At ten o'clock in the evening, except for more than thirty puppet troops who were on alert, all the remaining Japanese and puppet troops went in to dream.
"Bah bang bang..." At this moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out from the east end of the village where the stronghold was located.
A squad of puppet soldiers patrolled, and the two leading puppet soldiers fell to the ground on the spot. The remaining puppet soldiers were in a daze, and before they could react from the shock, several people suddenly rushed out from behind a soil slope not far away that was completely shrouded in night.
Ten Eighth Route Army troops, some holding rifles and others holding crooked handles, roared and rushed towards the entrance of the village where they were located.
"Don't move, anyone who moves will be killed!" Several shouts from the Eighth Route Army finally woke up the puppet soldiers who were in a daze.
At this time, dozens of Eighth Route Army troops had already rushed more than 30 meters away from them. It took them ten seconds to rush over and surround everyone.
Almost at this moment, the eight puppet soldiers who were still alive chose to surrender at the same time. They threw their rifles on the ground and raised their hands, showing no intention of resisting.
Yang Xiong, commander of the 1st Platoon of the Second Company of the Eighth Route Army, was very satisfied with the result. After leaving two men to guard the prisoners, he led his men to the Japanese and puppet army stronghold in the middle of the village without stopping.
The harsh gunshots broke the tranquility of the night and woke up the sleeping Japanese and puppet troops.
Before Yang Xiong could rush outside the stronghold, a string of his own shot shot into the stone pavement under his feet, causing sparks to fly on the ground.
"The Japanese are already prepared, everyone take cover!" Yang Xiong turned around and hid behind a nearby earthen wall.
On top of the earthen wall of the Japanese and puppet army stronghold dozens of meters away, two crooked sticks, controlled by the Japanese, continued to fire strings of bullets at their position. In addition, there were dozens of Japanese and puppet soldiers lying on the earthen wall,
Holding rifles. Maybe because they didn't attack, they didn't shoot.
"Machine gun cover, notify the artillery squad, heavy machine gun squad, and grenade squad behind you to suppress the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold immediately!" Yang Xiong, who held a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars in his hands, was not a vegetarian. He immediately attacked those around him.
The subordinate ordered.
"Da da da..." Two heavy machine guns and three crooked guns fired first, and dense bullets flew behind the earth wall. On the spot, several Japanese and puppet soldiers screamed and fell from the earth wall.
Base ground.
The two crooked guns that were shouting happily also stopped firing at this time, and they hid behind the earth wall with the machine gunners and did not show up anymore.
The firepower in Yang Xiong's hand was so powerful that as soon as the two crooked sticks showed their heads, they immediately attracted a series of more than a dozen bullets to counterattack.
"Baga, the enemy's offensive firepower is too fierce. I need grenade launchers to provide artillery support to knock out the firepower of the attacking troops!" The Japanese squad leader, who was hiding behind the earthen wall of the stronghold, listened to the bullets flying above his head, and his face changed.
All of a sudden he became pale.
Several grenadier soldiers attached to the squad immediately took orders to set up artillery and prepare for a counterattack.
"Woooooo..." But at this moment, there was a sudden scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky above their heads. Immediately afterwards, they saw several black artillery shells and grenades heading towards them blankly.
Smash it over.
"There are artillery shells and grenades on Baghya Road. Everyone, please avoid them!" A few Japanese who reacted quickly threw their heads to the ground and shouted in panic.
"Boom..." The shooting distance was too close. Two artillery shells and three grenades all hit the stronghold and exploded.
The violent explosion instantly covered up all other sounds on the battlefield, including the screams of the Japanese.
Many Japanese and puppet soldiers who had no time to evade were directly blown over, and their flesh and blood were so bloody that they could no longer survive. Even if they had already hid, the Japanese and puppet soldiers lying on the ground with their heads in their hands were not much better. The stronghold was only that big, forty or fifty
Individuals are scattered among them, and the shells and grenades falling from the sky can hit several people even if a blind cat kills a mouse.
These Japanese and puppet troops who were directly hit were undoubtedly blown into pieces.
As for the grenadier soldiers in the middle of the yard, a cannonball exploded directly in the middle of them.
A Japanese soldier was cut into pieces as if he had just been bombed. A grenade launcher next to him was also blown away, and he was deformed after being hit by a fragment of the shell.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Japanese and puppet troops lost their lives.
The front yard of the small stronghold was quickly filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and the strong smell of blood. The exploded pieces of Japanese flesh and broken arms also flew everywhere. Many people had expressions of horror on their faces.
I couldn't believe the tragic scene in front of me.
Soon, the second round of artillery shells and grenades fell from the sky and hit the front yard of the stronghold while the Japanese and puppet troops watched with despair.
This time, another seven or eight Japanese and puppet soldiers were killed with screams.
At this time, the Japanese squadron leader had already rushed over from the backyard. Looking at the front yard in front of him, which was like a hell on earth, the squadron leader's character instantly turned pale, and then he couldn't help but cursed: "Bagya Road, the enemy has mortars, we
Not a rival at all.”
"Isn't it said that the Eighth Route Army's vitality is seriously damaged? Why does it still have such a powerful offensive capability! Mortars, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, is this still the Eighth Route Army we know? How come they have such good equipment!"
The adjutant immediately reminded: "Captain, the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce. The troops in the front yard will definitely suffer heavy losses and may lose their combat effectiveness. Do you want to mobilize troops from the backyard to reinforce the front yard?"
"Send a combat unit over immediately. Hide here first and wait for the Eighth Route Army's shelling to end before sending reinforcements!" the squadron leader immediately ordered.
"Hi!" the adjutant immediately responded.
In less than half a minute, nearly twenty Japanese soldiers appeared behind the squadron leader carrying crooked weapons and grenades, ready to reinforce the front yard.
What the Japanese didn't expect was that Yang Xiong's front attack seemed very fierce, with mortars, grenade launchers, and heavy machine guns all deployed, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties at once. However, until now, the platoon led by Yang Xiong had
There was no attack, not even a tentative attack. They only used artillery shells and bullets to consume the Japanese army as much as possible and attract their limited troops.
It turns out that when the second company commander was thinking about how to capture this stronghold, he also considered using powerful offensive firepower to cover the troops entering the stronghold. But there is a problem. If the Japanese attack to the end and stick to the backyard, and the ammunition and supplies hoarded in the backyard.
If they stay together and get bombed, then the Second Company will gain nothing after all their hard work in capturing this stronghold.
In order to seize the equipment and ammunition that the Japanese and puppet troops had hoarded in the backyard of the stronghold, several company and platoon leaders discussed and came up with the idea of a frontal attack to attract the Japanese firepower and a sneak attack on the enemy's backyard from behind.
