The combat quality of the puppet troops was too low. Although they suppressed their sleepiness and went on guard duty, they still did not find the soldiers of the independent battalion who were approaching.
"Bang..." A harsh gunshot suddenly broke the tranquility of Wuzhen.
At this moment, the Wuzhen stronghold also became lively.
The puppet sentries who were on guard around the stronghold suddenly became sober in an instant, then held their rifles and looked around with wide eyes.
"Click, click, click..." The two companies and the nine crooked guns equipped by the guard platoon, one of which was Type 92, fired at the same time.
Several puppet soldiers who poked their heads out to look out were beaten into a hornet's nest before they had time to react.
The remaining puppet soldiers who were still alive were immediately frightened. They hid behind the position and listened to the whizzing sound of bullets flying over their heads. The hands holding the rifles couldn't help but start to tremble, let alone fight back!
But the Japanese soldiers in the stronghold were not afraid. When they heard such intensive gunshots, they subconsciously thought of the enemy's attack. Then they rushed out of the barracks with rifles and disheveled clothes. While rushing, they shouted, calling for the already chaotic puppet troops to coordinate the defense.
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"Bagheya Road, there are enemies attacking us outside, quickly enter the position and prepare to defend!"
But at this moment, a group of three mortar shells and a group of six grenades, like a reminder, hit their stronghold with a screaming sound.
In the violent explosion, many Japanese and puppet soldiers were directly blown to the ground. Those who were less lucky were directly torn into parts by the shells, not even a complete body was left.
Under the cover of mortars and grenade launchers, out of more than 80 little Japs, only about 40 people rushed to the position, and then fired the crane gun with a crooked handle, or even a 38-meter cover.
As for the remaining Japanese soldiers, they either fell into corpses in the yard of the stronghold, or were seriously injured by the explosion, lying in the yard and making piercing screams.
As for the puppet troops, under the fierce artillery fire, they all retreated into their barracks after losing only a dozen people. No matter how the Japanese army gave orders, they would not come out.
Especially the puppet army officers, a big reason why they worked for the Japs was that they were afraid of death, and then they surrendered to the Japanese army and worked for the Japanese army.
The artillery fire outside is so fierce now that after rushing out, it is very likely that a shell will blow them up. In this case, even if they are loyal to the Japanese, they do not dare to risk their lives.
After more than forty Japanese soldiers rushed into the position and started to counterattack, the sudden intensive firepower caused a lot of casualties to the independent battalion. However, after all, they only had three crooked guns and one heavy machine gun. Even with this little automatic firepower, there was also one
The crooked handle fell in the yard behind them during the shelling.
The independent battalion that attacked them from the front and back had a full heavy machine gun and nine crooked guns. On average, three machine guns were staring at the Japanese and one machine gun was shooting at them.
The enemy's three machine gun fire points in the stronghold all started to fire within five seconds of their arrogance.
Being stared at by so many machine guns at once, no matter how experienced the Japs machine gunners were in fighting, they could not avoid the attacking firepower from the east, or even the attacking firepower from the west.
Although the Japanese army quickly replaced a new machine gunner, the misfired machine gun roared again.
However, the machine gunner could not survive more than five seconds before he was beaten into a hornet's nest again.
When the machine gun firepower completely suppressed the Japanese light and heavy machine guns, Wang Ping decisively used several crooked guns to suppress and fire at the Japanese riflemen.
At the same time, the six grenade launchers of the two grenade squads were ordered to stare at the Japanese position and launch grenades.
As for the mortars, keep an eye on the grenades that the Japanese might pop out of.
Under the attack of the independent battalion's absolute offensive firepower, the Japanese army continued to reduce its numbers, especially the machine gun positions that were under special care. There were four or five Japanese corpses lying next to each machine gun. There were also Japanese soldiers rushing towards them. They just touched the machine gun and fired.
He held the gun for a few seconds and was immediately killed.
After the two sides exchanged fire for nearly a minute, most of the more than 40 Japanese soldiers had been lost.
Under the command of the squad leader, the remaining ten or so Japanese soldiers all returned to the barracks, preparing to use the barracks for the final hold.
Of course, the team leader had thought about asking for help from the county seat, but even with the county seat's only phone, no matter how he dialed, he could never get through.
The squad leader was not a rookie on the battlefield, and he immediately understood that the phone line had been cut off by the Eighth Route Army outside. Of course, this also meant that the Eighth Route Army must have made up its mind to capture its stronghold and annihilate itself.
With no external reinforcements and heavy losses, the squad leader knew very well that no matter how capable he was, he would not be able to recover.
Although some of his subordinates proposed to organize the puppet troops nearby to cooperate in combat, after thinking about the puppet troops' performance just now, the squad leader decisively rejected the proposal.
The puppet troops who are greedy for life and fear of death will not only be unable to help themselves when faced with the Eighth Route Army's attack, but will also affect the morale of the army and disrupt the fighting of the remaining warriors.
What's more, after knowing that the imperial army could not stop the Eighth Route Army's attack, it was possible to stab himself in the back directly on the battlefield.
In order to inflict maximum damage on the Eighth Route Army with the remaining troops on hand, the squad leader finally decided to defend the barracks where everyone was currently hiding alone.
As soon as the Japanese retreated, the independent battalion pressed forward and then charged directly into the military camp!
"Da da da!" The Japanese army fired decisively with the only crooked handle in their hands. The three or four soldiers who had just rushed into the stronghold were caught off guard and were beaten into a hornet's nest and fell down at the gate of the stronghold!
"Battal Commander, the Japanese have hid in the barracks. It looks like they are preparing to defend to the death!" Zhang Yunshan, the second company commander, reported as soon as he saw Wang Ping rushing over.
"The yard of the stronghold is too empty. There will definitely be heavy casualties in a forced charge. Move the artillery platoon over, bombard them with artillery, and bury them all in the barracks!" Wang Ping frowned and ordered decisively.
Soon, the scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky reached the ears of the Japanese squad leader.
The squad leader's face instantly turned pale, and then he shouted loudly: "Baga, it's a mortar. I forgot that the Eighth Route Army still has artillery. The barracks can't withstand the mortar bombardment at all!"
Then he pulled out his command sword and shouted at the remaining subordinates around him: "Warriors, the time has come to sacrifice your life for the empire. Rush out and fight with the Eighth Route Army. Kill each one, one by one!"