Under the cover of the roar of artillery fire, the convoy arrived at the first Japanese stronghold after ten minutes.

The signal was given by the two Sherman tanks in front...... In fact, they had already reported to Zhang Chi through the walkie-talkie two minutes ago:

"Battalion commander, look at the coordinates and we'll be there soon!"

"It's the bank, I don't know if there's any money! If possible, I'd love to get a handful! ”

"Don't think about it!" Zhang Chi replied: "If you have money, the Japanese will have robbed it all a long time ago!" ”

"One minute left! It's the hostel and we're in the right direction! ”

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Because the tank is crashing all the way through the building, there is only one way to identify whether it is on the right path, and that is to use some special buildings as coordinates, such as hotels, banks, companies, etc.

"It's just ahead!" The tank messenger shouted: "We'll move on, it's time for you to do it!" ”

This was made early in the morning with the tanker, and the tank should not stop at any time.

Because once the tank stopped, it was easy to be blown up by the Japanese, especially if there was no infantry cover.

The second is that the tank advances more slowly, while the infantry on a half-track advances much faster, so there is no need for the tank to stop and wait at all.

What's more, as soon as the tanks stopped, they blocked the deployment of the infantry behind, making it impossible for the infantry to quickly occupy the Japanese stronghold.

So the tanks were given the order that no matter what happened behind them, they would just go all the way.

But just because the tank doesn't stop doesn't mean the tank doesn't fire.

Machine guns soon rang out in front, and Zhang Chi knew that it was Sherman who had hit the tank.

Later, according to the recollection of the American machine gunner on the Sherman tank: "As we rushed forward, the wall in front of us was smashed to pieces, and then several Japanese who were bending down to carry ammunition appeared in front of us. But it soon became clear that this was unnecessary, since they had already fallen under the tracks of the tank...... I'm not sure if they were killed by me or run over by the tank, in fact, I was so nervous and excited that I can't remember it a bit, but I remember it clearly...... I was in the tank shouting at the Japanese: "Surprisejapanese!"

The tank continued to move forward, and in the blink of an eye it had passed through the stronghold and into the building in front of it. This was followed by two armored tracked vehicles, and the Chinese soldiers, who had been prepared for a long time, rolled over and jumped out of the vehicles, quickly dispersed and divided into two teams.

This was a rehearsal for a long time, and a team went upstairs to attack. The other team cleared the enemy and held the downstairs.

And the Japanese troops who were upstairs at this time ...... Although they heard the "rumble" sound downstairs, they thought it was the sound of being hit by a stray cannon, and several Japanese soldiers went down the stairs to see what was going on, but just a few steps later, they ran into the Chinese soldiers who were attacking the stairs.

"Bang bang bang......" After a few gunshots, the Japanese soldiers quickly fell in a pool of blood.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers upstairs realized that things were not good, but before they could understand what was going on, they saw several smoke-emitting grenades thrown at their feet.

The Japanese soldiers, who had no time to dodge, only let out a dying scream, and then this scream was drowned out in a "boom" explosion.

As soon as Zhang Chi waved his hand, several soldiers behind him rushed forward with guns to cover each other.

Then there was a flurry of gunfire, and the unique "click" sound of the Thomson submachine gun. After a while, the warriors above were heard shouting, "Safety! ”

Zhang Chi walked up and saw that there were Japanese corpses everywhere, some of which didn't even have rifles in their hands...... This is not to say that the Japanese were not on high alert, but because they were artillerymen. It was inconvenient to carry rifles on their backs when handling guns and carrying ammunition, so most of them put their rifles on their sides, which made it very easy for the Chinese army to kill them and occupy the building.

IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW, THERE WAS A 105MM CANNON WITH A LONG BARREL AND A BARREL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING. Like a pillar, a few artillerymen who followed the infantry went up to inspect the artillery at the first time, and then reported to Zhang Chi: "Intact!" ”

Then carefully approach the window and look out. The Japanese troops on the street line outside did not even know that the Chinese troops had occupied their rear, and they still hid in the sandbag line with their guns in their hands, and looked out cautiously.

Needless to say, what happened to these Japanese soldiers...... They happened to be the tools of the artillery test firing, only to see the artillery slightly adjust the muzzle, and then with a bang, only one shot bombarded the entire sandbag defense line into the sky, and the Japanese troops in the defense line were thrown into the sky fiercely, either killed on the spot or shocked to death.

Occasionally, a few surviving Japanese soldiers realized that it was their "own" cannon that was firing at them, and they couldn't help but look behind them in confusion...... But before they could come to their senses, a volley of bullets ended their lives.

Then Zhang Chi left a reinforcement squad and an artillery squad to garrison here.

Although these troops were not many, Zhang Chi was not worried that they would not be able to hold it, on the one hand, because the stronghold was advantageous, and the Chinese army could not easily take it down when the Chinese army had American-style equipment. On the other hand, the Japanese may not even know that the stronghold has been lost, so it is unlikely that there will be an organized counteroffensive. More importantly, there was a battalion of Chinese soldiers behind the convoy who followed along the hole in the wall of the building, and they were advancing all the way to occupy it, and soon to be reinforced to the respective positions.

And then there's the second, the third...... One stronghold after another was taken by the Chinese troops, and the Japanese command was not even aware of it.

This is not to say that the Japanese army is not sensitive enough, in fact, every stronghold of the Japanese army has a telephone line to its higher headquarters, but the Chinese army moves very quickly and very covertly, when the Japanese army finds that the Chinese army is attacking, it is already in front of the eyes, and the battle is often over within a few minutes, and the Japanese troops in the stronghold do not even have time to make a phone call to warn.

It wasn't until the Chinese army had taken the eighth stronghold that the situation arose, because a building happened to have collapsed on the way to the eighth stronghold, which was the work of the Chinese artillerymen, but they couldn't be blamed for it, and they didn't know that the random shells could cause problems for their troops.

As a result, the Sherman tank at the front crashed into it fiercely, this time it did not "penetrate" as before, but was fiercely blocked by a pile of rubble, and the tank crew who was not the slightest psychological preparation was hit by a huge impact and broke their heads on the spot, fortunately they were all wearing tank caps, otherwise they would have suffered casualties only this time. (To be continued.) )