Three grenade launchers fired grenades at the village entrance one after another.
In less than a minute, smoke and dust from the grenade explosion enveloped the entrance to the village.
"Get ready to fight!" the deputy company commander ordered as he lay down behind an earth wall and shook off the clods of earth that hit him.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Japanese and puppet attacking troops appeared.
More than twenty Japs and a platoon of puppet soldiers formed a skirmish line and charged toward the entrance of the village.
"Shoot, save your bullets, aim before shooting!" the deputy company commander ordered with a serious look on his face.
"Bang bang...ta da da..."
Lijia'ao, which had been quiet all night, became lively again.
Rifles and machine guns were all trying to shoot at the opponent.
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who have survived to this day are all veterans and elites, and their marksmanship is very good. Even if they are not as good as the Japanese, they can hit fixed targets at a distance of dozens of meters without any problem.
Some of the puppet troops who rushed to the front were killed one after another.
But the enemy's offensive firepower was too fierce. Three crooked guns provided fire cover, and the sound of intensive machine gun fire never stopped from the moment the shots were fired.
The grenades fired from the grenades also continuously hit the Eighth Route Army position at the entrance of the village and exploded.
Soon, the Eighth Route Army, which had few troops, began to suffer casualties.
More importantly, they are running out of ammunition.
Li Hao led more than fifty soldiers on the journey all night, and everyone was panting from exhaustion.
"Platoon leader Li, there are still gunshots coming from the direction of Lijia'ao. Our people are still fighting. They have not been wiped out by the Japanese yet and are still alive!" Liu Wenshan, who was running next to Li Hao, shouted with excitement.
Li Hao's face looked very ugly.
Through the gunfire, he also heard something that Liu Wenshan could not hear.
The gunfire of the Japanese 38 gun is different from the gunfire of the Eighth Route Army's old sleeve. As long as the combat experience is rich enough, the battlefield situation can be judged from the gunfire.
On the battlefield, there was almost no gunfire from the old sleeves. The situation of the Eighth Route Army must be very bad. This was Li Hao's judgment after hearing the gunfire.
He frowned and ordered: "The others keep speed and continue on their way. Hong Linfeng, you and I rush over first to observe the enemy situation and terrain, and get the troops to rush over and start attacking!"
When Li Hao arrived near the battlefield, the deputy company commander did not have much ammunition in his hand.
Except for a few rifles still fighting back, there was not a single machine gun.
More than 40 Japanese and puppet troops, holding guns and bending their waists, moved towards the village entrance step by step.
The remaining eighty or ninety Japanese and puppet troops were stationed in the other three directions of Lijia'ao, blocking the road from Lijia'ao to the outside world. The possibility of sneaking into Lijia'ao quietly was almost zero.
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"Platoon leader, the defenders seem to be out of bullets!" Hong Linfeng reminded with a worried expression.
"We will launch an attack as soon as the troops arrive!" Li Hao replied with a serious look.
"We will attack from the front! Apart from the Japanese and puppet attacking troops on the front, there are less than twenty Japanese and puppet troops left behind. They must be their officers!"
"Go over to meet the troops. The fire squad and machine gunners of each squad are in front. Go directly behind them and attack the Japs when you see them. Kill their commander first, then follow them towards the Japs attacking troops!"
"We have six crooked weapons, and we fire together. The powerful firepower is definitely not something that dozens of Japanese and puppet troops can withstand. We try to attack from the front and back to kill the Japanese and puppet troops who are attacking the entrance of the village."
"Yes, platoon leader!" Hong Linfeng replied with a serious face, and then rushed towards the troops who were still on their way.
The Japanese who commanded this battle was a lieutenant who was transferred from the main force and became the acting squadron leader.
He urgently needed the military exploits in front of him to promote his military rank to captain, and remove the word "agent" from the front of the squadron leader.
However, the Eighth Route Army's tenacity made him hit the iron plate.
The battle that was originally thought to be over in a few hours ended with a whole day of fighting without victory, and the attacking troops also suffered heavy losses.
However, he was also very lucky. Fortunately, he brought a company of puppet troops. Most of the casualties in the troops were puppet troops. There were less than thirty real Japanese soldiers.
Otherwise, even if he captured the Eighth Route Army in the village, he would not be able to explain the huge casualties to Shangfeng.
"Sir, the attacking troops are almost in. The Eighth Route Army seems to be out of bullets!" the puppet company commander said with a compliment.
A rare smile appeared on the lieutenant's solemn face, and he also believed that victory was in sight.
"Order the attacking troops to make persistent efforts and advance into the village. Not a single Eighth Route Army soldier in the village will be spared!"
"After the battle is over, I agree to the troops looting this village!"
"How dare you team up with the Eighth Route Army and cause the Imperial Army to lose so many troops. They must pay the price for their actions!"
"Thank you, sir!" the puppet soldier replied with excitement on his face.
The solemn expression on his face due to the heavy casualties of the troops was instantly wiped away and replaced by a smile.
Looting is robbery. As a company commander, I will definitely get a lot of benefits.
"kill……"
Just as the attacking troops were about to rush into the village, which had been blown into ruins, with only a few ruins remaining, five or six figures suddenly appeared at the entrance of the village. They rushed out with rifles with bayonets in hand and launched a countercharge towards the attacking troops.
"They are looking for death. Order the attacking troops to kill them, and then rush into the village, not even a single Eighth Route Army soldier will be spared!" The smile on the lieutenant's face became even wider.
The attacking force included more than 20 imperial troops and 20 puppet troops. The counterattacking Eighth Route Army only had a few people. At least four Japanese troops faced one Eighth Route Army. The result would definitely be a Japanese victory!
The result was indeed the same. As soon as they made contact, the two soldiers were stabbed to death by the Japanese.
The few remaining soldiers were surrounded by Japanese soldiers and could not dodge the bayonets thrust from behind.
In less than a minute, there was only one person left in the Eighth Route Army, the deputy company commander who was responsible for protecting all the seriously wounded.
Covered in blood, he held a big knife in his hand and stared at the surrounding Japanese with a pair of almost murderous eyes. He slashed left and right, killing two young Japanese in a row.
But it was difficult for him to fight with two fists, and he was also injured during the fight. His body was cut several times with bayonets, and blood kept pouring out.
The deputy company commander knew that his physical strength was rapidly disappearing and he could not hold on for long.
He could no longer protect the seriously wounded in the village, and his only thought now was to kill two more Japs before he died.
"Kill~"
With a loud roar, the deputy company commander quickly took action with a broadsword in his hand and rushed towards one of the little devils.
The knife struck out with all his strength easily split open the rifle blocked by the Japanese, and the broadsword slashed towards the Japanese's body with inertia!
"idiot!"
The devil screamed, then fell to the ground with a stunned look on his face.
The Japanese next to him also moved, stabbing the deputy company commander with five bayonets at the same time.
The deputy company commander suddenly raised his sword, ignoring the stabbing bayonet, and slashed at a little Japanese with a ferocious face.
For this moment, he had already made up his mind to die.
The Japanese obviously did not expect this move, and watched helplessly as the broadsword's blade tore open his body.
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