"Commander, the Japanese and puppet troops usually stay in their strongholds and cannot come out. We can't get in, so how can we mess with them?" Hong Linfeng asked with a frown.
Li Hao snorted and replied: "People can't get in, but cannonballs can fly in!"
Hong Linfeng's eyes lit up at first, but his relaxed brows only lasted for a few seconds before he frowned again. He shook his head and replied: "I don't think this will work."
"Except for heavy artillery, ordinary artillery shells hitting the turrets are like tickling them and cannot hurt them at all."
"As long as the Japanese hide in gun towers and bunkers, it will be useless no matter how many shells we throw at them."
Li Hao did not deny it: "Ordinary artillery shells are useless, but explosive packs are useful."
"Twenty kilograms of explosive bags are not powerful enough, so we will use thirty kilograms of explosive bags and forty kilograms of explosive bags."
"The arsenal cannot make heavy artillery shells, but they can make as many explosive bags filled with black powder as they want, and supply them in unlimited quantities."
"Each stronghold is arranged with five to six thunder cannons, and the blockade trench is pushed to a position of 100 meters outside the stronghold by digging the earth. The thunder cannons are placed in the blockade trench to fire. Explosive packs weighing fifty kilograms can also be thrown in.
stronghold."
"Six flying thunder cannons attack strongholds day and night, and they will definitely make the Japanese sleepless at night, depressed, and low in morale."
"In addition, as long as the explosive package we throw is large enough, it can threaten the safety of the stronghold's gun towers and bunkers and kill the Eighth Route Army inside."
"When the time comes, if the little devils don't fight back, we will continue to bomb them and slowly consume them."
"If we use firepower to counterattack, we can just use up their reserves of ammunition."
"It would be best if we send troops to fight them out."
"Their morale is low, their spirit is low, and their combat effectiveness must be very poor."
"We have a blockade ditch as a position, which is perfect for attacking them head-on. We can catch them off guard and kill as many as they come out."
At eight o'clock in the evening, the Liangjia Town stronghold was still brightly lit.
Except for the guard posts and patrol teams, all other Japanese and puppet troops gathered in the open space in the middle of the stronghold, laughing and laughing around a dozen huge bonfires.
On top of the bonfire, several roasted muttons were spitting out oil and exuding an alluring aroma.
There were more than a dozen puppet soldiers roasting chickens, all golden and looked very tempting.
Many people are drooling while flipping roast chicken and lamb...
These chickens and sheep were all taken back from the nearby villages by the Japanese and puppet troops who left their strongholds during the day. In order to boost the increasingly low morale of the troops, the commander temporarily decided to hold such a celebration event to let his soldiers eat meat.
Outside the stronghold, battalion commander Zhao Wen looked solemn.
The second company commander stood in front of him, his head lowered, unable to say a word.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold have already come out twice, and all of them returned home with loads of food and killed dozens of fellow villagers.
He led his own troops to guard the outside. Although he used guerrilla warfare to kill dozens of Japanese and puppet troops, he did not recapture the food and supplies stolen by the Japanese, nor did he save the common people who fell under the butcher's knife of the Japanese.
So facing the battalion commander's anger, he had no way of explaining it and could only endure it.
"Company Commander Zhang, I will give you one last chance. If the little devils are allowed to steal food and kill people from under your noses again, you, the company commander, will stop doing it." Zhao Wen ordered with murderous intent.
"In response to the Japanese army's initiative to shrink its defenses, the regiment headquarters decided to change the original combat plan. Now you should follow the regiment commander's new tactics. I have brought you thunder cannons and explosive packs."
"My only request is to trap the Japanese in the stronghold and never let them come out to harm the people again."
Inside the stronghold, the Japanese commander was eating meat and drinking wine, enjoying the results of the troops' attack during the day, happily and happily.
Suddenly, a second lieutenant rushed over.
After a few minutes, the smile on the commander's face disappeared, he put down his bowls and chopsticks, and followed the second lieutenant to the turret with a very serious look on his face.
Climbing up the turret and just raising the telescope, a flare took off.
The fire produced by the burning flares quickly illuminated the stronghold and the outside.
The second lieutenant pointed to the trench being dug outside and reported: "Sir, these are the things we have just discovered: there are a total of twelve points along the blockade trench, and at each point many Eighth Route Army troops are digging trenches in the direction of the stronghold, and the speed is very fast.
quick."
"Because the trench was very deep and diagonally opposite the stronghold, we could only see the soil being dug out, but we couldn't see the Eighth Route Army hiding inside."
"As for the ultimate purpose of the Eighth Route Army digging trenches in the direction of the stronghold, it is still unclear."
The commander replied solemnly: "Does this still need analysis?"
"By digging trenches to get closer to the stronghold and shorten the attack distance, this is a common attack method used by the Eighth Route Army."
"Order the artillery to fire immediately to prevent the Eighth Route Army from digging trenches."
"Although it is impossible for them to dig trenches next to our bunker, the longer their attack distance is, the more beneficial it is to us and the safer the stronghold will be."
In less than five minutes, the cannon sounded.
The trench being dug was immediately filled with smoke.
In the blocked trench, seeing the Japanese firing cannons, a flash of excitement quickly flashed across the solemn face of the second company commander.
All the Japanese participated in the war were mortars. If they wanted to fire out the shells, they had to mount the guns on the ground and expose them to the outside. In this way, the mortars in their hands would have a place to be used.
Immediately ordered: "The artillery platoon immediately locked the Japanese artillery position, fired three rounds rapidly from each gun, and moved after the firing."
On the top of the stronghold's gun tower, the commander kept staring at the trenches that were being dug outside.
Suddenly, an explosion sounded behind him. When he turned around, he saw a large amount of thick smoke rising from the artillery position. Several artillerymen were blown over, an artillery position was directly destroyed, and the mortar fell to the ground.
The commander was surprised at first, and then hurriedly ordered: "The artillery will move immediately, the Eighth Route Army also has artillery."
The rate of fire of the mortars was so fast that by the time the artillery received the order and began to move, all twelve shells in three rounds had been dropped.
When the smoke cleared from the position, almost ten artillery corpses lay scattered on the ground...
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army outside the city has started digging trenches again!" the second lieutenant on duty reminded.
"Let them dig!" the commander ordered angrily.
Almost ten of his subordinates died for no reason. I don’t know if my shelling just now killed the Eighth Route Army in the trench. Everyone has a temper.
Angry, he did not lose his calm, and ordered in a deep voice: "Keep an eye on those trenches for me."
"Our turrets have a height advantage, but now they are too far away to see into the trenches."
"When they dig a hundred meters outside the stronghold, even if the trench is slanted, we can put bullets into the trench from the turret."
"When the time comes, all the light and heavy machine guns will fire. I'll see how they dig forward."