Compared with the Japanese troops stationed in other areas, the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi now do not look down on the Eighth Route Army as before. The previous battle of New Taiyuan and the later winter offensive made the Japanese army feel the strength and uniqueness of the Eighth Route Army.

In the past, when fighting with other national troops, it was easy to see the scene of the defeated troops surrendering. But what surprised the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi was that from the time they fought with the Eighth Route Army to the present, they had never been able to capture a prisoner who voluntarily surrendered.

It can even be said that many Eighth Route Army soldiers who were injured in their eyes often would rather fight to the death when they were persuaded to surrender. Even the "Glorious Bullet" made the Japanese even shocked and admired them.

It is said that the Japanese admire Bushido very much. Among the main forces of the Eighth Route Army today, surrendering on the battlefield is a more painful thing than death. Anyone who has some ability will not be willing to be a prisoner of the Japanese.

The reason is very simple. There are many prisoners of war included in the Eighth Route Army. These prisoners of war were previously in the National Army, but later surrendered to the Japanese and were eventually rescued by the Eighth Route Army.

These prisoners of war who believed they had died once knew very well that surrendering to the Japanese devils was sometimes worse than death. In addition to the political propaganda of the troops, the personal narration of these prisoners of war also led to the Eighth Route Army's swearing to never surrender to the Japanese devils.

Faced with such an anti-Japanese war unit that always fights to the end, how could the Japanese devils who are used to fighting the wind? At least for the Shanxi Expeditionary Army, from Itagaki Seishiro to ordinary soldiers, they dare not underestimate the Eighth Route Army.

When they learned that the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold was surrounded and the reinforcements of the surrounding strongholds received orders quickly retained a certain amount of defenders, the rest of the troops rushed to Xiaowangzhuang for reinforcements. The nearest infantry brigade also sent troops to rescue overnight.

However, shortly after these reinforcements left the stronghold, the Japanese army far away in Lingshi discovered that the two strongholds sent by the reinforcements could no longer be connected. Even if the stronghold had not fallen, at least the communication line of the stronghold had been cut off.

Although the Japanese army's communication level is much better than that of the Eighth Route Army, it is impossible to equip every stronghold with a radio station. It is undoubtedly too simple for the reconnaissance brigade troops to cut off the telephone lines set up by the Japanese.

As soon as the main force guarding the stronghold here left, the left-behind officers and soldiers from the two strongholds saw the Eighth Route Army troops surrounding them while the night was missing. Even though the number of people was not large, the Japanese in the stronghold and the puppet troops were frightened.

The Lingshi Guerrilla Brigade, which cooperated with the 1st Battalion of the Third Regiment of the Reconnaissance Brigade, looked at the Eighth Route Army soldiers of these regular troops, and seemed very excited and looking forward to it. The reason is that these strongholds pose the greatest threat to their guerrilla activities.

‘Chief, according to the situation we have detected, the Japanese guarding this stronghold had already left more than a hundred people. Now, the Japanese in the stronghold, with those two Japanese in the stronghold, are afraid that there are less than a hundred people. However, they have light and heavy machine guns and their firepower is very strong!’

Listening to the guerrilla captain, the reconnaissance company commander who was responsible for deporting the strongholds said with a smile: "Don't worry, we are still sure to deal with these Japanese devils. We will try to end the battle early, and we still have a mission later!"

The reconnaissance company commander nodded to the mortars beside him. Several artillerymen quickly set up mortars outside the stronghold. Seeing the Eighth Route Army erected all the mortars, the defenders in the stronghold were even more worried.

The team leader who stayed behind said with a worried look: "Have you not contacted the above yet?"

‘No! Our phone line should have been cut off by them. In this case, we can only stick to it. As long as we keep it until dawn, we still have a chance. At that time, they will definitely retreat!’

The Japanese squad leader naturally knew this truth. However, the squad leader was more aware that it was almost impossible to defend until dawn! After all, the troops attacking the stronghold were not the guerrillas he had contacted in the past.

After several artillery soldiers set up artillery, the reconnaissance company commander smiled and said, "A platoon leader, take someone to attack and see the firepower deployment in the Japanese stronghold. Remember, warn those rabbits to pay attention to me."

‘Yes, company commander!’

‘Sniper squad, get in place!’

When the first row was preparing to attack the stronghold, the sniper squads in cooperation all found their respective positions. For these snipers, they were also the security and fire cover of these offensive troops.

As the mortars fired first, a row of more than 40 soldiers, under the command of the platoon leader, began to advance to the Japanese blocking positions and fortresses in front. For such an attack, the Japanese troops in the stronghold would naturally not sit and wait for death.

However, the Japanese army outside the stronghold blocked the Japanese army and did not dare to look up in the face of the mortar strike. Only the heavy machine guns deployed in the stronghold quickly opened fire and fired at the attacking Eighth Route Army.

