At one o'clock in the morning, a team appeared in the sight of the sentry on duty at the Donghui Town stronghold.

More than twenty people, carrying stretchers and torches, ran towards the stronghold in a hurry.

The cautious sentry on duty immediately sounded the alarm, and the stronghold immediately became lively. The deputy captain of the second lieutenant was not wearing his military uniform and was the first to climb up the artillery tower.

"Why did the alarm sound? What happened!"

"Sir, the troops are running towards the stronghold on the road. I am worried that they are enemies." The sentry pointed outside and reported.

The team held up the torches, which was particularly conspicuous in the night. The lieutenant saw it at a glance and his nerves became tense.

The reinforcements sent in the afternoon were reduced, and there were only twenty imperial troops and less than ten imperial troops left at the stronghold.

This little force is OK to defend a gun tower, but the base is too large, and there are many houses besides the gun tower.

Once this force is dispersed, the defense system of the stronghold becomes loopholes everywhere

If you are attacked at this time, you will not be sure to defend the stronghold.

Unless all other places in the stronghold are given up, the troops are concentrated to defend the artillery tower.

But in this way, even if the stronghold is held, it will suffer heavy losses.

"Sir, should you send someone out to see it? If the enemy wants to attack the stronghold, you will definitely not raise the torch and rush towards us!" The sentry reminded.

"You are right!" The second lieutenant nodded in approval, turned his head to order the puppet army platoon leader beside him: "Please draw three people out to see, find out their identities, and then march back and report."

After hesitating for a moment, he turned his eyes to the sentry.

There are not many imperial troops in the stronghold, and one less loss is lost. The second lieutenant doesn't want to send them out for adventure.

But he didn't trust the Imperial Army very much, so he finally gritted his teeth and ordered: "You go out with you, and you must find out their specific identities."

"Yes, sir!"

Four Japanese and puppet troops, holding torches and guns, marched out of the stronghold quickly.

The lieutenant stood on the roof of the artillery tower, his eyes never left them.

The heavy machine gun team on the side was ready for battle, and the black holes were aimed at the troops getting closer and closer on the road. If an accident happened, they would definitely be the first to shoot...

Four soldiers joined the other party at a distance of 400 meters from the stronghold and left the team in less than half a minute, and rushed back in a hurry.

"Open the gate of the stronghold quickly, the commander is injured!" When there were more than fifty meters away from the stronghold, a puppet army ran and shouted.

The two people guarding the door looked at each other, looking at me and I look at you, don’t know what to do?

When he entered the stronghold, the puppet army who had just spoken cursed at the two soldiers at the door.

"Why are you still standing there? Open the door immediately..."

"Captain Okazaki is injured and must go to the stronghold to rescue immediately. The company commander sent him back in person, so there will definitely be no problem!"

The Japanese who left the stronghold together did not stop and rushed into the artillery tower to report to the second lieutenant that Okazaki was injured.

The second lieutenant did not doubt the words of his subordinates at all, and there was Zhang Fugui in the team.

He was the Chinese that Lieutenant Okazaki trusted the most. He would not betray the Imperial Army and decisively ordered the two soldiers at the door: "Open the door and let the captain return to the stronghold as soon as possible."

After saying that, the lieutenant began to go down the artillery tower and run towards the gate of the stronghold.

He wanted to see Captain Okazaki as soon as possible and figure out his specific injuries.

It’s okay to be slightly injured and awake. If the person is seriously injured and is already in a coma, he must report to the county town immediately.

Either send a new commander to take over the commander, or appoint yourself as the interim commander of the stronghold.

If nothing unexpected happens, the latter is more likely?

When they ran to the door, news of Okazaki's injury had spread at the stronghold. Except for the four Japanese in the heavy machine gun team, who were still standing at the post, all the other Japanese gathered at the door, and more than half of the puppet troops came.

"The company commander is back!" a puppet army shouted.

On the road thirty or forty meters outside the door, Zhang Fugui walked first in front, followed by more than a dozen imperial troops and imperial assistant troops next to him, all holding the rifles in his hands, anxious and nervous.

He carried Okazaki's stretcher behind and was surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers, including the Imperial Army and the Imperial Army.

After seeing Zhang Fugui himself with his own eyes, the second lieutenant completely let go of his guard.

Zhang Fugui entered the stronghold and walked towards the second lieutenant, with a soldier from the Imperial Army following him.

The second lieutenant was not wary and thought that Zhang Fugui came to report the situation to him. After all, he was of the highest level among the remaining imperial army in the stronghold.

Five or six meters apart, the soldier's sixth sense made the second lieutenant realize the danger.

But I just frowned and did not make any other preparations.

It was not until the second lieutenant saw Zhang Fugui holding the box gun handle in his right hand that he realized something was wrong, but it was too late.

"Beware..." As soon as the words "Beware..." were spoken, Zhang Fugui had already pulled out the box cannon inserted into the holster, pointed at him and hugged the fire.

The shooting distance was too close, and the firepower of the box cannon was strong. The second lieutenant had no choice but to hide. He watched three holes in his chest and then fell to the ground with unwillingness.

Zhou Cheng followed Zhang Fugui and took action at the same time.

The bullets fired from the box cannon seemed to have eyes, and they named the five Japanese in front one by one.

The rifleman disguised as the Japanese and puppet troops behind him followed him and immediately pointed the black muzzle at the puppet troops watching on the side, shouting loudly: "Don't move, you are captured..."

After the war ended here, Zhang Fugui's fate was already tied to the village protection team's battle, and it was closely related.

If the village protection team wins, he will get a hundred dollars and go away.

If the village guard team loses, he will definitely die without a burial place.

After cooperating with Zhou Cheng, he killed the Japanese in front of him, not only did he not stop his feet, but instead ran faster and rushed straight to the artillery tower.

There is also a heavy machine gun team there. If they shoot at everyone desperately, the village protection team will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

So they had to kill them before the Japanese heavy machine gun team could react.

On the roof of the artillery tower, all four Japanese guarded around the heavy machine guns.

When several Japanese were shocked when they heard gunfire sounding outside the artillery tower, they were shocked and quickly exposed their heads from the battlement.

A scene that puzzled them appeared.

More than a dozen imperial troops and the Imperial Army pointed guns at more than a dozen puppet troops. It was dark and the battlefield was chaotic. Several Japanese could not tell the difference between enemies and us at all. Although they knew there were enemies in the crowd, they did not dare to shoot rashly.

This hesitation actually gave Zhou Cheng and Zhang Fugui time to rush into the artillery tower.
Chapter completed!