The first thousand one hundred and sixty-four chapters
The Japanese soldiers stopped their attack. Their engineers shoveled up large piles of soil and began to build field fortifications on the spot.
"What do the devils want to do?"
Hua Gou, the deputy commander of the second battalion, and the others had already made plans to fight the Japs, but now they saw that the Japs did not attack even though they had an absolute advantage, but instead built fortifications on the spot. This made them all
It's puzzling.
"They must be building fortifications to trap us to death." Hua Gou, the deputy battalion commander, judged as he saw that all the little Japs outside the encirclement were busy.
"It's really evil. It's not like the Japs can't defeat us. Why should we stop attacking and instead besiege us?" Some brothers felt vaguely that something was wrong.
"No matter what, I wish they didn't attack. We can live for a few more hours. While we can still breathe, let's cherish the last little time in this life."
Now being heavily surrounded by Japanese soldiers, the brothers knew in their hearts that the hope of breaking out of the siege was slim, so their words were also very pessimistic.
"Don't be discouraged. The battalion commander may be thinking of ways to save us right now. As long as we can hold on, we won't survive." Some brothers also objected.
"Okay, save your energy and stop fighting. Send a few more brothers to keep an eye on the Japs. The Japs are here. Don't build the plank road in the open and sneak into the warehouse secretly. They want to sneak attack us while we relax our guard." Deputy Battalion
Changhuagou didn't think that the little devil was so merciful and would spare them.
The Japs did not launch an attack. The beleaguered Huagou and the others just faced off against the Japs at a distance of several hundred meters. No one on either side took the initiative to attack, and the battlefield suddenly became quiet.
Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou understood clearly that as long as they could hold out until dark, their chances of breaking out would be much greater. He said that they could not break out, so he ordered the brothers to conserve their energy and rest, not bothering to care about the little Japs who were close at hand.
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But what Huagou and the others don't know is that the Japs are more insidious than they thought. In fact, they have already used them as bait to lure the surrounding guerrillas over and eliminate them one by one.
Before Huagou and the others waited until dark, intensive gunfire rang out from the southwest. After hearing the gunfire, the brothers who were resting to replenish their strength in preparation for breaking out at night all jumped up.
"It's from the southwest. It must be the battalion commander and others coming to rescue us!"
After hearing the gunfire, the brothers who were surrounded by the Japanese became excited like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw.
"Everyone is ready to fight! Break out toward the southwest as soon as it gets dark and join the battalion commander and the others!"
Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou also cheered up. It seemed that Battalion Commander Wu Changqing and others had not abandoned them.
Because of the distance, the brothers could not see the fighting in the distance, but only heard the sound of gunfire, mixed with explosions.
The brothers were quietly listening to the firefight in the distance, praying in their hearts, hoping that the rescue troops could open a hole so that they could rush out.
"It's close, it's close."
Hearing the sound of the firefight getting closer and closer, the brothers were extremely excited. They knew that their hope of survival was much greater.
But soon the brothers' expressions became strange, because just after a while, the sound of gunshots that had been approaching moved away again, and finally could not be heard at all.
"why did you leave?"
The brothers all looked at each other in shock. The distant gunshots also took away their hope of survival, and their hearts sank.
"The little Japs must be too strong. The battalion commander and others can't rush over. They went to get reinforcements." Some brothers comforted themselves.
"Perhaps this is the battalion commander's and his others' attempts to lure the little Japs away."
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Although the gunshots in the distance have faded away, the brothers are not pessimistic and disappointed because they believe in their superiors.
As expected, dense gunfire soon rang out in the northeast, and judging from the intensity of the gunfire, the scale of the exchange of fire was huge.
"I told you, the battalion commander, they must be trying to lure away the Japanese so that they can rescue us!" The brother who had made the previous judgment was filled with joy because his judgment was correct.
The brothers all looked towards the northeast, where there were explosions and continuous gunfire. Although they could not see it, they felt much more at ease.
Perhaps the resistance force of the little Japanese was too strong. Although the fighting in the northeast was very lively, the rescue force never broke into the brothers' field of vision and kept fighting out of sight.
"What's going on with them? Why haven't they been beaten yet?"
As time passed, some brothers became impatient. They were worried that these rescue troops would be repelled by the Japanese again. If that happened, they would have no hope of survival.
"It's not like you don't know the fighting power of the Japanese. Let's wait a little longer. The brothers will definitely call us to help us out."
Looking at the restless brothers, Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou comforted them. In fact, he was more anxious than anyone else. He didn't know what happened over there and why he hadn't called them yet.
The brothers waited until dark, and there was a constant ping-pong-pong in the northeast, but the brothers didn't even see the shadow of reinforcements.
"Brothers, the place where we heard the gunfire and the exchange of fire is not far away from us. We can't just wait. Let's rush over and join the brothers who are responding to us."
Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou also knew that if he kept waiting like this, he didn't know when he would get back, so he decided to take the initiative and find the guerrilla troops to join him.
"Okay, let's kill him!"
The brothers all agreed with Hua Gou's idea. Instead of waiting for death here, it would be better to fight out, in case there is still a way out.
Soon the brothers made arrangements, twisted rag strips into ropes, and hung several light machine guns on the necks of a few burly brothers who were responsible for clearing the way with fire, while the other brothers covered the wounded and charged toward the northeast together.
Because they were breaking out of an encirclement, the brothers did not dare to charge in a big way. Instead, they quietly climbed out of the trench and went towards the Japanese.
But the little Japs were not vegetarians. When the brothers were about to climb to the edge of the Japs' encirclement, the Japs suddenly fired a flare.
A lighting lamp swayed up into the sky, and a pale light suddenly shrouded it, illuminating the area as bright as day.
At this moment, the crawling brothers were all exposed to the gunfire of the little Japanese. The little Japanese was also shocked. He did not expect that the guerrilla brothers had almost touched their noses.
"Brothers, rush out!"
Seeing that he had been exposed, Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou didn't hesitate anymore. He suddenly jumped up from the ground, raised his hand and fired at the Japs behind the sandbags. A Japs fell to the ground in response.
"Da da da - da da da -"
The brothers who hung the machine guns around their necks also started to fire at the Japanese with the machine guns sideways. The huge recoil made their bodies tremble continuously, and they swept out fire chains one after another.
Wherever the chain of fire touched, the little devils were beaten into trembling sieves one by one, and blood bloomed in the dark night. The other brothers also rushed and opened fire.