At noon that day, the reconnaissance platoon finally arrived at the edge of the mountain and saw the Japanese stronghold they were about to raid.
I have to say that the Japanese army chose the location where they built their stronghold very well.
Perhaps because he knew that there would be no enemies around with artillery that could threaten the stronghold, a gun tower and a stronghold yard were built on a small high ground next to the highway. Not to mention heavy machine guns, as long as there were two crooked guns mounted on the gun tower, it would be dense.
The firepower can block the road.
Not to mention, the Japanese actually cleared away all the bushes around the turret and dug a trench with a width of more than three meters outside the yard. Without the help of tools, unless you take the suspension bridge at the main entrance of the turret, there is no way to reach it.
It is impossible to enter the stronghold.
"There is obviously a heavy machine gun on the turret. We don't have cannons. If we force an assault, we will die!" Chen Hu analyzed with a serious look on his face.
"Then let's make a sneak attack, sneak into the blockhouse at night, and wipe the necks of all the Japanese!" the squad leader suggested after thinking about it.
"Didn't you see that there are searchlights on the Japs' turret? The regiment commander didn't let us use our guns. With these searchlights shining on us, it's impossible for us to get close to the stronghold. Once caught by the searchlights, our soldiers will become the Japs' prey.
Target!" Chen Hu refused directly.
"We can't attack by force or sneak attack at night, so how can we fight!" Looking at Wang Ping who was silent next to him, the squad leader frowned and muttered in a low voice.
"There must be a way, but we haven't found it yet. The three squad leaders stayed with me and continued to observe. The others went back to rest and replenish their strength. We will definitely take action tonight!" Chen Hu said with confidence.
Two hours later, a group of Imperial Alliance troops suddenly came into everyone's sight. There were ten Imperial Alliance troops in total. Not long after entering, ten more Imperial Alliance troops came out.
"Squad Leader Wang, go keep an eye on them and see what they are doing around them?" Chen Hu immediately realized that the breakthrough point for him to seize the stronghold might be on them.
After more than two hours and almost three hours, the Imperial Alliance Army came back, and they also brought back a lot of good stuff.
It didn't take long before another group of Imperial Army soldiers left the stronghold carrying rifles on their backs.
At this time, the squad leader who was sent out by Chen Hu rushed back with excitement on his face.
"Platoon commander, we have a chance to capture the Japanese artillery tower!"
"These Imperial Alliance troops came out to patrol, mainly patrolling the highway, and then took the opportunity to grab things. The few pheasants they brought back just now were sold by hunters in the mountains, and half of them were snatched away by them!"
"What you mean is, take down the Royal Association Army patrol and let them take us into the stronghold!" Chen Hu reacted immediately.
Compared with the daytime, the frequency of guard changes of the Royal Association Army patrols is much slower at night.
At one o'clock in the morning, when a patrol team was about to end its patrol and return to its base, a dozen reconnaissance platoon soldiers wearing ordinary clothes suddenly rushed out from the bushes next to the road.
The ten Imperial Alliance troops had no time to react as more than a dozen black gun barrels were aimed at them.
"Eighth Route Army spare your life, we surrender!" Although the main force of the Eighth Route Army has not yet appeared in this area, there are still active Eighth Route Army guerrillas. Faced with the threat of death, these puppet soldiers suddenly became frightened and knelt on the ground to express their surrender.
"Which one of you is the monitor?" Chen Hu walked out and asked.
"I am! I am... the commander of the Eighth Route Army. I swear that I have never killed any of your guerrillas. You must spare me!" A middle-aged man stood up immediately and said, his words full of fear and desire.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you! But you have to do one thing for us. If you do it well, I will let you go and give you five yuan each! If you don't do it well, you will know the result!" After saying that, Chen Hu said
He drew out his bayonet and waved it in front of the squad leader of the Imperial Army as a threat.
The Emperor's body suddenly trembled and he immediately replied: "I can definitely do it well. Please give me the order, sir!"
