The prisoners in the hands of the guerrillas were divided into three types: one was that they did not do evil deeds, and they volunteered to join the Eighth Route Army, and they would soon become their own prisoners.

One is a prisoner who has no evil deeds but does not want to continue to join the army and will be released unconditionally after the battle.

The third type is the prisoner who was targeted by Zhou Cheng, who had evil deeds but did not commit crimes to death.

According to convention, they would be sent to Jinshan for labor reform and would be allowed to leave in a few years.

Zhou Cheng decided to give them a new method of atonement, which was simple and time-consuming.

As long as you do it, you will not blame all the crimes you committed in the past and let them go after the battle.

This method is to use the guerrillas to hide behind sandbags and dig trenches. Life and death are from heaven. If they survive, they will be free people and will be released unconditionally after the battle. If they die, the guerrillas will treat them as soldiers who died in the anti-Japanese war.

Of course, this choice is not mandatory, it is entirely voluntary.

After Zhou Cheng put forward his idea, more than 20 prisoners who did not want to work and reform asked to join the battle in a few minutes.

All the soldiers sent to the battlefield to dig trenches were these prisoners.

Seeing the Japanese's artillery stopped, Zhou Cheng immediately ordered: "Continue to dig trenches like before, the Japanese have no shells."

"The light and heavy machine guns are ready for combat, and the Japanese emerge from the position and shoot at the same time, so that the Japanese can see our strength."

"Xiang Feng, Liang Hongjiang, the remaining captive soldiers of you two organized to move behind the position."

"Since the Japanese have regarded us as the main force, we will continue to perform and let the Japanese believe their judgment."

"I have a bold guess. This battle will probably not be able to fight tonight."

At the Japanese position, seeing that all the individual bunkers in front of the formation were destroyed, the deputy chief exhaled, but his tense nerves did not relieve it.

Keep a close eye on the Eighth Route Army positions and hope that the three big cars that attacked just now will no longer appear.

But things went against my expectations, and three large trucks side by side appeared and slowly moved forward.

A trace of despair flashed across the adjutant's face.

The mortar shells have been exhausted. If the Eighth Route Army piled up bunkers and dug trenches in front of the formation, the Imperial Army would have to fight for consumption with them.

He raised his eyebrows and ordered murderously: "Machine gun preparation..."

"Get out three local armed forces, and one person prepares three grenades for them. As soon as the cart stops, they all rushed out, use grenades to destroy the carts, and kill the Eighth Route Army behind them."

The three big cars were parked more than 40 meters in front of the formation, just like before, and remained motionless.

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army began to carry sandbags from the cart, the adjutant quickly pulled out the command knife: "Machine gun cover, the commando will fight out..."

The traitors transferred by the Japanese army to Zhangzhuang Town were all thugs by the traitor leaders of various villages. The original gangsters had almost no combat power.

If the Japanese had not supervised the battle from behind and the black muzzle was aimed at their backs, these people would have absolutely no courage to launch a counterattack at the Eighth Route Army.

Now that they have fallen into the hands of the Japanese and become traitors, they have no choice but to do whatever the Japanese say.

The only thing that is thankful: the tasks given to them by the Japanese didn't seem too difficult.

More than ten meters from the position, one man and three grenades were thrown at three large trucks, and then they returned.

The Japanese will provide them with light and heavy machine guns throughout the process, which should be very easy.

More than thirty two dogs, holding rifles, rushed out of the position in fear.

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army had no response, they accelerated decisively, took out the grenade while rushing, and prepared to throw it out...

Seeing that victory was about to be within reach, six or seven tongues of flames suddenly appeared on the Eighth Route Army positions more than 100 meters away, and then gunfire sounded in their ears.

After being hit by a bullet by the traitor in front, he was like a kite with a broken string, and they all fell to the ground...

The combat effectiveness of the armed forces in these places is too poor and cannot match that of the puppet army.

Faced with the sudden fire attack, almost no one expected to lie down and continue to attack forward, thinking that he could throw the grenade out after rushing forward a few meters and then retreat.

But the Eighth Route Army's firepower was too dense. Although everyone only needed to rush forward a few meters, this distance was like an insurmountable sky slash. No matter how hard they tried, they could not rush through it.

In less than ten seconds, more than thirty two Japanese devils were all knocked down by the Eighth Route Army in front of the Japanese positions.

Some Ergouzi were not beaten to death on the spot, and screams came to the position. The other Ergouzi felt scared and secretly prayed in his heart that the Japanese would not send themselves out to die.

The adjutant also heard it, and his expression was very heavy.

He could feel that the Eighth Route Army had shown his muscles and gave him a warning, and then hit the troops' morale that was getting lower and lower.

The Eighth Route Army has achieved its goal!

Not only did he scare the traitors who cooperated with the Imperial Army to fight, but he and the remaining Imperial Army were also scared.

According to the original plan in my mind, after the Eighth Route Army shortened the attack distance, a battle that determined the winner and lose between the two sides would definitely be inevitable.

The best outcome is that the Imperial Army consumed a large amount of troops from the Eighth Route Army through its own good sects, and finally the entire army was destroyed.

The adjutant didn't want to die, so he tried every means to prevent the Eighth Route Army from digging trenches in front of the position, establishing an offensive position, and shortening the offensive distance.

Now it seems that not only can't stop them from digging trenches, they have no chance to consume the opponent's troops by fighting bayonets.

The Eighth Route Army's firepower is much stronger than I imagined. With so many light and heavy machine guns, I will definitely not easily compete with the Imperial Army for bayonets.

Another picture appeared in the adjutant's mind.

The Eighth Route Army entered the town. After the bullets, the Imperial Army launched a counterattack at them with a bayonet rifle, trying to strangle with the Eighth Route Army and fight for bayonets.

But the Eighth Route Army did not give it this opportunity at all.

The machine gunner held the machine gun in his arms as a submachine gun, stood in a row, and fired at the Imperial Army, preventing the Imperial Army from approaching.

At the end of the war, less than a hundred imperial troops were all massacred by machine guns, and the Eighth Route Army suffered only a handful of casualties...

"No! The brave imperial army must not be slaughtered by the Eighth Route Army with machine guns so meaninglessly!" the adjutant suddenly shouted, with a hint of determination flashing across his face.

The lieutenant looked at the adjutant with confusion: "Sir, what do you mean?"

The adjutant explained with a calm face: "I originally thought that the Eighth Route Army had a large number of people. When they entered Zhangzhuang Town, with the strength of the Imperial Army's close combat, the entire army could kill two or three hundred of them even if they were destroyed."

"Now I find myself thinking wrong."

"The Eighth Route Army is not only crowded, but also equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns."

"If they were allowed to enter the town, with such strong firepower, we would not even have the chance to fight for bayonets and would be slaughtered in the end."

"The warriors have developed a lot of skills. A single Eighth Route Army must not be massacred without being eliminated!"
Chapter completed!