The soldiers around the shell explosion site were not so lucky.

One infantry artillery and two machine gun groups were directly bombed, and a total of seven or eight soldiers fell into this round of artillery attacks.

Fortunately, Xiong Changhe reacted quickly and as soon as he got up from the ground, he shouted: "Retreat, retreat immediately!"

"Where is our mortar? Counterattack immediately and kill the Japanese mortars. At least they can't let them continue to attack our infantry!"

Xiong Changhe, who finally retreated, was in great pain. In just a few minutes, he lost two squads of troops, accounting for 30% of the total troops in his hand.

At this time, two platoon leaders came over.

The two of them had no initial arrogance on their faces, but had a heavy face.

Everyone looked at Xiong Changhe with a worried expression.

"Company Commander, how should we fight next? Why can the regiment commander defeat the Japanese with the same method, but we can't!"

Xiong Changhe finally calmed down at this time. Looking at the disappointment and loss on the faces of his subordinates around him, he felt very guilty.

After sighing, he replied: "That's because we don't know the opponent, and the Japanese were also shocked. I will definitely not make the same mistake again!"

"The leader is right, we are too arrogant! We just won a few battles and were so proud that we were so arrogant that we didn't take the Japanese seriously at all!"

"Then what should we fight next?" The two platoon leaders also lowered their arrogant heads and asked with a worried look on their faces.

"The commander should be coming soon. I'll go to the commander to admit his mistake. He will definitely have a way to deal with the Japanese in the stronghold!" Xiong Changhe could no longer see the arrogance at the beginning, and he said with a firm look on his face.

Everyone needs to grow, especially the generals who lead troops.

So, after Xiong Changhe admitted his mistake, Wang Ping did not say a word to him and asked directly: "Can the troops continue to fight!"

"Yes! The Japanese are so cunning. No matter how we hit them, they won't be fooled. Moreover, their firepower is strong, and they are all huddled in the artillery tower, making the entire artillery tower look like a fire hedgehog, and we can't get close to them at all!"

"The fire hedgehogs have a way to deal with them!" Wang Ping answered very affirmatively.

"But it takes a little longer! Chen Dong "You can command the mortar to ensure that the mortar in the Japanese's hands has no chance to fire at our infantry, even if you complete the mission!"

"I will command the infantry artillery. I don't know the range of light and heavy machine guns. I will knock down the Japanese artillery tower first!"

Then he reminded Xiong Changhe: "You were too impulsive just now. You gave up the infantry cannons from the beginning and put them directly under the Japanese's noses. Wouldn't that begging Japanese artillery and heavy machine guns to attack them!"

"A very important thing in defeating the Japanese on the battlefield is to use our advantages to fight the Japanese's disadvantages as much as possible!"

"Just hold the Japanese mortars and then put the infantry artillery a little further. Facing our infantry artillery attacks, the Japanese can only passively be beaten, and at worst they can waste a few more shells. Also, when the Japanese really push the Japanese in a hurry, they might rush out of the stronghold and attack us. So, you will take a company to set up defenses in front of the artillery position. If there are really Japanese rush out of the stronghold, kill them directly with firepower. It is easy for them to come out, but difficult to go back!"

"Boom..." The infantry artillery fired again, and the two shells were all deviated and smashed into the open space of the stronghold and exploded.

But even so, the powerful force still killed and injured several Japanese and puppet troops.

"Captain, Tujiao Route moved the infantry artillery three or four hundred meters behind, and the machine guns in our hands could not hit them!" A shooting hole on the third floor of the artillery tower, a second lieutenant reported with a worried look on his face.

"Where is the mortar? Order the artillery squad to counterattack. Even if the infantry artillery cannot be destroyed, the Eighth Route Army that controls the infantry artillery will still blow up!" The squadron leader ordered with a calm face.

The deputy captain immediately stood up and reminded: "The Mortar Squad was dragged down! There is no way to fight back!"

"The Eighth Route Army also has mortars, and has been staring at our artillery squad. Now both sides are firing at each other, and there is no possibility of reinforcement for us!"

"Boom..." At this time, two more explosions reached the ears of the squadron leader.

This time, a shell directly hit the ground on the first floor of the artillery tower and exploded.

The shooting of the brick and stone structure could not withstand the explosion at all, and a hole of half a meter was blown out.

The squadron leader's face became heavier, but before he could speak, the deputy captain had already shouted: "This place is too dangerous. The artillery tower may be blown down at any time. Please protect the squadron leader from here immediately!"

After saying that, without waiting for the squadron leader to refuse, he directed the two guards to move outside with the squadron leader.

As soon as the front foot left the artillery tower, the explosion sounded immediately behind them, and the screams of soldiers were heard.

"Captain, a big hole was blown up on the second floor, and a machine gun team and three riflemen were lost!" As soon as the squadron leader stopped, a second lieutenant rushed over to report, with blood flowing out of his forehead.

"You can't stay in the artillery tower!" The squadron leader immediately made a decision.

"Everyone left the artillery tower and entered the ground position to defend. Retreat immediately, hurry up!"

From beginning to end, the squadron leader never thought of taking the initiative and using infantry to kill two infantry artillery of the new regiment.

Originally, he was also disdainful of the strength of the New First Regiment reported by the Brigade Command, believing that the Brigade Command exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the New First Regiment.

However, Xiong Changhe's strong attack made him realize that the brigade command did not exaggerate at all.

When the new first regiment has a large amount of machine gun firepower, if you attack rashly, not only will you not be able to kill two infantry artillery pieces, but the attacking troops will also suffer heavy losses, and you may not be able to come back.

After two infantry artillery fired the shells continuously, the nearly ten-meter-high artillery tower finally collapsed in the explosion and turned into a pile of ruins.

"Without the artillery tower, the Japanese will have no height advantage when blocking us. As long as everyone hides, the Japanese will not be able to do anything to us!" Wang Ping analyzed seriously.

Then he ordered: "Press up and surround the stronghold first!"

The Japanese and puppet troops, with more than 500 men, set up two lines of defense to wait for Wang Ping to attack with the stronghold as the center.

As soon as he touched the stronghold two hundred meters away, the Japanese machine gun hidden in the defense line fired.

"Captain, the Japanese firepower is too strong, and everyone can't rush over!" Xiong Changhe reminded with a frown.

"It seems that a strong attack will be inevitable tonight!" Wang Ping frowned and judged.

"Push up the infantry cannon and cover the machine gun, give me a firepower point and a firepower point. I want to see if our shells are powerful or the Japanese flesh and blood bodies are powerful!"
Chapter completed!