Seeing the Eighth Route Army breaking through the defense line and entering the stronghold, the lieutenant decisively pulled the trigger...
The powerful recoil nearly knocked him to the ground, and the muzzle of the machine gun was slightly tilted because he failed to hold the butt of the gun. As a result, all the bullets he fired missed the target, and his position was exposed.
The Eighth Route Army that entered the stronghold immediately fell down, and several soldiers moved around the two wings of the gun tower at the same time.
The lieutenant was alone. Hiding behind the firing hole, he could only stare in one direction. He did not see the Eighth Route Army flanking the gun towers on both sides.
"Da da da……"
Just as he was holding himself up and continuing to shoot with the machine gun, the four outflanking soldiers had already reached the back door of the turret, got in carefully, and climbed up the turret...
"Pa bang bang..."
Several gunshots suddenly rang out behind the lieutenant, and a heartbreaking pain immediately shot through his back. The lieutenant used his last bit of strength to turn his head...
Two Eighth Route Army soldiers leaned out half of their bodies from the stairs. One Eighth Route Army soldier was holding a pistol, and the other Eighth Route Army soldier was holding a rifle flat. The bullet that had just penetrated the back of the heart was obviously fired by a pistol!
The lieutenant looked desperate. He didn't expect that he would die so painfully.
I thought about recruiting a few Eighth Route Army soldiers to support me before dying, and all the grenades used to die together were ready...
As a result, the Eighth Route Army touched his back and killed him with two or three bullets. Not a single Eighth Route Army soldier on his back was killed...
The heavy crooked handle instantly fell to the ground, and he raised his right hand to grab the grenade he placed next to him...
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't lift his right hand.
He quickly lost consciousness, and his body collapsed to the ground at the same time, dying...
The battle went much smoother than expected.
Although there are still many Japanese soldiers who can fight in the stronghold, they are too weak to operate light machine guns with huge recoil, so they can only use rifles to block the assault camp.
Sporadic firepower is difficult to cause fatal injuries to the assault battalion.
Moreover, as soon as they fired, the light machine guns mounted on the sandbags of the assault camp would fire at the same time, staring at them and shooting them, suppressing him in the bunker.
The dozen or so sharpshooters who provided cover fire were not vegetarians either.
The Japs' physical strength was greatly reduced due to hunger, and their reaction speed was more than twice as slow as usual...
When the two sides shoot at each other, the Japanese are no match for them, and they will often be killed in one round of fighting!
"Battal Commander, we have taken down the stronghold... Not a single Japanese enemy is left, we have killed them all..." Wei Dayong was responsible for the main attack on the stronghold. After the battle, he hurried to Huang Yu to report.
"Six of the puppet soldiers died, and more than 20 people were left as our prisoners!"
"There is not a grain of food in the warehouse, only dozens of sets of inedible quilts..."
"The arsenal is slightly better, but there are only two boxes of bullets, two boxes of grenades, and ten boxes of grenades..."
"Fortunately, we did not use heavy weapons when we attacked the stronghold. All the rifles and machine guns equipped by the Japanese and puppet troops were captured. Otherwise, we would have suffered a huge loss in this battle!"
"Watch the prisoners...clean the battlefield as quickly as possible...let's rest at the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold tonight...and go straight to the next stronghold tomorrow morning!" Huang Yu suddenly ordered.
"While the Japanese and puppet troops have not yet reacted, let's try to capture a few more strongholds to increase our own strength and prepare for possible retaliatory raids by the Japanese and puppet troops!"
At eight o'clock in the morning the next day, the assault battalion set off on time, preparing to kill the next stronghold.
As soon as Huang Yu left the stronghold, two cavalrymen from the direction of the county rushed towards him...
He rushed four or five meters away before dismounting his horse: "Battal Commander... there is something strange happening to the Japanese and puppet troops in the county!"
"After dawn, three Japanese and puppet troops escorted a large amount of ammunition supplies out of the city."
"Based on their marching direction, most of the three trains are sending supplies to three medium-sized strongholds outside the city!"
"The Japs are transporting a lot of ammunition and supplies this time. There are thirty or forty carts in each train!"
"It's full of food, weapons and ammunition... If it is successfully delivered to the three medium-sized strongholds, the Japanese and puppet troops there will have no problem relying on these ammunition supplies to hold on for three months!"
"Batalion Commander..." Another cavalryman hurried towards him.
"Wanjiachong ran away from the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold..."
"At daybreak, we rushed to the stronghold of Tongguan Town with our baggage and ammunition..."
"No... the little Japs within our defense area are cutting the flesh to stop the bleeding!" Huang Yu understood the real purpose of the Japs after listening to the report, and then frowned into a big "Sichuan" sign, with a look of sudden realization on his face.
"In order to prevent each stronghold from being blocked by us again and running out of ammunition and food, we took advantage of the gap between our siege of the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold to immediately replenish ammunition and supplies to other strongholds..."
"This way they won't be like the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, where they take the initiative to grab food and be defeated by us one by one!"
"Small-sized strongholds have fewer troops and their fortifications are not as strong as medium-sized strongholds. If we fight head-on, there is a high chance that we can win them!"
"Instead of leaving them to die in small strongholds, it is better to abandon those strongholds and concentrate our forces to defend the medium-sized strongholds!"
