When Li Bing led his troops to attack the Japanese troops in close combat, Zhang Cheng rushed to the vicinity of the Japanese puppet army's grain transportation team with the guard platoon and two main platoons, and joined the three platoons that stayed here.

"Company commander, the devil dispatched two detachments to march quickly to Xiao Lizhuang, and the deputy company commander took two platoons to intercept them." The third platoon leader introduced.

"Now there are two detachments of little devil infantry on the road, a heavy machine gun squad, a mortar squad, and two platoons of the puppet army."

Zhang Cheng held a telescope to observe the situation on the road, and soon, dozens of little devils who were building the road were locked by him.

Then a pair of eyes became hot: "God help me." ”

"Comrades, I decided to launch an attack ahead of schedule and take out the remaining Japanese puppet army."

"The equipment of their artillery and heavy machine gun squads is set up on the grain trucks, and if we suddenly attack, press them in front of the convoy with machine guns, and prevent them from getting close to the heavy machine guns and mortars, then these little devils will have zero combat effectiveness and can only be beaten passively."

"Without the cover of heavy machine guns and mortars, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the remaining dozens of devil infantry is, they are no match for our heavy machine guns and mortars."

"Order: The guard platoon, a platoon, immediately touch the little devil who is building the road. After the troops are in place, they do not have to wait for orders and launch attacks directly. ”

"The second platoon, the third platoon, disperse immediately, and as soon as the guns on the guard platoon go off, you will rush out, and the remaining Japanese puppet troops on both sides of the assault convoy."

"But you must remember that assault is assault, and you must not fight hard with devils."

"We have heavy machine guns and mortars, they are not ornaments."

"Hit the hard bones and surround them directly, waiting for heavy machine guns and mortars to support."

On the road, the squadron leader looked anxious.

The telescope was held in his hand, and he looked past his subordinates who were building the road and looked at the end of the road.

The imperial army that went to Xiaowangzhuang was his last hope: as long as he could successfully capture the Chinese, not only would the strong men who built the road be in place, but he could also use those Chinese as hostages, so that the Eighth Route Army would be tied up in the next battle and reduce the combat pressure of the imperial army.

If they did not complete their task, the troops would not want to stay outside the stronghold overnight, and there was only one way, to give up food and return to the stronghold lightly.

This is the last thing the squadron leader wants to see.

If it comes true, it means that all the efforts of the troops today will be in vain, and the subordinates who died in the battle will also die in vain, without any meaning.

"Da Da Da ......"

Suddenly the sound of machine-gun fire rang out at the end of the road.

The distance was very long, but the squadron leader could still tell that it was machine-gun fire, and there were quite a few of them.

His face suddenly froze and became heavier and heavier.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, the attacking troops must have bumped into the Eighth Route Army!" Speaking of this, a hint of bad premonition already appeared in the squadron leader's mind.

The deputy captain pretended to be calm and comforted: "Sir, don't worry, the gunfire is all from light machine guns, minus the two equipped by the attack troops, and there are not many light machine guns left, which shows that the attack troops have not encountered many Eighth Route Army, and they still have a chance to complete the task." ”

In less than a minute, the gunfire stopped.

Hope reignited on the squadron leader's solemn face.

The deputy's judgment is well-founded and certainly correct.

Since the Eighth Route Army did not have many troops and did not have heavy firepower to participate in the battle, it was definitely impossible to kill more than 30 elites of the imperial army in such a short time.

Now that the gunfire has stopped, there are only two possibilities: either the attacking troops will retreat in their entirety, or the attacking troops will break through the interception of the Eighth Route Army and enter Xiaowangzhuang.

The squadron leader raised his binoculars again and looked at the end of the road.

Half a minute later, another burst of gunfire rang out in my ears, but it was very brief.

The squadron leader frowned and stretched, continuing to stare at the end of the road.

Five minutes passed, and there was no Imperial Army in sight......

Ten minutes passed, and no subordinates appeared......

After waiting for another ten minutes, the squadron leader's stretched brows were twisted into a Sichuan character again, and the bad premonition in his mind became stronger and stronger.

"Something must have happened to the attacking troops!" The squadron leader judged with a calm face.

"Even if they encountered the Eighth Route Army during the operation, they should be back now. Now there is no movement at all, there is only one possibility, they were killed by the Eighth Route Army. ”

"You can't stay here any longer, more than half of the troops have been killed or wounded, and if they are besieged by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they won't even have the ability to protect themselves."

The artillery and heavy machine gun squads were immediately withdrawn, and the infantry was on alert, preparing to march back to the Zhouzhuang stronghold. The Imperial Cooperative Army was responsible for putting the grain on the cart onto the mule horse, taking as much as it could, and then each soldier carried another fifty catties of grain, and the rest was all abandoned. ”

Hearing the retreat order, the deputy captain replied with a sigh of relief: "The chief is wise, go and give the order now!" ”

"Dada...... Ahh......h

Before the people could move, the sound of gunfire rang out, there was the sound of rifle fire and light machine gun fire.

The gunners and heavy machine gunners who were building the road were knocked out a dozen at once.

Then I saw sixty or seventy Eighth Route Army emerge from a few hundred meters away, rushing to the highway like chicken blood.

"Baga, the artillery and heavy machine gun squads are targeted, their weapons are not around, and they can only be beaten passively." The squadron leader exclaimed with a shocked expression.

"Send them a signal immediately and withdraw quickly, otherwise there will be no chance of withdrawing."

"It's too late, sir!" The vice-captain shook his head and reminded.

"The Eighth Route Army, which assaulted them, had six machine guns, and they were constantly on fire, and there was no way to transfer them at all."

"Dada...... Horn Horn ......"

As soon as they finished speaking, their flanks also fired.

"Sir...... Get down ......" The screams of his subordinates reached his ears, and before the squadron leader could react, he was pushed to the ground by his subordinates, and then he felt a string of bullets flying past his back.

Several nearby subordinates were not so lucky, including the vice-captain, all of them were hit by bullets and fell in pools of blood.

Garrison regimental headquarters, Hong Lin Fengxing hurriedly ran in, and when he saw Li Hao, he excitedly reported: "Regiment commander, good news." ”

The independent battalion of Wei County reported: Their company wiped out a reinforced squadron of the Japanese army in only one day, more than 200 little devils. ”

"There are no mobile troops in the blockade area where the company operates, and all the remaining Japanese puppet troops are trapped in the stronghold."

"They asked the regimental headquarters: Can they counterattack in advance, send troops to block the three strongholds, and break through each of them, so as to prevent them from abandoning the stronghold and joining forces!"

After reading the telegram, Li Hao's face was also full of smiles.

"Chief of Staff, the independent battalion fought better than I expected, Zhang Cheng's analysis is very pertinent, after the Japanese puppet army is insufficient, it is likely to shrink the defense?"

"Once they're in one place, it's going to be harder for us to eliminate them."

"Tell Huang Sheng that I agree with them to counterattack in advance on a conditional basis."

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