Under the cover of darkness, Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou led the brothers from the three companies away from the reed swamp where they were hiding, and quietly moved toward Li Village, where the Japanese's frontline supply depot was located.
Because the enemy has always been overt and covert, and the brothers of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps have the cover of the local people, the guerrillas have always had the initiative.
As long as the guerrillas want to attack wherever they want, they can attack wherever they want, which makes the little devils unable to defend themselves.
Because the main force of the Japanese Tanichuan Brigade that was encircling and suppressing the guerrillas in the White Horse Lake area had been led in a circle to Luzhuang in the north by the brothers of the Third Company, the defense of the Japanese material supply point in Li Village was much weaker.
The two infantry squads had only a hundred or so Japs at their disposal, and Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou was confident enough to eat them all in one bite.
Soon, Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou and his brothers arrived at the outskirts of Li Village and hid themselves, and the brothers from the reconnaissance platoon that had set out earlier also joined them.
"The Japanese built two machine gun positions in front of the village, and there is a machine gun position behind the village, which blocks the entrance and exit of the village. If we attack from the front, the losses will be considerable, but we can send people to reach through the paddy fields on the flanks and blow up the machine gun positions.
"The reconnaissance platoon leader's voice was so low that it could not be heard a few meters away.
"What's the situation in the village?" Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou asked.
The reconnaissance platoon leader shook his head: "The Japs are heavily guarded and cannot sneak in. The situation inside is not clear."
After hearing the words of the reconnaissance platoon leader, Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou frowned. The houses in this village were very densely built.
If they couldn't capture the Japanese in one go and quickly, if the Japanese relied on houses to resist, they would definitely suffer casualties.
And if the Japanese jumped over the wall and blew up the supplies and ammunition, then all the efforts would be in vain.
"Lieutenant, how do we fight?"
Seeing the flower dog sticking half of its head out of the grass to observe the low village in the distance, the first company commander came over and asked in a low voice.
Hua Gou quickly retracted his head and waved his hand to have several company commanders gather around him.
"The situation in the village is unclear, but according to previous intelligence, there should be more than fifty ghosts inside. There are not many of them. As long as we rush in and fight with them in close combat, it will not be something to be afraid of. But outside the ghost village
The machine gun position is a problem. If the attack is blocked and we rush in, we will be in a stalemate. With the intensity of the Japanese firepower, we may suffer a loss."
"My idea is that I will lead a feint attack from the front to attract Japanese firepower. The brothers from the second company and the machine gun company will go around to the back of the village. We will attack here first. You will then take the opportunity to concentrate your firepower and rush into the village from the back. Let's attack from the east to the west.
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Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou quickly expressed his thoughts for the company commanders’ reference.
"I agree."
"I agree."
The three company commanders agreed with Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou's playstyle after only a brief thought.
"Well, you take the people and go around to the back of the village first. I'll use the sound of gunfire as a signal. You can act accordingly." Hua Gou nodded and said.
The brothers of the three companies quickly took action, using the cover of night to move to the predetermined direction, and then slowly crawled closer to the village.
"Give me the machine gun and grenade launcher to aim at the enemy's machine gun position."
The Japanese set up two machine gun positions and several bunkers outside the village in front, which was the biggest threat to the guerrilla brothers.
"beat!"
Guessing that time was almost up, Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou decisively gave the order to fire.
"Boom!"
The brothers in the grenade group opened fire first. As several balls of red light rose up, the grenades roared and hit the Japanese machine gun position.
"Da da da - da da da -"
The four light machine guns that were set up also opened fire at almost the same time, shrouding the Japanese machine gun position.
"Boom! Boom!"
When the grenade hit the ground, it caused a huge explosion and flames. Large areas of mud and sandbags were blown up, and a Japanese machine gun position was directly hit.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
The sudden explosion caused the quiet village to boil immediately, and the Japanese soldiers roared with sharp voices, which made people's hair stand on end.
But soon, the Japanese's shouts were drowned out by the dense gunfire, and countless lines of fire intertwined and enveloped the village.
Amidst the constant explosions of fire, Japanese soldiers were constantly being penetrated by bullets and fell to the ground, with wailing sounds coming one after another.
"Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta!"
Another Japanese machine gun position was not hit. The frightened Japanese machine gunner immediately put his machine gun on his shoulder and started to fight back.
"What's going on?" The Japanese lieutenant in charge here was suddenly awakened by the sound of gunfire and jumped out of bed.
"The former village was violently attacked by the Chinese army!" Soon a Japanese man stumbled over from outside to report.
"Baga!" Lieutenant Japanese yelled angrily, grabbed his gun, and loudly ordered: "Order Omori-san to immediately dispatch two infantry detachments to support the front village!"
"Hiyi!"
There was loud gunfire in the village and there was a sudden attack. The Japanese soldiers stationed in the village were shocked, but they reacted quickly. Under the roar of the officers, they rushed towards the front village to provide support.
As soon as Huagou and the others knocked out the two Japanese machine guns in Qiancun, the Japanese in the village came out with support and fired back with machine guns and grenade launchers.
Seeing the ferocious firepower of the Japanese, Hua Gou was secretly lucky. If they had taken the former village as their breakthrough point, they would have suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, they were just feigning an attack now.
The Japanese soldiers in the village quickly provided support and stabilized the front village's defense line, and they exchanged fire with Hua Gou and the others. The two sides kept rolling and changing positions to shoot. For a while, bullets flew wildly, and grenades fell in the paddy fields, exploding large areas of muddy water.
When the Japs were fighting fiercely with HuaGou and the others in the front village, suddenly there was a rumble of explosions behind the village, and balls of fire burst into flames.
The brothers in the machine gun company set up mortars and launched a bombardment directly at the defensive infantry unit behind Guizi Village.
The Japanese infantry detachment behind the village had been paying attention to the battle in the front village. Suddenly faced with such a violent bombardment, they were also stunned.
Before they could react, bullets rained down on them, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere.
"Go and ask for support!"
Half of a Japanese infantry unit died in the blink of an eye. The Japanese leader, who was covered in blood, hurriedly pulled a living Japanese soldier and asked him to go to the village to ask for help.'
But as soon as the Japanese climbed out of the bunker and ran a few steps, he was beaten into pieces by the bullets that chased him.
"Bagaya road!"
The leader of the Japanese squad wanted to raise his gun to fight back, but as soon as he leaned out half of his body, he was knocked over by the violent machine gun bullets and rolled into the bunker.
"Brothers, charge!"
A round of ferocious firepower almost knocked the Japanese defenses behind the village to pieces. Following the company commander's roar, the brothers of the infantry company rushed forward with bayonets in hand.
When the two remaining Japanese soldiers saw the large group of people rushing towards them in the darkness, they were so frightened that they quickly gave up their so-called Bushido dignity and turned around and ran towards the village.