"As long as we firmly control a few medium-sized strongholds and the towns where the strongholds are located, the entire county will always be under the control of the Japanese and puppet forces!"
"The assault battalion is not equipped with heavy weapons. The Japanese and puppet troops rely on the bunkers and gun towers in the stronghold to hold on. With sufficient food and ammunition, they can hold on for several months without any problem."
"This period of time is enough for the Japanese army in Shanxi, which suffered heavy losses in the last sweep, to recover!"
"Our independent regiment is a serious threat to the Japanese army in Shanxi, and they will definitely not watch us grow in size in northwestern Shanxi!"
"We will definitely deploy heavy troops to reinforce northwest Shanxi and continue to encircle and suppress us before we have fully recovered our strength!"
"At that time, the war situation in northwestern Shanxi will be broken, and our combat pressure will definitely increase!"
Zhong Chengjun frowned more and more as he listened, and asked anxiously: "Then what should we do?"
"Seize every moment, accumulate strength, and prepare for the possible big sweep that will happen next!" Huang Yu answered seriously.
As he spoke, he began to issue orders: "Now that the Japanese have begun cutting flesh to stop bleeding, with our current strength, it will definitely be difficult to take advantage of the Japanese and puppet troops!"
"The troops will turn around immediately and return directly to Nanfeng Mountain!"
"Although this attack did not reach the intended attack target, it still killed more than 300 Japanese and puppet troops and seized a large number of weapons and ammunition!"
"As long as we digest all these results, the combat effectiveness of the commando battalion can be increased by at least three times!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops reduced their forces. Although they could keep those medium and large strongholds and continue to control several towns in the defense area, they gave up the small and large villages in the defense area!"
"We can first control some villages far away from the towns, establish party organizations there, reduce rents and interest rates, crack down on traitors and lackeys, mobilize people to join the Eighth Route Army, form anti-Japanese guerrillas, and fight the Japanese together..."
"Judging from the current reaction of the Japanese and puppet troops, in the next one to two months, as long as we do not stir up trouble, the Japanese and puppet troops will definitely not take the initiative to provoke us!"
"I decided to use this time to build up the three companies of the assault battalion to form combat effectiveness!"
Baipogou, the headquarters of the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie has not left here for several days.
Except for sleeping and eating, I spent the rest of my time in the war room studying maps and intelligence.
In addition to the guard battalion, recruit battalion, artillery company, cavalry company... all other troops of the independent regiment were sent out by Kong Jie and scattered in every corner of the defense area.
The task Kong Jie gave them was to quickly establish a foothold, develop troops, and at the same time find out the surrounding Japanese and puppet forces...
In order to find out the enemy situation in the defense area as soon as possible, Huang Yu asked them to report the intelligence they collected every day.
For this purpose, forty or fifty horses were specially transferred from the cavalry company to strengthen them, and each cavalry communication squad was set up to speed up the transmission of information...
At this moment, Kong Jie was browsing the intelligence that the regiment headquarters had just received.
Study each piece one by one and mark the enemy situation in the intelligence on the map. This can more intuitively reflect the enemy and friendly forces in the defense area, and respond immediately when encountering danger.
"Captain...Captain..." Guard Battalion Commander Duan Yong suddenly shouted at the door.
"The brigade commander is here... and he has brought a lot of food... he is almost at the entrance of the village!"
"Brigadier..." Kong Jie quickly stood up from his chair and rushed to the entrance of the village with Li Wensheng.
Kong Jie didn't expect this.
After the successful raid on Taiyuan, Kong Jie returned to his base and met with the brigade commander, who also intercepted many flying thunder cannons.
It's been less than two months since that meeting, so it's not a long time.
Moreover, both the independent group and the brigade headquarters are equipped with radio stations. If anything happens, both parties can use the radio to communicate. There is no need to take the risk of coming to northern Shanxi.
The old base area had just experienced a major raid and suffered heavy losses. He was not rich himself, so how could he possibly send food to the independent regiment...
After analyzing it in his mind, Kong Jie immediately realized that something had happened in the old base.
Then he hurried to the entrance of the village, wanting to find out the real purpose of the brigade commander's visit as soon as possible...
"Brigade commander... why are you here... This road is full of Japanese and puppet blockades and strongholds. You didn't say anything in advance so that I could send troops to respond... What if there is an accident along the way?" Kong Jie
As soon as he saw the brigade commander, he said nervously.
"The bullets used to kill me haven't been produced yet. Just keep your heart in your stomach. I'm sure nothing will happen to me!" the brigade commander replied confidently.
"Besides, the brigade headquarters guard camp is not a vegetarian!"
"By the way, let the independent group go to pick up the food immediately..."
"I bring you 60,000 jins of grain, 20,000 jins for each regiment. Although it's not much, it can solve the army's urgent need!"
Kong Jie quickly made arrangements, and Li Wensheng on the side immediately returned to the village to arrange the troops!
Staring at the brigade commander, he continued: "Food is also very difficult in the old base area. I heard that the division chief has not eaten refined grain for a long time. Why are you sending food to us? You should send it to the division headquarters!"
The brigade commander laughed and cursed: "These grains were sent by the division commander...Compared with the bad situation you faced in northwestern Shanxi, our situation is much better...Immediately send a telegram to Li Yunlong and Kong Jie and ask them to come here in person."
Pulling food, stop by for a meeting, your superiors have a task for you!"
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