The street in front of me that could be used for the attack was so wide, and the Eighth Route Army was equipped with machine guns and mortars. Rashly attacked, no matter how many people in his hands he had, he couldn't rush through. The squadron leader lying on the ground was well aware.

Therefore, as soon as the cannon brought by Yang Xiong fired, the squadron leader gave up the idea of a strong attack.

Wait for the artillery brigade to blow up the eight roads in front of you almost with a cannon before assaulting, so that not only will the casualties be small, but the speed of the assault will be very fast!

Yang Xiong didn't know that the devil had such an idea, and just now he received a report from the battalion commander Zhang Yunshan that a large amount of materials and ammunition were stored in the warehouse west of the Japanese puppet army, and there were hundreds or thousands of shells of all kinds alone. In order to block the devils, the battalion commander specially sent himself a hundred shells.

Now that the ammunition is sufficient, Yang Xiong has no idea of fighting for his life with the devil.

"Tell the artillerymen, change an artillery position after three rapid fires, and blow up where there are more devils, don't stop, what we have today is shell consumption!"

Finally waited for the artillery brigade behind to open fire, and six mountain artillery shells smashed into the courtyard where the artillery had just stayed with a scream, and the artillery in Yang Xiong's hand had been transferred to the courtyard next to it to continue firing shells at the devil's counteroffensive troops.

The Japanese squadron leader soon found out the clue, frowned and scolded loudly: "Eight Grid Tooth Road, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning, their artillery positions are transferred every minute, we are mountain artillery, there is no way to lock them at all!" ”

After finishing it, he ordered: "Contact the artillery brigade immediately, leave the mortars of the Eighth Route Army alone, and concentrate artillery fire to bomb their infantry." Without infantry, relying on just three mortars will definitely not stop us! ”

"Boom ......" A series of violent explosions soon sounded around Yang Xiong.

Many soldiers lying on the courtyard wall did not even scream, and were directly blown to the ground.

"The little devil is taking revenge on us by killing us with cannonballs. We must fight back, otherwise we will definitely not be able to withstand the devil's bombardment! Yang Xiong said with a frown.

"The grenadiers continue to hit the devils, and the mortars find a way to hit the devil's artillery positions and attract the devil's artillery fire!"

"The others are ready to fight, the devils will definitely take the opportunity to attack and surprise us!"

"Kill, give!" Before the order was given, dozens of devils rushed over with rifles with bayonets on them.

This time, the devil learned smartly, and a few crooked handles did not rush with him, just like Yang Xiong, he put the crooked handles on the courtyard wall and fired at the machine gun in Yang Xiong's hand to attract firepower and cover the infantry attack!

"The sub-shooter shoots quickly and suppresses the devil's offensive firepower!" Seeing that the troops were killed several machine gunners at once, Yang Xiong's eyes turned red and he shouted loudly.

"Don't lie on your stomach, raise your head to fight back, and use a platoon of guns to block the devil's attack!"

"If the platoon guns can't be stopped, they use grenades, didn't the battalion commander send a lot of grenades? Blow it up with a grenade! ”

......As soon as he finished speaking, several explosions sounded in his ears, and a crooked handle not far away directly muted fire.

The machine gun and the machine gunner were blown over and smashed on the ground of the yard. There is no doubt that at this time the grenadiers equipped by the devils opened fire.

Yang Xiong was also desperate, and directly rushed up to lift the machine gun and climbed to the courtyard wall.

Taking advantage of the sudden interruption of the bullets whizzing overhead, he set up a crooked handle and swept a shuttle of bullets into the middle of the devil's attacking troops.

The narrow streets forced the devil attack troops to crowd together.

Five or six bullets flew over with a shuttle, directly killing three devil soldiers.

But at this moment, Yang Xiong was targeted by a devil machine gunner dozens of meters away, followed by a shuttle of bullets flying over.

Fortunately, Yang Xiong reacted quickly, and after a few bullets were fired, he hid behind the courtyard wall with a crooked handle, avoiding the fatal injury from dozens of meters away.

However, the two riflemen next to him were not so lucky, they were directly shot in the head and fell to the ground, and they couldn't die anymore!

"The devil is too strong, tell all the machine gunners that at most two short shots must be diverted!" Yang Xiong carried the crooked handle and ordered while shifting his position.

After changing three machine-gun positions in a row, dozens of devils all fell on the offensive road.

Although Yang Xiong's more than seventy soldiers were scattered in several courtyards around him, seeing that nearly half of the dozen or so soldiers in his courtyard had lost, Yang Xiong didn't need to think about it to know that the soldiers in other courtyards were no better.

Fortunately, at this time, the baggage company had already entered the city, and together with the captured puppet army, they were rushing to transport the materials they had just captured.

Otherwise, with the remaining strength of a company, one more attack by the devil will be wiped out.

"The mortars continue to hit the devil infantry and bomb them in places where there are many devils, or the infantry is a big threat to us! The others continue to disperse to prepare for the artillery shelling of the Devil's Mountain! Yang Xiong commanded with a gloomy face.

The leader of the devil squadron was also very painful at this time, a squadron plus a patrol squad encountered on the road, a total of more than two hundred imperial troops. Before the attack began, it was killed and wounded by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

In the attack just now, a small team was completely wiped out, and all of them fell on the offensive path.

Although the losses on the side of the Eighth Route Army were not small, the soldiers under his command were reduced by half in the blink of an eye, which was still very painful for the squadron leader.

In this case, whether to continue to carry out the orders of the brigade headquarters and continue to counterattack the Eighth Route Army that entered the west of the city, the squadron leader hesitated.

"You can't continue to rush, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is too strong, and no squad will definitely not be able to rush over. But if you lose another team, the remaining troops will not be able to form an attack force and counterattack the Eighth Route Army that has entered the west of the city! The squadron leader analyzed with a frown.

"So what are we going to do!" The deputy captain next to him asked with a solemn face.

"Hold on to the spot, block the offensive of the Eighth Route Army, prevent them from continuing to expand the occupied area, and then wait for reinforcements to surround the Eighth Route Army entering the city, and eat them little by little." The squadron leader immediately said that he had decided.

They saw the process of the annihilation of an infantry squad in just a few minutes, and if they continued to attack, they might follow in their footsteps.

So, hearing that the squadron leader had decided to stop the attack, several officers immediately agreed.

"I agree!"

"Then carry out the order, build fortifications on the spot, and organize defenses!" The squadron leader did not hesitate and ordered directly.

After thinking about it, he stared at a herald and continued to order: "You go to the brigade headquarters to report to the brigade commander, our troops are insufficient to counterattack, and now we have stopped the defense on the spot and prevented the Eighth Route Army from continuing to expand the occupied area!" In addition, the Eighth Route Army has occupied the material warehouse in the west of the city, and it is known from the mouth of an escaped Imperial Alliance Army that the Eighth Route Army attacking the county seat is none other than our old opponent Independent Regiment! ”