Ten minutes later, a group of Imperial Army soldiers continued to walk along the road towards the artillery tower. The squad leader was still walking at the front, but next to him stood a man wearing a uniform of the Imperial Army, leaning against the squad leader as if they were arm-in-arm.
Together.
This person was Chen Hu, the leader of the reconnaissance platoon. As for the squad leader of the Royal Association Army, he was very nervous because he had a grenade strapped to his back. If Chen Hu hadn't been walking beside him, cold sweat would have broken out on his face.
He may not even be able to walk steadily!
"Don't be nervous, there will definitely be no problem. Just bring us into the turret. All you need to do is hide and watch the show!" Chen Hu comforted in a low voice.
The eight Royal Association Army soldiers behind are half real and half pretended to be from the reconnaissance platoon. Everyone has a rifle in their hands. The only difference is that the rifles in the hands of the reconnaissance platoon soldiers have bullets. The real Imperial Army soldiers
The rifle inside has no bullets.
The reason why they held the rifles in their hands was because they had just captured five civilians who wanted to go into the mountains to join the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. At this time, they were preparing to escort these civilians to the artillery tower and hand them over to the Japanese for meritorious service and receive rewards.
As for the true identities of these civilians, there is no doubt that they are still reconnaissance platoon soldiers.
Careful people will find that although they are wearing tattered civilian clothes, their waists are bulging, and each of them has their gloves in their sleeves. Without guessing, they must be holding a dagger in their hands.
Just hide it in your sleeves.
As soon as they reached the position 40 to 50 meters away from the gun tower, two searchlights focused on the patrol at the same time.
Chen Hu's heart suddenly rose to his throat. At this moment, the squad leader of the Royal Association Army next to him pulled out the signal flag that had been stuck on his waist. Under the illumination of the searchlight, he shouted a series of semaphores at the gun tower, and then led
As everyone continued to approach the blockhouse.
"Tell you, don't play any tricks, otherwise you will be blown to pieces!"
"Commander of the Eighth Route Army, my life is in your hands. No matter how bold I am, I won't dare to play tricks in front of you! The Japs just gave us the agreed signal. Only when the Japs see the signal at night will they let us get close to the artillery tower to prevent us from being attacked.
Until you make a sneak attack!" The squad leader of the Imperial Association Army wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and replied with a guilty look on his face.
"Squad Leader Wang, who are these people you brought back!" When we were still ten meters away from the tower suspension bridge, a voice suddenly came out.
"Follow the answer I just taught you, and pay attention to contingency!" Chen Hu whispered in the ear of the squad leader of the Imperial Association Army.
"They are all a bunch of untouchables. They actually wanted to go into the mountains in the dark to join the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, but I happened to catch them. I am going to hand it over to Taijun and let these untouchables do coolies for us. It just so happens that we have fortifications to repair now!"
The squad leader of the Imperial Alliance Army, who threatened the tiger, responded as calmly as possible.
"Old Wang, you are lucky. With so many young men, you will definitely get a lot of reward from Taijun!" the other party immediately replied, his words full of envy.
The squad leader continued to answer: "If you really get the reward, I'll treat you to a drink, brother!"
While talking, the group of people had already reached the suspension bridge, and the squad leader continued to shout: "Hurry up and put the suspension bridge down, I'm freezing to death!"
"Pa!" The heavy suspension bridge was lowered immediately, and Chen Hu and others pretended to be in a hurry and entered the stronghold.
As luck would have it, the Imperial Alliance Army who just spoke happened to be guarding the gate of the stronghold.
Seeing Chen Hu walking next to an old acquaintance, he frowned subconsciously: "Old Wang, why does this brother next to you look a little unfamiliar!"
Chen Hu knew what the other party had discovered. Without saying a word, he rushed directly to the other party and held the bayonet in his hand against his stomach. Then he threatened in a low voice: "Don't talk if you want to survive. The knife in my hand does not recognize anyone!"
