The leader of the first squadron led a small team to search vigilantly and advanced, but did not find any movement along the way. The bad thing stopped not far from the woods, and when he looked up, he saw that the village gate was wide open, and the streets were empty, and the common people seemed to have fled away, and for a moment there was no sign of anything unusual. The squadron leader fired several shots into the village, but there was no repercussion other than a few barking dogs.

The guy beckoned, and the search team quickened to catch up. When the enemy approached the fish pond outside the village, suddenly, a piece of green camouflage floated, and with a few sharp whistles, a series of earthen cannons stretched out from the bunker and launched a fierce bombardment on the enemy group, and the enemy who was caught off guard was immediately knocked down.

The Devil Squadron Leader never let his guard down, and as soon as he heard the sound of the flanks, he instinctively lay down on the spot, and his chest had just touched the ground, when a fire with a piercing whistling sound and a blazing air flow swept over his head, causing the edge of the steel helmet to buzz. Where did this guy dare to stay any longer, beckoned the disabled to roll back and crawl back.

The thrilling roar of the foreign artillery made Tengben even more vigilant, and when he listened to the squadron leader's report, he completely confirmed his judgment that the guerrillas really intended to launch a large-scale frontal blockade here.

Since they have set up a position, if they continue to adopt the method of advancing without resistance and by storm, I am afraid that it will not be easy to pass, and they will inevitably pay greater casualties. This bad thing quickly thought about it for a while, and resolutely decided to take advantage of this great opportunity to deal a severe blow to the guerrillas, weaken their strength, and frustrate their edge, so that they would not dare to easily make a large-scale containment, so that the troops could advance relatively smoothly.

The Japanese captain Tengben gathered the officers together and issued a combat order, demanding that a fierce attack be launched at any cost, and that the anti-Japanese contingent should be completely defeated in the shortest possible time, and that the obstacles in the way of advance should be removed, so as to ensure a smooth rush to the grave where Dong Yupei was hiding.

The devils and the puppet army quickly adjusted, and under the cover of heavy artillery fire, launched an attack on the big woods and villages in front of them.

Dozens of foreign cannons erected on the fishpond embankment took turns to bombard the enemy violently and violently in turn, and a storm-impermeable firepower network was erected in front of the embankment.

Strings of shells fell on the weirs, kicking up smoke and dust rushing into the sky, shrapnel flying sideways, sand and soil splashing everywhere, and the hot air currents and gunpowder smoke choked people to breathe through the table. The heavy artillery fire tore the weirs apart and opened gaps; Bunkers were overturned, and some fighters and crowds were wounded, but they still held on to the fight.

Several of the enemy's small steel cannons concentrated on the center of the embankment in an attempt to open a breakthrough here, but the shells exploded one after another, and several foreign guns guarding here were blown up, and the firepower suddenly weakened. The captain of the No. 1 Devil Squadron saw this gap and commanded more than 20 devils and puppet troops to rush up in an attempt to seize this breakthrough.

Song Jiliu glanced at it, and ran over with two pot-bellied box guns, and before he could get close to the embankment, a row of shells fell to the ground and exploded, and Song Jiliu just had time to lean down, and was swept out more than ten steps away by a violent air current, and his forehead was wiped by a swept shrapnel, and blood gushed out. The devil puppet army took advantage of this gap and approached the embankment with a breakthrough.

At this tight moment, Liu Mansheng and a young farmer rushed up, and with the flash of the spark of the fire letter, a rain of iron gushed out; Knock the seven or eight enemies in front to the ground, and the dozen or so enemies behind turn around and run.

At this time, Liu Mansheng was busy loading the magazine, Song Jiliu came up with two guns, pounced on the embankment and replaced the magazine, and the blazing fire swept the enemy down in front of the leader of the first squadron supervising the battle, and this guy staggered back with the minions who did not fall. The soldiers and villagers who were holding on to several other defensive points of the embankment also struggled to repel the enemy's attack.

Seeing that the battle for the embankment was delayed, Fujimoto paid a considerable number of casualties. This bad thing was both angry at the tenacity of this guerrilla force and worried about the reinforcement mission, and his brain seemed to burst open. He resolutely approached a place not far from the embankment, found a suitable terrain to hide, ordered all the light and heavy firearms to bombard the embankment again, and personally commanded the troops to launch a fierce attack.

Shells poured down on the weirs, fires rose, smoke and dust rolled, air currents stirred, and deafening explosions rang out. The embankment, which had already been damaged, could not withstand the fierce bombardment of artillery fire, and collapsed in patches and squares, and the situation was quite critical. At this time, the roar of foreign cannons sounded in all directions outside the village, and the sudden attack threw the rear guard of the devils into chaos.

A devil officer ran to report: "The Eighth Route Army launched an attack from behind. ”

Fujimoto hesitated slightly, and resolutely instructed: "This is the sporadic personnel of the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army who are being held back from behind, don't be fooled." While assigning a squadron of puppet troops to counterattack, while commanding the main forces, under the cover of heavy artillery fire, I charged fiercely towards the embankment. ”

"Yes!" The invading dog took the order and went away.

Zhu Mingyuan saw the enemy's intentions, and saw that the artillery fire was fierce and the casualties of the troops had increased, so in order to preserve his strength and more effectively contain and strike at the enemy, he first commanded everyone to bombard it fiercely, and then took advantage of the fact that the enemy's attack was a little slow, and then led the soldiers and villagers to retreat into the woods and villages.

After occupying the embankment, this bad thing took advantage of this favorable terrain to concentrate its firepower on the village and launch a series of attacks at the same time, in a vain attempt to capture the village in one fell swoop by relying on the fierce firepower and the initial advantage of success. Relying on the cover of houses and walls, the soldiers and the masses resisted the enemy's continuous attacks in an organized manner, and the enemy did not fight when he was far away, and bombarded with foreign cannons and grenades as soon as the enemy approached.

The enemy approached the village several times, but they were bombarded back by blazing fire, and the price of each attack was a corpse abandoned by the fish pond and in front of the village gate.

This stalemate made Fujimoto, a bad thing, anxious. At this time, the various blocking squads hidden in the ridges outside the village seized the opportunity to strengthen the containment and harassment, and touched the enemy from behind in groups of three or five, and attacked the enemy out of nowhere. The enemy, who was concentrated in the vicinity of the embankment, was caught in a situation where he was attacked on his back and was in a hurry, and he simply did not know how to deal with it.

Forced by this situation, Tengben, a bad thing, jumped up the embankment like a mad dog, raised his command sword, and shouted: "Samurai, the time has come to serve His Majesty the Emperor, shake the majesty of bushido, leave this area where the enemy has been attacked before and after, rush into the village, and annihilate the guerrillas!" With that, he jumped off the embankment and rushed down with a troop of troops around him, and the devils were encouraged by Fujimoto, and they were anxious to get rid of the threat of the enemy on their backs, and they launched a fierce attack with a loud howl, and finally broke down the village.

The cadres, fighters, and villagers of the Gandong Guerrilla Brigade and the Gannan Guerrilla Brigade began to learn to use the instructions on guerrilla warfare to guide combat operations. When the enemy launched a frontal attack, exposing their forces to the fire, they took advantage of the favorable terrain such as the embankment and the village to bombard, forcing the enemy to pay heavy casualties.

( Biography of Chinese and Foreign Heroes )