Chapter 254 Shen Quan: Commander, the puppet army is crazy
"Rumble..."
Half an hour later, an explosion suddenly came from the quiet battlefield.
The fireball soared into the sky inside the stronghold, and in the splashing firelight, a bunker was instantly blown to pieces. Bricks and stones were blown to pieces... like a goddess scattering flowers, flying everywhere.
"Good fight..." Kong Jie punched the sandbag in front of him and said with excitement on his face.
"Let Chen Quan prepare for the assault... The artillery platoon will keep an eye on the stronghold for me. As soon as the Japanese artillery unit is exposed, I will counterattack and destroy the two mortars in the stronghold as quickly as possible..."
Inside the stronghold, Captain Yamaguchi was also startled by the sudden explosion, but his eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and his face was full of excitement.
"The infantry artillery brought by the Eighth Route Army fired...the mortar unit immediately counterattacked and destroyed him..."
"The troops stationed at the stronghold are ready for battle..."
"The Eighth Route Army will definitely take advantage of the destruction of the bunker to attack the stronghold... We must repel them and rely on the remaining gun towers and bunkers to re-establish a defense line!"
"Ha Yi!" The second lieutenant standing by quickly took the order...
"Rumble..."
The infantry artillery continued to fire. As soon as the third bunker was destroyed, the sound of "Boom, Boom..." was heard from the stronghold, and two mortar shells accurately hit the advancing artillery position...
In the splashing fire, the two sections of sandbag bunkers close to the impact point were blown down instantly, but all the flying shell fragments penetrated into the sandbags, unable to threaten the gunners hiding in the squares of the sandbags.
The infantry cannon, which was covered with several marching quilts, was intact. Only some soil hit the quilt, and it was not affected at all.
"Rumble..."
The infantry artillery that had escaped the blow continued to fire, preparing to knock out the last machine gun bunker directly in front of them.
Behind a bunker a hundred meters away, dozens of gunners carefully selected by artillery company commander Zhang Dashan were quickly adjusting the firing angle of their mortars, aiming at the Japanese artillery detachment.
After the infantry artillery squad was hit by five rounds of artillery shells, Zhang Dashan finally prepared for a counterattack and opened his mouth to give the order.
"Each gun fires five rounds rapidly...fires..."
On the roof of the central turret of Liuzhuang stronghold, Captain Yamaguchi was holding a telescope and staring at the battlefield motionless.
Seeing that the infantry artillery position was quickly covered by artillery fire, his serious face immediately became happy, and he was very happy to order: "The infantry artillery equipment of the Eighth Route Army is finished..."
"Even if the mortar unit is targeted by the Eighth Route Army mortar unit, we can rely on the remaining gun towers and bunkers to defend the stronghold and repel them!"
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as he finished speaking, three explosions sounded not far from the turret, which was deafening.
Captain Yamaguchi was confused and wanted to slap himself twice...
What a crow. Just when I said that the mortar unit was being targeted by the Eighth Route Artillery, they received three shells.
He quickly turned his head to look over and saw that the second round of shells had already fallen from the sky.
In the splashing fire, a mortar was directly blown away, and several gunners nearby were blown away at the same time. They fell to the ground without moving.
Captain Yamaguchi knew that the mortar unit was finished and was very heartbroken, but he quickly looked away from the mortar position and continued to keep an eye on the Eighth Route Army outside the stronghold, watching and giving orders!
"All four machine gun bunkers on the front were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army... Immediately activate the three bunkers on the second line of defense, and all reserves enter the position to block the Eighth Route Army's attack at all costs!"
"The Eighth Route Army has begun to attack...all the machine guns are firing..."
The sound of intensive firefights soon enveloped the battlefield, but the bloody battle that was imagined did not occur.
The Eighth Route Army participating in the attack retreated as soon as they were blocked and stopped attacking, as if they were waiting for something!
"Rumble..."
As soon as the long-lost explosion sounded, the questions in Captain Yamaguchi's mind were solved, and he shouted with disbelief.
"Baga...how is this possible...haven't the Eighth Route Army's infantry artillery been destroyed? How can they still fire..."
"Woooooooooooo...boom..."
The second shell roared in, and in the violent explosion, a machine gun bunker that was firing was instantly blown to pieces.
"What do the mortar detachments do? They fired so many shells and failed to destroy the infantry artillery... What's the use of them!" Captain Yamaguchi became anxious, looking at the second lieutenant next to him and yelling.
"Why are you still standing there? Let the mortar team counterattack immediately!"
"Report to captain, the mortar unit was killed by the Eighth Route Army!" the second lieutenant said with a look of despair.
"Abandon the bunker..." Captain Yamaguchi thought of an impossible solution.
"All troops will withdraw from the bunker and take squads as units to find favorable positions to fight against the Eighth Route Army!"
"Unless we all die in battle, the Eighth Route Army will never take over the Liuzhuang stronghold!"
Kong Jie was very happy. After the infantry, artillery and mortars joined the battle, as soon as the infantry ran and fired, he knew that Huang Yu's idea was successful.
Three minutes later, all the bunkers and gun towers blocking the independent regiment were blown into ruins.
Covered by three heavy machine guns and more than a dozen grenade launchers, more than a hundred soldiers launched an attack at the same time...
According to Kong Jie's plan, there were only a hundred or so Japs in the Liuzhuang stronghold...