While the gunfire sounded, the attacking row of soldiers also fell down in time. By crawling forward, they kept approaching the Japanese army blocking positions outside the stronghold. This situation also made the Japanese squad leader guarding the stronghold worry.

He shouted, "Blow me hard, don't let them get close to our blocking position."

In this process, the sniper squad that was in place early began to exert force. With one gunshot after another, the Japanese troops on the stronghold were quickly killed one after another. The Japanese troops blocking the position were also hit by a fatal blow.

‘Baga, why do the other party have so many sharpshooters?’

As the Eighth Route Army deals with the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army also knew that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with rifles like sharpshooters. Of course, some Japanese army also knew that this was not a sharpshooter, but a very powerful sniper.

The guerrillas who were also staying behind and watching the attacking in front were staring at the two people fighting in front of him with excitement. They smiled and said, "Wow, it's worthy of being the main force sent by their superiors. This shot is accurate!"

‘Yes! I just saw that the Japanese heavy machine guns were silent several times. At such a long distance, I shot bullets into the machine gun hole of the stronghold. This gun technique is really amazing!’

On the contrary, the Japanese army in the stronghold began to suffer casualties. The puppet troops who cooperated with the defense looked at the Japanese and puppet troops who were constantly shot on their foreheads, even if they raised their heads and fought back, they all fell down and were reluctant to look up.

When they arrived at a distance of 200 people from the stronghold, a platoon leader began to order the machine gunners in the platoon to find the machine gun positions. They launched a counterattack against the Japanese troops on the stronghold and the blocking positions, and the remaining assault troops continued to advance.

As the machine guns of the two armies began to fire, casualties were inevitable in the attacking row. However, compared with the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold, their casualties rose sharply. By the time the artillery stopped, the commando was not far from the outer positions.

‘Prepare the grenade!’

With the order of the assault squad leader leading the team, the soldiers of the assault team quickly pulled out the grenade they carried from their bodies. They placed it on the ground lying on, and soon unscrewed a grenade and gestured to the Japanese positions ahead.

‘Prepare! One, two, three, throw!’

As the word "throwing" came out, more than a dozen grenades flew into the Japanese external blocking position with smoke. Listening to the explosions from outside, the Japanese hiding in the stronghold also knew that the blocking position was about to fall.

Three rounds of grenades were thrown in a row, and the smoke formed by the third round of grenade explosions was created by the total of three explosions, creating the best cover for the assault team. For a moment, the assault team quickly got up from the ground to launch a charge.

When they jumped into the trenches of the Japanese blocking positions, the submachine guns they carried were almost massacre to shoot the surviving Japanese and puppet troops. The range of attack continued to move forward to the fortress of the Japanese army's strongholds.

While being shot by snipers, they also had to bear the threat of the assault team. The defenders in the stronghold also knew that there was not much left before they died.

The assault squad leader who rushed outside the fortress also shouted kindly: "The Japanese and the Japanese inside are all right! Now I have an opportunity to put down their weapons and go out to surrender. We will give you the treatment of prisoners of war."

This was said in Chinese, so the puppet army naturally heard it very clearly. In contrast, the Japanese did not understand it very clearly. Just seeing the puppet army moving, the Japanese were very angry.

He immediately said: "Baga, who dares to go out? I'm dead!"

After shouting twice, the assault squad leader quickly took out several round grenades he carried and smiled evilly: "I still want to resist stubbornly! I hope you can withstand the power of this feed grenade. You guys are ready to catch the fumigation mouse!"

During the Red Army, an independent column was created to feed mortar shells. Now, the troops of the saber and reconnaissance brigade are equipped with a circular grenade similar to tear gas. It is undoubtedly the best effect against the defenders of this kind of fortress!

After the squad leader said this, the other soldiers were ready. After two tear-jerking grenades were accurately thrown into the fortress by the squad leader. Looking at the grenades rolling into the fortress, the Japanese hiding in the fortress immediately shouted "Look down"!

But the grenade did not explode as violently as they imagined. On the contrary, after a "puff" sound, it quickly spit out dark red smoke. Seeing this situation, many Japanese devils were almost gone.

He immediately screamed: "Baga, it's a special bomb! The Chinese army used biological and chemical weapons on us!"

The other puppet soldiers who were not sure of this, looked at the Japanese's panic expression and the action of quickly covering their mouths with a towel, immediately realized that these two grenades were afraid of ghosts, and if they stayed there, they would die.

‘No matter what! I’m going out, the Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferential treatment. Run away quickly!’

The Japanese, who were busy looking for towels, soon saw these puppet troops and rushed out of the fortress. Even if the squad leader shot and killed one of the puppet troops, they still couldn't stop the puppet troops from fleeing.
Chapter completed!