Outside the Zhouzhuang stronghold, Yang Xiong had already received a telegram that the Independent Brigade was passing through the blockade line.

In order not to arouse the alarm of the Japanese army, he immediately ordered: "Battalion Commander Hong, strengthen the offensive!" Fight to take the stronghold. Otherwise, there will be no place to replenish the shells and bullets we just fired! ”

"Cooperate well with the artillery company commander Gong, and strive to tear a hole in the defense line around the devil's stronghold as soon as possible and kill it!"

Three consecutive attacks were repulsed by the Japanese puppet army, and they also lost more than one platoon of their subordinates.

Hong Tao's ruthlessness was also stimulated by the devil's desperate posture, and he rushed to the front line with a pistol.

"Company Commander, what did you do, so long has passed, and the devil position has not rushed up!" As soon as he saw the three company commanders under his command, Hong Tao's anger rushed up!

Seeing that the three company commanders all lowered their heads and did not speak, the instructor could only stand up and explain: "Lao Hong, don't care about them!" ”

"The fire of several machine guns on the devil's turret is too ruthless, pressing our attacking troops to fight, even if we fight all of them, we can't rush up."

"Then kill these firepower points!" Hong Tao shouted without thinking about it.

"We figured out a way, the machine guns fired at each other, let the sharpshooters snipe, but it didn't work, the machine gunners in front just died, the back ones made up, and the machine guns continued to shoot!" The instructor shook his head helplessly and replied.

At this moment, Gong Hu, the commander of the artillery company, came over. In front of Hong Tao, he said with a guilty face: "Battalion Commander Hong, it's not that they are not brave in battle, it's that our artillery hasn't fought well, and it's been so long that even a small turret of the devil has not been killed!" ”

Hong Tao's anger suddenly disappeared a lot, and he stared at Gong Hu and asked rhetorically.

"Then what are you going to do, it's going to be dawn in a few hours, and the main force is passing through the devil's defense. As soon as the main force passes, we will definitely not continue to fight, then we will have even less time to attack. If we can't even take a stronghold of the devils, then we will become a laughing stock! ”

"I'm going to concentrate all the mortars, grenadiers, and stare at the devil's turrets to distract them!"

"There are two flying thunder cannons left, as close to the turret as possible, as long as they advance another fifty meters, the hit rate will increase by fifty percent. If two flying thunder cannons shoot together, they will definitely hit the devil's turret! ”

Hong Tao's brows furrowed and he made a decision: "Fifty meters, right, my battalion will attack the whole battalion and cover you to advance fifty meters!" ”

Then he ordered the three company commanders around him: "I heard it, I will give you five minutes to prepare, and after five minutes, all the weapons will be fired, and the attack will be fifty meters forward." Then stop, defend on the spot, shoot at the devils, cover the artillery fire! ”

Inside the stronghold, the captain of the captain is no longer full of arrogance and confidence from a few hours ago.

The reinforcements that should have arrived in more than an hour, two or three hours have passed, and there is not a trace of it.

In the defensive battle, although he already has a way to deal with the flying thunder cannon, the only commanding height of the stronghold The turret has been good so far. However, the offensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army far exceeded that of its own reinforced squadron, and the limited defenders were constantly attrition during the battle, and now less than half of what it used to be.

The Imperial Allied Army also suffered heavy losses, losing almost a company of troops.

Although there were still two companies left, they were all frightened in the face of heavy casualties and the increasingly fierce offensive of the Eighth Route Army, their faces turned pale, and their hands holding their rifles trembled with nervousness and fear.

Even if they were still holding their positions and shooting with rifles, no one knew where the bullets had gone.

In this case, the captain was sure that as long as the earth eight roads rushed up, they would definitely not even have the courage to resist, and they would surrender after dropping their weapons.

The puppet army was unreliable, the imperial army suffered heavy losses, and the captain's only hope of holding the stronghold was the turret in the middle of the stronghold.

Seven or eight light and heavy machine guns were mounted on the turret, condescendingly strafing, destroying all the Eighth Route Army that wanted to rush up.

"Captain, the Warriors have suffered a lot of losses. If the loss continues like this, within two hours, all the imperial troops on the positions around the stronghold will be dead, and they can only retreat to the turret to hold on! The vice-captain hurriedly ran over and reminded with a nervous face.

"Eight Tooth Road! I didn't expect that Tubalu would be so powerful. There were not many defenders in the surrounding strongholds, and even fewer troops were sent over, and they must have been broken and wiped out by each of the Tubalu that attacked us! The captain said with a calm face the last thing he wanted to see.

"Do you want to send another telegram to His Excellency the Wing Commander, asking for operational guidance! Without reinforcements, I'm afraid we'll not make it until dawn. Dirt Eight Road must have taken a fancy to the supplies, weapons and ammunition of our stronghold! The vice-captain continued to remind.

The captain compromised, and thought for a full minute with his head down before answering.

"That's it, send a telegram to the county seat immediately. Compared with our honor, the materials, weapons and ammunition in the stronghold are more important, and they must not fall into the hands of the Dirt Eight Roads and increase the strength of the Dirt Eight Roads? ”

"Captain, the dirt eight roads are attacking again...... Da Da Da ...... As soon as the order was given, a military officer guarding the lookout of the turret shouted, and then he heard a dense burst of gunfire and explosions outside the turret.......

"Baga, why are there so many people on Tubalu, still here!" The captain, who hurriedly walked to the lookout, saw the Eighth Route Army swarming more than 200 meters away. First startled, then shouted.

"Shoot, shoot right away, block the rushing dirt road!"

Three machine guns in this direction opened fire at once, and the Eighth Route Army was constantly killed on the charging road.

However, the Eighth Route Army attacking this time seemed to be not afraid of death, the people in front were killed, and the people behind immediately made up for it, and continued to rush forward with rifles.

"Could it be that Tubalu is going to work hard, wanting to take the turret with one attack!" The captain immediately had a very bad premonition in his heart.

Just as he was about to turn the machine guns from other directions, a cry full of surprise reached the captain's ears, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Sir, the Dirt Eight Road has stopped attacking!"

The Eighth Route Army, which was still like a wolf just now, lay down less than two hundred meters away from the stronghold, shooting at the stronghold with a rifle.

Not long after, the light and heavy machine guns were also set up, and they shot at the turret together with the rifles, and the bullets hit the outer wall of the turret, and the sparks were splashed everywhere, which was very scary!

"Intensify the fire, keep shooting, the machine guns can't listen, you must block them!" The captain commanded with a sigh of relief!

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