At ten o'clock in the evening, except for more than 30 vigilant puppet soldiers, the rest of the Japanese puppet army all went in to dream.

At this moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out at the east end ......of the village where the stronghold was located.

A squad of puppet army patrols, two puppet soldiers who took the lead fell to the ground on the spot. The remaining puppet army was stunned, and before they could react from the shock, not far from behind the dirt slope that was completely shrouded in night, dozens of Eighth Route Army suddenly rushed out. Some with rifles, some with crooked handles, screamed and rushed towards the entrance of the village where they were.

"Don't move, whoever moves will kill whom!" A few shouts in the middle of the Eighth Route Army finally woke up the stunned puppet army.

At this time, dozens of Eighth Route Army troops had already rushed to more than 30 meters away from them, and they could rush over and surround everyone in ten seconds from the sky.

Almost at this moment, the eight puppet troops who were still alive chose to surrender at the same time. As soon as he threw the rifle to the ground, he raised his hands, and there was no intention of resisting at all.

Yang Xiong, the leader of the second company and the first platoon led by the Eighth Route Army, was very satisfied with this result, and after leaving two people to guard the prisoners, he did not stop, and led his subordinates to rush to the Japanese puppet army stronghold in the middle of the village.

The piercing sound of gunfire pierced the silence of the night, and at the same time woke up the sleeping Japanese puppet army.

Before Yang Xiong could rush outside the stronghold, a string of himself shot into the stone path under his feet, causing sparks to fly on the ground.

"The devil is ready, everyone is hidden!" Yang Xiong turned around and hid behind a nearby earthen wall.

Dozens of meters away, on the earthen wall of the Japanese puppet army stronghold, two crooked handles, under the manipulation of the devils, kept shooting strings of bullets at their positions. In addition, there were dozens of Japanese puppet soldiers lying on the earthen wall, holding rifles. Maybe it was because they didn't attack, so they didn't shoot.

"Machine gun cover, notify the artillery squad, heavy machine gun squad, and grenadier squad in the back, and immediately suppress the Japanese puppet army in the stronghold!" Yang Xiong, who was holding a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars in his hands, was not a vegetarian, and immediately ordered his subordinates.

......Two heavy machine guns and three crooked handles fired first, and after the dense bullets flew towards the earthen wall, several Japanese puppet soldiers fell from the earthen wall to the ground of the stronghold with screams.

The two crooked men who were screaming happily were also dumb at this time, and hid behind the earthen wall with the machine gunners and stopped coming out.

The firepower in Yang Xiong's hands was too powerful, and as soon as the two crooked handles showed their heads, they immediately attracted a string of more than a dozen bullets to counterattack.

"Baga, the enemy's offensive firepower is too fierce, I need grenadiers to provide artillery fire support and knock out the firepower points of the attacking troops!" The captain of the Japanese squad who was hiding behind the earthen wall of the stronghold suddenly turned pale when he listened to the bullets flying above his head.

Several grenadiers attached to the squad were immediately ordered to set up their guns and prepare to counterattack.

......But at this moment, a screech of cannonballs across the sky suddenly sounded above their heads, and immediately after, they saw several black cannonballs and grenades, which smashed towards them in a daze.

"Eight grid tooth road, it's cannonballs and grenades, everyone quickly dodge!" A few quick devils threw themselves on the ground with their heads in their hands, and then screamed in terror.

The "Boom ......" fired too closely, two shells, three grenades, all smashed into the stronghold and exploded.

The violent explosion instantly drowned out all other sounds on the battlefield, including the screams of devils.

Many Japanese puppet troops who didn't have time to dodge were directly blown up, their flesh and blood blurred, and they couldn't survive. Even if they have already hidden, the Japanese puppet army lying on the ground with their heads in their hands is not much better. The stronghold was so big, forty or fifty people were scattered among them, and the shells and grenades that fell from the sky could hit a few people even if a blind cat hit a rat.

These Japanese puppet soldiers who were directly hit were undoubtedly directly blown into minced meat.

As for a couple of grenadiers in the middle of the courtyard, a shell exploded directly in the middle of them.

A devil was just blown up by the corpse of the five horses, and even a grenadier next to him was blown away, and was hit and deformed by a piece of shell fragments.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Japanese puppet soldiers lost their lives.

The front yard of the small stronghold was quickly filled with the smell of gunsmoke and the strong smell of blood, and the broken flesh of the devils that had been blown up and the severed arms of the residual value also flew everywhere. Many people had frightened expressions on their faces, looking at the tragic picture in front of them in disbelief.

Soon, the second round of shells and grenades fell from the sky and smashed into the front yard of the stronghold as the Japanese puppet army watched with desperate eyes.

This time, seven or eight more Japanese puppet soldiers were killed with screams.

At this time, the Japanese squadron leader had already rushed over from the backyard, looking at the front yard in front of him, which was like hell on earth, the role of the squadron leader instantly turned white, and then involuntarily scolded: "Eight grid tooth road, the enemy has mortars, we are not opponents at all." ”

"Didn't you say that the Eighth Route Army was badly injured? Why is there such a strong offensive ability! Mortars, grenadiers, heavy machine guns, is this still the Eighth Route Army we know? How could they have such good equipment! ”

The adjutant immediately reminded: "Captain, the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, the troops in the front yard will definitely suffer heavy losses, and it is possible to lose their combat effectiveness, do you want to transfer troops from the backyard to reinforce the front yard!" ”

"Immediately transfer a combat detachment over, hide here first, and then reinforce it after the Eighth Route Army's shelling is over!" The squadron leader immediately ordered.

"Hey!" The adjutant immediately took the order.

In less than half a minute, nearly twenty devils appeared behind the squadron leader with crooked handles and grenadiers, reinforcing the front yard at any time.

What the devil didn't expect was that Yang Xiong's front attack looked fierce, mortars, grenadiers, and heavy machine guns were all on, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties at once. However, until the current position, the platoon led by Yang Xiong did not attack, not even a tentative attack, only used shells and bullets to consume the Japanese army as much as possible, and by the way, attracted their limited forces.

It turned out that when the commander of the second company was thinking about how to take this stronghold, he also considered directly using powerful offensive firepower to cover the troops to kill the stronghold. But there is a problem, if the devil sticks to the backyard in the end, staying with the ammunition and materials hoarded in the backyard and being bombed, then the second company will have nothing to gain by taking this stronghold.

In order to capture the equipment and ammunition that the Japanese puppet army had hoarded in the backyard of the stronghold, several company and platoon commanders discussed it and thought of this good way to attract Japanese firepower by attacking the front and attacking the backyard of the devils on the back.