ordered loudly

Hearing the squadron leader holding the command knife behind him, he finally stopped asking himself to continue to die desperately, including dozens of little devils in the stronghold, and more than a hundred puppet soldiers breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time. Immediately pry open the wooden box next to it containing grenades or grenades. The grenades that were about to explode were thrown out of the narrow shooting holes on the running floor.

At the moment of "boom, boom, boom", with the turret as the center, within a radius of more than 30 meters, it was immediately enveloped in gunpowder smoke from the explosion of the grenade. A dense grenade explosion sounded, and the more than 100 fighters who charged at the front were unsurprisingly blown down in a pool of blood by the constantly exploding grenades

"Damn, the little devil is really cunning enough, I see how many grenades he has in his stronghold to make him consume like this. The second battalion was ordered to continue to besiege the enemy's turret, and to constantly launch feints to consume the grenades in the enemy's turret. All the soldiers of the third battalion immediately switched the target of the attack, and from the inside of the stronghold of the army, in cooperation with the battalion outside the stronghold, all the puppet troops in the remaining dozen or so pillboxes were eliminated. "Seeing more than a hundred of his fighters, he instantly disappeared into the explosion of the enemy's grenades. The head of the regiment, Zhou Guohua, clenched his fists tightly, and ordered loudly to the correspondent in front of him.

The three battalions that received the order, under the leadership of their respective company commanders, immediately switched their offensive targets. Under the cover of machine guns and grenades, a charge was launched at the bunkers that were spewing tongues of fire. Maybe it's because the little devil believes too much in his own bunker and believes too much in his own combat effectiveness. The entire bunker, except for the side facing the outside of the stronghold, had three shooting holes. As for the inside of the stronghold, apart from a thick wooden door that was tightly closed, there was not even a single hole left for firing.

Such a stronghold, under the charge of three companies of the third battalion, had almost no ability to fight back. And the fighters, under the cover of light machine guns and grenades, also easily rushed to the side of the stronghold. In the sound of a huge explosion, the small bunkers that had just been spewing flames turned into graves one by one, burying dozens of graves one by one.

As the strongholds around the stronghold were reduced to ruins one after another, the battalion that was preparing to attack the turret was also ready for a final general attack. After more than ten minutes of consumption, more than 100 puppet soldiers in the running building threw out almost everything that could explode in the entire running building. However, even if there are more grenades in the running building, they can't withstand the consumption rate of more than a hundred people, and no one can consume several grenades per minute.

In ten minutes, the surrounding pillboxes were destroyed one after another under the attack of one or three or two battalions. The commander of the second battalion was also anxious, and when he saw the grenades thrown from the turret, it could already be described as a handful. Without saying a word, the commander of the second battalion immediately organized dozens of demomen, ready to attack from multiple directions at the same time to blast the turret in front of him.

"Order, all light machine guns take cover, and the Demoman begins to attack." Look at the dozens of Demomen who are already ready. The commander of the second battalion shouted an order to the dozen or so light machine gunners behind him.

"Da da da rush" under the cover of various light and heavy machine guns. Dozens of demomen, from different directions, began to charge at the turret in front of them, which was no more than ten meters in diameter. Dozens of Demomen, dodging left and right amid the constantly exploding grenades, although many soldiers were sacrificed along the way. However, the dozens of demomen did not hesitate, still holding the explosive bag in their arms, and continued to charge regardless of casualties.

In the end, more than thirty Demomen, after losing a dozen fighters, still more than twenty Demomen, rushed to the bottom of the turret. Then the explosives bag in his arms were lined up under the running building, and at the command of a demoman, more than 20 people, at the same time, ignited the fuse in their hands and quickly retreated to their positions.

"Boom" dozens of Demomen, who have not yet returned to their positions. An earth-shattering explosion sounded behind him. The explosion of the explosive pack produced a huge force, pushing more than 20 soldiers who were running fast to the ground in one fell swoop. As for the little devil's turret, it also turned into a pile of ruins in this huge explosion. Together with the more than 100 remaining puppet soldiers in the turret, they were buried in the ruins.

As the strongest turrets in the stronghold were destroyed, the resistance of the few remaining pillboxes became more and more fragile. Eventually, the battle in the entire stronghold ended after almost ten minutes. One by one, the prisoners, one by one, were slowly carried out of the stronghold by the soldiers.

At the same time, the results and losses of the entire battle were immediately counted in the shortest possible time. As the commander-in-chief, Zhou Guohua got the results of the battle, and after arranging for the troops to clean up the battlefield, he came to the temporary headquarters set up at the entrance of the town.

"Report that the brigade commander's regiment has successfully completed the task, and ask the brigade commander to instruct" Seeing that in the command headquarters, the brigade commander Shen Qinghua, who was staring at the entire Zhongyang Town defense system in front of him, Zhou Guohua reported loudly.

"Well, it's Head Zhou! The mission was well accomplished, from the beginning of the battle, to the present just fifty minutes have passed. How about it, give me a report on the results of the battle and the losses of the troops. I saw Zhou Guohua, the head of the regiment in front of him, who was full of gunsmoke. Brigade Commander Shen Qinghua looked at the watch on his arm, nodded with satisfaction and asked.

"Yes, Brigadier General. According to statistics, there were a total of 986 puppet soldiers in the stronghold, of which 246 little devils were completely wiped out, and no one was captured. Of the 740 puppet soldiers, all but 235 were captured. In addition, since all the pillboxes and turrets in the stronghold were blown up, not many weapons were captured, but a lot of ammunition was captured. A total of 129 rifles, 5 light machine guns, and more than 80,000 rounds of ammunition of various kinds. However, the enemy's arsenal has captured countless supplies of various kinds, and as for the specific data, it is still being counted. Zhou Guohua reported with excitement on his face.

