The battle is still going on. In the central turret, a heavy machine gun and three crooked guns are continuously firing towards the outside of the stronghold!
On the wasteland nearly two hundred meters away from the stronghold, a trench has just been dug!
The Eighth Route Army was hiding inside, with three heavy machine guns and nearly ten light machine guns mounted on it, shooting wildly at the gun towers and Japanese positions on the ground!!
Some bullets hit the turrets, causing sparks and bricks to fly. Some bullets flew to the ground where the Japanese and puppet troops were blocking positions, raising a lot of dust!
The nearly 200-meter-long offensive position had already scattered dozens of Eighth Route Army corpses!
Dozens of corpses also fell on the Japanese and puppet army positions next to the stronghold, including Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers!
But under the cover of light and heavy machine guns in the turrets, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops will definitely have no problem holding on to their positions!
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army has sent out death squads to attack the gun towers again. They still want to use explosive packets to destroy our gun towers and bunkers!" Inside the gun tower, the second lieutenant team leader frowned and reminded!
"Machine gun fire, increase firepower output, kill them, never let them get close to our position!" the squadron leader replied with a stern face!
"Da da da……"
The machine gun rang out, and the heavy machine gun quickly spit out a tongue of flame more than a foot long!
Bullets flew towards dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers holding explosive bags, and some people were killed one after another!
The Eighth Route Army in the trenches also fought back desperately, with two heavy machine guns staring at the heavy machine gun firing holes on the third floor of the turret!
The bullets hit the brick wall of the turret, sparks flew everywhere, and the formation looked particularly scary!
There are also bullets that fly directly into the gun tower from the shooting holes!
At this time, a bloody scene appeared!
The machine gunner's head was cut in half by a heavy machine gun bullet, and he fell to the side without even having time to scream!
The heavy machine gun named Zheng Huan also misfired instantly and there was no movement!
"Deputy shooter, come on, the heavy machine gun can't stop, keep shooting, block the Eighth Route Army death squads!"
Seeing the Eighth Route Army death squads taking advantage of the moment when the heavy machine guns ceased firing and rushed forward several tens of meters, the squadron leader spoke up and gave the order in a hurry!
"Da da da……"
The heavy machine gun quickly reopened its fire, and its addition immediately curbed the attack of the death squads. Several death squads were beaten into pieces, and others were pinned to the ground, unable to move!
"Sir, there's an urgent call from the headquarters!" The operator suddenly rushed over and reported anxiously!
"Let us abandon our stronghold immediately and withdraw to Datong City! The Eighth Route Army's ultimate goal is Datong City. They want to annihilate us all at the blockade, and then besiege Datong City with heavy troops!"
"Nani?" The squadron leader was shocked by the news!
The nerves that had just been relaxed became tense again!
Datong City is the last guarantee for everyone stationed here!
It contains a year's worth of military supplies for tens of thousands of troops!
If Datong City is lost, even if you hold the stronghold, you won't be able to hold on for long. Sooner or later, you will be killed by the Eighth Route Army!
Therefore, Datong City is their lifeblood and cannot be lost no matter what!
"Boom boom..."
Two explosions suddenly sounded outside the turret!
The squadron leader took one glance and his heart was filled with chills.
Two artillery shells hit the position outside the stronghold. The shells exploded. Five or six soldiers around the impact point were instantly blown over and fell motionless in a pool of blood!
"Sir, this is a mortar. The Eighth Route Army has even used mortars. It will definitely launch a general attack!" Second Lieutenant Juewei reported nervously!
If the Eighth Route Army had no artillery, even if a regiment was killed, the troops would still have the confidence to withstand it!
But the result is different after the cannon!
Artillery shells are falling from the sky, even if all the men are hiding in the trenches, it is not safe!
As long as the Eighth Route Army has enough artillery shells, there is no need to attack. Just using artillery shells can blow up all the imperial troops on the surface of the position!
If there are no ground troops to assist in the defense, and you just rely on a few machine guns on the turrets, guarding this side and ignoring that side, you will definitely not be able to defend the stronghold!
The squadron leader obviously realized this, and started giving orders as soon as his expression changed!
"Imperial Alliance Army, first team, heavy machine gun team, leave the rear to cover!"
"Other troops will assemble immediately and withdraw to Datong City!"
Less than half an hour after the squadron leader and a team of more than 100 people withdrew from the stronghold, there was an explosion that shook the ground!
The squadron leader knew that the gun tower he had just abandoned was finished, and if nothing else, the rear troops were also finished!
His face became more and more solemn, and he decisively ordered: "The troops will speed up their march and retreat towards Datong!"
"The artillery building has been captured by the Eighth Route Army. They will definitely send troops to chase us!"
"Da da da……"
The order was issued, but before the troops moved, a series of gunshots rang out in front!
A forward combat unit happened to be within his line of sight. Amidst the sound of machine gun fire, a dozen soldiers were knocked down one by one like ripe wheat!
"Enemy attack! There is a blocking position of the Eighth Route Army in front of us. Some Eighth Route Army must have circled in front of us!" the squad leader reported nervously!
"Bageya Road, the Eighth Route Army must want to keep us here and destroy us! The troops must concentrate all their troops and firepower and kill us!" the squadron leader ordered through gritted teeth!
The team leader immediately took the order: "Teams two and three, follow me!"
"This is the only way for us to withdraw to Datong. Only by breaking through the Eighth Route Army's interception can we survive!"
"Follow me all! Kill me!"
The Eighth Route Army blocking the front only has one company, but it is well-equipped!
Five hours ago, they just captured a Japanese stronghold and added one heavy machine gun and three light machine guns!
In addition to his original equipment, there are a total of six light machine guns and one heavy machine gun, and all the riflemen in the company have been replaced by all-color 38 caps, so there is plenty of ammunition!
This kind of firepower configuration is no worse than the two infantry squads of the Little Devils!
When he saw more than a hundred Japanese soldiers coming to kill them screaming and without heavy machine guns, the company commander who led the team laughed at that time!
"Instructor, the little Japs have sent us guns again. There are six crooked guns. Kill them. Each squad of our sixth company will have enough weapons to equip them with one crooked gun!"
"Everyone obey my orders!"
"The Japanese rushed to two hundred meters, and the riflemen opened fire!"
"One hundred meters, all crooks join the battle!"
"Fifty meters, heavy machine gun fire!"
"The machine gunner first shoots the Japanese grenade. It is the only weapon in the hands of the Japanese that can threaten us!"
"Get rid of them, and these little devils will become our dinner, and everyone can eat whatever they want!"
"Get ready. I'm going to hit the Japanese attacking troops hard with one counterattack, and then hit the Japanese with another counterattack to wipe them all out!"
In a ravine more than 200 meters away from the blocking position, the guard company of more than 100 people from the garrison is hiding here!
The commando team is also here. Everyone just holds their weapons in their hands and stares at the battlefield, waiting for the order to attack!