On the roof of the artillery tower, the captain was both afraid and regretful.

Six light and heavy machine guns suddenly moved their targets and concentrated their firepower to shoot the artillery tower, causing one or twenty bullets to fly towards him every second.

The shooting hole in the artillery tower is very small, and it is not possible for sharpshooters to hit the gunshots.

But there were too many bullets flying towards me, densely packed, and they crashed into the artillery tower like rain.

Although most of the bullets were hit on the outer wall of the artillery tower, sparks splashed everywhere and gravel flew everywhere, a small number of bullets were still drilled into the artillery tower through the shooting hole.

Everything has both positive and negative sides, which can bring benefits and disadvantages.

The captain concentrated all the remaining riflemen in the stronghold to the artillery tower and attacked the guerrillas from a high place, which indeed suppressed their machine gun fire to a certain extent, but also brought another problem.

In the small artillery tower, at least two riflemen were guarding next to each shooting hole.

The soldiers are too dense. As long as there are bullets flying in through the shooting hole, they will definitely not be lost.

The captain was almost hit by a bullet that flew into the artillery tower just now.

A subordinate threw himself down in time and avoided the disaster, but this subordinate was not as lucky as himself. The bullet penetrated the back and penetrated a hole in his body. When he fell to the ground, there was no movement.

Just a little bit short of it, the person who falls to the ground will become himself, how can he not be afraid?

Looking outside the stronghold, although the counterattack troops lacked the threat of light and heavy machine guns, the situation did not improve.

They were completely exposed to the ground and had no way to hide. They were under great pressure to face dozens of guerrilla riflemen.

Of course, if only riflemen were present, no matter how stressed the counterattack troops were, they could withdraw at least half of their manpower.

But at this moment, the six grenade launchers equipped by the guerrillas suddenly joined the battle.

Although the guerrilla grenade launchers have poor skills and low shooting accuracy, the number of grenade launchers is large. Six grenade launchers fly over in a round. As long as one hits the target, it can cause huge casualties to the counterattack troops.

The real shooting effect is much better than the squad leader expected, because this is the third time the grenade launcher has participated in the battle today.

No matter how inexperienced I have learned a lot in the first two battles.

Zhou Cheng could see that compared to the first time he was unfamiliar with the battle, they are obviously much more skilled now, and the accuracy of the grenade is much better, and there is almost no joke that the bounce point is ten meters away from the target. Six grenades in a round can basically hit two of them near the target.

That's enough. Grenades are not bullets and do not need to hit the target completely to kill people.

As long as you hit the target near the target, the flying fragments will still blow the target into a sieve.

In the splashing flames, soldiers were constantly blown away, and some were killed by oncoming bullets.

The counterattack troops have begun to retreat, but the guerrillas' offensive firepower is too strong, and people are constantly being beaten to death on the way to retreat.

The counterattack troops of more than 40 people finally returned to the stronghold.

In addition to the casualties in the artillery tower, nearly half of the garrison at the stronghold, which had already lost more than 40 people, and the wife and soldiers were lost.

The gunshots stopped, soldiers were blood everywhere in the artillery tower, and the screams of the wounded were everywhere.

The intact soldiers were running up and down, either rescued the wounded or cleaned up the bodies, which made it very messy.

"Sir, I just counted: we have 52 people left to continue fighting, including 16 imperial troops and 36 imperial assistant troops!" A longtime Cao ran over to report, then hesitated for a while before continuing to speak.

"We have limited troops. Do you think about whether you should take the initiative to give up the outer defense line and concentrate your forces to defend the artillery tower."

The lack of troops and firepower are the fatal points facing the stronghold now, and the team leader knows it clearly.

Immediately agreed: "Just as you said, concentrate all your troops and firepower to defend the artillery tower."

Speaking of this, the team leader suddenly became serious and changed his mind and continued: "But even so, we can't hold on for too long!"

"If the guerrillas continue to attack the artillery tower by using trenches, they can dig the trench to the foot of the artillery tower at most one day, destroy the artillery tower with explosives, and bury us all in the ruins."

"What should I do?" Cao Chang was anxious.

"Contact the county town and ask for help from superiors."

"As long as the county town sends two hundred people and surrounds the guerrillas from outside, we can turn defeat into victory and kill them from inside and outside."

As soon as the call for help from the Japanese Army Garrison Brigade Command and Zhangzhuang Town stronghold arrived, the combat room, which had only three staff officers on duty, became lively in an instant.

The squadron leader of the left-behind infantry squadron frowned, not knowing what to do!

"Sir, the garrison at Zhangzhuang Town stronghold reported that the guerrillas attacked them were very cunning. They used tricks to kill more than 100 of them, and there were more than 50 left in the stronghold, and reinforcements were urgently needed! They also said that the reinforcements should be better for the battlefield after dawn, otherwise it would be too late!" The staff officer who answered the phone reminded.

"The Imperial Army must not be sent out anymore!" The squadron leader frowned and analyzed.

"There is less than one infantry squadron left in the county town. If people are sent out, there will be no one in the county town. In case of any accident, we will not even have troops."

"Let the Imperial Army go!"

"There are five companies of the Imperial Army in the city, and the stronghold needs two hundred reinforcements, just two companies."

After saying that, he turned his attention to the battalion commander of the Second Battalion of the Imperial Army who was left behind in the county: "Battleman Zhou, you have two companies in your hands. Thank you for your hard work, and you will leave the city in half an hour and march to reinforce Zhangzhuang Town."

Captain Zhou was very excited.

The opponent is just a guerrilla team, and he dispatched two companies himself, and there are still many troops left at the base to cooperate in combat, so his advantage must be in his own hands.

Even if there is no chance to wipe out the opponents and defeat them, it will definitely be fine to keep the stronghold.

As for the guerrillas equipped with five light machine guns, Battalion Commander Zhou had no idea about the news that the heavy machine gun, six grenade launchers, and one mortar, otherwise he would not have underestimated the enemy so much.

Although the Japanese squad leader called the county town for help, in order not to be embarrassed, he made his superiors dissatisfied with him and concealed a lot of things when reporting, especially the fact that the stronghold lost a heavy machine gun, a mortar, and two light machine guns.

It's so embarrassing. If the superior knew that he had not lost his stronghold, he had lost all the heavy weapons and even let them fall into the hands of the guerrillas and increase their strength, he would definitely be furious and even send himself to the military court.

For the sake of future, the team leader hid the matter.

In his plan: as long as the reinforcements are in place in time and the guerrillas are killed, the heavy weapons thrown away during the day will be returned to their own hands.

But the team leader never expected that there would be no troops in the county town.

If he reported the guerrillas equipped with heavy weapons, the remaining squadron leader would definitely not send two companies of puppet troops to reinforce the battlefield.

Now no Japanese was sent, and the guerrillas were equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns. It is unknown whether the reinforcements can safely reach the battlefield.

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