"Well, good job, we should resolutely eliminate these little devils. How about it, did your second regiment suffer big casualties? Brigade Commander Shen Qinghua nodded and continued to ask.

"Brigade commander, don't worry about this! With so many heavy weapons in my hands and the support of 18 anti-aircraft machine guns, if the casualties were large, I, the regiment commander, would have just quit. A total of 186 soldiers were sacrificed in the regiment, 54 were seriously wounded, and more than 300 were slightly wounded, but this did not affect the combat effectiveness of the troops. Zhou Guohua replied loudly.

"Good, good job. In this way, according to the information sent by our scouts, it is said that more than 8,000 reinforcements from the puppet army had left the county seat of Jinzhong half an hour ago. According to the speed of their march, there will be a maximum of 40 minutes before they can reach Zhongyang Town and surround our army. And now a regiment is hurrying to dig fortifications, and it will be very tired by then. So, now I mean, your second regiment, in addition to all the seriously wounded, the rest of the fighters, hurry up and rest and replenish ammunition. When the time comes, the enemy's first two rounds of attack will be handed over to your second regiment. Brigade Commander Shen Qinghua pointed to the defense map of Zhongyang Town in front of him and ordered.

"Brigadier Commander, don't worry. With me Zhou Guohua here, we will eat as many little devils as we come. Besides, we have a lot of heavy firepower in our hands, especially the 18 anti-aircraft machine guns that are incredibly powerful. Hearing the task assigned by the brigade commander, Zhou Guohua did not hesitate and replied with confidence on his face.

"Hehe, Head Zhou, don't be too happy too early. Let me tell you, you can use any other heavy weapon, but those 18 anti-aircraft machine guns must not be used without my orders. In addition, the little devils, although they did not carry any large-caliber artillery. However, mortars must have been carried, and there were still a lot of them. In addition, according to the scout's report, in order to completely annihilate us, the little devils also dispatched a squadron of 12 light tanks. Looking at Zhou Guohua, who was full of confidence and was already a little underestimated, the brigade commander Shen Qinghua hurriedly reminded.

"Ah, brigade commander, the little devil still has tanks and mortars" Hearing the tanks and a large number of mortars, Zhou Guohua was obviously stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise.

"Why, aren't you scared. But don't worry about these 12 tanks, according to the division commander's intentions, these 12 tanks should be captured by him as much as possible, so as to form the first tank detachment of our reading division. So, if the enemy sends tanks to attack, you can put the enemy's tanks directly into the town. As for the little devils who follow the tank, I think you should know what to do. Seeing Zhou Guohua frowning, brigade commander Shen Qinghua continued.

"Brigade commander, but what should we do with the 12 tanks that were put into the town, we can't let him go behind our backs to fight around" After listening to the words of the brigade commander Shen Qinghua, Zhou Guohua asked with a puzzled face.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this. After I learned that the little devils had tanks to participate in the battle, I had already ordered a regiment to dig a dozen anti-tank trenches in several alleys in the town, just waiting for the little devil's tanks to fall into the trap. At that time, as long as these dozen tanks can't move, the little devils inside will be eliminated by us sooner or later. Your task is to eliminate those little devils who are closely following the tank, and whether you have the confidence to complete this task. Brigade Commander Shen Qinghua explained.

"Yes, brigade commander, don't worry, as long as there is still one person alive in the second regiment, and it is guaranteed that a little devil infantry will not be allowed to enter the town, you can rest assured!" Zhou Guohua assured loudly.

Just when Shen Qinghua and his soldiers were nervously deployed in the small town of Zhongyang. The supreme commander of the army, Nakamoto Daisa, was sitting on a car, constantly urging the troops to speed up the march. And just in front of him were 12 light tanks from a tank squadron that had just been assigned to him for a short time. As for what was behind him, except for 24 cars full of devil soldiers. The rest of the puppet army, all lined up in two formations, carrying various weapons and ammunition, followed closely behind the car.

"Report to Your Excellency, Wing Commander, according to the current marching speed of our army, in another half an hour, we can rush to the periphery of Zhongyang Town and form a situation of encirclement of the Eighth Route Army in Zhongyang Town. It's just that after nearly an hour of rapid marching, the puppet army of more than 3,000 people behind has fallen behind. In addition, two mortar squadrons and four heavy machine gun squadrons have slowed down their marching speed due to weapons and equipment, and they are almost unable to keep up with the marching speed of the troops. Your Excellency, Wing Commander, would you like to order your troops to rest for five minutes before proceeding further? The chief of staff of the army wing rode a war horse to the side of the car in which the wing commander Nakamoto Osaku was riding, and reported loudly.

"Baga, now we haven't received any news from the stronghold in Zhongyang Town. If nothing else, the stronghold of Zhongyang Town has now been broken by the Eighth Route Army. If we don't hurry up, the Eighth Route Army, which has already occupied the stronghold of Zhongyang Town, is very likely to take the opportunity to retreat and jump out of our encirclement. When the time comes, all our efforts will be at a loss. Ordered the troops to speed up the march again, and at the same time, ordered each heavy machine gun squadron, mortar squadron, and puppet army units to slow down the march appropriately. However, it is necessary to rush to the periphery of Zhongyang Town to meet with the main force within 50 minutes, otherwise military law will be involved. The Wing Captain said angrily.

"Hi, Your Excellency Wing Commander"

(To be continued)