...Soon, Captain Tanimura knew how wrong he was. This was not a sweet dream, it was clearly a nightmare.
Around five o'clock, or it won't be long before the light returns between heaven and earth, so the night at this moment is getting darker and darker.
It's not that I can't see my fingers, but when I look out, it's dark all around. If I move a little further away, I can't see anything clearly.
Tanimura, who quickly assembled his troops, led the Japanese and puppet troops and prepared to rush to the frontline machine gun fortifications to garrison them.
When rushing out of the bungalow area of the stronghold, Tanimura saw an explosion in the surrounding barbed wire area.
The power of the explosion was very violent. With the faint sky, Tanimura saw that in the big explosion, three or four large gaps were blown out of the barbed wire fence outside the stronghold.
The area where the gap is located just avoids the minefields planted in the stronghold.
This was the usual method used by the Eighth Route Army when attacking strongholds. They would use explosives to blow up the barbed wire fence in advance, and then launch a charge. Tanimura subconsciously thought that the Eighth Route Army was about to launch a fierce attack, and quickly greeted the hastily assembled team and quickly rushed to the front line fortifications.
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Under the emergency command of Tanimura, the Japanese and puppet troops took their respective positions. The machine gunners stayed on the machine gun fortifications, and the riflemen were crawling behind the ring fortifications. Ten grenade launchers were also lined up, ready to attack the stronghold at any time.
The Eighth Route Army on the periphery carried out fire bombardment.
The two turrets have also received urgent orders from Tanimura and are ready for combat at any time. There are six light machine guns on each turret, for a total of 12 light machine guns. From the machine gun muzzle of the turret, they aim condescendingly at the outer area of the stronghold. p>
All defense preparations are in place.
It took less than three minutes from Tanimura waking up in a daze to rushing to the defense fortifications. Looking at the stronghold still in his hands and the tight defenses around him, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Just...
Where is the Eighth Route Army?
It was dark outside the stronghold, and even the high-wattage searchlight at the stronghold still couldn't dispel much darkness.
The previous big explosion had just stopped, and the barbed wire fence outside the stronghold had been blown to pieces, which was not enough to become an obstacle to the Eighth Route Army's attack.
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In the dark night.
Commander Li Yunlong's eyes are terrifyingly calm and sharp.
At the beginning of the battle, a shocking explosion destroyed the barbed wire fence outside the stronghold and also awakened all the Japanese and puppet troops.
Li Yunlong, who estimated that the Japanese and puppet troops had almost reached the outer fortification area, gave the order to open fire without hesitation.
Boom——
A line of grenade fire started the bombardment.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold instantly fell into a fatal disadvantage.
The reason is very simple. The battle broke out suddenly, and the eyes were dim again. The Eighth Route Army who suddenly attacked the stronghold did not even know where they were outside the stronghold.
But the situation on Li Yunlong's side is completely opposite. If we want to attack the Japanese stronghold, according to the rules of the Eighth Route Army, intelligence comes first. This is a must.
Before the attack on the stronghold began, Li Yunlong had already done enough homework.
Li Yunlong had a clear understanding of the firepower configuration, defense situation, and even the area where the Japanese would usually place their grenade positions at the Yangquan stronghold. During this period, he even launched harassing feint attacks to determine the situation.<
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For the Japanese army, the darkness in front of them obscured their vision and became a fatal injury. However, for Li Yunlong's offensive troops, there was no big obstacle at all, but it became an excellent cover.
For example, after successfully blowing up the enemy's barbed wire fence, why didn't Li Yunlong give the order to launch an attack immediately after the explosion? Instead, he gave the enemy two minutes of breathing time until the little enemy moved his troops to the defenses.
Order to fire?
Because the Japanese are hiding in the turrets and sleeping in bungalows in the stronghold, they are protected by buildings and are not easy to kill.
But if the little devils are gathered together in front of you, it will be much easier to deal with!
Without saying a word, Li Yunlong first ordered the grenade bombardment and used direct firepower to suddenly attack the Japanese defenses.
The target of the attack included the area where the Japanese had set up grenade launchers.
The location of the target was almost remembered by Wang Chengzhu and the howitzer. With these two artillerymen as the command, there was another covering artillery bombardment.
A round of artillery fire covered them, and amidst the deafening sound of artillery fire, the Japanese squadron Changgu Village people were dumbfounded!
He saw with his own eyes that the grenade position fifty meters behind the machine gun fortification bore the brunt and was directly hit by the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells.
Amidst a burst of intensive artillery fire, gunpowder smoke enveloped the entire grenade position.
Ten grenadiers, along with a squad of Imperial warriors and a squad of Imperial Alliance troops, were instantly devoured by artillery fire.
The grenade firepower that the stronghold relied on to attack was reduced to nothingness in the blink of an eye.
But at this moment, Tanimura couldn't bear to wonder why the Eighth Route Army had such powerful artillery fire.
He was also faced with a crisis in front of him. He could not protect himself. The Eighth Route Army used grenade firepower to wildly bombard the peripheral machine gun fortifications.
Tanimura was beaten so hard that he couldn't even lift his head.
"Counterattack immediately with machine gun fire from the turret, counterattack! Knock out the grenades of the Eighth Route Army for me!"
At this time, through the sound of the Eighth Route Army artillery shells, Tanimura determined the direction of Li Yunlong's grenade launcher.
Amidst the roar, Tanimura, holding his command knife high, rushed toward a nearby gun tower, preparing to get into the gun tower and take command personally.
At this moment, several more cannons rang out. The sound of cannons was so familiar to Gani Cun that his fast pace was stagnant for a moment as he walked on the road.
Boom——
A shell hit the turret that Tanimura was about to rush into.
