Chapter 69: Storming the Stronghold
The combat quality of the puppet army was too low, and although they all endured drowsiness and carried out vigilance duty, they still did not find the officers and men of the independent battalion who were constantly approaching. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Bang ......" A piercing gunshot suddenly broke the tranquility of Wuzhen.
At this moment, the Wuzhen stronghold also became lively.
The puppet army sentries who were in charge of guarding around the stronghold instantly became sober, and then held their rifles and stared at a pair of eyes to observe the surroundings.
"Da ......" two companies plus nine crooked handles equipped by the guard platoon, one 92 type, fired at the same time.
Several puppet soldiers who poked their heads out and looked out were beaten into a hornet's nest before they could react.
The remaining puppet soldiers who were still alive were directly frightened, hiding behind the position, listening to the whooshing sound of bullets flying over their heads, and the hands holding the rifles couldn't help but start trembling, let alone counterattack!
But the devil soldiers in the stronghold were not afraid, and when they heard such a dense gunfire, they subconsciously thought of the enemy attacking, and then they rushed out of the barracks with their rifles and rags, and shouted while rushing, beckoning the puppet army that had begun to be chaotic to cooperate in defense.
"Bage Yalu, there is an enemy attacking us outside, quickly enter the position and prepare for defense!"
But at this moment, mortar shells in groups of three and grenades in groups of six were smashed towards their stronghold with a screaming sound, like a talisman.
In the violent explosion, many Japanese puppet soldiers were directly blown to the ground, and those who were unlucky were directly torn into parts by shells, and even a complete corpse was not left.
Under the cover of mortars and grenadiers, more than 80 little devils, only more than 40 of them rushed to the position, and then operated crane guns, crooked handles, and even shot out with 38 big covers.
As for the rest of the devils, they either fell in the courtyard of the stronghold and turned into corpses, or they were seriously wounded by the explosion, lying in the courtyard and constantly making oozing screams.
As for the puppet army, under the fierce artillery fire, they all retreated back to the barracks after losing more than a dozen people, and no matter how the Japanese army gave orders, they just didn't come out.
In particular, a big reason why the puppet army officers gave their lives to the little devils was that they were afraid of death, and then they surrendered to the Japanese army and worked for the Japanese army.
Now the artillery fire outside is so fierce, it is very likely that a shell will blow you up after rushing out. In this case, even if they are loyal to the devil, they do not dare to risk their lives.
After more than 40 devils rushed into the position and began to counterattack, the sudden dense firepower caused a lot of casualties to Independence. However, after all, they only had three crooked handles and one heavy machine gun. Even this bit of automatic fire, and a crooked handle, fell in the courtyard behind them in the shelling.
And the independent battalion that flanked them in front and rear, a whole heavy machine gun and nine crooked handles, an average of three machine guns staring at the devil and firing more than one machine gun.
The three machine-gun fire points of the devils in the stronghold were silent in less than five seconds after they were arrogant.
Being stared at by so many machine guns at one time, no matter how rich the combat experience of the devil machine gunner is, he can't dodge the offensive fire from the east, and he can't avoid the offensive fire from the front, or even from the west.
Although the Japanese quickly replaced it with a new machine gunner, the dumb fire machine gun was called again.
However, the Heavy did not survive more than five seconds before being beaten into a hornet's nest again.
When the machine gun fire completely suppressed the light and heavy machine guns of the devils, Wang Ping decisively divided a few crooked handles and suppressed and strafed the Japanese riflemen.
At the same time, six grenadiers of two grenadier squads were ordered to fire grenades at the positions of the devils.
As for the mortars, they are staring at the grenadiers that the devils may come out of.
Under the blow of the absolute offensive firepower of the independent battalion, the Japanese army continued to reduce its personnel, especially the machine gun positions that were taken care of, and four or five devil corpses were poured next to each machine gun, and some devils in the troops pounced, and they were killed immediately after they touched the machine guns and fired for a few seconds.
After the two sides exchanged shots for nearly a minute, more than 40 devils had already lost most of them.
The remaining dozen or so devils, under the command of the squad leader, all returned to the barracks, preparing to use the barracks for the final hold.
Of course, the squad leader did not think of asking the county for help, but together with the only phone in the county, no matter how he dialed, he could not get through.
The squad leader was not a rookie on the battlefield, and immediately understood that the telephone line had been cut off by the Eighth Route Army outside. Of course, this also means that the Eighth Route Army must have made up its mind to capture its stronghold and annihilate itself.
With no reinforcements outside and heavy losses on his own, the squad leader knows very well that even if he has the ability, he will not be able to return to the sky.
Although some subordinates proposed to organize the puppet army next to them to cooperate in the battle, after thinking of the puppet army's performance just now, the squad leader decisively rejected this proposal.
The puppet army, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, arrived here, and in the face of the attack of the Eighth Route Army, not only could not help themselves, but also affected the morale of the army and disrupted the remaining warriors to fight.
What's more, after knowing that the Imperial Army could not stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army, it was possible to stab himself in the back directly on the battlefield anyway.
In order to maximize the damage to the Eighth Route Army with the remaining forces at hand, the squad leader finally decided to defend the barracks where everyone is now hiding alone.
As soon as the devil retreated, the independent battalion pressed up, and then directly killed the barracks!
"Da Da Da!" The only crooked handle in the hands of the Japanese army fired decisively, and the three or four soldiers who had just rushed into the stronghold were caught off guard, and were directly beaten into a hornet's nest and planted at the gate of the stronghold!
"Battalion commander, the devils are hiding in the barracks, it looks like they are ready to defend to the death!" Zhang Yunshan, the commander of the second company, reported as soon as he saw Wang Ping rushing over.
"The yard of the stronghold is empty, and the casualties of the hard rush must be very large, transfer the artillery platoon over, use artillery bombardment, and bury them all in the barracks!" Wang Ping frowned and ordered decisively.
Soon, the screaming of cannonballs across the sky reached the ears of the Devil Squad Leader.
The squad leader's face turned pale in an instant, and then he shouted loudly: "Baga, it's a mortar, I forgot that the Eighth Route Army still has artillery, and the barracks can't withstand mortar shelling at all!" ”
Then he drew his command knife and shouted at the remaining subordinates around him: "Warriors, the time has come to dedicate yourself to the empire, rush out, fight with the Eighth Route Army, kill one by one, kill one!" ”