Outside a town less than ten kilometers away from Linfen City, a total of eleven Eighth Route Army soldiers had been nesting in a ravine for more than two hours.
As the night got darker and darker, the town, which originally still had some scattered lights, became completely dark.
Of course, the Japanese and puppet army stronghold at the entrance of the town did not follow the darkness.
On the top of the turret in the middle of the stronghold, two huge searchlights shine back and forth around the stronghold to prevent anyone from approaching the stronghold.
However, the stronghold is too big, and there are many places they need to check. Every half minute, they can take photos all around the stronghold.
As an important transportation thoroughfare to Linfen City, this stronghold was originally stationed with a reinforced squadron of Japanese soldiers and a battalion of the Imperial Alliance Army.
However, in order to gather more troops to participate in the sweep, and because it is close to Linfen City, once the sweep begins, this place will become a complete rear area. The Japanese army will directly drain the troops here, leaving the Japanese alone.
Combat detachment, a reinforced platoon of the puppet army looks after the house.
And tonight, the eleven Eighth Route Army troops outside the town planned to kill them and establish a stronghold.
They were action teams sent by Wang Ping to the Japanese rear a few days ago. Each action team had a company-level cadre from the directly affiliated team and an infantry squad.
They have been eyeing this stronghold of the Japanese and puppet troops for two days.
"Captain, can we start taking action?" the former infantry squad leader, now the deputy captain of the action team, asked with excitement before the battle on his face.
"Wait a little longer, take action at one o'clock in the morning, fight quickly, and then retreat quickly with the captured and prisoners, try to end the battle within an hour and then retreat. In this case, the Japanese reinforcements from Linfen City will not be able to touch us even if they come to kill us.
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"Lao Wang, you and I will take the lead in a while. You know some skills and try to bring everyone into the stronghold quietly!"
"Fight the Japanese first, then the puppet troops. The puppet troops will try to capture as many prisoners as possible. Tonight, if our squad can become a platoon, we may have to rely on this stronghold!"
As the night gets deeper and deeper, the temperature gets lower and lower.
In the first half of the night, there were still two Japanese on the top of the turret manning the searchlights. In the second half of the night, they were replaced by four puppet troops.
In the eyes of all Japanese and puppet troops, this place is very safe.
There were only twelve attacks away from the heavily defended Linfen City. More than 10,000 imperial troops were heavily encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army base area. Various factors came together to give them this idea.
The four puppet soldiers were very cold. Although the searchlight light was spinning around outside the stronghold, their eyes did not follow the light. Instead, they squatted in the corner of the turret and gathered around a pile of charcoal fire to keep warm.
There are more than 40 Japanese and puppet troops. Excluding those who take shifts to rest, only one squad of puppet troops is still awake in the entire stronghold.
A squad of puppet troops, even with their hands and eyes, cannot guard such a large stronghold.
Therefore, as long as they avoid the searchlights, the captain who is directly under the team and the vice-captain who knows some kung fu can approach the stronghold quietly.
After crossing the ditch surrounding the stronghold and climbing over the brick wall, the two people entered the stronghold.
They quietly reached the door of the stronghold and opened the door from the inside. The two puppet soldiers guarding the door of the stronghold thought that a replacement was coming and were not alert at all.
However, after the door was opened, the two people saw no one.
Then they subconsciously wanted to go in and take a look. As soon as they turned around and walked to the door, two pistols were pressed against their waists, and two faint voices also sounded behind them.
"Don't move, don't scream, or I'll beat you to death!"
"I promise not to move!" The two puppet soldiers were both playing with guns. Although they didn't clearly see what weapon was pressed against them, they could feel that it must be the barrel of some kind of gun!
"Bang~"
Two slight crashes sounded in their ears, and the two puppet soldiers were knocked unconscious.
After entering the stronghold, the eleven people entered the Japanese military dormitory directly.
Each person had a dagger or bayonet, and he stabbed anyone he saw. In less than a minute, all the dozen Japanese were killed, and the thick smell of blood quickly filled the room.
Although no one of the eleven people including the captain died, two soldiers were seriously injured and were carried out by their comrades.
"Let's go to the puppet army dormitories and capture all the puppet soldiers!"
The captain, who originally thought he would use his gun, did not expect that the entire operation would go so smoothly.
All Japanese soldiers were killed, four puppet soldiers died, and the remaining 28 puppet soldiers were all taken as prisoners.
That night, a total of fifteen such strongholds were captured by the action team.
Although guns were fired at many strongholds, because every captain of the action team came from the direct team and could speak Japanese, they directly informed Linfen City on the phone that they had been attacked by the Eighth Route Army guerrillas and had repelled them.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Lieutenant General Ito was admiring an antique vase he had just collected with a smile.
The chief of staff hurried in and reported solemnly: "Division commander, something happened at the stronghold outside the city!"
"At eight o'clock in the morning, we had routine contact with the strongholds outside the city. There was no movement at several strongholds. We sent cavalry to confirm. Eight strongholds had been looted. All the imperial troops were killed, and most of the imperial alliance troops were killed.
After being captured, all the food, weapons and ammunition in the stronghold were emptied."
"What, is there such a thing?" Lieutenant General Ito stood up from his seat.
"Crash~" He was also frightened and the domestic ceramics in his hand fell to the ground and turned into pieces.
At this moment, he suddenly realized: "The gunfire last night was caused by the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack on those strongholds?"
"It's very possible!" the chief of staff affirmed.
"Then why don't we send reinforcements? The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has been blocked by us in their base area. It is absolutely impossible for the main force to cross our blockade. Therefore, the Eighth Route Army that attacked us last night was definitely just some stragglers. As long as our reinforcements kill
In the past, even an infantry squadron could kill them and hold the stronghold!"
The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "I asked the staff on duty at my humble position and they called those strongholds. The strongholds reported that they had indeed been attacked, but the attackers had been repulsed!"
"Then why are the strongholds still being lost!" Lieutenant General Ito shouted!
"I don't know very well about the situation, but I have ordered the reconnaissance force and the intelligence department to investigate this matter immediately!" the chief of staff hesitated before answering!
"Check, be sure to find out, I will get the results tonight!" Lieutenant General Ito ordered with murderous intent.
Fifty kilometers away, the Japanese Fifth Infantry Brigade easily occupied a village and then began to camp outside the village!
"Sir, the headquarters tent has been set up. You can go directly into the tent and I will have your dinner prepared as soon as possible!" the adjutant walked to Major Miyamoto and reported.
"Okay..." Major Miyamoto nodded and replied.
Then he ordered: "Remember to arrange patrols and guard posts. If nothing else happens, the Eighth Route Army will continue to attack us tonight!"
"Hi!" the adjutant replied immediately.
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