More than 200 devils, dozens of puppet soldiers, carrying rifles and light machine guns, drove mules and horses loaded with heavy machine guns and mortars, and slaughtered out of the stronghold.

The platoon of recruits followed.

As soon as the Japanese troops behind the palace disappeared from the end of the road, the platoon of recruits went into action.

Shovels, pickaxes...... Use all the tools you can to destroy the road.

Zhang Cheng commanded the main force of the company to lie in ambush on the road where the little devils must pass, and hid in the blockade ditch.

In order not to give the Eighth Route Army a chance, the Japanese puppet army, which was underarmed, had to abandon the blockade ditch that was too far away from the stronghold, although it was unwilling.

The Japanese army can use the blockade ditch and blockade wall to attack the Eighth Route Army, and they can also use them to fight the little devils in turn.

Zhang Cheng had an idea and chose a detour.

The troops were ambushed around the corner, and a warrior was equipped with a short ladder, and when he stepped on the short ladder, the upper body could emerge out of the blockade ditch.

Of course, before engaging the enemy, except for the company commander Zhang Cheng, everyone shrank their bodies in the blockade ditch.

The devils marched on the road on the side of the corner, and the troops were ambushed in the blockade ditch on the other side of the corner.

Seeing the devil forward search team getting closer and closer, he decisively ordered: "Open fire......"

A platoon of three light machine guns quickly rang out the sound of machine gun fire with a "da-......".

Not to be outdone, more than thirty riflemen pulled the trigger at the same time.

The sound of gunfire in the blockade ditch was like firecrackers, dense and urgent.

Dozens of bullets flew out of the blockade ditch and fired head-on at the five devils on the road, with an average of nearly ten bullets per devil.

The five little devils of the forward search team were very cautious, and as soon as the guns rang out, they realized the danger and threw themselves on the ground, trying to avoid the bullets.

But the bullets flew too fast to catch them off guard.

The five devils did fall to the ground in just three seconds, but each of them had at least one bullet hole on their bodies, and blood seeped out along the muzzle of the gun, quickly staining the uniforms red. The three devils were motionless on the spot, and the two devils were lying on the ground and wriggling, screaming in pain and losing their combat effectiveness.

"Retreat......" Zhang Cheng ordered before he could fire a second shot, putting away his rifle.

Retract your head back into the blockade ditch, jump off the short ladder, carry it on your back and start retreating.

The other fighters did the same, and in less than half a minute, a platoon disappeared into this blockade ditch.

The main force of the devils was only two hundred meters away from the search team, and it only took less than half a minute from hearing the gunfire to rushing over.

After coming up, he didn't care about 3721, and shot at the blockade ditch where the gun had just been fired.

"Bang bang bang...... Da ...... "In the dense gunfire, the road in front of the blockade ditch and the blockade wall behind it were immediately beaten into dust.

Dozens of devils spread out in an offensive formation, guns in hand, bent over, and launched an attack under the cover of machine rifles behind them.

There were also more than a dozen devils who jumped into the blockade ditch and attacked forward along the blockade ditch.

As a result, there was no doubt that the blockade ditch was empty, and the Eighth Route Army, which had attacked the search party, disappeared without a trace, leaving not even a single bullet casing.

The leader of the devil squadron was very angry, but he had no choice but to order in the face of the Eighth Route Army that was leaving.

"The troops continued to advance, sending an additional combat detachment into the blockade ditch to reconnoiter the advance with the search party on the road."

"If there is still the Eighth Route Army in front of them using the blockade ditch to sneak attack the forward search team, the combat detachment in the blockade ditch will immediately kill them and drag them down."

"The main force flanks outflanked them in a roundabout way, annihilating them completely, and we can't let them escape anymore."

In the blockade ditch a few hundred meters away, dozens of fighters retreated behind Zhang Cheng.

A platoon commander followed closely beside Zhang Cheng, and asked as he ran, "Company commander, how are we going to fight next?" ”

Zhang Cheng replied without thinking: "Just like just now, continue to use the blockade ditch to hit the enemy." ”

"We have suffered a lot on this blockade ditch, and many soldiers have died on this blockade ditch. Today I'm going to retaliate and hit them in turn with this blockade ditch. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a squad leader behind the hall hurriedly caught up: "Company commander, the devil has started to march again." ”

"This time, more than a dozen devils were sent to search along the blockade ditch."

Zhang Cheng frowned at first, but soon stretched, and his eyes lit up and replied: "The Japanese army has learned wisely, and wants these dozen or so people to attack us from the bottom of the ditch, drag us down, buy time for their main forces, and outflank us in a roundabout way." ”

"The idea is good, but they underestimate the blockade ditch they have built single-handedly."

"If I'm not mistaken, if you're five hundred meters further on, there's a curve, and we'll go there and fight again."

"Dada...... Bang bang bang ......"

Three light machine guns, more than thirty rifles, fired together.

The five devils of the search team were the same as just now, none of them were spared, and all of them were shot and fell to the ground.

The little devil walking in the blockade ditch was like chicken blood, and immediately attacked forward in a battle formation.

The gunfire was fifty meters away, and as long as everyone was fast enough, they could kill them in ten seconds, and they would be able to scuffle with the Eighth Route Army there and drag them down.

Cao Chang ran in the middle of the line with a rifle with a plaster flag, shouting as he charged: "The machine gunners keep up and provide fire cover at any time." ”

"Kill the riflemen, prepare grenades, and throw them when you see the Eighth Route Army."

"Fighting in a blockade ditch, grenades are much more lethal than rifle machine guns."

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Before he finished speaking, three explosions sounded in the ears of the squad leader, and the smoke of gunpowder, the scorching waves, and the blown up dirt blew towards him along the blockade ditch, pushing him to the ground in an instant.

Then there was a scream in the buzzing ears.

After shaking his head and shaking off the dirt that had been smashed on his head, a tragic picture appeared in front of him.

At least six imperial soldiers staggered to the ground, three people had stopped moving, three people dragged their legs covered with blood, or they were blown into two sections, revealing the broken legs of the white bones, squirming on the ground, and every time they moved, their mouths would let out a heart-rending scream.

"It's a mine, and the Eighth Route Army planted a mine in the blockade ditch." Cao Chang shouted.

The devils killed them and didn't expect that these mines were all planted when they built the blockade ditch.

Later, when the troops were insufficient and had to abandon most of the blockade ditches, these mines buried in the blockade ditches were also abandoned by them, hoping that these mines could blow up some of the Eighth Route Army who wanted to destroy the blockade ditch.

But contrary to their wishes, their mines are all conventional iron-shelled mines made in the arsenal, which can be easily found with mine detectors and lightning rods.

A company of engineers went out day and night, and it took a month to clear all these mines, a total of more than 500.

This operation is an excellent opportunity for the troops to consume a large number of Japanese puppet troops, and mine warfare is a kind of fighting method that the Eighth Route Army is very good at, and it must not be missed.

Three mines made six little devils ineffective, and three of them were killed on the spot.