It seemed that the earth was shaking, and even the bricks and stones that built the turret were exploded and scattered from the building itself.
Another gun tower further away from Tani Village was not so lucky. The shells seemed to have hit the machine gun along the muzzle.
In the dark night, Tanimura seemed to hear a panicked wailing sound, followed by a loud explosion. The wailing sound suddenly stopped and was completely swallowed up in the sound of the big explosion.
Tanimura's pupils shrank suddenly. As far as he could see, the third floor of the turret farther away was directly destroyed by the shell.
As for the Imperial soldiers and Imperial Alliance soldiers stationed on the third floor, even if they are not dead, they will be completely buried alive inside.
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In the first test firing, the infantry gun under the personal command and control of the howitzer produced an astonishing effect. The shells shot directly into the machine gun eye of the Japanese gun tower.
The third floor of the target turret collapsed directly.
Wang Chengzhu, who was also responsible for operating another infantry gun on the side, missed slightly, and the shell hit half a meter to the left of the Japanese gun tower machine gun.
Because the artillery shells could not be fired into the interior of the turret, the third floor of the turret was not directly blown down. It only caused some damage to the masonry structure of the turret.
The howitzer laughed proudly and said, "Haha, company commander, I'm sorry, I'm ahead with this first shell!"
Li Yunlong, who was directing the attack not far away, felt quite emotional when he heard the howitzer's words.
Lao Kong is really lucky. When he went to a prisoner of war camp, he picked up a master artilleryman.
Faced with the howitzer's sarcasm, Wang Chengzhu's expression remained calm, his eyes full of perseverance. Then, after making slight adjustments to the infantry cannon's firing, Zhu Yuan once again issued the order, "Fire!"
Bang——
The direct-firing infantry artillery shells drew a straight line and hit directly into the machine gun muzzle of the turret.
After a loud noise, the power of this cannon was extremely shocking. The entire third floor of the turret completely collapsed, and the second floor was also crumbling.
The howitzer on the other side fired again, but this time it was slightly inaccurate. It failed to hit the machine gun muzzle on the second floor of the Japanese turret again. It only blew up a lot of the masonry wall.
The unusually calm Wang Chengzhu managed to win the game back in the blink of an eye.
In the eyes of artillery company commander Wang Chengzhu and deputy company commander Howitzer, the tense battle before them seemed like an invisible contest of gunnery skills.
Inside the stronghold.
Tanimura was completely crazy.
This is an infantry gun!
I heard this noise and there were two more guns. Judging from the shells fired, the gunners in the Eighth Route Army were definitely good shooters.
The masonry turrets used to deal with Tubal Road in front of us are like paper in front of the infantry artillery.
Seeing that the turret was about to be destroyed by the opponent's infantry artillery, Tanimura, who originally wanted to enter the turret to take command, was so frightened that he quickly issued an order to have the Japanese and puppet troops still alive in the turret immediately withdraw from the turret and retreat to the bungalow area. p>
The machine gun fortifications on the periphery of the stronghold are no longer dared to be used. The Eighth Route Army's direct firepower cannot be defended at all.
After giving the order to retreat, Gucun immediately asked the communication troops to transmit emergency rescue communications to the county headquarters in three directions through the radio.
"The situation is extremely urgent. The stronghold is being attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. We must provide immediate support!"
While Tanimura retreated back with the Japanese and puppet troops, Li Yunlong immediately received the news from the forward observation post.
"The whole battalion advances, Zhuzi, push your ten catapults forward three hundred meters, let the little devils taste the taste of explosives hitting people! After the bombardment, the whole battalion directly launched an attack to quickly resolve the battle.
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"Yes!"
In this way, Tanimura, who had just returned to the bungalow area of the stronghold, ordered to hold on. Some of the experienced machine gunners climbed to the roof of the bungalow in advance, and some hid behind the machine gun fortifications next to the bungalow, holding light and heavy machine guns.
We are ready to go, just waiting for the Eighth Route Army to launch an attack.
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly appeared from mid-air. When it hit him, the Japanese exclaimed: "Explosive pack!"
Boom——
Like a dam that bursts, the first explosion only opened a gap, and then a torrential flood surged in.
Each explosive package swayed in the air with strange dancing postures, and hit the Japanese bungalow area.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the midst of a big explosion were like a small boat drifting in the roaring waves. They could be destroyed by the violent waves at any time.
Tanimura finally realized that what he had had before was a beautiful dream, and what he saw before him was the beginning of a nightmare.
At this time, the sky was already bright. Tanimura used the sky to vaguely see the projectiles that were continuously throwing explosive packets outside the bungalow area, less than 200 meters away.
It turns out that the explosive packets flying all over the sky were projected by this kind of equipment.
A Japanese squad leader exclaimed: "It's terrible. Is this the new weapon of the Eighth Route Army? Your Excellency, Captain?"
"I think so." Tanimura replied.
"This is too scary, Captain, what should we do?"
"Keep holding on, our reinforcements will arrive soon." Tanimura raised his voice, as if he was comforting the Japanese squad leader, and also seemed to be comforting himself.
"...Your Excellency Captain, what should we do?"
"Are we going to be doomed? What should we do?"
Tanimura: "..."
Only then did Tanimura realize that the Japanese squad leader had been deafened by a previous explosion that was too close and could not hear any sound at all.
"Asshole, calm down, pick up the gun and keep fighting!"
The deaf Japanese squad leader looks stupid and funny.
The furious Tanimura opened his bow simultaneously with the palms and backs of his hands. After two snapping sounds, several red marks appeared on the face of the Japanese squad leader.
The pain made the Japanese squad leader sober up from his fear. The young Japanese seemed to understand what his commander meant. He quickly raised his gun and rushed to the rear of the bungalow to participate in the battle...