At three o'clock in the morning, the guerrillas successfully captured the periphery line of defense that the Japanese and puppet troops voluntarily gave up.

The attack did not stop, and under the cover of light and heavy machine guns, the rifleman continued to dig trenches under the artillery tower.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the trenches used for the attack had advanced forward almost thirty meters.

At this time, because the trench is too close to the artillery tower, the Japanese on the roof can already knock the bullets into the trench. If they dig a little closer, they can throw the grenades in.

Zhou Cheng decisively ordered the troops to change digging trenches to digging tunnels.

Although the excavation speed of the tunnel is a little slow, it is not necessary to go back to the road and go straight into the artillery tower, so the excavation speed does not have to be slow at all.

If you continue at this speed, you can extend to the foot of the artillery tower until it gets dark.

At that time, only enough explosives are needed, and the artillery tower will be blown into a pile of ruins in an instant.

"Captain, the squad leader Tang of the reconnaissance squad has been found. I have something important to report to you!" Guard platoon leader Liang Hongjiang suddenly ran over, followed by Tang Shengbo, who was blushing behind him, was very anxious and reported while gasping.

"Captain, the county town has dispatched 200 puppet troops to reinforce the place, and it is already on the way."

"I ran all the way, but the county town was too close to it, and it was at most two hours faster than them!"

Liang Hongjiang knew the entire combat plan of the guerrillas, frowned immediately, looking at Zhou Cheng with concern: "Captain, the Japanese were not fooled."

"According to the plan, they should dispatch troops from the front line to reinforce the place, but the reinforcements came from the county town. Isn't the county town no longer there? And the third platoon is still bluffing. They dare to dispatch troops here, so they are not afraid of problems in the county town?"

Zhou Cheng was also puzzled and subconsciously thought that Chen Zhengyu's bluffing outside the city was not done properly, so he asked immediately.

“What are the three rows doing?”

When talking about Chen Zhengyu, the anxious expression on Tang Shengbo's face immediately turned into admiration and he replied excitedly: "They are so awesome."

"Yesterday, during the day, a transport team raided outside the city, killed three Japanese and twenty puppet troops, captured eighteen of them, seized five mules and horses and a large number of ammunition, food and supplies!"

"Immediately, I fought another battle with the Japanese who went out of the city to pursue them, killing and injuring twenty Japanese, forcing the Japanese to pursue soldiers to flee back to the county town like a dog that was a broken family."

"Last night, they fired cold guns outside the city in infantry squads. I heard that they had killed several sentries, which made the Japanese and puppet troops on the city dare not show up. When the gun was fired outside the city, they greeted them with machine guns."

"In the second half of the night, the gunshots surrounding Pingding City did not stop."

Liang Hongjiang was puzzled: "Since the third row is so terrible, why would the Japanese dare to send troops out of the city?"

"They are not afraid of insufficient troops in the city and accidents in pacifying the county!"

Zhou Cheng also frowned and thought about the reasons.

Suddenly, a sentence that Tang Shengbo had just reported flashed through his mind, and a sudden enlightenment suddenly appeared on his face full of doubt.

"I see!"

After saying this, Zhou Chengru turned his attention to Tang Shengbo and asked quickly: "You just said that the two hundred people you killed at us were all puppet soldiers, and there were no Japanese."

Tang Shengbo nodded: "It happened to be two companies, with two light machine guns, and no heavy weapons."

Zhou Cheng smiled and looked at Liang Hongjiang and explained: "That's right. The Japanese and puppet troops in the county were already scared by the third platoon. They were afraid that something would happen in the county, so they only sent puppet troops out of the city to reinforce the place and left all the Japanese to defend the city."

"As long as we kill these two hundred puppet troops, there will be no one in the county town. If we want to send troops, we can only ask for help from the front line and dispatch troops from there."

Liang Hongjiang quickly asked, "But captain, there are two hundred enemies who have been killed, and there are less than fifty people left of us. How can we kill them?"

Zhou Cheng thought about it and replied: "It is indeed a bit difficult to wipe out the entire body, and we haven't prepared for that long."

"But it can be severely damaged and it's easy."

Speaking of this, Zhou Cheng regained his confidence on his face and looked at several subordinates to explain.

"Although there are many puppet troops killed, with four times the strength of ours, they do not carry heavy weapons. We have them. As long as we use these heavy weapons well, I will not be afraid of double the puppet troops."

"One row stays behind and continues to dig tunnels into the artillery tower. The fire row leaves two light machine guns and two grenade launchers to provide fire cover."

"The machine gun and grenade launcher fired at the artillery tower every ten minutes, and they had to shoot at different positions every time, confusing the Japanese in the stronghold and making them mistakenly believe that the main force of the guerrillas is still here."

"The other troops followed me to fight the puppet troops who came from the county town. They should go quietly and not let the Japanese and puppet troops on the artillery tower discover it."

Dongpoling is a large desert slope less than four kilometers away from the stronghold.

The only way to the stronghold is to follow the mountain to climb to the highest point of Dongpoling, cross the mountain, and walk another three kilometers to Zhangzhuang Town.

More than 20 team members led by Zhou Cheng built positions on the mountains, dug trenches, and set up heavy machine guns and mortars.

During the day, a small 60-caliber cannon was seized from the town. It was intact and could be used after taking it over. Zhou Cheng was happy for a while.

Unfortunately, there are a little fewer shells, only five rounds.

In order to repel the puppet army and force the Japanese to mobilize troops from the front line, Zhou Cheng decided to use two here.

In the eyes of the Japanese and puppet troops, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was qualified to equip heavy machine guns and mortars.

If you use heavy machine guns and mortars to repel the puppet army, the remaining soldiers who survived will definitely spread the news to the county town.

The puppet army likes to exaggerate the results of the war and the enemy situation the most. The news that the guerrillas equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars will definitely be spread by them and constantly exaggerated.

It would be best if the guerrillas could be made the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

"Captain, the puppet army is coming soon!" Guard platoon leader Liang Hongjiang reminded.

Zhou Cheng looked at Chang Yuanqiao and asked, "Platform Commander Chang, our shells are limited, we can only give you two shells. Can you guarantee that one of them hits the target!"

Seeing Chang Yuanqiao look embarrassed, Zhou Cheng sighed: "Forget it, I don't make things difficult for you!"

"As long as one of the two shells hits the puppet army, scaring them and letting them know that we have mortars!"

Chang Yuanqiao still couldn't guarantee: "Captain, mortars are different from grenade launchers. They also need to adjust the shooting of the elements. I have only heard of them, seen them, and have not manipulated them. Now I only dare to guarantee you that the shells will be successfully shot out and not hit their own people."

"Okay!" Zhou Cheng answered helplessly.

He knew that Chang Yuanqiao was telling the truth. If he couldn't do it, he couldn't do it. No matter how hard he forced him, it would be useless.

But such a good and heavy weapon in the mortar cannot be rusted by the guerrillas. We must find a way to get a gunner.

Soon an idea popped up in my mind: when I went to the regiment headquarters to report after the battle, I asked the regiment commander to ask for a gunner.

Shaking his head, putting these ideas temporarily on hold, and continuing to order: "The puppet army has a vanguard. After the attack comes, the guard platoon fires first and kills them to repel their vanguard troops."

"When all the Ergouzi gathered in front of us, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenade launchers, shoot at the same time as my orders, and hit the enemy with a blow."
Chapter completed!