Six heavy machine guns suddenly fired, and the bullets whizzing toward the gate of the stronghold were not very accurate at first because the shooting distance was too far, and several heavy machine guns even missed a lot.
However, there is an advantage to shooting so many multiple machine guns together: the firepower is powerful enough and very dense.
The intertwined bullets flew towards the entrance of the stronghold like a rain, shrouding dozens of Japanese soldiers.
The unprepared Japanese were caught off guard and were killed and injured several people in an instant.
The living Japanese were frightened and rushed towards the stronghold like crazy, intending to rush into the stronghold and let the stronghold protect themselves.
Some people subconsciously lay down on the ground, but they soon discovered that lying on the ground could not avoid the bullets fired by the Eighth Route Army from above. So they could only get up from the ground and rush towards the gate of the stronghold like crazy.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers carrying heavy machine guns and mortars rushed towards the narrow gate of the stronghold like crazy.
Soon, dozens of Japs gathered at the gate, standing densely together. It only took ten seconds for all these Japs to pour into the stronghold.
However, in these few seconds, the six heavy machine guns exerted their powerful power on them to the extreme.
After simple adjustments, all the bullets fired by the six heavy machine guns were able to hit the stronghold.
The overwhelming bullets, from outside to inside, killed the Japanese who gathered at the gate of the stronghold, layer by layer on the battlefield.
After the battalion leader entered the stronghold, he was complimented by the squadron leader and had just sat down to rest when the sound of gunfire reached his ears.
He stood up from his seat, ignored the tea cup he knocked over on the table, and walked directly outside the stronghold.
As soon as he reached the door, he bumped into the adjutant who rushed in.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army ambushed us outside the stronghold. They are equipped with five or six heavy machine guns. The team at the rear is under attack!"
"Counterattack, let the imperial troops in the gun towers counterattack immediately and kill the Eighth Route Army hiding outside!" the captain ordered with a frown.
As soon as the order was given, three explosions rang out at the training ground in front of them.
More than a dozen people were blown away in the explosion, including the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army.
The squadron leader next to him rushed out without waiting for the captain to speak: "Sir, it is my responsibility to destroy the Eighth Route Army outside the stronghold. I will immediately arrange for my subordinates to counterattack and kill them!"
"Organize troops immediately to counterattack!" the captain frowned and ordered.
Then he did not forget to threaten: "There are so many Eighth Route Army troops hiding outside the stronghold. As the supreme commander of the stronghold's defenders, you have an unshirkable responsibility!"
The Japanese light and heavy machine guns on the roof of the turret fired first. However, because the Eighth Route Army's machine gun position was too far away from the turret, the bullets fired by the light machine guns could not threaten the fire company two to three hundred meters away.
Although the only heavy machine gun could reach the target, by the time it fired and caused casualties to the fire company, a battalion of six heavy machine guns had already fired two bullets and began to retreat.
It only took less than half a minute for the three mortars to start retreating. The speed was so fast that the Japanese had just assembled the mortars and before they had time to take aim, the enemy was gone.
"Sir, the casualties for the day have been calculated: an infantry squad that stayed in Gaojia'ao Village to escort the food was completely wiped out, the rear squad was attacked at the gate of the stronghold and lost more than half, the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack and the shelling just now killed a total of 68 imperial troops.
Killed in battle, 29 imperial soldiers were seriously injured and lost combat effectiveness."
"As for the Imperial Alliance Army, a total of one and a half companies and more than 150 people were lost!"
The captain's face suddenly became heavy, and he frowned and cursed: "Bagya Road, that is to say, for 50,000 kilograms of grain, we lost a total of more than 150 people from the imperial army today, and a total of 1,000 from the imperial association army.
There were more than 150 people. From the team of more than 800 people, 300 people were eliminated at once!"
"Hi!" the adjutant replied with his head lowered, not daring to say another word.
"Is this the result we want when we are armed to seize food? Bagya Road, why are you not saying anything?"
The adjutant hesitated and replied: "Sir, this is an order from the military department. The military department has no rations to provide us, so we can only fight to support the war. If you don't talk about this kind of thing, even the brigade commander can't object to it!"
"Baga!" Apart from yelling, the captain had no other way to vent his pent-up anger.
Finally, he ordered with a look of helplessness: "Let the troops have a good rest. The lost Imperial Army troops will be replenished directly from the stronghold garrison. Tomorrow morning, take all the baggage vehicles and go to other villages to collect food!"
"Since we have no way to change the order, let's complete the task with the minimum cost."
"And military rations are indeed very important to us. Without a sufficient amount of food, our entire brigade will be troubled by food in the next year and will be unable to concentrate on fighting the Eighth Route Army!"
"So, it doesn't matter if you pay a little price for a sufficient amount of military rations!"
The next day, the Japanese and puppet troops grabbed 120,000 kilograms of grain at the cost of more than 80 casualties.
On the third day, the Japanese and puppet troops grabbed 150,000 kilograms of grain at the cost of more than 70 casualties.
The casualties of the troops were getting smaller and smaller every day, but more and more food was finally delivered to the stronghold.
The captain, who was worried about the heavy casualties of the troops at first, was completely relieved now!
In the blink of an eye, two more days passed!
The food stockpiled in the stronghold has reached 500,000 kilograms.
The group leader was in a good mood, and just after dinner at the stronghold, he summoned several squadron leaders to his side.
"Sir, we have gone to the villages that are closer. We will definitely not be able to come back to the village we are going to tomorrow if we go there the same day! We must be prepared to spend the night in the Eighth Route Army base area!" the adjutant reminded with worry on his face.
"Then we will come back once in a few days, bring all the carts we grabbed from the Eighth Route Army base area during this period, and collect 200,000 kilograms of grain at a time before we come back!" The captain made a decisive decision.
Then he continued to order: "After this period of battle consumption, half of our infantry brigade of the Imperial Army has lost more than half. In order to ensure the safety of the Eighth Route Army base overnight, I decided to transfer an infantry squad from the stronghold garrison, and a company of the Imperial Army will join
Armed grain-grabbing troops enter the Eighth Route Army base areas to collect grain. As long as we ensure sufficient strength and equipment superiority, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to do anything to us!"
The Japanese squadron leader in the stronghold became anxious and immediately asked: "But, sir, as a result, there will be less than one infantry squad, one heavy machine gun squad, one mortar squad, and one dissatisfied infantry company of the Imperial Association Army left in the stronghold."
.What if the Eighth Route Army comes and kills us?"
The captain was not angry, and stared at the opponent and asked: "I will keep the two infantry guns from the infantry artillery team, and also keep the two extra heavy machine guns, and the five light machine guns. Do you have the confidence to hold the stronghold?"
The squadron leader's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light.
Immediately replied: "Thank you for your support, sir. With such strong firepower, I am not afraid of humble positions!"
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