If you killed ten or twenty of them in the artillery battle, you can definitely kill thirty or forty of them by destroying the bunker and the gun tower just now...
After this calculation, there are at most fifty little Japs left in the stronghold...
They were divided into four and defended the four directions of the stronghold...
Even if most of the Japs were concentrated in the independent group's main attack direction, there would not be more than thirty little Japs in front.
Get rid of them, and the remaining puppet troops will become headless flies, completely losing the courage to continue fighting, and have to surrender to the independent group...
"Comrades... rush... tick-tock... tick-tock..."
The shouts of the attacking troops, the loud charging bugles, and the sound of light and heavy machine gun fire quickly resounded throughout the battlefield...
The attack went very smoothly. In less than two minutes, the commando team rushed to the stronghold 40 to 50 meters away...
"Boom, boom, boom..." After the enemy and we threw dozens of grenades and grenades at each other, the commando team, shrouded in gunpowder smoke, charged forcefully and finally entered the stronghold.
Seeing the follow-up attacking troops entering the stronghold one after another, Kong Jie's tense nerves finally relaxed and he felt that the battle was already won.
Although there was a small accident in the middle in order to destroy the Japanese mortar unit, it did not affect the overall situation, nor could it change the result that the Japanese and puppet troops were destined to fail.
According to the usual practice: after the attacking troops enter the stronghold, they first clean up the remaining Japs in the stronghold, and then they can force the puppet troops to surrender and end the battle...
The sound of firefights in the stronghold should also become weaker and weaker and disappear in a short period of time...
but it is not the truth.
Not only did the gunfire in the stronghold not become weaker, but it became more and more intense...
"Da da da……"
A light machine gun suddenly appeared from the ruins and opened fire on the attacking troops...
The sudden rain of bullets killed three soldiers in an instant.
The light machine guns, submachine guns, and grenade launchers that accompanied the team's attack... Although they knocked out their opponents immediately, the sacrificed soldiers could never stand up again...
"Boom boom boom..."
Several grenades flew out from another ruins at the same time, and several more soldiers were killed and injured...
"What the hell...how can there be such a strong resistance in the stronghold!" Shen Quan became more and more annoyed as he fought, and began to curse at the top of his lungs!
"Battal Commander, the enemies who just attacked us seem to be puppet troops..." A company commander ran over to report.
The more he talked, the more shocked he became: "These Ergouzi are like crazy. They open fire when they see our soldiers. They are not afraid of death at all. They are completely different from the Ergouzi we encountered before!"
"That's it!" Shen Quan replied with a frown!
"There are a lot of Japs in the stronghold. If those who attacked us just now were all Japs, we would have killed them all long ago!"
"It turns out that Er Gouzi is helping the little Japs hold the stronghold. No wonder we couldn't finish them off after taking so long!"
"Let everyone be careful..."
"When you find danger, use a grenade to explode...After the explosion, use light and heavy machine guns to shoot, and finally attack!"
"If you encounter Ergouzi again, just blame me and show no mercy... If they are unkind first, then don't blame us for being unjust!"
"A bunch of traitors, they don't know what kind of ecstasy the devils gave them, but they were willing to sacrifice their lives for the devils, even at the cost of their own lives!"
"The troops continue to attack... I don't believe we can't take this stronghold... kill..."
Half an hour later, the firefight in the stronghold finally stopped. Shen Quan walked out covered in gunpowder smoke. As soon as he arrived at the door of the stronghold, he met Kong Jie with a solemn look on his face.
"Captain...we made a miscalculation!" Shen Quan's face was very serious and he looked embarrassed to report.
"The Ergouzi in the stronghold are completely different from the puppet troops we encountered before... Even if we kill all the Japanese... they will not surrender and will continue to fight with us until they are eliminated by us!"
"Only 29 of the Ergouzi from the two companies were captured, and all the other puppet troops were wiped out by us!"
Kong Jie already knew a general idea and analyzed with a frown: "The puppet army will not fight against the Japanese for no reason. There must be reasons we don't know... We must find out from the prisoners as soon as possible!"
"If the Ergouzi in the remaining strongholds are like the Liuzhuang stronghold, fearless of death and would rather die than surrender, our tactics must be changed immediately!"
After hearing this, Chen Quan was ready to interrogate the prisoners.
His mind was filled with all kinds of questions and puzzles. If he didn't figure it out, he wouldn't be able to sleep well at night.
But before he could move, Kong Jie called him back: "Don't worry yet..."
"Those prisoners can't escape, it doesn't matter if they are a few minutes late..."
"First tell me about the losses of the troops..."
"I thought the battle would be over in five minutes after we entered the stronghold...but you ended up fighting for half an hour..."
"There are not many veterans left in the Independent Regiment and we cannot afford to lose them!"
Chen Quan's face immediately flashed with heartache, but he still answered bravely: "89 soldiers were sacrificed, 14 were seriously injured, and more than 90 were slightly injured!"
"So big?" Kong Jie was so frightened that he almost lost his balance and shouted with disbelief on his face.
Huang Yu was also startled. He turned around and reminded Kong Jie: "Captain...the troops suffered too many casualties...we definitely cannot afford to fight such a battle!"
"I suggest that the troops immediately clean up the battlefield and withdraw to Baipogou..."
"First figure out why the puppet troops are so dedicated, figure out the reasons for our heavy losses, and then decide whether to continue fighting!"
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