The noisy gunfire rang out, and the officers and men of the puppet army and the guerrillas were desperately pulling their guns to shoot, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the smell of blood also permeated.

Captain Sadao Kasai stood motionless on the ridge, and he seemed to be a little impatient as he watched the timid puppet army crawl forward to attack.

Several trenches on the outskirts of Qinghe Town were built in great order, and in addition to the two heavy machine guns, there were at least five Czech-style light machine guns.

Among the guerrilla columns in northern Jiangsu, this strength is not bad, at least much stronger than those guerrilla units with only a few dozen men and only various old-fashioned rifles.

It is precisely because Zhang Liechen and their guerrilla force have strength that they should be eliminated, and the devil captain Sadao Kasai has already made up his mind not to take Qinghe Town, and he will not give up.

The attack of the puppet army has undoubtedly exposed the firepower of the guerrilla defenders in Qinghe Town, and the devil captain Sadao Kasai waved his hand to the second lieutenant who was standing not far away to watch the battle, and he was ready to act.

"Squadron Leader—"

The second lieutenant of the devil saw Sadao Kasai waving, and hurriedly ran over, bowing heavily.

A cold look flashed in Sadao Kasai's eyes, and he ordered: "Knock out the machine gun of the Chinese man, and let the grenadier detachment also go up ......"

"Hey!"

Soon the devil lieutenant turned around and shouted.

The devil's artillery detachment has already been prepared, and the firing parameters have been corrected, just waiting for this order.

When the devil grenadiers braved their waists to press forward, the devil's Type 92 infantry cannon trembled violently, and the shells had already smashed into the guerrilla positions with a roar.

"Boom!"

The high-explosive bomb landed and exploded, and the smoke and mud that rose up suddenly enveloped a large area, and five or six guerrilla officers and men who were shooting on their stomachs were immediately blown away and then fell heavily to the ground.

"The Imperial Army has come to our back! Come on! ”

Seeing the smoke rising from the guerrilla position, the puppet army was greatly encouraged, and the puppet army battalion commander Zhang Lezi roared excitedly as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Boom!"

The shells landed on the guerrillas' positions again, and the heavy machine guns that were roaring and firing were immediately blown to pieces, and the scattered pieces of explosives embedded in the nearby bodies let out a cry of pain.

The devil's shells were like having eyes, pointing and hitting wherever they wanted, and the defenders' machine-gun fire support points were damaged one after another, and they were dumbfounded in the smoke and dust of the explosion.

Without the heavy fire cover of the machine guns, the momentum of the defenders was also weakened, and the machine guns of the puppet army fired desperately alternately, so that the trenches were splashed with mud, and the guerrilla officers and men could not raise their heads.

"Rush!"

The puppet soldiers also took advantage of the situation to rush upward, and the situation suddenly became tense.

"Bang! Boom! ”

The grenadiers of the devil soldiers also followed, they hid behind the puppet army and kept firing grenades, and the officers and soldiers were constantly swept away by the air waves of the explosion, and they were scratched by the explosives and covered in blood.

"Captain, I can't bear it! Withdraw! ”

Seeing that the casualties in the trenches were increasing, nearly a thousand puppet troops had rushed up in black pressure, and the firing speed of the rifles could not be stopped.

"Don't retreat! Resist! ”

Zhang Liechen didn't expect the situation to take a turn for the worse, but he had no other way, this was the stronghold of their third guerrilla detachment, where could he retreat? They can only fight hard.

There was a clamor everywhere, bullets were flying in the air, and choking smoke had already enveloped the position.

Although the casualties of the officers and men of the guerrillas continued to increase, Zhang Liechen refused to let them retreat, and they could only carry them to the death.

They kept pulling their guns and shooting out, but the bullets flew in, and they soon slipped and fell into the trench covered in blood.

"Hit! Give me a hard beating! ”

Zhang Liechen roared angrily, and knocked several puppet soldiers rushing over to the ground with a shuttle.

Before he could change the magazine, a grenade exploded not far from him, and with a boom, he was violently swept off by the air wave, covered with a thick layer of mud.

Under the combined removal of the devil's grenadiers and infantry artillery, the fortifications they dug outside the town, the trenches were as fragile as tofu at the moment, and they could not give them a sense of security.

"Captain! Captain! The puppet army on the left rushed in! ”

Zhang Liechen's head was drowsy, his ears were buzzing, he struggled to get up from the ground, and a brother covered in blood rushed over.

Zhang Liechen looked to the left, and nearly a hundred puppet soldiers were pouring in along the gap, and the brothers guarding that section of the position were constantly falling to the ground in close range of fire.

The puppet army is obscene and terrible on weekdays, belonging to the lord who does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles, and would rather lie on the ground and shoot at each other than risk his own life, which seems to be harmless to humans and animals.

But now, when they saw that the guerrillas' positions could not be defended, they bared their fangs and pressed up with a fierce look on their faces, wanting to show themselves well in front of their masters, so that they could take the lives of the guerrillas to ask for merit and reward.

"These bunch of crumbs! Follow me and bring them down! ”

Seeing these ferocious puppet soldiers rushing into the trenches and slaughtering their brothers, Zhang Liechen was also stunned and wanted to rush over.

"Captain, withdraw, the brothers will die if they fight again!" Zhang Liechen was dragged to death by a brother.

With the bombardment of devil grenadiers and infantry artillery, their positions were already crumbling and could not withstand it at all.

Although Zhang Liechen was very unwilling, the situation was stronger than others, and he had no choice but to order the officers and men of the guerrilla detachment to withdraw to the town.

"Cover! Get out into town! ”

After receiving the order, the officers and men of the guerrilla detachment did not care about the bodies of their fallen comrades, and retreated one after another under the cover of the sacrifice.

"Poof!"

Bullets flew and the ground was filled with smoke and dust, and the brothers who retreated to cover fired their rifles against their shoulders, but as soon as they fired a shot, they themselves were hit by more than a dozen bullets in their bodies, and the casualties continued to mount.

"Hahaha, rush! Capture Zhang Liechen alive! ”

The puppet army was like a crazy wild dog at the moment, and when they saw the retreating guerrilla officers and soldiers, they desperately pounced on them, wanting to tear off a piece of meat.

Zhang Liechen and the others just ran into the town panting, and they ran into a puppet army head-on, it turned out that when they were fighting fiercely head-on, a puppet army outflanked and broke into the town from behind.

The two sides met in the town, and they couldn't help but pull the gun and shoot, shooting at close range, almost unable to dodge, and the people in front of them fell in a pool of blood.

"Brethren! Rush out! ”

Now there are wolves in front of them and tigers in the back, Zhang Liechen and they are in a crisis of annihilation, Zhang Liechen also knows that they are finished, but he is not reconciled, he overturned a puppet army that rushed to the front with one shot, and rushed out with the survivors.

They rushed out desperately, where could the oncoming puppet army be able to stop it, and they were quickly rushed to pieces.

The gunfire of the battle gradually moved towards the town, and a smile appeared on the face of the devil captain Sadao Kasai, who was fighting outside the town, and he knew that Zhang Liechen and they were finished, and he had won the victory.

"Pursue them with all your might, and be sure to destroy them once and for all!" Captain Devil gave the order.

More than 100 devil infantry who have been standing still have also taken action, they have not participated in the battle since they recuperated, and now the overall situation has been decided, and they can go and clean up the mess.